MY BABY GIRL – WPAP BY TONI AGUSTIAN

 

WPAP INFO CREATOR : TONI AGUSTIAN CREATED DATE : 2010-07-01 SOFTWARE : COREL DRAW X5 PORTABLE CREATOR COMMENTARY : SHE;S MY ADORABLE LOVELY BABY GIRL… CAN’T STOP KISSING HER… :)

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10 BEST WPAP OF THE MONTH – 2010.06

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BJORK – WPAP BY NDOP

 

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965), known as Björk, is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actress and music producer, whose work includes three albums as lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes, seven solo albums, and two film soundtracks, contributing to numerous others including the 1994 film Léon, in which "Venus as a Boy" was featured. She is best known for her expressive vocals, broad soprano vocal range, and a diverse and eclectic musical style, which incorporates influences from many different genres,[1] including pop, alternative rock, jazz, ambient, avant-garde, electronic, classical, folk and trip hop, as well as her eccentric costumes and music videos. Her singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me" and "Hyperballad" all charted in the UK Top 10. Her record label, One Little Indian, reported in 2003 that she had sold more than 15 million albums worldwide.[2] She has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards (including one for acting). For her performance in Dancer in the Dark, Björk won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[3] She was ranked #36 on VH1's "The 100 Greatest Women in Rock and Roll",[4] #8 on MTV's "22 Greatest Voices in Music"[5] and Metacritic listed her as the 10th best reviewed "Indie/Alternative Artist" of the 2000–09 decade.[6] Her most recent album, Volta, was released worldwide on 8 May 2007. [ Literature by Wikipedia }

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JOSH GROBAN – WPAP BY FARIEZ

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Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, percussionist, actor, comedian, and producer who has sold close to 20 million albums in the United States. He is known for his unique vocal quality and classically inspired pop style. Each of his four solo albums has been certified at least multi-platinum in the United States. Groban, who has mentioned having a photographic memory for music, uses his encyclopedic knowledge of sound to inform his work with diverse fusion elements

Groban was born in Los Angeles to a school teacher mother and a businessman father. His father is of Russian Jewish descent; his Norwegian American mother's grandparents were from the eastern Norwegian district of Toten. Groban was raised an Episcopalian.[citation needed] Chris, his younger brother by four years, shares a birthday with him. Groban debuted as a singer in seventh grade. He attended Bridges Academy, where he was permitted to take normal classes from 9 AM to 1 PM, and attend theater classes in the afternoon. Groban went on to attend the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a theatre major, and graduated in 1999. He also attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, majoring in music theatre, and began taking vocal lessons. He was admitted to Carnegie Mellon University, intending to study drama, but he left after four months into his first semester. In late 1998, the 17-year-old Groban was introduced by his vocal coach to Grammy-winning producer/arranger David Foster. Groban worked for David Foster as a rehearsal singer on a series of high-profile events, including the 1999 Grammy Awards where — as a stand-in for Andrea Bocelli — he rehearsed Foster's "The Prayer" with Céline Dion, and the January 1999 inauguration of Gray Davis as Governor of California. Groban was offered a recording contract at Warner Bros. Records through Foster's 143 Records imprint. Foster said: "I love his natural ability in the pop and rock arena, but I love his sense of classics even more. He's a true musical force to be reckoned with." Under Foster's influence, Groban's first album focused more on classics such as "Gira Con Me" and "Alla Luce Del Sole." Groban performed "There For Me" with Sarah Brightman on her 2000–01 La Luna World Tour, and was featured on her "La Luna" concert DVD. He recorded "For Always" with Lara Fabian on the movie soundtrack to A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001). Groban performed in many benefit shows, including: "The Andre Agassi Grand Slam Event For Children," singing alongside Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Don Henley, and Robin Williams; "Muhammad Ali's Fight Night Foundation" which honored Michael J. Fox and others; "The Family Celebration" (2001), which was co-hosted by President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and David E. Kelley and his wife, Michelle Pfeiffer; and Michael Milken's CapCure event, which raises funds for cancer research. David E. Kelley, creator of the television series Ally McBeal, created a character, Malcolm Wyatt, for Groban in the season finale aired in May 2001. The character of Malcolm Wyatt was so popular, with 8,000 emails from fans, that Groban was asked to return the next season to reprise his role and perform "To Where You Are." The singer's self-titled debut album Josh Groban was released on November 20, 2001. Over the next year, it went from gold to double-platinum. On February 24, 2002, Groban performed "The Prayer" with Charlotte Church at the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and by November, he had his own PBS special, Josh Groban In Concert (2002). In December 2002, he performed "To Where You Are" and sang "The Prayer" in a duet with Sissel Kyrkjebø at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway. He joined The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Sting, Lionel Richie, and others for a Christmas performance at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. In 2003, Groban performed at the David Foster concert for World Children's Day, singing "The Prayer" with Celine Dion and the finale song, "Aren't They All Our Children?" with artists including Yolanda Adams, Nick Carter, Enrique Iglesias, and Celine Dion. Various music critics have described Groban's voice in different ways, with some referring to him as a tenor and others as a baritone. In performance, Groban's music goes as low as G 2 (as in the song "To Where You Are") and extends up to at least B♭4 i.e. the first B♭ above middle C (as heard in "You Raise Me Up"). This places his voice lower than the tenor range on the low end, and just short of Tenor C, and therefore is a baritone with a comfortable high tessitura. In a 2002 New York Times article, Groban described himself as a "tenor in training". LITERATURE BY WIKIPEDIA | 2010-06-28

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KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – WPAP BY TONI A.

