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1994–95 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season Huddersfield Town's 1994-95 campaign was Town's first season in their new stadium, the Alfred McAlpine Stadium. After playing at Leeds Road for 86 years, Town moved to the new stadium with a then capacity of around 20,000. Under the leadership of Neil Warnock, Town finished in 5t...
Andy Hessenthaler Andrew Hessenthaler (born 17 August 1965 in Dartford, Kent) is an English football manager and former player. He began his career in non-league football and did not turn professional until he joined Watford at the age of 26. In 1996, Hessenthaler joined Gillingham and spent the next ten years at the c...
Neil Warnock Neil Warnock (born 1 December 1948) is an English football manager, currently managing Welsh side Cardiff City. His managerial career has lasted 35 years. He is also an established television and radio pundit working for several media outlets and a retired professional footballer.
Football Manager (1982 series) Football Manager is a video game series published and developed by Addictive Games, the label set up by the game's creator Kevin Toms. The first game was released in 1982. It was then ported to most home computers during the 1980s and spawned several sequels: "Football Manager 2" (1988) a...
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Carl-Benz-Stadion Carl-Benz-Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Mannheim, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SV Waldhof Mannheim. In 2008, it also hosted TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for the first half of that club's first season in the Bundesliga, until Hoffenheim's new stadi...
2014 Houston Baptist Huskies football team The 2014 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In 2014, the Huskies played their first official season of collegiate football (the seven game 2013 season was technically an exhibition seaso...
Eddie Howe Edward John Frank Howe ( ; born 29 November 1977) is an English former professional footballer and manager. A defender before retirement who spent much of his career at Bournemouth, he was the youngest manager in the Football League when appointed Bournemouth manager in January 2009. Howe rescued Bournemouth...
Scarborough Athletic F.C. Scarborough Athletic Football Club is an English association football club representing Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The club was formed on 25 June 2007 following the winding up of Scarborough Football Club. After spending their first ten seasons groundsharing at Bridlington Town, the club mo...
Card game A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardized rules, b...
Ultimate Card Games Ultimate Card Games is a game created by Telegames for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS platforms. It contains several thinking games, such as Poker and Solitaire. "Ultimate Card Games" for the Nintendo DS was initially scheduled for release in spring of 2005. After numerous delays, an October 2...
Neopets Trading Card Game The 'Neopets TCG' is a collectible card game and a spin-off of the popular virtual pet website, Neopets. Launched in 2003, this game is produced by Wizards of the Coast, a large trading card company that produces a variety of other trading card games. Neopets is aimed at a slightly younger aud...
Okey Okey (] ) is a tile-based game, very popular in Turkey. It is almost always played with 4 players, though in principle can be played with two or three. It is very similar to the game "Rummikub" as it is played with the same set of boards and tiles but with different rules. The game apparently evolved from the orig...
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Dedicated deck card game Dedicated deck card games are card games with decks that are specific to that game, rather than using standard playing cards. By the early nineteenth century, educational games were being created, such as "The Historical Game of Grecian History", created by John Wallis. Today's collectible card...
Infinite Armies Infinite Armies is a customizable card game for two players. It was created by Greg Porter, and published in 2005 by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center. It follows on the success of the collectible card game genre, but establishes its own niche by focusing more on card and deck customization. It breaks...
Hanafuda Hanafuda (花札 ) are playing cards of Japanese origin that are used to play a number of games. The name literally translates as "flower cards". The name also refers to games played with those cards.
Königrufen Königrufen or Königsrufen (German: "The Calling of a King") is a four-player trick-taking card game of the tarot family, played in Austria and Southern Tyrol. As other regional tarot card games, it's usually called Tarock (the German term for tarot card games) by the players. Also five players may play the g...
Cartamundi Cartamundi Group, also called "Carta Mundi", is a Belgian company, based in Turnhout, that manufactures, produces and sells board games, card games, collectible card games, packages and playing cards through its manufacturing and sales subsidiaries. The name of the company in Latin means "cards for the world...
People Who Travel (1938 German-language film) Travelling People (German:Fahrendes Volk) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Hans Albers, Françoise Rosay and Camilla Horn. It is a circus film. It premiered in Hamburg on 1 July 1938. A Separate French-language version "People Who Travel" (...
