About Marc Anthony Marc Anthony was born Marco Antonio Muñiz in New York City, to Guillermina, a housewife, and Felipe Muñiz, a musician and hospital lunchroom worker. His parents are Puerto Rican and named him after Mexican singer Marco Antonio Muñiz. He was raised Roman Catholic.
Personal Information
Birth Name Marco Antonio Muñiz Nick Name Skinny Father Felipe Muñiz (musician) Mother Guillermina Muñiz Date of Birth September 16, 1969 Weekday Tuesday Birthday / Birth Anniversary September 16 Place of birth New York City Sex Male Height 5' 8" Zodiac sign Virgo Nationality United States Race or Ethnicity Hispanic Sexual Orientation Straight Sister(s) Yolanda Muñiz
Marital Information
Status Married Girlfriend Debbie Rosado (ex-, NYPD, separated 1995) Spouse(s)
Dayanara Torres (ex-Miss Universe, married 9-May-2000, divorced 1-Jun-2004, two sons)
Jennifer Lopez (singer, married 5-Jun-2004, one daughter, one son)
Son(s)
Christian Anthony Muñiz (born 6-Feb-2001)
Ryan Anthony Muñiz (born 16-Aug-2003)
Maximilian David (twin, born 22-Feb-2008)
Daughter(s)
Ariana (born 1994, with Rosado)
Emme Maribel (twin, born 22-Feb-2008)
Professional Information Genre(s) Latin, salsa, pop, Latin pop, dance-pop, freestyle (early) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, actor Instruments Vocals Years Active 1991–present
Weddings are an incredibly expensive proposition – while you want to make sure that your special day is as memorable as possible, you also want to be assured that you still have something left in your savings account when all is said and done. There are ways to bring the cost of your big day down without impacting on the quality or enjoyment factor, however.
Ask guests to contribute towards the honeymoon
Your first holiday as a married couple is one of the major expenses to be factored in to the overall cost of the wedding, so why not ask your friends and family to contribute to the fund rather than buy you items that you don’t really need? Many travel agencies will allow you to set up a wedding account specifically for your honeymoon that guests can pay into – or even a registry that details specific activities of your choice, allowing guests to know precisely which aspect of the trip they are helping out with.
Get friends to document your day
If one of your guests is particularly handy with a camera or video camera then consider asking them if they would mind documenting your big day as their wedding present to you. Professional photographers and video camera operators can be incredibly pricey, so if there’s someone you trust to do your day justice then this is a great way to reduce costs.
Low cost cake
Similarly, if you have somebody among your guest list who is a dab hand in the kitchen, then consider asking them to bake your wedding cake. While many people prefer not to burden their friends or family with such a task, the fact is that more often than not the person in question will see such an opportunity as a huge honour.
Make your own invitations
With a bit of creative ingenuity and effort, there’s no reason why you can’t fashion some professional looking invitations at a fraction of the cost that they would otherwise cost. Hunt around online for some ideas – there are plenty of fantastic looking invitations out there to draw inspiration from.
Only invite those who mean the most to you
While you may well be under pressure to have extended family that you hardly ever see at your wedding, stand firm if necessary. It’s your day after all, so if you’re on a budget it’s entirely reasonable that you only invite those who you truly wish to be there.
Buy your rings online
Although it may be an initially worrying thought to buy your wedding rings online without seeing them in the flesh first, there are many reputable companies out there that can provide what you need for a fraction of the price that you would pay were you to walk into a jewellery store. Do your research and go for an online store with a good reputation and you won’t go too far wrong.
Don’t feel like you have to provide drinks all day and night
Laying on wine for the meal and champagne for the toast will cost enough, so don’t feel like you have to also provide a free bar for the festivities that follow. Guests will be more than happy to put their hand in their pocket and pay their own way for the evening reception.
Consider hiring out a pub for your reception
Given the right establishment, a pub can provide the perfect backdrop for a more relaxed, informal celebration than your average wedding venue – and at a tiny fraction of the price that you would otherwise pay. It makes for a genuinely memorable reception, too.
Green Travel Tips: 18 Strategies to Save Money While Traveling Green
The terms "green travel" or "ecotourism" evoke a wide variety of images ranging from sleeping in hammocks to purchasing pricey hemp luggage from the newest "hip" shopping center. However, to travel green one does not have to do without luxury or inversely to spend a lot of money. It simply means doing your part to preserve the ecology of the place(s) you visit. In fact, green travel can save you money at the same time. We have provided the following list of 30 ways to save money through green tourism, while at the same time doing your part to "save the planet".
