The song was a commercial and critical success. The voice of singer Melanie Chisholm was praised by pop music critics. It became their fourth number one song in Europe and the United Kingdom.
Spice Up Your Life
"Spice Up Your Life" is a 1997 dance pop song performed by Spice Girls. This single was from Spice Girls' second album "Spiceworld".
The song received lukewarm reaction from the critics. Despite this, however, the song became a commercial success.
Charles T. Payne
Charles Thomas Payne (February 20, 1925 – August 1, 2014) was an American military personal. He served in the U.S. military during World War II as a member of the U.S. Army's 89th Infantry Division. Payne was in the infantry that freed many Holocaust survivors from Ohrdruf, a sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Payne was the great-uncle of President Barack Obama.
Payne died in Chicago, Illinois, aged 89.
Peru, Kansas
Peru is a city in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 139.
The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries is an American television series. It premiered on September 10, 2009 on The CW. The show ended on March 10, 2017.
Pierre Ryckmans
Pierre Ryckmans (28 September 1935 – 11 August 2014), also known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian diplomat, writer, sinologist, essayist and literary critic. He wrote in many language including Chinese, French and English. He wrote the novel "Chinese Shadows" ("Ombres Chinoises") in 1974 in French, which was later translated to English in 1977. He was also the Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales from 1987 until 1993.
Ryckmans was born in Brussels. He studied Chinese culture, art and literature in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. He moved to Australia in 1970. He later taught Chinese in many universities all over the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales. He was married and had four children.
Ryckmans died from cancer on 11 August 2014 in Sydney, aged 78.
Hova
Hova is a locality and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, the other is Gullspång. In 2010, 1,288 people lived there.
Gustavsberg, Värmdö Municipality
Gustavsberg is a locality and the seat of Värmdö Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. In 2010, 11,333 people lived there. It is most known for its porcelain factory, Gustavsberg porcelain, and toilet bowls distributed nationwide and internationally.
Älvdalen
Älvdalen is a locality and the seat of Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden. In 2010, 1,810 people lived there.
The town is widely known for being the place of manufacturing, in 1839, of the 4-meter granite vase (called "Älvdalen Vase"), installed in the Summer Garden in Saint Petersburg (a gift from Charles XIV John of Sweden to Nicholas I of Russia).
Gladys Horton
Gladys Catherine Horton (May 30 – January 26, 2011) was an American R&B and pop musician. She was the lead singer and founder of the all female group The Marvelettes. Their song "Please Mr. Postman" was the first No.1 US hit for Motown Records.
Horton was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She was raised in the Detroit area. Different sources say that she was born in 1943, 1944 or 1945. On 26 January 2011 she died in a Sherman Oaks nursing home. Her death was from complications following a stroke.
Annie Girardot
Annie Girardot (25 October 1931 – 28 February 2011) was a French actress. She played independent, hard-working and lonely women in many of her movies. She played Françoise in "Love is a Funny Thing". She also played Marie Louise in "Hearth Fires".
Girardot was born in Paris. She died there from Alzheimer's disease at age seventy-nine.
Please Mr. Postman
"Please Mr. Postman" is the first single of The Marvelettes on the Motown record label. This was the first Motown song to reach #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 pop chart. The song was released in the summer of 1961.
The song was also recorded by The Carpenters in 1974. Their single also hit #1 on "Billboard" Hot 100.
Canadian Hockey League
The Canadian Hockey League (or CHL) is an umbrella organization for junior ice hockey leagues in Canada. There are three leagues with the CHL: the Western Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The three leagues have a total of sixty teams, fifty-two in Canada and eight in the United States. At the end of the leagues' season, the league champions play for the Memorial Cup, as the champion of the CHL.
Ontario Highway 17
Ontario Highway 17 is a provincial highway in Ontario, Canada. It is long. This makes it Ontario's longest highway. It starts on the border with Manitoba, near Kenora. It ends near Arnprior where the highway merges with Ontario Highway 417.
Highway 17 forms the Ontario part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Julián Berrendero
Julián Berrendero Martín (born San Agustín del Guadalix, 8 April 1912, died Madrid, 1 August 1995) was a Spanish cyclist. He is famous for winning the Vuelta a España in 1941 and 1942. In 1936 he won the polka dot jersey at the Tour de France for the best climber in the race. He also won two mountains jerseys at the Vuelta a España.
Shree Krishna Shrestha
Shree Krishna Shrestha (April 19, 1967 – August 10, 2014) () was a Nepalese actor. He achieved nation wide recognition with roles in movies like "Maiti" and "Afno Manche".
Shrestha died in New Delhi, India from pneumonia, aged 44. He is survived by his wife Sweta Khadka, for whom he was married to for only a month.
Vladimir Beara
Vladimir Beara (2 November 1928 – 11 August 2014) was a Yugoslav football player, as goalkeeper, and also football manager. Beara played for Hajduk Split (1946–55) Beara played 308 games, and helped his team to win the Yugoslav league title in 1950, 1952 and 1955.
Beara died in Split, Croatia, aged 85.
Schopenhauer Society
The Schopenhauer Society is a German literary and philosophical society. It is a community that studies the writings, the life, and the influence of the German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer.
The society was formed in 1911 in Frankfurt by Paul Deussen, a Sanskrit scholar. Well-known members were Arthur Hübscher and Alfred Schmidt.
Raymond Gravel
Raymond Gravel (November 4, 1952 – August 11, 2014) was an Canadian Catholic priest from the Canadian province of Quebec. He was formerly the Member of Parliament for the riding of Repentigny, as a member of the Bloc Québécois. He was elected to the House of Commons in a November 27, 2006 by-election following the death of Benoît Sauvageau.
Gravel died of lung cancer in Lanaudière, Quebec. He was 61.
Pat O'Brien (personality)
Patrick John "Pat" O'Brien (born February 14, 1948) is an American author and radio host. He was best known for his work as a sportscaster with CBS Sports from 1981 to 1997, as well as his work as the anchor and host of "Access Hollywood" from 1997 to 2004, and "The Insider" from 2004 to 2008.
Tiburon, California
Tiburon is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. The population was 8,962 at the 2010 census.
333 Wacker Drive
333 Wacker Drive is a skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It is 149 meters (489 feet) tall and has 36 floors. It was built in 1979 and opened in 1983. It is one of the tallest buildings in the Chicago that are along the Chicago River.
The building has featured in many movies. Famously, it is in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". It was voted Chicago's favorite building by the Chicago Tribune in 1995.
Sam Elliott
Sam Elliott (b. August 9, 1944) is an American actor. A combination of his tall and slim physique, along with deep resonant voice have led to him being cast as cowboys and ranchers in Westerns. He played General John Buford in "Gettysburg". He began doing the voice of Smokey Bear in 2008.
He was born in Sacramento, California.
111 South Wacker Drive