Archive for December 2013
Famous People Who Died in 2013 (Rest in Peace)
By GalaTView Staff
1.Chinua Achebe
1930-2013
Educator, Publisher, Author
2. Patty Andrews
1918-2013
Singer
3. Conrad Bain
1923-2013
Television Actor
4.’Bobby “blue” bland
1930-2013
Singer
5. Joyce Brothers
1927-2013
Psychologist, radio personality, talk show host, journalist
6.J.J. Cale
1938-2013
Songwriter, Guitarist
7.Hugo Chávez
1954-2013
World leader
8. Tom Clancy
1947-2013
Author
9. Van Cliburn
1934-2013
Pianist
10. Roger Ebert
1942-2013
Film critic, talk show host, and journalist
11. Douglas c. Engelhard
1925-2013
Computer programmer, inventor
12. Dennis Farina
1944-2013
Film actor, television actor
13. Joan Fontaine
1917-2013
Film actress
14. Bonnie Franklin
1944-2013
Television actress
15. David Frost
1939-2013
Talk show host
16. Annette Funicello
1942-2013
Actress
17. James Gandolfini
1961-2013
Film actor, theater actor, television actor, filmmaker
18. Julie harris
1925-2013
Film actress, theater actress, television actress
19. Richie Havens
1941-2013
Guitarist, singer
20. Seamus Heaney
1939-2013
Educator, academic author, journalist, poet
21. Oscar Hijuelos
1951-2013
Author
22. David “deacon” jones
1938-2013
Football player
23. George Jones
1931-2013
Songwriter, singer
24. Chris Kelly
1978-2013
Rapper
25. Ed Koch
1924-2013
Mayor
26. Elmore Leonard
1925-2013
Author
27. Doris Lessing
1919-2013
Author
28. Nelson Mandela
1918-2013
Civil rights activist, world leader and writer
29. Ray Manzarek
1939-2013
Music producer, singer
30. Richard Matheson
1926-2013
Author, screenwriter
31. Mindy Mccready
1975-2013
Singer
32. Cory Monteith
1982-2013
Television actor
33. Ken Norton
1943-2013
Boxer
34. Milo O’shea
1926-2013
Film actor, theater actor, television actor
35. Peter O’toole
1932-2013
Anti-war activist, film actor, theater actor
36. Lou Reed
1942-2013
Songwriter, guitarist, singer
37. Jean Stapleton
1923-2013
Theater actress, television actress
38. Reeva Steenkamp
1983-2013
Model, reality television star
39. Maria Tallchief
1925-2013
Ballet dancer
40. Margaret Thatcher
1925-2013
Prime minister
41. Helen Thomas
1920-2013
Television personality, journalist
42. Abigail Van Buren
1918-2013
Writer
43. Jorge Rafaél Videla
1925-2013
Murderer, general, dictator
44. Paul Walker
1973-2013
Film actor, television actor
45. Esther Williams
1921-2013
Film actress, entrepreneur, pin-up, professional swimmer
46. Jonathan Winters
1925-2013
Actor, comedian
Lil Wayne Trumps Jay Z, Named Artist of the Year by Muve Music
By GalaTView Staff
Muve Music “Best of 2013” Celebrates Year of New Music, Fans and Programs
Muve Music from Cricket celebrates the year in music with its Best of 2013 lists, featuring the artists and albums played most by Muve Music customers, as well as favorites of the Muve Music staff. Nominated albums were released in 2013, and nominated artists released a track in the same timeframe. Lil Wayne surprised the Muve Music staff by taking the top spot as the 2013 Artist of the Year overall, with the most plays in the service.
In addition, the Muve Music Best of 2013 lists include categories for multiple genres, including Best Overall, Pop/Rock, Hip Hop, Latin Regional and Country. Honored in each genre, as well as overall, are Artist of the Year, Best New Artist, Most Played Album and Staff Pick for Best Album.
Muve Music Best of 2013
BEST OVERALL
Artist of the Year
Lil Wayne
Best New Artist
Lorde
Most Played Album
I Am Not A Human Being II – Lil Wayne
Staff Pick for Best Album
1969-Siempre En Vivo Desde Monterrey Parte 1 – Jenni Rivera
POP/ROCK
Artist of the Year
Justin Timberlake
Best New Artist
Ariana Grande
Most Played Album
Bangerz – Miley Cyrus
Staff Pick for Best Album
13 – Black Sabbath
HIP HOP
Artist of the Year
Eminem
Best New Artist
French Montana
Most Played Album
I Am Not A Human Being II – Lil Wayne
Staff Pick for Best Album
Wolf – Tyler, The Creator
LATIN REGIONAL
Artist of the Year
Gerardo Ortiz
Best New Artist
Noel Torres
Most Played Album
El Free – Banda Los Recoditos
Staff Pick for Best Album
Muve Sessions: Gracias Por Creer – La Arrolladora Banda El Limon De Rene Camacho
COUNTRY
Artist of the Year
Taylor Swift
Best New Artist
Danielle Bradbery
Most Played Album
Based on a True Story … – Blake Shelton
Staff Pick for Best Album
To All The Girls … – Willie Nelson
This company celebrated a successful 2013.
Fashion Industry Experts Select The Art Institutes Designers for a Fashion Week
By GalaTView Staff
The Art Institutes system of schools raised the bar for its Fall 2014 fashion show by enlisting industry experts including fashion designers John Bartlett, Douglas Hannant and Bonnie Young; Cliodna Egan, and more. The Art Institutes Fall 2014 fashion show is one of only two shows during Fashion Week that includes alumni designs.
