She was 13 years younger than her beautiful sister, diva Maria Malibran, but her father made Pauline his favorite and trained her on the piano and also gave her singing lessons.

Opera Australia made its home in the building and its reputation was enhanced by the presence of the diva Joan Sutherland.

The impressions were also often made fun of for being nothing more than thin caricatures of one or more of the politician or celebrity's characteristics ( i. e. Roger Abbott's portrayal of Jean Chrétien as a twisted-mouthed man who ridiculously mispronounced English words with an over the top French Canadian accent, Jessica Holmes ' impressions of Celine Dion as a diva and a whiny Liza Minnelli, and Craig Lauzon's impression of Stephen Harper as a robot ).

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle staff critic, lauded the film and the courage of director Potter, and wrote, " British director Sally Potter stuck her neck out when she made The Tango Lesson, a fictionalized account of her relationship with Argentine tango master Pablo Veron ... Potter takes what seemed like a recipe for embarrassment and excess and delivers a film that's sweet and understated and devoid of diva posturing ... film is smoothly directed, nicely written and falters only in the performance that Potter was able to squeeze out of herself while performing her multiple tasks.

* A similar segment was shot in 2003, when WWE diva Nidia Guenard made an appearance at the Mansion during an episode of SmackDown, where she attempted to get past security in order to speak to Hefner.

She made an appearance on The Odd Couple as a character named " Jackie ", her own nickname, a meek and nervous would-be singer who develops into a full-blown diva and essays the role of Carmen with brilliant results ; she also sang on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Personifying the grand diva, she made a great spectacle wherever she went with her pet dogs on a leash.

She made her in-ring debut that night in a six diva tag team match with Kelly Kelly and Gail Kim against Beth Phoenix, Rosa Mendes, and Alicia Fox.

Fashion designer Bubs Mahil runs Chiffons saree house in Green Street, Forest Gate, and has made costumes for Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai as well as British Prime Minister Tony Blair — who wore her Nehru jacket in India — and his wife, Cherie.

Douglas made an appearance on The People's Court ( with Judge Marilyn Milian ) in 2003 as the plaintiff in a case involving herself and fellow disco diva Sharon Brown.

Metropolitan diva Marjorie Lawrence was a resident for many years.

This “ Castle for a Queen ” unveils the many sides of this great “ diva ”, whose artistic and personal life remain on display.

* Anna Moffo: una carriera italo-americana ", edited by Mario G. Genesi ( Orion Editions, Borgonovo V. T., 2002, 496 pages. The only existing biography of the " diva " complete with discography, chronology, filmography, with many photos ).

The strip mostly involves the title character, Curtis, getting in trouble at home and school, trying in many attempts to make his father, Greg, quit smoking ( a storyline which earned Billingsley the American Lung Association's President's Award in 2000 ), trying to win the heart of aspiring diva singer Michelle and stuffing his face.

Gencer performed leading roles in many famous operas and she is known as the ' last diva of the 20th century '.

Productions are a mix of classic modern plays such as Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts and Terrence McNally's Master Class, the latter featuring Rita Moreno as opera diva Maria Callas, significant recent plays with many West Coast premieres such as Moisés Kaufman's The Laramie Project and Tony Kushner's Homebody / Kabul and even world premieres such as Kushner's Hydriotaphia and Charles Mee's Fetes De La Nuit.

Also in the same year, she appeared on " 3 Sharee elNoujoum " ( 3 Stars Avenue ) televised show, though her alleged prima donna behavior had already led many to consider her a diva.

Subsequently, the diva allowed to prelisten a few of her brand new recordings to her community via her web-site at myspace. com.

Team ’ s mix of samples, live band recordings and an array of special guests, including hip-hop legend Chuck D, electro diva Solex and Bonde do Rolê ex-singer Marina Ribatski.

She has been described as a reigning " Queen of Pop " for her influence over the record industry during the 1990s, alongside other female entertainers, including Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey .< ref name = diva >" If Ella Fitzgerald is the queen of jazz, Billie Holiday first lady of the blues, and Aretha Franklin the queen of soul, then who is the queen of pop?

More recently, the success of the Star Academy television show has spawned a new generation of young pop music stars including Jenifer Bartoli and Nolwenn Leroy ; and the superstar status of diva Mylène Farmer inspired pop rock performers like Zazie, Lorie and Alizée, and R & B-influenced singers like Nadiya and Ophelie Winter.

Gisele Jackson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, is a vocalist and house music diva known for international club hits, including the Billboard charted # 2, " Love Commandments " ( 1997 ).

A 30-year career ( she debuted in 1956 and recorded her last album in 1986, a few months before her death ) and her death led to an iconic image as a tragic diva and renowned singer.

In order to prepare the role of an important old actress, a theatre student interviews three actresses who were her pupils: an international diva ( Glòria Marc, played by Núria Espert ), a television star ( Assumpta Roca, played by Rosa Maria Sardà ) and a dubbing director ( Maria Caminal, played by Anna Lizaran ).

Luna is also sometimes represented as an aspect of the Roman triple goddess ( diva triformis ), along with Proserpina and Hecate.

