Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film,in dramas and comedies alike,he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. He received numerous accolades including an Academy Award,two Primetime Emmy Awards,six Golden Globe Awards,two Screen Actors Guild Awards,and five Grammy Awards.
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 until December 24,1784. Trenton and Princeton are the two principal cities of the Trenton–Princeton metropolitan statistical area,which encompasses those cities and all of Mercer County for statistical purposes and constitutes part of the New York combined statistical area by the U.S. Census Bureau. However,Trenton directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area to its west,and the city was part of the Philadelphia combined statistical area from 1990 until 2000.
The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Scotiabank Arena,which it shares with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded in 1995 as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada,along with the Vancouver Grizzlies. Since the 2001–02 season,the Raptors have been the only Canadian-based team in the league,as the Grizzlies relocated from Vancouver to Memphis,Tennessee.
Roosevelt County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census,the population was 10,794. Its county seat is Wolf Point. Roosevelt County was created by the Montana Legislature in 1919 from a portion of Sheridan County. The name honors former president Theodore Roosevelt,who had died earlier that year.
Richland County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census,the population was 11,491. Its county seat is Sidney.
Pondera County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census,the population was 5,898. Its county seat is Conrad.
Lucinda Gayl Williams is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums,Ramblin' on My Mind (1979) and Happy Woman Blues (1980),in a traditional country and blues style that received critical praise but little public or radio attention. In 1988,she released her third album,Lucinda Williams,to widespread critical acclaim. Regarded as "an Americana classic",the album also features "Passionate Kisses",a song later recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter for her 1992 album Come On Come On,which garnered Williams her first Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994. Known for working slowly,Williams released her fourth album,Sweet Old World,four years later in 1992. Sweet Old World was met with further critical acclaim,and was voted the 11th best album of 1992 in The Village Voice's Pazz &Jop,an annual poll of prominent music critics. Robert Christgau,the poll's creator,ranked it 6th on his own year-end list,later writing that the album,as well as Lucinda Williams,were "gorgeous,flawless,brilliant".
Paul Hamilton Williams Jr. is an American composer,singer,songwriter,and actor. He is known for writing and co-writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s,including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Out in the Country",Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World",Biff Rose's "Fill Your Heart",and the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays". He also wrote "Cried Like a Baby" for teen idol Bobby Sherman.
Matthew Derrick Williams,nicknamed "Matt the Bat" and "The Big Marine" is an American professional baseball manager and former third baseman who is the third base coach for the San Diego Padres. A right-handed batter,Williams played in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants,Cleveland Indians,and Arizona Diamondbacks. He managed the Washington Nationals from 2014 to 2015.
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams,sometimes known mononymously as Pharrell,is an American record producer,songwriter,rapper,and singer. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo,he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s,with whom he has produced songs for various recording artists. In 1999,he became lead vocalist of the band N.E.R.D.,which he formed with Hugo and drummer Shay Haley. Williams has been widely referred to as one of the most influential and successful music producers of the 21st century,having had a significant impact on the sound of modern popular music.
Amanda Michael Plummer is an American actress. She is known for her work on stage and for her roles in films including Joe Versus the Volcano (1990),The Fisher King (1991),Pulp Fiction (1994),and The Hunger Games:Catching Fire (2013). Plummer won a Tony Award in 1982 for her performance in Agnes of God. She most recently appeared in the third season of Star Trek:Picard (2023).
Tenitra Michelle Williams is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in the 2000s as a member of R&B girl group Destiny's Child,one of the best-selling female groups of all time with over 100 million records,of which more than 60 million copies sold with the trio lineup that included Williams. During her time in the group she earned several accolades including a Grammy Award and star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hayley Nichole Williams is an American musician,best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band Paramore,in which she also plays the keyboards.
The discography of Pharrell Williams,an American recording artist and record producer,consists of two studio albums,two extended plays (EPs),one mixtape,22 singles.
The Bill Williams River is a 46.3-mile-long (74.5 km) river in west-central Arizona where it,along with one of its tributaries,the Santa Maria River,form the boundary between Mohave County to the north and La Paz County to the south. It is a major drainage westwards into the Colorado River of the Lower Colorado River Valley south of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead,and the drainage basin covers portions of northwest,and west-central Arizona. The equivalent drainage system paralleling the east–west lower reaches of the Bill Williams is the Gila River,which flows east-to-west across central Arizona,joining the Colorado River in the southwest at Yuma. The confluence of the Bill Williams River with the Colorado is north of Parker,and south of Lake Havasu City.
Ann M. Williams is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives who has represented the 11th District since 2011. The district includes the Chicago neighborhoods of West Lakeview,Roscoe Village and North Center,as well as parts of Lincoln Park and Lincoln Square.
Random Access Memories is the fourth and final studio album by the French electronic duo Daft Punk,released on 17 May 2013 through Columbia Records. It pays tribute to late 1970s and early 1980s American music,particularly from Los Angeles. This theme is reflected in the album's packaging,as well as its promotional campaign,which included billboards,television advertisements and a web series. Recording sessions took place from 2008 to 2012 at Henson,Conway and Capitol Studios in California,Electric Lady Studios in New York City,and Gang Recording Studio in Paris,France. It was the final album Daft Punk released before their disbandment in 2021.
"Get Lucky" is a song written and performed by French electronic music duo Daft Punk featuring American musicians Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. Daft Punk released the song as the lead single from their fourth and final studio album,Random Access Memories,on 19 April 2013. Before its release as a single,"Get Lucky" was featured in television advertisements broadcast during Saturday Night Live,after which Rodgers and Williams announced their involvement in the track. "Get Lucky" is a house-inspired disco,funk,and pop track with lyrics that,according to Williams,are about the good fortune of connecting with someone,as well as sexual chemistry. "Get Lucky" has since received acclaim from critics,with a number of them praising Williams's vocals and Rodgers's guitar riffs.
"Happy" is a song written,produced,and performed by American musician Pharrell Williams,released as the only single from the soundtrack album for the film Despicable Me 2 (2013). The song was first released on November 21,2013,alongside a long-form music video. The song was reissued on December 16,2013,by Back Lot Music under exclusive license to Columbia Records,a division of Sony Music. The song also served as the lead single from Williams's second studio album,Girl (2014).
"Gust of Wind" is a song written,produced,and performed by American musician Pharrell Williams. Written alongside Daft Punk,it was released on October 24,2014 by Columbia Records as the fourth single from Williams's second studio album Girl (2014).
