Antonello da Messina (born 1429 or 1430 in Messina, died 1479) was an Italian painter from the 15th century. His real name was Antonio di Giovanni de Antonio, the "da Messina" simply refers to his origin. He was the first to use light in his paintings. With this, he was able to add some of what the Dutch painters of the time did already. Today, he is mostly known for portraits.
A Wicked Woman
A Wicked Woman is a 1934 American drama movie directed by Charles Brabin and was based on the novel of the same name by Anne Austin. It stars Mady Christians, Charles Bickford, Betty Furness, Zelda Sears, Robert Taylor, Sterling Holloway and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The Return of October
The Return of October is a 1948 American comedy movie directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Glenn Ford, Albert Sharpe, Terry Moore, James Gleason, Dame May Whitty, Lloyd Corrigan. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Bernd Kannenberg
Bernhard "Bernd" Kannenberg (20 August 1942 – 13 January 2021) was a West German race walker. He won the 50 km event at the 1972 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal. Kannenberg was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, Nazi Germany. After retiring from competitions he coached the German race walking team.
Kannenberg died on 13 January 2021, aged 78.
Comic book convention
A comic book convention, often called comic con is an event where people gather to talk about comic books. Fans of comic books will come to comic book conventions to meet other comic book fans, to meet with comic book authors, or to participate in many other activities related to comic books. The first comic book convention was held in 1964, and was called New York Comicon.
Tadanobu Asano
Tadanobu Asano is a Japanese actor, musician, painter. He was born in Kanagawa on November 27 in 1973. At the age of 16, he played a role in the Japanese famous TV show "Kinpachi Sensei" in 1988. It was the start of his career as an actor. He is also active on social media and has 255,000 followers on Instagram.
His film debut was "Bataashi Kingyo" in 1990. And then, he acted in various roles and appeared in many movies, and thus he has built his career as an actor. His performance is highly appreciated by people not only in Japan but also in overseas countries. He received film awards, for example, the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice Film Festival for his role in "Last Life in the Universe" and the award for Best Actor at the 36th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in "My Man" in 2014. He has also appeared in Hollywood's movies. His first appearance in Hollywood's movie was a marvel movie “Thor” in 2011. In addition to that, he acted on "Battleship" in 2012, "Silence" that was directed by Martin Scorsese in 2015, "Midway" in 2019.
In addition to work as an actor, Asano is also known as a musician. He is a band member of SODA!, which formed in 2013, and he is the vocalist. He paints pictures and posts it frequently on instagram and twitter. In 2018, he held a solo exhibition that introduced 700 of his paintings. And also, he published three books of his paintings “error” in 1999, “BUNCH” in 2003 and “Everlasting Fountain” in 2018. He draws with acrylic paints, crayons and pencils, and draws on the papers and even on the back of the envelopes. His paintings are drawn in many different ways. These look like scribble art, comic books, abstract art and so on.
He often posts his outfits on Instaglam and WEAR, which is an app that people can watch and post fashion photography. His outfits in photos are almost all casual style, but he coordinates many patterns and colors well-balanced. Moreover, he has his own fashion brand. He is creating clothes that he wants to wear. He changed his brand name to "TADANOBU ASANO" from "JEAN DIADEM."
New Hope Club
New Hope Club is a British pop band formed in 2015. The members are Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson, and George Smith. All are multi-musicians; they play instruments, sing and write songs. Bibby plays guitar, bass and drums. Richardson plays guitar, ukulele and piano. Smith plays guitar and eight other instruments.
New Hope Club was influenced by The Beatles and Oasis.
The album "Welcome To The Club Pt. 2" released in October 2018 reached first place in iTunes in 10 countries. The song "Let Me Down Slow", released in January 2020, also received attention. The 2017 debut EP "Welcome to the Club" made them popular.
Shota Yasuda
Shota Yasuda is a Japanese actor and singer. He is a member of idol group Kanjani∞, which is managed by Johnny & Associates.
He was born in Japan, Hyogo prefecture Amagasaki city on September 11, 1984. His sister was a fan of Masaki Aiba who is a member of Japanese famous idol group Arashi which is managed by Johnny & Associates. So he tried Johnny & Associates‘s audition and he passed it. So he entered Johnny & Associates in 1997 when he was a 1st grade junior high school student. On September 22, 2002, Kanjani∞ （eight）was formed. And he was elected a member of Kanjani∞. On September 22, 2004, their CD debut was “Naniwa Irohabushi<nowiki>"</nowiki> which is their first single CD. Now, Kanjani∞ became one of the most famous Japanese idol groups. He plays guitar and makes songs. He is called Kanjani∞‘s guitarist. And he has held concerts as Kanjani∞ at Japanese biggest 5 domes in recent 5 years. He is also appearing in many dramas and theater productions.
He suffered from meningioma, which is a kind of brain tumor. He had surgery in February 2017. The surgery took 12 hours. The company did not tell the public until months later. And he joined one Kanjani∞ concert tour that was held at 5 biggest Japanese domes and one stage that he is principal in hiding his sickness. In 2018, he broke his back bones because of lightheadedness of his sickness. So he opened to the public about his sickness. But he joined one Kanjani∞ concert tour that was held at 5 biggest Japanese domes with broken bones for 2 months. Now he has to wear color glasses because of meningioma’s sequelae. And he published his own photo album named “LIFE IS” to share with many people about his experience of sickness in September 2020.
He also works as an actor. He has joined 15 dramas and 4 movies and 7 theater productions. His first drama as principal was "Jitennsyasyounennki". His first movie as a main character was "Eight Ranger". His first theater production as a main character was "Orebushi". He also acted in many commercials and variety programs.
He is Kanjani∞'s guitarist. He can make songs and lyrics. He made 37 Kanjani∞ songs and lyrics for 8 Kanjani∞ songs.
Ushiro Keisuke
Ushiro Keisuke is a Japanese athlete. He competes in in decathalon, discus, javelin, long jump and pole vault.
When he was in elementary school, he belonged to the dodgeball club. He ​belonged ​to the track and field club at Oasa Higashimachi Junior High School, engaged in hurdle running in the first grade, 100m, push out and high jump in the second grade. He grew from 168cm in first year to 183 cm in second year and 188 cm in third year. And he was unable to practice as much as he could because of Osgood’s, which induces knee pain. However, his height later became a very strong weapon in competing within the world. After entering high school, Osgood’s disease was completely cured, and he started the octathlon with the recommendation of the track and field manager. His sense of octathlon is by far the beat, and he finished second in the final inter high school competition.
His father is a throwing player in high school, and his father specializes in the high jump and hurdles, and has also participated in Japan Incare as a relay. Partly due to the influence of his parents, ke started track and field. He went on to Kokushikan University after his brother and sister went through Tokyo High School. Also his hobby is folk guitar, and he used to play live on the street in high school.