Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American movie, stage and television actress. She has starred on many television sitcoms, like "A Different World". She acted in the movies "Waiting to Exhale", "I Am Sam", "For Colored Girls" and many others. She has won several Emmy Awards.
Devine was born in Texas.
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar () is a 1992 Hindi language sports drama movie directed by Mansoor Khan. Aamir Khan and Ayesha Jhulka play the main roles. The movie also has Mamik Singh, Deepak Tijori, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Pooja Bedi in supporting roles.
Ada (programming language)
Ada is a computer programming language. It was invented by Jean Ichbiah during the 1980s. It is very similar to the programming language Pascal. Ada offers various features to make a programme as safe as possible. That is why it is often used in systems, where an error can be very dangerous. Ada is an international standard.
Example of a Hello world program in Ada:
with Ada.Text_IO;
procedure Hello is
begin
end Hello;
ADA is a reference to the mathematician Ada Lovelace, well known for her work with Charles Babbage on the first computer, The Analytical Engine, and her short book 'Flyology'.
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Mohabbatein
Mohabbatein is a 2000 Hindi language musical romantic movie directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra. The film has Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai in the lead with six new debutants playing the supporting roles. The movie went to become superhit at the box office. The movie also won two awards.
The movie's music were done by Jatin Lalit while lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. The music of the movie became the most sold album of 2000.
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Valérie Trierweiler
Valérie Trierweiler (born Massonneau, 1965, in Angers) is a French journalist. She was the partner of François Hollande from 2007 until January 2014. Trierweiler studied history and political sciences at the Sorbonne in Paris, and finished these with a university diploma, comparable to a Master of the Bologna process.
Aashiqui
Aashiqui is a 1990 Bollywood romance movie. It was directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal played the main characters. The movie is mostly remembered due to its melodious songs made by Nadeem-Shravan. The movie won three Filmfare awards, all being in the music category.
Nadeem-Shravan wrote the music of the movie. Sameer wrote the lyrics of the songs. Kumar Sanu sang most of the songs in this movie. The soundtrack of the movie is the most sold Bollywood music album of the 1990s.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak or QSQT () is a 1988 Bollywood romantic movie directed by Mansoor Khan. The movie starred Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla in the title role. The movie's story is based on "Romeo and Juliet".
Willie Stargell
Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell (March 6, 1940 – April 9, 2001) was an American professional baseball player. He was nicknamed "pops" in the later years of his career. He played Major League Baseball for 21 years. He was the left fielder and first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1962-1982). While he was with the Pirates, he batted .282. He scored 2,232 hits, 423 doubles, 475 home runs and 1540 runs batted in. This helped his team win six National League East division titles, two National League pennants and two World Series (1971, 1979). Stargell was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.
Stargell died on April 9, 2001 at a hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina. He had problems with his kidneys for several years before his death. Stargell died on the same day that the Pittsburgh Pirates opened their new ballpark, PNC Park. After his death, former Pirates manager Chuck Tanner said, "When you had Willie Stargell on your team, it was like having a diamond ring on your finger."
Katie Taylor
Katie Taylor (born 2 July 1986) is an Irish boxer. She got a gold medal for Ireland in the Women's lightweight event in Boxing. She is the current world champion in her division.
Charley Pride
Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934December 12, 2020) was an American country music singer, recording artist, baseball player, and businessman. Along with Stoney Edwards and O.B. McClinton, Pride was and remains one of the most notable black country singers of the 1960s and 1970s.
Charley Pride was born on March 18, 1938 in Sledge, Mississippi to a family of sharecroppers. A mistake on his birth certificate reads his first name as "Charl." Growing up, Pride dreamed of becoming a baseball pitcher and learned to play the guitar at the age of 14.
Pride got his start in baseball in The American Negro League for many teams, including the Mississippi Red Sox, the Birmingham Black Barons, the New York Mets and the Boise Yankees. (The C team for the New York Yankees). It was during this time Pride met and married his wife, Rozene.
Pride was known to sing at baseball games. He was encouraged to pursue a career in music and caught the eye of record producer Chet Atkins who signed Pride a record deal in 1965. Following that year, Pride released and recorded his debut song "The Snakes Crawl out at Night" which played on the radio but didn't chart. It wasn't until 1969 when he released the record "From Me to You" that he became more well known. In 1971 Pride topped the Billboard charts with the song "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin." Pride also played concerts internationally in Northern Ireland in 1975. In 1981, Pride sang for Ronald Reagan at his Inauguration. The same year he released the album "There's A Little Bit of Hank in Me, where he does his own versions of songs which were first done by Hank Williams.
In 1994, Pride published his autobiography.
Pride and his wife Rozene lived in Dallas, Texas. In 2010, Pride became an investor for the Texas Rangers and can be regularly seen at their games.
Pride had two sons and a daughter. One of his sons played in a band.
Pride died in Dallas on December 12, 2020, of problems related to COVID-19. He was 86 years old.
George Strait
George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional Country music. George Strait holds the world record for more number-one hit singles than any other artist in the history of music on any chart or in any genre, having recorded 59 number-one hit singles as of 2012.
Strait has been recording with MCA Records for 30 years. He has had 60 No. 1 songs on all country charts (including Mediabase 24/7, the former Radio & Records chart, and the Gavin Report chart), and has more No. 1 hits than any other artist in any genre. His 44 "Billboard" magazine country No. 1's are a record, four more than Conway Twitty's total that includes several duets with Loretta Lynn. Strait is also the first artist in the history of "Billboard" magazine to have at least one single enter the Top 10 of a "Billboard" chart for 30 consecutive years. The first was in 1981 when his first single "Unwound" reached No. 6 on the Hot Country Singles chart. All of his Top 10 singles have been on that chart. Strait has sold more than 68 million albums in the United States and 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums.
Ronnie Drew
Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Dunam Drew (16 September, 1934 - 16 August, 2008) was an Irish folk singer and country singer. He was born in Londonderry, Ireland in 1934. Ronnie was best known for his long beard and voice, he was also named the Irish Santa Clause by friends. And Celtic Clause to others.
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