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Nathan Leigh Jones
Nathan Leigh Jones (born 6 April 1981) is an Australian musician, public speaker and voice over artist. He has an honours degree in psychology and researches the effects of music and words on emotion. He also teaches in the area of communication. As a singer-songwriter, Jones has performed on stage with Lior, Guy Sebastian and Wendy Matthews. He has also produced music for Billy Porter, Alan Cumming and Rhonda Ross. Music Early career After submitting a demo, Jones was named "Artist Of The Year" at the 2004 Musicoz Awards, edging out fellow nominees Bliss n Eso. The ceremony was hosted by Dylan Lewis and Annalise Braakensiek at the WIN Entertainment Centre, and was broadcast nationally on 11 December 2004. As part of the prize, his debut album ''10 Letters'' was recorded with Sony Music Australia featuring the single ''Day After Day''. The following year, Jones returned to the 2005 Musicoz Awards to perform ''Day After Day'' and co-present an award with Yumi Stynes. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Native title in Australia#Traditional owner, Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the Adelaide Hills, foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Lewis
Dylan Thomas Lewis (also known as DiRK ViLE) is an Australian television and radio host. Biography Early life Lewis was educated at Caulfield Grammar School and graduated in 1990; he then studied a Bachelor of Education in Drama and Music degree at the University of Melbourne. John Bannon, former South Australian premier, was Lewis's stepfather. Career Television Lewis has undertaken several roles hosting and presenting for numerous Australian music programs; his quick rise to fame started was while he was a host on ABC TV's national Saturday-morning live music show ''Recovery'' (from 1996 until the show's run finished in April 2000). The year 2000 saw Lewis presenting a national television program, '' The 10:30 Slot'', and ''Pepsi Live'', a music chart television program. Lewis won ''Celebrity Big Brother'' in 2002 and was a contestant on '' Celebrity Circus'' in 2005. In 2010, he was appointed host of '' Video Hits'' on Network Ten. He stayed on the show until its cancell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Forney Center
The Ali Forney Center (AFC), based in New York City, is the largest LGBT community center helping LGBTQ homeless youth in the United States. The AFC both manages and develops transitional housing for its clients. AFC helps approximately 2,000 youth clients each year, primarily between sixteen and twenty-four years old. AFC is named after Ali Forney, a transgender youth who was murdered in New York in 1997. Description AFC has 15 residential sites in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. In 2012, AFC provided 77 beds a night for homeless LGBTQ youth. AFC also runs a drop-in center, open 24/7, where clients can apply for housing, receive food and hygiene services and can access free medical and mental health care . AFC Founder Carl Siciliano says that the clients served by the drop-in center are often in the most acute crisis. AFC serves the LGBTQ population because they represent approximately forty percent of New York's young homeless people. History AFC has served homeless LGB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logo TV
Logo TV (often shortened to Logo, and stylized as Logo.) is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. Launched in 2005, Logo was originally dedicated to lifestyle and entertainment programming targeting LGBT audiences. As of January 2016, approximately 50 million households receive Logo. History The channel launched June 30, 2005 as the first advertiser-supported commercial television channel in the United States geared towards the gay community. It was founded by former MTV executive Matt Farber. Its first president, Brian Graden, was named by '' Out'' as the 15th most powerful gay person in America in 2007. Logo replaced VH1 MegaHits when it was launched. The fact that the LGBT-themed channel was named "Logo" led some viewers to think the "l" and the "g" referenced "lesbian" and "gay", but according to company executives, the name does not represent anything, nor is it an acronym. The channel's website says: Logo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari Gold (musician)
Ari Gold (February 11, 1974 – February 14, 2021) was an American pop singer and songwriter. He was openly gay,Event: 'Ari Gold – Untitled: The Making of a Gay Pop Star' @ Laboratory Theater HotFestival.org. and regularly addressed being both and gay. He starred in an autobiographical theater production ''Ari Gold– Untitled: The Making of a Gay Pop Star''. Early life Gold was born and raised in |
David Raleigh
David Raleigh is a New York City based singer, songwriter and piano player. History Born in Rochester, New York, David Raleigh moved to Seattle at the age of four. After receiving a scholarship to attend Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, David recorded his first record "Totally Psyched" that sent him on the road touring with contemporary Christian acts such as Amy Grant and The Archers. Raleigh's first television appearance was in 1990 as the winner of hit American show Star Search. In 1993, Raleigh played himself in a small feature role in the German cult movie ''Little Sharks''.Film credit for Kleine HaieDavid Raleigh at IMDb.com/ref> His second album ‘Never Alone’ was recorded and released in 1995, and his songs have appeared in the film Alchemy, directed by Eric Oppenheimer. Raleigh has since played in numerous venues across New York, including Manhattan's Stringfellows, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Waldorf Astoria, The Hotel Pierre, The Ritz-Carlton Battery Park and Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's What Friends Are For
