la dance teckto(tecktonik)

la dance teckto(tecktonik)
Tecktonik est une danse basée sur des mouvements atypiques inspirés de diverses danses électroniques et du hip-hop, adaptés au rythme de la techno belge et de la musique hardstyle. Son nom est une marque déposée. Elle se fait connaitre sur internet par le biais de sites communautaires. Les premières soirées tecktonik killer sont organisées au Metropolis courant 2000 et depuis la danse connait un succès croissant et se diffuse en dehors de France.[1].

Tecktonik est le nom raccourci des soirées Tecktonik Killer, proposées par la discothèque le Metropolis à Rungis près de Paris, lors desquelles on peut écouter de la techno belge et du hardstyle.

Tecktonik est devenu, grâce au succés des soirées Tecktonik Killer, le nom d'une marque de vêtements, d'une boisson énergétique et de plusieurs compilations de hardstyle produites par les DJs coutumiers du Metropolis.

Une danse apparue en 2000 et communément appelée tecktonik ou Milky Way, par extension, est née du succès des soirées Tecktonik Killer, et sa popularité croissante l'a hissée au rang de phénomène culturel dans la France entière : les clubbers se réunissent dans la rue, lors d'après-midi ou aprem' (par opposition avec les soirées), en apportant leur propre matériel de sonorisation et leur propre musique pour danser.

Cette mode en plein essor a donné lieu à de nombreuses erreurs et idées reçues à son sujet : tecktonik ne désigne pas un style de musique électronique (la musique sur laquelle est dansée la tecktonik étant principalement le hardstyle) mais certaines soirées du club Metropolis, la danse qui y est pratiquée, les compilations produites sur la base de ces soirées, une marque vestimentaire, une boisson, et le phénomène de popularisation de tout ce qui précède, c'est-à-dire la mode, par le biais des rassemblements dans la rue et des vidéos disponibles sur internet. [2]


Des clubs et des soirées
Les soirées Tecktonik Killer ont été organisées en 2000 par Cyril Blanc et Alexandre Barouzdin (membres de l'équipe artistique du Metropolis) dans le cadre de leur projet, "Tecktonik Events", dont le but était de promouvoir le hardstyle et le jumpstyle en France pour rattraper le retard pris par rapport à des pays européens voisins comme la Belgique ou les Pays-Bas. Ce projet prévoyait, pour le Metropolis, la création de trois types de soirées où devaient se réunir les plus grands DJs du domaine du hardstyle et de l'electro : les soirées Blackout (House/Electro), les soirées Electro Rocker (Electro) et les soirées Tecktonik Killer (Hardstyle/Jumpstyle)

Ces soirées se déroulaient pour la plupart au Metropolis, mais plusieurs autres boîtes de nuit ont proposé des évènements similaires, telles que l'Amnesia, le 287. Des clubs étrangers ou provinciaux ont aussi adopté le concept des soirées Tecktonik Events (notamment en Suisse).

A la suite du succès des soirées Tecktonik Killer, une ligne de vêtements a été créée avec pour logo un aigle de style germanico-romain estampillé du mot tecktonik et d'une étoile. L'import du hardstyle et de la musique electro belge en France et dans ces soirées a provoqué l'émergence d'une danse proposant une alternative au jumpstyle et qui a évolué dans sa technicité à tel point qu'ont eu lieu les premières "battles" ("batailles" en anglais : deux personnes s'affrontent en dansant pour montrer laquelle est la meilleure : c'est l'applaudimètre qui fait la différence) ont été diffusées sur des sites web de partage de vidéos. Comme celles-ci avaient souvent pour titre Tecktonik (car les battles se passaient aux soirées Tecktonik Killer), le concept de la danse tecktonik est né.

Lors des soirées, les clubbers arrêtent parfois de danser pour regarder les gagnants des concours.

Aujourd'hui tecktonik correspond aussi à des compilations sur CD des mix hardstyle diffusés lors des soirées Tecktonik Killer et à une boisson éponyme.

Les personnes comptant dans l'histoire de la tecktonik sont en premier lieu les DJ DJ Dess[3] et RV. B et des noms de DJs internationaux tels Deepack, Max B Grant, Miss Hiroko[réf. nécessaire]ou encore DJ Furax[4]

Les danseurs ont à l'heure actuelle une place prépondérante dans la danse tecktonik. Ainsi, certains d'entre eux ont acquis une grande renommée grâce au partage de vidéos sur internet.

Les rassemblements tecktonik attirent depuis quelque temps de plus en plus de monde et le Metropolis (d'une capacité de 8000 personnes) est systématiquement complet.


Une danse
Le langage de la tecktonik met en jeu la désarticulation du corps, avec une propension à l'accélération extrême de l'exécution. Il en résulte une impression de fébrilité chaotique, de pantomime débridé, hors de contrôle, non sans une pointe d'humour (comme le mettent en scène certaines vidéos montrant, dans un lieu public, des danseurs pris de gesticulations frénétiques, décalés au milieu de la foule des passants).

La tecktonik s'articule autour d'une palette de mouvements corporels et de figures gestuelles que l'exécutant combine librement, y ajoutant des éléments personnels, voire empruntés à d'autres danses. Le canevas de la danse reste donc souple, et c'est l'impression de liberté et de créativité qui doit prédominer dans les combinaisons.

Une des figures est devenue emblématique de toute la danse. Elle consiste à exécuter avec le bras un mouvement enveloppant autour de la tête : on avance la main vers le cou, près de l'oreille, pour l'engager sur la nuque en direction de l'autre oreille pendant que l'avant-bras passe par-dessus la tête – mouvement perçu comme une stylisation du geste consistant à s'appliquer du gel dans les cheveux.

La tecktonik se danse en solo, même s'il arrive qu'un danseur soit juché sur les épaules d'un autre, ou bien les jambes enserrant la taille d'un autre danseur et le buste basculé vers le sol.

Cette danse peut être réalisée comme une performance. Si l'exécutant peut se contenter de la danser pour son propre plaisir, la tecktonik fait aussi partie des danses ayant vocation à être un spectacle : elle est vécue comme telle par les personnes s'attroupant autour du danseur pour apprécier sa prestation, voire exécutée devant une caméra en vue d'être diffusée.

L'importance de la danse est telle qu'il existe des rivalités et des concours de danse tecktonik. Des équipes se forment et chacun tente de montrer qu'il est meilleur que les autres.

Culture
À partir de 2006, le mouvement Tecktonik est devenu un véritable effet de mode, notamment du fait de la popularité de sa danse et du style vestimentaire qui lui est le plus souvent associé. Énormement d'adolescents se revendiquent alors du mouvement, bien que n'ayant jamais participé à une soirée. Les discothèques de province où est diffusé du hardstyle et où dansent les amateurs de tecktonik sont encore rares, surtout hors des grandes villes telles que Lyon, Lille, Marseille ou encore Nice.

Au delà de l'effet de mode, il existe réellement un « mouvement tecktonik » alimenté par quelques adeptes de longue date. Ces jeunes de 18 à 30 ans semblent voir la vie et la société comme des fatalités auxquelles on ne peut échapper, et dont il n'est possible de s'extraire que par le biais de la danse
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Tecktonik ? Un style de danse ultrabranché Made in France. Le concept? Bouger ses bras en faisant des vagues dans tous les sens pour donner l'impression que l'on est désarticulé, le tout sur une musique techno, house ou trip hop.

Avec un nom pareil on pourrait croire que la Tecktonik – TCK pour les amateurs – est une nouvelle boisson ultrachimique américaine. Pas du tout. C'est un style de danse ultrabranché... Made in France! Le concept TCK? Bouger ses bras en faisant des vagues dans tous les sens pour donner l'impression que l'on est désarticulé, le tout sur une musique techno, house ou même trip hop. Pour les jambes, on essaye de faire se qu'on peut!

Née il y a environ un an, cette danse a été inventée par les jeunes de la classe moyenne parisienne âgés de 14 à 20 ans, qui ont commencé à mélanger vogging, pop et breakdance sur les dancefloors. En s'inspirant des «battles» (face à face) de danse hip-hop, les danseurs tecktonik se sont mis à organiser des duels en boîte de nuit, puis dans Paris en ce donnant des rendez-vous aux «points tecktonik».

