Michael Jordan - The Basketball Superstar

Basketball legend Michael Jordan is one of the most successful, famous, and wealthy athletes in college, Olympic, and professional sports history. Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York to his father James and mother Deloris Jordan. His father worked as a General Electric plant supervisor, and his mother worked at a bank. He is a retired basketball player and currently plays the role of a succeeding businessman.

Michael Jordan’s basketball career started at an early age. He actually was denied to play in his sophomore year of high school because he was too short. As time passed by he was scoring up to 25 or more points per game. When Michael Jordan was a senior in high school he was one of those selected to play for the McDonalds All-American Team scholarship at the University of North Carolina, which later on gained him a basketball scholarship.

When Michael Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls they were a losing team, drawing only around six thousand fans to home games. He quickly turned that around. His style of play and fierce spirit of competition reminded sportswriter and fans of Julius Erving, who had been a superstar player during the 1970s. Michael Jordan’s incredible leaping ability and hang time thrilled fans in arenas around the league. In his first season, he was name to the All-Star team and was later honored as the league’s Rookie of the Year.

In 1984 Michael Jordan was the third player to be drafted after Hakim Olajuwon and Sam Bowie. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan went on to guide the Bulls to six NBA Championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998). During all his championship winning years he was also named as NBA Finals MVP.

In 1993, after a tough playoff series with the New York Knicks, the Bulls met the Phoenix Suns for the NBA championship. When it was over, Michael Jordan was again playoff MVP, and Chicago had won a third straight title.

The Basketball Legend Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan holds the single series NBA Finals record for highest PPG average. He was named in the All-NBA First Team ten times. He holds the record for leading the scoring in the most number of seasons "10". A testimony to his dominance in the Chicago Bulls team was that he has the highest scores, had the most steals and assists in the team. The Bulls team had players of the caliber of Scotty Pippen, Dennis Rodman and Tony Kukoc. Michael Jordan's famous number 23 jersey was retired on 1st November, 1994. He has hit 28 game-winning shots in the NBA. He was a member of the gold medal-winning 1984 and 1992 United States Olympic Basketball Teams.

Michael Jordan was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 1985. He holds the All-Star record having the only triple-double in an All-Star game in 1997. Michael Jordan scored a career playoff-high 63 points against Boston on 20th May, 1986. He notched his 30,000th point on 1st April, 2002 against the Bulls. He became the only 40 year old NBA player to ever score over 40 points on 21st, February, 2003.

Michael Jordan is one of the most marketed sports figures in history. He has been a major spokesman for such brands as Nike, Gatorade, Hanes, McDonald’s, Ball Park Franks, Rayovac and MCI. He first appeared on Wheaties boxes in 1988, and acted as their spokesman as well.

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The Living Legacy of The Beatles

The Beatles were one of the most successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. They were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960.  From 1962, the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). The nature of their enormous popularity, which first emerged as "Beatlemania", transformed as their songwriting grew in sophistication. 

Aged sixteen, John Lennon formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen, in March 1957. Fifteen-year-old Paul McCartney joined as a guitarist after he and John Lennon met that July. When Paul McCartney invited George Harrison to watch the group the following February, the fourteen-year-old joined as lead guitarist. 

George Martin signed the group to EMI's Parlophone label. The band had their first recording session under Martin's direction at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London in June 1962. Initially, a five-piece line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe (bass) and Pete Best (drums), they built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960. Stuart Sutcliffe left the group in 1961, and Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr the following year. 

In the wake of the moderate success of "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me" met with a more emphatic reception, reaching number two on the UK singles chart after its January 1963 release. Released in March 1963, the album reached number one on the British chart.  The band's third single, "From Me To You", came out in April and was also a chart-topping hit. On its release in August, the Beatles' fourth single, "She Loves You", achieved the fastest sales of any record in the UK up to that time, selling three-quarters of a million copies in under four weeks. 

Beatles headed Billboard magazine's list of all-time top Hot 100 artists in 2008. They have received 7 Grammy Awards from the American National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and 15 Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. They were collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. 

A competitor, United Artists Records, encouraged United Artist's film division to offer The Beatles a motion picture contract in the hope that it would lead to a record deal. Directed by Richard Lester, A Hard Day's Night had the Beatles’ involvement for six weeks in March–April 1964 as they played the roles in a boisterous mock-documentary. The film premiered in London and New York in July and August, respectively, and was an international success. 