"That's What Friends Are For" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. It was first recorded in 1982 by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack of the film '' Night Shift'', but it is better known for the 1985 cover version by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder. This recording, billed as being by "Dionne Warwick & Friends", was released as a charity single for AIDS research and prevention. It was a massive hit, becoming the number-one single of 1986 in the United States, and winning the Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Song of the Year. It raised over $3 million for its cause. Rod Stewart version ''That’s What Friends Are For'' was included on the expanded edition of the 2008 remaster of the album '' Body Wishes''. Personnel * Rod Stewart – vocals * Jim Cregan – guitar, background vocals * Jimmy "Z" Zavala – saxophone * Kevin Savigar – keyboards * Jay Davis – bass * Tony Brock – drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cutting Room Studios
The Cutting Room Recording Studios is a recording studio in New York City, opened in 1995 by David Crafa. The company is currently located in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. History David Crafa started The Cutting Room studios while he was still a student at New York University in a loft space on West 25th Street. The first official studio location was in a leased space on the fifth floor at 678 Broadway. The studios are now located at 14 East 4th street in the historic building now known as The Silk Building. Legacy Ben H. Allen Producer Ben H. Allen worked as an assistant engineer at The Cutting Room early in his music career. Just Blaze Producer Justin Smith, better known as Just Blaze, started as an intern at The Cutting Room and moved his way to night manager and lead producer. Mike Elizondo Mike Elizondo mixed Regina Spektor's album ''What We Saw from the Cheap Seats'' at Studio A in 2011. Film, Television and Video Games Over the last 10 years, The Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the testimony of Witness, observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media. Common topics for news reports include war, government, politics, education, health, the Climate change, environment, economy, business, fashion, entertainment, and sport, as well as Wikipedia:Unusual articles, quirky or unusual events. Government proclamations, concerning Monarchy, royal ceremonies, Law, laws, Tax, taxes, public health, and Crime, criminals, have been dubbed news since ancient times. Technology, Technological and Social change, social developments, often driven by government communication and espionage networks, have increased the speed with which news can spread, as well as influenced its conten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Fringe Festival
The Adelaide Fringe, formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival, is the world's second-largest annual arts festival (after the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Between mid-February and mid-March each year, it features more than 7,000 artists from around Australia and the world. Over 1,300 events are staged in hundreds of venues, which include work in a huge variety of performing and visual art forms. The Fringe begins with free opening night celebrations, and other free events occur alongside ticketed events for the duration of the festival. The three main temporary venue hubs are The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Gluttony and the Royal Croquet Club, and other temporary and permanent venues hosting Fringe events are scattered across the city, suburbs and region. In a period in Adelaide's calendar referred to by locals as "Mad March", other events running concurrently are the Adelaide Festival of Arts, another major arts festival starting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Stynes
Yumi Tasma Stynes (born 2 June 1975) is a feminist television and radio presenter, podcaster and author. She is the co-host of KIIS FM's 3PM Pick-Up radio show and presenter of the ABC Radio podcast ''Ladies, We Need to Talk'' about female health and sexuality. She presented the morning television show '' The Circle'' and was also a television presenter on Channel V Australia and Max. During 2013 she was a presenter on Sydney's Mix 106.5 FM radio breakfast program. A portrait of Stynes by Yoshio Honjo was a finalist for the 2022 Archibald Prize. Early life Stynes was born and grew up in Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia. Her mother is Japanese and her father was fifth generation Australian. She spent her teenage years in Melbourne attending Methodist Ladies College Kew before moving to Sydney to work for Channel V Australia. Career Radio In August 2011, Stynes hosted ''3PM Pick-Up'' with Chrissie Swan, broadcast nationally on Mix 101.1, Mix 106.5, Mix 102.3, Mix 106.3 & 97.3 FM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Australia
Sony Music Entertainment Australia is the predominant record label operated by American parent company Sony Music Entertainment in Australia. SMEA also formerly published and distributed video games in Australia & New Zealand on behalf of Sony Imagesoft and Sony Electronic Publishing Europe until 1995. Sony Music Entertainment Australia as of July 2017 also runs British multimedia Ministry of Sound Recordings' Australian operations on behalf of Sony Music UK, taking over from recently renamed TMRW Music, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Ministry of Sound until 2004. Current artists The follow is a list of artists current signed to Sony Music Australia: * AC/DC * A.D.K.O.B * Adam Harvey * Amy Shark * Becca Hatch * The Belligerents * Billy Davis * Carmouflage Rose * Clews * Conrad Sewell * Cosmo's Midnight * Darling Brando * Daryl Braithwaite (also contracted to Columbia Records) * David Campbell * Delta Goodrem (also contracted to Columbia Records) * DNA Songs * Dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
