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Davina Taylor
Davina may refer to: Given name *Davina (R&B singer) (born 1965), American R&B vocalist and musician *Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth (1938–2008), member of the House of Lords *Davina Kotulski (born 1970), American civil rights activist *Davina Kumari-Baker, 16-year-old English murder victim *Lady Davina Lewis (born 1977), British aristocrat *Davina Duerr (born 1971), American politician *Davina Oriakhi (born 1994), Nigerian-born singer based in London *Davina Whitehouse (1912–2002), English-born actress *Davina Delor (born 1952), French dancer and writer *Davina McCall (born 1967), British television presenter, known for hosting ''Big Brother UK'' and ''The Million Pound Drop'' *Davina Semo (born 1981), American sculptor Other uses * ''Davina'' (talk show), a British talk show hosted by Davina McCall *Davina the Dolphin Davina the Dolphin (formerly Dave the Dolphin) was a sociable solitary dolphin who resided off the coast in the Folkestone and Hythe area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina (R&B Singer)
Davina (born Davina Bussey) is an American R&B singer and musician. She grew up in Detroit, Michigan, ran her own dance music label Record, and worked as a recording engineer before signing with Loud Records. Her 1997 single "So Good" became the theme song for the film ''Hoodlum''. Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan and Xzibit each appeared on remixed versions of the song. Her album '' Best of Both Worlds'' (1998) reached number 180 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number 34 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Two of three singles released from the album charted on both the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. Discography Albums Singles * "Build Me Up (Buttercup)", 1984 * "Can't Stop Rockin'", 1984 * "Rock, Shake And Roll", 1986 * "If You're Single", 1987 * "Don't You Want It", 1992 * "Love & Happiness EP", 1993 * "Let Me Be Me", 1993 *" So Good", 1997 *"Come Over to My Place Come Over to My Place is the second single by Davina, released from her d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy De Knayth
Davina Marcia Herbert Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth (10 July 1938 – 24 February 2008) was a crossbench member of the House of Lords, continuing to sit after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 as an elected peer. Biography Ingrams was the daughter of Mervyn Herbert, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth (also known as Viscount Clive, his courtesy title as son of the Earl of Powis); and his wife Vida, née Cuthbert. The barony had been created in 1332 for John Darcy, and revived twice after falling into abeyance. Through her grandfather, George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis, she was descended from Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive. She inherited the barony in 1943, when her father was killed in action during the Second World War, flying a Mosquito as a squadron leader in the RAF. In 1946, the widowed Lady Clive remarried, to Brigadier Derek Schreiber, Chief of Staff to the Governor General of Australia: Lady Darcy de Knayth acted as flower girl. Lady Darcy de Knayth was edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina Kotulski
''Why You Should Give a Damn About Gay Marriage'' is a 2004 book by Davina Kotulski in which the author advocates the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. It received generally positive reviews in the LGBT press. Summary Kotulski states that heterosexual couples who marry in the United States gain at least 1,049 federal rights, all of which are denied to same-sex couples who cannot legally marry. She rejects alternatives to marriage such as domestic partnership and civil union, describing these as inferior options for gay people. Background and publication history Davina Kotulski is a clinical psychologist and LGBT rights activist. ''Why You Should Give a Damn About Gay Marriage'' was her first book; according to Kotulski, she wrote it in four and a half months. The book was first published in April 2004 by Advocate Books, an imprint of Alyson Publications. Kotulski and McKay received the "Defenders of Love" Award from the East Bay Pride Committee, and in 2004, she received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina Kumari-Baker
Davina and Jasmine Kumari-Baker were murdered by their mother who stabbed them to death at their home in Stretham, Cambridgeshire, England, while they slept on 13 June 2007. Rekha Kumari-Baker was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 33 years. In 2010 the BBC stated that the punishment was "one of the longest jail terms given to a woman in the UK in modern times." The older daughter Davina, aged 16, was killed first, with Kumari-Baker stabbing her 39 times. The younger daughter Jasmine, aged 13, was found dead in her bed stabbed 29 times. The prosecutor stated that Rekha Kumari-Baker killed the girls as a form of revenge against her ex-husband and father of the girls, David Baker. The murderer had purchased kitchen knives, the murder weapons, from ASDA on 11 June. Council review Cambridgeshire County Council conducted a review into the murders and found they could not have been prevented and listed recommendations for social workers in relation to the review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Davina Lewis
Lady Davina Elizabeth Alice Benedikte Windsor (born 19 November 1977), known as Lady Davina Lewis between 2004 and 2018, is the elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. " Burke’s Royal Families of the World: ''Volume II Africa & the Middle East'', Addendum to Volume I, 1980, pp. 312. She is 34th in the line of succession to the British throne . Early life and education Davina was born at St Mary's Hospital, London. She was baptised on 19 February 1978 at Barnwell Parish Church, and her godparents are Captain Mark Phillips, the Duke of Buccleuch, Elisabeth, Lady Camoys, Susan Wigley, Roger Wellesley Smith and Caroline, Baroness Rosenørn-Lehn. Lady Davina grew up in Kensington Palace. She was educated at Kensington Preparatory School in Notting Hill, followed by St George's School, Ascot. She is a graduate of the University of the West of England, with a degree in media studies. Marriage and children On 31 July 2004, Davina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina Duerr