Packing and Planning
1. Pack light, especially when flying. It not only saves on extra baggage fees, but less baggage equals less weight equals less fuel.
2. Print maps and tourist information before you go. Better yet, borrow a guidebook from the local library and save a tree.
3. Purchase empty travel bottles and fill them with your favorite shampoo and other products. By reusing them on multiple trips you save money and keep dozens of travel size bottles from local landfills.
4. Bring your own digital camera instead of purchasing an expensive disposable camera that can only be used once before being dumped in a landfill.
5. Consider purchasing a solar charger as most cameras, cell phones and iPods can be quickly and easily recharged this way.
6. Consider traveling closer to home this year to avoid flying. Flying is getting more expensive every day and uses a tremendous amount of fuel and contributes a lot of pollution to the air.
7. Combine work and play. If you have to fly somewhere on business plan your personal vacation before or after so you won't have to fly twice.
Transportation
8. Whenever possible get around town using public transportation.
9. Take short trips by walking or using a bicycle.
10. If you have to rent a car get a small one, or better yet rent a hybrid. Many car rental companies are now offering hybrid vehicles. Sure they might cost a little bit more to rent, but typically you save on fuel prices.
11. If taking your own automobile, take some or all of the following steps to increase your fuel efficiency and save on gas costs while reducing emissions. Have a tune-up before you leave, make sure your tires are properly inflated and reduce the number of unnecessary items you might have stored in the back seat or in your trunk. Turn off the air conditioner whenever possible. Reduce any drag on your car by removing roof racks and driving with your windows closed.
12. Carpool whenever one is available. Carpooling is not just for work anymore!
During Your Trip
13. Eat locally produced food. It is a lot healthier and less expensive and it saves on all the shipping costs and emissions from transporting them across the country.
14. Buy locally produced souvenirs. Handicrafts made by locals are not only sustainable but they are often a fraction of the price of items shipped in from out of town.
15. Visit local, state and national parks and reserves. The costs are usually very reasonable and the fees are used to support these protected areas.
16. Bring your own reusable water bottle instead of filling up landfills with old ones. If the tap water is not safe to drink at your destination, purchase a gallon size or larger of water and use it to refill your smaller bottle. It saves you money buying in bulk and saves the environment from billions of water bottles.
Accommodation
17. Stay with family and friends whenever possible. Hotels use a lot more energy and resources than homes through daily cleaning, mini bottles of shampoo, hallway lights constantly lit. Whenever you do stay in hotels remember to turn off the lights and TV, turn the A/C down whenever you leave, and when an option reuse the towels and sheets instead of changing them daily.
18. Look into a home exchange whenever you can. This type of tourism not only saves you money over an expensive hotel, but you can more easily practice green living while away from home.
As you can see, using just a few items from the list above can save money and energy and helps one protect the environment while traveling. As one of the industry leaders in membership travel clubs, Travel To Go (http://www.traveltogo.com ) actively supports Green Travel.
Samuel Wynn is the Media Director for Travel To Go (http://www.traveltogo.com ) and a writer, editor and world traveler.
Keywords: green travel, green tourism, ecotourism, green travel saves money
Number one singer Lady GaGa met heiress Paris Hilton for the first time last night- at a Nokia 5800 party in London. The two blonde bombshells went to the same Bel Air school but bizarrely it was in swanky London club Punk that they had their first encounter. And speaking to MTV News Paris- in the UK to promote her new TV show- said she is a big fan of the Just Dance singer. "I dont usually get excited to meet anyone but Lady Ga Ga is her own thing, she knows what shes doing and her music is like no other," said Hilton. "She writes all her own music and has a style that is so innovative and modern and futuristic that no one has even thought of it yet and I love that. Shes a trend setter." The love-in continued when MTV News asked Lady GaGa about her new BFF (Biggest Fan Forever). She told us: "Paris went to my school and shes a lovely girl so thankyou (to her)." After meeting the two LA girls got behind the decks to spin some tunes together. We also asked GaGa if she expected her success and the confident singer explained: "I did expect it because the musics really great but Im very grateful."
When Lady Gaga was a little girl, she would sing along on her mini plastic tape recorder to Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper hits and get twirled in the air in daddy’s arms to the sounds of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The precocious child would dance around the table at fancy Upper West Side restaurants using the breadsticks as a baton. And, she would innocently greet a new babysitter in nothing but her birthday suit.
