Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Justin Bieber


His long name is Justin Drew Bieber.

He was born 1994 March 1st he is 16.

He is a Canadian pop-R&B singer.

Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun.

He happened across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager.

Justin signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG).

is debut single, "One Time", was released worldwide during 2009, he became known by this song.

He charted within the top 30 in over ten countries.

His first full studio release, My World 2.0, was released on March 23, 2010 and has since received similar success.

He was born at London, Ontario and was raised in Stratford, Ontario.

Bieber's mother, Pattie Mallette, was 18 years old when she became pregnant with her son.

She raised Bieber as a single mother.

Bieber maintains contact with his father, Jeremy Bieber.

As he grew, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet.

In early 2007, when he was twelve, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and placed second.

Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew.

He is a Singer, songwriter, musician.

From 2007 he started working.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Nicole Mary Kidman


She was born 1967, she is 43.

Her long name is Nicole Mary Kidman but she is known for Nicole Kidman.

She is an American-born Australian actress, fashion model, singer and humanitarian.

Her first act was at 1989 thriller Dead Calm.

SHe became known by The Others (2001).

In 2003, Kidman received her star on the Walk of Fame.

She is the Australia's highest civilian honour.

She is also known for her marriage to Tom Cruise, to whom she was married for 11 years and with whom she adopted two children, and her current marriage to country musician Keith Urban, with whom she has a biological daughter.

As a result of being born to Australian parents in Hawaii, Kidman has dual citizenship in Australia and the United States.

She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Her father, Dr. Antony David Kidman, is a biochemist, clinical psychologist and author.

Her mother, Janelle Ann (née Glenny), is a nursing instructor who edits her husband's books.

Her parents now live on Sydney's North Shore.

She has a younger sister, Antonia Kidman, a journalist.

Her best friend is Naomi Watts since they were in their teens and the two remain best friends today.

In 1984, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, she started working at age 17 so they could have money for her.

She also has an album called Swing When You're Winning.

Her first movie was BMX Bandits.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Tarkan Tevetoğlu


He was born on 1972, he is 37 years old.

He got the award winning Turkish pop singer.

He was born in Germany and raised in Turkey.

Tarkan has been known for the use of sexual and romantic themes in his work.

He has been nicknamed the "Prince of Pop" by the media.

He has sold 29 million albums.

His parents name are Ali and Neşe Tevetoğlu.

In 2009 it was discovered that Tarkan was in fact his middle name and his first name was Hüsamettin, which means "sharp sword".

His father's family has a decorated military past as war heroes that fought in the Ottoman armies in the Russo-Turkish Wars.

His mother's family comes from a long line of talented Turkmen folk singers.

Tarkan has three older half-siblings named Adnan, Gülay and Nuray from his mother's first marriage, and a brother, Hakan, and younger sister, Handan from her marriage to his father.

His father died of a heart attack in 1995 at the age of 49, and was buried in his home village of Rüzgarlı Köy.

Tarkan keeps close ties with his family in Turkey and Germany. He still understands the German language though speaks little, since he has been living in the USA and Turkey for 20 years.

He is known for "Şımarık" song.

Tarkan began to study music in Karamürsel at high school, before being accepted at the Üsküdar Musiki Cemiyeti Academy in Istanbul.

Tarkan is undoubtedly one of the most popular singers in Turkey.

He is also a dancer.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Amr Diab


Amr diab's long name is Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab.

He is a Egyptian singer.

He works with geel music.

Diab is the best-selling Arab recording artist of all time.

He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist four times, in 1998, 2002 , 2007 and 2009.

He has sold sold over 40 million albums worldwide.

Amr Diab is known as the Father of Mediterranean Music.

He has created his own style of music.

According to author Michael Frishkopf, Amr Diab has produced a new concept of Mediterranean music.

According to the BBC, Diab "has ruled the Arab music world, especially Egypt and the Middle East, since the mid '80s, continually breaking sales records".

Amr Diab was born in Port Said, Egypt to a highly educated middle class family.

His father, graduated from the faculty of commerce at the University of Alexandria in 1958.

His mother was a franch teacher.

When he was 6 they made him sing in a public place.

That day, Diab was given an award by Hassan Rushdie.

In 1983, Diab released his first studio album.

"Habibi" from Diab's 1996 album, Nour El Ain became a hit worldwide.

It was remixed by many of the world's top DJs at the time.

He sold 22 million copies worldwide.

He has also played in movies and TV serials.

He has concert with, Beyoncé Knowles, Pink, Jennifer Lopez, and Britney Spears.

He is 48 years old.

He started working in music at 1983.


Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Haifa Wehbe


Haifa is a Lebanese model, actress, and singer.

Her first album called Houwa El-Zaman (It is the Time).

She was born in Mahrouna, a small Shia farming town in Southern Lebanon.

She used to listen to jazz and R&B.

She begain being a model at the age of 16, and won Miss Southern Lebanon.

She married at the age of 18 and she had a baby girl called Zeineb.

By 1996 she was at the cover of more than 100 magazines.

He secound album is called Baddi Eash (I want to Live).

"Ana Haifa" became her most known song.

