tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9917055546751913082024-03-05T10:50:08.516-08:00Anonymously BloggingBiography Of Famous PeopleLedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-28144387482058485252007-10-28T16:38:00.000-07:002010-05-31T18:48:41.031-07:00CATHERINE ZETA-JONES BIOGRAPHY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS5P8pCKoAvh7-j3Ij5f8n6tQdDISq7o0UKx2TCk8xNP9AqJXJMVQXpDeqL15NJU3dTEHBrso-l7H9D-0-Yo05WPP1m9U-rM7pbEnEscCUPjJpR50mqt8dUvgwSYIBh09Hmi4dD3sngo/s1600/catherine.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS5P8pCKoAvh7-j3Ij5f8n6tQdDISq7o0UKx2TCk8xNP9AqJXJMVQXpDeqL15NJU3dTEHBrso-l7H9D-0-Yo05WPP1m9U-rM7pbEnEscCUPjJpR50mqt8dUvgwSYIBh09Hmi4dD3sngo/s400/catherine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477615711611251186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >PROFILE</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Catherine Zeta Jones<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name: </span> Catherine Jones<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 5' 7½<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> British<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> September 25, 1969<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actress<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife:</span> Michael Douglas (actor, born on September 25, 1944; married on November 18, 2000; 1 son)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship:</span> Mick Hucknall (musician), Jon Peters (producer), Angus MacFadyen (actor), John Leslie (actor)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Dai Jones (Welsh; runs a candy factory)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Pat Jones (Irish; a seamstress)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother: </span>Lyndon Jones (born in 1972), David A. Jones (an executive at Initial Entertainment group; born in 1967)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Mother: </span>Kathleen Fair (died in June 2001)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son:</span> Dylan Michael Douglas (born on August 8, 2000 at 5:52 pm; father: Michael Douglas)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daughter: </span>Carys Zeta Douglas (born on April 21, 2003; father: Michael Douglas)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Elena Montero in The Mask of Zorro (1998)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BIOGRAPHY</span></span><br />Catherine began acting at age 11, playing in a production of Annie and at 13 she starred in a West End production of the musical Bugsy Malone. When Catherine was 16 she took over the lead in David Merrick's 42nd Street. Her first regular television role came in the nostalgic British TV series The Darling Buds of May.<br /><br />While the U.S. audience was unaware of her work, Catherine was rapidly becoming a star in the UK. In fact, with the popularity of The Darling, Catherine became a mega-star in the UK. Coupled with her role in the four-hour television docu-drama Titanic, Catherine got some attention in the United States. Most importantly, she was noticed by Steven Spielberg, who recommended Catherine for the female lead The Mask of Zorro. She followed up this strong Hollywood debut (which this is now considered despite her appearance in 1986's The Phantom) with the equally successful Entrapment with Sean Connery.Now it seems like everyone knows who Catherine Zeta-Jones is, and will for a good long while if her box-office is any indicator.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FILMOGRAPHY</span></span><br />2007 Coming Out<br />2007 Death Defying Acts<br />2007 No Reservations<br />2006 Tony Bennett: An American Classic<br />2005 The Legend of Zorro<br />2004 Ocean's Twelve<br />2004 The Terminal<br />2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas<br />2003 Intolerable Cruelty<br />2002 Chicago<br />2001 America's Sweethearts<br />2000 High Fidelity<br />2000 Traffic<br />1999 Entrapment<br />1999 The Haunting<br />1998 The Mask of Zorro<br />1996 Titanic<br />1996 The Phantom<br />1995 Catherine the Great<br />1995 Blue Juice<br />1994 The Return of the Native<br />1994 Catherine Cookson's The Cinder Path<br />1993 Splitting Heirs<br />1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery<br />1991 The Darling Buds of May: Stranger at the Gates<br />1991 The Darling Buds of May: A Season of Heavenly Gifts<br />1991 The Darling Buds of May [TV Series]<br />1991 The Darling Buds of May: When the Green Woods Laugh<br />1991 The Darling Buds of May: Oh! to Be in England<br />1991 The Darling Buds of May: A Breath of French Air<br />1990 Les 1001 Nuits<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AWARDS</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Academy</span><br />2002 Best Supporting Actress Chicago<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Broadcast Film Critics Association</span><br />2003 Best Supporting Actress Chicago<br />2002 Best Supporting Actress Chicago<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">European Film Academy</span><br />1999 Best European Actress- People's Choice Award Entrapment<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />2002 Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Chicago<br />2000 Best Supporting Actress Traffic<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screen Actors Guild</span><br />2002 Best Supporting Actress ChicagoLedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-24542086249306451592007-09-04T18:03:00.000-07:002010-05-31T19:04:18.960-07:00GWEN STEFANI BIOGRAPHY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUKuFNzw6OVK39-j5krpx73lDwxF3eMAIgHkdxNRmD2JxHg5Ts7B2s9SUsMpTkeaU538lqWSxoTcpITcI9M6FP82__RBLUAho-cqSbnPAwTTiHPqsyEZOP_Jx7gzKHcb6AeoucDM3-ts/s1600/gwen-stefani2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 387px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUKuFNzw6OVK39-j5krpx73lDwxF3eMAIgHkdxNRmD2JxHg5Ts7B2s9SUsMpTkeaU538lqWSxoTcpITcI9M6FP82__RBLUAho-cqSbnPAwTTiHPqsyEZOP_Jx7gzKHcb6AeoucDM3-ts/s400/gwen-stefani2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477620223197630770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://entimg.msn.com/i/gal/GwenStefani/StefaniGwen_NK003_400.jpg"><br /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROFILE</span><br /><br />Name: Gwen Stefani<br />Birth Name: Gwendolyn Renee Stefani<br />Height: 5' 6"<br />Sex: F<br />Nationality: American<br />Birth Date: October 3, 1969<br />Birth Place: Anaheim, California, USA<br />Profession: actress, musician<br />Education: Cal State Fullerton<br />Husband/Wife: Gavin McGregor Rossdale (lead singer of the band Bush; born on October 30, 1967; met in 1996; engaged on January 1, 2002; married on September 14, 2002 at St. Paul's Church in London)<br />Relationship: Tony Kanal (No Doubts band mate; b. on August 27, 1970; dated for eight years)<br />Sister: Jill<br />Brother: Eric Stefani (former member of No Doubt; born on June 17, 1967), Todd Stefani<br />Son: Kingston James McGregor Rossdale (born on Friday, May 26, 2006; by Caesarean section at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; weighed 7 1/2 pounds)<br />Step daughter: Daisy Lowe (born in 1989; father: Gavin Rossdale)<br />Claim to fame: Lead singer of the band No Doubt<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GWEN STEFANI BIOGRAPHY</span><br /><br />Gwen Renee Stefani born October 3, 1969 is an American singer and the frontwoman of the band No Doubt. Stefani was born in Fullerton, California. Her brother Eric founded No Doubt in 1986 with John Spence, but eventually left the band to pursue a career on "The Simpsons". Gwen became the group's lead singer after original frontman John Spence committed suicide in December of 1987. Following the success of the band's 1995 album Tragic Kingdom, Stefani became highly popular and recognizable; the tension this produced with the other members of the band was touched on by their video for the song "Don't Speak". Many of the album's songs, including "Don't Speak", were inspired by her relationship and breakup with fellow band member Tony Kanal. On September 17, 2002, Stefani married Bush guitarist Gavin Rossdale. Thus far, her solo career has been most recognized for a pair of popular 2001 duets, the "Southside" remix with techno artist Moby and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with rapper Eve. In fact, Stefani became the first artist in history to win both Best Male Video and Best Female Video awards at the MTV VMA's, for "Southside" (credited as "Moby featuring Gwen Stefani") and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (credited as "Eve featuring Gwen Stefani") respectively, both in 2001. Stefani is currently working on a solo record titled Love Angel Music Baby, scheduled for release on November 22nd/23rd in 2004. Gwen created a sucessful fashion line, named L.A.M.B, which showcases clothing which Gwen would wear herself. The line also includes handbags and purses. Girls and young women who imitate Stefani's distinctive and trendsetting style of dress are sometimes referred to as "Gwenabees."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">AWARDS</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[18 award(s)] [45 nomination(s)]</span><br /><br />2006 : Won<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Meteor Ireland Music Award</span><br />category Best International Female<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">Billboard Music Award</span><br />category Digital Song of the Year for "Hollaback Girl"<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">Billboard Music Award</span><br />category New Artist of the Year<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">American Music Award</span><br />category Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">World Music Award</span><br />category World's Best Selling New Female Artist<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">International Dance Music Award</span><br />category Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track for "What You Waiting For"<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">Teen Choice Award</span><br />category Choice Music Collaboration for "Rich Girl"<br />shared with Eve<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">Teen Choice Award</span><br />category Choice Music Breakout, Female<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">Much Music Video Award</span><br />category Favourite International Artist for "Rich Girl"<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">ShockWaves NME Award</span><br />category Sexiest Woman<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">Brit Award</span><br />category Best International Female Solo Artist<br /><br />2005 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">MTV Australian Video Music Award</span><br />category Best Dressed Video for "What You Waiting For"<br /><br />2004 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">California Music Award</span><br />category Outstanding Female Vocalist<br /><br />2003 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">California Music Award</span><br />category Outstanding Female Vocalist<br /><br />2002 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grammy Award</span><br />category Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"<br />shared with Eve<br /><br />2001 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">VH1/Vogue Fashion Award</span><br />category Rock Style for "Southside"<br />shared with Moby<br /><br />2001 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">MTV Video Music Award</span><br />category Best Male Video for "South Side"<br />shared with Moby<br /><br />2001 : Won <span style="font-weight: bold;">Teen Choice Award</span><br />category Choice R&B/Hip Hop Track for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"<br />shared with Eve<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TRIVIA</span><br /><br /><span id="intelliTxt"><li class="blackfont">Broke her finger while dressmaking. (May 16, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Her friends treated her to a staggering $35,000 baby shower, two months before her baby is due. (April 22, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Still bears a grudge against the boy she shared her first kiss with on a family trip - because he failed to keep in touch.</li><li class="blackfont">Denies Madonna's claims that she copied her style. (November 7, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Refuses to attend this year’s MTV Video Music Awards reportedly because she was not asked to perform despite her receiving several nominations for awards. (August 20, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Has been cast in FACTORY GIRL, a movie about Andy Warhol's muse Edie Sedgwick. (August 9, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Said that her next solo single ‘Cool’ was inspired by her ex-boyfriend No Doubt bass player Tony Kanal. (June 27, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Has created a new T-shirt to raise cash for the victims of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. (May 13, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Has been named the top fashion icon by British magazine Harpers & Queen. (2005)</li><li class="blackfont">The red vinyl dress she wore on the cover of No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom album has been stolen from the Fullerton Museum Center. (January 14, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Plans to design for the rest of her life. (2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Has recently found out from her husband, 36-year-old Gavin Rossdale, that he's the father of Pearl Lowe's daughter Daisy, a 15-year-old London model named Daisy Lowe. (2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Is getting acting tips from Leonardo DiCaprio for her cameo in THE AVIATOR. (March 10, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">No Doubt and Blink 182 will team up for a coheadlining U.S. amphitheater tour beginning June 1 in Indianapolis and wrapping June 26 in San Bernardino, California. (February 5, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Her new line of clothes, L.A.M.B., has all the hallmarks of her singing style, which includes bikini tops, Rasta-inspired colors, low-slung pants, even bum flaps. (October 31, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">No Doubt recently shot a video for their new single It's My Life at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles -- It was directed by David LaChapelle, who's best known for his racy and provocative photographs of today's hottest stars. (October 21, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">While No Doubt enjoys a break after intense touring activity in support of its 2001 Interscope album, Rock Steady, Stefani is busying herself with a variety of endeavors – She’s been collaborating on some tracks on her own with different people; Stefani has previously lent her vocals to hit songs by Moby (South Side) and Eve (Let Me Blow Ya Mind). (April 22, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">No Doubt received the keys to Anaheim Friday at Disneyland, which the band mocked in its 1995 hit album Tragic Kingdom -- lead singer Gwen Stefani even confessed she wanted to work at Disneyland and sing songs at the Disneyland Hotel, and admitted she used to come dancing there. (November 25, 2002)</li><li class="blackfont">Gwen used to date bass player in the band Tony Kanal. When they broke up she wrote the hit single Don't Speak in memory of their relationship.</li><li class="blackfont">Sometimes Credited As: Gwendolyn Renee Stefani</li><li class="blackfont">Nickname: Sunshine, G-loc</li><li class="blackfont">Trade mark: Red Lipstick</li><li class="blackfont">Was on her High School swim team.</li><li class="blackfont">Met fiance Gavin Rossdale (Bush) in 1996 at a concert she was playing at with her band No Doubt</li><li class="blackfont">Inspired by such musicals as The Sound Of Music, and Annie.</li><li class="blackfont">Eric, her brother, was the keyboardist for No Doubt</li><li class="blackfont">Has a small dog named Megan</li><li class="blackfont">Favorite food: spagetti</li><li class="blackfont">Is Catholic</li><li class="blackfont">Favorite movie: THE SOUND OF MUSIC</li><li class="blackfont">Her prom dress was a remake of the movie BEHIND THE REAR WINDOW</li><li class="blackfont">Gwen and bandmate Adrian used to have a crush on each other.</li><li class="blackfont">No Doubt opened up for the Ziggy Marley (Bob Marleys son) concert in 1990. During the tour Gwen would come out on stage in different costumes, such as a wedding dress! She built her fans from then.</li><li class="blackfont">Gwen wrote Simple Kind Of Life the night before they recorded it.</li><li class="blackfont">Is the only original member who's still in the band.</li><li class="blackfont">Auditioned for GIRL INTERRUPTED and FIGHT CLUB.</li><li class="blackfont">Her grandfather is the guy at the register in the Sunday Morning video.</li><li class="blackfont">On the Just a Girl video, Gwen's shirt that shes wearing is made from boys underwear.</li><li class="blackfont">Played the Piccolo in her high school marching band.</li><li class="blackfont">No Doubt is in the Guiness Book for longest singel at #1, Don't Speak for 16 weeks.</li><li class="blackfont">During high school, Gwen thought she was chubby, so she joined the swim team.</li><li class="blackfont">Gwen's red vinyl dress from the cover of Tragic Kingdom is enshirned in a Hard Rock Cafe in Newport Beach, CA.</li><li class="blackfont">Gavin, Gwen's boyfriend of Bush doesn't like her style of clothing much.</li><li class="blackfont">Every year makes an annual trip to Knott's Berry Farm.</li><li class="blackfont">Once while jogging in Paris, Gwen got lost and forgot what hotel they were staying at, so she had to call her father who was back in the USA to get the name and number of the hotel she was at.</li><li class="blackfont">Has been known to check into hotels under the name Daria Blue.</li><li class="blackfont">In the Sunday Morning video, the guy laying in the driveway at the beginning is Eric Stefani, the guy on the porch is Donnie, at concerts he use to warm up the crowd before the band would preform, the man at the grocery store is Gwen's Grandfather and the house is Gwen's grandparent's.</li><li class="blackfont">Performed water ballet in high school.</li><li class="blackfont">Started wearing the Bindi after attending a party with Tony and his mother, where all the women were wearing them.</li><li class="blackfont">Tony got his nose pierced after loosing a bet to Gwen, but he forced her to watch him get peireced, and she fainted. </li></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-17887095872477004822007-08-30T05:54:00.000-07:002010-05-31T19:06:01.103-07:00Beyonce Knowles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbYVKVqFjVbnWTmjO5EpcATp3Dz3IWLn3kXbJmZfwnccV7EOpr4yAZJ8p28BCJ8J2duuyRwRy2NwDbFKLCimE0g8Wzb8w-Vkx4h8Eidw0hTwwXL29HnoS6DSUbzo_nYG56yI3SS9GHNI/s1600/beyonce-knowles-topshot.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbYVKVqFjVbnWTmjO5EpcATp3Dz3IWLn3kXbJmZfwnccV7EOpr4yAZJ8p28BCJ8J2duuyRwRy2NwDbFKLCimE0g8Wzb8w-Vkx4h8Eidw0hTwwXL29HnoS6DSUbzo_nYG56yI3SS9GHNI/s400/beyonce-knowles-topshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477620690659327554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span> Beyonce Knowles<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Beyonce Giselle Knowles<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height: </span>5' 6"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> September 4, 1981<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Houston, Texas, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actress, musician<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education: </span>High School for the Visual and Performing Arts in Houston, Texas<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship:</span> Jay-Z (musician; born on December 4, 1969)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Matthew Knowles (Destiny's Child's manager)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Tina Knowles (designs outfits for all Destiny's Child members)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister: </span>Solange Knowles (musician; born on June 24, 1986)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> member of Destiny's Child<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography<br /><br /></span></span>Beyonce Knowles is one of the most popular artist from the West. She is one who does not want to be just recognized as a pop artist rather wants her recognition as an artist. This music diva was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas, USA. Her efforts showed its worth in the block buster album "Dangerously in Love" - This album was strong both in terms of music and its lyrics too.<br /><br />"Dangerously in Love" is everything you'd expect from Beyonce and more than you could have hoped for. Another side of someone we've loved for years, Dangerously In Love is equally divided between seductive mid-tempos, lush ballads and fiery club bangers, providing a sharp focus on who Beyonce is right now: as a performer, as a woman, and as a creative force to be reckoned with. The vibe is more mature, more playful, more deeply passionate and sexually aggressive. Dangerously In Love is the sound of a grown woman clearly staking her claim in the world and, in the process, redefining expectations of who she is.<br /><br />Beyonce Knowles became the first African-American woman and the second woman ever to receive the honor to recieve the 2001 ASCAP Pop Songwriter Of The Year Award for Destiny's Child. Destiny's Child is one of the biggest selling female acts of all time. With many of the group's hit songs co-written and co-produced by Beyonce, Destiny's Child has sold more than 33 million records worldwide. Destiny's Child burst on the scene in 1997 with their multi-platinum single, "No, No, No," from their self-titled album. That success was dwarfed when Destiny's Child's The Writing's On The Wall was released in 1999. The album would go on to sell more than 10 million copies worldwide, driven in part by three Top 10 hits: "Jumpin, Jumpin," "Say My Name" and "Bills, Bills, Bills," which spent 9 weeks at #1 on the Billboard RandB singles chart.<br /><br />In 2000 the group recorded Survivor, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Survivor was certified double platinum four weeks after its release and has gone on to sell more than nine million copies worldwide. In 2001 Destiny's Child took home two Grammy awards: Best RandB song ("Say My Name") and Best RandB performance by a Duo or Group ("Say My Name"). Destiny's Child has won numerous other awards, among them Billboard Artist of the year, NAACP Image Awards, American Music Awards, Nickelodeon Kid's Choice and The Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year at the Soul Train Awards. The group has toured worldwide and performed at many high profile events including The Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Concert Special and the Concert For New York City.<br /><br />Beyonce shares co-executive producer credits on Dangerously In Love with her father and manager Mathew Knowles. She took an active role in all aspects of the album: from writing and choosing material to producing, mastering and mixing the tracks. Beyonce pays tribute to her father on the hidden bonus track, "Daddy," which was produced by Beyonce and Mark Batson.<br /><br />The sexy first single, "Crazy In Love," featuring Jay-Z, was co-produced by Beyonce and Rich Harrison. Jay-Z returns the favor for Beyonce's part on his hit "Bonnie and Clyde 03." "Crazy In Love" is about that moment when you realize you're falling into love and looking crazy but you simply don't care. The abandon continues on "Speechless," produced by Fanatic.<br /><br />Laced with an Arabic ambience, fused with a ghetto-fied edge and encompassing a sample from Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby," "Naughty Girl" is uptempo and party perfect: a sexy fantasy about having that one night where you lose all your inhibitions, head to theclub and work it like a naughty girl.Also sexy is the dancehall-Arabic flavored "Baby Boy," featuring the red hot Sean Paul.