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Miley Cyrus
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Miley Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her father Billy Ray Cyrus also starred in the show and she released her second album Breakout and launched her film career as a voice actress in the animated film Bolt in 2008. Cyrus starred in the feature film Hannah Montana, The Movie, in 2010, she released her third album Cant Be Tamed, which stands as the lowest-selling record of her career, and starred in the coming-of-age film The Last Song. Cyrus focused on her career with several television and film appearances in 2011 and 2012. Her sexually explicit behavior generated widespread controversy while promoting her fourth album Bangerz, Cyrus independently-released fifth studio album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz deviated from her traditional pop style for more psychedelic experimentation. In 2016, she was a coach for the season of the singing competition series The Voice. With Bangerz, Cyrus achieved her third album on the U. S. Billboard 200. She has logged seven top 10 entries on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 with, See You Again,7 Things, The Climb, Cant Be Tamed, We Cant Stop and the chart-topping Wrecking Ball. Cyrus has earned awards and nominations, as Billboard ranked her as the fourth best-selling female artist of 2009. She was ranked number thirteen on Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2010 and she has been included on the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2008 and 2014. Destiny Hope Cyrus was born November 23,1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, to Leticia Jean Tish Cyrus, Cyrus was born with supraventricular tachycardia, a condition which causes an abnormal resting heart rate. She changed her name to Miley Ray Cyrus, her middle name honors her grandfather, against the advice of her fathers record company, Cyruss parents secretly married on December 28,1993, a year after her birth. They had two children together, son Braison and daughter Noah. From previous relationships, her mother has two children, Trace and Brandi, while her father has a son named Christopher. Cyrus godmother is entertainer Dolly Parton, Cyrus grew up on a 500-acre farm in Franklin, and attended Heritage Elementary School. While working on Hannah Montana, she enrolled at Options for Youth Charter Schools, raised a Christian, she was baptized in a Southern Baptist church before moving to Hollywood in 2005. She attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring, in 2001, when Cyrus was eight, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada while her father filmed the television series Doc. After Billy Ray took her to see a 2001 Mirvish production of Mamma Mia. at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Cyrus grabbed his arm and told him, This is what I want to do and she began taking singing and acting classes at the Armstrong Acting Studio in Toronto
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Emily Osment
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Emily Jordan Osment is an American actress, singer, and songwriter born in Los Angeles, California. After working in television films in her childhood, she gained fame for co-starring as the character Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2, The Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D. She went on to co-star in the Emmy Award-nominated Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana as Lilly Truscott as well as the movie, Hannah Montana. She also starred as Cassie in R. L. Stines The Haunting Hour Volume One, Dont Think About It, Osment entered the world of music recording soundtracks for movie singles and Disney albums. According to an interview at the 2008 Grammys, she was writing songs together with Eve 6. In 2009 she signed with the Wind-up Records label and released All the Way Up, the EP debuted at the Billboard 200 and her songs reached the top positions on the Canadian Hot 100 and Radio Disney. The EP was promoted within the United States by the 2010 Clap Your Hands Tour, osments debut album, Fight or Flight was released on October 5,2010 via Wind-up Records. The lead single Lets Be Friends was released on June 8,2010, in October 2010 she began her Fight or Flight Tour, whose first performance took place in São Paulo, Brazil. She currently stars in the Freeform television series Young & Hungry as Gabi Diamond, Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, where her family still resides, to actor Michael Eugene Osment, and Theresa Osment, an English teacher. She was raised as a Roman Catholic and her father has appeared in various films, including her movie Soccer Mom, and her older brother is Academy Award-nominated actor Haley Joel Osment. Osments entry into the entertainment industry began in 1998, when she was cast in a commercial for flower delivery company FTD. From there she went on to feature in commercials, after which she made her acting debut in the 1999 film The Secret Life of Girls, starring Eugene Levy. The same year, she co-starred with Glenn Close in the Hallmark Classic television film Sarah, Plain and Tall, Winters End, a role that would lead a Young Artist Award nomination. Since then, she has gone on to do a number of roles, such as appearances on shows like Touched by an Angel, Friends. In 2003, she reprised her role in the film of the Spy Kids series, Spy Kids 3-D, Game Over. Osment did a role in the Disney movie Lilo & Stitch 2, Stitch Has a Glitch. In 2006, Osment got the role of Lilly Truscott in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, when Miley was Hannah, Lilly was under the alias Lola Luftnagle. The series premiere scored record ratings for the Disney Channel with 5.4 million viewers, the show earned her a nomination for Young Artist Award in 2007 for best performance in a TV Series
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Mitchel Musso
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He was the host of Disney Channels PrankStars. In some of his works, he voiced DJ in the computer animated/motion capture film, Monster House. Mussos self-titled debut album was released on June 2,2009 on Walt Disney Records, the album debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200. Musso was born in Garland, Texas, the son of Katherine and Samuel Musso and he is of Italian and English ancestry. He has two brothers – Mason Musso, who sings vocals in the band Metro Station with Miley Cyrus brother Trace, and Marc Musso. In 2003, Mitchel made his Hollywood film debut in Secondhand Lions, before Musso was cast in Secondhand Lions, he had been in several films beforehand, Am I Cursed. as Richie and The Keyman as a Cub Scout, both in 2002. In addition to his role as Oliver Oken in Disney Channels Hannah Montana, Musso also voiced Jeremy Johnson in Phineas and Ferb and he appeared in the Disney Channel Games in 2006 on the Green Team, and appeared on the Red Team in 2007 and 2008. He also appeared in the TV movie Walker, Texas Ranger, Trial by Fire alongside Chuck Norris, on June 2,2008, Musso was a surprise guest at the Spotlight Awards at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. He presented awards to the Best Actor and Best Actress of the 2007–2008 theatrical year, in 2008 Musso, Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus all made family guest appearances in Metro Stations music video for Seventeen Forever. In early 2009, Musso was cast, alongside The Suite Life on Deck and House of Paynes Doc Shaw, the series began production in March 2010, following the production of the final season of Hannah Montana in which Musso will only be a guest. The series premiered on September 10,2010 and it was announced that Musso would be the host of Disney Channels latest hidden camera reality series, PrankStars, which premiered on July 15,2011. On December 12,2011, Disney XD renewed the series Pair of Kings for a third season, Musso did not return for the new season and, instead, he was replaced by a new character played by Adam Hicks. Musso sang a remake of the song Lean on Me for the Disney film, Snow Buddies, the music video is included on the DVD. Musso also sang the song If I Didnt Have You with Hannah Montana co-star Emily Osment for the DisneyMania 6 CD in 2008 and sang the song Stand Out for the Disneymania 7 CD in 2010. For their 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie, Hatching Pete, Musso teamed up with co-star Tiffany Thornton, from Sonny with a Chance, the two also worked on a music video for the song which was released to Disney Channel. Musso also recorded a song called The Girl Cant Help It for another Disney Channel Original Movie, Let it Go and The Girl Cant Help It was featured on the Disney compilation album, Disney Channel Playlist, which was released on June 23,2008. And sang Live like Kings on Disney XDs Pair of Kings on Disney Channel, also in 2009, Musso collaborated on the School House Rock song The 3 Rs, an educational song about recycling. In a studio effort, Musso released his debut album on June 2,2009
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Jason Earles
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Earles was born in San Diego, California. After living in Ohio and Washington state, his family moved to Oregon, in Oregon, he graduated from Glencoe High School in Hillsboro. Before moving to southern California, Earles lived in Billings, Montana, Earles played a nerdy card gamer who was friends with the character Brian Miller in the CBS sitcom Still Standing. In 2004, he appeared in the film National Treasure as Thomas Gates, in 2005, Earles played Ernie Kaplowitz in the film American Pie Presents, Band Camp. He guest-starred twice in the Disney Channel series Phil of the Future as Grady Spaggett, Earles appeared in the 2006 Disney Channel Games on the Blue Team and in the 2007 and 2008 Disney Channel Games on the Red team. Earles was the co-host of Disney Channels Sing-Along Bowl-athon and the online voting. Earles most notable role was as Jackson Stewart, the brother of Miley Stewart. Earles was notably older than the character he played, Jackson Stewart was born in 1990, making Earles 13 years older, Earles played Hunter, the android protector of the main character, in the Disney XD series Aaron Stone. He also voiced Spudnik in the 2009 talking dog film Space Buddies, Earles stars as Rudy Gillespie in the Disney XD original series Kickin It, which premiered on June 13,2011. Earles has contributed cast memorabilia to the fundraisers for Rocky Mountain College, Jason Earles at the Internet Movie Database Jason Earles audio interview at Tommy2. Net
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Billy Ray Cyrus
