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Ève Angeli
Vanessa Annelyse Ève Garcin (born 25 August 1980 in Sète, Hérault, France), better known by her stage name Ève Angeli is a French pop singer, who won an NRJ Music Award for Best New French Artist in 2000–2002. Biography She began her rise to fame on the television show Graines de star in 2010. Her star-making performance on the show led to a major-label recording contract with Sony Music and the eventual release of her debut single, " Avant de venir" in 2000. The lead single from her forthcoming full-length album debut, "Aime-Moi" (2002), "Avant de Partir" was a Top Five hit on the French singles chart. The follow-up single "Elle" was a major hit also, breaking into the Top Ten, and though successive singles "Je Sais" and "C'est Pour Ça" were less popular, the run of hit singles helped carry Aime-Moi to number 11 on the French albums chart. In 2002 Angeli won the NRJ Music Award for Best New French Artist and released her second album, " Nos Différences", which spawned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sète
Sète (; oc, Seta, ), also historically spelt ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises'' (female) in French, "Setòris" and "Setòria" in Occitan. Known as the ''Venice of Languedoc'' and the ''singular island'' (in Paul Valéry's words), it is a port and a seaside resort on the Mediterranean with its own very strong cultural identity, traditions, cuisine and dialect. It is the hometown of such artists as Paul Valéry, Jean Vilar, Georges Brassens, Hervé Di Rosa, Manitas de Plata, and Robert Combas. Since 2001, François Commeinhes is the mayor of the city. Geography Built upon and around Mont St Clair, Sète is situated on the south-eastern end of the Étang de Thau, an enclosed salt water lake used primarily for oyster and mussel fields. To its other side lies the Mediterranean, and the town has a network of canals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Olmeta
Pascal Olmeta (born 7 April 1961 in Bastia) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais in the 1990s. Olmeta is good friends with Eric Cantona and has played in two testimonials for the Rest of the World against Manchester United: he played in the Munich testimonial in 1998 and also Sir Alex Ferguson's testimonial in 1999. In 2010, Olmeta played in goal for United in a charity game in aid of Sport Relief. He represented France in the Beach Soccer World Cup 2001 The 2001 Beach Soccer World Championships was the seventh edition of the ''Beach Soccer World Championships'', the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams until 2005, when the competition was the ... and was awarded the title of 'Best Goalkeeper' in the tournament. Personal life Olmeta is married with two daughters. In 2016, Olmeta drew criticism after video footage from 2011 surfaced showin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallaury Nataf
Mallaury Nataf (aka Mallory Nataf) (born Marie-Laurence Nataf, 19 March 1972) is a French singer and actress. Biography Personal life Mallaury Nataf was born in Lille, France. She spent her childhood between Lille and Nice and her parents divorced when she was young. Before playing in television shows, she attended law and business studies. Career She began her career in the sitcom ''Le Miel et les Abeilles'', produced by AB Productions in late 1992 until 1994. Like other AB Productions like ''Hélène Rolles'', she released a track single produced by AB Productions (''Les Filles, c'est très compliqué''). In spring 1994, she sang her title ''Fleur sauvage'' without underwear under her short dress on a children show - the ''Jacky Show'' - and images from the show triggered a public scandal. Late 1994, she left ''Le Miel et les Abeilles'' and decided to get out from the AB Productions system. Then she played in some movies for television, like ''Une femme explosive'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Leconte
Henri Leconte (born 4 July 1963) is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte's career-high singles ranking was world No. 5. Biography and career Leconte first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1981. He turned professional that year and won his first career doubles title at Bologna, and his first top-level singles title the following year, 1982, in Stockholm. Leconte played in the Davis Cup final for the first time in 1982, when France was defeated 4–1 by the United States. Leconte teamed up with Yannick Noah to win the men's doubles title at the French Open in 1984. In 1985, Leconte and Noah reached a second Grand Slam doubles final at the US Open, where they finished runners-up. Leconte reached his career-high doubles ranking of world N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jango Edwards
Stanley Ted Edwards (April 15, 1950 – August 4, 2023), known professionally as Jango Edwards, was an American clown and entertainer who spent most of his career in Europe, primarily in France, Spain, the Netherlands, and England. Edwards' performances were mainly one-man shows in the European cabaret tradition, in which he combined traditional clowning with countercultural and political references. Edwards built up a cult following over more than three decades of touring Europe with his shows. Biography Stanley Ted Edwards was born in Detroit, Michigan, on April 15, 1950. His family owned a successful landscaping business. During the late 1960s, he became immersed in radical politics, philosophy, religion, and the esoteric sciences. After three trips to Europe, he decided to give up his possessions in the U.S. and to travel to Europe to study the art of comedy and the clown. He became a busker in London and formed traveling comedy groups there. Beginning in 1975, he becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Erika
Princess Erika (born Erika Dobong'na; 5 April 1964, Paris) is a French singer and actress with Cameroonian origins. She is particularly known for her reggae songs "Trop de bla-bla" ou "Faut qu'j'travaille". Biography In 1982, Erika formed with her sisters a band named Blackheart Daughters, then joined the band Princess and the Royal Sound, with whom she made several tours, opening for Jamaican singer Dennis Brown. In 1988, she recorded "Trop de bla-bla" in London and achieved a minor success in France (#39 on the Top 50, but later, the song became famous for being used for a TV advert for MMA). She released the single "Tendresse" and her first album in 1992. She opened the concerts for Les Négresses Vertes. In 1995, she released her second studio album, ''D'origine'', and the lead single, "Faut qu'j'travaille", hit No. 15 in France. Two years later, she recorded a duet with Marc Lavoine, "Les Hommes sont des Femmes comme les autres". She participated in Les Enfoirés and wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plastic Bertrand