<br /><br />The same growth as music is evident in Beyonce's burgeoning acting career. In 2001 she starred in MTV's "Carmen." In 2002 she appeared as Foxy Cleopatra in "Austin Powers in Goldmember." This year she will co-star with Cuba Gooding Jr. in "The Fighting Temptations." She has two more features currently in production and can also be seen on the small screen in a series of Spike Lee-directed commercials for Pepsi-Cola. She is also the spokesperson for L'Oreal.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Filmography<br /> </span><br />* The Pink Panther ( 2005 )<br /><br />* The Fighting Temptations ( 2003 )<br /><br />* 46664 - The Event ( 2003 )<br /><br />* Austin Powers in Goldmember ( 2002 )<br /><br />* Charlie's Angels ( 2000 )<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Awards</span><br /><br />Black Reel Awards<br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Film: Best Song<br />For : The Fighting Temptations<br />Won<br /><br />Bet awards<br />Year : 2004<br />Category : best actress, best r&b female, best collaboration & video of the year<br />Nominated<br /><br />ASCAP Award<br />Year : 2002<br />Category : Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures<br />For : Charlie's Angels<br />WonLedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-30729605996024548812007-08-30T05:35:00.000-07:002010-05-31T19:09:39.426-07:00JAY-Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjS5FP8S0HCm5WpX4e2zcpmc0ZxoGQ4KMBwjZ_V8aO6Epzyw3sBU8TzfC9pOZkO8UCWAFGBooivaf5BfxBjrXhOE5jEx109fXunO3EmsePyLWtLe3CsZcGFTys6BO_gutA4lVgkozgUg/s1600/jz-04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjS5FP8S0HCm5WpX4e2zcpmc0ZxoGQ4KMBwjZ_V8aO6Epzyw3sBU8TzfC9pOZkO8UCWAFGBooivaf5BfxBjrXhOE5jEx109fXunO3EmsePyLWtLe3CsZcGFTys6BO_gutA4lVgkozgUg/s400/jz-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477621580514464834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCh6sJS0SXgNVZkNbAoo_Svh3Fg2Zz9e6PZdxtQWH_O34epQhxuhWl6kMF7QQ5bFD45lVRakaHeXcDp0s-d_jg_34KB17OLc-I8vWWv_OnsV7ZKfqEdRG5V6DVXcBAA1O0lPSRhgBBTI/s1600/jz-04.jpg"><br /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Jay-Z<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Shawn Corey Carter<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 6' 1"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> December 4, 1969<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Brooklyn, New York, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actor, musician<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn<br />George Westinghouse High School in Downtown Brooklyn<br />Trenton Central High School in Trenton, New Jersey (did not graduate)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship: </span>Beyonce Knowles (musician, actress; born September 4, 1981)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Adnes Reeves (left the family when Jay-Z was 12 years-old)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Gloria Carter (founder of Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame: </span>debut album Reasonable Doubt (1996)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br /><br />Shawn Corey Carter, 4 December 1969, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Raised in Brooklyn, Carter was a school friend of the Notorious B.I.G. He first started releasing records in the late 80s, part-financing his music by hustling. In 1990, he appeared on records by his close friend Jaz ("The Originators") and Original Flavor ("Can I Get Open'), and later scored an underground hit single with 1995"s "In My Lifetime". Drawing on Jaz's dealings with mercenary labels, Jay-Z set-up his own Roc-A-Fella imprint in 1996 with entrepreneur Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke. His debut set, Reasonable Doubt, went on to achieve gold sales and produced the US number 50 pop single "Ain't No Nigga"/"Dead Presidents", featuring future rap star Foxy Brown. The album, which reached US number 23 in July, attracted fans with a mixture of hard-hitting street lyrics and rhymes, epitomized by the collaboration with Notorious B.I.G. on "Brooklyn's Finest'. The follow-up In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 was released in the aftermath of Notorious B.I.G.'s murder, and debuted at US number 3 in November 1997. Featuring guest appearances from Puff Daddy, Lil" Kim, Too Short, BLACKstreet and DJ Premier, this sombre and intensely personal album included the stand-out tracks "You Must Love Me" and "Where I'm From".<br /><br />Although in demand as a guest artist, Jay-Z found the time to write, produce, and direct the semi-autobiographical short Streets Is Watching. The gold-selling soundtrack introduced several of Roc-A-Fella's rising stars, including Memphis Bleek, Rell and Diamonds In The Rough, and featured the hit single "It's Alright". Jay-Z then became a major star with the hit singles, "Can I Get A ... " and "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", the latter built around a line from the musical Annie. One of the more bizarre samples to be used on a hip-hop track, the single nevertheless became an international hit (UK number 2, December 1998/US number 15, March 1999). The album of the same name featured hotshot producer Timbaland, in addition to the usual team of Ski and DJ Premier. Guest rappers included DMX, Foxy Brown and Too Short, on a package that diluted Jay-Z's hard-hitting lyrical edge in an attempt to corner the crossover market. Vol. 2 " Hard Knock Life easily succeeded in its aim, staying at US number 1 for five weeks before finally being deposed by Alanis Morissette's new album. Despite a hectic schedule as a guest producer/writer and rapper, Jay-Z still found the time to enter the studio and record tracks for his new album. Released in December 1999, Vol. 3. Life And Times Of S. Carter confirmed his status as one of hip-hop's most popular artists when it topped the album charts the following month. The following year's The Dynasty: Roc La Familia 2000, another US chart-topper, was originally planned as a supergroup collaboration with fellow Roc-A-Fella rappers Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek and Amil. Jay-Z's remarkable roll continued with 2001's The Blueprint, another stellar work putting him out front as the current leader of the genre. The same December he was sentenced to three years probation for stabbing record producer Lance "Un" Rivera at a New York nightclub two years previously.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br />BET Awards<br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Best Male hip hop artist<br />Won<br /><br />Vibe Awards<br />Year : 2003<br />Category : Coolest collaboration<br />For : Crazy in Love (2004) - with Beyonce Knowles<br />Won<br /><br />BET Awards<br />Category : Best Collaboration<br />For : Crazy in Love (2004) - with Beyonce Knowles<br />Won<br /><br />Vibe Awards<br />Category : TuBig Award<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br /><span id="intelliTxt"><li class="blackfont">Is No. 1 on Forbes' list of 'Hip-Hop Cash Kings.' (August 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Has reportedly proposed to long-term love Beyoncé Knowles during a romantic getaway to Cannes, and the singer-and-actress said yes. (June 5, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Jay-Z and Beyonce were named the sexiest couple by Victoria's Secret. (April 20, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Is teaming up with General Motors to bring out a concept sports utility vehicle (SUV). (January 9, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">On his ‘Jay-Z Hangar’ tour on November 18, 2006, he’ll play seven gigs in seven cities on one day to promote his new album ‘Kingdom Come.’ (November 17, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Sued by publishing company Bridgeport Music over allegations he used samples illegally on his 2003 song “Justify My Thug.” (November 14, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Insists his return to performing does not signal the end of his executive involvement with Def Jam Records. (October 30, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Anheuser-Busch has hired Jay-Z as its new co-brand director for Budweiser Select, banking on his celebrity and entrepreneurial expertise to help lift its beer brand. (October 20, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles were forced to charter an extra plane to cope with their excess baggage on a trip to South Africa recently. (October 18, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Has announced plans to release a new album, “Kingdom Come,” in November, ending his three-year retirement from making music. (September 15, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Plans to ban all Cristal champagne products from his personal life and that of his many businesses after the company managing director Frederic Rouzaud said he was curious about the rap community's obsession with Cristal. (June 16, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Has officially signed former rap rival Nas to Def Jam. (January 24, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Jay-Z and Nas ended their longtime feud and promoted peace on-stage during a radio station-sponsored concert in New Jersey. (October 29, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Named GQ’s Man of the Year in 2005.</li><li class="blackfont">Spent more than $1million on a diamond ring and watch for fiancee Beyonce Knowles' 24th birthday. (September 7, 2005)<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"></span></li><li class="blackfont">Jay-Z was a high school friend of the Notorious B.I.G.</li><li class="blackfont">He first financed his music by hustling.</li><li class="blackfont">At age 9, he shot his brother in the shoulder (for stealing his ring).</li><li class="blackfont">He was one of the first in the industry to start his own record label...Roc-A-Fella records.</li><li class="blackfont">Before he started dropping albums, he worked as a cashier at a Kentucky Fried Chicken.</li><li class="blackfont">Met Memphis Bleek at KFC.</li><li class="blackfont">In the video of Hard Knock Life, the girl sitting beside Jigga is Peter Gunz' daughter.</li><li class="blackfont">In his video of Can I Get A ..., there was a special appearance by Jermaine Dupri.</li><li class="blackfont">Jigga got the Hard Knock Life chorus from the Broadway play ANNIE.</li><li class="blackfont">Likes to make pancakes when he's at home.</li><li class="blackfont">Got his name because he always dressed nice and his friends said he was jazzy.</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Movie Song at MTV Movie Awards for RUSH HOUR (1999) </li></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-56500360502477839192007-07-17T02:10:00.000-07:002010-05-31T19:42:13.032-07:00Liv Tyler<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOescnJA_tr8tDjbSUIFc0c950mCY64szHpuEkLq9clp0nIzXvGhwJA77tGtUGBUArpKl8IBS-RKh1qGAadzXBFsvArvezRVv6_a3hqIK4wi7ep2ycELTiM4VhpPziOk1cH87AlQ8k18/s1600/Liv_Tyler_0180.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOescnJA_tr8tDjbSUIFc0c950mCY64szHpuEkLq9clp0nIzXvGhwJA77tGtUGBUArpKl8IBS-RKh1qGAadzXBFsvArvezRVv6_a3hqIK4wi7ep2ycELTiM4VhpPziOk1cH87AlQ8k18/s400/Liv_Tyler_0180.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477629983752067186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>Liv Tyler<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Liv Lundgren<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 5' 10<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date: </span>July 1, 1977<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place: </span>Portland, Maine, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actress, model<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> York Prep, New York City, New York High School<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife:</span> Royston Langdon (former Spacehog frontman-bassist ; born on May 1, 1972; began dating fall 1998; married on March 25, 2003)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship: </span>Joaquin Phoenix (actor; born on October 28, 1974; together from 1995 to November 1998), Johnny Whitworth (together from 1994 to 1995)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Steven Tyler (lead singer of Aerosmith; born on March 26, 1948)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Bebe Buell (former model; born on July 14, 1953)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Sister:</span> Chelsea Tyler (born in 1988), Mia Tyler (model; born on December 22, 1978; daughter of Steven Tyler and model Cyrinda Foxe)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Brother:</span> Rex Rundgren and Randy Rundgren<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step Father:</span> Coyote Stevens (musician; married in June 1992; filed for divorce in 1998), Todd Rundgren (musician; born on June 22, 1948; raised her until 1988)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step Mother: </span>Cyrinda Foxe (model; born in 1952; died on September 7, 2002)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son: </span>Milo William Langdon (born on December 14, 2004 in Manhattan; weighed in 8 lb; father: Royston Langdon)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame: </span> as Grace Stamper in Armageddon (1998)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Liv was born on July 1, 1977, in Portland, Maine. She is the daughter of Steven Tyler, the famous front man of the band Aerosmith. At the age of fourteen, Liv moved to New York to begin a modeling career and decided after a year to become an actress. At just over five-foot-ten, endowed with blazing blue eyes and flawless porcelain skin, Liv has a unique natural sultry sophistication about her. Within a few months of the photos, Liv began decorating such fashion magazines as Seventeen and Mirabella.<br /><br />While shooting a commercial on location in the stifling Amazon the following year, Liv decided she wanted to pursue acting. Ironically, a cinema agent read about the intriguing Liv in an article by The New York Times concerning children of the rich and famous, and officially "discovered" her. Liv's first feature role was as the older sister of an autistic boy in the Bruce Beresford straight-to-video drama "Silent Fall". Liv was the hit of the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where "Stealing Beauty" was entered in competition, and French critics ooh-la-laed over the young actress. In 1997, Liv was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. With this extravagant exposure, Liv became an instant sex symbol video vixen.<br /><br />Liv's next acting triumphs came in Tom Hanks's directorial debut, That Thing You Do!, in which she played the groupie-girlfriend of a small-town band circa 1964, and in Pat (Circle of Friends) O'Connor's Inventing the Abbotts, in which she played another small-town sweetheart. She gamely entered the big-budget arena in 1998, co-starring with Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck in Disney's Armageddon. 1999 brought roles in Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune, in which she engaged in small-town slapstick romance with Chris O'Donnell, and in Plunkett & MaCleane, which positioned her as the aristocratic inamorata of a highwayman. She finished out the year on a more serious note, playing opposite typically and terrifically brooding romantic Ralph Fiennes in the Alexander Pushkin adaptation Onegin. The year 2000 brought a role in the Robert Altman film Dr. T and the Women. Also starring as Arwen in the mega-box-office hit "Lord of the Rings- Trilogy".<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2008 The Incredible Hulk<br />2007 Reign Over Me<br />2007 The Strangers<br />2007 Smother<br />2007 August Rush<br />2005 Lonesome Jim<br />2004 Jersey Girl<br />2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King<br />2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers<br />2001 One Night at McCool's<br />2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<br />2000 Dr. T & The Women<br />1999 Onegin<br />1999 Cookie's Fortune<br />1999 Plunkett & Macleane<br />1998 Armageddon<br />1997 Inventing the Abbotts<br />1997 U-Turn<br />1996 That Thing You Do!<br />1996 Stealing Beauty<br />1995 Heavy<br />1995 Empire Records<br />1994 Silent Fall<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"><li class="blackfont">Will be playing Hulk's co-researcher and love interest Dr. Betty Ross in THE INCREDIBLE HULK. (May 7, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Said she spent her entire life worrying about her weight - until she became a mother.</li><li class="blackfont">Wants to quit acting and open a health spa in a quiet life in the countryside. (April 14, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Names her newborn son Milo William Langdon. (December 20, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">When she was pregnant, she was convinced her baby's a girl - because her nose went wide.</li><li class="blackfont">Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, and director Kevin Smith co-hosted the JERSEY GIRL screening on March 4 to raise money for the Kenny Gordon Foundation, which grants scholarships and runs a summer camp for inner-city kids. (March 6, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Was amazed at the number of people who turned up to watch Ben Affleck arrive on the set of their new film JERSEY GIRL. (December 11, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Says photographers always pick the worst times to track down celebrities and snap their picture.</li><li class="blackfont">Was inspired to become an Ambassador for children's charity Unicef by Angelina Jolie and her idol Audrey Hepburn. (December 5, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Is risking her Hollywood career by refusing to lose weight – She’s been told by movie bosses she risks missing out on top film roles unless she reduces the size of her shapely figure, but Liv insists she is happy with her weight and doesn't want to diet. (November 14, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Was among the rock stars, supermodels and Hollywood sensations who arrived by ferry on a Scottish island Friday, where dozens of paparazzi have camped to wait for fashion designer Stella McCartney, Paul McCartney's daughter, to tie the knot. (August 30, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Tyler's parents Bebe Buell and Steven Tyler were not invited to her Caribbean wedding to rocker Royston Langdon – Tyler and Buell are said to be distraught at the snub; however, the newlyweds are said to be planning a private reception for family and friends next month in New York. (April 14, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Liv Tyler's luscious lips are the most sought-after celebrity body part, according to an annual survey conducted by the Beverly Hills Institute For Aesthetic And Reconstructive Surgery in Los Angeles. (February 6, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Liv's mother named her after Liv Ullmann because she was on the cover of TV Guide the week Liv was born.</li><li class="blackfont">A cameo role in EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU (1996), a musical directed by Woody Allen was cut; Allen was impressed enough by her performance to write a personal letter explaining that her part was cut in editing.<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"></span></li><li class="blackfont">Her half-sister, Mia Tyler, is a fashion model for Lane Bryant.</li><li class="blackfont">ARMAGEDDON (1998) opened on her 21st Birthday.</li><li class="blackfont">Aerosmith's video for Crazy, in which Liv co-starred with Alicia Silverstone, was voted #23 in VH1's top 100 music videos of all time.</li><li class="blackfont">Rebelled against her wild parents - by growing up to become a well-behaved good girl.</li><li class="blackfont">Was particularly grateful when the 15-month long LORD OF THE RINGS shoot wrapped - because she could get her curves back.</li><li class="blackfont">Her secret to a successful relationship is spending time apart.</li><li class="blackfont">During filming of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS (2001), she left her pair of prosthetic ears on the dashboard of her car. When she returned they had melted.</li><li class="blackfont">Liv Tyler wore shoulder pads in her bra during filming of ONE NIGHT AT MCCOOL'S (2001).</li><li class="blackfont">She had trouble with her lines in Elvish and was unable to film a whole scene in one go, instead having to learn the dialogue one line at a time (THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS (2001)).</li><li class="blackfont">Was nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi in 1999 for ARMAGEDDON.</li><li class="blackfont">Nickname: Liver</li><li class="blackfont">Never took acting lessons</li><li class="blackfont">Cut her hair short in 1998 for COOKIE's FORTUNE</li><li class="blackfont">Dyed her hair red in 1999 for ONE NIGHT AT MCCOOL'S</li><li class="blackfont">Did several commercials including: Bongo Jeans, Pantene Shampoo, Lux Shampoo and others</li><li class="blackfont">Started smoking cigarettes at the age 15, and quit smoking at the age of 25</li><li class="blackfont">Says she likes tall, skinny guys with messy hair</li><li class="blackfont">Is taller than her boyfriend and her ex-boyfriend</li><li class="blackfont">Her mom Bebe Buell was a famous model and a Rock & Roll groupie. She used to hang out with many Rock & Roll stars, and in fact she's a Rock & Roll singer herself.</li><li class="blackfont">Eye color: blue</li><li class="blackfont">Her grandmother Dorothea Johnson (Bebe's mother) is an etiquette consultant and manages an etiquette school in Washington. And she was a model too!</li><li class="blackfont">Turned down twice the role in Armageddon</li><li class="blackfont">Her half-sister Mia is a plus-size model</li><li class="blackfont">Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. (1997)</li><li class="blackfont">Is dyslexic.</li><li class="blackfont">Is a vegetarian.</li><li class="blackfont">Godmother to Keith Richards' son Marlon Richards</li><li class="blackfont">Hates piercings and tattoos.</li><li class="blackfont">Voted the 6th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.</li><li class="blackfont">Raised by her mother and rock musician Todd Rundgren, who she thought was her father until age 8, when she learned Steven Tyler was her biological father</li><li class="blackfont">Was offered a part in HEAVY but a few weeks later was cast in SILENT FALL which caused a scheduling conflict. HEAVY Director James Mangold wanted Liv for the part so much, he postponed filming until she was available.</li><li class="blackfont">Owns a 1954 jukebox</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2002)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for ARMAGEDDON (1999) - shared with Ben Affleck</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for ARMAGEDDON (1999) </li></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-21574152686250886412007-07-17T01:50:00.000-07:002010-05-31T19:47:58.729-07:00Ewan Mc Gregor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuvcDwKQ4uT3Vb-ucqI4WgXjeFMa-0aZvNxRWuLyPamEkFeHcd1Hit4ylQ7v81vUrMA_xwaqk2pdCWy_mO813HroJiUwpDXj-f6eer8l1_dQ7m_fnIAiel6zmLYwxP-J9UxMGaHpf8aE/s1600/tn2_ewan_mcgregor_1+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuvcDwKQ4uT3Vb-ucqI4WgXjeFMa-0aZvNxRWuLyPamEkFeHcd1Hit4ylQ7v81vUrMA_xwaqk2pdCWy_mO813HroJiUwpDXj-f6eer8l1_dQ7m_fnIAiel6zmLYwxP-J9UxMGaHpf8aE/s400/tn2_ewan_mcgregor_1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477631507574132546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Ewan McGregor<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Ewan Gordon McGregor<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 5' 10 1/2"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> Scotish<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date: </span>March 31, 1971<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, U.K.