Lauren Johanna Faust (born July 25, 1974 in Annapolis, Maryland) is an American television animator. She was the storyboard artist for "The Powerpuff Girls" and "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends". She is also the developer for "". She announced that she would be stepping down as Executive Producer to become the Consulting Producer on May 8, 2011 after the "My Little Pony"s first season finale. She studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. She is also known to discuss the shows that she has worked on with fans on her deviantART page.
White Men Can't Jump (video game)
White Men Can't Jump is a basketball video game developed by High Voltage Software and published by Atari. The game was made for the Atari Jaguar. The game was released July of 1995 in North America. White Men Can't Jump is based on the movie of the same name. The video game is said to be one of the worst video games that was released on the Atari Jaguar due to poor graphics and other factors.
Ksenia Sobchak
Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak (; born on November 5, 1981) is a Russian television presenter, actress and singer. Since 2004 she has been the presenter of the reality show "House 2". She is the only child of politicians Anatoly Sobchak (1937-2000) and Lyudmila Narusova (b.1951).
Sobchak tried to run against the country's longest-running president Vladimir Putin in 2018.
Ksenia was never married and has no children. She lives in Moscow, Russia.
Nguni languages
The Nguni languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken by the Nguni people. These languages are spoken in Southern Africa, mostly in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Nguni languages include Xhosa, Zulu, Swati, Hlubi, Phuthi and Ndebele (both Southern Ndebele and Northern Ndebele).
The name "Nguni" comes from the cow breed called "Nguni cattle". The word "Nguni" is sometimes used to mean all speakers of Nguni languages as a group. This is an incorrect use of the word, since many different tribes speak these languages.
The Nguni languages are a sub-group of the Southern Bantu languages. These languages exist in a relatively small geographic area. The languages are closely related and sound very much alike. Many times the different languages are mutually intelligible -- that is, someone who speaks one Nguni language can understand someone speaking a different Nguni language.
Linguists and other researchers split the Nguni languages into two smaller groups: "Zunda Nguni" and "Tekela Nguni".
Ksenia Borodina
Ksenia Kimovna Borodina (born Amoyeva) (; born on March 8, 1983) is a Russian television presenter and actress. Since 2004 she is presenter of reality show "House 2".
From 2008 to 2011 Ksenia was married to businessman Yury Budagov. They have one child together — a daughter named Maria Budagova (b. June 10, 2009).
From June 2011 to August 2012 Ksenia has been in relationship with now ex-member of "House 2" Mikhail Teryokhin. They were engaged just a month before their split.
Currently lives with her daughter Maria in Moscow (Russia).
July 3, 2015 she married businessman Kurban Omarov.
Lyanka Gryu
Lyanka Georgievna Gryu (, , November 22, 1987) is a Russian stage, film, and TV actress. Her father is the Moldovan actor Gheorghe Grâu.
On July 9, 2010 Leanca married film director and composer Mihail Vainberg. They have one child, a son named Maxim Vainberg (born on February 20, 2011). She lives with her family in Moscow (Russia).
Preciosa
Preciosa (English: "Precious") is the sixth LP record by Mexican-American Tejano pop band, Selena y Los Dinos. The album's name was inspired by Selena's nickname.
This album is was re-released entitled "Classic Series, Vol. 4" in 2007.
Dulce Amor
Dulce Amor () is the seventh and last independent LP record by Selena. The album became the final album to be released from RP Records. Selena's brother, A.B. Quintanilla III had became the main songwriter. Selena recorded fourteen songs but only released ten. All the songs were recorded in three different recording studios. "Dulce Amor" helped Selena to be noticed at the 1989 Tejano Music Awards. She was then signed by EMI Latin. The album had only sold over 30,000 copies. It was ordered to be removed from stores by EMI Records.
Most of the songs produced were Tejano music mixed with Cumbia and Jazz fusion. "Dulce Amor" was nominated for "Album of the Year" while the song of the same name was nominated for "Song of the Year". Selena had won "Female Vocalist of the Year" and "Female Entertainer of the Year". Selena had promoted the album during her Dulce Amor Tour which had only lasted for less than a year. The album had mixed to negative reviews from music critics. The album was re-released in 2007 as "Classic Series Vol. 5".
After Selena's sixth LP record "Preciosa" (1988) sold only 25,000 copies, the company had wanted Selena to record another record. The success from "Preciosa" had the company believing that Selena would sell more copies with her next album. In July 1988, Selena was in the recording studio and began recording songs. Her brother, A.B. Quintanilla III had became the main songwriter for Selena. Juan Gabriel, a Mexican songwriter, had given Selena the rights to record "Costumbres". Ricky Vela, a Selena y Los Dinos member, had written the song "Quisiera Darte". The song "Qué" was written by Manny Guerra, the record manager for RP Records and GP Productions. The songs "Tú Solamente Tú" and "La Puerta Se Cerro" were written by unknown writers. On the liner notes, the writing credits are given to "Pendiente" which means "Pending" in Spanish.
It had took Selena three weeks to record fourteen songs. However, the record company only had wanted ten songs to be on the album. The others remained unreleased. Selena had recorded the songs "Dulce Amor", "Tú Solamente Tú", "La Puerta Se Cerro", "Costumbres", and "Dime" at RP Records studios in San Antonio, Texas. The songs "Always Mine", "No Llores Más Corazón" and "Cariño, Cariño Mio" were recorded in Houston, Texas. "Quisiera Darte" and the unreleased tracks were recorded in Hollywood, California. The song "Tú Solamente Tú" was originally recorded by Selena for her debut album "Selena y Los Dinos" (1984).
While Selena was performing at the 1989 Tejano Music Awards, Jose Behar (who was the former head of Sony Music Latin) was among the audience that night. He instantly wanted Selena to sign with EMI. Behar called his boss stating that he believe he had found the next Gloria Estefan. His boss told him that he was crazy, because Behar only had been in South Texas for only a week. Selena was later signed with EMI Latin the following year. "Dulce Amor" became her last independent LP record.
"Dulce Amor" was released on December 24, 1988. The album was supposed to be released in the summer of 1989. However, Manny Guerra had wanted the album to be released real quick. Guerra believed that if the album would have been released in the summer, that not too many Tejano fans would buy the album. He said, because popular music albums are released in that period. When the album was released, it had sold only 2,000 copies the first day. "Preciosa" (1988) had sold 3,600 copies on its first day. Guerra was not happy about the sales of the album. However, within a month the album sold 10,000 copies. It outperformed all of Selena's previous records. By August 1989, the album sold 33,206 copies. It was then pulled off shelves because of Selena's upcoming debut album with EMI Latin. EMI Latin bought all the original copies of the album. Only 50,000 copies of the album were shipped in Texas alone.
In 1995, Selena's father Abraham Quintanilla Jr had bought the rights to Selena's albums (1984-1989 period) from EMI Latin. Since then, he has released the songs in compilation albums. The songs "Always Mine", "No Llores Mas Corazon" and "La Puerta Se Cerro" were selected to be remixed for "Anthology" (1998).