Party Like a Rockstar is a song by American hip-hop group Shop Boyz. It was released as their commercial debut single and also served as the lead single from their debut album Rockstar Mentality (2007). It reached huge success during mid-2007, namely in the United States, peaking in the top five of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap Tracks, and Hot 100 charts. The song was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 50th Grammy Awards.
For a time, Party Like a Rockstar was the most played rhythmic, and rap song in the United States, according to Radio & Records. In foreign countries, the song also gained airplay in the UK on BBC Radio 1, and was added to the B-List on its playlist.
The rap rock song was produced by Jason “Pit” Pittman. Lyrically the song makes references to prominent rock music figures such as Marilyn Manson, The Osbournes, Kiss, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Travis Barker.
Party Like a Rockstar was a mid-charting hit in the United States as an airplay-only single. Confusion ensued, however, when a similarly titled song by hip hop artist Freak Nasty (who had his own hit a years earlier with Da’ Dip) titled Do It Just Like a Rock Star, was erroneously listed in the American iTunes Store with the title Party Like a Rockstar. This led to Freak Nasty’s song, recorded in 2005, selling approximately 30,000 digital downloads even though his track was completely dissimilar. In the Billboard issue dated May 26, 2007, the Shop Boyz were at #54 on the Hot 100 due to heavy airplay while Freak Nasty was #56 due to strong sales. The following week, after the Shop Boyz had an official digital release of their single, Party Like a Rockstar shot to #2 while Freak Nasty dropped completely off the chart. After its jump, Party Like a Rockstar managed to remain in the runner-up spot for a total of six weeks, being held from the top spot by Rihanna’s song Umbrella (featuring Jay-Z).
What’s Up, Doc? is a 1972 American romantic screwball comedy film released by Warner Bros., directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O’Neal, and Madeline Kahn. It was intended to pay homage to comedy films of the 1930s and 1940s, especially Bringing Up Baby, and Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny cartoons.
What’s Up, Doc? was a success, and became the third-highest grossing film of 1972. It won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) 1973 “Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen” award for Buck Henry, David Newman and Robert Benton. What’s Up, Doc? was ranked number 61 on the list of the 100 greatest American comedies published by the American Film Institute (AFI), number 68 on the AFI’s list of 100 greatest love stories in American cinema, and number 58 on the list of the WGA’s 101 Funniest Screenplays published by the Writers Guild of America. The film was very loosely based on the novel A Glimpse of Tiger by Herman Raucher.
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations. In the United States and Canada, the movie grossed $66,000,000 against a budget of $4 million. It became the 3rd highest grossing film of the year, ranking behind The Godfather and The Poseidon Adventure.
The Rhythm of the Night is the debut album by Italian Eurodance act Corona, released in 1995. It peaked at #1 in Japan, #10 in Australia, #18 in the UK and #154 in the U.S. (#2 on the Heatseekers Album chart). It failed to chart in Italy.
The album includes the worldwide hit single The Rhythm of the Night (#1 in Italy, #2 in the UK, #3 in Spain and France, #6 in Austria, #8 in Germany and Australia and #11 in the U.S.), along with the singles Baby Baby (#1 in Italy, #2 in Spain, #5 in the UK, #6 in Finland, #7 in Australia, #10 in Sweden and #57 in the U.S.), Try Me Out (#2 in Italy, #4 in Spain, #6 in the UK, #5 in Finland, #10 in Australia) and I Don’t Wanna Be a Star (#1 in Spain, #2 in Italy, #6 in Finland and #22 in the UK).
Which young kid didn’t love monsters? Monster In My Pocket capitalized on kids’ love of the different and the macabre and created a wonderful world of weird and wonderful creatures. It was easy to collect dozens of them, and even if you had the same one twice, it didn’t matter too much – you can have more than one vampire or werewolf in a movie, right?
