Lopes was also the host of the MTV series, The Cut, a series on which a handful of would-be pop stars, rappers, and rock bands competed against each other and were judged.

Their self-titled debut album was executive-produced by Lopes, who also made a cameo appearance on the album and in their music video " I Do ".

Lopes was also developing another new band called Egypt.

The film also captured a car accident in which Lopes was a passenger and her assistant was the driver: " It was dark when the car driven by Lopes's assistant left the village.

It is also home to New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch which is known for many high-profile funerals, including those of Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and of singer Lisa Lopes ( also known as " Lefteye "), member of the R & B group TLC.

The musical formula was augmented by the girls ' brightly colored videos and curious costuming: each girl wore wrapped condoms on their clothing ( Lopes also wore one over her left eye in a pair of glasses ).

Lopes was also battling alcoholism at the time.

Returning from yet another hiatus after Lopes ' death, Watkins, Thomas and Austin decided that they would complete the remainder of their fourth album, to be called 3D, which also featured production from Rodney Jerkins, The Neptunes, Raphael Saadiq, Missy Elliott and Timbaland.

The decision was also made that TLC would retire after the release and promotion of 3D, rather than replace Lopes and continue.

Flamengo was founded on November 17, 1895 ( although the club celebrates its founding every year on November 15, which is also a Brazilian national holiday ) as a rowing club by José Agostinho Pereira da Cunha, Mário Spindola, Nestor de Barros, Augusto Lopes, José Félix da Cunha Meneses and Felisberto Laport.

Lopes ' troops also sided with the Muslim resistance against Portuguese occupation.

It is known to have signed many popular West Coast hip hop artists such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, MC Hammer, Nate Dogg and the rap group Tha Dogg Pound consisting of rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger also Lisa " Left Eye " Lopes of TLC although most if not all departed from the label after its demise following the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996.

Msgr da Costa Lopes, who was a Timorese priest of many years experience, was also a member of the National Assembly in Lisbon.

His father also had another son by an unknown mother named Tertuliano Lopes Soares.

He was the second foreign-born person to play for Japan in the World Cup finals after Wagner Lopes, who played in the 1998 World Cup and also the third naturalized citizen to play for Japan after Lopes and another Brazilian-born Japanese citizen, Ruy Ramos.

She also filmed Coca-Cola commercials and worked with artists like her friend Lisa " Left Eye " Lopes and rapper DMX with hopes of finding an opening into the entertainment industry.

Santana Lopes ' period in office was also marked by chaos in the allocation of teachers to schools ( more than a month after classes officially started, and resulting from alleged incompetence of the IT provider ( designated during the previous Government ); the problem was swiftly solved by another small provider ), and by claims of pressure exerted on the press, including arranging for the replacement of the information director of the public television channel RTP, and pressing private television channel TVI to tone down the criticism of him by a political commentator, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a former leader of his own party, who consequently left the channel.

He also lost the election for president of the Municipality of Lisbon to Pedro Santana Lopes, in 2001, being the first mayor of Lisboa to loose a reelection.

Notable Kitchen alumni also include Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Rocco Di Pietro, John Moran, Young Jean Lee's Theater Company, Peter Greenaway, Michael Nyman, Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, Gordon Mumma, Frederic Rzewski, Ridge Theater, The Future Sound of London, Leisure Class, Elliott Sharp, Brian Eno, Arthur Russell, Meredith Monk, Vito Acconci, Keshavan Maslak, Lucinda Childs, Bill T. Jones, David Byrne / Talking Heads, John Jasperse, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, ETHEL, Chris McIntyre, Sylvie Degiez, Wayne Lopes / CosmicLegends and Cindy Sherman.

Meanwhile he also had a program of political analysis, hosted jointly with Pedro Santana Lopes on RTP.

Hidetoshi Nakata joined the team in 1995 and they also successfully recruited Brazilian-born Wagner Lopes and influential Korean international Hong Myung-Bo.

He also backed more liberal candidates for the Presidency, such as Quintão Meireles, Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes, and, ultimately, Salazar's arch-enemy Humberto Delgado.

He collaborated with several other major artists, including Jason Dalyrimple of Soul for Real, Foxy Brown, and Lisa " Left Eye " Lopes, and the move towards hip hop increased with his 2001 album Schizophrenic.

Leila Lopes, Miss Angola 2011, was crowned Miss Universe 2011 in Brazil on 12 September 2011 making her the first Angolan to win the pageant.

Álvares and Mattheus were forced to wait until the arrival of Soares ' replacement, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, who successfully sent the embassy on, with Dom Rodrigo de Lima replacing Duarte Galvão.

Lima Lopes did so without the consent of Lisbon and was dismissed in disgrace, but his agreement was not rescinded and in 1854 Portugal ceded all its historical claims on Flores.

Described in detail by eyewitness Thomé Lopes and chronicler Gaspar Correia as one that is unequalled in cold-blooded cruelty, da Gama looted the ship with over 400 pilgrims on board including 50 women, locked in the passengers, the owner and an ambassador from Egypt and burnt them to death.

About nine months before her death, Lopes appeared on the singers ' edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire along with Joey McIntyre, Tyrese, Nick Lachey, and Lee Ann Womack.

An unreleased track featuring Lopes was released on the Internet, on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of her death by Block Starz Music.

Lopes later revealed that she did not have a lot of freedom within the relationship and was abused mentally and physically, having released all her frustrations on the night of the fire.

Lopes revealed on The Last Days of Left Eye documentary that her meeting with a struggling mother in rehab left a big impression on her.

Much of the footage was shot with a hand-held camera, often in the form of diary entries filmed by Lopes while on a 30-day spiritual retreat in Honduras with family and members of the R & B group Egypt.

Diego Lopes de Sequeira is claimed to have landed on the island in 1509.

The songs on the album are a blend of funk ( Watkins ), hip-hop ( Lopes ), and R & B ( Thomas ), similar to the " new jack swing " sound popularized by producer Teddy Riley in the late 1980s ( and TLC's sound was sometimes cited as an example of the " new jill swing " genre ).

Their relationship was allegedly filled with violent moments, and Lopes filed an assault charge against Rison on September 2, 1993.

After another fight between the couple in the early morning hours of June 9, 1994, Lopes tossed numerous pairs of Rison's newly purchased shoes into a bathtub, doused them with lighter fluid, and lit them on fire.

Lopes was arrested and indicted on charges of first-degree arson ; she was sentenced to five years of probation and a $ 10, 000 fine.

Rison eventually reconciled with Lopes, and they continued dating on and off for around three and a half years.

TLC's contract was renegotiated, their production deal with Pebbitone and Perri Reid ( who had separated from her husband by this time ) was rescinded, and the group appeared on the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack with " This Is How It Works " ( a song written by Babyface and Lopes ) and was set to re-enter the recording studio in 1997 after signing a new contract with LaFace / Arista.

During and after the release of FanMail, Lopes made it known to the press on multiple occasions that she felt that she was unable to fully express herself working with TLC and Austin.

Before her second solo album was completed, Lopes died in a car crash while filming a documentary in Honduras, which would later be released as The Last Days of Left Eye in 2007 on VH1.

Lopes had already completed her vocals for four songs ; the remainder were performed by the remaining group members alone, who eulogized Lopes on a number of the tracks.