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William Billy Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter and actor. It was also the single in the same country in 1992 and was translated into more than 100 languages. Thanks to the video of this hit, the line dance catapulted into the mainstream, Cyrus, a multi-platinum selling recording artist, has scored a total of eight top-ten singles on the Billboard Country Songs chart. It is the album in the SoundScan era to log 17 consecutive weeks at number one and is also the top-ranking debut album by a male country artist. It ranked 43 weeks in the top 10, a total topped by one country album in history. Some Gave All was also the first debut album to enter at one on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling debut album of all time for a solo male artist. Some Gave All was also the album of 1992 in the US with 4,832,000 copies. In his career, he has released 35 charted singles, of which 16 charted in the top 40, from 2001 to 2004, Cyrus starred in the television show Doc. The show was about a doctor who moved from Montana to New York City. From 2006 to 2011, he co-starred in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana with his daughter Miley Cyrus, as of 2016, he stars as Vernon Brownmule on the CMT series Still the King. William Ray Cyrus was born on August 25,1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky, to Ron Cyrus, a politician and former steelworker, and his wife, Cyrus started singing at the age of four. His grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, growing up, he was surrounded by bluegrass and gospel music from his family. His right-handed father played guitar however left-handed Cyrus tried to play his fathers guitar and he attended Georgetown College on a baseball scholarship before changing to music. He dropped out of Georgetown during his year, realized he wanted to become a musician after attending a Neil Diamond concert. In the 1980s, he played in a band called Sly Dog, Sly Dog was named after a one-eyed dog that Cyrus owned. While trying to get a contract in Los Angeles, Cyrus suffered many hardships including living in his neighbors car. However, in 1990, he was signed to PolyGram/Mercury and that same year, he opened for Reba McEntire
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Disney Channel
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Disney Channels programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Channel – which formerly operated as a premium service – originally marketed its programs towards families during the 1980s, most of Disney Channels original programming is aimed at kids ages 9–16, while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at children 8 years and under. As of January 2016, Disney Channel is available to approximately 93.9 million pay television households in the United States. The Disney Sunday Movie, a version of the Walt Disney anthology television series, began on the channel in 1986 concurrent with ABCs version until 1988 and NBCs The Magical World of Disney. Disney Channel Original Movies series of made for television movies started on August 23,1997 with Northern Lights supplanting the previous Disney Channel Premiere Films banner.2 million viewers. The Cheetah Girls films were also successful in terms of merchiandise. The first film in 2003 was the first made-for-TV movie musical in Disney Channels history, and had a worldwide audience of over 84 million viewers. The second movie was the most successful of the series, bringing in 8.1 million viewers in the U. S. Disney Junior – Disney Junior is a block that features shows targeted at children aged 3–9. Which debuted on February 14,2011, it airs Monday through Fridays from 8,00 a. m. –2,00 p. m. and weekends from 6,00 to 9,00 a. m. Disney Junior carries one of the few programs on Disney Channel that feature classic Disney characters as of 2013, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Other programs currently seen in this block include Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Sheriff Callies Wild West, Sofia the First, Miles from Tomorrowland, The Lion Guard and Doc McStuffins. C. Saturdays from 8, 00-11,00 p. m. and Sundays from 7, Saturday nights feature repeats of recent episodes of the channels original series or an occasional film telecast. Encores of the respective nights programs typically air between 11,00 p. m. and 2,30 a. m, Eastern/Pacific each night during that weekend. Out of This World Weekend – a weekend of shows having space themed episodes, Weekend – a weekend of shows having mystery themed episodes. This was the first special weekend, Summer Adventure Weekend – a weekend of shows with vacation themed episodes. Flash Forward Weekend – a weekend of shows related to time travel, freaky Freakend – a weekend of shows featuring paranormal themed episodes. April Fuel Week – a week of shows featuring special episodes, Weekend – a weekend of shows featuring guest stars from other Disney Channel shows, occurs mostly in April. Programming seen during Disney Nighttime included older feature films, along with original concert specials, variety specials, mystery Night – ran each Tuesday evening starting at 9,00 p. m. Eastern/Pacific from 1990 to 1993, focused on mystery films from the 1930s to the 1960s
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American Broadcasting Company
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The network is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, New York City. There are additional offices and production facilities elsewhere in New York City, as well as in Los Angeles and Burbank. Since 2007, when ABC Radio was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC originally launched on October 12,1943, as a radio network, separated from and serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS, in the mid-1950s, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Leonard Goldenson, who had been the head of UPT, made the new television network profitable by helping develop, in 1996, most of Capital Cities/ABCs assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company. The television network has eight owned-and-operated and over 232 affiliated television stations throughout the United States, most Canadians have access to at least one U. S. ABC News provides news and features content for radio stations owned by Citadel Broadcasting. In the 1930s, radio in the United States was dominated by three companies, the Columbia Broadcasting System, the Mutual Broadcasting System and the National Broadcasting Company. The last was owned by electronics manufacturer Radio Corporation of America, in 1938, the FCC began a series of investigations into the practices of radio networks and published its report on the broadcasting of network radio programs in 1940. The report recommended that RCA give up control of either NBC Red or NBC Blue, at that time, the NBC Red Network was the principal radio network in the United States and, according to the FCC, RCA was using NBC Blue to eliminate any hint of competition. Once Mutuals appeals against the FCC were rejected, RCA decided to sell NBC Blue in 1941, the newly separated NBC Red and NBC Blue divided their respective corporate assets. Investment firm Dillon, Read & Co. offered $7.5 million to purchase the network, Edward John Noble, the owner of Life Savers candy, drugstore chain Rexall and New York City radio station WMCA, purchased the network for $8 million. Due to FCC ownership rules, the transaction, which was to include the purchase of three RCA stations by Noble, would require him to resell his station with the FCCs approval, the Commission authorized the transaction on October 12,1943. Soon afterward, the Blue Network was purchased by the new company Noble founded, Noble subsequently acquired the rights to the American Broadcasting Company name from George B. Meanwhile, in August 1944, the West Coast division of the Blue Network, both stations were then managed by Don Searle, the vice-president of the Blue Networks West Coast division. The ABC Radio Network created its audience slowly, the network also became known for such suspenseful dramas as Sherlock Holmes, Gang Busters and Counterspy, as well as several mid-afternoon youth-oriented programs. S. From Nazi Germany after its conquest, to pre-record its programming, while its radio network was undergoing reconstruction, ABC found it difficult to avoid falling behind on the new medium of television. To ensure a space, in 1947, ABC submitted five applications for television station licenses, the ABC television network made its debut on April 19,1948, with WFIL-TV in Philadelphia becoming its first primary affiliate
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Hannah Montana (season 1)
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The first season of the television series Hannah Montana was aired on Disney Channel from March 24,2006 to March 30,2007, and included 26 episodes. It introduces the five characters of the series and Miley Stewarts situation of living a secret double life as a teen pop star. The season also introduces several significant recurring characters such as Roxy Roker, Jake Ryan, the seasons soundtrack was released on October 24,2006 under the title Hannah Montana. The season itself was released on DVD as a four disc set on November 18,2008, certain individual episodes had been released earlier on other Hannah Montana DVDs. Hannah Montana debuted Friday, March 24,2006 on Disney Channel with Lilly, the first season completed its run on March 30,2007 with Bad Moose Rising. In the United Kingdom it first aired in the Summer period of 2006, then the first series aired on free-to-view channel FIVE showing all episodes, the first season consists of 26 colored, full-screen, approx. 23-minute episodes recorded using a multiple-camera setup, the theme song for Hannah Montana is The Best of Both Worlds written by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil, produced by Gerrard and performed by Miley Cyrus. John Carta, who composes the music cues to signify scene changes and commercial breaks. The songs lyrics describe the basic premise of the television series, the full-length version, which is 2 minutes,54 seconds in length, was included on the shows soundtrack, released in October 2006. For the TV version of the theme, which lasts only 50 seconds, just Like You and The Other Side of Me were originally tested for the opening theme song, before Best of Both Worlds was chosen as the theme. Each cast members name is wiped on the screen in a marquee-light-style, the sequence then switches to full-screen episode clips with the creators names appearing in the second-to-last clip. The shows title logo appears at the beginning, and again at the end. Episodes of the first season end with a scene that is not crucial to the plot. Credits are shown for the crew and any guest stars or co-stars, the shows five stars — Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso, Jason Earles, and Billy Ray Cyrus — appear in all first-season episodes. The series premiere with Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret, had 5.4 million viewers breaking the highest-rated series premiere on a kids network in seven years and was the highest rated Disney Channel series premiere until Cory in the House. In the episode, Miley reveals to Lilly that she is Hannah Montana, season 1 included a special episode called On the Road Again. that was part of Thats So Suite Life of Hannah Montana. The episode had cross-overs with shows Thats So Raven and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, wiki Format Episode Guide at Wikipedias sister site List of Hannah Montana episodes at the Internet Movie Database
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Hannah Montana (season 3)
