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Chloë
Chloe (; ), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root ', which relates to the colors yellow and green. The common scientific prefix ''chloro-'' (e.g. chlorine and chloroplast) derives from the same Greek root. In Greek the word refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring. was one of the many epithets of the goddess Demeter. The name appears in the New Testament, in 1 Corinthians 1:11 in the context of "the house of Chloe", a leading early Christian woman in Corinth, Greece. The French spelling is Chloé. Popularity The name was a popular Ancient Greek girl's name (cf. the Ancient Greek novel Daphnis and Chloe) and remains a popular Greek name today. It has been a very popular name in the United Kingdom since the early 1990s, peaking in popularity later in the 1990s and during the first decade of the 21st cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloë Agnew
Chloë Alexandra Adele Emily Agnew (born 1989) is an Irish singer and songwriter, best known for being an original and former member of the Celtic music group Celtic Woman. Early life and career Agnew was born to Irish entertainer Adele "Twink" King and Irish oboist David Agnew in Knocklyon, County Dublin, where she lived with her mother and younger sister, Naomi. She made her first television appearance on her mother's programme aged four weeks old, and later sang on the show at the age of six. She attended Notre Dame des Missions Junior School for her primary school education, followed by Alexandra College girls' school. In 1998, Agnew represented Ireland and was the winner of the Grand Prix at the First International Children's Song Competition in Cairo with a song called ''The Friendship Tree''. She then began to perform pantomime at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin and continued in that role for four years. In 1999, she appeared in ''The Young Messiah'', a modern ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloé (given Name)
Chloe (; ), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root ', which relates to the colors yellow and green. The common scientific prefix ''chloro-'' (e.g. chlorine and chloroplast) derives from the same Greek root. In Greek the word refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring. was one of the many epithets of the goddess Demeter. The name appears in the New Testament, in 1 Corinthians 1:11 in the context of "the house of Chloe", a leading early Christian woman in Corinth, Greece. The French spelling is Chloé. Popularity The name was a popular Ancient Greek girl's name (cf. the Ancient Greek novel Daphnis and Chloe) and remains a popular Greek name today. It has been a very popular name in the United Kingdom since the early 1990s, peaking in popularity later in the 1990s and during the first decade of the 21st century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloë Annett
Chloë Victoria Annett (born 25 July 1971) is an English actress. She played Holly Turner in ''Crime Traveller'' and Kristine Kochanski in series 7 and 8 of the sitcom ''Red Dwarf''. Biography Early life and family Annett was born and brought up in East Finchley in London, where she attended Mountview Theatre School. Originally, she was going to attend an art school but she went along with one of her friends who had an audition and got in. She reports that her parents were supportive of her career change and encouraged her. Her father was director Paul Annett, who directed a large number of episodes of the soap opera ''EastEnders''. Annett's father also directed some episodes of children's drama series ''Byker Grove'', in some of which Annett appeared. Her brother, Jamie Annett, has also directed ''EastEnders''. Her mother is actress and voice expert Margo Annett, author of ''An Actor's Guide to Auditions and Interviews'', who works closely with Thelma Holt and the Cameron Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloë (Australian Singer)
Chloë Jane Walton, who performed mononymously as Chloë, is an Australian singer-songwriter. She had a top 10 hit on the ARIA Singles Chart with her cover version of the Primitives' 1988 track, "Crash", in September 2005. Biography Chloë Jane Walton, Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:' grew up in Melbourne with "an artistic family background." Her mother is a visual artist and her father is a writer and teacher. She was classically trained in piano and voice. In 1997 she travelled to Vancouver, to continue studying music and taking up the guitar, where she "landed an internship at Nettwerk Records." Chloë's debut single, "Stars", was released in Australia on 24 September 2004 through Epic/Sony BMG and peaked at number 66 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was co-written by the singer with Michelle Lewis and Dan Petty.Ten tracks were recorded at the Garage studio, Los Angeles, with Paul Fox producin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloë Hanslip
Chloë Elise Hanslip (born 28 September 1987) is a British classical violinist. Biography Hanslip was born in Guildford, Surrey, and has been playing the violin since she was two. At the age of four she performed solo at the Purcell Room. When she was five, she performed for Yehudi Menuhin and subsequently, at his invitation, studied with Natasha Boyarskaya at the Yehudi Menuhin School. At the age of ten, she had played in major concert halls throughout Europe and North America, including Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Royal Albert Hall in London. In 1995 she began studying in Germany with Professor Zakhar Bron, the teacher of Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin. In addition to her lessons with Professor Bron, she has taken part in masterclasses and received guidance from Shlomo Mintz, Ida Haendel, Salvatore Accardo, Ruggiero Ricci and Maxim Vengerov. In 1997 Hanslip was featured in a television documentary in Germany with Igor Oistrakh and Professor Bron. She was also featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphnis And Chloe