She is the first Arab artist who is also in Italian show TV call Rai Uno in Rome.

Her first concert at Lebanon was 50 Cents.

She had her first chidren's album in 2010 called, Baby Haifa.

She also designed her own selection of jewelry.

She played in comertiols for Pepsi.

She was at Pepsi ads with football star, Thierry Henry.

She was going to play at the movie "Baby Doll Night" but she was so busy so she didnt have time for it.

She is a Shia Moslim.

Her doughter has been living with her faher since they divorce.

Her doughter married in 2008.

Zeinab and her father live in Kuwait from 2010.

In 2005 she got engaged to a Saudi businessman.

But after a few weeks they dicided to split because of family problems.

She was born 1976, 34 years old.


She has 3 sisters, and her mother is Egyption.

Her brither died at the age of 24 during the 1982, Israeli invasion of Lebanon.








Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Nancy Ajram


Her reall name is Nancy Nabil Ajram.

She was born 1983, she is 27 now.

She is a multi-platinum Lebanese singer and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.

She had sold more than 30 million albums.

She is the 3rd best selling female artist in Lebanese history.

She has 7 albums up to now followd by the music videos for most of them.

She got the aword World Music Award as Best-selling Middle Eastern Artist, in 2008.

Nancy Ajram is the first and only female sponsor and spokesperson of Coca-Cola in the Middle East and Arab world.

Nancy was described on the Oprah Winfrey Show as one of the most influential personalities of the Middle East.

Ajram was born to Nabil Ajram and Raymonda Aoun on May 16, 1983 in Achrafieh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon.

A age of 12 she was at this TV show called, Noujoum Al-Moustakbal, ("Stars of the Future").

She won a gold medal by singing a song in that show by Umm Kulthum.

She started singing at the age less than 18.

Her fist album was Mihtagalak ("I Need You') at the age of 15.

Sheel Oyoonak Anni ("Stop Staring"), was her secound album wich was with more success.

Coca-Cola and Nancy formed a great team since five years making commercials and music videos that stood out in the Arab world, synchronising local campaigns with worldwide slogans.




Saturday, September 18, 2010

Mehran Modiri


Mehran Modiri was born in January 1961, 49 years ago.

He was born Tehran, Iran.

He is a prolific Iranian actor, television director and musician.

His artistic career began in his teenage years.

Then he entered the world of radio and television in the early 1990s.

He started writing scripts for various comedy skits during the annual Norooz comedy television shows.

He became known by directing Noghtechin, and Jayezeye Bozorg.

Shabhaye Barareh became his most popular television program yet.

People didint really get the mining of Shabhaye Barareh, because it finished by 92 episodes with not explaining the reall meaning of Barareh history.

He is also a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War.

Up to now he has 1 music album.

Originally he is from Ostane markazi(Arak).

Now he is playing and directing the new episode Ghahve Talkh.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Doritos


Doritos is a brand of flavored tortilla chips.

It was created by Arch West.

It was found 1964, 46 years ago.

It was found by a food company Frito-Lay.

They are sold in many countries worldwide.

The chips are made of ground corn, corn oil, and seasoning.

They place them in the movies such as Wayne's World.

It had sold $1.3 billion up to now.

in 1994 the company spent $50 million to redesign Doritos to make the chips 20% larger and 15% thinner.

There are about 5,000 Doritos chip eaters.

It has location in italy, USA, China, Dubi, and England.

It has about 34000 employees.

Its known for being large and thin.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

GameStop


GameStop Corporation is an American video game and entertainment software retailer.

The headquarter now its at in Grapevine, Texas.

It has 6,500 retail stores over all.

The locations ate at United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Italy.

It opened around 400 stores from 2009 and 2010.

The company runs two e-commerce websites, GameStop.com and EBgames.com.

It sells magazines, strategy guides, and other related merchandise.

It opened 26 years ago in1984.

It was found by R. Richard Fontaine and Daniel DeMatteo.

It started sailling in the United Kingdom in 2008.

At first it had the name NeoStar Retail, but after a year they chaned it to GameStop.

It had sold up to $9.15 billion now.

It has around 49,500 employees.

Its known for having to most known video games.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Lay's


Lay's Known as Walkers in the UK.
Its a name for a number of potato chip.
It was found 1932, 78 years ago.
Its known for the varieties.
The company its owned by PepsiCo.
Other brands in the Frito-Lay group include Fritos, Doritos, Ruffles, Cheetos, Rold Gold pretzels, and Sun Chips.
The headquarter now its at Nashville, Tennessee.
It was opend by Herman W. Lay.
Lay's crossed the southern United States.
He was selling the product from the trunk of his car.
The first poblic place was opend at 1942.
First it had the name "H.W. Lay & Company."
The business shortened its name to "the Lay's Company" in 1944.
People could purchase television commercials.
In 1950's it went by national in its marketing.

It had sold up to $127 million.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Little Caesars


Little Caesars is a pizza chain.

Its the 4th largest in the United States.

The headquarter its at Downtown Detroit, Michigan.

It was found by Michael Ilitch and Marian Ilitch.

it was found at 1959, 51 years ago.

The first locations was at the mall.