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The third season of American Disney Channel teen sitcom Hannah Montana aired from November 2,2008 until March 14,2010. Filming for the season started a day after the 2008 Teen Choice Awards on August 5,2008, Season 3 of Hannah Montana focuses more on how the characters grow up than the previous seasons. Hannah has grown up into a new look, different from the previous two seasons, she has shorter hair and an untraditional style which includes a lot of zebra print and unique boots. Also, Oliver and Lilly start dating starting from the episode What I Dont Like About You, later, Lilly moves in with the Stewarts. At the end of the season the Stewarts and Lilly move from Malibu while Oliver prepares to go on tour with a band and this is the last season to be broadcast in Standard Definition. For season three, the credits changed dramatically. The names appear on a marquee as you would see on a theater. The sequence then changes to full-screen episode clips, in both season 2 and season 3 episodes clips are included. The new version of the song The Best of Both Worlds was performed at the Season 3 concert, the creators names appear in the second to last clip. The main cast of season 3 remained the same as the previous season, hayley Chase, Romi Dames, David Koechner, and Cody Linley all reprised their roles as Joannie, Traci Van Horn, Uncle Earl, and Jake Ryan in at least one episode. Recurring character from the second season Mikayla, played by Selena Gomez did not make an appearance in any episode of this season, aunt Dolly, played by Dolly Parton, also makes no appearances in this season. This is the season with Mitchel Musso as a regular cast member. The new version of The Best of Both Worlds was used both for the movie as well as for the sequence, and was sung at the Hannah Montana season 3 concert in 2008. This version is extended to 59 seconds, the full version is featured on the Hannah Montana, The Movie soundtrack but is not featured on the Hannah Montana 3 soundtrack. Hannah Montana Season 3 started on November 2,2008 as part of Disney Channels New in November, two specials were created for the season. The first is a 50-minute special starring Cody Linley as Jake Ryan called He Could Be the One which was first broadcast July 5,2009. The second one is an episode, Super Girl, which was first broadcast July 17,2009 as part of Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana. Uptight, the 23rd episode of the season, used elements of an unaired season 2 episode, No Sugar, Sugar had been intended as the season 2 finale, but was withdrawn from the airing schedule after complaints from parents who saw an on-demand version of the episode
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Hannah Montana
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Hannah Montana, also known as Hannah Montana Forever in its fourth and final season, is an American musical comedy television series created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry OBrien. It focuses on Miley Stewart, who is a teenager living a life as an average schoolgirl by day. The story follows the life of Stewart, her brother. The soundtrack albums Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana 2, Meet Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana 3, in 2007, the success of the series led to the Best of Both Worlds Tour, which visited North America. The following year, it was adapted into the 3D film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus, Best of Both Worlds Concert and its accompanying soundtrack. In 2009, the first feature film of the series, titled Hannah Montana, The Movie was released to commercial success, all seasons of the show have been distributed on DVD. The series received favorable reviews from critics, and has been recognized as a guilty pleasure by several media outlets. The shows instant success is credited with the launch of Cyruss career and her establishment as a teen idol. However, as she continued to develop an increasingly provocative image as the series progressed, in its series premiere, Hannah Montana who is first introduced as Miley Stewart, lives a double life as an average schoolgirl by day and a famous recording artist Hannah Montana by night. Mileys best friend Lilly Truscott discovered her secret while attending a Hannah Montana concert, later in the first season, Miley herself revealed her secret to their close friend Oliver Oken with the intention of ending his romantic interest in Hannah Montana. Lilly and Oliver assumed the aliases Lola Luftnagle and Mike Standley III when appearing with Hannah in order to protect Mileys secret, meanwhile, Jackson is employed at Ricos Surf Shop, where his child-aged boss Rico Suave often assigns him to complete embarrassing tasks. Miley, Lilly, and Oliver begin high school in the second season, Rico, who begins high school after skipping several grades, nearly discovers Mileys secret on several occasions. Later in the season, Miley admits to Jake Ryan, whom she disliked and later dated in the first season. However, their rekindled relationship ends after he struggles to adopt a normal, non-celebrity lifestyle. Meanwhile, Jackson continues to find himself in conflict with Rico, while Miley is off shooting a movie, Lilly and Oliver begin dating in the third season. Though Miley initially feels uncomfortable with the dynamic of their friendship. Miley herself begins dating Jake again, but develops feelings for her band mate Jesse, Jackson moves into his own apartment while attending college, while Lilly moves in with the Stewart family after her mother finds work in Atlanta, Georgia. In the two-part season finale, Robby buys a ranch in Malibu to bring Mileys horse Blue Jeans from Tennessee, while Jackson leaves his apartment, Oliver also embarks on a tour with the band that lived above Jacksons former apartment
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Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)
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Disney Channel is a kids and teens entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland since 1 October 1995. A one-hour timeshift service called Disney Channel +1 is available on Sky, Disney Channel currently has two sister channels, Disney Junior and Disney XD. It currently focuses on live-action programming, Disney Channel was originally planned to launch in 1989 on the newly launched Sky satellite service. It was featured in much of the material surrounding the launch of Sky Television. Disney was supposed to start up two channels, but when the talks broke down, Sky issued a lawsuit against Disney, claiming £1.5 billion in damages. The suit was settled with Disney selling its stake in the joint venture back to Sky. Super RTL launched in Germany in 1995, as a joint venture between Disney and the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion, Disney finally launched in the UK on the Sky platform on 1 October 1995, as the first Disney Channel in Europe and outside the United States. GEs AstroSpace division then modified the satellite for DBS usage for SES, in 1997, Disney Channel adopted a new Mickey Mouse head shape logo. The idents mainly used red and blue colors on irregularly shaped objects that formed the logo, on 1 May 1999, another new logo was launched, with three symmetrical circles forming the iconic Mickey Mouse head shape. On 29 September 2000, Disney Channel launched two channels, a preschool-oriented Playhouse Disney and the now-defunct 24-hour cartoon channel Toon Disney. A one-hour timeshift of Disney Channel also launched on the same day, all 3 were only available to Sky subscribers. NTL and Telewest customers could receive the main Disney Channel. Despite the launch of Playhouse Disney, Disney Channel continued to air a block of Playhouse Disney-branded preschool programmes during school mornings, on 15 March 2003, a new logo and graphics were introduced. In early 2006, Sky and Disney were locked in ongoing negotiations over a new contract for carriage on the digital satellite television service. The previous, ten-year deal, which was inked while Sky floated on the exchange in 1994, was temporarily extended whilst both sides attempted to reach an agreement. Sky was understood to have been seeking a reduced payment towards the kids broadcaster. A new agreement, reported to be worth £130 million a year, was reached on 27 February 2007, as a result, on 16 March, changes were made to the Disney services in the UK. Disney Channels main one-hour timeshift, Disney Channel +1 closed and was replaced with Disney Cinemagic +1, however, Disney Channel +1 subsequently returned on 26 June 2006
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Channel 5 (UK)
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Channel 5 is a British commercial television network. It was launched in 1997, and was the national terrestrial analogue network in the United Kingdom after BBC One, BBC Two, ITV. It is generally the network in the country in audience share. The station was branded as Five between 2002 and 2011, when it was owned by the RTL Group, on 1 May 2014 the channel was acquired by Viacom for £450 million. Well Take It Away. and Gibraltar, Britain in the Sun, the station has been very successful with imports from the United States in particular, including the CSI franchise, the NCIS franchise, the first 3 series in the Law & Order franchise. Power Rangers, The Mentalist, Body of Proof, Once Upon a Time, Dallas, in July 2014, Channel 5 announced plans to open up its production arm and allow it to create shows for other channels, aping the BBC and ITV Studios. Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited was licensed by the UK Government in 1995 after a process that started in 1993. The difficulty with the lay in use of television broadcast frequencies that had been allocated to RF outputs from domestic videocassette recorders. To achieve national coverage, large numbers of domestic video recorders had to be retuned or fitted with a filter, the project was revived in mid-1994 when the ITC re-advertised the franchise. Lord Hollick, then chief executive of Meridian Broadcasting took up the project as lead investor as UK law prohibited Time Warner from owning more than 25%, pearson Television, who by now owned original licence bidders Thames Television, also came on board. When McGrath left to become President of Paramount, Time Warner dropped out of the project and was replaced by CLT, the channel would be both modern and mainstream. After re-tuning around 65% of the populations televisions could view the channel on launch night, the channels launch on Easter Sunday 1997 at 6pm featured the Spice Girls singing a re-written version of Manfred Manns hit 5-4-3-2-1 as 1-2-3-4-5. Presenters Tim Vine and Julia Bradbury introduced the nation to the UKs fifth terrestrial channel with half an hour of previews, on 16 September 2002, Channel 5 re-branded to Five, in a multimillion-pound project directed by Trevor Beattie. The channels director of marketing at the time, David Pullen, said, On 27 February 2004, it was reported that Five, Channel 4 and Five announced in November of that year that merger plans were being called off. Early in 2009, rumours started re-surfacing about Five, Channel 4, pearson Television and CLT later merged, becoming RTL Group who became part of Bertelsmann and, control the network, after buying UBMs 35. 4% stake for £247.6 million on 20 July 2005. The acquisition was approved on 26 August 2005, after Holleck became involved, he and McGrath brought on board Greg Dyke as interim CEO during the application and launch phase of the project. On 18 November 2005, it was announced that Five had bought a stake in DTTs pay-TV operator and it was said that the investment may lead to the development of new free and pay services on DTT, and other platforms. The channel previously aired pre-school shows under the Milkshake and it was renamed Fiver in 2008, 5* in 2011 and eventually its current name in 2016
