Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel In Search of Lost Time, originally published in French in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.
1963 is an American six-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore in 1993, with art by his frequent collaborators Steve Bissette, John Totleben, and Rick Veitch. Dave Gibbons, Don Simpson, and Jim Valentino also contributed art. Image Comics published the series.
Sandrine François is a French singer who represented France at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest.
Richard Paul Astley is an English singer, songwriter and radio personality, who has been active in music for several decades. He gained worldwide fame in the 1980s, having multiple hits including his signature song "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Together Forever" and "Whenever You Need Somebody", and returned to music full-time in the 2000s after a 6-year hiatus. Outside his music career, Astley has occasionally worked as a radio DJ and a podcaster.
Rick Campanelli is a Canadian television and radio personality known for his work as a VJ and host for MuchMusic and for co-hosting ET Canada. He joined Z103.5FM CIDC-FM in November 2021, and is currently co-host of the morning show.
France has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 63 times since its debut at the first contest in 1956. France is one of only seven countries to be present at the first contest, and has been absent from only two contests in its history, missing the 1974 and 1982 contests. Along with Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, France is one of the "Big Five" countries that are automatically prequalified for the final, due to being the largest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). France has won the contest five times.
Rick Allison is a Belgian-born Canadian singer, author and record producer.
The Moldovan Cup is a football competition, held annually in Moldova. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round.
Virginie Pouchain, is a singer and hairdresser from the département of Ardèche in southern France. On 14 March 2006 she was selected by the viewers of France 3 and a jury presided by Charles Aznavour to represent France in Eurovision Song Contest 2006. For the French national grand finale, she sang Céline Dion's hit song Pour que tu m'aimes encore. In Athens, Virginie performed a song – written especially for the occasion by the German-born singer Corneille – entitled Il était temps. She finished in the third-to-last position scoring only five points.
Romuald Figuier, also known mononymously as Romuald, is a French singer.
France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "À chaque pas" written by Ben "Jammin" Robbins, Steve Balsamo and Jonatan Cerrada. The song was performed by Jonatan Cerrada. The French broadcaster France Télévisions in collaboration with the television channel France 3 internally selected the French entry for the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. Jonatan Cerrada was officially announced by France 3 as the French entrant on 9 February 2004 and later "Laissez-moi le temps" was announced as the French entry on 11 February 2004. On 22 February 2004, France 3 announced that Cerrada would perform a new song at the Eurovision Song Contest and "À chaque pas" was presented to the public as the new contest entry during a live performance by Cerrada on 22 March 2004 during the France 3 programme Symphonic Show.
"Je n'ai que mon âme" is a song by Natasha St-Pier, the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. It was sung mainly in French, with some lyrics in English. The song was released in Canada as the lead single from the compilation album carrying the same name Je n'ai que mon âme.
Pictures of the Year International (POYi) is a professional development program for visual journalists run on a non-profit basis by the Missouri School of Journalism's Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. POYi began as an annual competition for photojournalism in 1944. POYi promotes the work of documentary photographers and magazine, newspaper, and freelance photojournalists.
Mathé Altéry is a French soprano prominent in the 1950s and 1960s. Mathé Altéry is the daughter of French tenor Mario Altéry.
William Leonard Roberts II, known professionally as Rick Ross, is an American rapper and record executive.
The 2012 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game that was played on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, home of the Chicago Bulls. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2012. The game was the 35th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978. Chicago is the first city to host the game in back-to-back years.
"Du temps" is a 2011 dance-pop song by French singer Mylène Farmer. It was written by Farmer with a music composed by Laurent Boutonnat. The song is the first single from her second best of 2001.2011 and was released first digitally on 7 November 2011. The song was generally well received by critics, but divided Farmer's fans.
Svetlana is a French singer who represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, with her song entitled "Cours après le temps". The song finished sixth with a total of 78 points.
Monique Lemaire is a French model and actress, who in 1962 won the title of Miss France, subsequently became the second runner-up in Miss World. She also was a finalist in the 1963 edition of Miss Universe.
"Grannies Gone Wild" is the 5th episode of the 8th season of animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as well as the 174th overall. The episodes follows Rainbow Dash, who is eager to ride the Wild Blue Yonder, a famous roller coaster in Las Pegasus, before it permanently closes. However, in return for having Applejack take over her classes at the School of Friendship, she reluctantly agrees to chaperone Granny Smith and her elderly relatives on their annual Las Pegasus vacation. This proves difficult as Rainbow Dash constantly annoys the grannies by interfering with their exciting activities per Applejack's instructions.