Le phénomène s'est étendu dans les grandes villes de France comme à Lyon ou Marseille, et même en Belgique et au Luxembourg où lon commence à organiser des soirées TCK. L'originalité de la Tecktonik est qu'au départ, elle ne s'apparentait à aucun style de musique comme à l'époque du disco ou du hip-hop. Car au tout début de la mode TCK, les danseurs ne savaient même pas sur quelle musique ils dansaient! C'est seulmement depuis quelques mois que l'on découvre des nouveaux DJ qui créént des sons tecktonik où la rythmique s'apparente à la house et à la techno. D'ailleurs les boîtes branchées parisiennes, qui organisent désormais des soirées tecktonik, font appel à ces DJ qui vont faire de l'ombre aux Bob Sinclar et autre Martin Solveig.

L'autre grande nouveauté, c'est que les «partisans» de la tecktonik ne revendique pas une culture comme l'avait fait les jeunes de quartiers défavorisés de New-York avec le breakdance. La TCK tend à être universel avec un code vestimentaire qui n'est pas défini: en baggy, en 501 ou en slim, tout le monde peut danser la tecktonik. Seul point commun entre tous les danseurs, des coupes de cheveux qui sortent de l'ordinaire et donne l'impression qu'ils viennent du futur.

Les danseurs se filment dans leur salon, durant les battles ou dans les cours de lycée, et mettent en ligne leurs vidéos sur des sites comme DailyMotion (des centaines de vidéos sont disponible sur ce site) et échangent des conseils pour être branché sur les pistes de danse. Les commentaires sont parfois assez drôles puisque les danseurs n'hésitent pas à se critiquer les uns les autres et parfois très sévèrement. C'est d'ailleurs un bon moyen de ne pas avoir l'air ridicule en boîte de nuit et de pouvoir s'entraîner... en attendant que Mya Frie pense à en faire un DVD !

Avec la tecktonik, les classes moyennes ont enfin trouvé leur style et mettent fin au quinze ans de règne du duel rock/hip-hop qui illustre le clivage riches/pauvres.

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Tecktonik ». Ce terme ne vous évoque rien, sinon des plaques en mouvement ? Rien à voir avec la géologie. Très en vogue aujourd'hui dans le vocabulaire de la jeunesse française, il désigne un type de soirées au cours desquelles les clubbers (personnes qui se rendent en boîte de nuit) frétillent sur des sons techno venus des Pays-Bas et de Belgique. Ces soirées, qui existent en France depuis sept ans, ont donné naissance à une communauté tecktonik possédant un style vestimentaire particulier (coupe de cheveux futuriste, tee-shirt orné d'un phénix, chaussures montantes...). La danse tecktonik, qui doit son nom à de jeunes Parisiens, s'inspire en fait directement du hardstyle. Créée il y a une quinzaine d'années, cette danse fait actuellement fureur et consiste à faire gesticuler ses membres de la manière la plus désarticulée possible. Les tecktoniks n'ont donc rien inventé, si ce n'est un barbarisme ! Qu'importe : cette danse fait l'objet d'un véritable phénomène de mode. Ce qui n'est pas du goût de tous. Comme l'explique Jaxze (21 ans), DJ expérimenté de soirées branchées : « Les pionniers du hardstyle, créateurs de la communauté tecktonik, regrettent sa popularité grandissante auprès d'adolescents qui lui font perdre son essence. » Un débat aussi vieux que la jeunesse !

# Posté le jeudi 15 novembre 2007 11:41

desire

desire
Desire est un feuilleton télévisé étasunien en 65 épisodes de 42 minutes, diffusé entre le 5 septembre et le 5 décembre 2006 sur MyNetworkTV. Ce feuilleton est inédit en France.

site officiel:http://www.mynetworktv.com/desire.html

يفتتح الشقيقان اليكس (Alex) ولويس توماس (Louis Thomas)
مطعماً صغيراً في ولاية نيوجيرسي مع والدتهما ريتا (Rita) ..
يتورط لويس في الحلقة الأولى من المسلسل بإقامة علاقة غير شرعية..
مع ابنة أحد أشرس زعماء المافيا الذي يحرق منزل العائلة ومطعمها
الذي يعد مصدر رزقها الوحيد في ردة فعل غاضبة تجاه هذه العلاقة،
مما يدفع عائلة توماس للهرب إلى لوس آنجلوس.
يجد الشقيقان اليكس ولويس عملاً في أحد مطاعم منطقة بافرلي هيلز
المرموقة في لوس آنجلوس، قبل أن يقعا في حب امرأة جميلة تدعى آندريا (Andrea)
التي يتضح لاحقاً أنها ابنة مالك المطعم فاحش الثراء، مما يتسبب في وقوع سلسلة
من الأحداث التي تغير مجرى حياة العائلة برمتها.
وبينما تواجه العائلة سلسلة من الخيانات والمكائد،
يستمر رجال المافيا في مطاردة الشقيقين الكس ولويس اللذان يواجهان خطراً شديد
اً بعد تعرض علاقتهما للانهيار بسبب حبهما لنفس الفتاة ومحاولة كل منهما خيانة الآخر.
شخصيات المسلسل /
أندريا زافاتي
الابنة الجميلة لصاحب مطعم ثري، في حيرة بين حب كلاً من (ألكس) و(لويس) وهي السبب الرئيسي للخلاف بينهم.
لويس توماس
زير نساء طموح يغرم بـ(أندريا) ويشن حرباً شعواء ضد شقيقه (ألكس) حينما يعلم أنه الآخر مغرم بها
ألكس توماس
الطاهي الوسيم الهادئ والشقيق الأصغر لـ(لويس)، يشعر بحب صادق تجاه (أندريا)
ريتا توماس
والدة (ألكس) و(لويس) التي قامت بتربيتهما بعد أن هجرها زوجها وما أن نجحت في افتتاح مطعم صغير حتى اندلعت النيران به بسبب طيش (لويس)
بيتر إيفانز
والد كل من (ألكس) و(لويس) الذي هجرهما منذ أن كانا طفلين، يعمل ككبير الموظفين بمطعم (زافاتي)
جورج مارستون
صديق (أندريا) الذي يسعى وراء ثروة والدها
فكتوريا مارستون
أخت (جورج) الغير شقيقة، فتاة لعوب وانتهازية مستعدة للقيام بأي شيء من أجل الثراء
جوي جامارا
زعيم العصابة الذي يسعى وراء (لويس) بعد أن اعتدى على ابنته (كارا).
كارا جامارا
أميرة المافيا، فهي ابنة (جوي) المدللة، تختلق أكاذيب بشأن علاقتها بـ(لويس)، كما تناضل من أجل السيطرة على أعمال عائلتها.
سوزي إدوارد
صديقة (أندريا) المقربة، إلا أنها سرعان ما تتحول إلى نذلة عندما تقوم بإغواء (جورج) حبيب (أندريا) وتصبح شريكته في التآمر على تدمير من حوله.
كايت
إحدى صديقات (أندريا) التي تتورط دون قصد في مخطط شرير لسرقة ثروة (أندريا)
إريكا
تعمل بمطعم (زافاتي) كرئيسة للنادلات
فنسنت
قاتل أجير لدى (جوي جمارا)، يمقت (لويس) بشدة لإقامته علاقة مع (كارا) حيث أنه يحبها سراً
كالي
أحد التابعين لـ(جمارا)، بالرغم من أن له دور كبير في اختطاف (لويس) إلا أنه بعد ذلك يتحول إلى صديقه ويصبح ذراعه الأيمن في التآمر


Distribution [modifier]
Nate Haden : Louis Thomas
Zack Silva : Alex Thomas
Michelle Belegrin : Andrea Zavatti
Tomy Dunster : George Marston
Eliana Alexander : Rita Thomas
Al Bandiero : Peter Evans
Kelly Albanese : Cara Gamarra
Gregg Strouse : Cully
Vivian Gray : Suzy Edwards
Sofia Milos : Victoria Marston
Chuti Tiu : Detective Rachel Lin
Jessie Ward : Penelope Sayers
Joe Tabbanella : Marco Manetti

# Posté le mercredi 01 août 2007 12:59

barbara mori

barbara mori
Bárbara Mori Ochoa est née le 2 février 1974 à Montevideo, Uruguay. Son père est japonais-urugayen et sa mère mexicaine. Après le divorce de ses parents, elle arrive à Mexico à l'âge de 3 ans. Alors qu'elle travaille dans une pizzeria, elle est repérée par un client, le « designer » Marcos Toledo qui lui offre de travailler comme mannequin. Elle a alors 14 ans. Au fil du temps, elle gravit les échelons et ce qui n'était alors qu'une occupation devient son véritable métier.