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Wizards of Waverly Place
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Wizards of Waverly Place is an American fantasy teen sitcom which ran from October 12,2007 to January 6,2012 on Disney Channel. The series was created by Todd J. Greenwald, and stars Selena Gomez, David Henrie, further main cast includes Jennifer Stone, Maria Canals Barrera, and David DeLuise. The series won Outstanding Childrens Program at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009, a film adaptation of the series, Wizards of Waverly Place, The Movie, premiered as a Disney Channel Original Movie on August 28,2009. The film adaptation won Outstanding Childrens Program at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards earning the series its second consecutive Emmy, the farewell season won Outstanding Childrens Program at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards bringing the franchises total to three Emmy awards. Wizards of Waverly Place ended with 106 episodes over four seasons and its series finale averaged nearly 10 million viewers, which made that episode the most-watched series finale in Disney Channels history. On March 15,2013, The Wizards Return, Alex vs. Alex premiered as a television special. Wizards of Waverly Place chronicles the adventures of the Russo Family, the Russos live on Waverly Place in Manhattans Greenwich Village, above a sandwich shop which they own and run. The family consists of siblings Alex, Justin, and Max, the three teenagers are wizards and live with their Italian father, Jerry, a former family wizard, and their mortal Mexican mother, Theresa. Because of this, Jerry tries to teach his children to not become dependent on magic, since one of them gets to keep their powers, though, Jerry also gives his children wizard lessons. The storage room of the Russo familys sub station is a wizards lair, in the lair is a Portal which allows them to visit the wizard world, and other creatures to visit them. The headmaster of the council, Professor Crumbs, regularly pays visits to the Russo home. The Russo siblings attend Tribeca Preparatory School and constantly encounter their Old West style principal, because they live in the mortal world, the Russos are required to keep the existence of wizardry a secret. Even so, Alexs best friend, Harper Finkle, discovers the secret in Season 2s episode Harper Knows, Selena Gomez as Alex Russo David Henrie as Justin Russo Jake T. Justin takes Alex and Max on a cruise to Hawaii aboard the SS Tipton when he wins tickets and he pretends to be a doctor to impress London Tipton while Alex uses magic to bring Harper on the ship. During the cruise, Alex pulls a prank on Justin that turns him blue while Hannah Montana boards the ship to attend a concert in Hawaii, leading Cody to try to get tickets for himself and Bailey. The Disney Channel Original Movie, based on the series, premiered on August 28,2009 on Disney Channel. Wizards of Waverly Place, The Movie was filmed in Puerto Rico in the caribe Hilton hotel, Los Angeles, the movie received 11.4 million viewers on its premiere, making it the second-most-viewed DCOM premiere in the US after High School Musical 2. It was the 7th most watched basic cable telecast in 2009 and it won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010 for Outstanding Childrens Program
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Madison Pettis
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Madison Michelle Pettis is an American actress, voice actress and model. Madison Pettis was born on July 22,1998 in Arlington, Texas to Steven and her father is African American and her mother is of Italian, French, and Irish descent. Pettis was first noticed when her mother entered into an annual cover search held by FortWorthChild, from that she began modeling and acting in commercials, she had an agent and a website from the age of five. Early in her career Pettis appeared on Barney & Friends as Bridget, in which she sang and she has modeled for Love Pastry with Alli Simpson and Cody Simpson. Pettis won her first major role in 2006 when she was cast as Peyton Kelly, in 2007 Pettis was cast as Bailey Bryant, the sister of Corbin Bleus character, in the 2008 film Free Style. In 2008, she had a role in Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who. and had a role in A Muppets Christmas. She also had a role as Lorena in the 2008 Will Smith film Seven Pounds. Pettis starred in the 2008 direct-to-video film Mostly Ghostly, Who Let the Ghosts Out. and its 2014 sequel Mostly Ghostly, playing the role of ghost Tara Roland. Pettis starred in Cory In The House as Sophie, the presidents daughter and she portrayed Isabelle Tyler in an episode of The 4400. She was the 2007 Disney Channel Games commentator, and had a role in the Disney Channel animated series Special Agent Oso. In 2009, Pettis appeared as herself on the version of the game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader. In 2011, Pettis landed two main roles, the role of Izzy on the animated series Jake and the Never Land Pirates. In 2012 she began a role on the Disney XD series Lab Rats. On October 19,2014, Pettis confirmed via Facebook that she would be guest starring in The Fosters, in 2015 she was cast in a voice role in the Disney Channel animated series The Lion Guard and its television movie precursor The Lion Guard, Return of the Roar. Madison Pettis at the Internet Movie Database Madison Pettis on Twitter
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Cory in the House
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Cory in the House is a television show, which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12,2007, to September 12,2008, and was a spin-off from the Disney show Thats So Raven. The show focuses on Cory Baxter, who moves from San Francisco, California to Washington, the series marks a Disney Channel first, as it is the channels first spin-off. This is also the only Disney Channel spin-off series to be broadcast in standard definition for the length of the show. Reruns of the series have not been produced on Disney Channel, or on Disney XD, raven-Symoné guest-starred, reprising her role as Raven Baxter in one episode. In 2014 Disney Channel started airing a block called Disney Replay on Wednesdays nights, during which episodes of Cory in the House air alongside Thats So Raven and Kim Possible. Raven-Symoné was offered the spin-off, but she declined it, therefore Disney Channel decided to give it to Kyle Massey, the first episode on January 12,2007, was a sneak peek. The show was created by Marc Warren and Dennis Rinsler, who produced Full House, Cory in the House began filming on July 18,2006, at Hollywood Center Studios and uses a studio audience in some scenes. Similar to Hannah Montana, many of the titles are parodies of popular songs. Cory Baxter is the protagonist of the series and he is the son of Victor and Tanya Baxter. A teenager, Cory lives with his father Victor Baxter and is best friends with Newt Livingston, but later admitted that he and Meena were just friends and said Being friends feels, just right. Cory often is irritated with the Presidents daughter Sophie Martinez, because of her two-facedness and he usually looks to his father for advice. Cory occasionally cooks up various schemes, all of which end badly. He plays in the band DC3 founded by Newt, Cory and his catchphrases in this series are Coming Daddy. You Know How I Do. Dang. ” and Daddy No. Cory is similar to his big sister Raven Baxter and they both are always getting into some crazy situation, but in the end they find a way out of it and he will do anything in order to get money. He also loves Beyoncé, who he thinks he will some day. In some episodes, in a climax, Corys trousers would fall down, revealing his underwear. Newton Newt Livingston III is the son of a senator and the Chief Justice and he is the best friend of Meena Paroom and Cory Baxter. He is a bit clueless and he loves rock and roll and he has some similar characteristics as Ravens friend Chelsea Daniels
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Jonas Brothers
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The Jonas Brothers were an American pop rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network and they consist of three brothers, Paul Kevin Jonas II, Joseph Adam Jonas, and Nicholas Jerry Jonas. Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey, the Jonas Brothers moved to Little Falls, New Jersey in 2005, in the summer of 2008, they starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and its sequel, Camp Rock 2, The Final Jam. They also starred as Kevin, Joe, and Nick Lucas, the band JONAS, in their own Disney Channel series JONAS, the show was eventually cancelled after two seasons. The band released four albums, Its About Time, Jonas Brothers, A Little Bit Longer, in 2008, the group was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 51st Grammy Awards and won the award for Breakthrough Artist at the American Music Awards. As of May 2009, before the release of Lines, Vines and Trying Times, after a hiatus during 2010 and 2011 to pursue solo-projects, the group reconciled in 2012 to record a new album, which was cancelled following their break-up on October 29,2013. They have sold over 17 million albums worldwide, in 2005, Joe, Kevin and Nick recorded Please Be Mine, their first song recorded. Upon hearing the song, the Columbia Records president Steve Greenberg decided to sign the brothers as a group and they considered naming their group Sons of Jonas before settling on the name Jonas Brothers. While working on their studio album, the band toured throughout 2005 with artists such as Jump5, Kelly Clarkson, Jesse McCartney, the Backstreet Boys. They spent the latter portion of the year on an tour with Aly & AJ, additionally, they opened for The Veronicas in early 2006. For their first album, titled Its About Time, the band collaborated with writers, including Adam Schlesinger, Michael Mangini, Desmond Child, Billy Mann. For the album, the Jonas Brothers covered two hit songs by UK band Busted – Year 3000 and What I Go to School For, the Jonas Brothers first single, Mandy, was released on December 27,2005. Its music video was shown on MTVs Total Request Live on February 22,2006, another song, Time for Me to Fly, was released on the Aquamarine soundtrack, also in February. In March, Mandy was featured in the Nickelodeon television film Zoey 101, Spring Break-Up, the groups music was also featured on Cartoon Networks Friday night programming block Fridays. The band covered Yo Ho from Pirates of the Caribbean for the Disneymania 4 album and its About Time was finally released on August 8,2006. According to the manager, it was only a limited release of 50,000 copies. Because Sony was not interested in promoting the band, the Jonas Brothers considered switching labels. On October 3,2006, Nicks 2004 solo single, Joy to the World, was re-released on Joy to the World, the same month, the Jonas Brothers covered Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid
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Dwayne Johnson