Laloorinu Parayanullathu Laloorinu Parayanullathu (What Has Laloor To Say) (മലയാളം: ) is an Indian documentary film directed by Sathish Kalathil in Malayalam Language. The documentary narrates about the problems of Municipal Garbage dumping in Laloor, a suburban area in Thrissur Municipal Corporation. The film reveals ...
Pension Mimosas Pension Mimosas is a 1935 French film directed by Jacques Feyder. Based on an original scenario by Feyder and Charles Spaak, it is a psychological drama set largely in a small hotel on the Côte d'Azur, and it provided Françoise Rosay with one of the most substantial acting roles of her career.
Veena Vaadanam Veena Vaadanam (Recital of Music) (മലയാളം: ) is an Indian documentary film in Malayalam language, directed by Sathish Kalathil. The film shot in digital format and it produced by Kalathil Creative Heads under the banner of Akhil Krishna Films, released in 2008, of 28.23 minutes' duration. The documentary...
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Sathish Kalathil Sathish Kalathil (മലയാളം: ) is an Indian film and documentary Director and Producer in malayalam. He is also Story Writer, and Lyricist. His experimental works are well known and appropriately discussed in Malayalam Cinema industry and his debut movie Jalachhayam (2010) was well discussed according to ...
The Kiss (1929 film) The Kiss is a 1929 American silent drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel and Lew Ayres in his first feature film. The film is known for being both MGM's and Greta Garbo's last silent film. It was also the last such film for Conrad Nage...
Jalachhayam Jalachhayam (മലയാളം: ) is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language Experimental film, produced and directed by Sathish Kalathil under the banner of 'The People's Films'. The story was written by Sujith Aalungal and describes the warm relationship between a village man and an artist (painter) from the city.
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Edward I of England Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Latin: "Malleus Scotorum" ), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. He spent much of his reign reforming royal administration and common law. Through an extensive legal inquiry, Edward investigated...
Mittasena of Anuradhapura Mittasena (or Mitta Sena or Karalsora) was King of Anuradhapura in the 5th century, whose reign lasted from 435 to 436. He succeeded Chattagahaka Jantu as King of Anuradhapura. During his reign, the kingdom was invaded by Pandu of The Six Dravidians.
Prince Marko Marko Mrnjavčević (, ] ;  1335  – 17 May 1395) was the "de jure" Serbian king from 1371 to 1395, while he was the "de facto" ruler of territory in western Macedonia centered on the town of Prilep. He is known as Prince Marko (, "Kraljević Marko", ] ) and King Marko (Bulgarian: Крали Марко ; Macedonian: Kрa...
Nicholas I of Russia Nicholas I (Russian: Николай I Павлович , "Nikolay I Pavlovich" ; 6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1855 ) was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855. He was also the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. He is best known as a political conservative whose reign was mar...
Gothabhaya of Anuradhapura Gothabhaya, also known as Meghavannabhaya, Gothakabhaya and Goluaba, was a king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka whose reign lasted from 254 to 267. During his reign, Gothabhaya renovated several temples and monasteries and also built a new temple. He is the last of three friends who ...
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Alexander I. Poltorak Alexander I. Poltorak (born 1957) is a Russian-born American author, entrepreneur, physicist and scholar. He co-authored two books on intellectual property: "Essentials of Intellectual Property" and "Essentials of Licensing of Intellectual Property", both published by John Wiley & Sons. He is the ...
Copyright law of the Philippines A copyright is the legal protection extended to the owner of the rights in an original work. Original work refers to every production in the literary, scientific, and artistic domains. The Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL), the leading agency responsible for handling the registratio...
Ley Sinde Ley Sinde, or the Sinde Law, is a provision in Spain's Sustainable Economy Act designed to address internet copyright infringements. The bill passed the final legislative hurdle and was made law Friday December 30, 2011. The law created a new intellectual property commission designed to review requests from c...
Special 301 Report The Special 301 Report is prepared annually by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) under Section 301 as amended of the Trade Act of 1974. The reports identify trade barriers to U.S. companies and products due to the intellectual property laws, such as copyright, patents and tr...
Patent valuation Intellectual property assets such as patents are the core of many organizations and transactions related to technology. Licenses and assignments of intellectual property rights are common operations in the technology markets, as well as the use of these types of assets as loan security. These uses give...
Registration of Intellectual Property in Ghana Registration of intellectual property in Ghana is key to safeguarding one's intellectual efforts from infringement. Intellectual property law of Ghana encompasses intellectual property (IP) laws in Ghana, such as laws governing copyright, patent, trademark, industrial desi...
