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20 May 2010 : ... that the song "
Why Don't You Love Me " , performed by
Beyoncé , peaked at number one in the
Billboard
Hot Dance Club Songs chart, though it was never released as
single ?
19 August 2010 : ... that the biographical book
Madonna: An Intimate Biography , written by
J. Randy Taraborrelli , debuted and stayed on top of
The New York Times Best Seller list for three months? (nomination-only; main author(s):
Legolas2186 )
24 August 2010 : ... that
Up was the second
animated film to
receive a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Picture , after
Beauty and the Beast ?
7 September 2010 : ... that the
title track of the album
Who's That Girl made
Madonna the first solo female performer to get six US number-ones in the
1980s ? (co-nominated with
Legolas2186 )
2 May 2012 : ... that
Madonna 's song "
Gang Bang " was inspired by the films of director
Quentin Tarantino ? (nomination-only; main author(s):
FanofPopMusic )
17 July 2012 : ... that
Miguel Ángel Mancera received 63% of votes in the
2012 head of government election of Mexico City , 40% more than the second place? (co-nominated with
Scottbp )
12 November 2013 : ... that
Giorgio Moroder won the
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score in the
1984 ceremony for
Flashdance instead of
Scarface , for which he was also nominated? (co-nominated with
George Ho )
16 February 2014 : ... that as of January 2014,
Desfado by
fado singer
Ana Moura has not dropped from the
Portuguese Albums Chart Top 20 since its release in November 2012?
21 September 2014 : ... that
Ashley Tisdale became the first female artist to have two songs debut at the same time on the US
Billboard Hot 100 , with "
What I've Been Looking For " and "Bop to the Top"?
13 August 2015 : ... that, according to a
Rolling Stone writer, in his 2015 single "
Trouble "
Keith Richards "seems to be channeling his inner
Lou Reed "?
7 March 2016 : ... that Kris Leonard, vocalist of the band
Viola Beach , commented that the lyrical content of their songs was inspired by their "very grey and industrial" hometown of
Warrington ,
Cheshire ? (nomination-only; main author(s):
Jonny Nixon )
24 October 2017 : ... that "
Old Love / New Love " was written by
Twin Shadow for a
fictional radio station ?
20 July 2020 : ... that "Oye Mujer", a song
certified 14× Multi-Platinum (Latin) in the US, was composed by Mexican musician
Raymix while he was participating in a
NASA educative internship?
1 August 2020 : ... that during construction of the
Valle Gómez and
Misterios metro stations, workers uncovered part of a road that connected
Tenochtitlan with the
Tepeyac Hill , dating from the
Mesoamerican Postclassic period?
1 November 2020 : ... that the second birth in a
Mexico City Metro station in 2020 occurred at
Tláhuac ?
5 December 2020 : ... that the
statue of Heydar Aliyev in Mexico City was meant to be displayed for 99 years, but was removed after five months?
5 February 2021 : ... that the eagle on top of the
Monumento a la Raza in Mexico City was originally cast for the
Federal Legislative Palace 's dome?
7 February 2021 : ... that part of the remains of
Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt rests next to his
Monumento a la Raza ?
14 April 2021 : ... that in the music video for "
Montero (Call Me by Your Name) ",
Lil Nas X gives Satan a
lap dance ? (nomination-only; main author(s):
188.148.229.11 )
8 May 2021 : ... that in "
Oh Sheit It's X ",
Thundercat sings about feeling
ecstasy while on
ecstasy ?
26 May 2021 : ... that
Judas and the Black Messiah 's film director
Shaka King approved "
Fight for You " by
H.E.R. after he heard aspects inspired by
Curtis Mayfield ?
21 June 2021 : ... that the
Superior Auditor of the Federation of Mexico observed damage to an overpass between
Tezonco and
Olivos stations on the
Mexico City Metro prior to
its collapse in May 2021 ? (co-nominated with
Sammi Brie )
25 June 2021 : ... that
How Doth the Little Crocodile by
Leonora Carrington was based on
Lewis Carroll 's
poem of the same name ?
15 August 2021 : ... that
Peluso implores your help?
25 September 2021 : ... that
Tlalli will replace
a monument to Christopher Columbus , not to "erase history", but to "deliver social justice"? (co-nominated with
Another Believer )
21 October 2021 : ... that the giant piano-shaped staircase at
Polanco metro station is fully interactive?
31 October 2021 : ... that a group of feminists placed the
Women Who Fight
anti-monument on a pedestal on which
a statue of Christopher Columbus formerly stood?
