Ariana Grande Wikipedia. Ariana Grande Butera born June 2. Ariana Grande ,1 is an American singer and actress. She began her career in 2. Broadway musical 1. Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious, and in the spinoff. Sam Cat until 2. She has also appeared in other theatre and television roles and has lent her voice to animated television and films. Grandes music career began in 2. Music from Victorious. Critical reactions to Blurred Lines were mostly positive. The Michigan Dailys Jackson Howard graded it an A and praised it as one of Pharrells best beats in. In 2. 01. 3, she released her first studio album Yours Truly, which entered atop the US Billboard 2. The albums lead single, The Way, opened in the top 1. Gain insight into breaking legal matters in the entertainment world. From celebrity lawsuits to imposing court decisions, stay uptodate with The Hollywood Reporter ESQ. Thanks Mike, Another fun fact from the other down under. Here in NZ we have about 5000 scientologists. At least, if you believe the official church. Jaws.jpg' alt='Watch Wish You Were Here Online Hollywoodreporter' title='Watch Wish You Were Here Online Hollywoodreporter' />Billboard Hot 1. Mariah Carey. Grandes second studio album, My Everything 2. US and charted in the top 1. With the lead single Problem and several other singles, she was continuously in the top 1. Billboard Hot 1. 00 for 3. The next year, Grande gave her first world tour, The Honeymoon Tour, to promote My Everything. In 2. 01. 6, she released her third studio album Dangerous Woman, which charted at number two on the Billboard 2. The title track debuted at number 1. Billboard Hot 1. 00, making Grande the first person in the history of that chart to have the lead singles from each of their first three albums debut within the top 1. US. 2 In 2. 01. 7, Grande gave her international Dangerous Woman Tour. As of June 2. 01. Grandes music videos had been viewed a total of more than eight billion times online. Her accolades include three American Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and four Grammy Award nominations. All three of her albums have been certified platinum by the RIAA. She has supported a range of charities4 and has a large following on social media. In 2. Time named Grande one of the 1. Life and career. Early life and career beginnings. Ariana Grande Butera was born in Boca Raton, Florida. She is the daughter of Joan Grande, the chief executive officer of Hose Mc. Cann Communications, a telephone and alarm system company,91. Edward Butera, a graphic design firm owner in Boca Raton. Her name was inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat The Movie. Grande is of Italian descent. She has an older half brother, Frankie Grande, an entertainer and producer,1. Marjorie Grande. 1. Grandes family moved from New York to Florida when her mother was pregnant with her, and her parents separated when she was around 8 or 9 years old. As a child, Grande performed with the Fort Lauderdale Childrens Theater,1. Mr. MacLean has worked in an environment where guns were a part of the day to day attire. Shirt, boots, belt, gun, check, check, check and check. Annie. She also performed in the musicals The Wizard of Oz and Beauty and the Beast. At the age of 8, she performed at a karaoke lounge on a cruise ship and with various orchestras such as South Floridas Philharmonic, Florida Sunshine Pops and Symphonic Orchestras, and she made her first national television appearance singing The Star Spangled Banner for the Florida Panthers. She attended Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School. By age 1. 3, she became serious about pursuing a music career, though she still concentrated on theater. When she first arrived in Los Angeles to meet with her managers, she expressed a desire to record an R B album I was like, I want to make an R B album, They were like Um, thats a helluva goal Who is going to buy a 1. R B album1. In 2. Grande was cast in the supporting role of cheerleader Charlotte in the musical 1. Broadway,2. 1 for which she won a National Youth Theatre Association Award. When she joined the musical, Grande left North Broward Preparatory School, but continued to be enrolled the school sent materials to her so she could study with tutors. She also sang various times at the New York City jazz club Birdland. Breakthrough on Nickelodeon. Grande was cast in the Nickelodeon television show Victorious along with 1. Elizabeth Gillies in 2. In this sitcom, set in a performing arts high school, Grande played the role of Cat Valentine. She had to dye her hair red every other week for the role because the executive producer, Dan Schneider, did not want all the cast members to be brunettes, and the red hair was also a feature that the network felt would fit the personality of Cat. Watch Hubble 3D Online Facebook. The show premiered in March 2. Nickelodeon history with 5. The role helped propel Grande to teen idol status, but she was more interested in a music career, stating that acting is fun, but music has always been first and foremost with me. Her character was compared to Brittany Murphys performance as the hapless Tai in Clueless 1. The second season premiered in April 2. Victorious. 3. 0 In 2. Miriam in the musical Cuba Libre, which was written and produced by songwriter Desmond Child. After the first season of Victorious wrapped, Grande wanted to focus on her music career and began working on her debut album in August 2. To strengthen her vocal range, she began working with vocal coach Eric Vetro. She made her first musical appearance on the track Give It Up on the soundtrack Victorious Music from the Hit TV Show in August 2. While filming Victorious, Grande made several recordings of herself singing covers of songs by Adele, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, and uploaded them to You. Tube. 3. 4 A friend of Monte Lipman, CEO of Republic Records, came across one of Grandes videos. Impressed by her vocals, he sent the links to Lipman, who signed her to a recording contract. She released her first single, Put Your Hearts Up, in December 2. She later disowned the track for its bubblegum pop sound, saying that she had no interest in recording music of that genre. The song was later certified gold by the RIAA. Also in 2. 01. 1, she voiced the fairy Princess Diaspro in 1. Nickelodeon version of the Italian animated television series. Winx Club, appeared in Greyson Chances music video for a song called Unfriend You from his album Hold On til the Night, portraying Chances ex girlfriend, and voiced the title role in the English dub of the Spanish language animated film Snowflake, the White Gorilla. On a second soundtrack for Victorious, Victorious 2. June 5, 2. 01. 2 as an extended play, Grande supplied vocals for a cover of Dont You Forget About Me. Watch View From The Top Online Free 2016. After three seasons, Victorious was not renewed. The finale aired in February 2. The third and final Victorious soundtrack, Victorious 3. November 6, 2. 01. Grande duetting with Victoria Justice in the song L. Legal News Entertainment Law Hollywood, ESQ. When Does a Sexual Advance Amount to Sexual Harassment An Attorney Explains Guest ColumnIn the Harvey Weinstein situation, an actor or crew member working on a film that he produced, or any person working at The Weinstein Co., would be an employee under the law.