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In 2016, Hyomin made the single "Still". She also made her second extended play album called "Sketch".
In early 2018, Park and her fellow T-ara members left MBK Entertainment when their contracts finished. They stated they would stay together as a group. However, they have not released any new music as a group since then. In May 2018, Hyomin joined Sublime Artist Agency. In September 2018, Hyomin made a single called "Mango".
In January 2019, Hyomin made a new single called "U Um U Um". Then in February, 2019, Hyomin released her album "Allure".
For T-ara's performance of "Roly-Poly" in 2011, Hyomin designed her own clothing.
In 2012, Hyomin started her own clothing line.
In 2019, Hyomin started a cosmetic brand named called "MINITT".
Hyomin at Hancinema
Hyomin at IMDb
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Qri
Lee Ji-hyun is a South Korean singer and actress. She goes by the stage name Qri. She is known for being the leader of T-ara, which is one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. She also has performed as a solo artist and is an actress in television.
Qri was born on 12 December 1986. She went to Juyeob High School. Then she attended Myungji University.
Qri joined T-ara in mid-2009.
In July 2013, Qri became the leader of T-ara.
Qri, Boram and Soyeon formed QBS in May 2013. QBS was focused on the Japanese market. They released their first song in 2013. It is called "Kaze no You ni" (風のように, Like the Wind).
In September 2009, Qri has a role in the television drama "Queen Seondeok".
In 2010, she had a cameo appearance in the drama "Master of Study". Later that year she had a lead role on KBS's drama "Southern Trader Kim Chul Soo's Update". Qri also made a cameo appearance in SBS' drama "Giant".
In 2011 she was in KBS' drama "King Geunchogo" with fellow T-ara member Hahm Eun-jung.
Qri at IMDb
T-ara albums
This discography is a list of the albums and singles by T-ara. T-ara is a South Korean girl group. They have made four studio albums. One of these was re-released under a different title. They have made nine extended plays, of which four were also re-released under different titles. They have two compilation albums, two remix albums, thirty-six singles, and six promotional singles.
T-ara's first studio album was released in 2009. It is called "Absolute First Album". It peaked at number two on the Gaon Album Chart. It also included two Korean top ten singles. These were "Bo Peep Bo Peep" and "Like the First Time". The 2010 reissue of the album titled "Breaking Heart" made it to number two on the Gaon Album Chart and sold over 40,695 physical units in South Korea. It lead to the single "You Drive Me Crazy" (). This song made it to number one on the Gaon Digital Chart. It sold over three million digital copies. It was the fifth best-selling single of 2010 in South Korea.
T-ara's first extended play (EP) was released in 2010. It is called "Temptastic". It lead to two Gaon top five singles. These were "What's Wrong" () and "Yayaya". In 2011 T-ara released the EP called "John Travolta Wannabe" (). It made it to number three on the Gaon Album Chart. It lead to the single "Roly-Poly", which made it to the first place on the Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart. It became the highest-selling digital single of 2011 in South Korea. It had over four million digital downloads.
In 2011 and 2012, T-ara continued to have popular releases. These included the number-one singles "Cry Cry", "Were In Love" (), and "Lovey-Dovey". The last of these was the second highest-selling digital single of 2012 in South Korea. It had over 3.7 million digital units sold. T-ara released their first Japanese language album in 2012. It is called "Jewelry Box". It made it to number two on the Oricon chart. Its lead single, the Japanese language version of "Bo Peep Bo Peep", made number one on the Oricon chart and the Japan Hot 100. It sold more than 100,000 units in Japan. A month later, T-ara returned to Korean language music with songs "Day by Day" and "Mirage". The songs "Day by Day" and "Sexy Love" made it to the top ten of the Gaon Digital Chart. They were among the top 100 best-selling singles in South Korea in 2012.
In 2013, T-ara made a second Japanese studio album. It is called "Treasure Box". This album made it to number four on the Oricon chart. It lead to two Oricon top five singles. These were "Sexy Love" and "Bunny Style!" (). T-ara also made their fifth Korean EP in 2013. It is called "Again" and made it to number two on the Gaon Album Chart. It lead to the single "Number Nine" (), which made it to number five on the Gaon Digital Chart. It also made it to number four on the Korea K-Pop Hot 100.
In 2015, the group made two more EPs. These were "And & End" (2014), and "So Good" (2015). Both of these made it to the top ten of the Gaon Album Chart. The album "And & End" included the song "Sugar Free". This became the group's highest-charting song on the "Billboard" World Digital Songs, at number four.
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951) is an American movie maker. In his movies there is provocative and controversial content. His best known movies are "Ms. 45" (1981), "Cat Chaser" (1989), "King of New York" (1990), "Dangerous Game" and "The Funeral" (1996).
Ferrara later directed the movie "'R Xmas" (2001). He directed the movie "Mary" in 2005. That was about religion and Jesus Christ.
Ferrara was born in The Bronx, New York City.
Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, movie director and producer. He played Rocky Dennis in the 1985 movie "Mask". He was later nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.
Stoltz later acted in the movies "Sleep with Me", "Pulp Fiction", "Killing Zoe", "Little Women" and "Jerry Maguire".
Stoltz was born near Whittier, California.
The Funeral (movie)
The Funeral is a 1996 American crime-drama movie. Abel Ferrara directed the movie.
