See also: 1995 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1996 in music - Events. January 8 - Madonna's stalker, Robert Hoskins is found guilty and convicted on 5 charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill her. January 16 - Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono was also on the plane, but neither singer was injured. January 18 - Lisa Marie Pre ...

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See also: 1994 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1995 in music - Events. January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. Garcia is not injured in the accident. February 1 - Welsh Rock Band Manic Street Preachers Band Member Richey James Edwards Goes Missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel at 7AM. February 6 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in p ...

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1976 in film - Top grossing films. North America One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest All the President's Men, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford The Omen- Gregory Peck, Lee Remick The Bad News Bears Silent Movie Midway Murder by Death Jaws (re-release) Blazing Saddles (re-release) Lucky Lady Taxi Driver, starring Robert ...

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Vagrant Records is a popular American punk, emo, and indie rock label. It was founded by Face to Face manager Rich Egan in 1996. Vagrant is partially owned by Interscope Records, who retain a non-controlling interest in the company. In addition to albums by the listed artists, they also release the popular Another Year on the Streets compilations. Vagrant Records - Current Roster. Alkaline Trio Audio Learning Center Dashboard Confessional Down to Earth ...

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Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), better known as Cyndi Lauper, is a singer whose melodic voice and wild costumes have come to epitomize the 1980s, the decade in which she first came to fame. Cyndi Lauper - Biography. Cyndi Lauper was born in Queens, New York to Swiss German-American Fred Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique. She began her career in a cover band, but soon began performing her own songs - though she almost quit singing altogether due to strained voca ...

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The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. The expression of approval is given, along with an Oscar Statuette and a chance for the director to speak, at an annual Academy Awards ceremony. All but twenty of the seventy-seven Oscars for best director (before 2006) were for films that also won the award for best picture. The Academy has selected one director from five nominees each year for the past seven decades ...

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BBC World is the British Broadcasting Corporation's 24-hour international current affairs TV channel with BBC News, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews, and was launched in January 1995. Its main global competitor is CNN, though it also competes with News Corporation's Sky News, Fox News and Star News in other markets. The channel is based in the BBC's new Broadcast Centre and takes News feeds from BBC Television Centre both of which are in west London. BBC World - History. BBC ...

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The Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Actress in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony he ...

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All songs by Trever Keith/Matt Riddle unless otherwise noted. "Stuggle" - 3:07 "I Know You Well" - 2:42 "Sensible" - 2:58 "A-OK" - 2:57 "You Lied" - 3:27 "Promises" - 3:15 "Big Choice" - 3:24 "It's Not Over" - 2:26 "Velocity" - 3:17 "Debt" - 2:19 "Late" - 3:37 "Unknown Title" - 1:16 "Disconnected" * - 3:20 "Bikeage" * (Stevenson) - 2:09 See also:

Big Choice, Big Choice - Track listing, Big Choice - Personnel, Big Choice - Charts, Big Choice - Notes

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Simple Plan came about in stages that began with the founding of the band Reset in 1994, a Canadian punk band, by high-school friends Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau and Adrien White at the age of thirteen. Reset toured around Canada with bands such as MxPx, Ten Foot Pole, and Face to Face, but only managed to gain minor popularity. The debut album was released in 1997. Comeau soon left to go to college, but two years later he hooked up with Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre, and again started making music. It was coincidence that brought Com ...

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Simple Plan, Simple Plan - History, Simple Plan - Role Model Clothing, Simple Plan - Other appearances, Simple Plan - Discography, Simple Plan - Studio albums, Simple Plan - Live albums, Simple Plan - Singles, Simple Plan - Soundtracks, Simple Plan - Other releases

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Robbie Williams - Take That. Williams' early pop career started with the hit boy band Take That. The band was formed in 1990 and proved to be highly successful, with 8 UK Number 1 singles to their credit. Their popularity led to a succession of similar bands in the UK. However, it has since been suggested that Williams' 'roguish' qualities meant that he didn't fit into the band, and he frequently battled with his fellow band members and his management. He left the band in 1995. After leaving the band, the final T ...