The Art Institutes Fall 2014 show may just be the most diverse group show assembled for Fashion Week. A former Marine, a carpenter and an architect are three of this season’s standouts, all of whom switched careers to pursue their true passions at Art Institutes schools. The Art Institutes gives a chance to present their looks to an international audience and get a glimpse of what it takes to market themselves and their designs to potential clients and buyers. Their collections will include both women’s and men’s sportswear and eveningwear, showing the culmination of techniques learned in the classroom and brought to life by the range, vision and creativity of the young designers.
Latino Celebrities to Raise Awareness Around Texting and Driving
By GalaTView staff
An important TV channel has launched its ‘Si Texteas No Manejes’ campaign, which aims to create consciousness about the dangers of texting while driving. The campaign includes video messages from stars such as Carlos Baute, Khriz y Angel, Toby Love, and Danny Trejo among many others. The campaign forms part of a goal to educate Hispanic Americans about the issues that impact their daily lives. A recent study done by an important Cell phones Company shows that Hispanic teens 15-19 years old were “much less prone to recognize the dangers of texting while stopped at a red light or glancing at their phone while driving.”
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, in 2012 alone, 3,328 people were killed in distracted driving crashes. The continuing rise in these numbers has taken center stage in the media, and has prompted legislation preventing the use of mobile devices while driving in various states.
The list of participating celebrities also includes: Arcangel, Angelica Castro, Chef Hamlet Garcia, Minerva Borjas, Grupomania, Annabelle Blum, Miguelito, Alexa Vega, Horoscopos de Durango, Agueda Lopez, Pee Wee, Alexis Valdes, Marian de la Fuente, Maffio, Jon Secada, Gaby Acuna, Bonka, Custo Barcelona, Jordi Molla, Kenny Williams, Rigu, JEO Music, Irma Martinez, Manolo Cardona, Roberto Manrique, Siudy Garrido, Tommy Torres, Luis Rollan, Saul Lisazo, Reunion Nortena, Carolina Cruz, Camila Canabal, the cast of the film ‘Pulling Strings’, Omar Chaparro, Jaime Camil, el ex-Menudo Rene Farrait, El Grupo Vena, Marger, Kingz One, and Rodolfo Jimenez.
Carey apologized for her Libyan gig
By GalaTView staff
The woman is an entertainer and her job is to entertain and get paid for it but Mariah Carey was criticized for human rights campaigners after performing for Angola’s president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos few days ago. In a statement, Halvorssen describes Dos Santos as a “dictator,” writing, “Mariah Carey can’t seem to get enough dictator cash, reportedly more than $1 million this time. Just five years ago she performed for the family of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Now, she goes from private performances to public displays of support and credibility for one of Africa’s chief human rights violators and most corrupt tyrants.
Ian Watkins of Lostprophets accepted he was a 'determined and committed paedophile'
The former lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets was sentenced Wednesday to 29 years in jail, with a British judge saying that Ian Watkins had “plumbed new depths of depravity” in committing a string of sexual offenses against very young children.
Watkins, 36, pleaded guilty last month to 13 charges, including trying to rape a baby, sexually touching a 1-year-old, encouraging a fan to abuse her child and making child pornography.
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Casting of the ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Movie will surprise
By GalaTView Staff
Gilligan’s Island was a television classic so will start very soon and the guy who plays Elder Arnold Cunningham in Broadway’s “The Book of Mormon.” Here are the names of the cast: Michael Cera as Gilligan (Original Actor: Bob Denver), Josh Gad as Skipper Jonas Grumby (Original Actor: Alan Hale, Jr.), Scarlett Johansson as Ginger Grant (Original Actor: Tina Louise), Mila Kunis as Mary Anne Summers (Original Actor: Dawn Wells), Armie Hammer as Professor Roy Hinkley, Ph.D. (Original Actor: Russell Johnson), Kelsey Grammer as Thurston Howell III (Original Actor: Jim Backus), Allison Janney as Eunice Lovelle Wentworth Howell (Original Actor: Natalie Schafer). Hopefully this project comes up with something original.
Women: How would you feel as The Invisible Woman?
By Jenny Alvarez
Nelly (Felicity Jones), a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, take us back in time to follow the story of her relationship with Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes) with whom she discovered an exciting but fragile complicity.
Dickens – famous, controlling and emotionally isolated within his success – falls for Nelly, who comes from a family of actors. The theatre is a vital arena for Dickens – a brilliant amateur actor and Nelly becomes the focus of Dickens’ passion and his muse, for both of them secrecy is the price, and for Nelly a life of “invisibility”.
Despite of the cold, emotionless for some characters, in some scenes attempts analyze how much bigger than “simple” infidelity can be this fact for the main character and the “victim”. The film is visually stunning, complete with consistently well-composed shots and breathtaking landscapes in few words it has an intriguing story and performances that convincingly brought it to life with a fine cast in period costume and setting, a quiet subtle score, and careful Victorian cultural references.
This film gives you a powerful final third documenting an ultimately tragic romance in deeply felt terms with drama and an unsaid secret.
He walked so quietly among us, then Paul was gone
By GalaTView Staff
Such a great person and his generosity will not be forgotten. Such an absolute shame especially when Paul Walker’s friends and family gathered for his funeral yesterday (Dec. 14), two weeks after he died in a fiery car crash in Santa Clarita, Calif.Walker’s ashes were interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills and the ceremony was brief.
Ex-Kiss Ace Frehley suffered a lost
By GalaTView staff
It was not clear where the 62-year-old Ace Frehley founding member of the famed rock band kiss who NY Home was involved in a fire. He played with the group until 2002, during what was billed as their farewell tour. The home was heavily damaged, with flames burning through the roof.
