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Jess
Jess is a unisex given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Jessica, Jesse, Jessie, Jessy, Jesswin and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Jess Atkinson (born 1961), American football player * Jess Cain (1926–2008), American radio host * Jess Cates (born 1976), American songwriter * Jess Collins (1923–2004), American visual artist * Jess Conrad (born 1936), British actor * Jess H. Dickinson (born 1947), American judge * Jess E. DuBois (1934–2022), American painter * Jess Folley (born 2003), English singer * Jess Glynne (born 1989), English singer and songwriter * Jess Hahn (1921–1998), American actor * Jess Harnell (born 1963), American voice actor * Jess Hartley (born 1967), American writer * Jess Herbst (born 1958), American politician * Jess Hill (1907–1993), American athlete and coach * Jess Hill, Australian investigative reporter and author * Jess Stonestreet Jackson, Jr. (1930–2011), American wine entrepreneur * Jess Klein (born 1974), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Hartley
Christina K. "Jess" Hartley (born December 11, 1967) is an American novelist, writer, game creator, and editor. Hartley is the author of the novel ''Exalted: In Northern Twilight''''Exalted: In Northern Twilight'' at Amazon.com published by , and '' Little Yoshida'', a novel published as an electronic serial, by Mind Storm Labs. She has been an author of, and contributing writer to, nearly forty role-playing games and game products [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Nevins
Jess Nevins (born 1966) is an American author and research librarian best known for annotated guides and encyclopedias covering Victoriana, comic books, genre fiction and pulp fiction.The Gestation of Cape and Cowl: Thoughts on Jess Nevins' The Evolution of the Costumed Avenger by Matthew David Surridge, Black Gate, April 7, 2017, accessed June 17, 2023. Among Nevin's books are ''Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana,'' ''Horror Fiction in the 20th Century'' and ''Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes''. He has been a recipient and finalist for a number of honors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Conrad
Jess Conrad (born Gerald Arthur James; 24 February 1936) is an English stage and screen actor and singer. As a boy he was nicknamed "Jesse" after American outlaw Jesse James; as there was already an actor named "Gerald James" in Actors' Equity Association, Actors' Equity, a drama teacher who was a fan of writer Joseph Conrad suggested the stage name of "Jess Conrad". Biography Conrad was born in Brixton, South London and started his career as a repertory actor and film extra, before being cast in a television play, ''Bye, Bye Barney'', as a pop singer. He was noticed by Jack Good (producer), Jack Good, who included him in his TV series ''Oh Boy! (TV series), Oh Boy!''. Conrad then was signed to Decca Records and had a number of hit record, chart hits, including "Cherry Pie (Joe Josea song), Cherry Pie", "This Pullover", "Mystery Girl" and "Pretty Jenny"; also recording for Columbia Records, Columbia, Pye Records, Pye President and EMI Records, EMI. Between the late 1950s and mid-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Harnell
Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor. His roles include Wakko Warner in ''Animaniacs'', Captain Hero in '' Drawn Together'', Jerry in the first two seasons of '' Totally Spies!'', Ironhide in the first three ''Transformers'' films directed by Michael Bay, and the titular character in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' franchise. Harnell has also been the announcer for '' America's Funniest Home Videos'' since 1998. Early life Harnell was born on December 23, 1963, at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Teaneck, the son of Joe Harnell (a jazz composer) and his wife Alice (née Penslar) Harnell. Career In 1989, Harnell provided the voices of Br'er Rabbit and many other critters for the Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland Park. Harnell also recorded some new character dialogue for the subsequent Walt Disney World version of the attraction. He has continued to reprise the role of Brer Rabbit in new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Lee (Malaysian Singer)
Jess Lee (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Lí Kâi-vì'', born 1 June 1988), a Malaysian Chinese female singer. In 2010, she participated in the One Million Star, seventh One Million Star hosted by Taiwan Central Television. On January 30, 2011, she became the first Malaysian winner of Chinese Million Star. At the same time, she achieved the most perfect scores in the history of the program and four consecutive perfect scores. records, and obtained a recording contract with Warner Music Taiwan, releasing her first album in the same year. She is known for her high-pitched singing voice and wide vocal range. Early life Jess Lee was born in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Her ancestral home is Meizhou, Meizhou City, Guangdong. She has a Hakka people, Hakka background. Jess Lee learned opera and Chinese folk songs from her vocal teacher since she was a child (later she mainly focused on folk songs). She started learning vocal music when she was 8 years old. When she was 13 years old, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Klein
Jess Klein (born 1974) is an American singer-songwriter. A native of Rochester, New York, Klein learned to play acoustic guitar and started writing songs as a college student in Kingston, Jamaica, while working on a thesis "documenting dub poets and studying the musical landscape of that country." Klein moved to Boston upon her return home, and began performing locally. After independently releasing her first two albums, winning the Telluride Troubadour Songwriting Contest, and garnering several Boston Music Award nominations, she was signed to Rykodisc in 2000 by then-president George Howard. Klein's first release for Ryko, '' Draw Them Near'', launched Klein on a worldwide tour where she performed before 70,000 attendees at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. Returning to the U.S., Klein joined the songwriter collective Voices on the Verge, along with Erin McKeown, Rose Polenzani, and Beth Amsel. The foursome performed Klein's song "Little White Dove" on ''Good Morning Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Liaudin