The movie begins with the burial of one of the three Tempio brothers. These men are violent criminals. Mourning the death of their beloved brother Johnny are Chez and Ray. The earlier is hot tempered. The latter is cold and calculating. Flashbacks show that Johnny was more sensitive.
The main suspect in Johnny's murder is rival gangster Gaspare Spoglia.
However, as it turns out, Johnny wasn't murdered by rival gangsters. Johnny was murdered by a man who said Johnny had raped his girlfriend. Just before Ray kills him, the man admits he wanted revenge because Johnny had beaten him up in front of his girlfriend and his friends.
As he buries the dead murderer, Chez is looking back on his brothers' lives before the tragedy. He then returns to Ray's house and kills Ray and all of Ray's bodyguards. Chez then shoots Johnny, who is already dead. Finally, Chez puts the gun in his own mouth and commits suicide. The family women wail over Ray's dying body.
Rotten Tomatoes rates this movie at 79% "Variety" called the cast "top notch" and said the movie was "an easier pic to enjoy".
Chris Penn won the best supporting actors' award at the 1996 Venice Film Festival.
Pua Magasiva
Pua Magasiva (10 August 1980 – 11 May 2019) was a Samoan-born New Zealand actor. He is best known for his roles as Shane Clarke, the Red Ranger, in "Power Rangers Ninja Storm" and as nurse Vinnie Kruse in the soap opera "Shortland Street". He was also one of the co-hosts of the radio station Flava. He also appeared in the horror movie "30 Days of Night" (2007).
Magasiva was born in Apia, capital of Samoa. He grew up in Wellington. He was the younger brother of actor Robbie Magasiva.
On 11 May 2019, Magasiva was found dead in Wellington.
Differential privacy is a mathematically-rigorous definition of privacy. An algorithm uses a dataset to calculate its output. An algorithm is said to be differentially private if, based on its output, it is impossible to tell whether or not a "particular individual" was in the dataset.
In simpler terms, this property is fulfilled if the algorithm's behavior does not noticeably change when a single individual joins or leaves the dataset.
Dauphin, Manitoba
Dauphin (French for "heir to the French throne", see Dauphin of France) is a city in Manitoba, Canada, located in western Manitoba near Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Riding Mountain National Park, west of Lake Manitoba and Dauphin Lake, and south of Lake Winnipegosis.
As the largest city within the Parkland, Dauphin has a trading area of over 50,000 people. A large part of Dauphin's economy is based on agriculture, with farms in this area of the province producing grains, oilseeds, honey, and livestock. It is served by Provincial Trunk Highways 5, 10, and 20 and is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Dauphin.
The nearby lake was given the name "Dauphin" by the explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye in 1741 in honour of the heir to the French throne.
Dauphin has a humid continental climate (Köppen "Dfb") with cold winters and warm summers.
The Markup
The Markup is a non-profit news startup.
The Markup was founded in 2018 to report on the effects of technology on society. Its mission is to "hold the powerful to account, raise the cost of bad behavior, and spur reforms."
The executive director of the markup is Sue Gardner.
Grey partridge
The grey partridge ("Perdix perdix") is a 30 cm tall bird. It is brown-backed and has grey flanks and chest. The belly is white, usually marked with a large chestnut-brown horse-shoe mark. This mark should not only be the detail to divide into male or female partridge. When disturbed or if it feels danger, it flies a short distance. The song is a harsh "kieerr-ik" or "keev-it" and often calling "rick rick rick" or "it-it-it".
Partridges live in open country including farmland, moorland, downs, steppes, semi-desserts and sand dunes. They prefer a warm and dry climate. They eat grains, seeds and small insects.
The scientific name is the Latin for "partridge", and is itself derived from Ancient Greek "perdix".
I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber song)
"I Don't Care" is a song recorded by English singer Ed Sheeran and Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It was released on May 10, 2019. as the lead single from Sheeran's fourth studio album, "No. 6 Collaborations Project". The two wrote the song with Jason Boyd and its producers, Fred Gibson, Max Martin, and Shellback. The song is Sheeran's and Bieber's third collaboration together. Sheeran co-wrote Bieber's 2015 song "Love Yourself", and the two appeared on the 2019 single "Earth" by rapper Lil Dicky.
The song entered at the top of the Australian and UK charts and at number two in the US and New Zealand.
Luisa Eugenia Navas
Luisa E. Navas (born 1918 in Chillán; died 18 November 2020 in Santiago), also called Eugenia Navas, is a Chilean botanist and professor in Pharmacy School of the Chilean University.
Flora de la cuenca de Santiago de Chile. Tomo I. Pteridophyta, Gimnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. Ediciones de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 301 pp.
Bert Cooper
Bertram Cooper (January 10, 1966 – May 10, 2019), nicknamed Smokin' Bert Cooper, was an American professional boxer. He was a boxer in the heavyweight division. He famously fought Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Chris Byrd, Ray Mercer and Corrie Sanders. Cooper challenged three times for a world title. He had 63 pro fights, winning 38 (31 by knockout) and losing 25. He was born in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania.
Cooper died of pancreatic cancer on May 10, 2019. He was 53.