WPAP INFO CREATOR : TONI AGUSTIAN  DATE CREATED : 2010-06-25 SOFTWARES : COREL DRAW X5 CREATOR COMMENTARY : THIS VERSION OF KEIRA IS NOT A REALLY PURE WPAP, I COLORED IT USING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC WAY. INSTEAD OF FORCING THE POP STYLE TO THIS ONE I PREFER GIVE IT A SPECIAL FX TO MAKE THIS PICTURE HAVE SENSE OF SENSUALITY AND DEEPER ARTISTIC.  Keira Christina Knightley (born 26 March 1985) is an English film actress and model. She began her career as a child and came to international prominence in 2003 after co-starring in the films Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Knightley has appeared in several Hollywood films and earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright's 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Two years later she again was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Atonement. In 2008, Forbes claimed Knightley to be the second highest paid actress in Hollywood, having reportedly earned $32 million in 2007, making her the only non-American on the list of highest paid actresses.

Knightley was born in Teddington, London, England, the daughter of Sharman MacDonald, an award-winning playwright, and Will Knightley, a theatre and television actor. Her father is English, and her mother is Scottish and of half Welsh ancestry. She has an elder brother, Caleb, who was born in 1979. Knightley lived in Richmond, attending Stanley Junior School, Teddington School and Esher College. She has dyslexia, but nevertheless was successful in school and was thus permitted to acquire a talent agent and pursue an acting career. She requested an agent as early as the age of three and got one when she turned six, from her mother as a reward for studying hard. Knightley has noted that she was "single-minded about acting" during her childhood. She performed in a number of local amateur productions, including After Juliet (written by her mother) and United States (written by her then drama teacher, Ian McShane, no relation to the Deadwood actor). Knightley appeared in several television movies in the mid to late 1990s—as well as ITV1's The Bill—before being cast as Sabé, Padmé Amidala's decoy, in the 1999 science fiction blockbuster Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Knightley was cast in the role due to her close resemblance to Natalie Portman, who played Padmé; the two actresses' mothers had difficulty telling their daughters apart when the girls were in full makeup. Knightley's first starring role followed in 2001, when she played the daughter of Robin Hood in the made-for-television Walt Disney Productions feature, Princess of Thieves. During this time, Knightley also appeared in The Hole, a thriller that received a direct-to-video release in the United States. She appeared in a miniseries adaptation of Doctor Zhivago that first aired in 2002 to mixed reviews but high ratings. Knightley's breakthrough role was in the football-themed film, Bend It Like Beckham, which was a success in its August 2002 UK release, grossing $18 million, and in its March 2003 U.S. release, grossing $32 million. After Bend It Like Beckham's UK release raised her profile, she was cast in the big budget action film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (along with Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp) which was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and opened in July 2003 to positive reviews and high box office grosses, becoming one of the biggest hits of summer 2003 and cementing Knightley as the new "It" girl. Knightley had a role in the British romantic comedy Love Actually, which opened in November 2003. Her next film, King Arthur, opened in July 2004 to negative reviews. In the same month, Knightley was voted by readers of Hello! magazine as the film industry's most promising teen star. Additionally, Time magazine noted in a 2004 feature that Knightley seemed dedicated to developing herself as a serious actress rather than a film star. 2005 saw the release of three films, the first of which was The Jacket. The complex thriller starring Adrien Brody was derided by critics as unoriginal, silly and messy. Knightley was taken to task for her American accent but was otherwise dismissed by critics. Next came Tony Scott's Domino, an action film based on the life of bounty hunter Domino Harvey. The film has been Knightley's greatest critical flop to date. Knightley's critics often suggested she was nothing more than a pretty face, which led the young starlet to comment to Elle magazine, "I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove." Pride & Prejudice rounded out 2005. Variety wrote about her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet: "Looking every bit a star, Knightley, who's shown more spirit than acting smarts so far in her career, really steps up to the plate here, holding her own against the more classically trained Matthew Macfadyen, as well as vets like Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Penelope Wilton, and Judi Dench with a luminous strength that recalls a young Audrey Hepburn. More than the older Jennifer Ehle in the TV series, she catches Elizabeth's essential skittishness and youthful braggadocio, making her final conversion all the more moving." The film grossed more than $100 million worldwide, and Knightley earned a Golden Globe nomination and an Oscar nomination (the Oscar ultimately went to Reese Witherspoon). The Academy Award nomination made her the third-youngest performer ever nominated. BAFTA's decision not to nominate her drew criticism from Pride & Prejudice producer Tim Bevan. In 2006, Knightley was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her biggest financial hit thus far, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, was released in July. 2007 saw the release of several films starring Knightley: Silk, an adaptation of the novel by Alessandro Baricco, Atonement, a feature film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel of the same name (co-starring James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave, and Brenda Blethyn), and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was released in May 2007. Knightley's performance in Atonement began to generate buzz before the film was released, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the Best Dramatic Actress category for the role, as well as a BAFTA Award. Critic Richard Roeper was puzzled by both Knightley's and McAvoy's Academy Award snubs, stating "I thought McAvoy and Knightley were superb." In the late spring of 2007, Knightley shot The Edge of Love with Cillian Murphy as her husband, Matthew Rhys as her childhood sweetheart, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, and Sienna Miller as Thomas' wife Caitlin MacNamara. She received, for the most part, very positive reviews for her role.[28] The 2008 release was penned by her mother, Sharman Macdonald, and directed by John Maybury. She then filmed The Duchess, based on the best-selling biography, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman in which she played Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire; the film was released in cinemas on 5 September 2008 in the U.K. Knightley appears in the present-day drama Last Night, in which she co-starred with Eva Mendes, Sam Worthington, and Guillaume Canet; it was directed by Massy Tadjedin. In April 2009, Knightley began work on an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian novel, Never Let Me Go. Filming took place in Norfolk and Clevedon. Upcoming films for 2010 include London Boulevard with Colin Farrell, the script of which is written by William Monahan, who will also make his directing debut. Knightley successfully auditioned for the role of Eliza Doolittle in the Columbia Pictures planned remake of the stage musical My Fair Lady to be produced by Cameron Mackintosh, although no release date has yet been scheduled. She will also work on The Beautiful and the Damned, a biopic about the life and relationship of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and his novelist wife Zelda Sayre. The film is directed by John Curran and scheduled for release in 2010. In 2008, she was attached to play Cordelia in a big screen adaptation of King Lear, which was subsequently abandoned. Knightley has confirmed that she will not be starring in the fourth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean. Knightley made her West End debut in Martin Crimp's version of Molière's comedy, The Misanthrope, at the Comedy Theatre in London alongside Damian Lewis, Tara Fitzgerald, and Dominic Rowan. in December 2009. Reviews for her portrayal of Jennifer in the play were generally positive. The Daily Telegraph described her performance as revealing "both power and poignancy" and The Independent called her performance "not only strikingly convincing but, at times, rather thrilling in its satiric aplomb" The Guardian, however, noted that due to the nature of the role "one could say that she is not unduly stretched" and The Daily Mail described her as "little better than adequate". Knightley has been nominated for the prestigious Laurence Olivier Theatre Award as Best Supporting Actress as Jennifer in the The Misanthrope, recognizing her theatre debut. Knightley is slated to appear in The Emperor's Children with Eric Bana and Richard Gere. The film, reportedly a dark comedy, will be directed by Noah Baumbach. Knightley is also filming under the direction of the acclaimed David Cronenberg in the film A Dangerous Method, where she plays the role of Sabina Spielrein, the real-life psychoanalist who worked with people like Sigmund Freud and primarily Carl Jung. Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassel will be co-starring.   Media attention As a result of her rapid rise to fame, Knightley has been the focus of significant media attention. She has been described by press reports as "famously open with media," although Knightley herself has stated "I don't talk about my private life." Knightley has appeared many times in FHMs UK 100 Sexiest Women in the World list. Ranked #79 in 2004 she climbed to #18 in 2005, and was named "the sexiest woman in the world in 2006." In 2007 she was 12th, 10th in 2008 and came 36th in 2009. The US edition ranked her #54 in 2004, #11 in 2005, and #5 in 2006. In May 2006, she was #9 on Maxim's 2006 Hot 100. She was also named "the number one beauty icon of 2007" by a poll of 2500 people conducted by UK high street chain Superdrug. Knightley appeared nude, along with Scarlett Johansson, on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's March 2006 "Hollywood" issue. Knightley was the celebrity face for the luxury goods brand Asprey, Shiatzy Chen as well as Lux haircare products in Japanese television commercials. In April 2006, she was confirmed as the new celebrity face of Chanel's perfume Coco Mademoiselle, though the first photo from the campaign was not released until May 2007. Knightley's Valentino gown at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards won her much acclaim and even landed her the top spot on Steven Cojocaru's "Best Dressed List" on Entertainment Tonight, while the dress she wore to the 2006 Academy Awards was donated to the charity Oxfam, where it raised £4,300. Knightley has warned children who dream of the celebrity life that it's not all what it seems to be. "It frightens me when kids go, 'I want to be famous.'" In a recent interview with the BBC Knightley said that she feels "de-humanised." She also said that when a person becomes a celebrity, the public doesn't care that the person's life is constantly watched. While she has no current plans to leave the world of film, Knightley has said that she could not imagine subjecting a child to the media. She is quoted as saying, "I'm not planning to have children at the moment... everyone changes, and I'm sure there will be a time I will want to do something different. I could completely see myself moving away [from acting]." She has expressed concern in the past about unwarranted attention from stalkers, and a 41 year-old man was charged with harassment in February 2010 after trying to contact the actress on several occasions outside the Comedy Theatre in London, where she appeared in the play The Misanthrope. The subsequent trial folded after the actress was unavailable to testify in court.