En 1997, elle étudie au « Centro de Estudios de Formación Actoral de México » (centre de formation à la profession d'acteur de Mexico). Dans la même année, Bárbara Mori joue dans le feuilleton Al norte del corazón. Elle fait aussi une apparition dans la série Tric Trac.

S'en suit de nombreuses apparitions dans d'autres feuilletons. Elle joue notamment dans Mirada de mujer au côté d'Angélica Aragon et Fernando Lujan. Elle obtient son premier rôle principal avec le feuilleton Azul tequila en 1998. La même année, elle est désignée au Mexique « Révélation de l'année » (pour les telenovelas). Bárbara ne cesse de monter et en 2000, elle tourne dans son premier film Inspiración, une comédie mexicaine. Elle joue également au théâtre dans Vaselina 2001.

C'est en 2004, avec son rôle dans la telenovela Rubí que Bárbara Mori confirme son statut de « star ». Le feuilleton est un succès mondial.

Plus récemment elle a tourné dans le film La Mujer de Mi Hermano -(la femme de mon frère).

Côté vie privée, elle a eu une romance avec Sergio Mayer, mais ils sont aujourd'hui divorcés. En 1996 elle lui donna un petit garçon.


Anecdotes [modifier]
Elle mesure 1m68.
Deux demi-s½urs : actrices, elles aussi Kenya Mori et Kintaro Mori.
Ses acteurs et actrices favoris sont Kevin Costner, Dustin Hoffman et Sandra Bullock.
Son film préféré est Jerry Maguire (1996).
Un de ses « hobby » favoris est de chanter.
Son grand père, du côté de son père était japonais.

Filmographie [modifier]
Pretendiendo (2005) .... Amanda/Helena
La Mujer de mi hermano (2005) .... Zoe
Rubí... La descarada (2004) feuilleton TV .... Rubí
Amor descarado (2003) série TV .... Fernanda Lira
Mirada de mujer: El regreso (2003) série TV .... Mónica
Súbete a mi moto (2002) série TV .... Nelly
Inspiración (2001) .... Alejandra
Amores querer con alevosía (2001) série TV .... Carolina Morales
Me muero por tí (1999) série TV .... Santa
Azul tequila (1998) feuilleton TV .... Azul Vidal
Al norte del corazón (1997) feuilleton TV
Mirada de mujer (1997) feuilleton TV .... Mónica San Millán
Tric Trac (1997) série TV
Récupérée de « http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1rbara_Mori »
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# Posté le mercredi 01 août 2007 12:34

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles
Nom Beyoncé Giselle Knowles
Date de naissance 4 septembre 1981
Lieu de naissance Houston/Texas
Activités Actrice - Chanteuse
Genres musicaux R&B - soul
Années d'activité 1997-actuellement
Labels Columbia
Sony Urban Music
Site internet beyonceonline.com
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (Houston, Texas, 4 septembre 1981) est une chanteuse de R&B et soul, compositrice, productrice et actrice américaine.

Biographie [modifier]
Sa famille : son père, Matthew Knowles est vendeur dans une société et est afro-américain et sa mère, Tina Beyoncé Deréone dirige un salon de coiffure et est une Haïtienne de descendance Créole de la Louisiane. Ses parents ont choisi son prénom pour que le nom de famille de sa mère ne disparaisse pas. Ses grand-parents maternels, Lumis Beyoncé et Agnès Deréon, étaient des Créoles de langue française de Louisiane (cela explique l'accent aigu sur le "e" final de son patronyme artistique). Beyoncé confessera lors d'une interview sur une chaîne Canadienne que lorsque qu'elle était plus jeune sa mère ne lui avait pas appris à parler Créole à la maison car elle même plus jeune n'osait pas parler Créole devant ses camarades mais que ses tantes et cousins le pratiquent couramment. Sa cousine Kelly Rowland maitrise en revanche très bien le Créole de Louisiane.

Son père est son manager. Sa mère, Tina, est sa styliste.Sa petite s½ur,Solange, qui est aussi chanteuse, l'aide parfois.

Avec sa mère, Beyoncé décide de créer une collection de vêtements qui se nomme House of Déréon. C'est aussi un hommage à Agnès, qui est la mère de Tina, donc la grand-mère de Beyoncé.

Dernièrement elle s'est encore mise au travail avec Tina pour une nouvelle collection qui se nomme Déréon. Celle-ci est réservée à ses plus jeunes fans. C'est Solange, sa petite s½ur, qui en fait la tête d'affiche.

Beyoncé commence à danser et à chanter à l'âge de quatre ans. À huit ans, elle rencontre, LaTavia Roberson au cours d'un casting. Les deux fillettes forment un groupe, baptisé Girl Times. Kelly Rowland et LeToya Luckett les rejoignent en 1992 pour former les Destiny's Child. En 1997, elles signent chez Columbia Records. Leur premier morceau, Kiling Time, figure sur la bande originale du film Men in Black. Le single No No No produit par le producteur Wyclef Jean devient n°1 aux USA du Billboard charts R&B. puis les titres With me, Get on the bus, Bills bills bills, Bug a boo, Say my name et Jumpin Jumpin s'enchainent, et le groupe vend au total plus de 52 millions de disques dans le monde. En 2000, LeToya et LaTavia quittent le groupe et sont remplacées par Farrah Franklin et Michelle Williams. Farrah ne restera que 5 mois ; devenu un trio, Destiny's Child continue son succès avec l'album Survivor.

Vedette du groupe, Beyoncé chante et co-compose les chansons. En 2002, elle gagne le titre de « Pop Songwriter of the Year » (meilleur auteur pop de l'année) de l'ASCAP (groupement des compositeurs, auteurs et diffuseurs américains) ; elle est la première femme noire à le remporter, et la deuxième parmi la communauté noire.

En 2003, Beyoncé entame sa carrière en solo avec l'album intitulé Dangerously in Love ; l'album remporte un record de 5 Grammy Awards. Elle entame sa carrière au cinéma avec des rôles importants dans Austin Powers dans Goldmember et dans The Fighting Temptations, tous deux parus en 2002.

En 2004, elle fait une apparition très remarquée en ouverture des Grammy Awards en duo avec le chanteur Prince.

En 2006, elle sort sa propre ligne de vêtements sous le nom de House of Déreon. Elle est aussi une figure emblématique de L'Oréal, de Pepsi et de Tommy Hilfiger avec les parfums "True Star".

En janvier 2006, elle commence à travailler sur le film Dreamgirls, alors que sort The Pink Panther (La panthère rose) où elle figure au casting. Elle interprète le "Check on it", présent sur un Best of titré #1's Destiny's Child.

Puis, pendant les vacances d'été 2006, Beyoncé enregistre secrètement un album en seulement 3 semaines, alors qu'elle s'était promis un break. Le film "Dreamgirls", l'a, selon ses dires, beaucoup inspirée pour cet album, qui s'intitule "B-Day". Ce titre n'est pas donné au hasard ; en effet il est sorti le jour même de son anniversaire, le 4 septembre...

Le jour de sa sortie, l'album entre en No 1 dans les palmarès de ventes et s'écoule à plus de 530 000 copies aux États-Unis et 736 000 dans le monde en une semaine seulement. Au mois de décembre l'album s'est vendu à environ 3 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde. À ce jour Beyoncé a vendu durant toute sa carrière environ 90 millions de disques à travers le monde, à seulement 25 ans (elle dispose de 4 octaves ; l'une des plus grandes voix de sa génération).

La chanteuse rééditera au printemps 2007 son dernier album, B'Day, avec des chansons (tels que Irreplaceable ou Listen) en espagnol. De plus sur cette nouvelle édition figurera un duo, avec Shakira qui chantera en espagnol, nommé Beautiful Liar. Beyoncé est également nominée dans 5 catégories aux Grammy Awards de cette année.