The Beatles' second film, Help!, again directed by Richard Lester, was released in July. Rubber Soul, released in early December, was hailed by critics as another major step in the maturity and complexity of the band's music. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" ranked Rubber Soul at number five. 

Paul McCartney's "Eleanor Rigby" has been described as a true hybrid, conforming to no recognizable style or genre of song. Magical Mystery Tour, the soundtrack to a forthcoming Beatles television film, appeared as a six-track double extended play disc in early December 1967. 

During recording sessions for the album, which stretched from late May to mid-October 1968, relations among the Beatles' members grew openly divisive. Especially with John Lennon's and Paul McCartney. 

General critical opinion eventually turned in favor of the White Album, and in 2003 Rolling Stone ranked it as the tenth greatest album of all time. On 8 May 1968, the song Let It Be was released. The accompanying single, "The Long and Winding Road", was the Beatles’ last.

John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 December 1980, in New York City. In a personal tribute, George Harrison wrote new lyrics for "All Those Years Ago", which was recorded the month before John Lennon's death. With Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, contributing backing vocals, and Ringo Starr on drums, the song was overdubbed with the new lyrics and released as a single in May 1981. Paul McCartney's own tribute, "Here Today", appeared on his Tug of War album in April 1982. In 1987, George Harrison's Cloud Nine album included "When We was Fab", a song about the Beatlemania era. 

The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, their first year of eligibility. 

The film Let It Be (1970) won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. They have been awarded 6 Diamond Albums, as well as 24 Multi-Platinum albums, 39 Platinum albums and 45 Gold Albums in the United States, while in the UK they have 4 Multi-Platinum albums, 4 Platinum albums, 8 Gold albums and 1 Silver album.

The Beatles' influence on popular culture remains immense. Their musical innovations as well as their commercial success inspired many musicians worldwide. 

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Kate Moss - Her Modeling Success

Kate Moss is an English supermodel, born on January 16, 1974. Her mother, Linda Rosina (Shepherd), was a barmaid and her father, Peter Edward Moss, a travel agent.

Kate Moss was discovered in 1988 at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm Model Management, at JFK Airport in New York City, after a holiday in the Bahamas.  Her career began when Corrine Day shot black-and-white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for British magazine The Face when she was 16, in a photo shoot titled "The 3rd Summer of Love". Although she is relatively short for a supermodel, she is 5 feet 7 inches tall, she has appeared on more than 300 magazine covers. She then went on to become the "anti-supermodel" of the 1990s in contrast to the "supermodels" of the moment, such as Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell, who were known for their curvaceous and tall figures.

Kate Moss appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's September 2006 style issue. In recent years, she has popularized denim cutoff shorts, ballet flats, Vivienne Westwood Pirate Boots, skinny jeans, Alexander's skull scarf, Louis Vuitton's Sprouse Leopard Cashmere Scarf, and the Balenciaga handbag. She has had campaigns with major Italian, French, American, and British designers including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Rimmel, and Bulgari.

Kate Moss has been featured in fashion spreads in most major fashion magazines including UK, US, and French Vogue magazines (as well as other international versions of Vogue), Another Man, Vanity Fair, The Face, and W.  Kate Moss has appeared on the cover of British Vogue 30 times, in addition to dozens of other international Vogue covers, and has been featured on the cover of 17 issues of W, including one issue with nine different covers that featured the model.

In November 2006, Kate Moss won the Model of the Year prize at the British Fashion Awards. Moss appeared on Oasis singles "Don't Go Away" (1998) and "Fade Away" (1994), and on the Be Here Now album (1997), playing tambourine, Johnny Depp playing a guitar.

Men's magazine Arena named her as their Sexiest Woman in their 150th issue. She was presented on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses". In March 2007, Kate Moss won the Sexiest Woman NME Award. She made her first appearance in the British women's Sunday Times Rich List in 2007.

In addition to being known for her modeling work, Kate Moss is also an international fashion icon. She has garnered many awards for her style, including the Council of Fashion Designers in America's fashion influence award and a place on the Vanity Fair international best-dressed list. In the early part of the 21st century, she was, together with actress Sienna Miller, one of the main proponents of boho-chic.