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actor<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> Morrison's Academy in Crieff, Scotland Perth Repertory Theatre in Scotland<br />Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife: </span>Eve Mouvrakis (French production designer; born on June 22, 1966; met while filming for Kavanagh QC in 1994; married on July 22, 1995)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> James McGregor (teacher)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Carol McGregor (teacher)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother:</span> Colin McGregor (Royal Air Force pilot; born in 1969)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Uncle: </span>Denis Lawson (actor; born on September 27, 1947)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daughter</span>: Esther Rose (born on November 7, 2001 in London, England, UK), Clara Mathilde (born in February 1996)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Ewan was born on March 31, 1971, in Perth Royal Hospital, Scotland. He was the second son of teachers Jim and Carol McGregor. His brother Colin, a tornado fighter pilot, is two years older than him. Ewan grew up in the small town of Crieff in Perthshire, and was privately educated at Morrison's Academy. Music played a big part in young Ewan's life. He mastered drums, guitar, and the French horn and played in the school's pipe band, a ceilidh band, and had a rock group called Scarlet Pride, Elvis Presley was his idol.<br /><br />Ewan McGregor left school at 16 to pursue acting, and by the age of 23 was getting attention from critics and fans for his roles in Shallow Grave (1994) and Trainspotting (1996). Quickly tagged as an up-and-comer, McGregor tackled a range of roles: he appeared in the period piece Emma (1996), the glam-rock drama Velvet Goldmine (1998), the mainstream Hollywood action feature Black Hawk Down (2001, with Josh Hartnett) and the stylish musical Moulin Rouge! (2001, with Nicole Kidman). Perhaps most famously, he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequels of the George Lucas series Star Wars. McGregor appeared in Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) and Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) and is scheduled to appear in the third episode, to be released in 2005. His other films include Down With Love (2003, co-starring Renee Zellweger) and Tim Burton's Big Fish (2004). No one could have foreseen when Ewan left Crieff how big a star he'd become. As well as his five-million-pound Star Wars role, his credits include A Life Less Ordinary, Rogue Trader, Velvet Goldmine to name a few.<br /><br />Although he lives in London with his French set designer wife Eve Mavrakis and their daughter Clara, Ewan's heart will always be in Crieff. To his family, he's still a lovable, down-to-earth lad, completely unaffected by fame and fortune, even though he's starring in one of the biggest movies in cinema history.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Actor</span><br />2007 The Tourist<br />2007 Jackboots on Whitehall<br />2007 Cassandra's Dream<br />2007 Number Thirteen<br />2006 Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker<br />2006 Scenes of a Sexual Nature<br />2006 The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid<br />2006 Miss Potter<br />2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith<br />2005 The Island<br />2005 Valiant<br />2005 The Island<br />2005 Stay<br />2005 Robots<br />2004 Long Way Round [TV Series]<br />2003 Down With Love<br />2003 Faster<br />2003 Big Fish<br />2003 Young Adam<br />2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones<br />2002 In the Wild: The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor<br />2001 Moulin Rouge<br />2001 Black Hawk Down<br />2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome<br />2000 Killing Priscilla<br />2000 Nora<br />1999 Desserts<br />1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace<br />1999 Eye of the Beholder<br />1998 Rogue Trader<br />1998 Velvet Goldmine<br />1998 Nightwatch<br />1998 Little Voice<br />1997 The Serpent's Kiss<br />1997 ER: The Long Way Around<br />1997 A Life Less Ordinary<br />1996 The Pillow Book<br />1996 Brassed Off<br />1996 Trainspotting<br />1996 Emma<br />1995 Blue Juice<br />1994 Shallow Grave<br />1993 Lipstick on Your Collar<br />1993 Scarlet & Black<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Co-producer</span><br />2000 Nora<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Director</span><br />1999 Tube Tales<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />2001 Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Moulin Rouge<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br /><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"><li class="blackfont">Has received an apology from the Australian underwear firm which outed him as a fan of their Wonderjock pants. (May 22, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Will earn a mere $790 a week at a London stage — standard minimum wage for actors in Britain — playing Shakespeare’s arch villain Iago in Othello. (May 14, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Decided to see a hypnotherapist to help him finally quit smoking. (November 25, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">McGregor and Colin Farrell are set to star in Woody Allen's next film, set in London, as brothers who turn to crime. (May 18, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Scottish actor Ewan McGregor adopts orphan from Mongolia – The STAR WARS star and his wife Eve Mavarkis have adopted a 4-year-old girl from Mongolia. I can confirm Ewan McGregor and his wife Eve Mavrakis have adopted the girl but cannot comment further, a spokesperson for the couple told People magazine. McGregor, 35, and Mavrakis, 39, met on the set of the British TV series Kavanaugh QC. They married in 1995 and have two biological daughters Esther, 4, and Clara, 1.</li><li class="blackfont">Is among the stars singing on new album Unexpected Dreams: Songs From The Stars to benefit the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. (February 18, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Offers budding actors to get acting lessons from him at the Actors Center in London for just $68 a class. (October 1, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Is named the actor with the sexiest bottom on film for his nude scene in VELVET GOLDMINE according to a poll carried out by Odeon cinemas. (#9) (August 17, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Has defended his aggressive outburst at London premiere of THE ISLAND when a cheeky journalist asked him about his critically-mauled performance as an American in the movie, and replied he had no plans to abandon the accent. (August 11, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Has revealed that he was a miserable drunk, who quit booze because it was killing his career. (July 6, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Helped open UNICEF children's summit called C-8 in Scotland. (July 5, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Says he's amazed, if not a bit frightened, about STAR WARS die hard enthusiasts who have big meets and conventions. (May 12, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Denied reports he is disappointed with the recent Star Wars films, insisting the process of working on the sci-fi saga is simply hard work. (May 5, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Currently starring in a West End theatre production of 'Guys and Dolls', McGregor has barred STAR WARS fans from trying to get his autograph near the stage door because he doesn't want them clashing with theatre goers who wanted their programs signed. (April 18, 2005)<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"></span></li><li class="blackfont">Former roommate of Jude Law.</li><li class="blackfont">His first name is pronounced you-in.</li><li class="blackfont">In the film MOULIN ROUGE (2001) McGregor sang alongside Nicole Kidman.</li><li class="blackfont">Originally up for the lead role in THE BEACH (2000), which would have reunited him with director Danny Boyle and screenwriter John Hodge (I) who collaborated with McGregor on SHALLOW GRAVE (1994), TRAINSPOTTING (1996) and A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (1997). The role went to Leonardo DiCaprio. While McGregor blames studio influence for the casting descision he has not spoken to either Boyle nor Hodge since.</li><li class="blackfont">Auditioned for the part of Mercutio for ROMEO + JULIET. Director Baz Luhrman later worked with Ewan in the film MOULIN ROUGE (2001).</li><li class="blackfont">During filming STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999), he made lightsaber noises as he dueled. It was noted and corrected during post production.</li><li class="blackfont">He and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers sang their own songs in VELVET GOLDMINE (1998). (Some of Rhys-Meyers' songs were overdubbed by Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke.)</li><li class="blackfont">He studied many of Alec Guinness' films, including the original STAR WARS, to ensure accuracy in everything from his accent to pacing of his words</li><li class="blackfont">His mother, Carole, has a cameo in SHALLOW GRAVE (1994) as one of the prospective flatmates.</li><li class="blackfont">Offered, but turned down, the part of Neo in MATRIX (1994).</li><li class="blackfont">To play the skinny heroin-addicted Renton in TRAINSPOTTING (1996), he was placed on a simple diet consisting of no alcohol or dairy products in order to lose weight. It only took him two months to reach Renton's desired size.</li><li class="blackfont">Was nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Action/Science Fiction in 2000 for STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE and Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 1997 for ER.</li><li class="blackfont">His daughter Esther Rose McGregor was born in late 2001.</li><li class="blackfont">His claim to fame was not STAR WARS, Ewan McGregor is actually a highly proclaimed actor in both Europe and the states, starring in many films such as TRAINSPOTTING, A LIFE LESS ORDINARY, EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, EMMA, and several others.</li><li class="blackfont">McGregor has patched up his differences with director Danny Boyle as Boyle seeks to reunite the stars of cult movie TRAINSPOTTING for a sequel. (October 25, 2002)</li><li class="blackfont">Quit smoking before filming STAR WARS</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for MOULIN ROUGE! (2002) - shared with Nicole Kidman</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for MOULIN ROUGE! (2002)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at Golden Globe Awards for MOULIN ROUGE! (2002)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Fight at MTV Movie Awards for STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (2000)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast at Screen Actors Guild Awards for LITTLE VOICE (1999)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Dance Sequence at MTV Movie Awards for A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (1998) - shared with Cameron Diaz</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance at MTV Movie Awards for TRAINSPOTTING (1997)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for ER (1997) </li></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-77326164066707304022007-06-22T04:27:00.000-07:002010-05-31T19:53:30.388-07:00Debra Messing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyUkWYKgod6GtR9oU47k2dpDzXKAu8wbP-wl4-Ssjqrw5VjVfJPEhlDgQELDPPXZBw79qRnLmTzLd4V8CqXMXHpaDoixadfj-_TKbebcm-DI5ttvcgBCCCjrtkkwhaaYP3gNuuKu0x6Y/s1600/Debra-Messing-01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyUkWYKgod6GtR9oU47k2dpDzXKAu8wbP-wl4-Ssjqrw5VjVfJPEhlDgQELDPPXZBw79qRnLmTzLd4V8CqXMXHpaDoixadfj-_TKbebcm-DI5ttvcgBCCCjrtkkwhaaYP3gNuuKu0x6Y/s400/Debra-Messing-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477632923673089506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>Debra Messing<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Debra Moessing<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height: </span>5' 8"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality: </span>American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> August 15, 1968<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Brooklyn, New York, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actress<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts (majored in Theater Arts; B.A.)<br />Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England<br />New York University in New York, New York (majored in Acting; M.F.A.)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife:</span> Daniel Zelman (actor; born in 1967; started dating 1992; engaged in 1998; married on September 3, 2000)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Brian Messing (sales executive for a jewelry company)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Sandy Messing (singer)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother: </span>Brett Messing (stockbroker; older)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son:</span> Roman Walker Zelman (born on April 7, 2004 in Los Angeles; weighing 5lbs 14oz.)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Grace Elizabeth Adler on TV Series Will & Grace (1998)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Born in Brooklyn, Messing and her older brother were raised in a quiet community outside Providence, Rhode Island. She received her liberal arts education at Brandeis University where she majored in theater arts. She spent half of her junior year studying in London’s prestigious B.E.S.G.L. program, which featured dramatic arts teachers recruited from various distinguished institutions such as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Cambridge University and Oxford University. Upon graduating summa cum laude from Brandeis, Messing was accepted into New York University’s elite Graduate Acting Program and received her master of fine arts degree.<br /><br />On the New York stage, Messing garnered praise for her performance as Harper Pitt in the pre-Broadway workshop of Tony Kushner’s Tony Award-winning play “Angels in America: Perestroika.” She appeared as Cecily in a Seattle production of “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Upon returning to New York, she was cast as the understudy to Mary-Louise Parker and Polly Draper in the off-Broadway premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s “Four Dogs and a Bone.” She also co-starred in Paul Rudnick’s “The Naked Truth” and co-starred with Maria Tucci in the acclaimed two-woman production of Donald Margulies’ “Collected Stories,” which was chosen as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.<br /><br />On television, Messing starred for two seasons in the comedy “Ned & Stacey” opposite Thomas Haden Church. She had a recurring role on “NYPD Blue” as Gail O’Grady’s conniving sister, Dana Abandando. On “Seinfeld” she played Jerry’s ideal, but elusive, love, Dr. Beth Lookner. She also starred as the young bio-anthropologist Sloan Parker in the drama series “Prey” and appeared as Mary Magdalene in the critically acclaimed 2000 miniseries “Jesus.” Messing lives with her husband and young child in Los Angeles. During her free time, she supports charities such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Project Angel Food and various breast cancer charities.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2008 The Women<br />2007 The Starter Wife [TV Series]<br />2007 Lucky You<br />2006 Open Season<br />2005 Will & Grace: Season 08<br />2005 The Wedding Date<br />2004 Along Came Polly<br />2004 Garfield: The Movie<br />2004 Will & Grace: Season 07<br />2003 Will & Grace: Season 06<br />2002 Will & Grace: ...And the Horse He Rode in On<br />2002 Will & Grace: A Bunch of White Chicks Sittin' Around Talkin'<br />2002 Hollywood Ending<br />2002 King of the Hill: Get Your Freak Off<br />2002 Will & Grace: A.I.: Artificial Insemination, Part 1<br />2002 The Mothman Prophecies<br />2002 Will & Grace: Season 05<br />2001 Will & Grace: Season 04<br />2000 Jesus<br />2000 Will & Grace: Season 03<br />1999 Will & Grace: Season 02<br />1998 Will & Grace: Season 01<br />1998 Prey<br />1997 Ned and Stacey: Season 02<br />1997 Seinfeld: The Yada Yada<br />1997 McHale's Navy<br />1996 Seinfeld: The Wait Out<br />1995 NYPD Blue: A Murder With Teeth in It<br />1995 Ned and Stacey: Season 01<br />1995 NYPD Blue: Bombs Away<br />1994 NYPD Blue: Double Abandando<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Emmy</span><br />2006 Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Will and Grace: Season 08<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />2003 Best Actress - Musical or Comedy (TV) Will & Grace [TV Series]<br />2002 Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy Will & Grace<br />2001 Best Actress - Television Musical or Comedy Will & Grace<br />2000 Best Actress - Comedy or Musical Series Will & Grace<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screen Actors Guild</span><br />2000 Best Actress in a Comedy Series Will & Grace<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br /><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"><li class="blackfont">Believes diamonds have magic powers. because her hands tremble whenever she touches them.</li><li class="blackfont">Her 17-month-old son, Roman, is calling Angelina Jolie Mama. She says, He's really into kissing now. And he's indiscriminate. He kisses the ottoman, he kisses the chair, he kisses Angelina Jolie on the cover of a magazine and then he says, 'mama'.” (September 8, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Has assured fans her sitcom Will & Grace will remain on screens for quite some time, following the imminent end of hit shows Friends, Frasier and Sex And The City. (February 19, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Was called the most ravishing redhead in a celebrity hair survey conducted by Wella. (December 20, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Suffered a health scare during her pregnancy due to her tiny figure. (November 5, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Messing risked sparking another Hollywood shoplifting scandal when she mistakenly walked out of Beverly Hills' Saks Fifth Avenue with a pair of pricey jeans she'd forgotten to pay for. (June 24, 2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Is severely allergic to flowers and perfumes.</li><li class="blackfont">Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.</li><li class="blackfont">Named TV Guide's best dressed woman in 2003</li><li class="blackfont">Was paid $250,000/episode for WILL & GRACE (1998)</li><li class="blackfont">Messing and husband Daniel Zelman were college sweethearts.</li><li class="blackfont">Is an advocate for charities like Gay Men's Health Crisis, AmFAR and Best Friend's Pet Sanctuary.</li><li class="blackfont">Eric McCormack on Debra Messing: Smart, well-spoken, down-to-earth. She comes to work without makeup. She orders McDonald's more than she should. She listens. She is the least flaky actress I know.</li><li class="blackfont">Made her film debut opposite Keanu Reeves in A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (1995)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Will & Grace (2004)<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"></span></li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy at Golden Globe Awards for WILL & GRACE (2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Will & Grace (2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy at Golden Globe Awards for Will & Grace (2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Will & Grace (2003)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy at Golden Globe Awards for WILL & GRACE (2002)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at Emmy Awards for Will & Grace (2002)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Will & Grace (2002)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for Will & Grace (2001)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at Emmy Awards for Will & Grace (2001)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Will & Grace (2001)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for Will & Grace (2000)</li><li class="blackfont">Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for at Emmy Awards Will & Grace (2000) </li></span><br /><img src="http://www.starpulse.com/images03/spacer.gif" width="5" height="1" /><br /><!-- google_ad_section_start --> <span class="twelve"><b></b></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-31566459523696969002007-06-22T03:57:00.000-07:002010-05-31T19:56:06.681-07:00USHER Raymond<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iMZZHwprlOS9ckUCaWOwJKFm098yVZ9yj2pGrtQ6KhQHhLQatkb-2Til39Y7WSK-Z-lJLzlUPlS2SkSWn4aJmdYceWaVl7sHFzMMzX3D6GB0kZNuv4nU0eHSFIPeAWx41iJJLwevoM4/s1600/usher2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iMZZHwprlOS9ckUCaWOwJKFm098yVZ9yj2pGrtQ6KhQHhLQatkb-2Til39Y7WSK-Z-lJLzlUPlS2SkSWn4aJmdYceWaVl7sHFzMMzX3D6GB0kZNuv4nU0eHSFIPeAWx41iJJLwevoM4/s400/usher2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477633592341264898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=991705554675191308#%20Spontaneously%20unveiled%20what%20he%20calls%20the%20Double%20C%20at%20his%20center%20courtside%20seats%20during%20the%20second%20half%20of%20Cleveland%20Cavaliers%27s%20game,%20crossing%20his%20arms%20over%20his%20head%20and%20making%20letter%20C%27s%20with%20his%20hands.%20The%20Cavs%20rallied%20and%20members%20of%20the%20crowd%20became%20instant%20disciples.%20%28March%2016,%202005%29"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=991705554675191308#%20Spontaneously%20unveiled%20what%20he%20calls%20the%20Double%20C%20at%20his%20center%20courtside%20seats%20during%20the%20second%20half%20of%20Cleveland%20Cavaliers%27s%20game,%20crossing%20his%20arms%20over%20his%20head%20and%20making%20letter%20C%27s%20with%20his%20hands.%20The%20Cavs%20rallied%20and%20members%20of%20the%20crowd%20became%20instant%20disciples.%20%28March%2016,%202005%29" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>Usher Raymond<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name: </span>Usher Raymond IV<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height: </span>5' 11"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality: </span>American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> October 14, 1978<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actor, musician<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship: </span>Tameka Foster (stylist; engaged on March 30, 2007)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Usher Raymond III<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Jonetta Patton (Usher's manager)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother: </span>James Raymond (younger)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Usher was spotted by a LaFace record executive at a talent show in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, and after that it took no time for his career to take off. The 14-year-old auditioned for LaFace Records co-founder L.A. Reid, who signed the gospel choir boy to a recording contract. Raymond was introduced to the world simply as "Usher," and released his debut album of the same name in 1994, which featured co-executive producer Sean "Puffy" Combs. The first single, "Think of You," gained Usher notoriety and reached gold status. From that initial exposure, Usher was approached to do other projects. In 1995, he recorded a national holiday jingle for Coca-Cola. He also joined several top male R&B vocalists to form Black Men United for the single "You Will Know," featured on the Jason's Lyric soundtrack. He also teamed with teen singing sensation Monica for a duet remake of Lattimore's "Let's Straighten It Out." After graduating from high school, Usher graduated as well to his sophomore release, My Way, in 1997. In an attempt to display his maturity and songwriting abilities, Usher co-wrote six of the nine songs and enlisted the help of producers Jermaine Dupri, Babyface, and, again, Sean "Puffy" Combs. The album's first single, "You Make Me Wanna," re-established Usher as one of R&B's hottest artists, and also made him a crossover sensation; it topped the R&B charts for 11 weeks, hit number two pop, and eventually went double platinum. Both of the follow-up singles, "Nice & Slow" and "My Way," also went platinum; the former stayed at number one on the R&B charts for eight weeks and became his first number one pop single. In the meantime, Usher launched an acting career, appearing in the 1998 horror spoof The Faculty and the 1999 urban high-school drama Light It Up. To tide fans over, he issued a concert recording titled simply Live in 1999. Usher returned with his third proper album, All About U, toward the end of 2000. His third album, 8701, (2001) moved Usher from a teen pop star to a sultry R&B singer.