Gianni De Michelis
Giovanni "Gianni" De Michelis (26 November 1940 – 11 May 2019) was an Italian politician. He was a member of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). He notably had many government minister roles during the 1980s and early 1990s. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy from 1988 to 1989, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1992. He also served as Minister of State Holdings (1980–1983) and Minister of Labour and Social Policies (1983–1987). He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (1976–1994) and the European Parliament (2004–2009). He was born in Venice.
De Michelis died in Venice on 11 May 2019, at the age of 78.
Hector Busby
Sir Hector "Hec" Busby (1 August 1932 – 11 May 2019) was a New Zealand Māori navigator and waka builder. He is also known by his Māori name Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Puhipi. He built 26 traditional waka, a Māori canoe. He sailed over 30,000 nautical miles in the Pacific including Hawaii, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island. He was award many honours for services to Māori people, including Member of the Order of the British Empire (1994), Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2014) and Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2018).
Busby died on 11 May 2019, at the age of 86.
Gordon Neate
Gordon Neate (14 March 1941 – 10 May 2019) was an English professional footballer. He played as a full back.
Neate was born in Reading. He joined his hometown club as a teenager. He played his first professional game in April 1959. He played 99 games for Reading before retiring due to injury in 1966. He remained at Reading as a non-playing staff member. He retired as the club's groundsman in 2009.
Neate died on 10 May 2019, at the age of 78.
Jon Gittens
Jonathan Antoni Gittens (22 January 1964 – 11 May 2019) was an English professional footballer. He played as a centre back.
Gittens was born in Moseley, Birmingham. He started his career playing for Southampton. He played for Swindon Town from 1987 to 1991, making over 120 appearances for the club. He returned to Southampton in 1991. He later played for Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Torquay United and Exeter City. He also managed non-league football teams after retiring from playing.
Gittens died on 11 May 2019, at the age of 55.
Designated School Official
Designated School Official (DSO) is an official U.S. term for anyone who officially represents an American college or university in matters dealing with F-1 (visa category for foreign students to enter the United States) affairs. A school appoints its DSO, but it must also be approved by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS), which is a federal government body.
The duties of the DSO include signing immigration documents for foreign students. The DOS also supports and advises foreign students.
Pavlova (cake)
Pavlova is a sweet dessert made of meringue. It is named after Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova, after she went . It is crisp on the outside and light on the inside, and is usually topped with fruit and whipped cream.
Pavlova is popular in Australia and New Zealand. It was supposedly named after Anna Pavlova following a tour she made to Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s. It is eaten a lot in these countries during the summertime, including over the Christmas period. However, it can be eaten all the year round.
List of women composers
This is an alphanbetical list of women composers:
List of women lawyers
This is an alphanbetical list of women lawyers:
Silver King (wrestler)
César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón (9 January 1968 – 11 May 2019), better known by his ring name Silver King, was a Mexican professional wrestler and actor. He was a "luchador enmascarado" (masked wrestler). He worked for Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and other smaller federations all over the world. He played the villain, Ramses, in the movie "Nacho Libre" (2006), starring Jack Black. He was born in Torreón, Coahuila.
On 11 May 2019, González was part of a wrestling match against Juventud Guerrera in Camden Town, London, England. During the bout, he had heart attack and died. He was 51.
N. R. Madhava Menon
Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (4 May 1935 – 8 May 2019) was an Indian lawyer and educator. He has been called the main figure of modern legal education in India. He was founder and director of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the National Judicial Academy. He also served as founder and vice-chancellor of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS). Menon was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, by the government in 2003. He was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Menon died of liver cancer in Thiruvananthapuram on 8 May 2019. He was 84.
Rezo Cheishvili
Revaz (Rezo) Cheishvili (, 24 April 1933 – 11 September 2015) was a Georgian writer and scriptwriter.
Cheishvili was born in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union in 1933. He moved to Tbilisi, the capital, in 1954 to continue his studies. In 1958 he graduated from Tbilisi State University with a degree in Georgian language and literature.
Cheishvili worked from 1961 to 1992 at the 'Georgian Film' studio as a film editor and served on the Film Script Administrative Board. He was a leading member of the Creative Association. He edited various Georgian literary journals and newspapers.
Rezo Cheishvili was the scriptwriter of feature-length films "My Friend Nodari", "Samanishvili’s Stepmother" and the widely famed "The Blue Mountains", which was directed by noted Georgian director Eldar Shengelaia.
Cheishvili’s short stories and novels have been published in several countries.
Cheishvili died at his Kutaisi apartment on 11 September, 2015, aged 82.
David Gordon Wilson
David Gordon Wilson (11 February 1928 – 2 May 2019) was a British engineer. He served as a professor of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. He is known for, along with Chester Kyle, starting the modern recumbent bicycle movement in the US. Wilson also invented carbon tax in 1973. He co-founded Wilson TurboPower, a company focused on the development of microturbines, in 2001. He was born in Warwickshire.
Wilson died on 2 May 2019 in Winchester, Massachusetts. He was 91.
Kyler Murray
Baker Mayfield is an American football player for the NFL. He selected 1st overall by the Cleveland Browns. He played college football at Oklahoma University. He won the Heisman trophy, which is a award for the most outstanding college football player in the nation. He broke a record for most td passes by a rookie.
East Moriches, New York
East Moriches is a small town in Long Island, New York with a population of about 5,000 people. It is near Center Moriches or Moriches. East Moriches is near where the TWA flight 800 disaster happened.
