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Gigi D'Agostino Albums
Gigi may refer to: Colette novella-related * ''Gigi'' (novella), a 1944 novella by the French writer Colette ** ''Gigi'' (1949 film), a French adaptation of the novella by Jacqueline Audry ** ''Gigi'' (1958 film), an American musical by Vincente Minnelli, based on the novella *** ''Gigi'' (musical), a 1973 musical based on the 1958 film ** ''Gigi'' (play), a 1951 Broadway play based on the novella, starring Audrey Hepburn Music * Gigi (Canadian band), a Canadian pop music group * Gigi (Indonesian band), a rock group from Indonesia * ''Gigi'' (Hank Jones album), a 1958 jazz album by pianist Hank Jones * ''Gigi'' (André Previn album), a 1958 jazz album by André Previn, Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell * "Gigi" (song), from the 1958 film * Gigi l'amoroso, a 1974 hit song by Dalida People Given name * Gigi Causey, American producer * Gigi Edgley (born 1977), Australian actress * Gigi Fenster, South African-born New Zealand author, creative writing teacher and law lecturer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi (novella)
''Gigi'' () is a 1944 in literature, 1944 novella by French writer Colette. The plot focuses on a young Parisian girl being groomed for a career as a courtesan and her relationship with the wealthy cultured man named Gaston who falls in love with her and eventually marries her. The novel was translated into English by Roger Senhouse and published (with "The Cat" translated by Antonia White) in 1953. The life story of Yola Letellier, the wife of Henri Letellier (publisher of ''Le Journal (Paris), Le Journal'' and mayor of Deauville (1925–1928)), was the inspiration for the novel. Adaptations The novella was the basis for Gigi (1949 film), a 1949 French film starring Danièle Delorme and Gaby Morlay. In 1951, it was Gigi (play), adapted for the stage by Anita Loos. Colette had personally picked the yet unknown Audrey Hepburn on first sight to play the title role. Her Aunt Alicia was played by stage legend Cathleen Nesbitt, who was to become Hepburn's acting mentor from that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Graciette
Gigi Graciette is a television and radio personality best known for creating and hosting the talk show '' El y Ella'', which aired on Telemundo. Graciette currently serves a news reporter for KTTV in Los Angeles. Early life and career Graciette was born and raised in California to a Portuguese mother and Venezuelan father. At age 13, her first editorial was published in ''La Opinion'', a Los Angeles daily Spanish language newspaper. Graciette is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Broadcast career Her television career began at Telemundo, where she was a feature and entertainment reporter for two national shows. She went on to produce and host her own television specials, such as ''The Hispanic Family of the Year''. Graciette later moved to the competing network, Univision, where she became the Los Angeles Bureau Chief and a reporter for ''Sábado Gigante'', one of the network's highest-rated programs. In early 1995, Graciette returned to Telemundo where she was the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Sohn
Gigi Beth Sohn (born August 2, 1961) is an American lawyer who is the co-founder (with Laurie Racine and David Bollier) of Public Knowledge. She previously worked for the Ford Foundation. In 2013, Tom Wheeler hired her into a senior staff position at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She left there shortly after Donald Trump's election in 2016. In July 2017, she held fellowship positions with Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law & Policy, Open Society Foundations, and Mozilla. Early life and education Sohn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcasting and film from Boston University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Career From 2013-2016, Gigi served as Counselor to Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, and from 2001-2013 was Co-Founder and CEO of Public Knowledge, a leading communications and technology policy advocacy organization serving the interests of consumers. She was previously a Project Specialist in the Ford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Perreau
Gigi Perreau (born February 6, 1941) is an American film and television actress. Early years The daughter of French-born Robert and Eleanor Child Perreau-Saussine, she was born Ghislaine Elizabeth Marie Thérèse Perreau-Saussine. Career Perreau achieved success as a child actress in a number of films. She got into the business quite by accident. Her older brother Gerald was trying out for the part of the title character's son in ''Madame Curie'' (1943). Because their mother could not find a babysitter, she took Gigi along. The two-year-old, who could speak French, got the (uncredited) part of Madame Curie's daughter Ève (while Gerald would have to wait a year to make his film debut in ''Passage to Marseille''). She also played the daughter of Claude Rains and Bette Davis's characters in the 1944 film ''Mr. Skeffington'' (1944). In '' Shadow on the Wall'' (1950), she starred as the sole witness to a murder. As the "top child movie actress for 1951", the then ten-year-old wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Parrish
Gigi Parrish (born Katherine Gertrude McElroy; August 30, 1912 – February 8, 2006) was an American film actress who had a short career beginning in 1933, appearing only in nine films before retiring in 1937. Early life She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as Katherine Gertrude McElroy and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. Her mother died in 1918, and McElroy and her siblings were put up for adoption. After adoption by a wealthy family, she and her step-siblings were tutored by author Dillwyn Parrish. Although he was eighteen years her senior, the two fell in love, and at the age of fifteen she married Parrish, under the name Gertrude McElroy. For their honeymoon, she and her husband started out on motorcycles from his family's home in Claymont, Delaware, intending to drive across the country to California. Parrish was severely injured in an accident in the Southwestern United States and, once she was physically able, they completed the remainder of the journey via train. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Padovani