Roger François Jouret (born 24 February 1954), better known as Plastic Bertrand, is a Belgium, Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1977 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi". Biography Early life and bands Jouret was born in Brussels to a France, French father and Ukraine, Ukrainian mother. At the age of nine, he became a singer and drummer in the 'Buffalo Scouts Band', a group he formed with the Scouting in Belgium, Boy Scouts, which performed covers of The Rolling Stones, Rolling Stones songs. He then formed a band called The Pelicans, who performed at parties. They changed their name to Passing the Time, extending their act in bars, clubs and at festivals along the Dutch and Belgian coast. Later he was hired by pirate radio station Radio Veronica. Meanwhile, he continued his education at the Music Academy studying music theory and percussion, passing his degree at the Athénée Adolphe Max. Whilst awaiting ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Risoli
Philippe Risoli (born 9 September 1953 in Paris) is a French television host with Italian origins. He is also an unsuccessful singer. Biography Canal + and France 3 He presented the trivia game ''Quiz Star'', from 10 February 1986 to 6 September 1987 on Canal +, prior to succeed Philippe Gildas to present the show ''Direct''. He presented ''La Nouvelle Affiche'' in 1987 on France 3. TF1 Then he moved to TF1 where he hosted TV game including ''Jeopardy!'' and ''The Price Is Right'' (from 10 November 1992, succeeding Patrick Roy-31 August 2001, deletion of the game of TF1's antenna) and variety shows such as ''Succès fous'' with Patrick Roy and Christian Morin. He also hosted ''Viva la vie'' on TF1 in 1988, ''Capitale d'un soir'' from 1997 to 1998 with Nathalie Simon, and later with Sophie Favier. After The Price is right (2001–2009) When ''The Price is right'' was deleted, he began a singing career after presenting ''Les Copains d'Accords'' on RFM TV, a musical program, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régine Zylberberg
Régine Zylberberg (born Rachelle Zylberberg; 26 December 1929 – 1 May 2022), often known mononymously as Régine, was a Belgian-born French singer and nightclub impresario. She dubbed herself the "Queen of the Night". Early life Rachelle Zylberberg was born in Anderlecht,''Biography in Context'' (2011) Gale, Detroit Belgium, to Polish Jewish parents, Joseph Zylberberg and Tauba Rodstein. She spent much of her early life in hiding from the Nazis in occupied wartime France. Abandoned in infancy by her unwed mother who moved to Argentina, she was 12 when her father was arrested by the Nazis. She hid in a convent, where she was reportedly beaten. After the war, she sold bras in the streets of Paris. Her father, Joseph, managed to survive the war. He opened a cafe in Paris's Belleville neighborhood. Career Known as Régine, she became a torch singer; by 1953, she was a nightclub manager in Paris. She is attributed with the invention of the modern-day discothèque, by virtue o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Marquay
Nathalie Marquay (born 17 March 1967 in Comines, Nord) was Miss France in 1987 and her country's representative at Miss Universe 1987 and Miss World 1987 Miss World 1987, the 37th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 November 1987 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Ulla Weigerstorfer (''Queen of Europe'') from Austria. She was crowned by Miss World 1986, Giselle .... References 1967 births La Ferme Célébrités participants Living people Miss France winners Miss International 1988 delegates Miss Universe 1987 contestants Miss World 1987 delegates People from Comines, Nord {{France-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Ducruet
Daniel Ducruet (; born 27 November 1964) is a former husband of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, to whom he was married in 1995 and divorced from a year later in 1996. Two of his children, Louis and Pauline, are 15th and 16th in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne. Early life Ducruet was born in Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes to Henri Ducruet, a manual laborer and his wife Maguy (née Barbero), a homemaker. Ducruet attended the University of Nice but dropped out after a year. He worked as a bodybuilder, pet shop clerk and a fishmonger before being accepted into Monaco's police force as a trainee officer in 1986. Within two years he had been appointed a Palace bodyguard with responsibility for Prince Albert. In 1991, he was appointed by Prince Rainier to accompany his daughter Princess Stéphanie as bodyguard on her ill-fated tour to promote her record album. Personal life Ducruet's first marriage to Sandra Naccache ended in divorce in the mid-1980s. Ducruet's girlf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordy (singer)
Jordy Claude Daniel Lemoine (born 14 January 1988), known as Jordy, is a French singer and musician. He was known for his hit single " Dur dur d'être bébé!" when he was four years old. He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines. He is the son of music producer Claude Lemoine, who was involved with the Rockets from 1976 to 1992. Career Jordy is listed in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' as the youngest singer ever to have a No. 1 charted single. He achieved this in 1992, at the age of four-and-a-half, with the song " Dur dur d'être bébé!" ("It's Tough to Be a Baby"). "Dur dur d'être bébé!" was No. 1 for 15 weeks in France, and was a dance hit across Europe, Brazil, Latin America, South Korea, and Japan. It landed at No. 58 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making him the youngest artist to ever chart there. As a teenager, Jordy appeared on Season 2 of the French television show ''La Ferme Célébrités ''La Ferme Célébrités'' is the French version of the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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