Day: January 16, 2010

About Michel Vorm Goalkeeper who played for Utrecht from 2005 to 2011 and signed with Swansea City in 2011. He made his international debut for the Netherlands in 2008. He played youth soccer for JSV Nieuwegein. He played for Den Bosch on loan in 2005-2006. Michel Vorm He was born in IJsselstein, Netherlands. Michel Vorm…

About Megz Alfonso American dancer who reached a new level of fame when she became a contestant on the twelfth season of the dance competition So You Think You Can Dance. She is known for specializing in hip-hop dancing, of which she is also a teacher. She started dancing at age eight, inspired by her…

About Noman Hosni French standup comedian and animator who rose to fame for his self-titled show, Noman s Land with the International Comedy Club. He s also known for his past collaborations with the Swiss Comedy Club and the Jamel Comedy Club. He was on season four of the TV series, One Only Needs to…

About Jonathan Liebesman Director of such films as Wrath of the Titans (2012), Darkness Falls (2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006). He studied filmmaking at both the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance and at New York University. In 2005, he directed a…

About Liz Goldwyn Writer and director best known for the 2005 documentary Pretty Things, about burlesque queens in the 20th century. She is also known as the granddaughter of film mogul Samuel Goldwyn. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in photography and a minor in art history. She later worked as…

About Vincent Trocheck Center who made his NHL debut as a member of the Florida Panthers during the 2013-14 season. In 2017, he was named to the NHL All-Star Game, where he participated in the All-Star Skills Competition.  He grew up in Pennsylvania and played for the Pittsburgh Hornets until he was 13 years old. He later became…

About Sandy Alderson Baseball executive rose to become the general manager of the New York Mets in 2010 and was one of the first GMs to apply the principles of sabermetrics. He graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. He was the CEO of the San Diego Padres from 2005 to 2009. Sandy Alderson…

About Nicholas Evans English author whose 1995 novel The Horse Whisperer became one of the best-selling novels of all time with sales exceeding fifteen million copies. He has since gone on to write critically-acclaimed books like The Loop and The Smoke Jumper. He attended Oxford University and worked as a newspaper journalist. He had to…

About Doris Stankovic Popular content creator who is best recognized for her self-titled YouTube channel where she posts storytime, pranks, vlog, paranormal videos. She has gained over 100,000 subscribers on the video platform.   She launched her YouTube channel in August 2016.  She has accumulated over 310,000 followers on her doris.stankovic TikTok account, where she primarily posts vlogs and…

About Ian Cole NHL defenseman who won a Stanley Cup title with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016. He was a first-round draft pick of the St. Louis Blues in 2007. Although drafted in 2007, he proceeded to play three seasons at the University of Notre Dame before signing with the Blues. He was traded to…

About Ralph Towner Jazz and folk multi-instrumentalist who could handle a twelve-string guitar as easily as a piano or trumpet. He learned guitar in college and trained on the piano at a conservatory. He published close to two dozen albums, spanning more than 30 years of work. Ralph Towner He grew up in Chehalis, Washington.…

About Doris Lessing Known for such novels as The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Her other notable works include The Good Terrorist, The Fifth Child, and The Sweetest Dream. After studying at the Dominican Convent School in Zimbabwe, she left home at the…