After a change in management – QPrime replaced Landau — and a two year break, Twain and Lange returned to the studio.

In April, 1909, Henry Huttleston Rogers and Mark Twain, old friends, returned to Norfolk, Virginia together once again for a huge celebration of the new " Mountains to the Sea " railroad's completion.

In April, 1909, Henry Huttleston Rogers and Mark Twain, old friends, returned to Norfolk, Virginia together once again for a huge celebration of the new " Mountains to the Sea " railroad's completion.

Twain helped DeQuille negotiate a favorable contract with his own publisher and DeQuille returned to Virginia City late that summer.

* November — Shania Twain returned with her fourth album, Up !.

Mark Twain was a prominent American author of the 19th century.

* 1910 – Mark Twain, American author and humorist ( b. 1835 )

During his life Cocteau was commander of the Legion of Honor, Member of the Mallarmé Academy, German Academy ( Berlin ), American Academy, Mark Twain ( U. S. A ) Academy, Honorary President of the Cannes film festival, Honorary President of the France-Hungary Association and President of the Jazz Academy and of the Academy of the Disc.

Richard S. " Kinky " Friedman ( born November 1, 1944 ) is an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain.

In 1985, Will Vinton and his team released an ambitious feature film in stop motion called " The Adventures Of Mark Twain " based on the life and works of the famous American author.

In late summer 1986 Mary Bailey arranged for Twain to meet John Kim Bell, a half Mohawk, half American conductor who had close contacts with the directors of the Canadian Country Music Association.

During this period, Twain made major television appearances on shows such as two performances on Late Show with David Letterman, Blockbuster Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and the American Music Awards.

On August 17, 2009, EW announced that Twain would be a guest judge on American Idol in Chicago, for the show's August 30 and 31 episodes.

* The 19th century American writer Mark Twain discusses the Thuggee fairly extensively in chapters 9 and 10 of " Following the Equator: Volume II ", 1897, THE ECCO PRESS, ISBN 0-88001-519-5.

Twain is recognized as an early collector and recorder of genuine American folklore.

* April 21 – Mark Twain, American writer ( b. 1835 )

** Hal Holbrook, American actor ( Mark Twain Tonight )

* November 30 – Mark Twain, American author and humorist ( d. 1910 )

In the US, the recurrent ( reading curricula ) controversy about the vocabulary of the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( 1885 ), by Mark Twain — American literature ( usually ) taught in US schools – about the slave South, risks censorship because of 215 ( counted ) occurrences of the word nigger, most refer to Jim, Huckleberry's escaped-slave raft-mate.

* Mark Twain: various works of historical fiction about the American South.

American satirist and writer Mark Twain was born on 30 November 1835, exactly two weeks after the comet's perihelion.

Supporters included American writer Mark Twain, who wrote a stinging political satire entitled King Leopold's Soliloquy, in which the King supposedly argues that bringing Christianity to the country outweighs a little starvation.

Mark Twain reflected American outrage against looting and imperialism in his essay, " To the Person Sitting in Darkness ".

When Mark Twain read of this expedition, he wrote a scathing attack on the " Reverend bandits of the American Board.

* William Scott Ament ( born 1851 ), controversial American missionary to China criticized by Mark Twain

North American stand-up comedy has its roots in various traditions of popular entertainment of the late 19th century including vaudeville, English Music Hall, Minstrel shows, humorist monologues by personalities such as Mark Twain and Norman Wilkerson, and circus clown antics.

The racial makeup of Twain was 75 ( 91. 5 %) White, 0 ( 0. 0 %) African American, 2 ( 2. 4 %) Native American, 0 ( 0. 0 %) Asian, 0 ( 0. 0 %) Pacific Islander, 2 ( 2. 4 %) from other races, and 3 ( 3. 7 %) from two or more races.

* Concerts: 50 Cent, AC / DC, Bryan Adams, Aerosmith, Anastacia, Andrea Bocelli, Backstreet Boys, The Beach Boys, Black Sabbath, James Blunt, Sarah Brightman, Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Michael Bublé, Cher, Eric Clapton, Leonard Cohen, Phil Collins, Depeche Mode, Celine Dion, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Evanescence, John Fogerty, Genesis, Guns N ' Roses, Whitney Houston, Billy Idol, Enrique Iglesias, Il Divo, Iron Maiden, Elton John, Tom Jones, Judas Priest, KISS, Lenny Kravitz, Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Paul McCartney, George Michael, Kylie Minogue, Muse, Nightwish, No Doubt, Ozzy Osbourne, Laura Pausini, Luciano Pavarotti, P. Diddy, P! nk, Prince, Pussycat Dolls, R. E. M., Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Rihanna, Rush, Shakira, Snoop Dogg, Britney Spears, Spice Girls, Gwen Stefani, Sting, Tina Turner, Shania Twain, Roger Waters, The Who, Robbie Williams, Yes and Neil Young, among others

