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Fab Five (other)
Fab Five may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''FAB 5'', Greek reality TV show * ''The Fab Five'' (film), a 2011 documentary about the 1990s Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players * '' Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal'', a 2008 American teen drama * The Fab Five: Disney’s Pluto, Goofy, Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck. People * Fab Five, a nickname of Duran Duran, an English new wave band * Fab Five Freddy (born 1959), American visual artist and hip hop pioneer * Fab Five (University of Michigan), the 1991 University of Michigan men's basketball team recruiting class * Fab Five, later known as the Fierce Five, the United States' artistic gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics * Fab Five, hosts of the American reality TV series '' Queer Eye'' See also * Fab Four (other) * Fabulous Five (other) * The Famous Five (other) ''The Famous Five'' is a series of novels by Enid Blyton The Famous Five may also refer to: Adaptatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FAB 5
''FAB 5'' was a Greek reality TV show. The show is based on the American show, '' Queer Eye''. In each episode, the team of five men known collectively as the "Fab Five" perform a makeover (in the parlance of the show, a "make-better") on a man, revamping his wardrobe, redecorating his home and offering advice on grooming, lifestyle and food. The show premiered on 2 November 2011. The Fab Five * Lakis Gavalas: "Fashion Savant", expert on clothing, fashion and personal styling * Tryfonas Samaras: "Grooming Guru", expert on hair, grooming, personal hygiene, and makeup * Giorgos Merlos: "Design Doctor", expert on interior design and home organization * Panos Fasoulis: "Food and Wine Connoisseur", expert on alcohol, beverages, food preparation, and presentation * Ilias Psinakis: "Culture Vulture", expert on popular culture Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fab Five (film)
''The Fab Five'' is a 2011 ESPN Films documentary about the 1990s Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players known collectively as the Fab Five: Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. It chronicles the recruitment, glory years, notorious time-out fiasco, cultural impact and the scandal that followed these players who are described as iconic figures in the media. The film originally aired on March 13, 2011 on a national broadcast on ESPN. On its original airing, the film drew 2.7 million viewers, setting a record as the highest-rated ESPN documentary ever. The film spawned critical commentary in a broad spectrum of media outlets which include leading newspapers such as ''The New York Times'', ''The Wall Street Journal'' and ''The Washington Post''; leading periodicals such as ''Forbes''; online forums such as ''Slate''; and leading news outlets such as MSNBC. In particular, the film sparked a verbal war between Jalen Rose and Duke University's G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duran Duran
Duran Duran () are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer and bassist Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor (bass guitarist), John Taylor. With the addition of drummer Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer), Roger Taylor the following year the band went through numerous personnel changes before May 1980, when they settled on their most famous line-up by adding guitarist Andy Taylor (guitarist), Andy Taylor and lead vocalist Simon Le Bon. When Duran Duran emerged they were generally considered part of the New Romantic scene. Innovators of the music video, Duran Duran were catapulted into the mainstream with the introduction of the 24-hour music channel MTV. The group was a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US in the 1980s. Photographer Denis O'Regan, who captured the band during their 1984 tour, commented "Duran Duran in America was like Beatlemania." The band's first major hit was "Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fab Five Freddy
Fred Brathwaite (born August 31, 1959), more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American visual artist, filmmaker, and hip hop pioneer. He is considered one of the architects of the street art movement. Freddy emerged in New York's downtown underground creative scene in the late 1970s as a graffiti artist. He was the bridge between the burgeoning uptown rap scene and the downtown No Wave art scene. He was immortalized in 1981 when Debbie Harry rapped on the Blondie song "Rapture" that "Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody's fly." In the late 1980s, Freddy became the first host of the groundbreaking hip-hop music video show ''Yo! MTV Raps''. Career In the late 1970s, Freddy became a member of the Brooklyn-based graffiti group the Fabulous 5, known for painting the entire side of New York City Subway cars. Along with other Fabulous 5 member Lee Quiñones, under his direction they began to shift from street graffiti to transition into the art world and in 1979 they both exhibited i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fab Five (University Of Michigan)
The Fab Five were the 1991 University of Michigan men's basketball team recruiting class that is considered by many to be one of the greatest recruiting classes of all time. The class consisted of Detroit natives Chris Webber (#4) and Jalen Rose (#5), Chicago native Juwan Howard (#25), and two recruits from Texas: Plano's Jimmy King (#24) and Austin's Ray Jackson (#21). The Fab Five were the first team in NCAA history to compete in the championship game with all-freshman starters. Their trend-setting but controversial antics on the court garnered much attention from the media. They are the subjects of '' The Fab Five'', which was the highest rated ESPN Films documentary ever produced, were one of the featured teams in two of the highest rated NCAA Men's Basketball Championship games ever played in terms of households (although not viewers), and were a marketing juggernaut whose merchandise sales even dwarfed those of the national champion 1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fierce Five
The Fierce Five was the artistic gymnastics team that won the second team gold medal for the United States, and the first gold medal on international soil, in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Originally referred to as the Fab Five, the five members of the team were Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber. Later in the Olympic Games, Douglas won a gold medal in the individual all-around event, becoming the first African-American to ever do so; Maroney won silver on vault; Raisman, the team captain, won bronze on balance beam and gold on floor exercise. Olympic Trials and team background At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, Douglas, Wieber, and Raisman finished first, second, and third respectively in the all-around competition. Maroney won the vault competition, Douglas and Ross tied for first on the uneven bars, while Raisman won the balance beam and floor exercise. Afterwards, Douglas, Maroney, Raisman, Ross, and Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queer Eye (2003 TV Series)
''Queer Eye'' is an American reality television series that premiered on the cable television network Bravo in July 2003. Originally ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'', the title was later shortened to broaden the overall scope. The series was created by executive producers David Collins and Michael Williams along with David Metzler through their company, Scout Productions. Each episode features a team of gay professionals in the fields of fashion, personal grooming, interior design, entertaining and culture collectively known as the "Fab Five" performing a makeover (in the parlance of the show, a "make-better"), usually for a heterosexual (straight) man: revamping wardrobe, redecorating, and offering advice on grooming, lifestyle, and food. ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' quickly became a surprise success, resulting in merchandising, franchising of the concept internationally, and a woman-oriented spin-off, '' Queer Eye for the Straight Girl''. ''Queer Eye'' won an Emmy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fab Four (other)
The Fab Four was a nickname for the Beatles. Fab Four may also refer to: *The Fab Four (tribute), a Beatles tribute band * The Revols or the Fab Four, a Canadian band formed in 1957 *The Fab 4, a Dell Comics superhero group See also * Fabulous Four (other) * The Fab Faux, a Beatles tribute band * Fab Five (other) Fab Five may refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' FAB 5'', Greek reality TV show * ''The Fab Five'' (film), a 2011 documentary about the 1990s Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players * '' Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal'', a 2008 Ame ... * Prefab Four (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabulous Five (other)
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The Fabulous Five may refer to: * Fabulous Five Inc., a Jamaican reggae band * ''The Fabulous Five'' (book series), by Betsy Haynes * Fabulous 5, a 1970s New York City graffiti crew including Fab Five Freddy and Lee Quiñones * Fabulous Five, nickname of the 1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team * Fabulous Five, nickname of the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team in the 1950s * Fabulous Five, the name of pulp magazine hero Doc Savage's aides See also *Fab Five (other) Fab Five may refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' FAB 5'', Greek reality TV show * ''The Fab Five'' (film), a 2011 documentary about the 1990s Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players * '' Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal'', a 2008 Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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