Old Sugar Mill of Koloa
The Old Sugar Mill of Kōloa was a sugarcane plantation in Hawaii. It was one of the first plantation to be profitable. The Mill was founded by a company called Ladd & Company in 1935. The Mill location was on an island called Kauai in Kōloa. This was the start of the sugarcane plantation industry in Hawaii. The sugarcane industry is Hawwii largest industry. The Mill Building was named as a National Historic Landmark on December 29, 1962. A stone chimey and the lowest part of the building (or called Building foundation) remains today. They were build in the 1840.
Frederick Brownell
Frederick Gordon Brownell (8 March 1940 – 10 May 2019) was a South African herald, vexillologist and genealogist. He is best known for designing the flags of Namibia and South Africa. He also designed many coats of arms. He served as the Herald of South Africa from 1982 to 2002. He was a founding member of the Southern African Vexillological Association (SAVA). He was born in Bethlehem, Free State.
Brownell died of cancer on 10 May 2019 in Pretoria, Gauteng. He was 79.
Herobust
Héctor Enrique Olivares
Héctor Enrique Olivares (18 February 1958 − 12 May 2019) was an Argentine politician, engineer and agricultural producer. He was a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2015 until his death in 2019. He was born in La Rioja.
On 9 May 2019, Olivares and his adviser, Miguel Marcelo Yadón, were badly injured after being shot in Buenos Aires. The men were taken to a nearby hospital, where Yadón was pronounced dead. Olivares died of his injuries on 12 May 2019, three days after the attack.
Religion in North Macedonia
Orthodox Church today is far as well as the predominant religion of North Macedonia, with the majority of Macedonians adhere to the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Approximately 63% of the population of North Macedonia are Orthodox Christians.
Islam is the second religious group behind Macedonian Orthodox Church group with one-fourth of the total population of Macedonia or 33.33% of the total population, with most of Albanian and Turkish people, along with the minority of the Macedonian people. There are higher estimates that says at least 36% of the population are Muslims.
By 2020, Orthodox Christianity will fall about 53.7%, Muslims will increase to 43.6%, and other Christian domination will be 1%, Irreligious will be 1.3%, and other religions will make 0.4%.
Marble run
a marble run is a course made for a small ball (or marble) and its aim is to travel from the start to finish with no flaws
to make a marble run you need a small ball and that is it after you make a course using anything you can find (see:rube Goldberg)
a marble is a small glass ball and is more commonly used for the game 'marbles'
A German glassblower invented marble scissors, a device for making marbles, in 1846. The first mass-produced toy marbles (clay) made in the US were made in Akron, Ohio, by S. C. Dyke, in the early 1890s. Some of the first US-produced glass marbles were also made in Akron, by James Harvey Leighton
Shishapangma is a mountain in the Himalayas range, in Tibet, China. It is also known as Gosainthān. It is the 14th highest mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were Xǔ Jìng and his expedition, in 1964.
Gyachung Kang
Annapurna II
Annapurna II is a mountain in the Himalayas range, in Nepal. It is the 16th highest mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were Richard Grant, Chris Bonington, and Ang Nyima, in 1960.
Ngadi Chuli
List of women politicians
This alphabetical list of women politicians is a partial list:
Paul-Werner Scheele
Paul-Werner Scheele (6 April 1928 – 10 May 2019) was a German Roman Catholic bishop and theologian. He was born in Olpe. He became a priest in 1952. He was named Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn in 1975. In 1979, he became the Bishop of Würzburg, serving until his retirement in 2003.
Scheele died on 10 May 2019 in Würzburg, at the age of 91.
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae are a family of freshwater fish. They are in the class Actinopterygii, and include more than 3000 different species. They have a maximum length of over 2.5 metres (8 feet 2 inches) but most types of cyprinidae are smaller than 5cm (2 inches).
George Avis Fulcher
George Avis Fulcher (born 1922: died 1984) was a bishop of Columbus, Ohio and later a bishop of Lafayette, Indiana.
Harold Lederman
Harold Lederman (January 26, 1940 – May 11, 2019) was an American professional boxing judge and analyst. He began his career as a boxing judge in 1967 and joined the cast of "HBO World Championship Boxing" in 1986. He stayed in this role until HBO dropped boxing in 2018. He was added to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2016. He was born in the Bronx, New York. He was a Columbia University graduate.
Lederman died of cancer on May 11, 2019, at the age of 79.
1949–50 Rochester Royals season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Rochester Royals in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Rochester Royals vs. Minneapolis Lakers: "Lakers win series 1-0"
1949–50 Fort Wayne Pistons season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and ninth as a franchise.
! colspan="2" style="background-color: #00519a; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | Fort Wayne Pistons 1949–50 roster
Fort Wayne Pistons vs. Chicago Stags: "Pistons win series 1-0"
1996–97 Utah Jazz season
The 1996–97 NBA season was the Jazz's 23rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 18th season in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Also one of the best Utah Jazz draft picks was Edgar Nave (Utah Utes)
(1) Utah Jazz vs. (8) Los Angeles Clippers
Last Playoff Meeting: 1992 Western Conference First Round (Utah won 3–2)
(1) Utah Jazz vs. (4) Los Angeles Lakers
Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles won 4-3)
(1) Utah Jazz vs. (3) Houston Rockets
Last Playoff Meeting: 1995 Western Conference First Round (Houston won 3-2)
In the finals, the Jazz faced the Chicago Bulls losing the first two games on the road. However, the Jazz upon arriving at the Delta Center continued their home court advantage by taking Game 3, and Game 4 to even the series. With a chance to take a series lead in Game 5, the Jazz were beaten by a heroic performance by Michael Jordan playing with the flu like ailment 90-88. Back in Chicago for Game 6, the Jazz battled the Bulls tightly before falling by four points as the Bulls won their fifth title in seven years.
