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George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, London, to a Greek Cypriot father and a British mother. He began his career by forming a short-lived band called The Executive together with his best friend Andrew Ridgeley, a fellow pupil at Bushey Meads School.
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George Michael was in fact not born with that perfect entertainer's name. Georgios (Yorgos) Kyriacos Panayiotou was the name on his birth certificate when born on June 25th, 1963 in North London. From the beginning of his studies at a comprehensive school, it was apparent that young George's skills as a singer would not go untapped.
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Pot puffin’ pop star George Michael has some amazing luck. The gay singer could have been sent to jail for driving under the influence, but the judge took pity on him and sentenced him to 100 hours of community service. has been sentenced to 100 hours community service after being arrested last year for driving under the influence. Cops found the former Wham! singer slumped over his steering wheel in the middle of a busy intersection, his second arrest of this nature in less than a year. In light of his track recrod, the judge ... revoked Michael’s license for two years.
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The long, long-delayed George Michael album "Trojan Souls" is still alive, according to a report in England's "Dot Music." The record, which a source close to Michael says features collaborations with 10 vocalists including Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Anita Baker, was halted over Michael's legal problems with his former label, Sony. The R&B-oriented record was conceived in 1991 as a Michael project that saw the singer write and produce tracks for the guest artists, but apparently it evolved to include duets. It was originally planned as part of a production deal between Sony and Hardback, the label at the time run by Michael's cousin Andreos Georgiou, but Sony rejected the deal and the project was given to Warner. The record was initially scheduled to be released in 1993. Work was halted in 1992 when Michael and Sony began their legal battle (launched over creative and financial issues) which ... apparently affected the Hardback contract.
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Like the George Michael and Kenny Goss neon, Emin ... created a unique neon work for her supermodel friend Kate Moss called Moss Kin. In 2004, it was reported that this unique piece had been discovered dumped in a skip in east London. The piece, consisting of neon tubing spelling the words Moss Kin, had been mistakenly thrown out of a basement, owned by the craftsman who made the glass. The artwork was never collected by Moss and had therefore been stored for three years in the basement of a specialist artist used by Emin in the Spitalfields area. It was accidentally dumped when the craftsman moved.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3790377.stm The term used in the work "Kin" is a recurring theme of Emin's to describe those dear to her, her loved ones. Other examples can be seen in a monoprint called MatKin dedicated to her then boyfriend artist Mat Collishaw and released as an aquatint limited edition in 1997.http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=ObST9b2Q Emin has also created a nude drawing of Kate Moss known as Kate (2000), signed and dated as 1st February 2000 in pencil by the artist.
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In London, England, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, who would later be famous as George Michael, was born on June 25, 1963, to former dancers. His father, Kyriacos Panayiotou (aka. Jack Panos), a Greek Cypriot, immigrated to England in the 1950s and worked as restaurant assistant manager. His mother, Lesley Angold Harisson, was an English-Jewish who died of cancer on February 17, 1997. George, whose nicknames are Yog, Knobby and TLTI, has two older sisters, Yioda Panayiotou and Melanie Panayiotou, and was educated at Bushey Meads Comprehensive School.
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