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2005 In the Mix Actor: Darrell / Executive Producer<br />2005 Usher Live: One Night One Star / Actor<br />2005 Usher: Rhythm City, Vol. 1 - Caught Up / Actor<br />2002 The Alcatraz Concert, Vol. 2: You Make Me Wanna Actor<br />2002 Usher: Live - Evolution 8701 Actor / Executive Producer<br />2000 Texas Rangers Actor: Randolph Douglas Scipio<br />2000 Geppetto Actor: Ring Leader<br />1999 Light It Up / Actor: Lester Dewitt<br />1999 She's All That / Actor: Campus D.J.<br />1998 The Faculty / Actor: Gabe Santora<br />1998 Usher: My World My Way /Actor<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discography</span></span><br />2005 8701 [DualDisc]<br />2004 Confessions [Japan Bonus Track]<br />2004 Confessions [Bonus Tracks]<br />2004 Confessions<br />2003 8701 [Bonus Videos]<br />2002 8701 [Australian Bonus Tracks]<br />2001 8701 [Japan Bonus Track]<br />2001 8701<br />2000 All About U [Clean]<br />2000 All About U<br />1999 My Way [Australia]<br />1999 Live [Bonus Tracks]<br />1999 Live<br />1997 My Way [Clean]<br />1997 My Way<br />1994 Usher<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">World Music Awards</span><br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Best pop male artist, Best R&B artist<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nordic Music Awards</span><br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Top Male Artist<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Radio Music Awards</span><br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Hip-Hop Artist of the Year<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teen Choice Awards</span><br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Album<br />For : Confessions<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MTV Europe Awards</span><br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Best Male Artist , Best Album<br />For : Confessions<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br /><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"><li class="blackfont">Confirms that his mother, Jonnetta Patton, is no longer his manager, but denied the break was due to any rift. (May 6, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Is now engaged to his longtime girlfriend stylist Tameka Foster and plans to make it official by the end of the year. (March 31, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Is reportedly engaged to his girlfriend, stylist Tameka Foster. (February 27, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Sentenced to community service for speeding. (January 19, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Broadway's musical 'Chicago' spurted in ticket sales since usher went into the show Aug. 22 to play shady lawyer Billy Flynn. (August 29, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Makes his big-screen debut as a leading man with the romantic comedy IN THE MIX. (November 19, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Three years after its formation was announced, Usher's records label US Records make its formal debut next month with the release of film soundtrack In the Mix.</li><li class="blackfont">Put on a benefit concert in Atlanta on to assist the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. (October 9, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">To play a special show called Project Restart in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, to benefit victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. (October 1, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Had reportedly told friends that he wants to quit the game as a singer, and become a music executive. (August 17, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Has opened Camp New Look in Atlanta, a summer camp for minority youth designed to help prodigies-in-training realize their dreams. (July 15, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Criticizes TV's extreme makeover shows because people should learn to love who they are. (June 1, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Has confirmed he is in negotiations to star in a new movie version of the musical DREAMGIRLS - just days after his mother denied any association with the project. (May 21, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Usher and Beyonce have agreed to star in a film together. Beyonce will play a singer and Usher will play the choreographer in DREAMGIRLS. (May 14, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Plans early retirement because he doesn't think he can keep up his tough workout and performance regime into his 40s. (May 5, 2005)<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"></span></li><li class="blackfont">Spontaneously unveiled what he calls the Double C at his center courtside seats during the second half of Cleveland Cavaliers's game, crossing his arms over his head and making letter C's with his hands. The Cavs rallied and members of the crowd became instant disciples. (March 16, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Is now one of the new owners of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. (March 3, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Was crowned the 'Godson of Soul' by funk superstar James Brown, after the two danced together onstage at 2005 Grammy Awards.</li><li class="blackfont">Claims Jennifer Lopez's “Get Right” is a re-recorded version of Ride, a song he co-wrote in 2004 year which is only available on the internet. (January 24, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Is the best-selling artist of 2004.</li><li class="blackfont">Dominated at radio in 2004 as his hits Yeah! and Burn were the first- and fourth-most played singles of the year.</li><li class="blackfont">His third album, Confessions, is confirmed as the biggest selling album across the US for 2004.</li><li class="blackfont">Has reportedly ended his three-month relationship with supermodel Naomi Campbell because she refused to join him at the Billboard Awards earlier this month. (December 22, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Has spent over $300,000 for a luxurious chauffeur-driven new car. (December 7, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Is launching the first-ever celebrity debit card. The Usher Raymond 4th Debit MasterCard, is backed by the financial service group Bankfirst. (July 31, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Has three singles from his album Confessions in Billboard top 10, a feat only previously matched by British bands the Beatles and the Bee Gees. (May 29, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Swears his latest album, Confessions, – which features songs about a painful breakup and infidelity – is not a reflection on his recent split with TLC member Rozonda Chilli Thomas. (March 25, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">Usher says his mother is his best friend. He credits her for keeping him grounded. She continues to guide Usher's career as his manager today, a duty she assumed after quitting her full-time office job when deciding to move to Atlanta.</li><li class="blackfont">Sometimes Credited As: Usher</li><li class="blackfont">Nickname: Big Ush</li><li class="blackfont">Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's 21 Hottest Stars Under 21. (1999) </li></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-14291756342890028062007-06-06T00:19:00.000-07:002010-05-31T19:58:10.647-07:00Denise Richards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fS4ky_mQ6WthyqFxLiazpuyzNr13Erf2jEgEVkHn5-nKDN1PN-5cW4hL5ehWYDGyZAgWtIStwswDE-_u71OKVuZEl3w3Cbn5NzLkzWlij6W6eVXxePEL2qXV8gfCl9xNww0Pk956yzA/s1600/denise-richards11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fS4ky_mQ6WthyqFxLiazpuyzNr13Erf2jEgEVkHn5-nKDN1PN-5cW4hL5ehWYDGyZAgWtIStwswDE-_u71OKVuZEl3w3Cbn5NzLkzWlij6W6eVXxePEL2qXV8gfCl9xNww0Pk956yzA/s400/denise-richards11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477634116648072898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Denise Richards<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name: </span>Denise Lee Richards<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 5' 8"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> February 17, 1971<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Downers Grove, Illinois, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actress, model<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> El Camino High School in Oceanside, California (graduated in 1989)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife: </span>Charlie Sheen (actor; born on September 3, 1965; began dating in 2001; engaged on Christmas 2001; married on June 15, 2002; filed for divorce in March 2, 2005; the divorce was back on by January 4, 2006)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship: </span> Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi guitarist; born July 11, 1959; dating since May 2006; split in March 2007), Patrick Muldoon (actor; born on September 27, 1968; costarred together in Starship Troopers; began dating in 1998)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Irv Richards (former telephone-company employee)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Joni Richards<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daughter:</span> Lola Rose (born on June 1, 2005; weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces), Sam Sheen (born on March 9, 2004)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame: </span>as Carmen Ibanez in Starship Troopers (1997)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Denise Lee Richards was born on February 17, 1972 in Downers Grove, Illinois. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. She moved to California to attend high school at El Camino High as the clas of 1989. After graduation, she began to pursue her acting career in Los Angeles. She developed a modeling career in high school, appearing from Tokyo to New York. She has put modeling on the side to appear in movies.Denise's acting career is beginning to take off, especially after two successful movies, Starship Troopers, and Wild Things. She has both the acting talent and beauty to be a big time actress, and the only thing holding her up is time. There are two more movies in the wings for Denise, which will both be released in 1999. Dairy Queens looks like it will be very promising, about beauty queens fighting for the title in Missouri.<br /><br />Starship Troopers was Denise's first major film. The film itself was troubled by an expanding budget, film delays, and a poor release date. While it did well in the box office, the profits were not super. There is talks for a part 2...hopefully Denise will return as Ms. Ibanez if they choose to do it.Exposure to the media has grown for Denise over the last year. She has appeared on almost all the major entertainment shows, including Entertainment Weekly, Access Hollywood, and E!'s news program.She also has guest stared on The Tonight Show and presented most recently at the MTV Music Awards.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2007 Blonde and Blonder<br />2007 Jolene<br />2005 Sex, Love & Secrets [TV Series]<br />2005 Edmond<br />2004 The Life<br />2004 Elvis Has Left the Building<br />2003 Scary Movie 3<br />2003 Love Actually<br />2002 You Stupid Man<br />2002 Empire<br />2002 The Third Wheel<br />2002 Undercover Brother<br />2001 Good Advice<br />2001 Kill Shot<br />2001 Valentine<br />2001 Friends: The One With Ross and Monica's Cousin<br />1999 Tail Lights Fade<br />1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous<br />1999 The World Is Not Enough<br />1998 Wild Things<br />1997 Starship Troopers<br />1994 Tammy and the T-Rex<br />1991 Married... With Children: Kelly Does Hollywood, Part 2<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br /><span id="intelliTxt"><li class="blackfont">Richards and rocker Richie Sambora have split after a year-long romance. (May 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Richards and Pamela Anderson are being sued for assault, battery and defamation by two photographers involved in 2006 laptop throwing incident. (March 26, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Richards and boyfriend Richie Sambora both have a parent battling cancer. (February 23, 2007)</li><li class="blackfont">Richards and Charlie Sheen are officially divorced. (December 1, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Regrets throwing a laptop off a balcony in Canada, calling the incident a big mistake. (November 13, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Accidentally injured a senior citizen after throwing two photographers' laptops off a hotel balcony in Canada. (November 8, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Richards and Charlie Sheen decide to call a truce in their nasty divorce battle by spending quality time together for the sake of their children. (October 21, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Will pose nude for Jane magazine who will be using the photographs for the Clothes Off Our Back charitable foundation. (July 20, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Is selling her $4.3-million Westlake, Calif. home after a fight with neighbor Heather Locklear. (July 1, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Richards and Charlie Sheen agreed to extend a temporary restraining order requiring the actor to stay away from his estranged wife. (June 9, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Richards and Charlie Sheen have agreed to extend the restraining order that requires Sheen to stay away from his wife until July so that a psychologist can assess the marital situation and decide on custody arrangements for the couple's two daughters. (May 15, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Banned Charlie Sheen's parents from seeing their grandchildren. (May 9, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Insists she only got together with Richie Sambora after his split with Heather Locklear. (May 4, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Has filed for a restraining order to keep husband Charlie Sheen away from her, claiming that he has been abusive and threatening. (April 22, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Has reportedly taken an AIDS test after finding out husband Charlie Sheen cheated on her during their marriage. (February 9, 2006)<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"></span></li><li nd="4" class="blackfont">Richards and Charlie Sheen are moving forward with divorce plans. (January 5, 2006)</li><li nd="5" class="blackfont">Was voted the Hottest Mom in Hollywood by editors of American magazine In Touch. (2005)</li><li nd="6" class="blackfont">Has fueled reports she has patched up her troubled marriage to Charlie Sheen, by wearing her engagement ring in public. (August 18, 2005)</li><li nd="7" class="blackfont">Richards and Charlie Sheen are reportedly giving their marriage another try after signing up for counseling sessions together with Hollywood psychoanalyst Rina Freedman. (July 30, 2005)</li><li nd="8" class="blackfont">Decided to have her children in such close succession because she wants them to grow together as best friends. (June 23, 2005)</li><li nd="9" class="blackfont">Has put the home she shared with estranged husband Charlie Sheen on the market in a bid to move on with her life as she prepares for a divorce battle from the actor. (April 30, 2005)</li><li nd="10" class="blackfont">Has shocked Hollywood by filing for divorce from her husband Charlie Sheen, while pregnant with the couple's second child. (March 4, 2005)</li><li nd="11" class="blackfont">Is expecting a second child due in June. (December 18, 2004)</li><li nd="12" class="blackfont">Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, who are expecting their first child together early next spring, have decided to buck the Hollywood trend of fancy names, by giving their child an old-fashioned moniker. (September 19, 2003)</li><li nd="13" class="blackfont">Richards is pregnant with her first child. (September 17, 2003)</li><li nd="14" class="blackfont">Married actor Charlie Sheen, 15th of June, 2002, at the home of producer Gary David Goldberg in Los Angeles.</li><li nd="15" class="blackfont">Her favorite actresses are Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Kim Basinger, Michelle Pffeifer.</li><li nd="16" class="blackfont">In an interview, she said touching her hair too much. She says the Fuck a lot too.</li><li nd="17" class="blackfont">Refused to move into Charlie Sheen's home when they haven't got married because he'd entertained too many call-girls there.</li><li nd="18" class="blackfont">Was an ugly child - and all her classmates called her fish lips.</li><li nd="19" class="blackfont">Is terrified by germs - and packs a sick bag every time she leaves her home.</li><li nd="20" class="blackfont">Is furious with perverts who keep posting fake nude pictures of the film star on the Internet.</li><li nd="21" class="blackfont">Was topless during the ménage-à trois sequence in THE WILD THINGS (1998).</li><li nd="22" class="blackfont">Says she is a clean freak. When going anywhere she carries everything from Band-Aids to Lysole.</li><li nd="23" class="blackfont">Was nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Action in 2000 for THE WORLD ID NOT ENOUGH and MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in 1999 for WILD THINGS.</li><li nd="24" class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for WILD THINGS (1999) - shared with Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell </li></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-58087834583820967782007-06-06T00:04:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:03:33.665-07:00Denzel Washington<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikj1XY3nn2n7lY6vzoalYro9PWKmV3KBBG6MbQZEv7hIcm68z18lYGEb7lgfA3lIrnNcasZbrIQXYAhRRPGukjyZO6qogJu66sgyzjGms4YF-R7iued-sa3hk2ZinbATSyYGm-3rryELw/s1600/denzel-washington-photo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikj1XY3nn2n7lY6vzoalYro9PWKmV3KBBG6MbQZEv7hIcm68z18lYGEb7lgfA3lIrnNcasZbrIQXYAhRRPGukjyZO6qogJu66sgyzjGms4YF-R7iued-sa3hk2ZinbATSyYGm-3rryELw/s400/denzel-washington-photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477635277443820914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>Denzel Washington<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 6' 0½''<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> December 28, 1954<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Mount Vernon, New York, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession: </span>actor<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education</span>: Fordham University in Bronx, New York (majored in journalism; B.A.)<br />American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California (dropped out in one year, moved to L.A) studied acting with Wynn Handman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife: </span>Pauletta Pearson (aka Paulette Washington; actress, singer, pianist; born on September 28, 1950; married on June 25, 1983; renewed vows in South Africa with Archbishop Desmond Tutu officiating in 1995)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Denzel Washington (reverend with Church of God in Christ; divorced)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Lynne Washington (beautician)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister:</span> Lorice Washington (older)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother: </span>David Washington<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son: </span> Malcolm Washington (born on April 10, 1991), John David Washington (actor; born on April 23, 1983)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daughter: </span>Olivia Washington (twin of Malcolm), Katia Washington (born in 1987)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Dr. Phillip Chandler on the NBC hospital drama St. Elsewher (1982)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Born on December 28, 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York, his father, Denzel Sr. was a preacher and his mother, Lennis a beautician. His parents divorced when he was 14 and in an effort to keep her children from all that was going on, Denzel and his sister were sent to a private boarding school. After high school Denzel attended Fordham University, although his original plans were to study medicine, he studied journalism instead. After receiving his Bachelor's Degree, heattended Theater in San Francisco and later won a scholarship to the American Conservatory Theater. In 1982 Denzel received his big break when he got the role of Dr. Phillip Chandler on the hit series St. Elsewhere.<br /><br />In 1987 he recieved his first Oscar nomination for "best supporting actor" for the film "Cry Freedom" in which he played South African activist, Steven Beeko. Two years later in 1989, he was nominated for his second Oscar as "best supporting actor", which he won, for his role as Tripp, the run away slave in the film "Glory". Denzel would later be nominted three more times. In 1992, "best actor" for his role as Malcolm X, in Spike Lee's "X", 1999 "best actor" for his portrayal as Ruben Carter in, "The Hurricane". In 2001 "best actor" for his first vilan role Alonzo Harris, in "Training Day", which he won.<br /><br />Denzel Washington is one of today's most versatile and sought after actors in Hollywood. It's now 30 films, 2 Oscar wins and 5 Academy Award nominations (along with other honorable achievements) and over 20 years later. With his latest project as director for the film "Antwone Fisher Story", while some are fading in the hit and miss of Hollywood, Denzel shows no signs of slowing down. Inspite of staying so busy in Hollywood, Denzel has mananged to maintain his most challenging role as a husband and father. He lives in the Beverly Hills area of Los Angeles, with his wife Pauletta Pearson, who he's been with for over 20 years and his four children, John David, (who now attends Morehouse University and plays football there), Katia, Malcolm and Olivia (twins)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Actor</span><br />2008 The Great Debaters<br />2007 American Gangster<br />2006 Inside Man<br />2006 Déjà Vu<br />2004 The Manchurian Candidate<br />2004 Man on Fire<br />2003 Out of Time<br />2002 John Q.