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STEVEN TYLER – WPAP BY NAJEEB

Stephen Victor Tallarico (lahir di New York, 26 Maret 1948; umur 62 tahun) adalah penulis lagu dan musisi asal Amerika Serikat yang biasa di sebut Steven Tyler. Ia juga adalah vokalis utama grup musik rock Aerosmith. Steven Tyler merupakan vokalis band Rock Aerosmith asal Amerika Serikat. Steven Tyler adalah anak ke-2 dari Tyler memulai karier di Aerosmith sejak tahun 1970. Dahulu, pada tahun 1970-an, Tyler adalah seorang pecandu alkohol dan minuman keras lainnya. Pada pertengahan 1970an, Steven Tyler menikah dengan Bebe Buell dan pada tahun 1977, Liv Tyler, anak Steven Tyler lahir. Yang unik dari Steven Tyler adalah dia suka berteriak-teriak pada saat menyanyi. Steven Tyler pada tahun 1981 masuk ke rehabilitasi pengguna alkohol dan setelah itu tidak pernah mengonsumsi alkohol lagi sampai sekarang. Pada tahun 2003, Tyler di-diagnosa mengidap Hepatitis C. Pada tahun 2006, vokalis utama Aerosmith itu menjalani operasi Hepatitis C. Tahun lalu, pada tanggal 15 September 2007, Steven Tyler meluncurkan motor buatannya "Red Wings Motorcycle" di New Hampshire, AS.