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2014 in video gaming The year 2014 saw the release of numerous games, including new installments for some well-received franchises, such as "Assassin's Creed", "Bayonetta", "Borderlands", "Call of Duty", "Castlevania", "Civilization", "Dark Souls", "Divinity", "Donkey Kong", "Dragon Age", "The Elder Scrolls", "Elite", ...
Integrated Circuit Topography Act The Integrated Circuit Topography Act ("An Act to provide for the protection of integrated circuit topographies and to amend certain Acts in consequence thereof", C-37) is legislation passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1990 that regulates the intellectual property of integrated circ...
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Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Library and Museum Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Library and Museum is a museum and library opened in 2008 in Roufnagar (formerly Salamatpur), Faridpur District, Bangladesh, the home village of Munshi Abdur Rouf, in whose honour it is named. It is one of ten memorial museums opened in 20...
National Library of Nicaragua Rubén Darío The National Library of Nicaragua Rubén Darío is the national library of Nicaragua, located in the city of Managua. It was founded in 1880, and damaged in the 1931 earthquake. Another earthquake in 1972 caused further damage, furthermore, it was looted. One of its librarians wa...
Jalauka Jalauka (also known as Jaluka) was, according to the 12th century Kashmiri chronicle, the Rajatarangini, a king of Kashmir. Jaluka was reputed to have been an active and vigorous king of Kashmir, who expelled certain intrusive foreigners, and conquered the plains as far as Kannauj. Jalauka was hostile towards B...
Kostiuk Kostiuk or Kostyuk is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It is a patronym, that is to say, it is derived from the personal name of the father of the initial bearer. In this instance, this surname derives from the personal name "Kosty, Kost", and the Ukrainian diminutive suffix "uk". Thus, the surname Kostiuk can be...
Dr. Croke Cup The Dr. Croke Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the All Ireland Secondary Schools Senior "A" hurling championship. Before that it was an inter-county GAA competition in hurling. The first Croke Cups (which included Hurling and Gaelic Football) took place between 1896 and 1915. Clare was the fir...
Quai Louis-Blériot The Quai Louis-Blériot is a quay alongside the Seine in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was known as the Quai d'Auteuil until it was renamed in honour of French aviator Louis Blériot in 1937.
Louis Blériot Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for trucks and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of the money he made to finance his attempts to build a successful aircraft. In ...
Kurt Gödel Society The Kurt Gödel Society was founded in Vienna, Austria in 1987. It is an international organization aimed at promoting research primarily on logic, philosophy and the history of mathematics, with special attention to connections with Kurt Gödel, in whose honour it was named.
Beauchene Island Beauchene Island is the southernmost of the Falkland Islands, lying about 54 km south of Porpoise Point in Lafonia. It was discovered in 1701 by Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne in whose honour it was named.
Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury (c. 1304 – 23 November 1349) was an English noblewoman, remembered for her relationship with King Edward III of England and possibly the woman in whose honour the Order of the Garter was originated. She was the daughter of William de ...
The Replacements (band) The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979. Initially a punk rock band, they are considered pioneers of alternative rock. The band was composed of the guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bass guitarist Tommy Stinson and drumme...
Billy's Live Bait Billy's Live Bait was the second album recorded by Austin, Minnesota band the Gear Daddies. It was their first release for a major label.
Martyr A.D. Martyr A.D. is a metalcore band formed in late 1999 from former members of the band Disembodied. Joel Johnson (guitar), Tara Johnson (bass) and Justin Kane (drums) joined with newcomers Charlie Johnson (guitar) and Mike Fisketti (vocals). After the departures of Kane and Fisketti in 2002, Andrew Hart and Ka...
Static Taxi Static Taxi was a post-punk band formed in the late 1980s by Bob Stinson, former lead guitarist of The Replacements, and members of Uptown from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Static Taxi officially formed on June 1, 1988. John Reipas (drums) and Ray Reigstad (vocals) had been playing with Bob Stinson since the spr...
Long Division (Low album) Long Division is the second full-length album by Duluth, Minnesota band Low, released in 1995.
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Songs for Slim Songs for Slim is an EP by the band The Replacements. The EP was recorded and sold to benefit former bandmate Slim Dunlap, who had suffered a stroke. Chris Mars, former drummer for The Replacements, contributed to one song ("Radio Hook Word Hit") and designed the album art.