Son nouveau film Dreamgirls vient de gagner une statuette aux Golden Globes pour meilleur film ainsi que ses partenaires dans le film (Jennifer Hudson et Eddie Murphy) pour leur performance.

Irreplaceable, le deuxième single européen extrait de son deuxième album solo est n°10 des ventes en France à sa première semaine de parution et est un des titres passant le plus sur les ondes françaises. Aux USA, c'est le carton plein. Le single est numéro 1 depuis 10 semaines, dépassant son record de 9 semaines premier au Billboard avec Baby Boy en 2003.

Le 11 février dernier, Beyoncé remporta le Grammy Award du meilleur album contemporain R&B avec B DAY après avoir chanté LISTEN, extrait de la BO de Dreamgirls qui est 8 fois nominé aux Oscars.

la Réedition de B'Day L'édition Deluxe se classe 6eme du Billboard 200 et 1er des album R&B aux USA avec 126,000 exemplaires vendus http://www.grioo.com/images/rubriques/7/8328.jpg

Beautiful Liar en duo avec Shakira se place directement numéro 1 des ventes de singles la première semaine de sa sortie en France. Alors que Beyoncé obtient son premier numéro un en France, B Day Deluxe Edition permet au deuxième album de la chanteuse de revenir dans le top 50 des meilleures ventes d'albums françaises à la 29ème position. Beautiful Liar est également numéro 1 des ventes de singles en Europe.

En septembre 2007, Beyoncé sera le nouveau visage du parfum Emporio Armani Diamonds de Giorgio Armani.

Beyonce est une chanteuse incroyablement douée. Elle sait chanter l'aigu comme le grave, une voix gospel qui fait trembler la terre entière !!

Aux BET AWARDS 2007 Beyonce remporte 2 awards sur 6 nominations. En effet elle était nominée dans les catégories:

- Meilleur artiste feminine r'n'b

- Meilleur collaboration pour "upgrade u" et "déja vu" avec Jay-Z

- Meilleur vidéo de l'année pour "beautiful liar" avec Shakira et "irreplaceable"

- Et l'awards choix du pubic.

Beyonce fut consacrée reine du r'n'b 2007 par BET et obtient l'awards du meilleur vidéo pour "irreplaceable". Elle a aussi fait une remarquable prestation sur un de ses titre les plus bougeant "get me bodied" , la chanteuse de ce fait invité ses copines de Destin's child a la rejoindre sur scene; Solange Knowless et Michelle Williams ont participé à la chorégraphie comme on les aperçoit dans le cilp de la chanson et Kelly Rowland a chanté son nouveau tube "like this" avec Eve. On pouvait dire que c'était le retour des Destiny' child sur scene et qui a impressionné tout le monde.


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Destiny Child [modifier]
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Dangerously in Love(2003-2006) [modifier]
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Solo [modifier]
2003 : "Dangerously in Love"
2006 : "B'Day"
2007 : "B'Day Deluxe Edition"
2007 : "DVD B'Day Video Antology"

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1999 : The Writing's on the Wall
2001 : Survivor
2002 : 8 Days of Christmas
2002 : This is the remix
2004 : Destiny fulfilled
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"What's It Gonna Be" Live at Wembley
"Baby boy" Dangerously in Love
"Fighting temptations" The Fighting Temptations OST
"Me, myself and I" Dangerously in Love
"Summertime" The Fighting Temptations OST - 35
2004r. "Dangerously in love 2" Dangerously in Love 57 17
"Naughty girl"
2006r. "Check on It" B'Day, Number
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2007r. "Listen" "Beautiful Liar" B'Day Deluxe Edition
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2000 : I Got That (Amil featuring Beyoncé)
2003 : Bienvenue (IAM Revoir un Printemps)
2003 : '03 Bonnie and Clyde (Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé)
2003 : Keep Givin' Your Love To Me (sur la BO de Bad Boys II)
2004 : Fighting Temptations (avec Missy Elliott, MC Lyte & Free)
2006 : Woman Like Me (sur le DVD de La Panthère Rose)
2007 : Hollywood (Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé)

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2000 : My Song (avec les Destiny's Child dans l'album de série limitée "Love: Destiny " )
2003 : Sexuality
2003 : Have Your Way (avec Kelly Rowland)
2003 : I Can't Take No More
2003 : In My Mind
2003 : Hey Goldmember
2003 : Me, Myself And I (Remix) (featuring Ghostface Killah)
2003 : Summertime (Remix) (featuring Ghostface Killah)

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2002 : Carmen : Le Hip Hopera (Carmen : A Hip Hopera)
2003 : The Fighting Temptations (The Fighting Temptations)
2003 : Austin Powers dans Goldmember (Austin Powers In Goldmember)
2005 : La Panthère Rose (The Pink Panther)
2006 : Dreamgirls (Dreamgirls)
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friends

friends
Friends title card
Genre Sitcom
Created by David Crane
Marta Kauffman
Starring Jennifer Aniston
Courteney Cox Arquette
Lisa Kudrow
Matt LeBlanc
Matthew Perry
David Schwimmer
Opening theme "I'll Be There for You" by The Rembrandts
Country of origin United States

No. of episodes 236 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time approx. 22 minutes (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run September 22, 1994 – May 6, 2004
Chronology
Followed by Joey (2004–2006)
External links:http://www2.warnerbros.com/friendstv/index.html
Friends is an American situation comedy about a group of six friends living in the New York City borough of Manhattan that was originally broadcast from 1994 to 2004. It was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and produced by Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. One of the most popular television series of all time, the show has been broadcast in over one hundred countries and still continues to attract good ratings for its episodes in syndication. The final episode of the show remains one of the largest in terms of television audience numbers in the U.S.

Primary characters

Rachel Green Rachel Karen Greene Jennifer Aniston
Monica Geller Monica E. Geller Courteney Cox Arquette
Phoebe Buffay Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan Lisa Kudrow
Joey Tribbiani Joseph Francis Tribbiani Jr. Matt LeBlanc
Chandler Bing Chandler Muriel Bing Matthew Perry
Ross Geller Ross Eustace Geller David Schwimmer
Two of the series' stars, Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston, had already appeared in several unsuccessful sitcom pilots. Another, Lisa Kudrow, was also familiar with working on sitcoms having played Ursula Buffay on Mad About You (In a postmodern twist, it was revealed in 'Friends' that Phoebe was Ursualla's twin sister) Kudrow was cast in the pilot of Frasier in the role of Roz, but the part was later re-cast with Peri Gilpin in the role. [1]. Courteney Cox was already an accomplished TV and film actress when she was cast in 'Friends', having appeared in the likes of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and had had several minor roles on sitcoms such as Seinfeld and Family Ties. The character of Ross was written with David Schwimmer in mind; having auditioned for Crane and Kauffman in the past, Schwimmer was said to have a memorable voice and was most known for his Broadway work. Matt LeBlanc appeared as Vinnie Verducci, the boyfriend of Kelly Bundy in Married... with Children in the early 1990s and starred in that sitcom's short-lived spin-off, Top of the Heap, as well as Vinnie & Bobby, but before that had mainly been focusing on advertising and modeling work when he was cast as Joey Tribbiani.

During the show's run, the cast all achieved household name celebrity status, all pursuing a career in the movies, with varied success. Aniston's movie career is predominantly populated with light rom-coms. Cox made several lightweight films, though achieved her greatest success with the Scream series. Kudrow fared best in low budget indie films - a far cry from the role of Phoebe, most notably The Opposite of Sex. The male cast fared less well in the movie world.

During the 1994-2004 run, four of the cast married. Kudrow was first to marry in 1995 to advertising executive Michel Stern. Cox married next in 1999, wedding Scream co-star David Arquette. Aniston married film star Brad Pitt in 2000 and Le Blanc married long-term girlfriend Melissa McKnight in 2003. Kudrow gave birth to son Julian in 1999 (her pregnancy was incorporated into the show, as explained in the 'Season 5' section). Le Blanc's wife, McKnight, gave birth not long before the show's end and Cox gave birth to her long awaited first child within a month of the final episode of 'Friends' being screened. Since the end of 'Friends' both Aniston and Le Blanc's marriages have ended.