AEROSMITH Aerosmith adalah kelompok musik rock terkenal dari Amerika Serikat. Walaupun mereka dibentuk di Boston, Massachusetts, tidak ada anggotanya yang berasal dari sana. Tiga anggotanya, Steven Tallarico (Tyler), Joe Perry, dan Tom Hamilton bertemu di Sunapee, New Hampshire di akhir 1960-an namun belum membentuk sebuah band. Tyler berasal dari Yonkers, New York, Perry dari Hopedale, Massachusetts, dan Hamilton dari New London, New Hampshire. Pada 1970, ketiganya memutuskan untuk membentuk band, dan pindah ke Boston, Massachusetts. Joe Perry dan Tom Hamilton pindah ke Boston pada September 1970. Di sana mereka bertemu dengan Joey Kramer, yang kebetulan berasal dari Yonkers, New York, dan kenal dengan Steven Tallarico (kemudian menjadi Tyler). Setelah itu mereka mendengar Perry dan Hamilton bermain dan Kramer setuju untuk bergabung. Steven Tyler kemudian datang ke Boston pada Oktober 1970 dan Aerosmith dilahirkan. Mulanya Ray Tabano bermain rhythm gitar namun ia digantikan pada 1971 oleh Brad Whitford dari Reading, Massachusetts. Selain periode dari Juli 1979 sampai April 1984, inilah formasi tetap Aerosmith.

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DAVE GROHL - WPAP COLLECTION

DAVE GROHL ON GREEN BY TONI AGUSTIAN DAVE GROHL ON WHITE BY TONI AGUSTIAN DAVE GROHL ON LIGHT YELLOW BY ADHITYA A. DAVE GROHL ON BROWN BY RONIE YAZID

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David Eric "Dave" Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, D.C.-area bands, including the hardcore punk band Scream. In 1990 he became the drummer for grunge group Nirvana. Following the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in April 1994, Grohl formed Foo Fighters as frontman and songwriter. In addition to leading Foo Fighters, Grohl has also been involved in other musical projects, including Queens of the Stone Age and his heavy metal side project Probot, and has performed session work for a variety of musicians, including Killing Joke, Tenacious D, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy and Slash. Most recently, Grohl formed Them Crooked Vultures with Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Eagles of Death Metal) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin). As a child, his family (father James Grohl, mother Virginia Wendt, and older sister Lisa) relocated from Warren, Ohio, to Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Three years later, when Grohl was six, his parents divorced, and Grohl grew up living with his mother. His early influences also involved tutorials in drumming from "Treasures of the Earth" drummer Timothy Aldridge. At the age of twelve, Grohl began learning to play guitar. He quickly grew tired of lessons and instead became self-taught, honing his ability by playing in bands with friends. Soon he became guitarist for the punk rock band Midtown. A year later in 1982, Grohl and his sister spent the summer in Evanston, Illinois at their cousin Tracy's house. Tracy introduced them to punk rock by taking the pair to shows by a variety of punk bands. "From then on we were totally punk," Grohl explained. "We went home and bought Maximumrocknroll and tried to figure it all out." In Virginia, Grohl attended Thomas Jefferson High School as a freshman and sophomore. He was elected vice president of his freshman class and played bits of songs by bands like the Circle Jerks and Bad Brains over the school intercom before his morning announcements. During his junior year, Grohl and his mother decided that he should transfer to Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria because his cannabis usage was affecting his grades. He attended Bishop Ireton as a junior and a partial year as senior from 1984-1986. While in high school, Grohl played in several local bands, including a stint on guitar in a band called Freak Baby. While playing in Freak Baby, Grohl again became self-taught on another instrument, after teaching himself to play drums on pillows, as his house was too small for a drum set. When Freak Baby kicked out its bass player, Grohl decided to switch to drums, and the new band called themselves Mission Impossible. During his developing years as a drummer, Grohl cited John Bonham as his greatest influence, and eventually had Bonham's three-circle logo tattooed on his wrist. Mission Impossible later rebranded themselves Fast before breaking up, after which Grohl joined the post-punk-influenced hardcore punk band Dain Bramage. Grohl has been married twice. He was first married to photographer Jennifer Youngblood from 1993 to 1997.[3] After their divorce, Grohl had relationships with Louise Post from Veruca Salt, solo artist and Hole bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur, and pro-snowboarder Tina Basich. He then went on to marry his second wife, Jordyn Blum on August 2, 2003, at their home in Los Angeles. Guests included Clive Davis, Jack Black, and former Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic. On April 15, 2006, Grohl and his wife welcomed their first child, daughter Violet Maye, in Los Angeles. She was named after Grohl's maternal grandmother. Earlier that year, Foo Fighters bandmate Taylor Hawkins told MTV, "We're going to be touring Europe in January and February, but we've got to be home by March, because Dave and his wife are having a baby," he said, adding, "but I probably wasn't supposed to tell you that." Grohl said that he had been playing music to his unborn child, saying "she 'likes' The Beatles. Doesn't really get down to The Beach Boys. Digs Mozart." On April 17, 2009, Grohl and his wife welcomed their second child, daughter Harper Willow. In May 2006, Grohl sent a note of support to the two trapped miners in the Beaconsfield mine collapse in Tasmania, Australia. In the initial days following the collapse, one of the men requested an iPod with Foo Fighters album In Your Honor, to be sent down to them through a small hole. Grohl's note read, in part, "Though I'm halfway around the world right now, my heart is with you both, and I want you to know that when you come home, there's two tickets to any Foos show, anywhere, and two cold beers waiting for yous. Deal?"[26] In October 2006, one of the miners took up his offer, joining Grohl for a drink after Foo Fighters acoustic concert at the Sydney Opera House. Grohl wrote an instrumental piece for the meeting, which Grohl pledged he would include on the band's next album.[28] The song, titled "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners," appears on Foo Fighters' latest release Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, and features Kaki King. [ Literature by Wikipedia | 2010-06-24 ]

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JOHN LENNON – WPAP BY AMRUL S.

