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Omarion

Cover of Omarion's album: O Omarion on MTV's Punk'd

Omarion (born Omari Ishmael Grandberry on November 12, 1984 in Inglewood, California) is an American R&B singer and the former lead singer of boy band B2K.

Omarion was the last member to join B2K, at age 16. He was introduced to Raz-B, J-Boog and Lil' Fizz through Chris Stokes, IMX's manager. Omarion and IMX member Marques Houston are close friends, and in fact can be seen showing off a house they live in together on an episode of the highly popular MTV show, Cribs. Marques's mother died when he was young. Omarion is also the older brother of R&B singer O'Ryan.

B2K disbanded in January 2004, right after appearing in the Screen Gems film You Got Served. Omarion went on to start a solo career, and has a solo debut LP, entitled O, that was released through Epic Records on February 22, 2005.

Appearances on Punk'd

Omarion became the second celebrity ever to be on Punk'd more than once (Wilmer Valderrama, Jesse Metcalfe, and Jesse McCartney are the others). Omarion's first appearance was when he went over a girl's house because she had a mini party, the girl came out with Omarion, and her father came home and got upset with Omarion.

His second was when Omarion Punk'd his close friend, as well as half-brother Marques Houston, to help break up with Omarion's girlfriend because the actress who played her was pregnant.

London bombings controversy

Press release

Omarion was in London to attend the Live 8 show when the London bombings occurred on July 7, 2005. About eleven hours after the bombings, at 7:34 pm BDT, a press release was issued through PRWireService stating: [1]

The following day, on July 8th at 1:30 pm BDT, Reuters ran a story identifying a public relations firm, AR PR Marketing, as the source of the press release, and further identifying Shana Gilmore as his publicist, quoting her as saying, in response to a question as to why anyone would need to pray for Omarion, "He wasn't hurt or anything, but just the fact that he was there and all that." [2]

The release and subsequent Reuters article engendered a great deal of fierce criticism aimed towards the singer, given that Omarion had been nowhere near any of the bombing sites, and also given that the release made no mention of the fatalities and injuries actually incurred in the incident.

Authenticity

Omarion shortly thereafter issued a statement denying any connection with AR PR Marketing or Shana Gilmore, saying he was "in no way affiliated with the PR marketing firm mentioned in the piece" and that Gilmore was "not a legitimate representative of the artist, is not known to the artist, and is not acting on the artist's behalf."

Gilmore stated that she was not Omarion's publicist, that she had not issued the release, and that she had been misquoted. It is worthwhile to note, however, that according to her firm's website, AR PR Marketing handled a release party for Omarion's 2005 release, O, on May 6, 2005. [3]

PR NewsWire disputed Omarion and Gilmore's statements, stating that the company "conducts exhaustive background checks to verify the source of the release" and that Omarion's label, T.U.G./Sony paid the fee associated with the release's publication on PRNewsWire.

Internet meme

In response to this incident, members of several Internet communities (most notably Fark) now jokingly urge other posters to 'pray for Omarion' even in the face of disasters to which he has no connection, such as Hurricane Katrina and the Baghdad bridge stampede.

Discography

Albums

  • 2005 O #1 US (Gold)

Singles

References

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http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp. information not available yet
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. In response to this incident, members of several Internet communities (most notably Fark) now jokingly urge other posters to 'pray for Omarion' even in the face of disasters to which he has no connection, such as Hurricane Katrina and the Baghdad bridge stampede. information not available yet
. PR NewsWire disputed Omarion and Gilmore's statements, stating that the company "conducts exhaustive background checks to verify the source of the release" and that Omarion's label, T.U.G./Sony paid the fee associated with the release's publication on PRNewsWire.
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. It is worthwhile to note, however, that according to her firm's website, AR PR Marketing handled a release party for Omarion's 2005 release, O, on May 6, 2005.
. Gilmore stated that she was not Omarion's publicist, that she had not issued the release, and that she had been misquoted.
. Omarion shortly thereafter issued a statement denying any connection with AR PR Marketing or Shana Gilmore, saying he was "in no way affiliated with the PR marketing firm mentioned in the piece" and that Gilmore was "not a legitimate representative of the artist, is not known to the artist, and is not acting on the artist's behalf.". source: Greek ministry of Sports http://www.sport.gov.gr the available information is up to 1997.