Behind the scenes, the show was known for its unusually cohesive and unified cast. The six main actors made deliberate efforts, from early on, to keep the show's ensemble format and not allow one member to dominate. This included requesting that all actors on the show be nominated either for the same category of award ("Supporting Actor" until 2001, then "Lead Actor" from 2002 onwards) or not at all, and entering collective instead of individual salary negotiations.[1] The actors became such close friends that one guest star, Tom Selleck, reported sometimes feeling left out. This was a criticism later echoed by British actress Helen Baxendale, who guest starred as Ross's second wife, Emily. The cast remained good friends after the shows run, most notably Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston, with Aniston being godmother to Courtney's daughter, Coco.

Coming into the show as relative unknowns the cast quickly had to get used to their new found fame at the hands of the show. The show and, as a result, its cast, are hugely signified in modern television history.

The Friends' Fountain
The fountain the cast members frolic in that is seen in many of the title credits can be found at the Warner Bros. Ranch at 401 N. Hollywood Way, in Burbank, California, about a half mile west of the main studio lot. The fountain was also used prominently in the finale of the Charlton Heston classic, The Omega Man. Picutres of the fountain can be seen here: http://1164.com/ranch/photos/park/index.html.


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[edit] Season One (1994-1995)
Main Article: Friends (Season 1)

The first episode opens with Phoebe, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Ross in Central Perk where we learn Ross's wife Carol was recently realised she is a lesbian and divorces him. Monica and Ross are both living alone; Chandler and Joey live together and Phoebe lives with her grandmother. Monica's old high school friend, Rachel, enters Central Perk wearing a wedding dress, having just run away from her wedding to would-be husband Barry Farber. She moves in with Monica, gets a job as a waitress at Central Perk but struggles to work for a living, having previously lived a pampered life with her parents. Ross discovers his ex-wife is pregnant and she gives birth to a boy, named Ben, who is subsequently raised by Carol and her lesbian partner, Susan.

Joey and Chandler have many flings with different women throughout the first season. Most noteable is Chandler's on-off girlfriend Janice who repeatedly shows up throughout the ten seasons. She is most known for her catchphrase "oh...my...God!".

Phoebe meets a scientist named David, with whom she falls in love, but the relationship ends with his move to Minsk, to continue with his scientific research. She is left heart-broken by this move.

Ross reveals he had a crush on Rachel in high school and he still has feelings for her. Throughout the season, he fails to make his feelings known to her and Chandler and Joey eventually persuade him to move on. On Rachel's birthday, Ross leaves for a palaeontological trip to China. While he is gone, Chandler accidentally reveals to Rachel that Ross is in love with her. Rachel decides she would like to start a romantic relationship with Ross and goes to meet him at the airport when he returns from China, unaware that he is getting off the plane with another woman named Julie.


[edit] Season Two (1995-1996)
Main Article: Friends (Season 2)

Unaware that Rachel is interested in him, Ross starts a relationship with Julie, whom he met in China. Rachel does not take a liking to Julie because she is jealous of her involvement with Ross. While drunk, Rachel leaves a message on Ross' answering machine telling him that she's over him. Ross hears the message and becomes confused over Rachel's feelings, and in turn, his own. Not long after Rachel's revealation the pair give in to their feelings and kiss. Ross is unable to choose between Rachel and Julie and decides to make a pro and con list of both women. He decides he loves Rachel and breaks up with Julie. Unfortunately, Rachel discovers the list, becomes angry at the con's written about her and rejects Ross. However, the friends eventually watch a video from Rachel and Monica's prom where it seems Rachel's prom date, Chip, has stood her up. The teenage Ross decides he will take her. While Ross is coming down the stairs in a tuxedo, Rachel runs off with Chip, who has arrived late. Ross looks distraught. Back in the present day, Rachel, overwhelmed by the gesture, kisses Ross and they start dating.

Joey gets an acting job as Dr. Drake Ramoray on the soap Days of our Lives and earns enough money to move into his own apartment, leaving Chandler behind. Left on his own, Chandler gets a new roommate, Eddie, who is insane. When Joey states in an interview that he writes his own lines, the show's writers kill off his character by making him fall down an elevator shaft. With no income, Joey moves back into Chandler's apartment, helping Chandler to get rid of the psychotic Eddie.

Whilst trying to find her birth father, Phoebe finds out she has a half brother named Frank Jr.

Monica dates Richard Burke (guest star Tom Selleck, an ophthalmologist and a friend of her parents, who is twenty-one years older than she is, but they break up when Richard tells her he does not want to have children. When Chandler meets the woman he's been talking to online he discovers to his great surprise it is his ex, Janice. The season culminates in them engaging in a kiss.


[edit] Season Three (1996-1997)
Rachel quits her job at Central Perk to find a job in fashion, only to find that her job is making coffee at the fashion label, so she takes a job at Bloomingdale's offered to her by a stranger, Mark. Ross becomes convinced that her new co-worker wants to date her and becomes increasingly jealous. Tension between Ross and Rachel culminates on their anniversary and Rachel suggests they take "a break". After hearing Rachel's co-worker in the background during a phone call, Ross assumes she is now with him. Depressed and under the influence of alcohol, he sleeps with another woman (Chloe the "hot copy girl"). When Rachel indicates that she still wants Ross, he tries to resume their relationship without telling her about his fling but she finds out from Gunther and, after a long emotional night (throughout which the rest of the gang are stuck in Monica's room), they break up.

Whilst working at a fifties diner, Monica is asked out by a customer named Pete, who, unbeknown to Monica, is a millionaire. Eventually, she agrees to go on a date with him. Monica avoids kissing him for a while because she doesn't feel attracted to him, but after they kiss she instantly finds him attractive. Eventually, Pete becomes obsessed with becoming the Ultimate Fighting Champion, but gets severely injured in every fight and says he won't stop fighting until he wins. Monica can't stand to see him keep hurting himself, so they break up.

Chandler breaks up with Janice, and Joey buys a chick as a pet. Joey and Chandler soon begin to fight over the chick as if they were married. Chandler decides to take it back but the shop won't take it so he goes to a shelter where he learns that they kill the animals that can't find homes. He takes the chick back home along with a duck. Joey's acting career continues to go badly. Phoebe finds a woman, also named Phoebe, who knew her parents. She invites the group to go with her to the beach and meet her.

Meanwhile, Phoebe has set Ross up on a blind date with an old friend Bonnie, whom Rachel thought was bald when she agreed it was okay for Ross to date her. Rachel becomes upset when Ross starts dating Bonnie, who unexpectedly comes with them to the beach. Rachel persuades Bonnie to shave her head again with the aim of making Ross less attracted to her. Ross and Rachel argue about this and realise they still have feelings for one another. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the older Phoebe is Phoebe's birth mother. The season ends with Ross having to decide between Rachel and Bonnie.


[edit] Season Four (1997-1998)
Ross decides to get back together with Rachel and breaks up with Bonnie. However, Rachel wants him to take full responsibility for "cheating" on her, whereas Ross insists that they were on a break. Unable to agree on whether or not Ross cheated, they break up again. Throughout most of the season the pair frequently bicker and take swipes at one another. After Phoebe learns the older Phoebe is her real mother, she tells her twin sister, Ursula, who knew all along because she had their "mother's" suicide note, which she had not shared with Phoebe. Phoebe agrees to be a surrogate mother for her half-brother Frank and his wife Alice (who was his home economics teacher). Luckily, after having fertility treatment she becomes pregnant. Though to everybody's suprise, she is pregnant with triplets.

Joey begins dating an actress, Kathy, but Chandler likes her as well. Joey and Kathy break up after Kathy kisses Chandler. Joey is angry, but forgives Chandler when he sees that Chandler and Kathy genuinely love each other. Chandler suspects that Kathy is sleeping with a fellow cast member after watching one of her plays. He then proceeds to confront and accuse her. She is insulted and later does sleep with the cast member, so she and Chandler break up.

Monica and Rachel switch apartments with Joey and Chandler after losing a bet. The girls hate their new apartment, and so try to convince Joey and Chandler to switch apartments in exchange for season passes to the Knicks. Instead, they agree to an all or nothing bet. The guys win, but while they're at the game, the girls switch the apartments back. They negotiate with the angry Joey and Chandler by offering them an opportunity to watch Monica and Rachel kiss for one minute, thus winning back their apartment.