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Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer, singer, and professional wrestler. He holds American and Canadian citizenships and he later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League and was cut two months into the 1995 season. This led him to become a professional wrestler like his grandfather, Peter Maivia and he returned to wrestling part-time for WWE from 2011 to 2013 and continues to make sporadic non-wrestling appearances for the company. Johnson has 17 championship reigns in WWE, including 10 as a champion, winning the WWF/WWE Championship eight times. He won the WWF Intercontinental Championship twice and the WWF Tag Team Championship five times, Johnson is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE history and won the 2000 Royal Rumble. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, co-written with Joe Layden, was published in 2000. It debuted at No.1 on The New York Times Best Seller list, spent 20 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, Johnsons first leading film role was in The Scorpion King in 2002. For this role, he was paid US $5.5 million and he has since appeared in various films, and become known for his ability to reinvigorate film franchises. Perhaps his greatest success in his career can be sourced to his role as Luke Hobbs in The Fast. Forbes listed Johnson No.25 in the Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrities in 2013 and he is the worlds highest-paid actor of 2016. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, in 2015, Muscle & Fitness named Johnson their Man of the Century. Johnson was born in Hayward, California, the son of Ata Johnson and professional wrestler Wayde Douglas Bowles and his maternal grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler. His maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of few female promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husbands death in 1982. His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is also a wrestler working for WWE. His father is a Black Nova Scotian, and his mother is of Samoan heritage and his father was part of the first black tag team to win the World Tag Team Championship in the World Wrestling Federation. Through his mother, he is considered a relative of the Anoai wrestling family. Johnson briefly lived in the suburb of Grey Lynn in Auckland and he attended Richmond Road Primary School, before returning to the United States with his parents. Johnson spent 10th grade at President William McKinley High School in Honolulu, as he entered 11th grade, his fathers job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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The Game Plan (film)
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The Game Plan is a 2007 American family sports comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and written by Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price and Audrey Wells and starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson. It follows an NFL quarterback who finds out he has an 8-year-old daughter from a previous relationship and it was the last film to be distributed by Buena Vista Pictures, after Disney retired the Buena Vista moniker across their companys divisions in the same year. The Game Plan was released in the United States on September 28,2007, the next morning, an 8-year-old girl named Peyton Kelly arrives on Joes doorstep saying that she is his biological daughter, and that his divorced wife sent her there to meet him. His agent, Stella Peck, thinks this will be bad for his image, at the opening of his own restaurant, Joe leaves without Peyton, and is on the cover of a tabloid the next day. Stella decides Joe needs a new fatherly image, Peyton then says that Joe has to repay her, so she has him take her to a ballet academy run by Monique Vasquez. Monique has Joe join their ballet performance to him that ballet takes just as much athletic ability as football. Joe and Peyton begin their relationship after Peyton calls his arrogant, Joe takes Peyton and her new friends to the mall where he begins to develop romantic feelings for Vasquez. The Rebels march through the playoffs via three road games, Denver in the Wild Card round, Indianapolis in the Divisional round and they eventually make it to the championship game held in Arizona in a rematch with the New York Dukes. Stella offers Joe a $25 million endorsement deal with Fannys Burgers, while at lunch with Joe and Monique, Peyton accidentally reveals that her mother does not know that she is with him. She was supposed to go to a school program for the month. Joes former sister-in-law and Peytons legal guardian, Karen Kelly, arrives and she announces her intent to take Peyton home and he tries to convince Karen that he wants his daughter to stay. Joe discovers that Sara, his ex-wife and Peytons mother, was killed in an accident six months earlier. After overhearing Stella explaining that Peyton would be a distraction to Joe, Karen and Peyton return home. Later, while going through Peytons bag under her bed, Joe finds some photos and reads a letter from Sara, saying that she hid Peyton away from Joe, as the championship game begins, Joes mind is not fully set on the game and he is soon injured. Joe is surprised to discover that Peyton has arrived with Karen, understanding Joes earlier words about how he wants to remain in Peytons life, Karen decides to let Peyton live with Joe. Near the end of the quarter, Joe passes the ball to the running back, Webber. Joe hurries his team to the line with the clock running, with time for one last play, Joe throws a lob pass to Sanders, who catches the pass, allowing the Rebels to win their first championship. In a post-game interview, Joe declines the Fannys Burgers offer, Joe, Peyton, and Monique dance together in Joes apartment to the song Burning Love
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Ready, Set, Don't Go
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Ready, Set, Dont Go is a country song performed by American recording artists Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus. It was released as the single from Home at Last. The song is a country ballad with some use of pop. Ready, Set, Dont Go received critical praise, with reviewers complimenting its lyrical content and it also reached positive commercial responses for Cyrus, compared to his downfall in previous years. Peaking at number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100, it became Cyrus first entry on the chart since You Wont Be Lonely Now. The songs accompanying video was directed by Elliot Lester and features some of Cyrus home videos. The song eventually became re-released as a duet with his daughter, at the time of the singles release, she was 14 and enjoying the success of her debut album Meet Miley Cyrus. The duet version became Mileys debut in music and received better commercial outcomes. It reached its highest international peak in the Billboard Hot 100 at number 37, Cyrus, with and without his daughter, performed the song at several venues, most notably Mileys first headlining concert tour, the Best of Both Worlds Tour. Ready, Set, Dont Go is a pop song which some of merges Home at Lasts adult contemporary style. It is set in time with a ballad tempo of 76 beats per minute. The song is written in a key of D major, Cyrus and Mileys vocals each span two octaves, from B2 to B4. The verses use a progression of D-Bm7-G twice, followed by Em and A. The songs lyrics were written by Cyrus and Casey Beathard, amazon. coms Tammy La Gorce commented, Hannah fans will fall for Ready, Set, Dont Go, a dad-to-daughter song that sweetly underscores the love in Cyrus real-life heart. Remz of Country Standard Time wrote that the song finds Cyrus in good form, Ready, Set, Dont Go debuted at number sixty-seven on Billboards Hot Digital Songs Chart which led to an appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending August 4,2007. The solo version debuted and peaked at number eighty-five on the Billboard Hot 100, Ready, Set, Dont Go became Cyrus first appearance on the Hot 100 since You Wont Be Lonely Now, which peaked at number eighty. It also peaked at number forty-seven on Hot Country Songs and number fifty-eight on the canceled Pop 100 chart, the duet version of Ready, Set, Dont Go enjoyed much more commercial success than the original version due to Mileys popularity. It debuted at number eighty-five in the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending October 27,2007
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Nashville is the capital of the U. S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in the central part of the state. The city is a center for the music, healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries and it is known as a center of the country music industry, earning it the nickname Music City, U. S. A. Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county government which includes six municipalities in a two-tier system. Nashville is governed by a mayor, vice-mayor, and 40-member Metropolitan Council, thirty-five of the members are elected from single-member districts, five are elected at-large. Reflecting the citys position in government, Nashville is home to the Tennessee Supreme Courts courthouse for Middle Tennessee. According to 2015 estimates from the U. S. Census Bureau, the balance population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Nashville, was 654,610. The 2015 population of the entire 13-county Nashville metropolitan area was 1,830,345, the 2015 population of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia combined statistical area, a larger trade area, was 1,951,644. The town of Nashville was founded by James Robertson, John Donelson, and it was named for Francis Nash, the American Revolutionary War hero. Nashville quickly grew because of its location, accessibility as a port on the Cumberland River, a tributary of the Ohio River. By 1800, the city had 345 residents, including 136 African American slaves and 14 free blacks, in 1806, Nashville was incorporated as a city and became the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1843, the city was named the permanent capital of the state of Tennessee, by 1860, when the first rumblings of secession began to be heard across the South, antebellum Nashville was a prosperous city. The citys significance as a port made it a desirable prize as a means of controlling important river. In February 1862, Nashville became the first state capital to fall to Union troops, the state was occupied by Union troops for the duration of the war. Within a few years after the Civil War, the Nashville chapter of the Ku Klux Klan was founded by Confederate veteran John W. Morton, meanwhile, the city had reclaimed its important shipping and trading position and developed a solid manufacturing base. The post–Civil War years of the late 19th century brought new prosperity to Nashville and these healthy economic times left the city with a legacy of grand classical-style buildings, which can still be seen around the downtown area. Circa 1950 the state approved a new city charter that provided for the election of city council members from single-member districts. This change was supported because at-large voting diluted the minority populations political power in the city and they could seldom gain a majority of the population to support a candidate of their choice
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Gordon Pogoda