''Daphnis and Chloe'' ( el, Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη, ''Daphnis kai Chloē'') is an ancient Greek novel written in the Roman Empire, the only known work of the second-century AD Greek novelist and romance writer Longus. Setting and style It is set on the Greek isle of Lesbos, where scholars assume the author to have lived. Its style is rhetorical and pastoral; its shepherds and shepherdesses are wholly conventional, but the author imparts human interest to this idealized world. ''Daphnis and Chloe'' resembles a modern novel more than does its chief rival among Greek erotic romances, the ''Aethiopica'' of Heliodorus, which is remarkable more for its plot than for its characterization. Plot summary ''Daphnis and Chloe'' is the story of a boy (Daphnis) and a girl (Chloe), each of whom is abandoned at birth along with some identifying tokens. A goatherd named Lamon discovers Daphnis, and a shepherd called Dryas finds Chloe. Each decides to raise the child he finds as his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Alper
Chloë Alper is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She began her music career in 1996 with Riot grrrl punk band Period Pains and is now a member of the English rock band James and a founding member of the British new prog rock group Pure Reason Revolution. Her solo release, "Juno", featured on the original motion picture soundtrack to ''Maniac''. Another solo release, "True Love", is the title track to the American supernatural horror film Amityville: The Awakening. Biography Period Pains Born 13 September 1981, from the age of 13, Alper fronted the cult Riot grrrl punk band Period Pains, based in Reading. The band formed in 1995 with Alper on vocals, Felicity Aldridge on guitar, Laura Warwick on bass and Laura Viney on drums. Viney was later replaced by Magdalena (Magda) Przybylski. Their 1997 anti-Spice Girls single, "Spice Girls (Who Do YOU Think You Are?)", was released on Damaged Goods. The disc received airplay from John Peel, for whom they later reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demeter
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although she is mostly known as a grain goddess, she also appeared as a goddess of health, birth, and marriage, and had connections to the Greek Underworld, Underworld. She is also called Deo (). In Greek tradition, Demeter is the second child of the Titans Rhea (mythology), Rhea and Cronus, and sister to Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Like her other siblings but Zeus, she was swallowed by her father as an infant and rescued by Zeus. Through her brother Zeus, she became the mother of Persephone, a fertility goddess. One of the most notable Homeric Hymns, the ''Homeric Hymn to Demeter'', tells the story of Persephone's abduction by Hades and Demeter's search for her. When Hades, the King of the Underworld, wished to make Persephone his wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large national audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer's daughter and son-in-law), who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post'' 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Dao
Chloe Dao ( lo, ໂຄລອີ ດາວ) (born June 15, 1972) is an American fashion designer and television personality who lives and works in Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ..., U.S. She was the winner of Project Runway (season 2), the second season of the reality show ''Project Runway#Season 2, Project Runway'' with a collection of women's evening wear. Many of the pieces in her finale collection featured billowing, voluminous sleeves, removable shrugs and strong brocade prints. Biography Dao was born in Pakse, Laos to an ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) family. During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese civil war Dao's parents moved to Thailand to escape the conflict. The family, including Dao, her parents and seven sisters, emigrated to the United States in 1979. Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Brockett
Chloe Brockett (born 3 December 2000) is an English television personality. After moving to Chafford Hundred, Essex, at a young age, she began acting with various appearances in television advertisements. Whilst working as a hairdresser, she was cast in the ITVBe reality series ''The Only Way Is Essex'' in 2019. As well as appearing on the series, she has also made appearances on ''Dinner Date'' and ''Celebs Go Dating'', as well as owning two businesses. Life and career Brockett was born on 3 December 2000 in Newham, London. She was born a month earlier than expected to black cab driver mother Clare Brockett. Due to being born prematurely and weighing 4 lbs 4 oz, she was placed into intensive care; her mother also had pre-eclampsia during the pregnancy. Doctors thought that the birth would lead to the death of one or both of them, which Brockett has said gave the two a close relationship throughout their lives. At the age of one, Brockett and her mother moved to Chafford Hund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Bridges
Chloe Marisa Suazo Bridges, (born December 27, 1991), known professionally as Chloe Bridges, is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Zoey Moreno in the sitcom '' Freddie'' (2005–2006) and as Dana Turner in the Disney Channel original film '' Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam'' (2010). She has starred in the films ''Forget Me Not'' (2009), ''Family Weekend'' (2013), ''Mantervention'' (2014), ''The Final Girls'' (2015), and ''Nightlight'' (2015). She has also portrayed Donna LaDonna in ''The Carrie Diaries'', Sydney in ''Pretty Little Liars'', and Kibby in ''Daytime Divas''. Career From 2005 until 2006, Bridges portrayed the role of Zoey Moreno in the ABC sitcom ''Freddie'', starring alongside Freddie Prinze Jr. For this role, she was credited under her birth name, Chloe Suazo. In 2006, she guest-starred as the character in an episode of ''George Lopez''. She has appeared in commercials for Adelphia and AT&T. Bridges originally auditioned for the role of Mitchie Torres in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