<br />2002 Antwone Fisher<br />2001 Training Day<br />2000 Remember the Titans<br />1999 The Bone Collector<br />1999 The Hurricane<br />1998 The Siege<br />1998 He Got Game<br />1998 Fallen<br />1998 Speak of Me As I Am: The Story of Paul Robeson<br />1997 Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: Mother Goose<br />1996 The Preacher's Wife<br />1996 NBA at 50<br />1996 Courage Under Fire<br />1995 Crimson Tide<br />1995 Devil in a Blue Dress<br />1995 Virtuosity<br />1993 Much Ado About Nothing<br />1993 The Pelican Brief<br />1993 Rabbit Ears: John Henry<br />1993 Philadelphia<br />1992 Liberators<br />1992 Malcolm X<br />1991 Rabbit Ears: Anansi<br />1991 Ricochet<br />1991 Mississippi Masala<br />1990 Mo' Better Blues<br />1990 Heart Condition<br />1989 For Queen and Country<br />1989 The Mighty Quinn<br />1989 Glory<br />1988 National Geographic: Baka - People of the Forest<br />1987 St. Elsewhere: Season 06<br />1987 Cry Freedom<br />1986 Power<br />1986 St. Elsewhere: Season 05<br />1986 The George McKenna Story<br />1985 St. Elsewhere: Season 04<br />1984 License to Kill<br />1984 A Soldier's Story<br />1984 St. Elsewhere: Season 03<br />1983 St. Elsewhere: Season 02<br />1982 St. Elsewhere: Season 01<br />1981 Carbon Copy<br />1979 Flesh and Blood<br />1977 Wilma<br />1977 The Wilma Rudolph Story<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Director</span><br />2008 The Great Debaters<br />2002 Antwone Fisher<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Executive Producer</span><br />1995 Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Producer</span><br />2002 Antwone Fisher<br />2001 Half Past Autumn: The Life and Art of Gordon Parks<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Academy</span><br />2001 Best Actor Training Day<br />1999 Best Actor Hurricane<br />1992 Best Actor Malcolm X<br />1989 Best Supporting Actor Glory<br />1987 Best Supporting Actor Cry Freedom<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">American Film Institute</span><br />2001 Best Actor Training Day<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Berlin International Film Festival</span><br />2000 Silver Bear for Best Actor The Hurricane<br />1993 Silver Bear for Best Actor Malcolm X<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Reel Awards</span><br />2006 Best Actor Inside Man<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />2001 Best Actor - Drama Training Day<br />1999 Best Actor - Drama Hurricane<br />1992 Best Actor (Drama) Malcolm X<br />1989 Best Supporting Actor Glory<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">L.A. Film Critics Association</span><br />2001 Best Actor Training Day<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New York Film Critics Circle</span><br />1992 Best Actor Malcolm X<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screen Actors Guild</span><br />2001 Best Actor Training Day<br />1999 Best Male Actor in a Leading Role Hurricane<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#77). [1995]<br />* Children: John David (b. 1985), Katia (b. 1988), and twins Malcolm and Olivia (b. 1991)<br />* Son, Malcolm, was named in honor of Malcolm X'<br />* To prepare for his role as boxer Rubin Carter in The Hurricane (1999), Washington worked out for a year with L.A. boxing trainer Terry Claybon.<br />* Attended Fordham University, receiving a B.A. in Journalism.<br />* 1996 Harvard Foundation Award<br />* In a Newsweek cover story about the biological basis of the perception of beauty, he was used as a key example in a scientific explanation why he is considered an extremely handsome man.<br />* Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world [1990]<br />* According to a 1995 Premiere magazine article, Denzel confronted director Quentin Tarantino when he visted the set of Crimson Tide (1995). Quentin had done an uncredited rewrite of the script. Denzel lambasted Tarantino about his use of racial slurs in his films. Tarantino got embarrassed and wanted to move the conversation to a more private area. Denzel said, "No, if were going to discuss it, let's discuss it now." Denzel later said he still felt that Quentin was "a fine artist".<br />* Denzel is named after his father who was in turn named after the doctor, Doctor Denzel, who had delivered him.<br />* In the early 1980s, years before he portrayed Malcolm X (1992) in the Spike Lee film, Denzel Washington portrayed Malcolm X in the off-Broadway production of "When the Chickens Came Home to Roost", at the Henry Street Theatre in NYC.<br />* Frequent collaborator of Spike Lee (3 films together).<br />* Named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001."<br />* Supports charities such as the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, and the Gathering Place (an AIDS hospice).<br />* Met his wife Pauletta in 1977 when both had small roles in the TV-movie Wilma (1977) (TV), the story of runner Wilma Rudolph. They wed five years later.<br />* His father was a Pentecostal minister; his mother a beautician and former gospel singer. They divorced when he was 14.<br />* Is a spokesperson for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, having been a member of the Boys Club once himself.<br />* Only the second actor of color (after Sidney Poitier) to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (for Training Day (2001))<br />* Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.<br />* Father of actor John David Washington<br />* Ranked #28 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #40 in 2002.<br />* Often works with director Edward Zwick.<br />* Cousin is CBS anchorman Ukee Washington.<br />* He and his family are members of the same church as actors Dwayne Winstead, Sy Richardson, Marvin Wright-Bey, and Fitz Houston.<br />* Was awarded the title of "Police Chief for a Day" when he was a member of The Boys and Girls Club of America as a child. The photo was shown during his latest appearance on Regis and Kelly (Apr. 2004).<br />* Tom Hanks said working with Washington on Philadelphia (1993) was like "going to film school". Hanks said he learned more about acting by watching Denzel than from anyone else.<br />* When he was very young he was at a barber's shop with his mother and a nice old lady sitting in the corner asked his mother to write his full name down. When his mother asked why she said "Because he's going to entertain millions one day". His mother gave the old lady his name and it wasn't until later that they found out she was rumored to be some kind of local fortune teller.<br />* Cites star-athletes like Jim Brown and Gale Sayers as the role models of his youth.<br />* First studied Biology in hopes of becoming a doctor, then switched to Political Science then to a Journalism/Drama major in college.<br />* Has worn some kind of military uniform in at least six of his films.<br />* Ranked #59 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties<br />* Because of his pay-or-play deal on the doomed 2005 "American Gangster" project (which was to be directed by Antoine Fuqua), he was paid $20 million even though the film did not move ahead.<br />* He was voted the 39th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-78312061082134880942007-05-31T19:00:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:06:00.350-07:00Renee Zellweger<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Kp03832L0EDZLjZYFJzdkFfSlY0lqWAuhyphenhyphenApYq4xjSUbKQjuzZbYbf7FE17TxAi_G4BOIHh5QZdfLxOR9sBXNYFbdaZ1qnKXvfZluHpfEp1YfmFMnQBYiHm_pJlewbsIldOjlQi02jQ/s1600/renee_zellweger1_300_400.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Kp03832L0EDZLjZYFJzdkFfSlY0lqWAuhyphenhyphenApYq4xjSUbKQjuzZbYbf7FE17TxAi_G4BOIHh5QZdfLxOR9sBXNYFbdaZ1qnKXvfZluHpfEp1YfmFMnQBYiHm_pJlewbsIldOjlQi02jQ/s400/renee_zellweger1_300_400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477636115537847122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Renee Zellweger<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Renee Kathleen Zellweger<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 5' 5"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality: </span>American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> April 25, 1969<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place: </span>Katy, Texas, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession</span>: actress<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> Katy High School<br />University of Texas at Austin (majored in English; graduated in 1991)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife:</span> Kenny Chesney (country singer; born on March 26, 1968; married on May 9, 2005 on the Caribbean Island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands; annulled on December 20, 2005)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship:</span> Jack White (lead singer of The White Stripes; b. July 9, 1975; met while filming Cold Mountain; 2003-2004), Jim Carrey (actor; b. January 17, 1962; met during filming Me, Myself and Irene; December 1999-2000)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Emil Zellweger (engineer; Swiss-born; married in 1963)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Kjellfrid Zellweger (former nurse; Norwegian-born)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother: </span>Drew Zellweger (marketing executive; born on February 15, 1967)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Father:</span> Dorothy<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Mother:</span> Emil Zellweger<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Dorothy Boyd in Cameron Crowe' Jerry Maguire (1996)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Renee Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, a small town outside Houston. The daughter of European parents (her father was Swiss and her mother Norwegian), Renee had an older brother that she greatly admired. After graduating from Katy High School in 1987, where Renee was a cheerleader, gymnast and participated in the drama club, she went off to the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in English. An excellent student (she made the Dean's List several times), Renee took a drama class only because she needed a fine arts credit to complete her degree. Her participation in drama while in college turned out to be much more than a requirement, as it reminded her of how much she loved acting. Not even having planned on becoming an actress earlier, Renee knew by the time that she graduated from college that she wanted to pursue a career in acting. She immediately began auditioning for commercials and films that were being shot in Texas, and it didn't her take long to get her first film role. Although the roles she landed were bit-parts, the films did well and co-starred respectable actors such as Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Matthew McConaughey.<br /><br />Her uncredited role in 1993's Dazed and Confused as a high school senior was her first film role, and was followed up by a role in The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (released in 1997). It was on the set of Chainsaw that Renee heard about another film that was in the midst of casting actors, which as luck would have it, Renee auditioned for and got the lead. The film was Love and a .45, a film for which Renee received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance. In the meantime, Renee appeared in other films such as The Low Life, 8 Seconds, Reality Bites, and Empire Records, but it was her starring role in The Whole Wide World which not only won her praise at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, but also led to her breakthrough role in Cameron Crowe's hit Jerry Maguire. Cameron Crowe was so impressed with her work in The Whole Wide World that he knew Renee would be the perfect choice to play the girlfriend of sports agent Tom Cruise, after being dumped by Kelly Preston. She even beat out already known actresses Bridget Fonda, Cameron Diaz and Mira Sorvino for the part. Her role in Jerry Maguire earned her many awards and a lot of recognition, including a Screen Actor's Guild Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as being named Entertainment Weekly's Best New Movie Actress.<br /><br />After Jerry Maguire, Renee starred in the smaller films Deceiver and A Price Above Rubies, in which she played a Hasidic Jew. In 1998, she moved onto a more mainstream film, One True Thing, a tearjerker also starring Oscar winners Meryl Streep and William Hurt. The following year, Renee joined Chris O'Donnell in The Bachelor. Next up for Renee is the summer comedy Me, Myself and Irene, featured in our Top Summer Movie Picks. Renee fell for co-star Jim Carrey while on the set of filming the Farrelly Brothers' film, and the two are still going strong. Renee also landed the title role in the film Bridget Jones' Diary, beating out popular British actresses to play the role of a single British woman in her 30s.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2008 Case 39<br />2008 Leatherheads<br />2007 Bee Movie<br />2006 Miss Potter<br />2005 Iconoclasts: Zellweger on Amanpour<br />2005 Cinderella Man<br />2004 Shark Tale<br />2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason<br />2003 Down With Love<br />2003 Cold Mountain<br />2002 White Oleander<br />2002 Chicago<br />2001 Bridget Jones's Diary<br />2001 Saturday Night Live: Renee Zellweger<br />2001 King of the Hill: Ho Yeah!<br />2000 Me, Myself & Irene<br />2000 Nurse Betty<br />1999 The Bachelor<br />1998 One True Thing<br />1998 Deceiver<br />1998 A Price Above Rubies<br />1996 The Whole Wide World<br />1996 Jerry Maguire<br />1995 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation<br />1995 Empire Records<br />1994 Reality Bites<br />1994 Love and a .45<br />1994 Shake, Rattle & Rock!<br />1994 8 Seconds<br />1992 A Taste for Killing<br />1991 Married... With Children: Top of the Heap<br /><br />Executive Producer<br />2006 Miss Potter<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Academy</span><br />2003 Best Supporting Actress Cold Mountain<br />2002 Best Actress Chicago<br />2001 Best Actress Bridget Jones's Diary<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">British Academy Awards</span><br />2001 Best Actress Bridget Jones's Diary<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Broadcast Film Critics Association</span><br />2001 Best Actress Bridget Jones's Diary<br />1996 Breakout Artist of the Year<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chicago Film Critics Association</span><br />2003 Best Supporting Actress Cold Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />2006 Best Actress - Comedy or Musical Miss Potter<br />2004 Best Actress - Comedy or Musical Bridget JOnes: THe Edge of Reason<br />2003 Best Supporting Actress Cold Mountain<br />2002 Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Chicago<br />2001 Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Bridget Jones's Diary<br />2000 Best Actress - Comedy or Musical Nurse Betty<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Independent Spirit Award</span><br />1996 Best Actress Whole Wide World<br />1994 Best Debut Performance Love & a.45<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">National Board of Review</span><br />1996 Best Breakthrough Performance Jerry Maguire<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">National Society of Film Critics</span><br />1996 Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up) Jerry Maguire<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screen Actors Guild</span><br />2003 Best Supporting Actress Cold Mountain<br />2002 Best Actress Chicago<br />2001 Best Actress Bridget Jones's Diary<br />1996 Best Supporting Actress Jerry Maguire<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* Is named the actor with the sexiest bottom on film for her role in BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY according to a poll carried out by Odeon cinemas. (#10) (August 17, 2005)<br />* Says she misses her fuller figure because she got more male attention when she was heavier. (August 15, 2005)<br />* Denies rumors her marriage to Kenny Chesney is on the rocks. (August 3, 2005)<br />* When she first met an uncle of her husband Kenny Chesney, she was asked if she had a job. (May 30, 2005)<br />* Transported all of her belongings from Los Angeles to New York three years after making the move. (May 28, 2005)<br />* Got a Walk of Fame star – the 2,286th – on May 24, 2005.<br />* It was said that Kenny Chesney won Zellweger's heart by wooing her with a series of intense emails and phone calls. (May 16, 2005)<br />* Her wedding to Kenny Chesney was planned over such a short span of time, she didn't even get an engagement ring. (May 13, 2005)<br />* Her husband Kenny Chesney once rated her as the third sexiest woman he'd laid eyes on, three years before meeting her, when he had an interview with publication The Tennessean. (May 13, 2005)<br />* Zellweger and Kenny Chesney shocked family and friends because they told them about their wedding one day before the big day. (May 12, 2005)<br />* Married country music star Kenny Chesney on May 9, 2005 in a small ceremony on the island of Saint John in the U-S Virgin Islands.<br />* Inspired country music star Kenny Chesney to write his 1999 hit You Had Me From Hello after seeing her in JERRY MAGUIRE.<br />* Says photographers manipulate pictures to make her look thinner.<br />* Is escaping the limelight for a year in a desperate bid to avoid 'burning out.' (March 18, 2005)<br />* Has revealed she has a crush on Paul McCartney. (March 17, 2005)<br />* Is worried that her fluctuating weight may have detrimental effects upon her fertility in the future. (2004)<br />* Started out as a bar maid.<br />* Said she would consider starring in Bridget Jones 3. (November 13, 2004)<br />* Advised Hugh Grant to get some exercise - because she was shocked by his flabby appearance during their movie BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON. (2004)<br />* Says she is taking a year-long break from Hollywood, so she can spend more time hanging out with her friends. (2004)<br />* Is auctioning off the fat clothes she wore after her infamous weight gain for her role in the BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY sequel. (September, 2004)<br />* Hasn't ruled out the possibility of starring as Bridget Jones again, even though author Helen Fielding has yet to pen a third novel. (February 14, 2004)<br />* Says she doesn't see what the big deal is about the fact that she put on weight to play BRIDGET JONES. (December 1, 2003)<br />* Has split from rocker Jack White for good because he hated her BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY routine -- Insiders say Jack was worried Renee's middle-of-road Bridget persona would affect his own work, making him less dynamic. (November 10, 2003)<br />* Diet giants Weight Watchers are offering Zellweger an $110,000-per-pound sponsorship deal if she manages to lose 30 pounds after the BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY sequel. (October 31, 2003)<br />* Zellweger says putting on weight for her role in BRIDGET JONES sequel has been a piece of cake -- Zellweger said she's been working with a nutritionist who's been feeding her healthy food with hidden fat. (October 2, 2003)<br />* Was named a Best Dressed Celebrity by America's People magazine. (September 15, 2003)<br />* Zellweger has fired her celebrity dog walker, Annie Lever, for reportedly gossiping about her to the tabloids. (August 26, 2003)<br />* Zellweger is reportedly being paid a $3.2 million bonus to pack on the pounds for her reprised role as Bridget Jones in BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON. (August 14, 2003)<br />* Zellweger shocked a German couple in a Los Angeles restaurant this week by interrupting their conversation about her in fluent German -- The bilingual actress overheard the pair moaning about her height and her scruffy dress sense, and when the woman asked her partner if Renee was married, the actress angrily retaliated. (July 14, 2003)<br />* The producers of the BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY sequel have turned to John Travolta to provide the romance after Zellweger told them their first choice of George Clooney as the love interest was unsuitable because of a previous relationship between the pair. (June 26, 2003)<br />* Was one of the Most Powerful Celebrities, according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#61)<br />* Zellweger had a traumatic time at this year's Oscar ceremony, but not for the reasons some may think -- As she left the ceremony, Renee's dress got ripped so she decided to call it a night; however, on her arrival at home she discovered she had forgotten a vital item - her house keys. (June 4, 2003)<br />* Zellweger has scored the biggest deal of her career after agreeing to appear in the sequel of BRIDGET JONES' DIARY -- Producers of BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON were so desperate to sign the Hollywood superstar that they upped their bid to $22.5 million. (May 30, 2003)<br />* Zellweger finds it tough to have casual relationships because she's too much of a romantic -- The actress says, I'm a hopeless romantic. I've tried the other way for about five minutes. It doesn't work for me. I was thinking I'm gonna focus on my work. and you start daydreaming. I just need the guy! (May 20, 2003)<br />* Zellweger terrified her mother after letting it slip that she's joining the forces on a TV chat show - The actress has been invited by the United Services Overseas organization to visit troops in unclassified former war zones, and she was hoping to keep the news from her worried mom. But, on Thursday night's The Late Show, with David Letterman, she proudly announced her summer plans. (May 19, 2003)<br />* Zellweger escaped the disappointment of missing out on the Best Actress Academy Award on Sunday by partying all night with TV millionaire new beau, Michael Edwards-Hammond. (March 28, 2003)<br />* Zellweger backed out of performing at Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony, because of stage fright -- A source close to the actress says she's uncomfortable singing in front of people, and the news that she would not be singing, was deliberately withheld until after the nominations, because no one wanted problems for her. (March 26, 2003)<br />* She may be one of Hollywood's hottest female stars, but Zellweger is having problems finding a man brave enough to ask her out -- The gorgeous actress has been searching for a suitable beau since her split from George Clooney, but men are too scared of her celebrity status to even try to get a date. (March 21, 2003)<br />* Zellweger should be up for a prize, most costume changes, at this year's Oscars after revealing she's worn nearly 40 dresses in the last three weeks - The actress is up against Nicole Kidman for Best Actress, and has attended so many functions before the big night, that she has worn an average of two dresses a day. (March 20, 2003)<br />* Hoped to land the part of Satine in the 2001 MOULIN ROUGE, but was beaten to it by flame-haired beauty Nicole Kidman. (January 23, 2003)<br />* She has been on secret dates with Matthew Perry after a chance encounter at a party hosted by actress Amanda Peet - Matt's co-star in THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.<br />* Has traded her $1.8 million Hollywood Hills pied-a-terre for a $6.8 million Bel-Air mansion<br />* Gained 20 extra pounds for her role in BRIDGET JONES' DIARY (2001)<br />* Loves saying the word 'awesome' in general and in interviews.<br />* She had a non-speaking role in DAZED & CONFUSED.<br />* She has been mistaken a lot for actress Joey Lauren Adams and singer Jewel.<br />* She says she was almost broke before she landed the role of Dorothy, in JERRY MAGUIRE, because she hadn't done anything in awhile.<br />* She was rumored a virgin at 27.<br />* Was very active in high school, participating in drama, cheerleading, and sports.<br />* Was in the bathroom when it was announced that she won the Golden Globe for her performance in NURSE BETTY (2000).<br />* In ME, MYSELF & IRENE (2000) Jim Carrey's character asks Zellweger about where she is from and where she went to school. She responds that she was from Texas, which in fact is true (she attended the University of Texas).<br />* Zellweger is dreading a trip DOWN UNDER for the Australasian premiere of new film CHICAGO because the last time she went there she ballooned in size – she admits she's a huge fan of the Australian lifestyle, and she let it go to her stomach. (December 19, 2002)<br />* Zellweger was taken ill at the aftershow party on Sunday evening for her new film CHICAGO, and people close to the super slim actress blamed her condition on the fact she hadn't eaten all day -- although she appeared to be in high spirits earlier on, cuddling up and joking with co-star Richard Gere, the actress was looking deeply distressed in the women's toilets at the Cafe Royal at around 11pm. (December 12, 2002)<br />* Said before making any red carpet appearances, she enjoys a unique triple oxygen facial at a London spa to help polish her look. (December 29, 2006)<br />* Loves British food.