The release and subsequent Reuters article engendered a great deal of fierce criticism aimed towards the singer, given that Omarion had been nowhere near any of the bombing sites, and also given that the release made no mention of the fatalities and injuries actually incurred in the incident. Men Trampolin 1m: 1991, 1992
Men Trampolin 3m: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1992
Men: 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1992
Women Trampolin 3m: 1992, 1993, 1996
Women: 1993, 1997
. The following day, on July 8th at 1:30 pm BDT, Reuters ran a story identifying a public relations firm, AR PR Marketing, as the source of the press release, and further identifying Shana Gilmore as his publicist, quoting her as saying, in response to a question as to why anyone would need to pray for Omarion, "He wasn't hurt or anything, but just the fact that he was there and all that." [2]. source: Greek ministry of Sports http://www.sport.gov.gr the available information is up to 1997. About eleven hours after the bombings, at 7:34 pm BDT, a press release was issued through PRWireService stating: [1]. Men Single: 12
Women Single: 35
Men Double: 10
Women Double: 16
Team Men: 3
Team Women: 12
Men-Women Double: 17
. Omarion was in London to attend the Live 8 show when the London bombings occurred on July 7, 2005. source: Greek ministry of Sports http://www.sport.gov.gr the available information is up to 1997 except "Finn".

His second was when Omarion Punk'd his close friend, as well as half-brother Marques Houston, to help break up with Omarion's girlfriend because the actress who played her was pregnant. Dragon: 1970, 1971, 1972
Laser: 1976
Finn: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Solling: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993
Star: 1986, 1987, 1995
. Omarion's first appearance was when he went over a girl's house because she had a mini party, the girl came out with Omarion, and her father came home and got upset with Omarion. In 2002, Olympiacos also won the European Super Cup, after beating in the final the European Cup-Winner. Omarion became the second celebrity ever to be on Punk'd more than once (Wilmer Valderrama, Jesse Metcalfe, and Jesse McCartney are the others). Olympiacos had also played in the final of the previous year, as well as two European Cup finals in the late 90's. . The greatest moment in the club's history was its victory in the 2002 European Champions Cup, after beating Honved in the final.

Omarion went on to start a solo career, and has a solo debut LP, entitled O, that was released through Epic Records on February 22, 2005. source: Hellenic Volleyball Federation http://www.volleyball.gr. B2K disbanded in January 2004, right after appearing in the Screen Gems film You Got Served. Center
. Omarion is also the older brother of R&B singer O'Ryan. Power Forward
. Marques's mother died when he was young. Small Forward
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Omarion and IMX member Marques Houston are close friends, and in fact can be seen showing off a house they live in together on an episode of the highly popular MTV show, Cribs. Shooting Guard
. He was introduced to Raz-B, J-Boog and Lil' Fizz through Chris Stokes, IMX's manager. Point Guard
. Omarion was the last member to join B2K, at age 16. source: Hellenic Basketball Federation http://www.basket.gr. Omarion (born Omari Ishmael Grandberry on November 12, 1984 in Inglewood, California) is an American R&B singer and the former lead singer of boy band B2K.
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2005 O #1 US (Gold). has been voted as the Best Team of the 90s in Europe by FIBA
. To conclude with we must say that Olympiacos B.C. Its rich history, including a Euroleague title in 1997, will help guide Olympiacos as it tries to overcome a 2004-05 season that was full of roster changes and inconsistency. Returning to the very elite of European basketball is the goal in 2005-06 for Olympiacos, a proud club coming off one of its most difficult seasons in recent years.

No one should forget that within the last decade, the Reds knew exactly what it took to win it all. But if there is one truth about great, historic teams, they never stay down for long. The Reds couldn't reach the Euroleague Top 16 and, despite rallying to make the Greek League playoffs, bowed out in the quarterfinals series. In 2004-05, an ever-changing roster made life tough for Olympiacos.

A drought ended in 2001-02 with a Greek Cup victory, while Olympiacos also reached the Greek League finals and came within a victory of the Euroleague Final Four. Although there was a return to the Final Four in 1999, a few years went by before the Reds won another trophy. During that game Olympiacos never used a zone defence, although it was played according to European basketball ruling and was defeated naturally by the team of one of the greatest basketball players ever, Michael Jordan (Olympiacos - Chicago Bulls: 78 - 104). Again Olympiacos is the only Greek team in history that played such a much.

The same year they played against Chicago Bulls and it was a game between the European Champion and the NBA Champion. At the Euroleague final, the most valuable player of the game was David Rivers (Olympiacos' playmaker). Olympiacos is the only Greek team to have achieved this and one of the very few in the history of European Basketball. all competitions in which they participated; Greek League, Greek Cup and Euroleague(by beating FC Barcelona 73-58 in Rome.

