Cory Monteith
Cory Allan Michael Monteith (May 11, 1982–July 13, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician, best known for his role as Finn Hudson on the Fox television series "Glee".
Monteith was born in Calgary, but raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He began his acting career in Vancouver, British Columbia. He played small roles in "Final Destination 3", "Whisper" and "Deck the Halls". He had a regular role in "Kyle XY". He also guest starred in such Canadian-filmed television shows as "Smallville", "Supernatural", "Flash Gordon", "Stargate Atlantis" and "Stargate SG-1".
In 2005 he acted in "Killer Bash" about a murdered geek's soul taking revenge on his murderer's children by taking over a girl's body. In 2007, he starred in the MTV series "Kaya".
In 2009, Monteith was cast in the Fox series "Glee", playing Finn Hudson, the male lead of the glee club and the quarterback of McKinley High School. For his audition tape, he drummed on Tupperware using pencils. The first time he sang in front of an audience was at his in-person audition, at which he sang "Honesty" by Billy Joel. He and Lea Michele, his "Glee" co-star, were included in "Entertainment Weekly"'s 2009 "Summer Must List", being named "Summer's Must Songbirds" for their roles as Finn and Rachel on "Glee", respectively.
In April 2010, Monteith was cast in the romantic comedy movie "Monte Carlo". In May 2010, the cast of "Glee" went on a two week live tour with stops in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago and New York City. The cast performed many hits from the show and had several skits between songs.
On August 8, 2010 he co-hosted the Teen Choice Awards. Monteith hosted the Gemini Awards in Toronto on November 13, 2010.
In January 2011, he was filmed for the movie Sisters and Brothers with Dustin Milligan, and it was announced that Monteith is at the center of a new untitled workplace comedy, starring and co-producing.
Monteith played drums for the Indie rock band "Bonnie Dune" based in Los Angeles. Members include lead singer Justin Wilczynski (who co-starred with Monteith on the short-lived MTV series "Kaya"), guitarist Seth Roberts (who is the singer of the band Lakes), and bassist Josh Kerr.
Monteith was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He had one older brother. His parents divorced when he was 7 years old. He lived with his mother in Calgary, Alberta, with his father living in Oromocto, New Brunswick. Before becoming an actor, he worked in Nanaimo, British Columbia as a Wal-Mart people greeter, at a car wash, taxicab driver, school bus driver and roofer.
He lived in Los Angeles. He dropped out of school in the ninth grade. Monteith said in an interview: "It wasn't for me. I can remember ever since about the sixth or seventh grade, I just didn't understand why I had to learn what I was learning. For some reason, there was a spirit of rebellion in me."
Monteith was found dead in his Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel room on July 13, 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was 31. The cause of his death was of a drug overdose of heroin and alcohol.
Beyti (meat dish)
Beyti is a type of Turkish meat dish.
During a visit to Switzerland in 1961, Beyti Güler was inspired by the renowned butcher Möller's way of preparing meat. When he returned home, he introduced a dish consisting of roasted lamb fillets wrapped in strips of lamb cutlet fat. It came to be named after him when the kebap's fame spread all over the world.
Beyti (restaurant)
Beyti is a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey. It was opened in 1945 in the neighbourhood of Küçükçekmece. It is owned and managed by Beyti Güler. The restaurant specialises in traditional Turkish food, particularly roasted meat.
Beyti Güler is descended from Turkic people who fled from Samarkand to Crimea in the 1720s. In the 1870s, after the Crimean War, the family moved to Romania, then part of the Ottoman Empire. The family immigrated to Turkey in 1935.
In 1945 Beyti and his father opened a small roadside meat restaurant of 30 m² with four tables in the suburbs of Istanbul. The restaurant only had 20 seats, but became popular soon after opening. Many came for the döner kebap that was rarely available elsewhere.
An article published in 1965 in the "New York Herald Tribune" led to international fame. From 1966 to 1974, the restaurant catered daily to four Pan Am airliners. The restaurant served U.S. President Richard Nixon aboard Air Force One during his first official trip to Europe, an opportunity that helped the Turkish kebap (grill) dishes become renowned.
During a visit to Switzerland in 1961, Beyti Güler was inspired by the renowned butcher Möller's way of preparing meat. When he returned home, he introduced a dish consisting of roasted lamb fillets wrapped in strips of lamb cutlet fat. It came to be named after him when the kebap's fame spread all over the world.
In more than fifty years many heads of state, high-ranking politicians, top businessmen and celebrities around the globe have dined in Beyti during their visits to Istanbul.
Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American comedian, actress and singer. Since 2009, she has played Sue Sylvester in the Fox musical-comedy series "Glee" for which she has won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She has also acted in comedy movies such as "Best in Show", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Role Models", as well as television shows as lawyer Joyce Wischina in "The L Word", Dr. Linda Freeman in "Two and a Half Men" and Diana Reid on "Criminal Minds". She has appeared on "iCarly" as Sam's mother. She was also a regular on the comedy-drama series "Party Down" as Constance Carmell; the role got good reviews.
Lynch was born and raised in Dolton, Illinois, the daughter of a homemaker mother and a banker father. She was raised in an Irish Catholic family and went to Thornridge High School. She got her bachelor's degree in theatre from Illinois State University and her MFA in theatre from Cornell University.
Lynch spent fifteen years in Chicago, acting in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and touring with The Second City comedy troupe. She played Carol Brady in "The Real Live Brady Bunch". She also wrote and starred in the award-winning play "Oh Sister, My Sister".
Her breakthrough movie role was as Christy Cummings, the butch lesbian personal dog handler to trophy wife Sheri Ann Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge) in director Christopher Guest's mockumentary "Best in Show" (2000). She also appeared in Guest's "A Mighty Wind" (2003) as porn actress-turned-folk singer Laurie Bohner and in "For Your Consideration" (2006) as an entertainment reporter.
Lynch is also a television actress. She starred with John Hannah and William Fichtner in 2002's "MDs", and has made guest appearances in many television shows, including "L.A. Law", "Judging Amy", "The West Wing", "7th Heaven", "Friends", "Dawson's Creek", "Felicity", "Arrested Development", "Lovespring International", "Two and a Half Men", "Weeds", "Boston Legal", "The L Word", "Criminal Minds", "Help Me Help You", "Gilmore Girls", "The New Adventures of Old Christine", "Psych", "Monk" and "Party Down", among others.
In 2005, Lynch was named as one of POWER UP's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz."
Audiences and critics took notice of Lynch for her oddball role in Judd Apatow's "The 40-Year-Old Virgin". She told "Fresh Air"'s Terry Gross the role was originally intended for a man but, at the urging of Steve Carell's wife Nancy Walls, was offered to Lynch instead. Since then, she has starred in a series of movies including "Role Models", "", "Alvin & the Chipmunks", "", "Space Chimps", "The Rocker", "The Hammer", "Another Cinderella Story", "", and "Spring Breakdown".
In "Julie and Julia", she played the role of Dorothy McWilliams, Julia Child's sister. "Entertainment Weekly" dedicated an article on their website toward the possibility of her performance receiving an Academy Award nomination.