Slim Dunlap Bob "Slim" Dunlap (born August 14, 1951) is an American rock musician. He is a Minnesota-based guitarist and singer-songwriter who is best known for replacing The Replacements' original lead guitarist, Bob Stinson in 1987. Dunlap also recorded two solo albums in the mid-1990s.
The Knew The Knew is an American rock and roll band from Denver, CO consisting of Jacob Hansen (guitars, vocals), Tim Rynders (bass), Tyler Breuer (guitars), and Andy Thomas (drums). The group takes influences from such acts as The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Dillinger Four, The Replacements, and My Morning Jacket. The ...
Let's Go Scare Al Let's Go Scare Al was the first album recorded by the Austin, Minnesota band the Gear Daddies. The album was released in 1988 on the Gark record label, and re-released in 1989 on Polygram Records.
Livin la Vida Loco Livin La Vida Loco, a play on the song title "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin, was a concert tour in 1999. It was headlined by Coal Chamber, and organized by the band's record label, Roadrunner Records. Other bands that were featured included Machine Head, Slipknot, and Amen. The tour was formed...
Ricky Martin singles discography Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin has released seventy-nine Spanish and English-language singles. In 1984, thirteen-year-old Martin became a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. After recording eleven albums with the group, he left Menudo in 1989, hoping to rest and evaluate his c...
Ricky Martin (1999 album) Ricky Martin is the fifth album by the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin released on Columbia Records on May 11, 1999. The album is one of the best selling albums of all time and has sold 15 million copies, worldwide. This album is Martin's third which marketed in the United States and is his f...
Ricky Martin Live Ricky Martin Live is the ninth concert tour by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It supported his compilation album, "". The tour started in Newcastle on October 3, 2013 and continued across Australia for three weeks before coming to a close on October 20, 2013 in Melbourne.
Adrenalina (Wisin song) "Adrenalina" (English: "Adrenaline" ) is a song recorded by Puerto Rican rapper-singer Wisin, featuring Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin and American singer Jennifer Lopez. It was written by Lopez, Martin, Wisin, José Torres and Carlos E. Ortiz. It was released as the second single from Wisin's ...
Música + Alma + Sexo World Tour The Música + Alma + Sexo World Tour (also known as the M.A.S. Tour) was the eighth concert tour by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Ricky Martin. The tour supported his ninth studio album, "Música + Alma + Sexo" (2011). It began with a series of concerts in Puerto Rico and North America, w...
One Night Only with Ricky Martin One Night Only with Ricky Martin (also known as Una Noche con Ricky Martin) was the worldwide concert tour by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, in support of his 2005 album "Life". The tour visited the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Livin' la Vida Loca Tour The Livin' La Vida Loca World Tour was the first major world concert tour by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin to support his first English-language album "Ricky Martin". The tour started in October 1999 and continued until October 2000.
Black and White Tour The Black and White Tour (Blanco y Negro Tour) was the worldwide concert tour by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, in support of his 2006 album "MTV Unplugged". The tour visited the Americas and Europe.
Livin' la Vida Loca "Livin' la Vida Loca" is a number-one hit song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released on March 23, 1999 from Martin's self-titled debut English album (he had previously released several albums in Spanish). The song was composed by Desmond Child and Draco Rosa and topped the charts duri...
Jack Vivian Jack R. Vivian (born May 14, 1941) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, college football player, ice hockey head coach, general manager, professional scout, and university administrator. He is most notable as the first head coach of the Bowling Green State University (BGSU) varsity ice hockey program and...
Edgar Brenchley Edgar "Chirp" Brenchley (10 February 1912 – 13 March 1975) is a former ice hockey player who mainly played in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League (EHL). However, he is best remembered for playing for the Great Britain national ice hockey team which won the gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He is a m...
Gerry Davey John Gerald Davey (September 5, 1914 – February 12, 1977) is a former ice hockey player who played in the English National League (ENL). He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team which won the gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics (see Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics). He is a me...
HockeyNight HockeyNight is a Danish ice hockey program, that presents games from the Danish ice hockey league, Metal Ligaen. The program is broadcast on TV2 sport. Ice hockey expert Jimmy Bøjgaard and former ice hockey player, Lasse Degn are commentators.
František Hossa František Hossa (born 13 September 1954) is a Slovak former ice hockey player and the current head coach of Spartak Moscow of the KHL. Both his sons, Marián and Marcel, are professional ice hockey players. As of 2002, he is also the assistant coach of the Slovakia men's national ice hockey team.