(E1) Chicago Bulls vs. (W1) Utah Jazz
Everytime We Touch (album)
Everytime We Touch is an album by German pop group Cascada.
The album was accidentally released on iTunes for digital download on 11 February 2006, ten days before its scheduled release. It was said to be a computer error. The album entered the "Billboard" 200 at number 67, selling over 17,000 copies in its first week. It has gone on to sell over 100,000 copies in the US.
In the United Kingdom, the album entered the charts at #6. It then went on to peak at #2. It spent 28 weeks in the UK Albums Top 75, and 35 weeks in the Ireland Albums Top 75 (where it peaked at #1). The album went on to sell over 600,000 copies in the UK, achieving Platinum Certification.
Arif Malikov
Arif Malikov (also Melikov; 13 September 1933 – 9 May 2019) was an Azerbaijani composer. His first major composition "Legend of Love" was staged at the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad. The ballet was staged in many countries in Europe.
The ballet "Legend of Love", is based upon the legend of "Farhad and Shirin". Malikov went on to write music for two more ballets, including "Yer üzündə iki nəfər (balet)" ("Dvoe" or "Two") (1967) and "Poem of Two Hearts" (1981).
Malikov died on 9 May 2019, at the age of 85.
Hayat Saif
Hayat Saif (, born Saiful Islam Khan; 16 December 1942 – 13 May 2019) was a Bangladeshi poet and literary critic. He became well-known during the 1960s. He published eight poetry collections. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2018 for his writing. He was active in the scout movement. He was awarded the 305th Bronze Wolf Award in 2005. In 1999, he retired as chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). He was born in Dhaka.
On 13 May 2019, Saif died in Dhaka, at the age of 76.
Allene Roberts
Allene Roberts Cochran (September 1, 1928 – May 9, 2019) was an American actress. She was born in Fairfield, Alabama. Her first movie role was "The Red House" (1947) starring Rory Calhoun, Julie London and Edward G. Robinson. She starred in "Knock on Any Door", "Union Station" and "Bomba on Panther Island".
Roberts died on May 9, 2019 in Huntsville, Alabama at the age of 90.
T-ara
T-ara () is a South Korean girl group. They are one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. T-ara was formed in 2009. The group mainly makes dance-pop music. This is partly due to their partnership with composer Shinsadong Tiger, who has favored that genre. T-ara uses a wide variety of visual looks in their dance and performances.
T-ara debuted in July 2009 with the single "Lies". Their first studio album was called the "Absolute First Album". It was released in December 2009 and lead to several hit songs. These included "TTL (Time to Love)", "Bo Peep Bo Peep", and "You Drive Me Crazy".
In 2011, T-ara released the song "Roly-Poly". It became the best-selling single of the year on the "Gaon" chart in South Korea. The group also became popular in Japan. Later that year they signed a contract with agency J-Rock to manage their sales in Japan. The contract was for USD 4.7 million. This was the most any Korean girl group had made in a foreign market at the time. T-ara went on to make a Japanese studio album called "Jewelry Box". This album reached number one on the "Oricon" weekly charts in Japan. Also in 2011, T-ara released the Korean album "Black Eyes". It lead to three number ones songs in a row. These were "Cry Cry", "We Were in Love" and "Lovey-Dovey".
In 2012, T-ara had a drop in popularity. The group was accused of disagreements and problems with one another. Soon after, Hwayoung left T-ara. Areum did the same a year after. After these issues, T-ara's albums and songs had mixed success in South Korea. As a result, T-ara changed their focus to China. In 2014, they made a cover of the Chopstick Brothers' song "Little Apple". After focusing on China, T-ara became one of the most popular K-pop groups in the country.
In 2017, the contracts of Soyeon and Boram were set to expire. On the other hand, Qri, Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon had extended their contracts. This would reduce the members of the group from six to four. T-ara had intended to make one more album as a six-member group. However, a conflict with their management lead to a delay and it did not happen. T-ara's next release was as a four-member group. This was the EP called "What's My Name?" which was released in June 2017.
T-ara was formed by the record label Mnet Media, which is now known as Stone Music Entertainment. The original members of T-ara were Jiae, Jiwon, Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon. They trained together for three years before their debut. The group's name is based on the word "tiara". The idea for the name was that they would be "queens of the music industry". Their first song came before their official debut as a group. It was "Joheun Saram" for the soundtrack of the "Cinderella Man" television show. One month before their official debut, Mnet Media changed some of the members of the group. Jiae and Jiwon left T-ara in early June 2009, and were replaced by Boram, Soyeon, and Qri. Then in early July 2009, T-ara was moved from Mnet Media to Core Contents Media. Core Contents Media is a subsidiary of Mnet Media, and is now known as MBK Entertainment.
