Number-one song in the charts today |
|
In the USA:
"Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
In the UK:
"Maneater" by Nelly Furtado
|
Famous people born on the 22nd of June: |
1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (d. 2001)
1946 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist, member of Buena Vista Social Club
1949 - Meryl Streep, American actress
1949 - Lindsay Wagner, American actress (Jaime Sommers)
1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer
1957 - Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist from group INXS
1961 - Jimmy Sommerville, Scottish singer (Bronski Beat, Communards and solo)
|
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2006 |
|
Orhan Pamuk
1952-
who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures
Turkey
Photo: nobelprize.org
|
|
|
|
|
Oscar of the best picture in 2006 |
The Departed
directed by Martin Scorsese
with Matt Damon (Colin Sullivan), Leonardo DiCaprio (Billy Costigan), Jack Nicholson (Frank Costello)
|
Designed in 2006 |
The Zanotta veryround seat
by Louise Campbell |
|