<br />* Is rumored to be dating Bruce Willis after they were seen looking cozy at new Los Angeles restaurant Cut. (November 23, 2006)<br />* Admitted that her brief marriage to Kenny Chesney was “a big mistake,” saying she became caught up in the idea of marriage when she was looking to take a break from Hollywood. (November 16, 2006)<br />* Zellweger and George Clooney have reportedly rekindled their once blossoming romance after they were spotted enjoying a romantic meal at a swanky hotel in Los Angeles. (September 2006)<br />* Has signed to star in the horror thriller CASE 39. (April 18, 2006)<br />* Nearly knocked down by a car after she stepped out onto the road in West London while looking the wrong way. The incident took place close to the set of her latest film, MISS POTTER. (March 15, 2006)<br />* Was no. 10 on Blackwell's list of worst-dressed women of 2005.<br />* Zellweger and Kenny Chesney's annulment was finalized by Los Angeles Superior Court on December 20, 2005.<br />* Was so angry with New York Post's claims she is dating another man, just weeks after her split from husband Kenny Chesney, she stormed into its office to berate the guilty reporter. (October 8, 2005)<br />* Wants her marriage to Kenny Chesney annulled on the grounds of “fraud.” (September 17, 2005)<br />* Split from her country singer husband Kenny Chesney after just four months. (September 16, 2005)<br />* Has stamped out reports she has agreed to play troubled rocker Janis Joplin, as she is less than convinced she is the right actress for the role. (September 13, 2005)<br />* A fan of Chelsea soccer club since filming BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON in London. She frequently disguised herself so she could enjoy matches in peace.<br />* Got so involved in her New Jersey character for CINDERELLA MAN, she had to re-learn her English accent when BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON required extra voice-over work. (September 7, 2005)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-1871188278584859952007-05-25T18:52:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:09:01.554-07:00Samuel L. Jackson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHyYEekBbCWk4PatminG1M1HRhFRWM2o_WMeRAj40nxXmtQA-6Z8Xm6dtxx8PZioDoqt7-zKV7qw34fIfnqgj9EskgbpLsdbh1zTcdMCsI-wC5O8P4thCeCDuKSk_8elnB9RV_vfyUds/s1600/samuel-l-jackson-picture-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHyYEekBbCWk4PatminG1M1HRhFRWM2o_WMeRAj40nxXmtQA-6Z8Xm6dtxx8PZioDoqt7-zKV7qw34fIfnqgj9EskgbpLsdbh1zTcdMCsI-wC5O8P4thCeCDuKSk_8elnB9RV_vfyUds/s400/samuel-l-jackson-picture-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477636945742840354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Samuel L Jackson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Samuel Leroy Jackson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 6'3"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> December 21, 1948<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place: </span>Washington D.C., USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession: </span>actor<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education: </span>Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia (majored in Drama; graduated in 1972)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife</span>: LaTanya Richardson (actress; born on 1941; met while Jackson was attending Morehouse College; married in 1980)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Elizabeth Jackson (supply buyer for state mental institution)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Father:</span> Janitor<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aunt: </span>Edna (teacher)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son:</span> Zoe Jackson (born in 1982)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Proficient in stealing almost every scene he appears in through his screen intensity and polished delivery he regularly displays when performing, Samuel Leroy Jackson really has all the reason to place himself softly in the group of lauded leading men in Hollywood. His work on a number of projects, either high profile or low-key, has indeed shown his ability to play film characters with both remarkable versatility and unusual intelligence critics often praised for. Barely knew his father who left the family several years after his birth on December 21, 1948 in Washington, D.C, little Samuel grew up under the nurture of his mother, Elizabeth Jackson, and maternal grandparents in the factory town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He began to develop an interest in acting when attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, leading him to change his major in Architecture to Drama, even making his big screen debut through a 1972 drama flick entitled “Together for Days” before finally obtained a Bachelor of Arts in the same year.<br /><br />Afterwards headed for New York in 1976 to flourish his acting career, Samuel found himself landed his feet on the Negro Ensemble Company in which he later was involved in some of its ...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2008 Jumper<br />2008 Cleaner<br />2008 Lakeview Terrace<br />2007 1408<br />2007 Black Snake Moan<br />2007 Farce of the Penguins<br />2007 The Shadow Chaser<br />2006 Snakes on a Plane<br />2006 Afro Samurai [Anime Series]<br />2006 Freedomland<br />2006 Home of the Brave<br />2006 Resurrecting the Champ<br />2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith<br />2005 The Man<br />2005 XXX: State of the Union<br />2005 Iconoclasts: Jackson on Russell<br />2005 Coach Carter<br />2004 In My Country<br />2004 Kill Bill Vol. 2<br />2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson<br />2004 Twisted<br />2004 The Incredibles<br />2004 The N Word<br />2003 S.W.A.T.<br />2003 Kill Bill Vol. 1<br />2003 Basic<br />2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones<br />2002 The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies<br />2002 Formula 51<br />2002 No Good Deed<br />2002 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives<br />2002 XXX<br />2002 Changing Lanes<br />2001 The Caveman's Valentine<br />2000 Shaft<br />2000 Unbreakable<br />2000 Rules of Engagement<br />1999 Deep Blue Sea<br />1999 Forever Hollywood<br />1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace<br />1998 The Negotiator<br />1998 Out of Sight<br />1998 The Red Violin<br />1998 Sphere<br />1998 Saturday Night Live: Samuel L. Jackson<br />1997 Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: Pied Piper<br />1997 The Directors: John Frankenheimer<br />1997 Eve's Bayou<br />1997 One Eight Seven<br />1997 Jackie Brown<br />1996 The Great White Hype<br />1996 Trees Lounge<br />1996 Hard Eight<br />1996 A Time to Kill<br />1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight<br />1996 Teens and Guns: Preventing Violence<br />1996 The Search for One-Eyed Jimmy<br />1995 Losing Isaiah<br />1995 Kiss of Death<br />1995 Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life<br />1995 Die Hard With a Vengeance<br />1995 Fluke<br />1994 Pulp Fiction<br />1994 Hail Caesar<br />1994 Fresh<br />1994 The New Age<br />1994 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker<br />1994 Against the Wall<br />1994 Ghostwriter: Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?<br />1993 Jurassic Park<br />1993 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1<br />1993 True Romance<br />1993 Menace II Society<br />1993 The Meteor Man<br />1993 Amos & Andrew<br />1992 Johnny Suede<br />1992 Patriot Games<br />1992 Jumpin' at the Boneyard<br />1992 Fathers and Sons<br />1992 Juice<br />1992 White Sands<br />1991 Law & Order: The Violence of Summer<br />1991 Jungle Fever<br />1991 Strictly Business<br />1990 GoodFellas<br />1990 The Return of Superfly<br />1990 Mo' Better Blues<br />1990 Def by Temptation<br />1990 A Shock to the System<br />1990 Betsy's Wedding<br />1989 Sea of Love<br />1989 Dead Man Out<br />1989 Do the Right Thing<br />1988 School Daze<br />1988 Coming to America<br />1987 Uncle Tom's Cabin<br />1987 Eddie Murphy: Raw<br />1981 Ragtime<br />1978 The Trial of the Moke<br />Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Executive Producer</span><br />2001 The Caveman's Valentine<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Producer</span><br />2008 Cleaner<br />1997 Eve's Bayou<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Awards</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Academy</span><br />1994 Best Supporting Actor Pulp Fiction<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Berlin International Film Festival</span><br />1998 Silver Bear for Best Actor Jackie Brown<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cannes Film Festival</span><br />1991 Jury Prize For Best Supporting Actor Jungle Fever<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />1997 Best Actor in Musical or Comedy Picture Jackie Brown<br />1994 Best Supporting Actor Pulp Fiction<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Independent Spirit Award</span><br />1997 Best Supporting Actor Hard Eight<br />1994 Best Actor Pulp Fiction<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">National Society of Film Critics</span><br />1994 Best Actor - Runner-up Pulp Fiction<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New York Film Critics Circle</span><br />1991 Best Supporting Actor Jungle Fever<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screen Actors Guild</span><br />1994 Best Supporting Actor Pulp Fiction<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* In 1994 he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Acadmeny Awards for PULP FICTION<br />* Jackson and Ben Affleck were so cold filming new movie CHANGING LANES they wore wetsuits under their clothes.<br />* He is reported to have B.M.F. engraved into the handle of his lightsaber. B.M.F. is short for Bad Motherfucker which was written on Jules' (Samuel L. Jackson) wallet in PULP FICTION (1994).<br />* He says he uses a purple lightsaber in STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002) but that fans shouldn't speculate endlessly about why. He just thought it would look cool so he asked George Lucas if he could have one and, eventually, Lucas agreed.<br />* He says the line, This is some repugnant shit towards the end of JACKIE BROWN. He says this line in both PULP FICTION (1994) and SHAFT (2000)<br />* In THE GREAT WHITE HYPE (1996), the Sultan (Jackson) greets a man with shoulder length black hair and a black suit with Hey Vincent, Vincent, where's Jules man, a reference to Jackson's character in PULP FICTION (1994).<br />* In one scene in JACKIE BROWN (1997), Ordell Robie, played by him chastises Max Cherry for not washing his hands after using the toilet. In THE NEGOTIATOR (1998), Jackson tells a hostage-taker a joke about a Marine who didn't wash his hands after using the urinal. And in PULP FICTION, Jackson chides John Travolta for his poor hand-washing.<br />* Quentin Tarantino originally wrote the role of Jules in PULP FICTION specifically for Jackson, however it was almost given to Paul Calderon after a great audition. When he heard this, he flew to LA and re-auditioned, getting back the part he was supposed to play. Calderon ended up with a cameo as Paul, the bartender.<br />* When Ordell Robbie first goes to Max Cherry's office and is asked if he has the cash for the bond, he responds I got in right here in my brand new raptor bag. Although the logo is partially obscured, it is clearly that of the Toronto Raptors. Jackson was frequently courtside at Toronto Raptor games the season before filming JACKIE BROWN.<br />* Played in a SOLDIERS PLAY with Adolph Caesar.<br />* Accomplished at playing brass instruments (french horn, trumpet) in school symphony orchestras from grade 3 to grade 12.<br />* Avid golfer.<br />* Briefly suspended in 1969 from Morehouse College after taking hostage several members of the board of trustees, including the father of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., during a protest of the failure of the university to have black trustees or a black studies program.<br />* Grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee<br />* His character from PULP FICTION (1994), Jules Winnfield, ranked second in the 'coolest movie characters of all time', in a poll by the UK's Empire Magazine (the winner was Tyler Durden of FIGHT CLUB (1999)).<br />* His characters often feature the color purple: Mr. Glass wore purple clothing in UNBREAKABLE (2000); Jackson chose to have Doyle Gipson wear a purple hat in CHANGING LANES (2003); and Mace Windu, upon request by Jackson to George Lucas, wielded a purple light saber in STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002).<br />* In 2003, he dissed rappers turned actors, saying as a classically trained thespian, it was not his job to lend credibility to rappers by appearing in movies with them. But in reality, he has worked with more rappers than any other actor in Hollywood, seven times as of this writing: JUICE (1992) ( Tupac Shakur), SHAFT (2000) ( Busta Rhymes), ONE EIGHT SEVEN (1997) ( Method Man), DEEP BLUE SEA (1999) and S.W.A.T. (2003) ( LL Cool J), XXX (2002) ('Eve' ), and XXX: STATE OF THE UNION (2005) ( Ice Cube).<br />* Is the second highest grossing actor of all-time (after Harrison Ford) in terms of total combined grosses of all of his films.<br />* Nickname: Sam; King of Cool<br />* One of Jackson's jobs as a struggling actor in New York was as a doorman at the popular Manhattan Plaza subsidized apts, home to hundreds of actors and artisits, including Giancarlo Esposito, who co-starred with Jackson in AMOS & ANDREW (1993).<br />* Ranked #44 in Empire (UK) magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list. (1997)<br />* The commencement speaker at his daughter's graduation from Vassar College. (2004)<br />* Trade mark: Often plays violent, loud-mouthed individuals with unusual beliefs or philosophies.<br />* Was an admitted drug user until he completed drug rehab two weeks before playing a drug addict in JUNGLE FEVER (1991).<br />* Was offered his role in STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) after mentioning in an interview on UK TV show TFI Friday (1996) that he'd really like to work with George Lucas.<br />* Was the first choice for Fallon in JUDGMENT NIGHT (1993).<br />* Worked as a camera stand-in for Bill Cosby during the filming of The Cosby Show (1984).<br />* Nominated for Best Dressed at MTV Movie Awards for SHAFT (2001)<br />* Nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for JACKIE BROWN (1998)<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for JACKIE BROWN (1998)<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for A TIME TO KILL (1997)<br />* Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for PULP FICTION (1995) - shared with John Travolta<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV at Golden Globe Awards for AGAINST THE WALL (1995)<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for PULP FICTION (1995)<br />* Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for PULP FICTION (1995)Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-72027792138348937092007-05-25T04:08:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:11:08.169-07:00Shakira<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RS6zDVfPfyyn0F8kuvAmZaX0c7VKJQIZYl7mRYU-p4TxsgvKOPhRLgu1-gKJ0gKlOOfhCbBWJ0PHbomFlrtb_pd0lCzd1euTlf35YsSglOXDHMFijP8lDWlJ2O9W3hmRSvqo0_KSX2Q/s1600/1005_shakira_f.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RS6zDVfPfyyn0F8kuvAmZaX0c7VKJQIZYl7mRYU-p4TxsgvKOPhRLgu1-gKJ0gKlOOfhCbBWJ0PHbomFlrtb_pd0lCzd1euTlf35YsSglOXDHMFijP8lDWlJ2O9W3hmRSvqo0_KSX2Q/s400/1005_shakira_f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477637465730696290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Shakira<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 4' 11"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> Colombian<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> February 2, 1977<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Barranquilla, Colombia<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> Musician<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> La Ensenanza School in Barranquilla<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship: </span>Antonio de la Rúa (son of former President of Argentina, Fernando de la Rúa; dated since 2000; engaged in March 2001)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> William Mebarak Chadid<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Sister:</span> Ana, Lucy (older; surgeon), Patricia (special education teacher)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Brother:</span> Alberto (older; lawyer), Edward (younger), Moises (older), Tonino (younger; Shakira's road manager), Robin<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cousin:</span> Valerie Dominguez Tarud (fashion designer and Miss Colombia 2006)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> Her album Laundry Service with the worldwide hit 'Whenever, Wherever' and single 'Underneath Your Clothes' in 2001<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian Latin pop singer-songwriter. She is best known for songs such as "Estoy Aqu�", "Tu", "Ciega, Sordomuda", "Ojos As�", "Whenever, Wherever", "Underneath Your Clothes", "Objection", "Don't Bother", "La Tortura", "Hips Don't Lie" and her dancing style which primarily features her hips. She is in the Guiness Book of Records: Most #1 weeks on Billboard Latin Singel Charts,for La Tortura. In 2007 she will be added as best selling single in a week for Hips Don't Lie. Shakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia to a Colombian mother, Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado, of Catalan and Italian decent, and an American born father of Lebanese descent, William Mebarak Chadid. Shakira, means "graceful or full of grace" in Arabic, is named after her grandmother. She was one of seven siblings, one of whom is her road manager. Shakira began writing and composing music at the age of eight. One of her first songs was called "Tus Gafas Oscuras" (Your Dark Glasses), which was about her father's grief over his son who had died in a car accident. At the age of ten, Shakira tried out for her school choir, but she was not taken because her voice was "too strong." Magia (Magic) was Shakira's debut album, recorded with Sony Colombia in 1991, when she was 15. The album did not fare well commercially, selling less than one thousand copies. After Magia, Shakira released Peligro (Danger) in 1993. The album was better received than Magia, but Shakira decided to take a hiatus from recording so that she could graduate from high school. Shakira returned to recording in 1995, supported by a new confessional and Alanis Morissette-oriented persona that affected some of her next albums, and made her third studio one, Pies Descalzos (Bare Feet), bring her great fame in Latin America. The singles "Estoy Aqu�" (I'm Here), "Pies Descalzos, Sue�os Blancos" (Bare Feet, White Dreams), and "D�nde Est�s Coraz�n?" (Where Are You, My Heart?) became pop culture icons. Pies Descalzos sold more than 4 million copies, which prompted the release of a remix album, titled simply The Remixes, which sold more than a million copies. The Remixes also included Portuguese versions of some of her best-known songs, which were recorded because of her success in the Brazilian market. Shakira was the most nominated artist of the year for this year's MTV Video Music Awards '06. Her seven nominations were for "Hips Don't Lie", including Video of the Year and Best Female Video[citation needed]. She won only one award for Choreography. Shakira also performed "Hips Don't Lie" to the dance moves of popular Indian Choreographer Farah Khan. The award show was held on August 31st 2006 in Radio City Music Hall.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2004 Shakira: Live and Off the Record<br />2002 MTV Unplugged: Shakira<br />2001 Saturday Night Live: Derek Jeter.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discography</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Albums | Compilations | Singles | Videos | Other</span><br />2006 Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 [Bonus Track]<br />2005 Oral Fixation, Vol. 2<br />2005 Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 [DualDisc]<br />2005 Fijación Oral, Vol. 1<br />2004 Live & Off the Record<br />2004 Laundry Service [Japan]<br />2002 Laundry Service [Washed and Dried]<br />2001 Laundry Service<br />2000 MTV Unplugged<br />1998 Dónde Están los Ladrones?<br />1997 Remixes<br />1996 Pies Descalzos<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MTV Video Music Awards (Latin America)</span><br />Year : 2002<br />Category : Artist of the year ; Video of the year; Female artist of the year; Pop artist of the year;<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Latin Grammy Award</span><br />Year : 2002<br />Category : Best Music Video<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grammy Awards</span><br />Year : 2000<br />Category : Latin Pop Album<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br /><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"><li nd="22" class="blackfont">Along with famous novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, she formed the foundation ALAS, the Latin America In Solidarity Action, to combat the awful conditions that kill 350,000 children in the Panama region each year. (December 13, 2006)</li><li nd="23" class="blackfont">Will donate the proceeds from a concert in her hometown Barranquilla to build an arts school for 1,800 children who became homeless as a result of Colombia's civil war. (October 7, 2006)</li><li nd="24" class="blackfont">Her hit ''Hips Don't Lie,'' featuring rap artist Wyclef Jean, became the most played song in pop radio history. (June 7, 2006)</li><li nd="25" class="blackfont">Closed the 2006 World Cup of football at Olympic stadium in Berlin, with a show before the final match in July 2006</li><li nd="26" class="blackfont">Is to become the first pop star to release a single only as a mobile-phone download. (March 20, 2006)</li><li nd="27" class="blackfont">Is set to be honored with a giant steel statue in her hometown of Barranquilla. (March 20, 2006)</li><li nd="28" class="blackfont">Fired her beauty staff after deciding she had become too obsessed with her appearance. (March 8, 2006)</li><li nd="29" class="blackfont">Denies rumors that she and Robbie Williams <a itxtdid="3953249" target="_blank" href="http://www.celebritywonder.com/#" style="border-bottom: 0.1em solid darkgreen; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; color: darkgreen; background-color: transparent; padding-bottom: 1px;" classname="iAs" class="iAs"></a> have been sharing nights of passion in LA, insisting that they are just friends and that she is happily in love with her Argentinean fiance of four years, Antonio De La Rua. (March 3, 2006)</li><li nd="30" class="blackfont">Does not think of herself as a feminist, just that she is a strong woman with masculine qualities.</li><li nd="31" class="blackfont">Once so concerned about the size of her breasts, she has finally decided against having plastic surgery, insisting she is happy being natural. (January 30, 2006)</li><li nd="32" class="blackfont">Is reportedly selling her $6m beach mansion in Miami. (January 24, 2006)</li><li nd="33" class="blackfont">Was no. 8 on Blackwell's list of worst-dressed women of 2005.</li><li nd="34" class="blackfont">Admits that she is very shy about her body and that her sexy videos do not represent her as the kind of woman she is. (November 15, 2005)</li><li nd="35" class="blackfont">Says she's the very shy even though she's known for her sexy dance routines.