Jess Liaudin (born 21 December 1973) is a French mixed martial artist, kickboxer and film actor. A professional MMA competitor from 1990 until 2014, he competed for UFC, Pancrase, Cage Rage, and King of the Cage. Background Liaudin trained in martial arts from eight years old; in karate initially and then moving on to kickboxing. From the age of 16, he has been fighting in a variety of full-contact competitions. He has fought in over 84 amateur and professional fights in mixed martial arts, Muay Thai, and kickboxing. Mixed martial arts career Early career Liaudin began his professional MMA career in 2000 as a Middleweight, compiling a 6–0 record before facing his first defeat. Ultimate Fighting Championship Liaudin signed to the UFC upon the heels of a three-fight winning streak, facing Dennis Siver at UFC 70. In arguably the most significant win of his career, Liaudin defeated Siver via first-round armbar just 1:21 into the fight. After another first-round stoppage via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Lee (Canadian Singer)
Jess Lee is a Canadian Métis country music singer-songwriter. Career Signed by RCA in 1980 as the lead singer of the Midnite Rodeo Band his work with Rocky Swanson earned him several awards including BCCMA Male Vocalist and Album of the Year honours. He recorded his first solo album ''Honky Tonk Love Affair'' in 1990. This album included 5 Canadian chart hits including the No. 1 hit "Crowhill Road". The title track was featured in the movie '' Harmony Cats'', was voted song of the year by the BCCMA, and garnered Jess Lee the Country Male Vocalist of the Year Award. He then spent several years songwriting in Nashville. In the mid-1990s Lee returned to his aboriginal musical roots. He signed with 12th Street Records and, together with songwriter Bonnie James, wrote the album ''Sacred Ground''. This recording reflects experiences of the aboriginal and métis peoples of North America and was subsequently nominated for a Juno Award The Juno Awards (stylized as JUNOS), or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. Origins and usage Etymologically, the term ''hypocorism'' is from Ancient Greek (), from (), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix refers in this case to creating a diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words () 'boy, youth' and () 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the Morphology (linguistics), morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipping (morphology), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Margera
Jesse Margera (born August 28, 1978) is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band CKY, which he co-founded in 1998. Prior to CKY, Margera performed in the band Foreign Objects with former CKY vocalist and guitarist Deron Miller, and he has since worked with Gnarkill, Viking Skull, The Company Band, Fuckface Unstoppable, and Sovereign Eagle. Margera has also appeared in the ''CKY'' video series and the '' Viva La Bam'' and '' Jackass'' television series alongside his brother Bam. Early life Margera was born on August 28, 1978, and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania to April and Phil Margera. He is the older brother of professional skateboarder and TV personality Bam Margera, alongside whom he is considered a founding member of the CKY crew, which worked on the video series of the same name. He chose to play the drums as he had two uncles who played the instrument, one of whom later worked as a drum technician on a CKY tour. His "biggest inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Hill (writer)
Jess Hill is an Australian investigative journalist. In 2020, she won the Stella Prize for her non-fiction work '' See What You Made Me Do''. Biography Hill started her journalism career as a producer for ABC Radio National. In 2011, she relocated to Cairo, Egypt, to become Middle East correspondent for '' The Global Mail''. She then moved into investigative journalism, working for ABC's ''Background Briefing'' programme. In 2014 she began writing about domestic violence. Her book, '' See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse'', was published in 2019 and won the 2020 Stella Prize for Australian women's writing. A three-part documentary series based on the book and presented by Hill, titled ''See What You Made Me Do'', premiered on SBS Television on 5 May 2021. In 2022, it was announced that Hill would host a second documentary series about consent in Australia titled ''Asking for It'', which also aired on SBS Television premiering in 2023. In 2020, Hill was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess McMahon
Roderick James "Jess" McMahon Sr. (October 29, 1882 – November 21, 1954) was an American professional wrestling and professional boxing promoter, and patriarch of the McMahon family, founders of Capitol Wrestling Corporation, precursor to the present-day WWE. Early life Roderick James McMahon was born October 29, 1882, in Manhattan, New York, to hotel owner Roderick McMahon (1846–1922) and Elizabeth McMahon (1848–1911), from County Galway. His parents had recently moved from Ireland to New York City. He and his older siblings Lauretta (born 1876), Catharine (born 1878) and Edward (born 1880) attended Manhattan College. McMahon graduated with a commercial diploma at the age of 17. The McMahon brothers showed a higher interest in sports than in a banking career. Career By 1909, the McMahon brothers were managing partners of the Olympic Athletic Club and bookers at the Empire Athletic Club and St. Nicholas Athletic Club, located in or near Harlem. Because of a loss of pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