The characters in this series were particularly good as they didn’t just stick to the tried and tested Universal Monster catalogue, of mummies, vampires and werewolves. They drew on influences from all over the world, different ages and different cultures, from old English folk lore like Jack the Ripper, to Greek Mythological creatures like Medusa. How many did you have?
Emo is a rock music genre that became one of the trendiest genres in the 2000s, and many would even say that emo was already a lifestyle and not just a genre during that decade. The emo name comes from the word “emotional,” which perfectly describes the lyrics and the themes of the songs that are associated with the said genre. Emo was created as a subgenre of post-hardcore and is believed to have originated in Washington DC.
First Time is a song by American singer Robin Beck from her second album, Trouble or Nothin’ (1989). The song was released as a single in July 1988 and was originally recorded for a Coca-Cola commercial in 1987. In the United Kingdom, the power ballad climbed to #1 and spent three weeks there in November and December 1988, spending 14 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in total. The song additionally reached #1 in Austria, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and West Germany.
There were two (completely different) professionally filmed music videos for the single. One is almost exclusively performance footage of Beck and her band, shot in a style used by many hair metal acts of the late 1980s. The other version is a “concept” video: At the beginning, Beck is seen in her bathroom, applying mascara and checking her hair, then makes a quick phone call. She goes through her apartment with scenes of her with her boyfriend. She looks out of a window before watching television (more scenes of her with her boyfriend). She flips through a magazine on the mantelpiece (more scenes), then makes another phone call. At the end of the video, the doorbell rings. Beck turns the television off and answers the door, but the person behind the door cannot be seen.
Terrance Stanley Fox CC OD (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist.
On November 12, 1976, Fox was driving to the family home in Port Coquitlam when he was distracted by nearby bridge construction and crashed into the back of a pickup truck. Fox injured his right knee in the crash and felt pain in December, but chose to ignore it until the end of basketball season. By March 1977, the pain had intensified and he went to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of cancer that often starts near the knees. Fox believed his car accident weakened his knee and left it vulnerable to the disease, though his doctors argued there was no connection. He was told that his leg had to be amputated, he would require chemotherapy treatment, and that recent medical advances meant he had a 50-percent chance of survival. Fox learned that two years before, the figure would have been only 15 percent; the improvement in survival rates impressed on him the value of cancer research. With the help of an artificial leg, Fox was walking three weeks after the amputation. Doctors were impressed with Fox’s positive outlook, stating it contributed to his rapid recovery. Fox endured sixteen months of chemotherapy and found the time he spent in the British Columbia Cancer Control Agency facility difficult as he watched fellow cancer patients suffer and die from the disease. In the summer of 1977, Rick Hansen, working with the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association, invited Fox to try out for his wheelchair basketball team. Although he was undergoing chemotherapy treatments at the time, Fox’s energy impressed Hansen. Less than two months after learning how to play the sport, Fox was named a member of the team for the national championship in Edmonton. He won three national titles with the team, and was named an all-star by the North American Wheelchair Basketball Association in 1980.
In 1980, with one leg having been amputated due to cancer, he embarked on an east-to-west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The Marathon began on April 12, 1980, when Fox dipped his right leg in the Atlantic Ocean near St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, and filled two large bottles with ocean water. He intended to keep one as a souvenir and pour the other into the Pacific Ocean upon completing his journey at Victoria, British Columbia. Fox was supported on his run by Doug Alward, who drove the van and cooked meals. The physical demands of running a marathon every day took their toll on Fox’s body. Apart from the rest days in Montreal taken at the request of the Cancer Society, he refused to take a day off, even on his 22nd birthday. He frequently had shin splints and an inflamed knee. He developed cysts on his stump and experienced dizzy spells. At one point, he had a soreness in his ankle that would not go away. Although he feared he had developed a stress fracture, he ran for three more days before seeking medical attention, and was then relieved to learn it was tendonitis and could be treated with painkillers. Fox rejected calls for him to seek regular medical checkups, and dismissed suggestions he was risking his future health. By late August Fox described that he was exhausted before he began the day’s run. On September 1, outside Thunder Bay, he was forced to stop briefly after he had an intense coughing fit and experienced pains in his chest. He resumed running as the crowds along the highway shouted out their encouragement. A few miles later, short of breath and with continued chest pain, he asked Alward to drive him to a hospital. The next day, Fox held a tearful press conference during which he announced that his cancer had returned and spread to his lungs. He was forced to end his run after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 mi). Fox refused offers to complete the run in his stead, stating that he wanted to complete his marathon himself. Although the spread of his cancer ultimately cost him his life, his efforts resulted in a lasting, worldwide legacy. The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is now the world’s largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over C$850 million has been raised in his name as of September 2022.