Davina Williams Duerr (born March 3, 1971) is an American politician and architect who serves as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives, a position that she was appointed to on July 1, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served on the Bothell City Council for three years prior to being elected to her current position. Early life and education Davina was born on March 3, 1971, the daughter of a Taiwanese immigrant. She grew up in Upstate New York and attended Syracuse University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in architecture and a minor in environmental geography. Career In addition to serving in the state's House of Representatives, she works as a senior interior architect at an architecture firm in Bellevue, Washington Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina Oriakhi
Davina Oriakhi is a London-based Nigerian singer, songwriter and poet. She was awarded the Choice Female Artist at the Nigerian Teen Choice Awards in 2016. Early life Davina Oriakhi was born in London, England to Nigerian parents but was raised for most of her life in Abuja, Nigeria. She is a native of the Bini people of Nigeria. Davina Oriakhi attended secondary school at CherryField College, and then pursued a bachelor's degree in accounting at Covenant University. She later pursued a master's degree in media and communications at City University London. Musical career 2014 Davina Oriakhi released her debut single, ''Content.'' She released a collage video of the single the same year. 2017 In 2017, Davina Oriakhi released three singles: ''Silence (Father Have Mercy)'' in April, ''F.S.L.S'' in May and ''Juju'' in June which led up to the release of her debut album, ''Love to a Mortal'' in July. Davina Oriakhi released three videos for her singles ''It's All About Love'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina Whitehouse
Davina Whitehouse (born Eileen Eliza Smith; 16 December 1912 – 25 December 2002), also known by the stage name Davina Craig before her marriage, was an English-born actress, acclaimed for her roles on stage and film in her native land in the 1930s and early 1940s and in New Zealand from the 1950s where she continued her career as an actress. She was also a radio and stage producer and director, and from the early 1970s she worked in Australia primarily in television serials. Early life and family Born Eileen Eliza Smith in London on 16 December 1912, Whitehouse was the daughter of Scottish-born David Smith and Florence Smith (née King). Her father died when she was two years old, and she was renamed Davina in his memory. Her mother remarried an ex-soldier 10 years later. In 1941 she married John Henry Archibald Whitehouse, and in 1952 they and their children emigrated to New Zealand. Davina Whitehouse became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1977. Career Britain (1929†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina Delor
Davina Delor (born Martine Lahary; 1952) is a French dancer, choreographer, writer, and famous for her popular TV show ''Gym Tonic'' who adopted monkhood as a Buddhist nun in 2004 after meeting the Dalai Lama. After ordination, she changed her name to Gelek Drolkar. She converted her country home at Haims into a Buddhist monastery, and along with three other nuns, teaches Buddhism to students and lay persons. She has published a number of books on yoga and Buddhism, one of which is titled ''Le bonheur selon Bouddha'' (''The Happiness according to Buddha'') which explains the precepts of Buddhism. Biography Davina Delor was born in France in 1952. In her formative years in Haims, a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region of western France, under the guidance of her mother, she was provided a Parisian Catholic religious education, and studied yoga and Hindu dance forms from India in addition to classical and contemporary dance. She took up a career of dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina McCall
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter. She was the presenter of the reality show ''Big Brother (UK), Big Brother'' during its run on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. She also hosted Channel 4's ''Streetmate'' (1998–2001, 2016), ''The Million Pound Drop'' (2010–2015), ''Five Minutes to a Fortune'' (2013), and ''The Jump (2014 TV series), The Jump'' (2014–2017), as well as ITV (TV network), ITV's The Biggest Loser (British TV series), ''The Biggest Loser'' (2011–2012), ''Long Lost Family (UK TV series), Long Lost Family'' (2011–present), and ''This Time Next Year (British TV series), This Time Next Year'' (2016–2019). McCall was a regular co-presenter of the ''Comic Relief'' annual telethons from 2005 to 2015. From 2010 to 2014, McCall presented the Sky One dance competition show ''Got to Dance''. Since 2020, she has been a judge on the ITV (TV network), ITV musical competition show ''The Masked Singer (British TV series) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina Semo
Davina Semo is an American artist (b. 1981, Washington DC) working in sculpture. She completed her MFA at the University of California, San Diego in 2006 and a BA in Visual Arts from Brown University in 2003. Life and work Semo is best known for sculpture that embraces industrial construction materials like glass, concrete, and chain. She has exhibited solo shows of her work at galleries Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, Marlborough Gallery, New York, and Ribordy Thetaz, Geneva, among others. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the San Francisco Arts Commission, Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco), the Sculpture Center (New York), and 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, curated by Bob Nickas. In 2019, Semo had sculptural work exhibited alongside the painter Deborah Remington at Parts & Labor Beacon, NY. Public art In 2014, Semo installed a concrete-bunker-like building across from Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