It’s no wonder that little girl from a good Italian New York family, turned into the exhibitionist, multi-talented singer-songwriter with a flair for theatrics that she is today: Lady Gaga.
“I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I’m a ham today,” says Lady Gaga, 23, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song “Beautiful Dirty Rich,” and wild, theatrical, and often tongue-in-cheek “shock art” performances where Gaga – who designs and makes many of her stage outfits -- would strip down to her hand-crafted hot pants and bikini top, light cans of hairspray on fire, and strike a pose as a disco ball lowered from the ceiling to the orchestral sounds of A Clockwork Orange.
“I always loved rock and pop and theater. When I discovered Queen and David Bowie is when it really came together for me and I realized I could do all three,” says Gaga, who nicked her name from Queen’s song “Radio Gaga” and who cites rock star girlfriends, Peggy Bundy, and Donatella Versace as her fashion icons. “I look at those artists as icons in art. It’s not just about the music. It’s about the performance, the attitude, the look; it’s everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish.”
That goal might seem lofty, but consider the artist: Gaga is the girl who at age 4 learned piano by ear. By age 13, she had written her first piano ballad. At 14, she played open mike nights at clubs such as New York’s the Bitter End by night and was teased for her quirky, eccentric style by her Convent of the Sacred Heart School (the Manhattan private school Nicky and Paris Hilton attended) classmates by day. At age 17, she became was one of 20 kids in the world to get early admission to Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Signed by her 20th birthday and writing songs for other artists (such as the Pussycat Dolls, and has been asked to write for a series of Interscope artists) before her debut album was even released, Lady Gaga has earned the right to reach for the sky.
“My goal as an artist is to funnel a pop record to a world in a very interesting way,” says Gaga, who wrote all of her lyrics, all of her melodies, and played most of the synth work on her album, The Fame (Streamline/KonLive/Interscope). “I almost want to trick people into hanging with something that is really cool with a pop song. It’s almost like the spoonful of sugar and I’m the medicine.”
On The Fame, it’s as if Gaga took two parts dance-pop, one part electro-pop, and one part rock with a splash of disco and burlesque and generously poured it into the figurative martini glasses of the world in an effort to get everyone drunk with her Fame. “The Fame is about how anyone can feel famous,” she explains. “Pop culture is art. It doesn’t make you cool to hate pop culture, so I embraced it and you hear it all over The Fame. But, it’s a sharable fame. I want to invite you all to the party. I want people to feel a part of this lifestyle.”
The CD’s opener and first single, “Just Dance,” gets the dance floor rocking with it’s “fun, L.A., celebratory vibe.” As for the equally catchy, “Boys Boys Boys,” Gaga doesn’t mind wearing her influences on her sleeve. “I wanted to write the female version of Motley Crue’s ‘Girls Girls Girls,’ but with my own twist. I wanted to write a pop song that rockers would like.”
“Beautiful Dirty Rich” sums up her time of self-discovery, living in the Lower East Side and dabbling in drugs and the party scene. “That time, and that song, was just me trying to figure things out,” says Gaga. “Once I grabbed the reigns of my artistry, I fell in love with that more than I did with the party life.” On first listen, “Paparazzi” might come off as a love song to cameras, and in all honestly, Gaga jokes “on one level it IS about wooing the paparazzi and wanting fame. But, it’s not to be taken completely seriously. It’s about everyone’s obsession with that idea. But, it’s also about wanting a guy to love you and the struggle of whether you can have success or love or both.”
Gaga shows her passion for love songs on such softer tracks as the Queen-influenced “Brown Eyes” and the sweet kiss-off break-up song “Nothing I can Say (eh eh).” “‘Brown Eyes’ is the most vulnerable song on the album,” she explains. “‘Eh Eh’ is my simple pop song about finding someone new and breaking up with the old boyfriend.”
For the new tour for this album, fans will be treated to a more polished version of what they saw (and loved) at her critically acclaimed Lollapalooza show in August 2007 and Winter Music Conference performance in March 2008. “This new show is the couture version of my handmade downtown performance of the past few years. It’s more fine-tuned, but some of my favorite elements to my past shows – the disco balls, hot pants, sequin, and stilettos – will still be there. Just more fierce and more of a conceptual show with a vision for pop performance art.”
I have never met her before, I can’t wait so I came here,” Paris gushed before quizzing the “Just Dance” star on her musical and style influences in a nauseating backstage chat between the pair.Lady even brought on the LOLs by referring to Paris’ 2006 debut single, “Stars Are Blind,” as “one of the greatest records ever.”
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