Dusan Ivkovic came to the bench in 1997, when it was the most successful year in the history of Olympiacos Basketball Club as they won the Triple Crown, i.e. It is worth mentioning that in order to advance to the two finals Olympiacos played with archrivalsPanathinaikos and won both games. Head coach Ioannis Ioannidis led Olympiacos to four consecutive Greek League titles between 1993 and 1996, and to the Euroleague final in 1994 and 1995. The middle of that decade belonged to Olympiacos, not only in Greece, but all around the continent.

It would also add seven Greek Cup titles to its trophy case, but it was in the 1990s that the Reds made their biggest mark. Olympiacos won the first of its nine Greek League titles in 1949. source: Hellenic Football Federation http://www.epo.gr.
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. Their arch-rival Panathinaikos is 12 back after a 3-2 loss to Olympiacos at the home of the Greek leaders. Therefore Olympiacos appointed Trond Sollied.
As of January 2006, Olympiacos is first in the Greek league standings by 6 points. The end of the season found Olympiacos with both domestic trophies (Championship and the Greek Cup) but without their manager Dusan Bajevic, as he resigned.

Last season (2004/05) Olympiacos appointed again Dusan Bajevic and transferred World Champion Rivaldo. In the 2003/04 season, Olympiacos finished second. Since then Olympiacos won seven consecutive Championships, even after Bajevic left in 1999. The same season Kokkalis transferred to the reds all the Greek young talents he could find, such as Predrag Djorgevic, Grigoris Georgatos, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Giorgos Anatolakis, Dimitris Mavrogenidis,Alexis Alexandris,Giorgos Amanatidis,Andreas Niniadis, etc - Most of whom are still members of Olympiacos today.

In 1996 Kokkalis appointed Dusan Bajevic which was already out of contract with AEK following a class with the management team regarding financial issues and uncertainty. Having agreed to a settlement of the club's debts with the Greek government, Kokkalis slowly resurrected the team. The situation improved after Sokratis Kokkalis took over Olympiacos's shares in 1993. On the pitch, the team without a serious management team went nine seasons without a league title (1986/87 to 1996/97.

Soon Koskotas was accused of and convicted for embezzlement, leaving Olympiacos deep in debt. In the mid 80s Olympiakos came into the hands of Greek Businessman George Koskotas. Olympiacos experienced its darkest days from the mid-1980s until the mid-90s. The highlight for that side was the 1973/74 season, when Olympiacos won the league with record points (59) and of goals (102).

He appointed Lakis Petropoulos as coach and signed star players Giorgos Delikaris, Yves Triantafyllos, Julio Losada, Milton Viera and Dimitris Persidis. Another glorious chapter began in 1972, after Nikos Goulandris became president. In the 60s and the 70s Olympiacos won just 5 Championships and 8 Cups, but even in the lean years, the club remained the team every other Greek side wanted to beat. It is worth mentioning that Olympiacos for several seasons was not allowed to make use of the Karaiskaki Stadium and with permition from Panathinaikos found a temporary home in “Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium”.

In fact, with key performers such as Andreas Mouratis, Elias Rossidis, Thanassis Bebis, Elias Yfantis, Kostas Polychroniou, Giorgos Darivas and Savas Theodoridis, Olympiacos won Six consecutive titles from 1953/34 to 1958/59. In 1940 Olympiacos had already 6 Championships in 11 seasons and by 1960 he had won 15 Championships in 23 Seasons as well as 9 Cups and 6 Doubles. Olympiacos won the Greek Championship for the first time in that season, and has since become the most winning team in Greece. From the season 1930/31 (which started in January of 1931) and on, the best teams from the country participated.

The second Greek Championship took place in 1929/30 only with three teams (the local champions of: Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki). and during that season they played fiendly games with each other. Panathinaikos and AEK decided to follow Olympiacos and together they formed a group called P.O.K. However in that season Olympiacos came to a dispute with the Hellenic Football Federation and did not participate.

In 1926 the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) was founded and in 1927 tried to organize the first Greek Championship. Olympiacos immediately caught the attention of locals, with the team filling the Piraeus Velodrome (now the Karaiskakis stadium); their fanbase consisted mainly of the working class. "The Legend" after the classic side of the 1930s which won a hatful of titles. In 10 March, 1925 two older Piraeus clubs, "Piraeus Sports and Football Club" and "Football Fan Club of Piraeus," merged to form a new club, Olympiacos CFP; which would come to be known as "Olympiacos Fan Club of Piraeus" a.k.a.

The club was founded in 1925 in the city of Piraeus, where the team still plays today. .
. In football, Olympiacos hasn't lost in a Home League game against Panathinaikos since 1995 (02.12.95 with 1-2), that is nearly 11 years unbeaten.