Rachel's British boss asks her to take his niece Emily to the theatre; however, Ross ends up taking her, as Rachel is more interested in getting a date with a good looking customer. Ross and Emily hit it off and they quickly get engaged. The group travels to London for the wedding, except Phoebe, who is in her last trimester, and Rachel, who doesn't want to see Ross get married. At the wedding rehearsal dinner, Monica becomes depressed because she is mistaken as Ross' mum, and the fact that she wasn't married. Chandler comforts her and they unexpectedly end up sleeping together. Rachel realises that she still loves Ross and goes to London to tell him. When she gets there, she sees him with Emily and decides it would not be right to ruin the wedding. The wedding goes ahead, but comes to an abrupt halt when Ross says "I, Ross, take thee, Rachel" instead of Emily. The season ends with the preacher asking whether to continue the ceremony.


[edit] Season Five (1998-1999)
Ross and Emily's wedding continues despite Ross' faux pas and they are married, but Emily is furious with Ross and she slips away during the reception. The group goes back to New York where Emily calls Ross and tells him that she will only stay married if he promises he will never see Rachel again. Ross is torn, but Rachel, who is unaware of what Emily wants of Ross, persuades Ross to agree to whatever Emily desires. However, Emily continues to make unreasonable demands, making him move out of his apartment, as Rachel had been there. She also makes him sell all of his things and purchase replacements, as Rachel had touched everything. Ross begins to see that she is asking too much of him and proceeds to have dinner with all of his friends. When Emily finds out he is in Rachel's company, she is angry but Ross assures her that nothing is going on between them and that they are just friends. He says she has to trust him and asks if she can do that, but Emily feels too threatened and says no, and they decide to get a divorce.

Ross moves in with Joey and Chandler because he sold his apartment, but later moves into Ugly Naked Guy's apartment (after Ugly Naked Guy moves out), across the street from Monica and Rachel's apartment building.

Phoebe gives birth to triplets (incidentally in the show's one hundredth episode): Frank Jr. Jr. (a boy), Leslie (a girl) and Chandler (a girl). Phoebe originally chose to name a triplet after Chandler, assuming that the baby was going to be a boy, but after the baby turned out to be a girl, Frank and Alice still kept the name. She find giving the children up hard but ultimately realises that Frank and Alice are happy parents.

Phoebe writes a threatening note to keep people away from Ross' lunch after someone eats his sandwich. However, the note is very threatening and people at work become scared of Ross. In addition, Ross (still messed up from his reccent divorce) shouts at his boss, who ate the sandwich. This leads to Ross' sabbatical due to anger issues.

Chandler and Monica continue an intimate relationship in secret, a story arc that continues through the most of first half of the season. Joey figures out about their relationship first after Chandler and Monica go on a "secret" vacation, but he agree's to keep quiet. Rachel discovers the relationship when she hears Chandler and Monica talking suggestively on the phone. Phoebe finds out when she sees Monica and Chandler "doing it up against the window" from Ugly Naked Guy's for sale apartment, during a viewing with Ross. Chandler and Monica don't know that Rachel and Phoebe know about their relationship, and the girls decide to play around with them and confront them. To Joey's dismay they play a series of tricks on Monica and Chandler, who find out and respond with some tricks of their own, which leads to Chandler and Phoebe starting a "relationship" and having a competition to see who will cave first and reveal the secret. Finally, after Chandler caves and admits he can't take the game any further because he is in love with Monica, as opposed to merely having sex with her, Monica and Chandler reveal their secret affair to everyone but Ross. Later that night, Ross sees Monica and Chandler kissing through his window. He was planning to get his job back, but his employer sees him shouting and is not convinced that Ross has overcome his "anger problems". Ross is furious, but once he finds out they aren't just fooling around he is fine with it.

Rachel starts a new job at Ralph Lauren.

Joey gets the lead in a movie, but travels to Las Vegas to find production has shut down. Everyone goes to Las Vegas to visit him on set, but they find out that he is working as a gladiator for the Caesar's Palace casino. On the plane ride over, Ross and Rachel play pranks on each other; Ross starts it to prove Rachel is easily embarrassed, until it gets out of hand and Ross scribbles a goatee on the sleeping Rachel's face with a permanent marker. Afterwards, Rachel finds out and becomes enraged. She and Ross then get drunk and stumble to the nearest chapel to get married. Monica and Chandler are there too, planning to marry. The season ends with Ross and Rachel leaving the chapel, having married, much to the shock of Chandler and Monica.


[edit] Season Six (1999-2000)
When Chandler and Monica see Ross and Rachel at the chapel they decide not to get married. After finding out about their drunken mistake, Ross and Rachel agree to get an annulment so Ross doesn't have to get a third divorce, but he decides it is still a failed marriage. He lies to Rachel, telling her he has had the marriage annulled when he actually has not. Rachel finds out and forces Ross to go ahead with the annulment, but they are ineligible for one and file for divorce. Ross gets a new job teaching palaeontology at New York University. During season six Ross dates Rachel's sister Jill (guest star Reese Witherspoon) and afterwards one of his students named Elizabeth.

Chandler and Monica move in together, and Rachel moves in with Phoebe. Joey gets a female roommate, Janine (guest star Elle MacPherson, and they start dating, after a slow start. When Janine reveals she does not like Chandler and Monica, Joey breaks up with her. Out of a job and desperate for money, Joey gets a job at Central Perk and tries out other acting gigs until he lands the lead role in Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E., supposedly permanent, but actually short-lived.

A fire started by Rachel's hair straighteners ruins Phoebe and Rachel's apartment. Rachel moves in with Chandler and Monica, and Phoebe moves in with Joey. They eventually swap because they find out the fire was Rachel's fault, the two girls agree that Phoebe deserves the better apartment (Monica and Chandler's), so Rachel lives with Joey instead. However, Rachel ends up loving living with Joey, and when Phoebe offers to trade back she refuses. Bruce Willis makes a three episode cameo appearance as Elizabeth's father. He threatens to have Ross fired from his job at the university by revealing Ross' secret, and forbidden, relationship. Later he becomes Rachel's boyfriend but she dumps him after he is revealed to be much more emotional than she first thought.

Towards the end of the season, Chandler decides to propose to Monica, but wants it to be a surprise. He worries that she suspects something so he creates a plan to throw her off by pretending he is against marriage and everything to do with it. It seems to be working and Chandler is about to propose but things don't go smoothly as Monica's ex-boyfriend Richard turns up and announces to her that he is still in love with her. Richard offers her marriage and children and everything she's ever wanted. In a dramatic climax, Monica is torn between Chandler and Richard – a more mature relationship than Chandler is seemingly willing to give her – and doesn't know what to do. When Chandler finds out, he gets angry and distressed and tries to confront Richard, who finally sees that Chandler is infact in love with her, and backs down. Meanwhile Joey tells Monica about Chandler's plan. When Chandler arrives, however, Joey tells him that Monica didn't believe it was all a plan and was so upset that she left and told him not to call her. Chandler is heartbroken and goes into his apartment, only to find the lights out, candles everywhere, and Monica in the middle of the floor waiting to propose. In a tearful but romantic encounter, Chandler and Monica finally become engaged.


[edit] Season Seven (2000-2001)
Monica and Chandler begin planning their wedding. Rachel gets a promotion in Ralph Lauren and hires an assistant, Tag, whom she begins dating after she tells him her true feelings at Thanksgiving at Monica's. Rachel and Tag later break up when Rachel turns 30 and she feels she should be in a more serious relationship since Tag is significantly younger and less mature than her.

Phoebe's apartment is repaired, but has been converted back into a one bedroom apartment after a wall that Phoebe's grandmother had put up to divide it into a two bedroom apartment is torn down, and Rachel continues to live with Joey.

Joey's new show Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. is cancelled but he is able to return to Days of Our Lives when his character, Dr. Drake Ramoray, gets a new brain from a character named Jessica Lockheart (guest star Susan Sarandon).