Karya yang bagus bgt dari mas Amrul Sumpek. John Lennon, garis depan Beatles ini memang tokoh yang sangat sering di bikin WPAP. Siapa dia dan bagaimana pengaruhnya dalam dunia Musik? masa jayanya yg dipenuhi dengan gesekan-gesekan dengan dunia politik, kisah cinta hingga hingga akhirn hidupnya… Simak selebihnya disini! WPAP INFO CREATOR : AMRUL SUMPEK DATE CREATED : 2010 SOFTWARE : CREATOR COMMENTARY :

John Winston Lennon (lahir di Liverpool, Inggris, 9 Oktober 1940 – meninggal di New York City, Amerika Serikat, 8 Desember 1980 pada umur 40 tahun) paling dikenal sebagai penyanyi, pencipta lagu, instrumentalis, penulis, dan aktivis politik yang terkenal di seluruh dunia sebagai pemimpin dari The Beatles. Lennon dan Paul McCartney membentuk partnership pencipta lagu yang paling sukses dan berhasil hingga saat ini. Lennon dengan sinismenya dan mcCartney dengan optimismenya melengkapi satu sama lain dengan sangat baik. Setelah bubarnya The Beatles pada tahun 1970, ia juga sukses dengan karier solonya. Salah satu hitsnya yang hingga kini masih sangat terkenal adalah Imagine, lagu yang kemudian menjadi salh satu himne perdamaian dunia. Lennon juga menunjukkan sifatnya yang pemberontak dan selera humornya yang sinis dalam film-film seperti A Hard Day's Night (1964), dalam buku yang ditulisnya seperti In His Own Write, konferensi pers dan wawancara. Ia menggunakan kepopulerannya untuk kegiatannya sebagai aktivis perdamaian, seniman dan penulis. Lennon dua kali menikah, yaitu dengan Cynthia Powell di tahun 1962 dan seniman Jepang, Yoko Ono di tahun 1969. Ia memiliki dua orang anak, Julian Lennon (lahir tahun 1963) dan Sean Taro Ono Lennon (lahir tahun 1975). Ia meninggal di New York pada usia 40 tahun, ditembak oleh Mark Chapman, penggemarnya yang gila. 1940-1957 John Winston Lennon lahir pada tanggal 9 Oktober 1940 di Liverpool, dari pasangan Julia Stanley dan Alfred Lennon. Alfred seorang pelaut yang sering berpergian dan jarang kembali ke Liverpool. Bahkan ia tidak hadir pada saat John kecil lahir. Konon, pada malam Lennon lahir, sedang terjadi serangan Jerman atas Inggris pada Perang Dunia II. Didorong oleh kejadian ini, dan juga kekaguman Julia pada Winston Churchill, bayi itu pun diberi nama tengah Winston, dari nama Perdana Menteri Inggris yang tenar itu. Lennon kecil hidup dalam pengasuhan ibunya. Julia kemudian bertemu dengan John Dykins, dan kemudian ia dan Lennon pindah tinggal bersama pria itu di sebuah apartemen kecil. Perilaku ini menjadi gunjingan orang di Liverpool, karena Julia masih berstatus sebagai istri Alfred Lennon. Kakak tertua Julia, Mimi Smith, akhirnya memaksa untuk memboyong John kecil tinggal bersamanya. Pada tahun 1946, Alfred kembali ke Liverpool dan membawa Lennon untuk liburan bersama ke Blackpool. Julia dan John mengetahui hal ini, lalu mengikuti mereka. Di Blackpool, Lennon dihadapkan pada 2 pilihan untuk mengikuti ayahnya atau ibunya. Lennon memilih untuk mengikuti ayahnya, namun ketika ibunya berbalik dan akan pergi, ia pun menangis dan menghampiri ibunya. Masa mudanya dihabiskan John bersama keluarga Smith; Mimi dan suaminya, George. Mimi adalah seorang bibi yang sangat keras dan tegas dalam mendidik Lennon kecil. Julia masih sering mengunjungi John, dan begitu pula John yang sering mengunjungi Julia di apartemennya bersama Dykins. Pertemuan-pertemuan inilah yang mengenalkan John pada banjo dan sedikit piano. Julia pula yang membelikan Lennon gitarnya yang pertama. Mimi dikenal sangat skeptis terhadap kegemaran Lennon bermain gitar. "Gitar memang oke, John, tapi kamu tidak bisa hidup dari itu." Beberapa tahun kemudian, ketika Lennon telah sukses, ia menghadiahkan Mimi sebuah plakat emas bertuliskan kata-kata tersebut. Kejadian menyedihkan dialami Lennon ketika ibunya meninggal tertabrak mobil di dekat rumah Mimi, di depan mata Lennon yang saat itu masih berusia 17 tahun. Sifat anti pihak penguasa mungkin bermula dari peristiwa ini. Ibunya meninggal dunia karena kecerobohan seorang polisi mengendara dalam keadaan mabuk, kendati demikian polisi tersebut lepas dari segala tuntutan. Lennon dikenal sebagai badut kelas di sekolah. Di kelas ia hanya menggambar kartun guru-gurunya dan melucu. Rapornya sangat buruk, dan akhirnya ia masuk ke Liverpool College of Art. Di sinilah ia bertemu dengan Cynthia Powell, yang kemudian menjadi istrinya yang pertama. Di college, ia tetap tidak serius dan akhirnya keluar sebelum menyelesaikan pendidikannya.   1957-1960 : The Quarrymen dan The Silver Beetles John Lennon memulai The Quarrymen di tahun 1957. Quarrymen adalah sebuah band skiffle (band dengan menggunakan alat-alat rumah tangga, yang saat itu sedang tren di Liverpool) yang beranggotakan Lennon dan teman-temannya di Quarry Bank Grammar School. Di tanggal 6 Juli 1957, Quarrymen tampil pada sebuah acara gereja di Gereja St. John, Woolton. Di acara inilah Lennon pertama kali bertemu dengan Paul McCartney, yang saat itu menonton penampilan Quarrymen. McCartney sangat kagum akan penampilan band tersebut, dan lalu menghampiri Quarrymen di belakang panggung, ditemani temannya Ivan Vaughan yang juga teman Lennon. Tak lama kemudian, McCartney bergabung dengan Quarrymen. Lennon dan McCartney menjadi sangat dekat, dan sering terlihat bersama. Keduanya terlibat dalam rasa 'senasib' karena keduanya kehilangan ibu mereka di masa mudanya. McCartney juga kehilangan ibunya karena kanker, saat usianya 15 tahun. Lennon dan McCartney mulai menulis lagu bersama maupun sendiri-sendiri. Salah satu lagu yang dihasilkan pada masa-masa ini adalah 'Hello Little Girl' yang kemudian menjadi hits oleh The Fourmost di tahun 60an. Kemudian, McCartney memperkenalkan temannya, George Harrison, yang setahun lebih muda daripadanya kepada Lennon. Harrison yang piawai bermain gitar pun berkeinginan bergabung dengan Quarrymen. Lennon, yang pada awalnya keberatan karena Harrison dinilai terlalu muda, akhirnya pun setuju setelah dibujuk McCartney. Bergabungnya Harrison disusul oleh Stuart Sutcliffe, sahabat Lennon di Sekolah Seni, yang menjadi basis. Sutcliffe sebenarnya tidak dapat bermain bas, namun Lennon bersikeras untuk mengajaknya ikut dengan Quarrymen. Quarrymen pertama kali merekam suara mereka dalam lagu "That'll be the Day", lagu Buddy Holly, dan "In Spite of All The Danger", sebuah instrumental karangan McCartney dan Harrison. Kedua lagu ini, bersama lagu-lagu yang belum dirilis sebelumnya, kemudian dirilis secara resmi di tahun 1994, lewat album Anthology. 