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Born on August 30, 1976, in Montreal to French- Canadian parents, Gabriel was part of a very large family, being one of nine siblings. He had a unsettled childhood, from the age of 4 to 18 he lived with five different foster familys, finally moving back to live with his father Gerard. In his late teens, Gabriel was discovered when he was approached by a fashion scout in a night club. This lead to some great exposure in the fashion pages of the local...Read Full Story

Squaw Valley sits on the north shore of Lake Tahoe, surrounded by six impressive mountains. Skiing started here in 1949, but the fame and fortune of the resort took off when it was picked to host the 1960 winter olympics. The village, still home to several older olympic buildings, is a mostly modern, up-market ski resort.There are over 4000 acres of skiing, a varied mix of easy slopes, huge bowls, and challenging steeps. Trails don"t form the focal point of your...Read Full Story

Katie White was brought up in a music-mad family on the outskirts of Manchester. As a teenager she got together with two friends to form the girl band TKO (Total Knock Out). TKO was managed by Katie"s father. The girls were quite successful, supporting a number of major acts, but despite the release of a popular internet single, they never managed to make it big time. In a similar start to a music career, Jules De Martino, who hails from London, began with the...Read Full Story

1votes vote! Bill Baggs Beach, Florida Description  Bill Baggs beach in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park is a beautiful mile-long stretch of beach hugging the ocean coast of the most southerly Miami barrier island, Key Biscayne. At the far end of the beach, at the tip of the island, stands the historic Cape Florida Lighthouse. The lighthouse, a real landmark of the park, was originally rebuilt in 1825, then reconstructed in 1846. The lighthouse is the oldest building in Miami-Dade...Read Full Story

Life and TimesBorn to a wealthy family (his father was a banker), Degas had the time and means to pursue a passion for art from an early age. As a teenager he turned one of the rooms of the large family home into an art studio. His favorite pastime was visiting the Louvre to study and copy the famous masterpieces, developing his drawing and painting skills.His father encouraged him to study law at the University of Paris, but Degas neglected his studies then dropped out to attend the Ecole...Read Full Story

Life and TimesBellows was born in Columbus, Ohio. As a teenager he had two main interests – sport and art. Throughout college he was a star athlete, and later in life he often turned enthusiastically to sport to provide engaging subject material. In 1904, on completing a course at Ohio State University, Bellows moved to New York City, to study at the New York School of Art. One of his tutors at the school was Robert Henri, a leading member of a loose band of Realist painters who dubbed...Read Full Story

4votes vote! Emmanuelle Chriqui Bio  Emmanuelle was born in Montreal, Quebec, to parents of Jewish Moroccan origins. When Emmanuelle was aged two, she and her family moved to Toronto. So brought up hearing both the French and English languages, Emmanuelle is bi-lingual. At the age of seven Emmanuelle caught the acting bug, and persuaded her elder brother to pay for some acting classes. Her first ever TV appearance, when just 10 years old, was in a McDonald's commercial...Read Full Story

Life and TimesRembrandt, whose full name was Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, was the son of a miller. The artisan family had great hopes for their son, and paid for him togo and study at the Univerity of Leiden.However Rembrandt disappointed them when he left to pursue his artistic ambitions. He travelled to Amsterdam to study art with Pieter Lastman, anartist well-know for his finely detailed historical scenes.After a bried spell back in Lieden, where Rembrandt himself taught art, he...Read Full Story

PlotVietnam, 1969. US Army Captain Willard is sent on a top-secret mission that officially 'does not exist, nor will ever exist.' His task is to find and eliminate the renegade US Colonel William Kurtz, who has gone native, running a lawless and savage private army deep in the interior. The Colonel's rag-tag outfit is mercilessly attacking both US and Viet Cong forces, upsetting the 'order' of the war. Captain Willard boards a US Navy patrol boat off the Nung River with the aim of...Read Full Story

9votes vote! Edward Hopper Life and Times  Edward Hopper grew up in the small town of Nyack, New York state, on the banks of the Hudson river. From an early age he developed an interest in drawing and painting. His parents, keen that Edward could turn his love of art into a living, suggested he looked at commercial art as a career option. So after finishing high school, Hopper enrolled on a course in commercial art at the New York School of Illustrating. Then he transferred to the New...Read Full Story