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Gordon Pogoda is an American composer, lyricist, and producer based in Los Angeles. In recent years, he has signed publishing deals with EMI Music, Universal Music, Pogoda earned a B. S. in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. In television, Pogodas songs have featured in Hannah Montana (where his song If Cupid Had a Heart, Sex. Due to all his success in television and film, three albums of all Gordon Pogoda songs were released digitally, one is titled Gordon Pogoda Songs From Film & TV, a 13-song various-artist set including If Cupid Had a Heart. The second album is titled If Cupid Had a Heart and features all songs performed by guest vocalist Julie Griffin, and his latest album is called The Indie Pop Collectioin. A song I Wish I Could Pretend written in collaboration with the Latvian composer Lauris Reiniks came in place to represent Ireland in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. He had a record with the Australian group Scandalus, three platinum and gold records with the Greek group Hi-5, and a platinum record for Finnish girl band Tiktak. In the United States, Pogoda wrote a top 10 hit on the U. S, contemporary Christian singles chart for sister group Aurora, and a single for Natalie Grant. Pogoda has also had used for Disney films, CDs
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Selena Gomez
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Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer. Having appeared as a child in the television series Barney & Friends. Due to the success of the series, Gomez worked on films, television shows. Gomez also formed her own company in 2008, titled July Moon Productions, she serves as an executive producer on the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why. She signed a contract with Hollywood Records in 2008 and subsequently formed her band Selena Gomez & the Scene the following year. The band released three albums by 2011. Gomez hoped to focus on her career by transitioning into film work, earning starring roles in films such as Ramona and Beezus. Gomez hoped to achieve a mature image with a role in the exploitation film Spring Breakers. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 in the United States, Gomez embarked on her Stars Dance Tour, though it was later canceled due to personal and medical struggles. In 2014, Gomez fired her parents as her managers and signed with the WME, during this time, she signed a new recording contract with Interscope Records, releasing a compilation album as her fifth and final release through Hollywood Records. Gomez released her studio album, Revival, in October 2015. The album debuted at one on the Billboard 200, while the first three singles Good for You, Same Old Love and, Hands to Myself all topped the Mainstream Top 40 chart in the United States. She embarked on her worldwide Revival Tour in 2016, like her previous tour, Gomez is currently working on her third solo studio album. Outside of entertainment, Gomez released her own clothing line through Kmart in 2010 and she has worked with various charitable organizations for years and became a UNICEF ambassador at the age of seventeen. Since the start of her career, Gomez has gone on to sell over 7 million albums and 22 million singles worldwide, as of November 2016, Gomez is the most-followed Instagram user in the world. Selena Marie Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas on July 22,1992, to Ricardo Joel Gomez, Gomez was named after Tejano singer and actress Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who died in 1995. Her father is of Mexican descent while her mother, who was adopted, has some Italian ancestry, regarding her Hispanic heritage, Gomez has stated, My family does have Quinceañeras, and we go to the communion church. We do everything thats Catholic, but we dont really have anything traditional except go to the park and have barbecues on Sundays after church, Gomezs parents divorced when she was five years old, and she remained with her mother
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Lip-sync
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The term can refer to any of a number of different techniques and processes, in the context of live performances and audiovisual recordings. In film production, lip-synching is often part of the postproduction phase, dubbing foreign-language films and making animated characters appear to speak both require elaborate lip-synching. Many video games make use of lip-synced sound files to create an immersive environment in which on-screen characters appear to be speaking. In the music industry, lip-synching is used by singers for music videos, television and film appearances, lip-syncing by singers can be controversial to fans attending concert performances who expect to view a live performance. Lip sync is also referred to as lip-sync or lip-synch, the term sync or synch is pronounced the same as sink. Lip-synching is considered a part of miming and it can be used to make it appear as though actors have substantial singing ability, to simulate a vocal effect that can be achieved only in the recording studio, e. g. It is also used in drag shows. Some artists lip sync because they are not confident singing live, because the film track and music track are recorded separately during the creation of a music video, artists usually lip-sync their songs and often imitate playing musical instruments as well. Artists also sometimes move their lips at a faster speed than the track, to create videos with a slow-motion effect in the final clip. Lip-synching in music is moving the lips in synchronization with recorded speech or song to give the appearance of a live performance and it is generally considered dishonest, though some producers argue that it needs to be done in some performance contexts. The practice of lip-synching during live performances is frowned on by some who view it as a crutch only used by lesser talents, on American Bandstand and most variety shows of the 1960s, vocals and instrumentals were all synced to pre-recorded music. Since the advent of MTV in the 1980s, many artists have focused on effects, rather than singing. Artists often lip-sync during strenuous dance numbers in both live and recorded performances, some singers habitually lip-sync during live performance, both concert and televised, whereas others do lip syncing only for certain songs or types of performances. Artists often lip-synch during strenuous dance numbers in both live and recorded performances, due to lung capacity being needed for physical activity, michael Jackson is an example of this, he performed complex dance routines while lip-syncing and live singing. His performance on the television special Motown 25, Yesterday, Today and these effects came at the expense of live singing. Gundersen elaborates, The most obvious example is Madonnas Blond Ambition World Tour, Madonna lip-syncs the duet Now Im Following You, while a Dick Tracy character mouths Warren Beattys recorded vocals. On other songs, background singers plump up her voice, strained by the exertion of non-stop dancing, billboard editor Thom Duffy commented, The expectations of fans have changed, and thats the driving force here. They expect a concert as perfect as what they see on MTV, and the same level of perfection is expected to extend beyond the video set to the concert stage
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Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus
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Hannah Montana 2, Meet Miley Cyrus is a double album released on June 26,2007 by Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records. The first disc serves as the album for the second season of the television series Hannah Montana. All twenty tracks are performed by Cyrus, although the first disc is credited to her character Hannah Montana. In the vein of the original soundtrack Hannah Montana, The lyrical themes revolve largely around girl power, teen romance, the album charted well on national record charts throughout Europe and Oceania, appearing in the top-twenty in several countries. It received a certification in Canada, single-platinum certifications in Australia and Sweden, and gold certifications in Mexico, Spain. As of April 2016, the managed to sell 9.8 millions copies worldwide. Nobodys Perfect was released as the single from Hannah Montana 2 on May 15,2007. The track peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100, see You Again was later released as the lead single from Meet Miley Cyrus. It reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cyrus first single to enter the top ten on the chart and its follow-up single Start All Over peaked at number 68 in the United States. The soundtrack was further promoted with Cyrus headlining Best of Both Worlds Tour, the following month, it was reported that an accompanying soundtrack and Cyrus debut studio album had both begun production, the latter of which was scheduled to be released in early 2007. The first soundtrack Hannah Montana debuted at one with first-week sales of 286,000 copies. In the series, Cyrus portrays the character Miley Stewart, a teenager who lives the secret life as the pop star Hannah Montana. By comparison, Cyrus described material used during the season as more speaking out to the fans. Heather Phares from AllMusic described Cyrus vocals on her personal tracks as being lower and throatier with more organic, throughout the record, Kathi Kamen Goldmark from Common Sense Media noted the inclusion of positive, self-empowering messages for tween girls. Hannah Montana 2 continued to discuss Cyrus double life on the program, notably in the tracks Rock Star, friendships are addressed during Right Here, You and Me Together, and True Friend. The songs Nobodys Perfect, Make Some Noise, and Lifes What You Make It discuss maintaining an optimistic outlook in life, Meet Miley Cyrus explored more serious objects including teen romances. Its closing track I Miss You is a dedication to Cyrus late grandfather, Hannah Montana 2 was later reissued as a two-disc special edition subtitled the Rock Star Edition. It included a remix of the track We Got the Party with the Jonas Brothers, a version of One in a Million
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Cody Linley