T-ara made their debut in July 2009 on the "Radio Star" talk show. Their first performance was on the "M Countdown" music show a few days later. It included the songs "Geojitmal" (or "Lies") and "Norabollae?". The performance had negative reviews by those who watched it. Some felt was that it was lip-synced and had an "elementary school" appearance. In response, the group decided that future performances would be live. In September 2009, T-ara made the song TTL "(Time to Love)" with the boy band Supernova. It became the first number one song for both groups and topped many online charts. A month later, T-ara and Supernova made the follow up song "TTL Listen 2".
T-ara made their first studio album in November 2009, with the name "Absolute First Album". Core Contents Media held a survey to have the public help choose which song would be the title track. The choices were "Bo Peep Bo Peep" and "Cheoeum Cheoreom" (처음처럼, "Like the First Time"). Of the 9,000 people who took the survey, 53% chose "Cheoeum Cheoreom". However, "Bo Peep Bo Peep" was chosen as the title track. It made it to number four on the "Gaon" chart. "Cheoeum Cheoreom" made it to number ten. T-ara performed these songs live on the "Music Bank" television show on 4 December 2009. At the 24th Golden Disk Awards, T-ara won Rookie of the Year along with girl group 4minute.
The group won their first music show award with "Bo Peep Bo Peep" on the first day of 2010. The song went on to win five awards in total. T-ara intended to follow up with promotions for "Cheoeum Cheoreom" as well. But these had to be canceled in January 2010, as Soyeon got sick with H1N1. Later that month, T-ara had a cameo appearance in two episodes of the television show "God of Study".
In February 2010, the group re-released their debut album under the title "Breaking Heart". The digital release was on February 23. The two lead singles were "Neo Ttaemune Michyeo" (너 때문에 미쳐; "I Go Crazy Because of You") and "Naega Neomu Apa" (내가 너무 아파, "I'm Really Hurt"). "Neo Ttaemune Michyeo" made it to number one on the "Gaon" chart and "Naega Neomu Apa" made it to thirty-one. T-ara performed on the same day on "M Countdown". They went on to win three awards for "Neo Ttaemune Michyeo". The physical release of the album was March 3. It made it to number two on the weekly "Gaon" chart and number thirty-five on the yearly chart. T-ara performed "Naega Neomu Apa" on music shows in March and early April 2010.
In July 2010, T-ara added Hwayoung as a seventh member. The stated reason was to give other members some relief from their heavy schedules. It would also allow each member to be away for solo activities from time to time. In November 2010, the group starred in the third season of the reality show "Hello Baby". Later that month, T-ara released "Wae Ireoni". It is the lead single for their first extended play, which is called "Temptastic". "Temptastic" was released in December 2010, along with the single, "Yayaya". T-ara performed on "Music Bank" on December 3 with their new seventh member Hwayoung. They later won awards for "Wae Ireoni" and "Yayaya" on "M Countdown".
T-ara made their second extended play (or EP) in June 2011. The title is "John Travolta Wannabe". It made it to number three on the Gaon Album Chart. The EP's single, "Roly-Poly", made it to number two on the Gaon Digital Chart and number one on the Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart. It became the highest-selling song of 2011 in South Korea. "Roly-Poly" won the award of Best Music Video at the 3rd Melon Music Awards. T-ara also won Singer of the Year at the 1st Gaon Chart Awards. They were also nominated for Best Dance Performance by a Female Group and Song of the Year at the 13th Mnet Asian Music Awards.
In August 2011, T-ara made a limited edition re-issue of "John Travolta Wannabe" with the title "Roly-Poly in Copacabana". The title track is a eurodance remix of "Roly-Poly". It was given the name "Roly-Poly in Copacabana" after the song "Copacabana" which was popular in the 1980's in disco clubs. The album made it to number three on the Gaon chart. The song made it to number forty-five on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart. The group then performed the song on the "Music Bank" television show.
T-ara made a Japanese version of "Bo Peep Bo Peep" in September 2011. It made it to number one on the "Oricon" weekly chart. This made T-ara the first non-Japanese girl group to make it to number one on the "Oricon" chart. The song also made it to number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart.
In November 2011, T-ara made their third EP, "Black Eyes", which made it to number two on the "Gaon" charts. The album followed the release of the song "Cry Cry", which made it to number one on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100. "Cry Cry" also won two first-place awards on "M Countdown". The music video for "Cry Cry" had a billion Korean won budget and a thirty-minute drama story line. The group made their second Japanese song, a remake of "Yayaya" from their "Temptastic" EP, in November. It made it to number seven on the "Oricon" charts and number six on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
In December 2011, the group held a three-day concert tour in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. By the end of the year, T-ara had become the second most popular girl group in Korea. Also in December, T-ara made a ballad with Davichi called "Uri Saranghaetjanha" (우리 사랑했잖아, "We Were in Love"). It was later included on T-ara's "Funky Town" re-release album. "Uri Saranghaetjanha" made it to number one on the "Gaon" chart and number two on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100. Both groups performed the song on SBS's "Inkigayo" television show.
T-ara re-released "Black Eyes" under the title "Funky Town" in January 2012. The album made it to number one on the "Gaon" weekly chart and number two on the monthly chart. "Lovey-Dovey" was the second single from the album. It made it to number one on both the "Gaon" and "Billboard Korea" charts.