1960-1970 Quarrymen dalam perjalanannya beberapa kali mengganti nama, dan personel-personelnya datang dan pergi. Band itu kemudian bernama 'The Beatles', nama yang konon ditemukan oleh Lennon. Allan Williams menjadi manajer mereka, dan pada tahun 1960 ia berhasil memperoleh kontrak dengan sebuah klab di Hamburg. Band ini pun kemudian pergi ke Hamburg, beranggotakan John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, dan Pete Best. Best adalah drummer mereka saat itu. Di Hamburg, The Beatles tampil setiap malam di klab malam yang kotor, dan tinggal bagai pengamen di penginapan kecil di dekatnya. Namun kemudian mereka dideportasi dari Hamburg, karena George Harrison masih di bawah umur untuk bekerja di sana. Sekembalinya ke Liverpool, mereka tampil di Cavern Club. Di klab inilah The Beatles menjadi sangat terkenal di Liverpool, setiap show mereka selalu ramai dan panjang antriannya. Namun tak lama kemudian, di paruh akhir tahun 1961, The Beatles kembali ke Hamburg dan merekam 'My Bonnie' bersama Tony Sheridan. Stuart Sutcliffe memilih untuk tetap di Hamburg bersama pacarnya, Astrid Kircherr, ketika The Beatles akan pulang ke Liverpool. Maka McCartney mengambil alih bass. Beberapa bulan kemudian, Sutcliffe wafat di Hamburg karena gangguan otak. The Beatles kembali tampil secara rutin di Cavern Club. Di klab ini, pada bulan November 1961, untuk pertama kalinya Brian Epstein menyaksikan penampilan band ini. Epstein adalah pemilik toko musik NEMS di Liverpool, yang mengenal The Beatles karena seorang pelanggannya menanyakan rekaman 'My Bonnie' yang direkam band ini bersama Tony Sheridan. Epstein terpesona melihat penampilan The Beatles, dan kemudian menjadi manajer band ini. Epstein menawarkan tape demo The Beatles ke studio-studio rekaman, dan berulang kali ditolak, seperti di Decca Records. Akhirnya The Beatles diterima di Parlophone Records, label yang ada di bawah pengawasan EMI, dengan produsernya George Martin. Syarat yang diberikan Martin adalah mengganti drummer mereka, Best, yang dianggap kurang berkompeten. Best kemudian diganti oleh Ringo Starr (nama aslinya Richard Starkey), drummer asal Liverpool yang sebelumnay bergabung dengan Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. The Beatles meluncurkan singel 'Love Me Do' yang langsung mencapai nomor 17 di tangga lagu Inggris. Singel mereka yang kedua, 'Please Please Me', menjadi singel pertama mereka yang mencapai peringkat teratas di tangga lagu. Kesuksesan ini terus berlanjut. Nyaris semua singel mereka mencapai peringkat teratas di tangga lagu Inggris, namun 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' di tahun 1964 adalah singel pertama yang berhasil menembus industri musik Amerika Serikat, sekaligus mengawali apa yang disebut sebagai 'British Invasion'. Sejak saat inilah musik The Beatles tersebar ke seluruh dunia, meraih sukses di mana-mana, terkenal di setiap penjuru. Konser mereka selalu dipadati fans yang sangat fanatik, yang mengejar-ngejar band ini ke mana pun mereka pergi. Teriakan fans membuat The Beatles bahkan tidak dapat mendengarkan suara mereka sendiri di atas panggung. Di tahun 1966, akhirnya The Beatles memutuskan untuk berhenti mengadakan konser. Selain karena begitu ributnya penonton sehingga musik mereka menjadi tidak terdengar jelas, musik The Beatles juga telah menjadi amat berkembang sehingga tidak dapat dimainkan secara langsung dengan teknologi pertunjukan live di masa itu. Keputusan ini ditanggapi secara luas di dunia, yang menyangsikan kelanjutan band ini. Namun The Beatles menjawabnya dengan album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band di tahun 1967, yang hingga kini masih diakui banyak kalangan sebagai salah satu album terbaik sepanjang masa. Setelah kematian Epstein di tahun 1967, Lennon adalah orang yang tidak senang akan tindakan McCartney yang mengambil alih kepemimpinan band itu. Ia membenci proyek-proyek yang dipimpin McCartney, seperti film Magical Mystery Tour dan Let It Be. Lennon juga menjadi orang yang pertama kali melanggar kesepakatan awal The Beatles, yaitu untuk tidak membawa istri dan pacar pada proses rekaman, dengan membawa Yoko Ono dalam proses pembuatan album White Album di tahun 1968. Lennon juga orang yang pertama menyatakan ingin keluar dari The Beatles. Setelah band ini bubar di tahun 1970, perseteruan antara Lennon dan McCartney terus berlanjut. Salah satunya adalah Lennon kesal karena McCartney mendahuluinya dalam menyatakan bubarnya The Beatles. Lennon, Harrison dan Starr juga melawan McCartney di pengadilan dalam membubarkan band ini. [sunting] 1970-1980 Saat ia masih bergabung dengan The Beatles, Lennon (bersama Yoko Ono, istrinya) merekam tiga album eksperimental, Unfinished Music No. 1 : Two Virgins, Unfinished Music No. 2 : Life with the Lions, dan Wedding Album. Album solo pertamanya, di luar ketiga proyek tersebut adalah Live Peace di Toronto 1969, dengan Plastic Ono Band. Ia juga merekam tiga singel, anthem anti-perang "Give Peace a Chance", "Cold Turkey", dan "Instant Karma". Setelah bubarnya The Beatles di 1970, Lennon meluncurkan