The Coliseum has served as the venue for several televised events, to include WWF In Your House pay-per-view ( 1996 ), WCW Uncensored ( 1997 ), Shania Twain ( 2004 ), WWE Raw ( 2005 ), PBR Built Ford Tough Series ( 2006 ), Wheel of Fortune ( 2006 ), and American Idol auditions ( 2007, 2011 ).

In 1993, Durning guest starred in the Sean Penn-directed music video for " Dance with the One That Brought You " by Shania Twain.

Mark Twain was another honored guest, arriving with his friend Henry Rogers on the latter's steam yacht, the Kanawha.

Mark Twain was another honored guest, arriving with his friend Henry Rogers on the latter's yacht Kanawha.

The reality show was hosted by Nikos Aliagas and featured guest stars such as Beyoncé, Céline Dion, Madonna, Tina Arena, Nelly Furtado, Tokio Hotel, Andrea Bocelli, Charles Aznavour, Hélène Ségara, Peter Kingsbery, Phil Collins, Laura Pausini, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey, Lara Fabian, Rihanna, Shania Twain, Moby, Avril Lavigne, Anastacia, Alicia Keys, Craig David, 50 Cent, will. i. am, James Blunt, Diddy, Sting, David Guetta, Lenny Kravitz, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Liza Minnelli, Johnny Hallyday, Paul Anka, Lionel Richie, Alanis Morissette, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Bee Gees, and Ricky Martin.

Mark Twain, a regular at the hotel, loved to smoke cigars on the veranda and wartime guest Ian Fleming is said to have used its fish tank-lined Gazebo Bar as a motif in his novel, Dr. No.

Twain also expressed grave doubts about the authorship of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, showing through content analysis that the quality of the writing was much better than any of Eddy's previous or subsequent work ( for example her autobiography and her later writings in the Christian Science Journal ):

Her admirer, Mark Twain, had introduced her to Standard Oil magnate Henry Huttleston Rogers, who, with his wife Abbie, paid for her education.

In Timmins, Twain started singing at bars at the age of eight to try to make ends meet, often earning twenty dollars between midnight and one in the morning performing for remaining customers after the bar had finished serving.

Although she expressed a dislike for singing in those bars, Twain believes that this was her own kind of performing arts school on the road.

Twain also began taking singing lessons from Toronto-based coach Ian Garrett and would often clean his house in payment for her lessons.

Bailey acquired the contract from Stan Campbell and Twain moved into Bailey's home on Lake Kenogami where she practiced her music every day for hours.

In the fall of 1985, Bailey took Twain down to Nashville to stay with a friend, record producer Tony Migliore, who at the time was producing an album for fellow Canadian singer Kelita Haverland and Twain was featured on the backing vocals to the song Too Hot to Handle.

In the fall of 1986 Twain continued to express her desire to be a pop or rock singer rather than country, which led to her falling out with Mary Bailey for two years.

Twain's first break finally came on February 8, 1987, when Bell staged a fundraiser for the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto where Twain performed with Broadway star Bernadette Peters, jazz guitarist Don Ross, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Twain assembled a demo tape of her songs and her Huntsville manager set up a showcase for Twain to present her material to record executives.

Twain had further hits from the album, including the title track which peaked at No. 14 and three additional No. 1 hits: "( If You're Not in it for Love ) I'm Outta Here!

The Woman in Me won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album as well as the Academy of Country Music award for Album of the Year ; the latter group also awarded Twain as Best New Female Vocalist.

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On June 8, 2011, at a press conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Twain announced that she will headline Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for two years.

In April 2010, Twain announced plans for her own TV show, titled Why Not?

In July 2011, fellow Canadian superstar Michael Bublé confirmed in a live video chat with fans that he recorded a duet of ' White Christmas ' with Twain for his 2011 Christmas album.

On May 15, 2008, a spokesperson for Mercury Nashville announced that Twain and Lange were separating after Lange allegedly had an affair with Twain's best friend, Marie-Anne Thiébaud.

In September 2010, it was confirmed that Twain was to release her first biography, From This Moment On, on May 3, 2011, and the cover work for the book was released on March 2, 2011.