</li><li nd="36" class="blackfont">Became the youngest ever goodwill ambassador for the United Nations’ UNICEF on October 24, 2003<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"></span></li><li nd="6" class="blackfont">Postponed a concert in the Dominican Republic at the advice of her doctors because she was suffering from a throat infection -- The concert was scheduled for Wednesday night at Quisqueya Stadium in Santo Domingo, but it was postponed until Thursday night, promoter George Nader said. (March 21, 2003)</li><li nd="7" class="blackfont">Donated 10,000 pairs of tennis shoes to her hometown of Barranquilla to impoverished children -- the donation was made through the Barefoot Foundation, named after one of Shakira's <a itxtdid="3953599" target="_blank" href="http://www.celebritywonder.com/#" style="border-bottom: 0.1em solid darkgreen; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; color: darkgreen; background-color: transparent; padding-bottom: 1px;" classname="iAs" class="iAs"></a>disks called Pies Descalzos in Spanish. (December 21, 2002)</li><li nd="8" class="blackfont">Shakira proves to be a real doll – the singer has signed on with toy company Mattel, maker of Barbie, to license a collection of fashion dolls and accessories. (November 6, 2002)</li><li nd="9" class="blackfont">Shakira has signed an endorsement deal with Reebok that will be marketed under the sportswear giant's Sounds & Rhythm Of Sport platform. (September 24, 2002)</li><li nd="10" class="blackfont">Shakira is a walking, living, breathing, singing contradiction.</li><li nd="11" class="blackfont">She's a child prodigy who wrote her first song at age eight, a blond-locked Colombian who speaks three languages and loves only in Spanish.</li><li nd="12" class="blackfont">She's a perfectionist who spends hours in the studio; she needs to be close to nature but her passion is the crackle of electric guitars.<br /></li><li nd="13" class="blackfont">Made emergency helicopter landing. Bad weather forces the singer's chopper down over a baseball diamond in the Dominican Republic on Friday, August 2, 2002. She and family escaped injury. </li></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-19555413592103596012007-05-25T02:47:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:19:58.473-07:00Richard Gere<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnW1XN04BG3y4CR5pXHpa9JdRUyGvuBuggY1kuC_EI1hdF_kaYWDc5qVfoIWmmv7tY2sZQG9Jxfr8TBXEFHCBPkzzksykjr_s7yyEmixRiRqDksVbWH1oUicx-wkL4wlU970IzNN1RO0/s1600/richard-gere-20050429-37562.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnW1XN04BG3y4CR5pXHpa9JdRUyGvuBuggY1kuC_EI1hdF_kaYWDc5qVfoIWmmv7tY2sZQG9Jxfr8TBXEFHCBPkzzksykjr_s7yyEmixRiRqDksVbWH1oUicx-wkL4wlU970IzNN1RO0/s400/richard-gere-20050429-37562.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477639745385721938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span> Richard Gere<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Birth Name</span>:</span> Richard Tiffany Gere<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height: </span> 5' 10 1/2''<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality: </span>American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> August 31, 1949<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place: </span>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actor, producer<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> North Syracuse Central High School (graduated)<br />University of Massachusetts (dropped out)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife: </span>Cindy Cawford (married on December 12, 1991; divorced in 1995)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship:</span> Carey Lowell (actress; 1995 until present), Penelope Milford (actress; together five years), Dawn Steel (executive; 1975-1978), Sylvia Martins (Brazillian painter)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Homer Gere (insurance salesman)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Doris Gere<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son:</span> Homer James Jigme (2000)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Tony Lopanto in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />He was born Richard Tiffany Gere on August 31st, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father whose named Homer was an insurance salesman and her mother Doris was a house wife. Gere is the second child in the family, in which he has three sisters and one younger brother. In his teen he went to North Syracuse Central High School where he was proven to be a multi talented person. There Gere was active in the gym, lacrosse and sky teams. He also served on the school council and quite good in playing several music instruments, such as piano, guitar, bass and trumpet; and he even wrote a music for his high school production. Gere could at the end sucessfully graduate from North Syracuse Central High School in 1967.<br /><br />Thereafter Gere continued his study onto University of Massachusetts in Amherst, majored in philosophy, where he had ever won a gymnastics scholarship. After two years learning, this-nowadays famous actor finally found much more interest in acting than in school that in 1973 he left the school and got a lead role in the London production of the rock musical "Grease." In the following years Gere performed in other plays, such as "Taming ...of the Shrew" and "American Gigolo," for which he played its major star role that gave him more fame in the year of 1980. Following Gere success was his another role in "An Officer and a Gentleman" played during 1982. Next, in 1990 he performed in a very famous blockbuster drama movie "Pretty Woman" co-strarring actress Julia Roberts. Despite his good look, Gere "cool and perfect" action also took part in granting the movie the People's Choice award for Best Movie.<br /><br />Succeed in playing American Gigolo and Pretty Woman, Gere continued to act in "Runaway Bride" (1999) from which he got $12 million from the total $152 million earned by the box office.<br /><br />Beyond his success in acting, Richard Gere wasn't succeed with his first marriage with Cindy Crawford whom he married on December 12th, 1991 and divorced in 1995. Seven years after the divorce, he married actress Carey Lowell, who later on gave born to his son Homer James Jigme Gere.<br /><br />Not only the vegetarian Gere becomes the first man ever to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine, but also he is referenced in the 2001 hit song "Crying at the Discothéque" by Swedish dance group Alcazar. To add the two, he wins several awards as public appreciation of his done as well. It was Gere who won the People's Choice award for Best Movie and he was also picked by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1991. In 1999 he was listed as People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive and accomplished pianist and music writer for becoming the one who composed and performed the piano solo featured in Pretty Woman (1991).<br /><br />Known as Mahatma Gandhi humanitarian admirer, Richard Gere, in recent January 2005, had confused many Palestinians due to his effort to participate in the country new president election to replace the late Yaser Arafat. By means of which, many Palestinians admitted to know nothing about the election, the candidates, nor did they need Americans to show them who to elect, for Americans themselves had chosen a "moron".<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2008 Nights in Rodanthe<br />2007 The Flock<br />2007 The Hoax<br />2007 I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan<br />2007 Spring Break in Bosnia<br />2006 Heaven: Where is It? How Do We Get There?<br />2005 Emperor Zehnder<br />2005 Ending AIDS: The Search for a Vaccine<br />2005 Bee Season<br />2004 Shall We Dance?<br />2003 Return to Tibet<br />2003 Dreaming of Tibet<br />2002 Unfaithful<br />2002 Chicago<br />2002 The Mothman Prophecies<br />2001 The Concert For New York City<br />2000 Autumn in New York<br />2000 Dr. T & The Women<br />1999 Runaway Bride<br />1998 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: Out of Control<br />1998 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: Beyond The Law<br />1998 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: War and Peace<br />1998 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: Against The Grain<br />1997 The Jackal<br />1997 Red Corner<br />1996 Primal Fear<br />1995 First Knight<br />1994 Shadow Over Tibet: Stories In Exile<br />1994 Intersection<br />1993 Sommersby<br />1993 And the Band Played On<br />1993 Mr. Jones<br />1992 Final Analysis<br />1991 Rhapsody in August<br />1991 Lung Ta: The Forgotten Tibet<br />1990 Pretty Woman<br />1990 Internal Affairs<br />1988 Miles From Home<br />1986 Power<br />1986 No Mercy<br />1985 King David<br />1984 The Cotton Club<br />1983 Beyond the Limit<br />1983 Breathless<br />1982 An Officer and a Gentleman<br />1979 American Gigolo<br />1979 Yanks<br />1978 Days of Heaven<br />1977 Blood Brothers<br />1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar<br />1976 Baby Blue Marine<br />1975 Strike Force<br />1974 Report to the Commissioner<br />Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Executive Producer</span><br />2005 Dreaming Lhasa<br />1993 Sommersby<br />1992 Final Analysis<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Producer</span><br />1993 Mr. Jones<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Songwriter</span><br />1990 Pretty Woman<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />2002 Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Chicago<br />1990 Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Pretty Woman<br />1982 Best Actor - Drama Officer and A Gentleman<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">National Board of Review</span><br />1997 Freedom of Expression Award Red Corner<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screen Actors Guild</span><br />2002 Best Actor Chicago<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* In April 2007, an arrest warrant was issued in India for Richard’s arrest, after he kissed actress Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS awareness event in New Delhi. By Indian law, the display was classed as an obscene act in a public place. The punishment for such a crime is imprisonment for three months, or a fine or both. Richard apologised for the on stage antics, a day after the arrest warrant was issued.<br />* In March/April 2007, Richard auctioned himself off for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, a human rights organisation founded in 1968. The organisation aims to continue the legacy of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated. People can bid to have lunch with Richard in New York. As at March 21st, 2007, the current bit was $US13,500.<br />* Richard and his wife Carey Lowell currently live in Greenwich Village with their son and her daughter from a previous marriage.<br />* After countless rumors of their marriage being a sham and a cover-up for the both of them being homosexuals, both Richard and Cindy Crawford took out a full page ad in the London Times announcing that they were heterosexual, monogamous and in love.<br />* On December 12, 1991, he married supermodel Cindy Crawford in Las Vegas.<br />* In 2003, he won his first Golden Globe portraying Billy Flynn in the movie musical Chicago.<br />* He received a Golden Globe nomination in 1981 for his work in American Gigolo.<br />* He got his lead roles in American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentlemen and Chicago after they all were turned down by John Travolta.<br />* He fired his press agent after American Gigolo came out because he let People magazine have pictures of him without a shirt on after being told not to sell them.<br />* Richard is the co-founder of Tibet House which is an organization that is dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture.<br />* In 1973, Richard played Danny Zuko in the London production of Grease.<br />* His big Broadway breakthrough came with the rock opera Soon.<br />* In 1969, after only two years in college, he won a place with the prestigious Provincetown Players acting troupe and quit school to focus on acting full time.<br />* He attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and majored in philosophy.<br />* Richard can play the piano, bass, guitar, and trumpet. So perhaps it's only apt that he shares his birthday with teenage rock impresario Debbie Gibson. (Their age difference is 21 years).<br />* His first movie role was in the film Report for the Commissioner.<br />* He was the first man ever to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine.<br />* He trained for five months for the tap dance scene in the 2002 film Chicago.<br />* He actually composed and performed the piano solo he performs in the 1991 film, Pretty Woman.<br />* In 1999, he was voted People's Sexiest Man Alive.<br />* In 1967, Richard graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in Syracuse, NY.<br />* Richard is an Irish-American.<br />* For many years, Richard has been both a practicing Buddhist and a vegetarian.<br />* In 1980, Gere jumped to star status with the release of American Gigolo.Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-49589582604079661672007-05-25T01:32:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:23:07.168-07:00Jessica Simpson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOI2Ytu1OTqZCbYKOlCOiPSgHrl2dD2wf5xG7ukaFltU5oUYXs1D290P5eKH3jbJawABUi-1WHUTjZo9TS-3ru3dMPIYwQ4bw18JqR6FTK0K7GTfkFrcSuWAa1Wsay_SFPC7s9ZzkajyA/s1600/jessica_simpson.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOI2Ytu1OTqZCbYKOlCOiPSgHrl2dD2wf5xG7ukaFltU5oUYXs1D290P5eKH3jbJawABUi-1WHUTjZo9TS-3ru3dMPIYwQ4bw18JqR6FTK0K7GTfkFrcSuWAa1Wsay_SFPC7s9ZzkajyA/s400/jessica_simpson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477640549937064210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span> Jessica Simpson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name: </span>Jessica Ann Simpson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height: </span>5' 3"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality: </span>American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> July 10, 1980<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place: </span>Dallas, Texas, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actress, musician<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education: </span>J.J. Pearce High School Richardson in Texas (graduated in 1998)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife: </span>Nick Lachey (member of 98 Degrees; born on November 9, 1973; married on October 26, 2002 in Austin, Texas; separated on November 23, 2005; filed for divorced in December 2005; divorced on June 30, 2006)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Joe Simpson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Tina Simpson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister:</span> Ashlee Simpson (actress; born on October 3, 1984)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> Album: Sweet Kisses<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />A native of Dallas, Jessica first developed her vocal skills in the local Baptist church where her father, a psychologist, also worked as a youth minister. When Jessica was 12 she auditioned for the Mickey Mouse Club, where Jessica's talents took her all the way to the finals. The following year while attending religious camp, Jessica delivered an acappella version of "Amazing Grace" for one of the camp's guest speakers, of whom was launching a new gospel music label. Jessica signed up. Three years later after the small label folded, Jessica took the material she had worked on and began to hit the Christian Youth Conference circuit. News of the teenage Texan with the grown-up voice soon began to filter out of the religious world and into the pop music realm and it was only a matter of time before the major labels expressed interest.<br />In the late 90's, Jessica signed with Columbia Records. Sweet Kisses, her major label debut, was released in 1999 and spawned the smash singles "I Wanna Love You Forever," "I Think I'm In Love," and "Where You Are." Following the release of her debut, Jessica hit the road, wowing audiences worldwide with her soaring emotion-packed vocals and high-energy stage presence. The title track to Irresistible, her 2001 follow-up, was a crossover smash, charting on the Hot 100 (#15), the Rhythmic Top 40 (#12), Top 40 Mainstream (#3) and Top 40 Tracks (#5). Since the release of Irresistible, Jessica's been working on her acting résumé. In addition to her recurring role on "That 70's Show," she can be seen in an episode of UPN's "The Twilight Zone." But music remained one of Jessica's truest loves and, when it came time to make In This Skin, she was ready for this vital next stage in her career. With her new album, Jessica Simpson comes into her own as a woman and refines her ever-evolving voice as an artist.<br />She married her longtime boyfriend and frontman of boyband 98 Degrees, Nick Lachey on the 26 October 2002. In the end, it's the strength of charac<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2007 Blonde Ambition<br />2006 Employee of the Month<br />2005 The Dukes of Hazzard<br />2005 Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica - Season 03<br />2004 Saturday Night Live: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey<br />2004 Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas<br />2004 The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour<br />2004 Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 2<br />2004 Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica - Season 02<br />2003 Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica - Season 01<br />2003 Jessica Simpson: Sweetest Sin/With You<br />2002 Master of Disguise<br />2001 Jessica Simpson: Dream Chaser<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discography<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Albums | Compilations | Singles | Videos |</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />2006 Public Affair [Bonus Track]<br />2006 Public Affair<br />2005 In This Skin [DualDisc]<br />2004 Rejoyce: The Christmas Album<br />2004 In This Skin [Bonus Track]<br />2004 In This Skin [Bonus Tracks & DVD]<br />2003 In This Skin<br />2001 Irresistible [Bonus Track]<br />2001 Irresistible<br />2000 Sweet Kisses [Bonus Track]<br />1999 Sweet Kisses<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* Simpson and John Mayer have reportedly ended their nine-month relationship. (May 19, 2007)<br />* Her manager father Joe has given his personal approval to his daughter's romance with John Mayer, insisting he is a big fan of the Grammy-winning star. (May 18, 2007)<br />* Showed up in person to donate a new minivan to a Mexican orphanage on Mar 25, 2007.<br />* Says Angelina Jolie has inspired her to adopt children. (March 19, 2007)<br />* Donated a minivan she won at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2006 to an orphanage in Mexico. (February 26, 2007)<br />* Says she was stung when ex-husband Nick Lachey jumped back into dating after their high-profile breakup. (February 6, 2007)<br />* Currently joins her boyfriend, singer John Mayer, for part of his tour in Florida. (January 24, 2007)<br />* Simpson and rumored boyfriend John Mayer have reportedly rekindled their romance after being seen celebrating together on New Year's Eve. (January 4, 2007)<br />* Simpson and Nick Lachey have settled their financial assets. Lachey will get significantly more than the $1.5 million that Simpson initially offered, but less than the $18 million he had asked for in the settlement. (January 1, 2007)<br />* Asked for removal of a song she recorded during a tribute to Dolly Parton on December 3, 2006, after judging her performance of the Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 classic unacceptable.<br />* On the set of BLONDE AMBITION, she has to have her movie lines fed to her by a microphone in her ear - because she is struggling to remember them. (2006)<br />* Was in tears after forgetting the words to Dolly Parton’s song “Nine to Five” she was performing at a star-studded bash in Washington DC. (December 4, 2006)<br />* Simpson and John Mayer are reportedly giving dating another try, after being spotted on a lunch date at a cafe. (November 22, 2006)<br />* Slipped a fan letter under Christina Aguilera's door when they stayed at the same hotel. (November 15, 2006)<br />* Is afraid she will never date again after her painful divorce from Nick Lachey. (October 26, 2006)<br />* Doesn’t have a problem with remarks her dad made in a past interview about her breasts. Her father Joe Simpson infamously told a magazine in 2004: She's got double D's; you can't cover those suckers up. (October 23, 2006)<br />* Says she would have trouble finding a date because the spotlights on her scare guys away. (September 12, 2006)<br />* Sang for the first time on Today show since busting a blood vessel in her vocal cord and made it through one song before her voice cracked. (September 4, 2006)<br />* Has reportedly found new love with fellow music star John Mayer. (August 30, 2006)<br />* Her childhood home in Dallas is on sale for $225,000. (August 29, 2006)<br />* Is in negotiations to play Melanie Griffith's Oscar-nominated role in 1988 movie WORKING GIRL. (August 11, 2006)<br />* Is launching her own range of sexy lingerie. (August 5, 2006)<br />* Covered “Let Him Fly by folk singer Patty Griffin, the song that made her ''cry like a baby'' after splitting from husband Nick Lachey. (August 4, 2006)<br />* Is addicted to high heels, even donning them to the beach.<br />* Simpson and her celeb pals Christina Applegate and Eva Longoria poke fun at Angelina Jolie in the new video for “A Public Affair.” Applegate asks, Could we be any more famous? Simpson quips, I wanna be so famous that every time I fall in love Oprah does a special about it. Applegate then coos, I want to be so famous that I have to have my babies in Africa.<br />* Finalizes her divorce from Nick Lachey. (July 3, 2006)<br />* Lost out the coveted Lucy Ewing role in the upcoming DALLAS movie to actress Katie Cassidy. (June 29, 2006)<br />* Says she likes lovers with imagination.<br />* Says she loves to kiss with eyes open because she can take in the entire situation and knows if she's enjoying it or not.<br />* Is jealous of her sister's body, saying Ashlee has the most perfect boobs and skinniest legs.<br />* Denies reports she fired her best friend and assistant Cacee Cobb because she was involved with her ex-husband, Nick Lacey, insisting it was Cobb's decision to resign and move on with her work. (May 19, 2006)<br />* Denies claims that she is planning to adopt. (May 12, 2006)<br />* Is being sued for $100 million by the Tarrant Apparel Group that licensed her name for a line of casual wear, claiming she refused to properly endorse the sensibly priced range in public. (April 8, 2006)<br />* Is set to take over Pamela Anderson's role in the long-awaited big screen version of beach TV show Baywatch. (April 5, 2006)<br />* Is reportedly becoming more than just good friends with comedian Dane Cook, after the two were spotted holding hands and cuddling. (April 3, 2006)<br />* Plans to buy a Mexican orphanage. (March 30, 2006)<br />* Is the 4th Sexiest Woman in the World, according to FHM. (2006)<br />* Has signed with Epic Records, ending a seven-year deal with bosses at Columbia. (March 27, 2006)<br />* Says Angelina Jolie has inspired her to consider adoption. (March 23, 2006)<br />* Simpson and Nick Lachey’s Newlyweds home is bought by Malcolm in the Middle teen actor Justin Berfield. (January 11, 2006)<br />* Was no. 3 on Blackwell's list of worst-dressed women of 2005.