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19 hours ago · Known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the husband-wife duo Ike & Tina Turner before launching a successful career as a solo performer. Turner began her musical career with her future husband Ike Turner 's band, the Kings of Rhythm, in 1956. [6]
2 days ago · Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and eight Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2023, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential ...
1 day ago · Lyricist (s) E.Y. Harburg. " Over the Rainbow " is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. [1] It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland [2] in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. [1] It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song .
5 days ago · Mao Zedong once declared that “women hold up half the sky.” Yet even the pretense of that belief has been abandoned in today’s China. President Xi Jinping, Mao’s current successor as Communist...
2 days ago · Thu, 4 July 2024, 10:00 am GMT-4 · 7-min read. (PA) Inside a cramped, grubby two-bedroom flat filled with Ghostbusters memorabilia, Gavin Plumb hatched a plan. He would kidnap, repeatedly rape and murder the object of his obsession – television personality Holly Willoughby – as he plotted to live out his ultimate celebrity fantasy.
3 days ago · Women power is nothing new in China. From Empress Cixi, ruler of the Qing Dynasty to Chairman Mao proclaiming that “women hold up half the sky,” females have long contributed to all aspects of life in the Middle Kingdom. In modern day China, their influence is ever-increasing.
5 days ago · Mao might have believed that women hold up half the sky, but the United States can show it takes a democracy to truly lift women up.
