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Guilda Da Música
Guilda was the stage name of Jean Guida (June 21, 1924 – June 27, 2012), a French and Canadian drag queen who built a long and sustained career as a cabaret and variety entertainer. Early life Guida claimed to have been the son of an Italian countess whose family surname was de Mortellaro,Alan Hustak, "Drag queen still a draw at 80". ''Montreal Gazette'', February 16, 2004. although journalist Alan Hustak later found that he was unable to verify this as there was no record of the de Mortellaro surname in directories of Italian nobility. Following World War II, he began his career as a female impersonator in ''Le Carrousel de Paris'', taking his stage name from the 1946 Rita Hayworth film '' Gilda''. In 1946, he had a small acting role in Yvan Noé's film '. In 1951, he toured internationally as a stage double for French cabaret performer Mistinguett; discovered by American theatre impresario Lou Walters, he moved to New York City for a time as a headliner of his own show, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand ( ; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, being the first performer to earn EGOT, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. Streisand's career began in the early 1960s performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters. Following guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records—retaining full artistic control in exchange for accepting lower pay, an arrangement that continued throughout her career. Her studio debut, ''The Barbra Streisand Album'' (1963), won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has amassed a total of 31 RIAA certification, RIAA platinum-certified albums, including ''People (Barbra Streisand album), People'' (1964), ''The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album), The Way We Were'' (1974), ''Guilty (Barbra Strei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalamazoo (film)
''Kalamazoo'' is a Canadian fantasy drama film, directed by André Forcier and released in 1988.Maurie Alioff, "Film Review: Marc-André Forcier's Kalamazoo". ''Cinema Canada'', March–April 1989. p. 29. The film stars Rémy Girard as Félix Cotnoir, a retired botanist who meets painter Pasquale Globensky ( Tony Nardi) after crashing his car into a telephone booth; introduced by Globensky to the novel ''Kalamazoo'' by writer Hélène Montana (Marie Tifo), he soon falls in love with a mermaid who is Hélène's double in appearance. The film won the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma in 1989."Quebec critics give top prize to Kalamazoo". ''Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as the Bytown ''Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the ''Ci ...'', February 13, 1989. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