Gigi Padovani was born in Alba in 1953, and has worked as a reporter for ''La Stampa'' for many years, writing articles on domestic politics and society as well as collaborating with other newspapers and magazines. An essayist and food writer, he has published about twenty books, some of which have been translated into other languages. His publications include: ''Nutella: Un mito Italiano'' (2004), ''Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Dining and Living'' (2006), and ''Street food all’Italiana'' with his wife Clara Vada Padovani (2013). Bibliography * ''La liberazione di Torino'' (Sperling & Kupfer,1979) * ''L'Europa a due velocità - Italia e CEE tra Nord e Sud ''(Stampatori, 1979) * ''L'Informazione in Piemonte -'' with Luciano Conterno and Roberto Salvio (Eda 1980) * ''Gnam Storia sociale della Nutella'' (Castelvecchi, 1999) * ''La telefonata di ferragosto'' – a tale from ''A me piace l'estate ma è così bello l'inverno '' ( Papillon, 2004) * Nutella un mito italiano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Masin
Gigi Masin (born October 24, 1955) is an Italian composer, ambient musician and producer from Venice. He is best known for his 1986 LP ''Wind'' and as a member of Gaussian Curve, a trio with Jonny Nash and Young Marco. A member of Italy's underground electronic scene, Masin pressed ''Wind'' privately and only released it at a series of small concerts in 1986. Most of the remaining copies were destroyed when Masin's house was flooded. However, it became a cult item after being sampled by artists such as Björk and Nujabes, leading to a revival of interest in Masin's work. Music from Memory released the compilation '' Talk to the Sea'' in 2014, and the following year Masin reissued ''Wind'' on his own label The Bear on the Moon. In the years since he released two albums (''Clouds'', in 2015 and ''The Distance'', in 2017) with the newly formed trio Gaussian Curve, collaborated with Italian duo Tempelhof and released three solo albums and a number of singles and collaborative works. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Militaru
Gigi Militaru (born 8 February 1986, in Lupeni, Transylvania) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays the position of Prop and is currently playing for RC Timişoara in the Romanian Rugby Championship. He formed as a player at Ştiinţa Petroşani rugby club, Romania and also played for the team until he moved to RC Timişoara in 2012. External links * * * * Gigi Militaruat Timișoara Saracens ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ... website {{DEFAULTSORT:Militaru, Gigi 1986 births Living people People from Lupeni Romanian rugby union players București Wolves players SCM Rugby Timișoara players Rugby union props Romania international rugby union players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi MacKenzie
Gigi MacKenzie (born 1962) is a smooth jazz artist; daughter of the singer Gisele MacKenzie. MacKenzie has a number of credits as a studio singer in Los Angeles. She has recorded national commercials and music for major movie soundtracks, including the hit movie ''Mr. Holland's Opus'' and the Eddie Jobson composed theme song to ''Nash Bridges'' in seasons 2-5 on CBS. She has performed with artists such as Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Gladys Knight, Christopher Cross and Tom Scott, and many others. Skylark (2007) In her first solo album, ''Skylark'', MacKenzie duets with her mother, Gisele MacKenzie, on the song "Stranger In Paradise" as well as with longtime collaborator Christopher Cross Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. He won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's T ... on the song "That's All". Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Leung
Gigi Leung Wing-kei (Chinese: 梁詠琪, born 25 March 1976) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Early life She was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun on 25 March 1976 and was given the name Leung Pik-chi () for superstitious reasons; as a child, Leung suffered from frequent asthma attacks and it was believed a change of name would bring better health. At 176 cm, Leung earned the nickname of 'Tall Girl'. She has a twin brother named Keith Leung Wing-chun(Leung Wing-chun, ). Gigi Leung attended Maryknoll Convent School. Later, she went to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where she gained a diploma from the School of Design. It was during her study at university that she accepted a modelling assignment from the watch company City Chain and caught the attention of film director Lee Chi-ngai who cast her in her very first movie, ''Doctor Mack'' (1995). The success of the movie brought her a further role in '' Full Throttle'' (1995), shot while she was finishing her dip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Lai
Gigi Lai (born 1 October 1971) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. Entering the entertainment industry in 1985, Lai was under a contract with the television station TVB from 1991 until she retired in 2008. Nicknamed by the Hong Kong media as the "Goddess of Beauty" (愛美神), she is best known for her roles in ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'' (2000), ''War and Beauty'' (2004), for which she won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress, ''The Charm Beneath'' (2005), ''The Dance of Passion'' (2006), and ''The Gem of Life'' (2009). Early life On 1 October 1971 Lai was born in Hong Kong. Lai's grandfather Lai Man-Wai was a key figure of the first generation of Hong Kong filmmakers, and her grandmother Lim Cho Cho was a silent era star. Lai's father was deaf. Career When Lai's family went bankrupt, she entered the entertainment industry at the age of 14 to earn money to support her family and her younger brother's education in England. Lai began her career as a singer, rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Ion
Gigi Ion (born 15 September 1967), also known as Ion Gigi, is a Romanian former professional footballer and manager. Ion played as a defender or midfielder and mostly for Oțelul Galați, but he also played for other teams as: Universitatea Cluj, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Dacia Unirea Brăila and German side Sandhausen. Gigi Ion is considered a symbol of Oțelul, being introduced in 2014 by the ''Dunărea Bătrâna'' publication in the top 50 symbols of the club from Galați. Ion always shown his attachment for Oțelul and even refused an important offer from FC Steaua București, years later he stated: ''I wanted to play for Oțelul, not anywhere else. It really matters for me to feel something for the team I play, in this way I was raised''. Despite its loyalty, he is considered one of the most unlucky footballers, in his career Gigi suffered two double tibia and fibula fractures, first in 1987 after which he, with much sacrifice spirit, returned to the pitch, having a metal ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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