Mike wanted to call it simply "Pizza Treat," but Marian wanted a name that suited Mike.

So they opened the store by the name "Little Caesars Pizza Treat."

The original store is still open today.

Its best known for its "Hot-N-Ready" pizzas.

It has about 2,000 locations.

It had sold up to totaled $1.5 billion.

It has locations at India, USA, Canada, and mexico.

It was partnership with Coca-Cola.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Panda Express


Panda Express is a fast casual restaurant chain serving American Chinese cuisine.

You can find Panda Express at casinos, shopping malls, supermarkets, airports, and train stations.

It is the largest chain of Chinese fast food restaurants in the United States.

From 2004 they started having drive-through windows.

Panda Express has 1279 restaurants covering 37 states and Puerto Rico.

It used to have locations at Japan too.

Its known for the Orange Chicken, Beijing Beef, and Kung Pao Chicken.

There are no MSG (Monosodium glutamate) materials are added.

The headquarter now its at Rosemead, California.

It was found by Andrew and Peggy Cherng.

They started the business in 1973, 37 years ago.

The chain started coming to the US at 1983.

They had sold up to $1 billion.

It has 13,000 employees.

It has 1,276 locations.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Johnson&Johnson


Its a global American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer.

It was found 1886, 124 years ago.

The company was listed in Fortune 500.

It was found at New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States.

It has 250 locations in the US.

Its known in 57 countries.

Its products are sold in over 175 countries.

Had sales of $24.6 billion for the full-year 2008.

It has medications and first aid supplies and Johnson's baby products.

It was found by William C. Weldon.

Has 118,700 employees.

William C. Weldon and his brother Edward Mead Johnson found the company.

He let his name to a hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

He died 100 years ago in 1910.

The company was oned by his brother up to 1932, after that his son Robert Wood Johnson II took care of it.

RWJ's granddaughter, Mary Lea Johnson Richards, was the first baby to appear on a J&J baby powder label.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Purell


Purell is an instant hand sanitizer.

Made of ethyl alcohol which claims to kill "99.99%" of most common germs that may cause illness in as little as 15 seconds.

The brand is owned by Gojo Industries

Gojo Industries its hand hygiene and skin care products company.

The Johnson & Johnson company its owned by Gojo Industries.

At first Purell was owned by Pfizer, but then it sold it to Gojo Industries in 2004.

Purell contains 62% ethyl alcohol, while other hand sanitizers contain isopropanol which would likely have been fatal in the same dose.

On the product packaging it have said, "kept out of the reach of children".

It may discolor fabrics!

It was found about 2000's.

It is known because it kills 99% of Bacteria.



Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Quiznos Bus


Quiznos is a fast food restaurant.

It was based in in Denver, Colorado.

Its the second largest submarine sandwich in the north part of America, after Subway.

There are more thean 4000 locations in the US, 300 in Canada, and 100 more all over the world.

1000 Quiznos locations closed from 2007 to 2009, because it has been a lawsuits issue.

it was founs at 1978, 32 years ago.

Found by Terrell Braly.

He first had Sinclair gas station after some times a pizza resturant opened in front of the gas station, after some years Braly bought the company and he named it Quiznos.

The headquarter now its at Denver, Colorado US.

The company its now worth 130 million.

This quate its well known, "t's not lacking any meat, and that's what real women need".


Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Jack in the Box


Jack in the Box is an American fast-food restaurant.

It was found by Robert O. Peterson.

It was found 59 years ago in 1951 at San Diego, California.

The headquarter now its at San Diego, California.

It had about 2100 locations now in the US.

California is the state with the greatest number of outlets (900), followed by Texas (560), Arizona (165), Washington (132), Nevada (86).

It has also a mexican chain.

The chain is something like McDonald's and Taco Bell.

Its known for the egg rolls and tacos.

They now have breakfast burritos too.

The owner has already owned several successful restaurants when he opend one of the locations in San Diego in 1941.

They found the name "Jack" funny so it took the name Jack in the Box.


Thursday, September 2, 2010

Bloomberg Businessweek


Bloomberg Businessweek its known as Businessweek.

Businesswiik is a weekly business magazine.

It was published by Bloomberg L.P.

The headquarter now its in New York City, New York.

It was published at 1929, 81 years ago in September.

Its original purpose was to provide information and opinions as to what was happening in the business world.

The Magazine has a point of view, and usually a strong opinion, both of which it does not hesitate to express.

It has 917,568 Circulation.

22 years ago BusinessWeek has published annual rankings of United States business school MBA programs.

Has sold US$60 million, between 2006 and 2009.

It has grow $20.5 million more now.

The editor its Josh Tyrangiel.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Money Magazine


Money is the name of at least two personal finance magazines.

Money is published by ACP Magazines.

The Nine TV network also helped the company.

Money is published by Time Inc.

The first issue was published in 1972, 38 years ago.

It has topics ranging from investing, saving, retirement and taxes to family finance issues like paying for college, credit, career and home improvement.

It is well known for its "America's Best Places to Live."

The Circulation now its 1.9 million.

Its in the Personal finance magazines categories.

The magazine is comming every month by month.