The night before his wedding, Chandler gets cold feet and runs away. While he is gone, Phoebe and Rachel find a pregnancy testing kit in Monica's bathroom, and Phoebe assumes Monica is pregnant. Rachel makes Phoebe promise to not tell anyone what they have found. Phoebe and Ross find Chandler at his office, while Rachel keeps Monica distracted, and persuade him to come back, but Chandler overhears Phoebe and Rachel talking about Monica's pregnancy and disappears again. He quickly returns without the help of Ross and Joey, and decides that a baby would not be a bad thing. Chandler and Monica get married with Joey as the minister, courtesy of an internet church, but when Chandler tells Monica he knows about the baby, she says she is not pregnant, and it was not her pregnancy test that they found. As Phoebe tells Rachel how excited she is about Monica's pregnancy, Rachel slowly agrees, looking very emotional. The camera then zooms in on her and she takes a deep breath. The audience is left with the question of whether Rachel could be pregnant.


[edit] Season Eight (2001-2002)
Rachel confirms she is pregnant but doesn't tell anyone who the father is. Unfortunately for her, Joey finds a sweater that the baby's father left at his apartment. Phoebe suspects that it is Tag's sweater but Ross finds it and says, "Hey, my sweater!". After Rachel tells Ross he is the father, they tell everyone that they secretly slept together about a month before Chandler and Monica's wedding. After Ross meets Mona, a guest at Monica and Chandler's wedding, he goes out with her for a few months, but they break up because of complications arising from his impending fatherhood of Rachel's child.

As Rachel and Joey continue living together, Joey starts to develop feelings for her. However, sensing that Ross is missing out on his fatherly duties, Joey reluctantly suggests that Rachel move in with Ross, and she does so. Joey later reveals his feelings to Rachel, who gently lets him down.

After a passionate kiss with Ross to try to induce labour, because she is overdue, Rachel goes into labour, and while in the hospital, Ross' mother approaches him with a ring to give to Rachel. Ross keeps the ring in his coat pocket, even though he does not want to propose to Rachel. Rachel remains in labour for about 21 hours and shares her room with five different women, including Janice, Chandler's ex girlfriend, who all have their babies before her. Rachel eventually gives birth to their daughter, Emma. Joey finds the engagement ring after it falls out of Ross' coat, and bends down to pick it up. Rachel, seeing Joey on one knee with an engagement ring, presumes that he is proposing to her, and says "okay". Monica and Chandler decide to have a baby. Incidentally, this is the season that won Friends an Emmy for Best Comedy Show.


[edit] Season Nine (2002-2003)
Rachel finds out that Joey was not proposing to her, but neither was Ross. After Ross doesn't pass on a message to Rachel from a potential date, the two realise that having a child and living together while not actually in a relationship is too complicated and Rachel decides therefore to move back in with Joey, and takes Emma with her. Chandler's job requires him to be in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Monica decides not to go after she is offered her dream job in New York. He puts up with this for a while, but he begins to consider quitting when he finds he has to work in Tulsa over Christmas. When a female associate, Wendy (Selma Blair), a runner up Ms. Oklahoma, comes on to him over Christmas in Tulsa, he quits and starts a new job in advertising. After trying all season to get pregnant to no avail, fertility tests prove that Chandler and Monica cannot conceive a baby, so they decide to adopt. Phoebe starts dating Mike Hannigan, (Paul Rudd) after being set up on a double date by Joey, who lied to Phoebe about knowing someone called Mike, leaving him with no other option but to find a random 'Mike' in Central Perk. Phoebe and Mike date and eventually move in together, but when he tells Phoebe he does not want to get married, they break up. Rachel has a dream about Joey and develops a crush on him.

The group goes to Barbados because Ross is giving a key-note speech there. Phoebe takes her old boyfriend David (Hank Azaria), whom she met in Season One and with whom she has been in love with since meeting him, and Joey takes his girlfriend, Charlie, Ross' new colleague and a person for whom Ross has feelings. Chandler accidentally gives David some bad advice about dating and David decides to propose to Phoebe. Monica finds out, and calls Mike to tell him to get back together with Phoebe. Mike comes to Barbados and proposes to Phoebe. She turns him down, but, knowing their relationship has a future, agrees to take him back, leaving David.

Joey and Charlie break up realising they have little in common. Joey learns Rachel likes him, but refuses her advances because he feels he would be betraying Ross. However, when Joey sees Charlie and Ross kissing he changes his mind and kisses Rachel in the final scene of the season.


[edit] Season Ten (2003-2004)
The final season.

Joey and Rachel's relationship lasts only three episodes. Having been platonic for so long, they feel uncomfortable taking their relationship further. Charlie goes back to an old boyfriend and Mike and Phoebe get married on the street right outside Central Perk on a cold, snowy day, after facing delays and cancellations from various people crucial to their wedding.

Chandler and Monica apply to adopt the baby of a pregnant young woman named Erica and decide to move out of their apartment to a house in the suburbs of New York, something not known to the rest of the friends, until Rachel and Phoebe see Chandler with another woman, and decide to confront the couple about it. Erica gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl, who are named Jack (after Monica's dad) and Erica (after the mother). Despite the fact Erica was expecting twins comes as a suprise to the couple they are happy with the outcome.

Rachel is offered a job in Paris with Louis Vuitton, with help from a previous colleague, Mark (from Season Three). Rachel is tied between staying in New York when Ralph Lauren offers her her job back with a pay raise and moving to France. She decides to accept the job offer in Paris and take Emma with her. The group holds a farewell party for her and she says goodbye to each of them in turn, except Ross. He is upset about this until Rachel tells him it was too hard to say goodbye to him. The dramatic confrontation culminates in them sleeping together.

In the final episode, Ross realises that he still loves Rachel and, after she leaves for Paris, goes after her, driven by a reckless Phoebe to get to the airport before her flight leaves. Meanwhile, Joey buys Chandler a new chick and duck; (the other two are revealed to have died earlier in the series, unbeknowst to Joey who thinks they went to live on a farm). The chick and duck get stuck in the foosball table, purchased by Joey and Chandler after their dining table broke in a very first season. They know they have to break it open but neither of them have the heart to do it – it was the first item that Chandler and Joey had bought together. Finally, Monica destroys it and the chick and duck are recovered. They decide to keep the birds at Joey's since animals aren't the most hygenic things to have around newborn babies.

Ross finds Rachel and tells her that he is in love with her and begs her not to go; however, she is overwhelmed by this new information on top of everything else and leaves. Ross was sure she would stay and is crushed. When he gets back to his apartment, he finds a message from Rachel on his answering machine, telling him she still loves him. She tries to get off the plane but is not allowed to leave. Ross listens intently as Rachel tries to explain to the flight attendant that she needs to get off the plane but the message ends before he can tell whether or not she got off. Ross frantically runs to the answering machine pressing buttons and screaming "Did she get off the plane?!" Suddenly a voice from behind Ross says "I got off the plane" and he turns to see Rachel at the door of his apartment. They kiss and assure each other that this is the real thing and they want to be together.

The finale ends with Chandler and Monica moving out of their apartment with their new twins, Mike and Phoebe deciding to have kids and Ross and Rachel becoming a family with Emma. As they look around their apartment one last time, Chandler and Monica remember that they need to leave their keys on the desk. One by one, each friend follows with his or her own key. Rachel then suggests that they all go for one last cup of coffee before Monica and Chandler move, and Chandler responds with the sarcastic last word of the show: "Where?".


[edit] Running gags
Main article: Running gags in Friends
Friends included many running gags throughout the span of the show, some of which are recognized in general culture in their own right, such as Chandler's "Could this be any more...", Ross and Rachel's "On a break..." or Janice's "Oh my God". Each character has his or her own set of running gags, including Fat Monica, Gay Chandler, Phoebe's fictional character, Regina Phelange, Ross' tendency to get divorced, Joey's use of the phrase "How you Doin'", Rachel's nose job and Phoebe's "Smelly Cat" song.


[edit] Cultural impact
Friends has made a notable contribution to some areas of popular culture - in particular, language and fashion. The use of "so" to mean "very" or "really" was not invented by any Friends writer, but it is arguable that the extensive use of the phrase in the series encouraged its use in everyday life[2] (others assert that the use of "so" on Friends as an "unconditional" in the sense of "absolutely" ["You are so moving"; "You are so dead"], supplanting it's 80s counterpart "totally," was much more influential than "so" in the sense of "very," which was firmly established in the vernacular long before Friends).