Bure Family Wines Bure Family Wines is a winery in St. Helena, California, United States. It is a partnership between husband and wife Valeri Bure and Candace Cameron Bure and friend Joshua Peeples. Valeri has always had an interest in wine and after a back injury in 2005 that took him away from hockey, Bure was able t...
Jozef Golonka Jozef Golonka (born January 6, 1938) is a former ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and was a member of the Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team. He won a bronze medal in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria and won a silver medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenobl...
Murray Costello James Murray Costello (born February 24, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey executive and former professional ice hockey player. He was president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association then Hockey Canada. He also played in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing for the Chicago Black Hawks, Bos...
Radek Ťoupal Radek Ťoupal (born August 16, 1966 in Písek, Czechoslovakia) is a former ice hockey player. His debut in Czechoslovak ice hockey league came in season 1982/1983, playing for HC České Budějovice, when he was only 16. During an army duty spent two years playing for Slovakian club HC Dukla Trenčín. He played ...
Valeri Bure Valeri Vladimirovich "Val" Bure ( ; Russian: Валерий Владимирович Буре ; ] ; born June 13, 1974) is a Russian-American former ice hockey right winger. He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, St. Louis Blues, and Dallas Stars. A s...
Three Colours: White Three Colours: White (French: Trois couleurs : Blanc ) is a 1994 French-Polish comedy-drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. "White" is the second in "The Three Colors Trilogy", themed on the French Revolutionary ideals, following "" and preceding "". The film was se...
Be All That You Can't Be "Be All That You Can't Be" is the first single from Broadway Calls' second studio album, "Good Views, Bad News". It was released on July 21, 2009. The single has been released on vinyl. The vinyl is available in three colours: Blue, orange and white (Hot Topic Exclusive). Each colour is limited...
Colombia (cocktail) The Colombia is a cocktail containing vodka and curaçao. The layering effect takes advantage of the variation in density and temperature between the layers. The drink appears as stacked horizontal layers of yellow, blue and red, which matches the three colours of the Colombian flag.
Hokusai Manga The Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画 , "Hokusai's Sketches") is a collection of sketches of various subjects by the Japanese artist Hokusai. Subjects of the sketches include landscapes, flora and fauna, everyday life and the supernatural. The word "manga" in the title does not refer to the contemporary story-telling "...
Three Colours: Blue Three Colours: Blue (French: Trois couleurs : Bleu ) is a 1993 French drama film directed and co-written by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. "Blue" is the first of three films that comprise the "Three Colours" trilogy, themed on the French Revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality, and fratern...
Blue Blue is the colour between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. Human eyes perceive blue when observing light with a wavelength between 450 and 495 nanometres. Blues with a higher frequency and thus a shorter wavelength appear more violet, while those with a lower frequency and a longer wavelength gr...
Three Colours trilogy The "Three Colours" trilogy (Polish: "Trzy kolory" , French: "Trois couleurs" ) is a three-part film series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. Two of the films were made in French and one primarily in Polish: "" (1993), "" (1994), and "" (1994). All three were co-written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof...
City of Sydney flag The City of Sydney flag is made up of a horizontal triband of three colours – white, gold and blue. It was designed in 1908. The top third of the flag features three designs. The flag is displayed in Town Hall, Sydney.
Pan-African colours The term Pan-African colours refers to two different sets of three colours: red, gold (not yellow), and green (inspired by the flag of Ethiopia), and red, black, and green. They are used in flags and other emblems of various countries and territories in Africa and the Americas to represent Pan-Afric...
Requiem for my friend (Preisner) Requiem for my friend is a major and the first non-film musical work composed by Zbigniew Preisner. The composition was meant to honour the composer's late friend, the director Krzysztof Kieślowski, with whom he collaborated while working on a number of films, including the famous "Thre...
Gregg Rogell Gregg Rogell was born on February 18, 1967, in Long Island, New York, USA. He is a professional comedian who resides in New York City. He has appeared on "The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien", and "The Nanny". He has had his own half hour special on Comedy Central, and was a featured performer ...
Kumar (Singaporean entertainer) Kumarason Chinnadurai (born 10 August 1968, in Singapore), popularly known as Kumar, is a Singaporean Indian comedian and television host, actor, and drag queen. He made his name at the now defunct Boom Boom Room and was, for a time, synonymous with the cabaret nightclub as its resident ...