28 in the World where Panathinaikos is No.97 and AEK is No.120. Currently, according to the International Federation of Football and Statistics Olympiacos is No. Running up second on trophies won count is Panathinaikos FC and the third is AEK FC. With an outstanding 33 national championships in football in 69 seasons, while all the other major Greek clubs (AEK, Panathinaikos, PAOK) having 32 championships combined, no Greek team has been as successful as Olympiacos in this area.

Fans point out as remarkable the fact that Olympiacos is the only Greek sports club to have done the Treple in two different sports. Olympiacos has won European and International titles in Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Waterpolo and Athletics. With over 400 officially recognized titles, Olympiacos CFP is one of the biggest multisport clubs in Europe. 7 Championships.

11 Championships. 16 Championships. 1 Championship [1971]. 25 Championships
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105 Titles
. 34 Greek championships (Men)
. 47 Greek championships - 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. 1 European Super Cup 2002.

1 European Champions League 2002. 1 Treple 2002. 6 Doubles 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. 8 Cups 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.

19 Championships 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1969, 1971, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. 2 European Cups: 1996, 2005. 10 Doubles: 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001. 12 Cups: 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001.

22 Championships: 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003. Sofoklis SCHORTSANITIS. 15. Lazaros AGADAKOS.

14. Eurelijus ZUKAUSKAS. 11. Andrija ZIZIC.

20. Martin RANCIK. 07. George PRINTEZIS.

16. Panayiotis VASILOPOULOS. 13. Nikos BARLOS.

12. Quincy LEWIS. 08. Dimitris KALAITZIDIS.

31. Renaldas SEIBUTIS. 10. Nikos CHATZIS.

09. Christos CHARISIS. 32. Nikos ARGYROPOULOS.

06. Manolis PAPAMAKARIOS. 05. Tyus EDNEY.

04. 4 Doubles 1976, 1978, 1994, 1997. 1 Treple 1997. 1 Euroleague 1997.

7 Cups 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2002. 9 Championships 1949, 1960, 1976, 1978, 1993, 1994, 995, 1996, 1997. 1 Balkan Cup 1963. 3 Super Cups 1980*, 1987, 1992.

11 Doubles 1947, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1999, 2005. 21 Cups 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005. 33 Championships 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005. Y: Ilias Yfantis.

T: Savvas Theodoridis, Yves Triantafyllos, Giotis Tsalouchidis, Nikos Tsiantakis. S: George Sideris. R: Ilias Rossidis (played in the mid-20th century). P: Oleg Protasov.

M: Tasos Mitropoulos, Andreas Mouratis. L: Houlio Losanta. K: Christos Kaltsas, Vassilis Karapialis, Kyriakos Karataidis, Christian Karembeu. G: Stelios Giannakopoulos, Nikos Gioutsos, Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Sinica Gogic, Achilleas Grammatikopoulos (played in the 1940s).

D: Georgios Delikaris, Lajos Détári. B: Thanasis Bebis, Vassilis Botinos. A: Nikos Anastopoulos, Andrianopoulos Brothers(5), Romain Argyroudis (played in the 1970s). Trond Sollied.

Alexandre Joaquim D'Akol (on Loan to Kerkira FC). ??. Haruna Babangida. 40.

Michalis Konstantinou. 23. Dani (Daniel Garcia Lara). 20.

Ioannis Okkas. 09. Marco Ne (from 01.07.06). ??.

Kostas Mendrinos (on Loan to Ionikos FC). ??. Charilaos Pappas (on Loan to Apollon Kalamarias FC). ??.

Nick Salapatas. ??. Anastasios Kyriakos. 77.

Giannoulis Fakinos. 36. Zhora Hovhannisyan. 27.

Erol Bulut. 22. Grigorios Georgatos. 21.

Ioannis Taralidis. 17. Yaya Touré. 15.

Predrag Djorjevic. 11. Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira. 10.

Miloš Marić. 08. Nery Alberto Castillo. 07.

Ieroklis Stoltidis. 06. Pantelis Kafes. 01.

Michal Zewlakow (from 01.07.06). ??. Christos Lisgaras (on Loan to Panachaiki FC). ??.

Giorgos Anatolakis. 32. Anastasios Pantos. 30.

Spyros Vallas. 25. Thanasis Kostoulas. 19.

Dimitrios Mavrogenidis. 14. Gabriel Francisco Peralta Schürrer. 12.

Michalis Kapsis. 05. Stelios Ventetidis. 03.

Christos Patsatzoglou. 02. Panagopoulos. ??.

Giannis Siderakis. 87. Antonios Nikopolidis. 71.

Kleopas Giannou. 34. Erwin Lemmens. 33.

Theodoros Ntougeroglou. 29.