Fox was a distance runner and basketball player for his Port Coquitlam high school, now named after him, and at Simon Fraser University. In 1980 he hoped to raise one dollar for all of Canada’s 24 million population (at the time) during his Marathon of Hope. Fox had become a national star by the time he reached Ontario. Fox died nine months after being forced to stop his run on June 28, 1981.
Fox was the youngest person named a Companion of the Order of Canada and won the 1980 Lou Marsh Award as the nation’s top sportsman. He was named Canada’s Newsmaker of the Year in both 1980 and 1981 by The Canadian Press. Considered a national hero, he has had many buildings, statues, roads, and parks named in his honour across Canada.
A breakup can be heart wrenching, but unfortunately it is something that most women have to deal with at some stage in their lives. The pain that women experience in that period after a serious relationship had come to an end can be really excruciating. It however doesn’t mean that the pain should take over your life. There is hope through it all and the Breakup Bible was written to help you get back on track. In this book, Rachel Sussman shares the secrets every woman needs to know to help her move on. Sussman has identified and developed a revolutionary 3-phase healing plan that will help women across the world to get on with life. The book gets rave reviews across the board from Goodreads, Amazon, Kobo and more
A charlotte is a classic French molded dessert. It can be served cold or can be baked and served hot.
A cold charlotte begins with a charlotte mold, a deep (3 1/2 to 4 inches), a bucket-shaped pan that is wider at the top than at the bottom. The mold is lined with sponge cake, ladyfingers or buttered bread. It is then filled with fruit, mousse, custard, stabilized whipped cream, or any combination of these fillings. The dessert is chilled thoroughly and un-molded onto a pretty platter for a spectacular presentation.
In the case of a hot charlotte, like apple charlotte, the mold is lined with buttered bread and filled with sautéed spiced apples and then baked. It can be served hot, warm or chilled.
Just as classical French cuisine has been adopted by the cuisines of the world, you will find charlottes everywhere, including Central and Eastern Europe.
In fact, Charlotte Russe is said to have been created by Russian Czar Alexander’s renowned French chef, Marie Antoine Carême, in the early 19th century. But who was Charlotte?
Some say the recipe was a riff on a longstanding dessert created for Queen Charlotte of England. Those in the Russian camp, however, say it was named after a sister-in-law of Alexander I, who just happened to be named Charlotte. The debate rages on.
The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom which originally ran on BBC One from November 10, 1994 to January 1, 2007. It is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the ordination of women. Dawn French plays the lead role, a vicar named Geraldine Granger.
In ratings terms, it is among the most successful British programmes in the digital era, the Christmas and New Year specials entering the UK top 10 programmes of the year. The Vicar of Dibley received multiple British Comedy Awards, two International Emmys, and was a multiple British Academy Television Awards nominee. In 2004, it placed third in a BBC poll of Britain’s Best Sitcoms.
In addition to the twenty main episodes between 1994 and 2007, the series includes numerous shorter charity specials, as well as “lockdown” episodes produced during the COVID-19 pandemic
The series was created by Richard Curtis and written for actress Dawn French by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey. The main character was an invention of Richard Curtis, but he and Dawn French extensively consulted Joy Carroll, one of the first female Anglican priests, and garnered many character traits and much information.