Sky Gaven (born April 20, 1985) is a Latin-American entrepreneur.
Gaven was born in Los Angeles, California.
Gaven studied at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. There she became a member of STEBA (Stern and Tisch Entertainment Association) Her short film titled My Shadows premiered at Outfest's Fusion Film Festival and placed Best Short in L.A., Boyle Heights Film Festival in 2006. She was the Head of the Casting Department Casting Director on here! Networks Award Winning television series, The DL Chronicles. While casting and producing the musical group G.L.A.M. for Mainstream Music, which has independent distribution through ADA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group she discovered and developed pop act Becky G.
In 2010, Gaven formed a creative tech agency called KonRob. The company specializes in digital business strategy and creative design and has worked with Google, NBCUniversal, MTV and RedBull.
In 2015, Gaven began working with Studio71. There she oversaw creative direction for Shay Mitchell's YouTube channel and digital travel series ShayCation. The channel garnered more than 100K subscribers in 24 hours and built over 4 million lifetime subscribers. Gaven re-launched Ashley Tisdale's YouTube channel and accumulated over 1 million subscribers and over 35 million views in 10 weeks.
Most recently through UX Design, Marketing and Research & Development, she helped Google launch YouTube's Community tool across the entire platform.
God's Beads () is an upcoming South Korean historical action television series starring Ahn Bo-hyun, Lee Sung-min, Claudia Kim, Ha Yoon-kyung, and Yoon Kyun-sang. Set in the Goryeo Dynasty (1258 AD), amidst the 30-year war with the Mongol Empire, the series depicts a convoy's perilous journey to claim a sacred relic, paralleled by a princess's desperate bid to rescue them. It is scheduled to premiere on JTBC in 2026.
Simply Slang is an American hard rock quartet, founded in 2002, and based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Originally known as Deadline, the band later changed its name upon discovering another band using the same name. In 2004, Simply Slang issued its eponymous debut, Simply Slang, through Platinum Realm Entertainment.
Within a short time of its release, Simply Slang began to garner international attention, thanks in part to the band's strategy of offering free downloads of its songs online.
This approach proved highly effective, as two tracks from their debut album, "Live 4 The Weekend" and "Angeline," became top downloads on music websites worldwide. In March 2005, Simply Slang achieved the No. 1 spot on the Heavy Rock Artist chart on MP3.com.au, Australia's leading music platform. Several weeks later, the band also claimed the No. 1 position on the Heavy Rock Album chart on the same website.
Despite these achievements, the band's lack of financial success began to take its toll. Hectic tour schedules, artistic conflicts, substance abuse issues, and ongoing financial struggles became overwhelming for some members. The departures began with guitarist Jeff Novak, and one by one, other musicians followed. By August 2005, frontman Aaron Morales was the only remaining original member. In the weeks that followed, Simply Slang underwent multiple lineup changes before heading into the studio in late 2005 to begin work on their second album, Bad Attitude.
Released on June 23, 2006, Bad Attitude featured the new lineup, along with a fresh, new, aggressive style. With material ranging from punky rock anthems, to blues-metal sleaze, Bad Attitude allowed the members of Simply Slang to forge a new chapter in the band's existence.
Simply Slang maintains a cult following among hard rock and sleaze/glam metal fans in the United Kingdom, Australia, Scandinavia, Latin America, Spain, and Italy. Despite the band's achievements internationally, Simply Slang did not achieve notable success in the United States.
In 2007, Aaron Morales dissolved the band to pursue his solo career, contributing to Hollywood's Demon Doll Records compilation album, Glamnation Vol. 2, and later releasing an EP called "Independence!" in 2010. Former members Patrick Mulcahy and Jon Schang are currently in progressive rock band District 97, with American Idol Season 6 semi-finalist Leslie Hunt.
Monica Alba (born August 25) is an American broadcast journalist. She is a White House correspondent and producer at NBC News based in Washington, D.C. She joined in August 2012 and held several different roles, including news associate, producer, and political reporter. Before rejoining NBC (which she was part of from 2005-2008), she worked as a filmmaker for three years at Home Court in New York.