* Stacy Keibler, former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader, professional wrestling diva and wrestler for the WWE ( 2001 – 2006 ), and actress

* Tammy Lynn Sytch ( born 1972 ), professional wrestling diva.

The Francophone album 1 fille & 4 types ( 1 Girl & 4 Guys ), released in October 2003, fared better than her first two releases, and showed Dion trying to distance herself from the " diva " image.

* Tammy Lynn Sytch ( born 1972 ), professional wrestling diva, from her stage name

International performers such as Son2nos ( Venezuela ), award-winning Korean jazz diva Nah Youn Sun, Hong Kong's own Junk Unit, Malaysia's Double Take, Atilia and Mood Indigo from UK have all previously performed at the festival.

In Rose-Marie ( 1936 ), MacDonald played a haughty opera diva who learns her kid brother ( James Stewart ) has killed a Mountie and is hiding in the northern woods ; Eddy is the Mountie sent to capture him.

His second release was a track called ' Higher & Higher ' ( with disco diva Norma Lewis ), which became the future benchmark for de Vit & his V2 concept, but it was de Vit ’ s track ' Burning Up ' that took everybody by surprise.

His adventures are set in 1938 Los Angeles and New York, and Stevens gave them a retro, nostalgic feel influenced by the King of the Rocket Men movie serial, the syndicated Commando Cody TV series ( both from Republic Pictures ), and pinup diva Bettie Page.

She is probably best remembered as diva " Fay Templeton " in Yankee Doodle Dandy ( 1942 ), opposite James Cagney.

In the meantime, though, in 1965 he began a second career, that of a singer ( at the age of 43 ), with the help of Simone Signoret and her husband Yves Montand and later with great assistance of the French diva Barbara.

Orphaned when her depressed mother Faith hangs herself, the girl in quick succession is sent to live in a convent where she discovers her vocal talents, becomes a star, performs at Carnegie Hall, sets out in search of her father ( who she discovers is a drug-addicted Vietnam War vet ), and engages in a competition with local diva Paradice at Madison Square Garden.

That October, he delivered his eighth studio album Stilelibero ( Freestyle ), which contained a duet with the American diva, Cher, in the song " Più che puoi " ( As Much As You Can ).

Apart from these two examples, the references in various writers to an opening of some kind in the roofs of temples dedicated to particular deities, and the statement of Vitruvius, which was doubtless based on the writings of Greek authors, that in decastyle or large temples the centre was open to the sky and without a roof ( medium autem sub diva est sine tecto ), render the existence of the hypaethros probable in some cases ; and therefore C. R. Cockerell's discovery in the temple at Aegina of two fragments of a coping-stone, in which there were sinkings on one side to receive the tiles and covering tiles, has been of great importance in the discussion of this subject.

* Les hauts et les bas de la vie d ' une diva Sarah Ménard par aux-mêmes: une monologuerie bouffe ( 1976 )

Yet this passion for passion, now that I look back on it with passion spent, seems somewhat overblown and operatic, though as a diva Miss Millay perfectly controlled her notes.

In Italy, another country somewhat isolated filmically by the war, the same kind of realization of the fin-de-siecle decadent symbolist aesthetic can be found, mostly in films associated with the " diva " phenomenon.

Patti's piano accompanist, Landon Ronald, wrote thus of his first recording session with the diva, " When the little ( gramophone ) trumpet gave forth the beautiful tones, she went into ecstasies!

With Vanessa, she became the first star of a soap-opera to be killed ; however, this was due to her alleged diva attitude which forced retaliation from the writers and producers to " kill Vanessa off ", later she stated that she was sick with pneumonia and that's the reason why she couldn't shoot the last scenes.

For example, María Félix, a Mexican diva, had an opulent, cobalt-blue and papaya-colored villa on Avendia Palmira, along with five other houses.

She teamed up with heavyweight producer Peter Rauhofer as the dance diva, Amuka, to release 2003's dance anthem, " Appreciate Me ," a hit that charted on Billboard's Top 10 and was licensed to CD compilations such as the Queer As Folk: Club Babylon soundtrack.

Persecuted by the government because of his Jewish heritage, he left Nazi Germany with his wife, Liesl, daughter of famed operetta diva Fritzi Massary.

He frequents the club which Angel owns, Heaven, and has an affair with the club's diva, a flatscan ( or human ) woman named Scarlett ( presumably that reality's version of the woman who appeared in the Meltdown miniseries ).

Along with her astonishing vocals, her vigorous and infectious stage performances became her trademark, and further established A-mei's status as a diva in Chinese pop music.

Humes was successively a teenage blues singer, band vocalist with Count Basie, saucy R & B diva and a mature interpreter of the classy popular song.

Currently Ozoliņš is dating with another TV diva from TV3 Latvia Agnese Vārpiņa.

In an interview, Lamas said of Jane Wyman's persona into a hard-working legend, not a diva, who referred to her as a friendly woman on Falcon Crest: " With Jane, she expected you to know your lines, but she played poker with the crew at lunch.