In February 2012, Forbes Korea listed T-ara as number 17 in their list of "Top 40 Power Celebrities". In April, Core Contents Media announced that they would add two new members to T-ara. Areum joined T-ara in June 2012, bringing the group to eight members. The second new member was to be Dani, who was 14 years old at the time. While she starred in T-ara's "Day by Day" music video, she did not end up becoming a member.
T-ara made their first Japanese studio album in June 2012 with the title "Jewelry Box". It made it to number two on the "Oricon" weekly albums chart with sales of over 57,000 copies. Following the album release, T-ara held a concert tour in Japan.
In July 2012, T-ara released their fourth extended play (EP), with the title "Day by Day". It made it to number five on the "Gaon" chart. The title track, also called "Day by Day", was released as a single on the same day. It made it to number two on the "Gaon" chart. On July 7, T-ara performed "Day by Day" live on "Music Core" with a 70-person orchestra. This was the first time Areum performed with the group.
In late July 2012, T-ara held a concert in Japan. Hwayoung only performed one song due to a leg injury. Afterwards, one member of T-ara tweeted a message about showing determination. Later four of the other members agreed with her. After this Hwayoung and her twin sister (Hyoyoung) tweeted about a "bad person". This lead to rumors of conflict within the group. Some assumed that Hwayoung was being bullied. Soon after, Core Contents Media ended Hwayoung's contract and she left T-ara. The stated reason was that Hwayoung's actions were harming teamwork. The record label claimed that the bullying rumors were not a factor in the decision. The group stated that the rumors were not true but did confirm a conflict between Hwayoung and the others. Due to the rumors, the group put all activity on hold for a time. Their scheduled performances were postponed without a new date planned.
In September, T-ara resumed their activity as a group. In that month they released "Mirage", which was a re-issue of their "Day by Day" EP with additional songs. Two of the songs from the EP were also released as singles on the same day. These were "Sexy Love" and "Najgwa Bam (Love All)" (낮과 밤, "Day and Night"). "Sexy Love" made it to number four on the "Gaon" charts and number three on the Billboard Korea K-pop Hot 100 charts. While the new EP and song were a success, the group’s popularity suffered a drop due to the bullying rumors.
Later in September, T-ara made a Japanese version of "Day by Day". In October, T-ara released a greatest hits album in Japan. They stated that it was in celebration of one year since their Japanese debut. Also in October, T-ara made a Japanese version of "Sexy Love" and traveled to Japan to promote it.
In March 2013, T-ara released their sixth Japanese single, with the title "Bunny Style!" It was their first song made just for the Japanese market. It was released in ten different editions. Each of these included a different second song along with "Bunny Style!" Seven of them had a solo song by one of the T-ara members. Three of them had a song performed by a sub-group (a smaller group formed from members within T-ara). To promote the single, T-ara held special concerts in 10 Japanese cities.
In April, T-ara formed a sub-group with members Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon, and Areum. It was given the name T-ara N4. The sub-group made the song "Jeon Won Diary".
In July 2013, T-ara performed at the Nippon Budokan to celebrate the release of their second Japanese album "Treasure Box". That album was announced for August 2013. At the concert, it was announced that Qri would be the new leader of T-ara. T-ara later released the music video "Painkiller" as a digital single. The song was made with T-ara, Davichi, See Ya, 5dolls and SPEED. Jiyeon appeared as the main character in the music video. Also in July, Core Contents Media stated that Areum would be leaving the group "towards the beginning of next year".
In August, T-ara released the music video "Bikini" featuring Davichi and Skull. T-ara then held a concert in Mongolia, along with Davichi, SPEED, and The SeeYa. In October, T-ara performed in Korea for the first time since the bullying rumors. This included their new song "Number 9" along with "Sexy Love". Four days later they released "Number Nine" as part of a mini-album with the title "Again".
In December, T-ara performed in Korea with the song "Do You Know Me". They also released a repackaged album titled "Again 1977". It contains the most popular songs from "Again". The group also released a ballad version of "Do You Know Me". Later in the month, T-ara released the Christmas song, "Hide & Seek". By the end of 2013, T-ara was ranked seventh in by number of top songs in the past decade.
T-ara planned to make China a focus in 2014, with five scheduled concerts. They held the first of these in January, in Chengdu. In February, T-ara held a concert in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, along with SPEED. In March, T-ara performed in Japan and released the singles "Lead The Way" and "LA'booN". They also made their third Japanese album and gave it the title "Gossip Girls".
In September 2014, T-ara made their sixth mini album with the title "And & End". They released it along with two music videos for the title track, "Sugar Free". The song was inspired by EDM and is part of the big room subgenre of electro house music. On September 24, a remix album was released called "EDM CLUB Sugar Free Edition". This included an English version of "Sugar Free". This was the first song T-ara recorded in English.
In October 13, T-ara signed a contract with Chinese record label Longzhen Culture Development. The contract was worth 5 billion KRW (~4.8 million USD). Then in November, T-ara made a cover version of the Chopstick Brothers' song "Little Apple". It is partly in Korean and partly in Chinese, and includes the Chopstick Brothers for the chorus. This music video had ́8 million views within the first two days.
In December, T-ara held a small concert in Seoul. This was their first concert in 2014 in Korea. Later in the month, T-ara closed out their year with a concert in Shanghai.