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Robbie Williams, Robbie Williams - Biography, Robbie Williams - Take That, Robbie Williams - Solo career, Robbie Williams - Williams' lifestyle, Robbie Williams - Discography, Robbie Williams - Notes

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1996 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 1996 1996 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 1996 in music - Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest 1996 1996 in music - Mercury Music Prize. Different Class - Pulp wins. ...

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1995 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 1995 1995 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 1995 in music - Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest 1995 1995 in music - Mercury Music Prize. Dummy - Portishead wins. ...

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Tank Girl first appeared in Deadline's first issue (1988) and continued until the end of the magazine in 1995. The UK comic strips were also reprinted in an American publication, Tank Girl (published by Dark Horse Comics), beginning in 1991, with an extended break in 1992; the series ended after eight issues in September 1993. A UK magazine named Tank Girl was published in 1995, publishing a graphic-novel length story written by Peter Milligan loosely inspired by Homer's Odyssey, Joyce's Ulysses an ...

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Tank Girl, Tank Girl - History, Tank Girl - Tank Girl The Movie, Tank Girl - Film Trivia

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BBC World is most commonly watched as a subscription channel. In most of the world, it is carried on nearly all satellite and cable platforms. It is currently not available in the United States, but according to on-air promos on BBC America, will be available in 2006. It is also available globally online through the Dong-a Ilbo, Korean newspaper website and RealPlayer Plus. In Bahrain it is additionally availab ...

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BBC World, BBC World - History, BBC World - Distribution, BBC World - Programming, BBC World - Reputation and Criticisms, BBC World - Censorships, BBC World - Variation, BBC World - The Hourly Countdown, BBC World - BBC World News

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The Warped Tour was created in 1994 by Kevin Lyman. Lyman got the idea while working on skateboarding shows such as the Vision Skate Escape and Holiday Havoc, which included music with skateboarding contests. The Warped name comes from the short-lived Warp Magazine published by Transworld. It tried to combine surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and music into one glossy package. In 1998, the tour went international including venues in Australia, Japan a ...

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Warped Tour, Warped Tour - History, Warped Tour - Bands Previously On Warped, Warped Tour - Bands on the 2005 Warped Tour, Warped Tour - Bands on the 2006 Warped Tour, Warped Tour - Further reference

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Cyndi Lauper was born in Queens, New York to Swiss German-American Fred Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique. She began her career in a cover band, but soon began performing her own songs - though she almost quit singing altogether due to strained vocal chords in 1977. By 1980 she'd released a rockabilly album on Polydor with the band Blue Angel. Despite much critical acclaim, the album "went lead" as Lauper says, and the ...

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Liv Ullmann - as actress. Saraband (2003) (TV) Zorn (1994) (TV) Drømspel (1994) The Long Shadow (1992) Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (1991) (voice) Mindwalk (1990) The Rose Garden (1989) Gaby: A True Story (1987) Autumn Sonata (1978) A Bridge Too Far (1977) The Serpent's Egg (1977) Face to Face (1976) Scenes ...

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Liv Ullmann, Liv Ullmann - Selected filmography, Liv Ullmann - as actress, Liv Ullmann - as director, Liv Ullmann - Quote, Liv Ullmann - Biography Filmography, Liv Ullmann - Interview, Liv Ullmann - Review

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Ray Davies' compositions over his forty year career have been an astonishing study in contrasts, from the influential proto-heavy metal powerchord rock and roll of the early Kinks hits in 1964-1966 (most prominently "You Really Got Me") followed only a few years later by more sensitive, compassionate songs ("Waterloo Sunset", "Shangri-La", "Big Sky"), and still later by anthems ("Lola"), true musical theater (the Preservation albums), and commercial rock which combines elemen ...

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Ray Davies, Ray Davies - Works, Ray Davies - Biography, Ray Davies - Awards

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