2 November 2021 : ... that in 1987, fans of
C.D. Guadalajara attempted to dress the
statue of Minerva in the team's shirt? (co-nominated with
Another Believer )
3 November 2021 : ... that a group of farmers discovered
The Young Woman of Amajac while preparing to till a citrus field?
16 November 2021 : ... that after
Gaudelia Díaz won a bronze medal at the 1992 Paralympics, she was asked to join
Televisa by its CEO?
9 December 2021 : ... that an investigation found that most Mexican nutrition science students could not interpret a nutritional
front-of-package labeling system correctly?
21 December 2021 : ... that one journalist said that the proportions of the limbs of the statues at the
Monumento a los Indios Verdes are a "sin against anatomical laws"?
7 January 2022 : ... that the pictogram of
Zapotitlán metro station depicts an indented
sapote tree as the word tlantli means 'tooth' in
Nahuatl ?
18 January 2022 : ... that
a statue of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador , was installed despite his opposition to
cults of personality ?
19 January 2022 : ... that although the sculptor of
Las Tarascas based their faces on that of a real woman, their bodies were invented?
25 January 2022 : ... that quotations of Cicero, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. about memory and love are engraved on the
Memorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico ?
18 February 2022 : ... that
Balbuena metro station was flooded with sewage following a failure attributed to
an unrelated fire ?
6 March 2022 : ... that the
Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident was caused when radioactive material ended up in a junkyard and was smelted to produce
rebar ? (nomination-only; translated from the Spanish Wikipedia by:
219.91.135.57 )
19 March 2022 : ... that those who toppled the
Monumento a los Constructores said that it was "a symbol of subordination, representation of slavery and an emblem of the Spanish genocide"?
6 April 2022 : ... that
antimonumentas in Mexico , like those
in Guadalajara ,
in Morelia , or
in Mexico City , are installed by protesters to demand justice for
women who suffer from violence in the country ? (co-nominated with
Another Believer )
28 May 2022 : ... that it is rumored that the
Puente de Fierro in Mexico was designed by
Gustave Eiffel ?
1 June 2022 : ... that
Chabacano metro station has a composition named after it and it served as a film location for the 1990 film
Total Recall ?
28 July 2022 : ... that the head on top of the
Museo Cabeza de Juárez inspired the pictogram of
Guelatao metro station ?
2 August 2022 : ... that the neighborhood of
Colonia Federal was built by employees of the Mexican
Secretariat of the Interior to create exclusive housing for civil servants?
4 August 2022 : ... that the first ray of sunlight on 23 April passes through the eye of the
Coyote en Ayuno (pictured) , which was built to commemorate the founding of
Nezahualcóyotl , Mexico?
10 August 2022 : ... that the idea for the
Fuente de la República arose after
Manuel Felguérez suggested a fountain to accompany his newly inaugurated
Puerta 1808 to the mayor of Mexico City?
22 August 2023 : ... that the sculpture
Antimonumento +72 (pictured) , which commemorates
a massacre that took place thirteen years ago today , was also a memorial for
a March 2023 migrant center fire ?
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Beyoncé
"
Halo " is a song recorded by American singer
Beyoncé for her third studio album,
I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008). Inspired by
Ray LaMontagne 's 2004 song "Shelter", "Halo" was written by
Ryan Tedder ,
E. Kidd Bogart , and Beyoncé herself. The song is a
pop
power ballad , with lyrics describing a sublime love. The single won
Best Song at the
2009 MTV Europe Music Awards and
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the
52nd Grammy Awards , and was nominated for
Record of the Year . "Halo" topped the singles charts of Brazil, Norway, and Slovakia, and reached the top five in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the US.
Philip Andelman directed Beyoncé and actor
Michael Ealy in the accompanying
music video . The song was performed on the television show
Glee and has been covered by many artists, including
Florence and the Machine ,
Harper Blynn , and
Westlife . (
Full article... )
Wings is considered the first movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The
1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best
films of 1927 and
1928 and took place on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in
Los Angeles ,
California . AMPAS president
Douglas Fairbanks hosted the show. Awards were created by
Louis B. Mayer , founder of Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation. During the ceremony, the AMPAS presented
Academy Awards in twelve categories. Some nominations were announced without reference to a specific film, such as for
Ralph Hammeras and
Nugent Slaughter , who received nominations in the now defunct category of Engineering Effects.
Charlie Chaplin and
Warner Brothers both received an
Honorary Award . Winners in competition at the ceremony included
Seventh Heaven and
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans , each receiving three awards, and
Wings (poster pictured) , receiving two awards. (
Full list... )
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