T-ara held a concert in Korea in early January of 2015. Soon after, they went to Vietnam to perform. On January 9, the group arrived at the airport, but had problems entering the country. So the concert had to be rescheduled. It later took place on October 10.
In February 2015, MBK Entertainment formed a project group known as TS. It included Eunjung and Soyeon as well as members of other groups. The TS group made a winter single, titled "Don't Forget Me." In March 2015, T-ara was announced as the main performer for Malaysia's Sultan Of Johor Coronation celebrations in Johor Bahru. The group appeared at the event along with Sistar, and The Black Eyed Peas' Taboo.
In June 2015, T-ara began a China tour, called the Great China Tour. The tour started with Nanjing, Beijing and Hefei. The group performed 22 songs. The next concert on their Great China Tour was held in Guangzhou on December 19.
On July 17, 2015, MBK Entertainment announced that T-ara would be part of their summer performance lineup in the first week of August. In August, T-ara's made their seventh extended play (EP), with the title "So Good". The title was track "So Crazy". The EP was composed by Brave Brothers.
In October 2015, the website "Insider Monkey" published a list of 16 best selling girl groups of all time. T-ara was number ten on the list with a total of 36.18 million sales. Later in the month T-ara appeared on the Chinese variety show "The Brain".
In June 2016, T-ara performed at the "Dream Concert 2016", with a remix of "Be Peep Bo Peep", "Roly Poly", and "So Crazy".
On September 9, T-ara performed 3 songs for the IASGO in Seoul. Then on September 11, T-ara flew to Japan for a concert at the Tokyo Dome City Hall. T-ara performed seven songs and talked to their fans. T-ara performed twice during the day, as the event was divided into 2 parts. One was in the afternoon and the other in the evening. At this concert T-ara performed their song "Memories" live for the first time. On September 17, T-ara held their last Concert in the Great China Tour at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. Also in September 2016, the Dong-a Ilbo newspaper listed "Roly-Poly" as the 14th favorite song of the past 20 years.
On October 1, 2016, T-ara performed at the Busan One Asia Festival. They also held a concert on October 4 and performed eight different songs.
T-ara flew to Jeju for a concert the next day, and performed five songs.
In November 2016, T-ara made their eighth extended play (EP), with the title "Remember". The lead single of the EP was "Tiamo". Their music video for "Tiamo" was voted the number one music video of the year on Fuse.
In February 2017, Hwayoung and her twin sister Hyoyoung spoke about the "bullying" scandal on a reality show. Hwayoung used the opportunity to state how hard it was for her, and her only support was her sister. This brought the rumors back to public attention. Soon after, a former staff member claimed that it had really been the twins who had "bullied" the other members. This person released texts that appeared to show Hyoyoung threatening Areum with physical harm. Other staff members also came forward with evidence that Hwayoung had treated the other members and staff badly. They also claimed that she had faked how severe her injury was, in order to get more sympathy. Hwayoung at first tried to deny this, but later admitted that the texts were real. This put an end to the bullying rumors about other members of T-ara.
In March 2017, MBK Entertainment announced Soyeon and Boram were ending their contracts in a few months time. They also stated that T-ara would make one more album as a six member group. However, a conflict with their management lead to a delay and it did not happen. Instead, the release was rescheduled for after Soyeon and Boram had departed. T-ara's last performance as six-member group was in Taiwan on May 13, 2017.
T-ara made their ninth extended play (EP) as a four member group, with Qri, Hyomin, Jiyeon, and Eunjung. The title is "What's My Name?" and it was released on June 14, 2017. T-ara won first place on "The Show" on June 20. This was their first win on a music show in five years.
In July 2017, T-ara made the song "My Love" for the television drama "Greatest One-Shot".
On November 4, the group held a concert in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Part of the ticket proceeds were donated to charity. On November 24, the group performed with B.A.P, Rain, Kim Jong-kook and Haha for K-Pop Music Wave 2017 in Penang, Malaysia.
On January 3, 2018, Hyomin announced that she, Jiyeon, Eunjung, and Qri would not renew their contracts with MBK Entertainment. The record label later confirmed that the group had left the company. MBK later confirmed that they had filed for a trademark on the name "T-ara". In January 2018, Hyomin, Jiyeon, Eunjung, and Qri filed for a rejection of MBK's trademark request. In August 2018, MBK's trademark request was denied. This allows Hyomin, Jiyeon, Eunjung, and Qri to continue using the group name. They later stated that they intend to stay together as a group.
In an interview in October 2019, Jiyeon stated that they hope to appear again as group. However, she also said that it may not be right away but only after some time passed.
Jiae and Jiwon left the group in 2009, before their official debut. Boram, Qri, and Soyeon were added soon after, and before the official debut. Hwayoung joined the group on July 26, 2010. Areum joined T-ara in early 2012.
Hwayoung had her contract ended in mid-2012 and had to leave the group. Then Areum left in July 2012. T-ara continued as a six-member group until Soyeon and Boram left in 2017. The remaining four members are Qri, Hyomin, Jiyeon, and Eunjung.
On several occasions T-ara formed sub-groups (or sub-units). These were smaller girl groups formed with a few members of T-ara. The first sub-groups of T-ara were formed in March 2013 when "Bunny Style!" was released. These made a few of the songs that were included with "Bunny Style!" in special editions. As these groups had no activity apart from T-ara, they had no official names. The first official sub-groups came a few months later.