A gold statue was made of Kate Moss in 2008 as part of a British Museum exhibition. Entitled Siren, the 50 kg (110 lb) hollow statue was made by Marc Quinn, who described her as "the ideal beauty of the moment". The statue is said to be the largest gold statue to be created since the era of Ancient Egypt.

There has been talk that Moss may soon go into designing clothes for her own label, which is sure to be a huge success. Her 14th and final collection for Topshop, based on her own wardrobe, went on sale in November 2010, delivering vintage floaty dresses, paisley prints and sequins in the hands of fans worldwide. Kate Moss is an amazing mix of rock chick and fashion icon is truly a legend in her own time.

Gianni Versace's Passion for Fashion

Gianni Versace, known for his glamorous style and fashion designs, produced a range of siren dresses that became his trademark. He was born on December 2, 1946 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. Gianni Versace grew up with his older brother Santo and younger sister Donatella, along with their father and mother, Francesca, a dressmaker.

Gianni Versace began his apprenticeship at a young age, helping his mother find precious stones and gold braid to embroider dresses. He studied architecture before moving to Milan at the age of 26 to work in fashion design.

In the mid-1970s, Gianni Versace’s knits drew the attention of headunters at Genny and Callaghan. Complice hired him to design their suede and leather collections. A few years later, encouraged by his success, Gianni Versace presented his first signature collection for women at the Palazzo della Permanente Art Museum of Milan.

His first menswear collection followed in September of the same year. After presenting Gianni Versace’s menswear collection he joined Jorge Saud, who would later also become a partner with Giorgio Armani. The first boutique was opened in Milan's Via della Spiga in 1978.

Gianni Versace's illustrious career was decorated with numerous awards, including four L'Occhio d'Oros and an American Fashion Oscar in 1993. Some of his most imaginative creations could be found in theaters; the designer was often applauded for his costume designs for ballets like Richard Strauss' Josephlegende in 1982, Gustav Mahler's Lieb und Leid in 1983 and Bejart's Chaka Zulu in 1989. In 1987, Gianni Versace was awarded with theater's Maschera D'Argento prize. He has also created stage costumes for pop performers like Elton John, Madonna and Tina Turner.

Gianni Versace had an eye for talent and worked with top photographers such as Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber and Steven Meisel, and his favourite - Richard Avedon.

Gianni Versace was shot dead on July 15, 1997, at the age of 50, on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion as he returned from a morning walk on Ocean Drive.  He was murdered by Andrew Cunanan, who used the same gun to commit suicide on a boat several days later. His body was cremated and his ashes returned to the family's estate near Cernobbio, Italy. Antonio D'Amico, a model and his partner, worked as designer for the Versace sports line. In September 1997, it was announced that Gianni Versace's brother, Santo, and Jorge Saud would serve as the new CEOs of Gianni Versace S.P.A. His sister, Donatella, became the new head of design

A designer to celebrities and royalty such as Princess Diana, Gianni Versace brought vitality and art to an industry considered out of touch with the street. In October 2002, he was honored with a retrospective of his work at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The exhibition featured 138 of his most famous designs, as well as five others by his sister Donatella.

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Tina Turners' Life and Success

One of the most commercially-successful international female rock stars to date, Tina Turner was born on November 26, 1939 in rural Tennessee. Her father was a farm overseer and a church deacon.

Tina Turner exploded onto the rhythm & blues charts as a lead singer in 1960. As a solo artist, she had proved herself a diehard singer of rock and roll. She led extensive world tours in the 1980 and 1990 and released several more successful albums. In 1995 she recorded the title theme of the James Bond movie, Golden Eye. Tina Turners' performances, enhanced with high-energy backup singers called the Ikettes, brought them to the forefront of rock and roll between 1958 and 1978.

After her ‘Twenty Four Seven Millennium Tour’ in 2000, Tina Turner announced her retirement from stage shows, but she said she would record and play live on a smaller scale. Tina Turner was also nominated for a Grammy Award (with Ike Turner) for her rhythmic performance in "Proud Mary" in 1971 and American Music Award for best female vocalist and best female video performer, in 1984. By 2000 her credits included 27 top ten songs and more than 180 million records sold worldwide. Her life with Ike Turner was the subject of the biographical film What's Love Got to Do with It in 1993.

Tina Turner will always be remembered as the undisputed Queen of Rock and Roll in music history.

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