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Cody Martin Linley is an American actor and singer. Linley made his debut in the 1998 made-for-television film Still Holding On. Subsequently, he had supporting roles in four released in 2000, My Dog Skip, Where the Heart Is, Walker, Texas Ranger. In 2003, Linley was in the independent film When Zachary Beaver Came to Town and he also played a live-action version of Arnold for a commercial for Hey Arnold. Other film roles include Hannah Montana, The Haunting Hour, Dont Think About It, Rebound, and his biggest film role, Hoot, with Logan Lerman and Brie Larson. He also had a role in an episode of Thats So Raven as Daryl in the Episode Five Finger Discount the Boy who was friends with Corey Baxter that tricked Corey into stealing a Monkey Key Chain. Most recently, Linley appeared in ten episodes of Hannah Montana as Jake Ryan, Linley co-hosted the 2008 Disney Channel Games. Linley was a contestant on Season 7 of Dancing With The Stars and he was the youngest contestant of that season. Hes also the youngest male star to ever compete and he was temporarily paired with Edyta Śliwińska, who had been eliminated earlier in the season with her partner Jeffrey Ross, for Weeks 7 and 8 of the competition. Śliwińska was brought back after Linleys partner on the show, Julianne Hough, was hospitalized, Hough became his partner again in Week 9. Linley, however, was voted off the show on November 18,2008, performance On May 5,2009, he returned to the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars. He participated in the new pro dancer competition as Afton DelGrossos partner/student because the three pro dancers each had to teach a star from a previous season. Linley released his first single Breathe featuring Capo in September 2010 and his debut album was released in 2012. Linley was born in Lewisville, Texas, the son of Cathryn Sullivan, an acting coach, Linley made YouTube videos, called the Ro and Co Show, with fellow Disney star, Roshon Fegan from Camp Rock. On June 14,2008, they performed their song Dis Me at The Key Club Hollywood, Linley is a member of the Hollywood Knights celebrity basketball team. Linley also took acting classes with Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Linleys brother, Chad Linley, died on August 4,2011. Adult Swim did a tribute bumper to Chad Linley, cody Linley at the Internet Movie Database TheRoandCoShows Channel Rotten Tomatoes biography
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High School Musical 2
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High School Musical 2 is the second film in the High School Musical series. The World Premiere took place on August 14,2007, at Disneyland, in Anaheim, the primary cast, including Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, and Corbin Bleu attended the event. The film debuted on television on August 17,2007, on Disney Channel in the U. S. and this situation attracts the attention of Sharpay Evans, who attempts to steal Troy for herself by hiring him at her familys country club. The premiere was seen by a total of over 17, the school year ends with everyone at East High School looking forward to summer vacation. Troy Bolton is still dating Gabriella Montez, who decides to stay in Albuquerque with her mother, Troy eventually decides to look for a summer job to gain money for college. However, Troy convinces the manager, Mr. Fulton, into hiring Gabriella and their close group of friends as well, including Taylor. Sharpay is enraged upon learning that Gabriella is working as one of the lifeguards, so she orders Fulton to give them difficult tasks so they would be best to quit. Fulton attempts to intimidate the group, but Troy rebuilds their confidence, Troy continues to worry about funding for college. Sharpay senses his need and arranges for Troy to be promoted, meanwhile, Kelsi writes a ballad for Troy and Gabriella. Troy agrees to sing with his friends in the show, not knowing that Sharpay is vying for his attention, Ryan realizes he does not mean much to Sharpay anymore, as she is ready to blow her brother aside for the opportunity to perform with Troy. This leads to tension between the siblings and Ryan angrily informs Sharpay that he will no longer obey her orders. Taylor and Gabriella invite Ryan to the game, where he persuades the Wildcats to take part in the talent show. Troy and Gabriellas relationship is strained when Troy sees Ryan with Gabriella, owing to a promise from Troy, he and Sharpay practice their song for the Midsummer Nights Talent Show. When Sharpay discovers that Ryan and the Wildcats are putting together their own performance in the show, Gabriella angrily confronts Sharpay about her interference and quits her job at Lava Springs. Troy overhears the exchange and tries to persuade Gabriella to change her mind, Gabriella expresses her loss of trust with Troy and leaves Lava Springs, and gives him the necklace back. It also seems that they broke up, Troy returns to work the next day to find that his friends refuse to talk to him. Kelsi silently shows Troy the notice from Mr. Fulton, causing Troy to question his own motivations and he begins to reconcile with Chad and his other friends. Then Troy confronts Sharpay, informing her that he will not sing with her, the Wildcats and Chad forgive Troy for his absence and convince him to sing in the talent show, which he does only under the condition that they are all allowed to perform as well
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Miley Stewart
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Miley Ray Stewart is the fictional main character in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana, portrayed by Miley Cyrus. She first appeared on television in the pilot episode Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret, on March 24,2006, and made her final appearance on the series finale Wherever I Go on January 16,2011. The character also appeared in the 2009 feature film Hannah Montana, Miley is a normal teenage girl who, as her alter ego Hannah Montana, secretly leads a double life as a world-famous pop star. The character was originally named Chloe Stewart but was changed to Miley Stewart, Cyrus learned about the casting for a new Disney show at the age of 11 through a Nashville talent agent. She sent in a tape auditioning for the shows best friend role, after she sent in a tape and was flown to Hollywood for further auditions, Cyrus was told that she was too young and too small for the role. However, Cyrus persistence and ability to sing in addition to act caused the producers to invite her back for further auditions. Producers eventually narrowed the pool of candidates down to three actresses, including Cyrus and Taylor Momsen, and gave the part to Cyrus, then twelve. Cyrus casting also led to the casting of her real father, Billy Ray Cyrus. Cyrus was initially wary, according to her mother and co-manager, Tish Cyrus, Mileys concern at the time was, oh my gosh, Miley was born on November 23,1992, in the fictional town of Crowley Corners in Tennessee, in Buford County, Tennessee. Her family consisted of her parents Robby and Susan Stewart and a brother named Jackson. She also has relatives in her extended family including her grandmother Ruthie Stewart, Aunt Dolly, Uncle Earl and Aunt Pearl. The characterizations given to most of her family members poke fun at country bumpkin stereotypes and she also had a pet pig named Luanne and a pet hamster named Leslie. She has a horse named Blue Jeans, who came from Tennessee to Malibu to live with Miley, Miley received a love for music from her father, who was a popular country music star. Her parents recognized Mileys potential and gave her a guitar on December 25,2000 and this event is shown in the episode I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak when Miley views it on her laptop. By the time she was 12 years old, Miley had become a pop star under the stage name Hannah Montana. However, in the episode Hannah Montana to the Principals Office it is shown that the President of the United States knows her secret, Miley is especially close with her father, from whom she receives much good advice and emotional support. She also values her relationships with her best friends Lilly and Oliver, however Miley is shown to be very uncomfortable with the fact that theyre dating and even stops them from being a couple. Her relationship with Lilly occasionally suffers the occasional setback, but they make up
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Los Angeles Lakers
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The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association, as a club of the leagues Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, as of 2015, the Lakers are the second most valuable franchise in the NBA according to Forbes, having an estimated value of $2.7 billion. The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the new team began playing in Minneapolis, calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers in honor of the states nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes. The team was propelled by center George Mikan, who is described by the NBAs official website as the leagues first superstar, after struggling financially in the late 1950s following Mikans retirement, they relocated to Los Angeles before the 1960–61 season. Led by Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, Los Angeles made the NBA Finals six times in the 1960s, but lost each series to the Boston Celtics, beginning their long and storied rivalry. After the retirement of West and Chamberlain, the team acquired another center, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had won multiple MVP awards and this team featured Hall of Famers in Johnson, Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy, and a Hall of Fame coach, Pat Riley. After Abdul-Jabbar and Johnsons retirement, the team struggled in the early 1990s before acquiring Shaquille ONeal, led by ONeal, Bryant, and another Hall of Fame coach, Phil Jackson, Los Angeles won three consecutive titles between 2000 to 2002, securing the franchise its second three-peat. After losing both the 2004 and 2008 NBA Finals, the Lakers won two championships by defeating the Orlando Magic in 2009 and Boston in 2010. The Lakers hold the record for NBAs longest winning streak,33 straight games,21 Hall of Famers have played for Los Angeles, while four have coached the team. Four Lakers—Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson, ONeal, and Bryant—have won the NBA MVP Award for a total of eight awards, Minneapolis sportswriter Sid Hartman played a key behind the scenes role in helping put together the deal and later the team. Inspired by Minnesotas nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes, Hartman helped them hire John Kundla from College of St. Thomas, to be their first head coach, by meeting with him and selling him on the team. The Lakers had a roster which featured forward Jim Pollard, playmaker Herm Schaefer, and center George Mikan. In their first season, they led the league with a 43–17 record, in 1948, the Lakers moved from the NBL to the Basketball Association of America, and Mikans 28.3 point per game scoring average set a BAA record. In the 1949 BAA Finals they won the championship, beating the Washington Capitols four games to two, the following season, the team improved to 51–17, repeating as champions. In the 1950–51 season, Mikan won his third straight scoring title at 28.4 ppg, one of those games, a 19–18 loss against the Fort Wayne Pistons, became infamous as the lowest scoring game in NBA history. In the playoffs, they defeated the Indianapolis Olympians in three games but lost to the Rochester Royals in the next round, during the 1951–52 season, the Lakers won 40 games, finishing second in their division. They faced the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, which won in seven games
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Anna Maria Perez de Tagle
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Anna Maria Francesca Perez de Tagle is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2 and she also played Miracle Ross on Cake T. V. and was in the 2009 film Fame, in which she starred as Joy Moy. She also went on tour with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, in November 2011, she began starring on Broadway in the Godspell revival at the Circle in the Square theater in New York City. Perez de Tagle was born in San Francisco, California of Filipino descent,2009, Remember December 2010, Part of Your World 2010, Roses Official website Anna Maria Perez de Tagle at the Internet Movie Database