The series has also been noted for its impact on everyday fashion and hairstyles. Jennifer Aniston's hairstyle was nicknamed "The Rachel" and copied around the world.

Joey Tribbiani's catchphrase "How you doin'?" has become a popular part of American slang, often used as a pick-up line or when greeting friends. The show also popularized the idea of the laminated list of celebrities that a person's partner will permit them to sleep with after Ross laminates the list that Rachel permits him to have.

The phrase "Ross and Rachel" is used to describe an on/off relationship with a 'history', or in a situation like "Are you on a real break, or a Ross and Rachel break?" This is played as a joke in Scrubs: the janitor describes J.D.'s relationship with Elliot as "not exactly Ross and Rachel."[citation needed] After a pause, the "Ross and Rachel" in question is revealed to be two other employees in the hospital, "Dr. Ross, and Rachel from [the] bookkeeping [department]."


[edit] Ratings

[edit] U.S. ratings
The 66-minute series finale was named by Entertainment Tonight as the biggest TV moment of the year 2004, and was the second highest rated show in 2004, beaten only by the Super Bowl. However, it did not surpass the ratings received by series finales for M*A*S*H (106m), Cheers (80.4m) or Seinfeld (76.3m), nor was it the most watched episode of Friends—that accolade remains with the Season Two episode "The One After the Superbowl", which aired on January 28, 1996 and drew 52.9 m viewers. During the 2001–2002 season, Friends was the highest rated show in the United States.

Australian ratings
After first airing on Channel Seven in 1995, the second season of Friends aired on the Nine Network later that year, and became the number 1 show on Australian television five times, in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.

In its first year on the Nine Network (1995), Friends ranked as the second most watched program, behind the drama Blue Heelers. In the show's final two years, 2003 and 2004, Friends ranked as the third most watched scripted Television show, behind CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Kath & Kim.

The final episode, broadcast on the Nine Network, received 2.27 million viewers. As was the case in the United States, this was not the highest rated episode of Friends. Several times in 1998, Friends received over 2.5 million viewers in Australia. Friends still holds the record for the highest rated scripted episode of television of the 21st century, with the honor going to the 2001 season finale. Cable TV channel Arena (a Foxtel and Optus channel) airs Friends repeats daily.


[edit] UK ratings
Friends was first aired on Channel 4, but was soon taken over by Sky One while the latter was still a minor player in the television market. Friends quickly established a cult status in the UK. The series achieved a more mainstream audience through repeat showings on Channel 4. By the time episodes were filmed in London in Season Four ("The One with Ross's Wedding"), the show had become a must-see programme in teenage circles, and a staple in British culture.

By Season Five, Friends was still only bringing in mixed ratings. While still achieving good ratings in satellite and cable showings, terrestrial showings declined, receiving only around 1.5 million viewers.

Until 2000, Sky One aired Friends for its first run and Channel 4 provided the first terrestrial screenings several months later. In 2000, Channel 4 set up the satellite and cable channel E4, and set about purchasing non-terrestrial rights to programming. It targeted programs that were already shown on Channel 4 to provide coherence between the two platforms, therefore rights to first runs of programs such as ER and Friends were aggressively sought and obtained. E4 launched with this line-up in place and brought episodes of Friends to a new audience, with endless repeats integrated with first runs.

The show's terrestrial popularity grew in line with the launch of E4, and in the ninth season it frequently received 3 to 4 million viewers. By its final season, despite achieving similar figures (until the penultimate episode), it climbed the channel's rankings from top 20 (9th season) to top 5 (10th season) each week. The show's finale performed to its high expectations, receiving 9.64 million viewers. This was the highest figure for the series, one of the highest rated ever (excluding movies and special events) for Channel 4, and the channel's most watched programme of 2004.

The program continues to be repeated daily on E4, Channel 4 and S4C in Wales. E4 heavily cuts some parts from the episodes when broadcast through the day due to occasional adult content.


[edit] Irish ratings
In the Republic of Ireland the show achieved exceptionally high ratings. The show continues to run daily on RTÉ Two Ireland. Channel 6 have purchased the series and are currently running it from start until it finishes.

The program also continues to be repeated daily on E4


[edit] Awards and nominations
Emmy Awards


2003 - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Christina Applegate
2002 - Outstanding Comedy Series (nominated 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003)
2002 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Jennifer Aniston
2000 - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Bruce Willis
1998 - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Lisa Kudrow
1996 - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series - Michael Lembeck (for "The One After the Superbowl")
Golden Globe Awards


2003 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy - Jennifer Aniston
Best TV-Series - Comedy/Musical - (nominated 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003)
People's Choice Awards


2004 - Favorite Television Comedy Series
2004 - Favorite Female Television Performer - Jennifer Aniston
2003 - Favorite Television Comedy Series
2003 - Favorite Female Television Performer - Jennifer Aniston
2002 - Favorite Television Comedy Series
2002 - Favorite Female Television Performer - Jennifer Aniston
2001 - Favorite Television Comedy Series
2001 - Favorite Female Television Performer - Jennifer Aniston
2000 - Favorite Television Comedy Series
2000 - Favorite Female Television Performer - Jennifer Aniston
1999 - Favorite Television Comedy Series
1995 - Favorite New Television Comedy
Screen Actors Guild Awards


2000 - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series - Lisa Kudrow
1996 - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (nominated 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Preceded by
Sex and the City Emmy Award - Outstanding Comedy Series
2002 Succeeded by
Everybody Loves Raymond


[edit] Merchandise
A wide range of Friends merchandise has been produced by various companies. One of the most recent additions is a Friends version of the DVD game "Scene It?", which features clips from the show, trivia questions from all seasons, and other on-screen puzzles. A PS2, PC and Xbox game, Friends: The One with All the Trivia, has also been released; it includes the voices of Janice, Gunther and Jack and Judy Geller as hosts.


[edit] Soundtracks
Main article: Friends discography
In 1995, WEA Records released the Friends Original TV Soundtrack, featuring music used in or inspired by the show. In between some of the songs, there was spoken dialogue from scenes from the show's first season. In 1999, a second soundtrack album entitled Friends Again was released.


[edit] DVDs
Main article: Friends DVD releases
All ten seasons of Friends have been released on DVD in various countries. Some of the DVDs also have special features, including:

Cast & Crew (biographical text blurbs).
Audio commentaries by the creators.
Gag reels
Trivia
Interactive games (i.e., "Let's Play Bamboozled!)
Special production notes (i.e., set design, special location shoots, flashback episodes development)

[edit] Video game
Friends: The One with All the Trivia is a quiz game that has over 3,000 questions and 700 clips, in varying difficulties ("light", "medium" and "dark roast"). It was released for Xbox, PS2 and PC on November 15, 2005, but has since been discontinued by the manufacturer. Hosts of the game include Gunther, Jack and Judy Geller, and Janice. The game can be single or multiplayer (up to 4 players), with the aim being to light-up all the windows in your row on the Friends apartment block before your adversaries, a window per correct answer. The questions are categorised. There are two further modes, it can either be played so all players answer and get windows if they get them right, or it can be played so the first player to buzz in gets to answer the question and get the window. Once all the windows are lit for one player all the players have to answer a final question in Central Perk, and if the person with all their windows lit up answers it correctly then that player wins, if not then they go back to the windows with one less than before.

The hosts (see above) read the questions and answers, and give their own comments on players who are particularly clever, getting hard questions correct, and players giving stupid answers. There are what happens next questions where a clip is shown and the player has to choose the closest answer from the four possible answers given, which is followed by the correct clip.


[edit] Spinoff
After the series finale in 2004, the spinoff show Joey was created. Ratings decreased significantly between the first and second season. 46 episodes were filmed, however only 38 episodes aired. The show was cancelled on May 15, 2006. Only the first season has since been released on DVD.


[edit] Broadcast history
All times listed are North American Eastern Time Zone. The series aired on NBC for all ten seasons.

September 1994-February 1995 - Thursday 8:30pm
February-May 1995 - Thursday 9:30pm
September 1995-May 2004 - Thursday 8:00pm
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