Biography of Aaliyah Talented. Beautiful. Modest. These three words described R&B singer-turned-actress Aaliyah perfectly. Born in Brooklyn, New York but raised in Detroit, Aaliyah got her first major exposure appearing on the syndicated television series "Star Search" (1983) where she awed the audience with her amazing voice and talent.
One can only speculate yes, if her last appearance with Barbra Walters could be considered to be a clue. When Sara Palin was asked by Barbra Walters whether she thought if she runs in 2012, would she be a winner over Obama, her answer was a yes without hesitation, “I think so” she said. With all this exposure that she has accumulated it would be a shame for it all to go to waste, would it not? With her new reality T.V. show “Sara Palin’s Alaska” she is bound to attract more followers, her opening night net 5 million plus viewers.
But the artist who draws everyone’s attention, everyone has heard of and makes many want to constantly be listening to her and be like her, someone who is a key element of my generation has to be Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga has been making a name for herself as soon as her pop music hit the radio. Her first hit was “Just Dance” release in 2008. Hitting #1 in the billboard charts in 2009 followed by the release of her first album, The Fame. This really got people listening and earned her 8 Grammy nomination and 2 wins.
Ellen Ellen Lee DeGeneres is a famous actress, talk show host, and comedian. She will be known in the annual woman’s banquet for all her achievements and accomplishments. She was born in January 26th, 1958 at Metairie, Louisiana. DeGeneres is being honored from opening out her gayness to the whole world. I think Ellen Degeneres is a very strong and brave woman to come out with a secret like that.
She’s known at her shows for her impromptu style; she’ll perform a brand new song at random, or do a call-and-response section in the middle of her song unbeknownst to her band and/or back-up singers. What I like about her is her resistance to the status quo, her sounds has been to her original style for over ten years. Badu’s fifth studio album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) will be released on March 30, 2010. While it is important to know all about my favorite singer, I cannot say she is the first to have such a diverse style. She was heavily influenced by no other than the late, great, “Lady of Song,” Ms. Ella Fitzgerald.
Spears divorced Kevin Federline, her back up dancer, and started to devote her life back to her children and producing music for her new album ‘Femme Fatale’. But for her new Femme Fatale, Spears focused on one thing: making a killer dance-pop album. "I knew I wanted to make a dance album that was ahead of everything else out there but unique to me, which is why I was so picky with the recording process” (Grigoriadis). Britney still seemed to manage to turn her life around and start fresh with brand new albums; she is well deserving of our Hall of
Beyonce Giselle Knowles or otherwise known as Beyonce is a multi-talented artist who is a singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, business entrepreneur, fashion label owner designer and on top of that, a mother. She is one of the most influential female artists in the pop culture due to her “Beyonce Effect” that takes over the world which saved her a spot at number two on Forbes 2010 The Celebrity List (2012 Starpulse.com). She started her music career as the lead singer of RnB girl group called “Destiny’s Child” which put her under the limelight as the powerhouse singer with her defined vocal register and power to her performance on stage. Beyonce who was born and raised in Houston, Texas was already influenced by music from a very young age
Lady Gaga's success was built on more than just her talents as an entertainer. Lady Gaga and management seized the power of using popular social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to build a strong support base, fan by fan. To publicize her first single "Just Dance," Lady Gaga and team took to the social media airwaves with a handcrafted approach: she wrote (and continues to write) her own Tweets, and maintained close control over her other social media accounts. YouTube was also used as a promotional tool, management released a series of short two-minute videos on her personal channel titled “Transmission: Gaga-Vision”. Lady Gaga’s team understood that imagery was a large element of her brand and utilized the platform that YouTube offered.
Beauty pageants as we know them today arisen in the late 1960’s in Miami, Florida. The industry now accommodates as many as 25 000 pageants since then. You would think that sparkling tiaras, beautiful dresses and glamorous hair and make - up would be every little girls dream, but no a lot of the time this dream can very much turn into a nightmare. Children’s beauty pageants are judged on several different aspects including, how well they dance, modelling sports and casual wear, interviews and how much talent that they have. The children themselves are judged on how well they perform, their looks, and also their confidence, or how confident they may seem.
ABC broadcast released a new romantic drama, ‘Selfie’. Eliza, the heroine of this drama, a is superstar in the social media world and has 263.000 followers who follow her selfies everyday.Not only does Eliza take selfies in the drama,but many people also take selfies and share them with their family, friends or people they have never met before on social networks. According to Jerry Saltz’s article, “Art at Arm’s length : A History of the Selfie ” the Selfie is new art form as a social interaction and a new genre of self- portrait. As Saltz says the primary purpose of the selfie is to be seen here and now by other people in social networks ,and it’s also a tool of communication. Saltz also presented the third meaning of selfie, which implies another meaning that is not directly revealed at the first look on its entire context.