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Tiffany Thornton
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Thornton made her television acting debut in the pilot episode of the Fox sitcom, Quintuplets. She then went on to appear in 8 Simple Rules, American Dreams, desperate Housewives, Thats So Raven, Jericho, Wizards of Waverly Place and Hannah Montana. In 2009, Thornton co-starred as Tawni Hart on the Disney Channel Original Series Sonny with a Chance, after Sonny with a Chance ended in early 2011, it was replaced by So Random. In the summer of 2011 and ended in 2012, where Thornton reprised her role as Tawni Hart, as of 2015, Thornton is a radio personality for KLAZ105.9 based in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She co-hosts the morning show Kramer and Tiffany, as well as hosting her own mid-day show and she is also a blogger for DisneyBaby. com. Thornton was born in College Station, Texas and she is an alumna of Texas A&M University, where she sang the national anthem at a number of sporting events. In December 2009, Thornton became engaged to her boyfriend, Chris Carney, the couple were married on November 12,2011 at Garvan Woodland Gardens, in Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Sonny with a Chance co-star and singer Demi Lovato served as one of the bridesmaids, on February 13,2012, Thornton announced that she was pregnant with their first child. The couple welcomed their son, Kenneth James Carney, on August 14,2012, the childs godmother is actress Cassie Scerbo. On October 25,2013, Thornton announced that she was pregnant with her second child and they welcomed their second son, Bentley Cash, on March 1,2014. On December 4,2015, Carney was killed in a car crash, Tiffany Thornton at the Internet Movie Database Tiffany Thornton on Twitter
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Nobody's Perfect (Hannah Montana song)
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Nobodys Perfect is a song by American recording artist Miley Cyrus, credited as her character Hannah Montana from the eponymous television series. It was released on May 15,2007 by Walt Disney Records as the single from Hannah Montana 2. Written by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil and produced by Gerrard, Nobodys Perfect discusses the importance of overcoming mistakes, contemporary music critics spoke favorably of Nobodys Perfect in their reviews, and were appreciative of its overall production. The song was performed during Cyrus headlining Best of Both Worlds Tour. In Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus portrays the character Miley Stewart, by comparison, Cyrus described material used during the second season as more speaking out to the fans. Nobodys Perfect was written and produced by Matthew Gerrard, he oversaw its mixing and programming, and performed the guitar, bass. Greg Critchley plated the drums, while Marco Luciana was responsible for the keyboards, Nobodys Perfect appears as the second track on Hannah Montana 2 with a duration of three minutes and twenty seconds. It is written in the key of C-minor with Cyrus vocals spanning two octaves from C4 to D5, the song was described by Allmusic as synth-driven pop, and discusses the importance of overcoming mistakes. Before being released as the single from Hannah Montana 2 on May 15,2007. It was also performed during Cyrus headlining Best of Both Worlds Tour, Nobodys Perfect received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. Writing for AllMusic, Heather Phares appreciated the incorporation of shiny, synth-driven pop, shirley Halperin from Entertainment Weekly shared a similar sentiment, describing it as pure pop candy. Nobodys Perfect charted at number 27 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100, as of October 2010, the track has sold 906,000 copies in the United States, becoming the most successful song from the Hannah Montana franchise. Nobodys Perfect also charted at numbers 73 and 87 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles and Australian ARIA Charts, credits adapted from the liner notes of Hannah Montana 2
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Brooke Shields
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Brooke Christa Shields is an American actress, model and former child star. In 1983, Shields suspended her career as a model to attend Princeton University, where she graduated with a bachelors degree in Romance Languages. In the 1990s, Shields returned to acting, appearing in roles in films, and starred in the titular role of the sitcom Suddenly Susan. She also worked alongside Bell again in the animated films Adventure Planet, Shields was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Teri and Frank Shields, a businessman. Through her fathers side, she has Italian, French, Irish, according to research by William Addams Reitwiesner published in 1995, Brooke Shields has ancestral links with a number of noble families from Italy, in particular from Genoa and Rome. These are namely the Gattilusi-Palaiologos-Savoy, Grimaldi, Imperiali, Carafa, Doria, Doria-Pamphili-Landi, Chigi-Albani and her paternal grandmother was the Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia. Shields mother was of German, English, Scots-Irish, and Welsh descent, Shields was raised in the Roman Catholic faith. When Teri announced that she was pregnant, Franks family paid her a sum to terminate the pregnancy, Teri took the money, but violated the agreement and gave birth to their daughter who they named Brooke. Frank married Teri, but they were divorced when Brooke was five months old and she has two stepbrothers and three half-sisters. When Shields was only five-days-old, her mother stated she wanted her to be active in show business, Shes the most beautiful child. Growing up, Shields took piano, ballet and riding lessons, for her confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church at age 10, she took the name Camille. While attending high school, she resided in Haworth, New Jersey, Shields attended the New Lincoln School until eighth grade. She graduated from The Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey and she moved to a dorm at Princeton University to pursue her bachelors degree in French literature, where she graduated in 1987. At Princeton, she spoke openly about her sexuality and virginity, Shields was a member of the Princeton Triangle Club and the Cap and Gown Club. Her autobiography, On Your Own, was published in 1985 and her 1987 senior thesis was titled The Initiation, From Innocence to Experience, The Pre-Adolescent/Adolescent Journey in the Films of Louis Malle, Pretty Baby and Lacombe Lucien. Shortly after her graduation, her four-year transcript was published in the July 1987 edition of Life Magazine. Based on that transcript, The New York Times published a light-hearted op-ed piece intended to tweak the claim that Princeton produced superior, well-rounded graduates. F that adds up to an arts education from a place like Princeton, there is no longer any danger that our society will ever suffer from elitism in any form
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Ryan Newman (actress)
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Ryan Whitney Newman is an American actress, singer, and model. She is known for her roles as Alison in the Thundermans, Ginger Falcone in Zeke and Luther, Cindy Collins in Zoom, and Emily Hobbs in See Dad Run. As a child model, Newman has participated in photo shoots such as Inspire Magazine, Kaiya Eve Photoshoots 2009 and Dream Magazine, as well as modeling for fashion designer, Newman not only works in films and television shows, but has also appeared in commercials. Newman was born in Manhattan Beach, California and she went to Pennekamp Elementary school up until fourth grade. She attended Rancho Pico Junior High School in Stevenson Ranch, California, Newman has described herself as half Jewish, half Christian. At age three, Newman entered the entertainment industry as she began auditioning for print and television commercials, at an early age, Newman was in a Kraft Cheese commercial which was aired internationally for more than two years. Newman made her first film appearances at the age of seven, in the films Monster House, in Zoom, she portrays a young super hero, which required her to train in martial arts. On the small screen, Newman appeared in seasons of Disneys hit show Hannah Montana as a young Miley as well as in the Disney Channel Original Series. Later, she appeared as the antagonist, Ginger Falcone, in Disney XDs Zeke, in 2010, Newman won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series by a Leading Actress, ahead of Miley Cyrus for Hannah Montana and Miranda Cosgrove for iCarly. In 2012, Newman was cast as the role of Emily Hobbs, on See Dad Run. See Dad Run ran three seasons ending in 2015. At the end of July 2014 she traveled to Cambodia, supporting Heifer International, in 2015, Newman was cast in Sharknado 3, Oh Hell No. playing the role of Claudia Shepard, which she took over from Aubrey Peeples, who played the role in Sharknado. Ryan Newman at the Internet Movie Database Ryan Newman on Twitter
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Tim Russ
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Timothy Darrell Tim Russ is an American actor, film director, screenwriter and musician. Russ was born in Washington, D. C. to a government employee mother. He spent part of his childhood in Turkey, during his early life, Tim Russ had many dogs. Russ made a appearance in the comedy movie Spaceballs as the trooper who shouts We aint found shit. while combing the desert with an afro comb. Russ has been involved in the Star Trek franchise, as a voice and film actor, writer, director. He played several roles before landing the role as the main character Tuvok. Russ screen-tested for the role of Geordi La Forge on Star Trek, the Mirror Universe counterpart of his Voyager character, Tuvok, who was a member of the Terran Resistance in the Deep Space Nine episode Through the Looking Glass. In 1995, Russ co-wrote the story for the Malibu Comics Star Trek, Deep Space Nine #29 and 30, Russ performed voice acting roles as Tuvok for the computer games Star Trek, Voyager – Elite Force and Star Trek, Elite Force II. Russ is also the director and one of the stars of the fan series Star Trek, Of Gods and Men, Montana in The Highwayman was a reference to Trek writer D. C. In 1990 he appeared in an episode of Freddys Nightmares, the episode had multiple quotes and hints suggesting to Star Trek fandom, such as, Beam me up Scotty, Captain. The dilithium crystals are running out, and Tim Russ character being named Picard and this can be considered an early precursor to his extensive Star Trek career. Russ is directing and co-starring in Star Trek, Renegades, Russ appeared as Frank, a sarcastic doorman in Christina Applegates ABC comedy, Samantha Who. from 2007 to 2009, and appeared for 7 seasons as Principal Ted Franklin in Nickelodeons show iCarly. He also portrayed a surgeon on an episode of Hannah Montana, I Am Hannah, Russ won an Emmy Award in 2014 for public service ads he did for the FBIs Los Angeles Field Office on intellectual property theft and cyber bullying. Russ has been a musician for over 40 years, and a singer for at least 35