album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Lagu "God" menuliskan orang-orang dan hal-hal yang tidak dipercayai Lennon - berakhir dengan "Beatles". Album Imagine menyusul di tahun 1971, dan lagu dengan judul yang sama menjadi anthem bagi gerakan anti-agama dan anti-perang. Videonya direkam serba putih (pakaian putih, piano putih,ruangan p[utih). Ia menulis "How Do You Sleep?" sebagai serangan pada McCartney, dan menampilkan George Harrison pada gitar. Namun kemudian Lennon mengklaim lagu tersebut adalah tentang dirinya sendiri. Sometime in New York City (1972) lantang dan secara eksplisit berbau politik, dengan lagu mengenai pemberontakan di penjara, diskriminasi rasial, peran Inggris terhadap Irlandia Utara, dan permasalahannya sendiri dalam memperoleh Green Card di Amerika Serikat. Lennon telah tertarik pada politik sayap kiri sejak akhir tahun 1960. Pada tanggal 30 Agustus 1972, Lennon dan band pendukungnya, Elephant's Memory, tampil dalam dua konser di Madison Square Garden di New York. Ini adalah penampilan konser penuh Lennon yang terakhir. Lennon dan Ono sempat berpisah untuk beberapa minggu. Lennon pindah ke California, dan memulai periode yang disebutnya sebagai 'lost weekend' (walaupun sebenarnya ini berlangsung sekitar 18 minggu). Lennon meirlis Mind Games di tahun 1973, yang dikreditkan pada "The Plastic U.F. Ono Band". Ini juga album solo pertama yang diproduksi Lennon tanpa input dari Yoko. Lennon menulis "I'm the Greatest" untuk album Ringo Starr, 'Ringo', dan merekam versinya sendiri dari lagu itu (yang terdapat pada album 'John Lennon Anthology'). Perilaku Lnenon pada masa ini sangat buruk, dengan banyak malam dihabiskan di tempat pemabuk. Lagu-lagu dalam periode ini (terdapat pada Mind Games dan Walls and Bridges memuat nada meminta maaf yang sepertinya ditujukan pada Ono. Dari saran Ono, Lennon mengambil May Pang sebagai asisten dan kekasihnya pada masa ini. Lennon tampil sebagai tamu kejutan pada konser Elton John di Madison Square Garden di mana mereka menampilkan "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night", dan "I Saw Her Standing There" bersama. Ini adalah penampilan konser terakhirnya di depan audiens rock. Kebetulan, Yoko Ono hadir pada konser itu, dan setelah pertemuan di belakang panggung, keduanya kembali bersama. Setelah penampilan itu, Lennon pergi ke Florida dan menandatangani pembubaran The Beatles secara hukum. Kemudian Lennon kembali tinggal bersama Yoko Ono, dan Ono hamil dengan putra pertama mereka. Di tahun 1975, Lennon meluncurkan album Rock 'n' Roll, yang berisi versi kover dari lagu-lagu artis lain. Album ini tidak diterima dengan baik oleh banyak kritikus, namun memuat sebuah lagu yang banyak dipuji, "Stand By Me". David Bowie memperoleh posisi nomor satu di tangga lagu Amerika Serikatnya yang pertama (di tahun 1975) dengan lagu "Fame", yang juga ditulis oleh Lennon (yang juga mengisi vokal dan gitar) dan Carlos Alomar. Lennon tampil pada penampilan musikal publiknya yang terakhir di ATV, 18 April 1975, menampilkan "Imagine" dan "Slippin' and Slidin" dari LP Rock 'n' Roll. Dan pada 9 Oktober 1975 - ulang tahun Lennon yang ke-35 - putranya Sean Taro Ono Lennon lahir, dan Lennon pun berhenti dari bisnis musik untuk merawatnya. Masa istirahat Lennon berakhir di tahun 1980, tahun di mana ia menulis banyak lagu saat liburan ke Bermuda, dan mulai berpikir untuk merekam album baru. Lennon dan Ono pun akhirnya memproduksi album Double Fantasy, album konsep yang fokus pada hubungan mereka. Nama album ini diinspirasikan dari spesies yang dilihat Lennon di Bermuda Botanical Gardens; ia menyukai nama itu dan berpikir bahwa itu adalah deskripsi yang sempurna bagi pernikahannya dengan Ono. Pasangan Lennon memulai kembali wawancara-wawancara dan perekaman video untuk mempromosikan album itu. Walaupun Lennon berkata pada wawancara bahwa ia tidak pernah menyentuh gitar selama 5 tahun, beberapa lagu seperti "I'm Losing You" dan "Watching the Wheels" dikerjakan di rumahnya. "(Just Like) Starting Over" pun mendaki tangga lagu, dan Lennon mulai berpikir tentang tur keliling dunia. Menjelang akhir hidupnya, Lennon menunjukkan ketidaksenangannya akan autobiografi George Harrison, I Me Mine. Menurut Ono, ia juga tidak senang karena lagu-lagu McCartney seperti "Yesterday", "Hey Jude", dan "Let It Be" lebih banyak dinyanyikan artis lain daripada lagu yang diciptakannya. Lennon ditembak mati Mark David Chapman di depan apartemennya di New York, pada tanggal 8 Desember 1980. Kematian John Lennon Lennon diumumkan meninggal di kedatangan di St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, dimana telah dinyatakan bahwa tak seorangpun yang dapat hidup lebih lama setelah mengalami peristiwa seperti itu. Meskipun Lennon tiba di rumah sakit tanpa detak jantung, tim dokter berusaha menyelamatkan nyawanya menggunakan berbagai prosedur medis. Transfusi darah juga pemijatan jantung juga diusahakan untuk menyelamatkan jiwanya. Setelah stasiun berita lokal melaporkan kematian Lennon, ramai orang berkumpul di Roosevelt Hospital dan di depan The Dakota. Kremasi Lennon dilakukan tanggal 10 Desember 1980, di Ferncliff Cemetery di Hartsdale, New York; debunya diberikan pada Ono, yang memutuskan untuk tidak mengadakan penguburan kepadanya. Tahun 2000, John Lennon Museum dibuka di Saitama Super Arena di Saitama, Saitama, Jepang, dan dua hari kemudian Liverpool mengubah nama bandar udaranya menjadi Bandar Udara John Lennon Liverpool, dan mengambil motto "Above us only sky". Tanggal 9 Oktober 2007, yang merupakan ulang tahun Lennon ke-67, Ono memutuskan untuk membuat tugu peringatan bernama Imagine Peace Tower, terletak di pulau Videy, Islandia. Setiap tahun, antara 9 Oktober dan 8 Desember, tugu ini menyalakan sinar lampu lurus ke langit. [ Literature by WIkipedia ]

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BENYAMIN SUEB – WPAP BY WALET

Benyamin Sueb (lahir di Kemayoran, Jakarta, 5 Maret 1939 – meninggal 5 September 1995 pada umur 56 tahun) adalah pemeran, pelawak, sutradara dan penyanyi Indonesia. Benyamin menghasilkan lebih dari 75 album musik dan 53 judul film.

Kesuksesan dalam dunia musik diawali dengan bergabungnya Benyamin dengan satu grup Naga Mustika. Grup yang berdomisili di sekitar Cengkareng inilah yang kemudian mengantarkan nama Benyamin sebagai salah satu penyanyi terkenal di Indonesia. Selain Benyamin, kelompok musik ini juga merekrut Ida Royani untuk berduet dengan Benyamin. Dalam perkembangannya, duet Benyamin dan Ida Royani menjadi duet penyanyi paling popular pada zamannya di Indonesia. Bahkan lagu-lagu yang mereka bawakan menjadi tenar dan meraih sukses besar. Sampai-sampai Lilis Suryani salah satu penyanyi yang terkenal saat itu tersaingi. Setelah Ida Royani hijrah ke Malaysia tahun 1972, Bang Ben mencari pasangan duetnya. Ia menggaet Inneke Koesoemawati dan berhasil merilis beberapa album, di antaranya "Nenamu" dengan tembang andalan seperti Djanda Kembang, Semut Djepang, Sekretaris, Penganten Baru dan Pelajan Toko. Lewat popularitas di dunia musik, Benyamin mendapatkan kesempatan untuk main film. Kesempatan itu tidak disia-siakan. Beberapa filmnya, seperti Banteng Betawi (1971), Biang Kerok (1972), Intan Berduri serta Si Doel Anak Betawi (1976) yang disutradari Syumanjaya, semakin mengangkat ketenarannya. Dalam Intan Berduri, Benyamin mendapatkan piala Citra sebagai Pemeran Utama Terbaik. Pada akhir hayatnya, Benyamin juga masih bersentuhan dengan dunia panggung hiburan. Selain main sinetron/film televisi (Mat Beken dan Si Doel Anak Sekolahan) ia masih merilis album terakhirnya dengan grup Rock Al-Haj bersama Keenan Nasution. Lagu seperti Biang Kerok serta Dingin-dingin menjadi andalan album tersebut. Kontribusi terhadap gambang kromong Dalam dunia musik, Bang Ben (begitu ia kerap disapa) adalah seorang seniman yang berjasa dalam mengembangkan seni tradisional Betawi, khususnya kesenian Gambang Kromong. Lewat kesenian itu pula nama Benyamin semakin popular. Tahun 1960, presiden pertama Indonesia, Soekarno, melarang diputarnya lagu-lagu asing di Indonesia. Pelarangan tersebut ternyata tidak menghambat karier musik Benyamin, malahan kebalikannya. Dengan kecerdikannya, Bang Ben menyuguhkan musik Gambang Kromong yang dipadu dengan unsur modern. Meninggal dunia Benyamin yang telah empat belas kali menunaikan ibadah haji ini meninggal dunia setelah koma beberapa hari seusai main sepak bola pada tanggal 5 September 1995, akibat serangan jantung. Benyamin dimakamkan di TPU Karet Bivak, Jakarta. Ini dilakukan sesuai wasiat yang dituliskannya, agar dia dimakamkan bersebelahan dengan makam Bing Slamet yang dia anggap sebagai guru, teman, dan sosok yang sangat mempengaruhi hidupnya. [ Literature by Wikipedia & Toni Agustian ]

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