<br />* Sells the home made famous in her reality TV show Newlyweds. (January 10, 2006)<br />* Was the most popular young woman to be photographed, according to US Weekly's survey. (January 9, 2006)<br />* Voted pop music's sexiest-eyed star, according to a Rohto V. Sexiest Eyes Survey. (January 06, 2006)<br />* Has plunked down $3 million for a new house in Beverly Hills. (December 30, 2005)<br />* Has demanded that Judge Michael P. Linfield be removed from her divorce case with Nick Lachey because she thinks he is prejudiced against her or her attorney. (December 24, 2005)<br />* Officially files for divorce from husband Nick Lachey. (December 17, 2005)<br />* Reportedly dumped husband Nick Lachey in an email. (December 2, 2005)<br />* Officially split from husband Nick Lachey after months of denials and rumors. (November 25, 2005)<br />* Is facing a barrage of criticism from humanitarian agencies after she cut short her charity trip to Africa to go on safari instead. (November 11, 2005)<br />* Has been named the celebrity with best cleavage in Hollywood. (November 4, 2005)<br />* Is voted on People magazine's Best-Dressed list. (2005)<br />* Raised in strict Christian upbringing, Simpson admits she barely goes to church and reads the bible anymore, saying that to see all forms of meditation and prayer made her less judgmental. (September 7, 2005)<br />* People magazine has pulled its sponsorship for Jessica and Ashlee Simpson’s MTV Video Music Awards after-party reportedly because of Jessica's outrageous demands. (August 23, 2005)<br />* Plans to avoid deep, dark movie roles because she's on a mission to make people happy. (August 8, 2005)<br />* Has been left red-faced after boasting about the benefits of acne medicine Accutane, despite her role as spokesmodel for rival brand Proactiv. (August 5, 2005)<br />* During filming THE DUKES OF HAZARD, she was required to break a pool cue by whipping it across a man (a stunt)'s back repeatedly. Unfortunately, she started attacking wrong the person. (August 5, 2005)<br />* Has fired back at Christian critics who have blasted her raunchy new video These Boots Are Made For Walking for being too sexy, insisting they should be more accepting. (July 27, 2005)<br />* A New Jersey woman has been accused of theft by deception, after she allegedly posed as Simpson's assistant to get thousands of dollars of treats. (July 27, 2005)<br />* Fears her new movie THE DUKES OF HAZZARD will flop because people see her as a singer and not a movie star. (July 23, 2005)<br />* Is hoping to adopt a baby after her first attempt to become a young mother was dashed when she learned she couldn't take a child out of Mexico. (July 18, 2005)<br />* Appears on the cover of GQ magazine wearing camouflage pants, an American flag bikini top and military dog tags. (July 8, 2005)<br />* The religious organization ‘The Resistance’ wants Jessica Simpson to re-shoot a cleaner version of the promo for her latest video ‘These Boots Were Made For Walking’ and publicly apologize for her raunchy performance. (July 1, 2005)<br />* Has most wanted hairstyle according to a poll conducted by In Touch magazine. (June 28, 2005)<br />* Has received a public apology from a popular website, a day after the website posted a bogus reports claiming she had filed for divorce from her husband Nick Lachey. (May 27, 2005)<br />* Denied reports that she had a fling with Fred Durst in Las Vegas. (May 6, 2005)<br />* Her blonde hair was voted the best in a 2005 People magazine poll.<br />* Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey were left red-faced when Chris Rock jokingly blasted them for kissing during his act. The celebrity pair were part of the audience at Rock's stand-up show at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles and decided to occupy their time in the balcony with some physical intimacy. Rock warned the embarrassed couple that he'll blame them if he makes any major mistakes when he presents the Oscars on February 27, 2005. (February 25, 2005)<br />* Was briefly hospitalized in Chicago for a stomach virus while shooting a segment for The Oprah Winfrey Show. (February 24, 2005)<br />* Is facing a legal battle with fitness company Speedfit, after disagreements over the singer's workout style in an exercise video. (February 18, 2005)<br />* Has launched a fragrance product line dubbed Treats. (February 11, 2005)<br />* Is suing California jeweler Inspired Silver for illegally using her image in ads. (January 8, 2005)<br />* Plans to launch a new workout video and gym equipment range after working out to tone up for her role as curvy Daisy Duke in the new DUKES OF HAZZARD movie. (December 3, 2004)<br />* Is paranoid about the size of her bottom and gets enraged when it is mocked by her DUKES OF HAZZARD co-star Johnny Knoxville.<br />* Is sued by California-based cosmetics company Cosmojet who claims it hasn't received all of the $1 million in products it supplied for the Dessert beauty line the singer endorses. (November 6, 2004)<br />* Has signed a $10 million licensing deal with Andrew Sports Club to develop her own fashion line. (November 5, 2004)<br />* Has filed a breach of contract lawsuit claiming that a New Jersey producer-promoter owes her $140,000. (June 4, 2004)<br />* Beats Britney Spears in competing for the role of Daisy Duke in THE DUKES OF HAZZARD.<br />* Is in trouble with America's parents who fear her new line of edible body creams encourage kids to indulge in sex games. (May 17, 2004)<br />* Tops Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list for 2004.<br />* Police were called to control crowds when thousands of fans turned up to meet Simpson at a Massachusetts store on Thursday night where she was hosting an album signing at the Wal-Mart in Danvers. (March 8, 2004)<br />* Has emerged as the clear frontrunner in the race for the role of Daisy Duke in the movie version of classic TV series Dukes Of Hazzard. (February 28, 2004)<br />* Refused to sign a pre-nuptial agreement with pop star husband Nick Lachey because she'd happily give him half of everything if their marriage doesn't work out. (January 26, 2004)<br />* Hopes her upcoming variety show for TV network ABC, with husband Nick Lachey, will set a new trend of performing couples. (January 20, 2004)<br />* Simpson and husband Nick Lachey are coming back for a second season of Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica on MTV scheduled to begin Jan. 21. (January 10, 2004)<br />* Says she’s in no hurry to get pregnant. (January 8, 2004)<br />* Her sister, Ashlee Simpson, has signed a recording contract with Geffen Records and hooked up with producers Stan Fox and Stan Frazier, drummer for Sugar Ray, to make what she calls a rock-heavy album, influenced by the '70s, '80s and her love of punk. (November 17, 2003)<br />* MTV announced Monday that it has renewed reality series NEWLYWEDS: NICK & JESSICA, which follows Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson as they muddle through married life. (October 7, 2003)<br />* Simpson seeks to change her music with the Aug. 19 release of her third Columbia album, In This Skin -- The new set offers a crystal ball gaze inside her marriage to fellow singer Nick Lachey and the emotions behind finding the love of a lifetime. (August 19, 2003)<br />* Simpson guest starred on Fox's THAT '70S SHOW on Wednesday evening (January 29) in an episode titled Your Time Is Gonna Come -- the singer will appear in a total of three episodes of the popular comedy series as Annette, Kelso's (Ashton Kutcher) hot new girlfriend from California. (January 31, 2003)<br />* Simpson and 98 Degrees boy-bander Nick Lachey tied the knot Sunday in her native Texas. (October 29, 2002)<br />* She turned down a part in COYOTE UGLY (2000)<br />* She is the oldest of the 4 current most famous pop queens in music (the others are Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Mandy Moore); she was the first one to leave behind her teenage years, after she reached her 20th birthday in 2000.<br />* Her favorite movie is anything romantic or anything with Julia Roberts.<br />* Her favorite TV show is Dawson's Creek.<br />* Her favorite singers are Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Celine Dion.<br />* Her dad is a psychologist and minister at a Baptist church in Texas, and also manages her musical career and her official website.<br />* She is a close friend to the musical group Destiny's Child.<br />* She was nominated for an American Music award and for a Blockbuster Award.<br />* She does a PERFECT impression of Ace Venture.<br />* She used to have a crush on Justin Timberlake.<br /><br /></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-35966659718079747172007-05-18T03:02:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:25:02.762-07:00Chad Michael Murray<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0P2ghsBiQnpeuTQzvFWuuEzlXgcP-NFnX4blv0oBEXN7UqG47WBTgoyGzI4LHkdnnEbFwVP5iug7DOp_1EQwDHSUDlauiKWSj0ewzirFf-cpQurBpGqu_P40yKPoxVKEmHDNpBLdz3Q/s1600/ChadMichaelMurray_TVGuide_01+kicsi.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0P2ghsBiQnpeuTQzvFWuuEzlXgcP-NFnX4blv0oBEXN7UqG47WBTgoyGzI4LHkdnnEbFwVP5iug7DOp_1EQwDHSUDlauiKWSj0ewzirFf-cpQurBpGqu_P40yKPoxVKEmHDNpBLdz3Q/s400/ChadMichaelMurray_TVGuide_01+kicsi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477641058523598626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>Chad Michael Murray<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name: </span>Chad Michael Murray<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 6'<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date: </span>August 24, 1981<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place: </span>Buffalo, New York, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actor, former model fashion<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education: </span>Clarence High School in New York (graduated in 1999)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife:</span> Sophia Bush (actress; born on July 8, 1982; married on April 16, 2005 at the Casa del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica; separated September 26, 2005; divorced on December 29, 2006)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship:</span> Kenzie Dalton (an extra on 'One Tree Hill'; began dating since December 2005; engaged on April 4, 2006)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister:</span> Shannon Page Murray<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother:</span> Rex Murray, Nick Murray, Brandon Murray<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Brother: </span>Tyler Murray<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Tristan DuGrey on the WB's Gilmore Girls (2000-2001)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Born in Buffalo, New York, Chad when four or five years old, performed skits and sang made-up songs for his large family which includes three brothers, a half-brother and a sister. At age fifteen, a high school football injury landed him in a hospital where a nurse encouraged him to pursue a modeling career. Two years later, Chad won a scholarship from a modeling agency in Buffalo to attend a modeling convention in Orlando. There he met his destiny when an agent from Los Angeles spotted him and persuaded the seventeen-year-old to pursue his dream of acting after graduation from high school. In 1999, the aspiring actor headed for Hollywood where he supported himself modeling for such clients as Sketchers, Tommy Hilfiger, and Gucci while looking for a break. Soon after he arrived, Chad appeared in several guest-starring television roles including an episode of "Diagnosis Murder." Then he got the call he'd been hoping for. The WB's "Gilmore Girls" was casting for the role of Tristan DuGrey. They were looking for someone who was likable and charismatic but with an edgy side, and someone who had that certain "IT" quality. Chad was all that plus he had the perfect physical characteristics that the show's writers had in mind. The teenager won the role and has since made the character his own. Chad Michael Murray stars as Hilary Duff's cyber love interest, Austin Ames, in A Cinderella Story. He currently stars on The WB's One Tree Hill as Lucas Scott, a brooding intellectual whose skills on the basketball court are matched only by his growing attraction to the beautiful girlfriend of his half-brother. Murray's previous television roles included playing the love interest for Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams on Dawson's Creek and Rory's overconfident classmate on Gilmore Girls. Other television credits include Aftermath with Meredith Baxter Birney and Robert Ulrich, and the title role in The WB's The Lone Ranger. Chad's upcoming projects include the lead in Joel Silver's House Of Wax, opposite Elisha Cuthbert, currently in production. He recently co-starred in the critically acclaimed remake of Freaky Friday opposite Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. He admires the talents of actors Ed Norton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino and Robert DiNiro and uses their influences in his work. Always a firm believer in clean living, Chad is a natural athlete. He played his favorite sport, football, in high school and keeps fit by working out at the gym, inline skating, playing soccer, volleyball and basketball as well as football pick-up games. He is an anti-drug role model for kids and is active in charities for children and teens during his spare time. Still very single, Chad has set up house with a pug named Gus and a unique boisterous cat named Jack, who keep him from missing his large family too much.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2006 Home of the Brave<br />2005 House of Wax<br />2004 One Tree Hill: Season 02<br />2004 A Cinderella Story<br />2003 One Tree Hill [TV Series]<br />2003 One Tree Hill: Season 01<br />2003 Freaky Friday<br />2003 The Lone Ranger<br />2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - The Accused Is Entitled<br />2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2<br />2000 Gilmore Girls: Season 01<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br /><span id="intelliTxt"><li class="blackfont">Denies reports his 18-year-old fiancee Kenzie Dalton is pregnant, insisting the couple are getting married because they are in love. (April 15, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Reportedly engaged to Kenzie Dalton, 18, an extra on hit show One Tree Hill. (April 5, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Is reportedly now dating One Tree Hill costar Kenzie Dalton, 18, who plays a cheerleader on the teen drama. (March 24, 2006)</li><li class="blackfont">Murray and Sophia Bush separated after just five months of marriage. (September 29, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Murray and his wife Sophia Bush are planning a second honeymoon because they only got four days to enjoy married life after wedding. (April 28, 2005)</li><li class="blackfont">Is engaged to Sophia Bush. (July 16, 2004)</li><li class="blackfont">At age fifteen, a high school football injury landed him in a hospital where a nurse encouraged him to pursue a modeling career.</li><li class="blackfont">He is an anti-drug role model for kids and is active in charities for children and teens during his spare time.</li><li class="blackfont">In 1999, he headed for Hollywood where he supported himself modeling for such clients as Sketchers, Tommy Hilfiger, and Gucci while looking for a break.</li><li class="blackfont">He admires the talents of actors Ed Norton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino and Robert DiNiro and uses their influences in his work.</li><li class="blackfont">Always a firm believer in clean living, Chad is a natural athlete.</li><li class="blackfont">Eye Color: Blue</li><li class="blackfont">Hair Color: Blonde</li><li class="blackfont">Sport: Football</li><li class="blackfont">Favorite Movies: GLADIATOR, FIGHT CLUB, VARSITY BLUES, and ANY GIVEN SUNDAY<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"></span></li><li nd="5" class="blackfont">Favorite TV Shows: SIMPSONS, FEAR FACTOR</li><li nd="6" class="blackfont">Favorite Book: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger</li><li nd="7" class="blackfont">Favorite Bands: Incubus, Dave Matthews Band</li><li nd="8" class="blackfont">Inspirations: His father, Robert DeNiro, Ed Norton</li><li nd="9" class="blackfont">Worked as both a donut shop janitor and a receptionist for a limousine company</li><li nd="10" class="blackfont">Kat Dennings says this of Chad: My ideal prom date would be Chad Michael Murray.</li><li nd="11" class="blackfont">Has a pug named Gus and a unique boisterous cat named Jack.</li><li nd="12" class="blackfont">Hobbies: American football, inline skating, soccer, volleyball, basketball</li><li nd="13" class="blackfont">Favorite Food: Spaghetti with sausage or chicken with french fries</li><li nd="14" class="blackfont">Bad habit: Putting my foot in my mouth - when I talk sometimes I say stuff I don't mean.. usually very stupid things.</li><li nd="15" class="blackfont">Admits he eats way too much sugar and junk food</li><li nd="16" class="blackfont">Dream Girl: A girl who is sweet, supportive, with a great personality; a girl who can talk, and who can listen; can enjoy doing nothing sometimes; a smart girl.</li><li nd="17" class="blackfont">Was picked on as a young child by bullies :'(</li><li nd="18" class="blackfont">Says he identifies with Pacey, from Dawson's Creek, the most</li><li nd="19" class="blackfont">Once modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, Gucci and Sketchers</li><li nd="20" class="blackfont">His favorite gift from a girl is the necklace he's always wearing in pictures</li><li nd="21" class="blackfont">Got an accidental 'nose job' during his earlier modeling career! He was 'jumped' in a fast food restaurant and got his nose broken and had to have surgery. If you look closely, you can see the difference between his nose now and back then, because he had to get it fixed and it couldn't be constructed to the way it was.</li><li nd="22" class="blackfont">Had his small intestine removed as the result of a football injury, so he can't gain weight.</li><li nd="23" class="blackfont">Sometimes Credited As: Chad Murray</li><li nd="24" class="blackfont">His father works as an air traffic controller.</li><li nd="25" class="blackfont">His mother abandoned his family when he was just 10 years old. </li></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-62780217869317795502007-05-16T22:23:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:27:09.976-07:00Drew Barrymore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODm2RpAqb9Ao0M6y76sb-p0QZyvxryDjDUELefqQzTZrmqzYZHVlIfUm8mezdoX29LI5XHvt5ZblSUYG8Kj_ORDaJzWC8hBaUyQj0jopTD9B0fpj2pE99qoofsEq6DKXQim6Cikh8gm8/s1600/Drew-Barrymore-drew-barrymore-83461_1280_1024.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODm2RpAqb9Ao0M6y76sb-p0QZyvxryDjDUELefqQzTZrmqzYZHVlIfUm8mezdoX29LI5XHvt5ZblSUYG8Kj_ORDaJzWC8hBaUyQj0jopTD9B0fpj2pE99qoofsEq6DKXQim6Cikh8gm8/s400/Drew-Barrymore-drew-barrymore-83461_1280_1024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477641600320350946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Drew Barrymore<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Drew Blythe Barrymore<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height: </span>5' 4''<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> February 22, 1975<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Culver City, California, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession: </span>Actress, Producer, Director<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education: </span>Didn't complete high school<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife: </span>Tom Green (comedian; born on July 30, 1971; engaged in July 2000; married on July 7, 2001; divorced on October 15, 2002), Jeremy Thomas (bar owner; married on March 20, 1994; divorced)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship:</span> Fabrizio Moretti (drummer band The Strokes; b. June 2, 1980), Jamie Walters (actor; b. June 13, 1969; announced engagement in August 1992; broke up in January 1993), Eric Erlandson (musician; b. January 9, 1963)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> John Drew Barrymore Jr. (aka John Drew; actor; born on June 4, 1932; died on November 29, 2004 in Los Angeles)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Ildiko Jad Barrymore (aka Jaid; actress, author; born in 1947)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Brother: </span>John Blyth Barrymore (actor; born on May 15, 1954)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Father:</span> John Barrymore Sr. (actor; died on May 29, 1942; pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Mother:</span> Dolores Costello (actress; died on March 1, 1979; emphysema)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aunt:</span> Diana Barrymore (actress; b. March 3, 1921; d. January 25, 1960)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> As Gertie in the E.T.: Extra-Terrestrial (1982)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Drew Blythe Barrymore was born on February 22, 1975. Parented by the famous Hollywood-royalty Barrymore family, she first began acting at the tender age of 11 months in a TV commercial. At 7, Drew was starring in box-office record-breaker E.T. (1982). The flip side of this child stardom was revealed when she dropped out of school at 14 and published her co-written autobiography, Little Girl Lost (1990). Drinking at 9, dope-smoking at 10 and coke-snorting at 12 were some of the stops on Barrymore's descent. After a string of roles in little-seen movies, Drew played an amoral teen seductress in Poison Ivy (1992). The role brought her minor-icon status that was further cemented by a Guess add shot by Ellen Von Unwerth. It was a jeans ad campaign which highlighted her white trash sex appeal.<br /><br />Barrymore tends to fare best in high-spirited, low-class projects like The Amy Fisher Story (tv movie, 1993), Guncrazy (1992), and the short-lived twenty-something soap 2000 Malibu Road (1992), rather than in mid-budget Hollywood fodder like Bad Girls (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), and Mad Love (1995) Less than two months after her March 1994 marriage to an LA bar owner, Drew filed for divorce; she subsequently became involved with Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson, whose praises she invariably sang on her many TV talk show appearances. After many nude public appearances, including the David Letterman, and the China Club, Drew has finally begun to settle down. She has begun to throw off her bad girl attitude and settle for a more womanly one. Drew is now a spokesperson, and actress for a women's condom commercial which aired on MTV.<br /><br />Drew's more recent moves in showbiz, include her excellent performance in Wes Craven's "Scream"(1996), her role in Woody Allen's "Everyone Says I Love You"(1996), and "The Wedding Singer"(1997). In 1996. on a film shoot, Drew met Luke Wilson, whom she broke up with in 1999 Drew is now enjoying her life. She played a Cinderella with Girl Power in the movie "Ever After"(1998), she played a pregnant fast-food worker in "Home Fries"(1998), and played Luke Wilson's fiance in the movie "Best Men" (1998). She has begun to focus on her work as a producer, scoring hits with 'Never Been Kissed' and the critically acclaimed 'Donnie Darko' (2001) in which she had a small role. Her most recent acting credit was the sequel to the hit 'Charlie's Angels'.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2007 Lucky You<br />2007 He Loves Me<br />2007 Music and Lyrics<br />2007 Grey Gardens<br />2006 Curious George<br />2005 Family Guy: Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High<br />2005 Fever Pitch<br />2005 Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story<br />2004 Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore [4]<br />2004 50 First Dates<br />2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle<br />2003 Duplex<br />2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind<br />2001 Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore [3]<br />2001 Donnie Darko<br />2001 Freddy Got Fingered<br />2001 Riding in Cars With Boys<br />2000 Olive, the Other Reindeer<br />2000 Charlie's Angels<br />2000 Titan A.E.<br />2000 Skipped Parts<br />1999 Never Been Kissed<br />1999 Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore [2]<br />1998 Best Men<br />1998 Ever After<br />1998 The Larry Sanders Show: Putting the "Gay" Back in Litigation<br />1998 Home Fries<br />1998 The Wedding Singer<br />1997 Wishful Thinking<br />1996 Everyone Says I Love You<br />1996 Scream<br />1995 Boys on the Side<br />1995 Mad Love<br />1995 Batman Forever<br />1994 Inside the Goldmine<br />1994 Bad Girls<br />1993 The Amy Fisher Story<br />1993 No Place to Hide<br />1993 Doppelganger: The Evil Within<br />1993 Wayne's World 2<br />1992 Poison Ivy<br />1992 Sketch Artist<br />1992 Guncrazy<br />1991 Motorama<br />1991 Waxwork II: Lost in Time<br />1989 Far from Home<br />1989 See You in the Morning<br />1989 Far from Home<br />1987 A Conspiracy of Love<br />1986 Babes in Toyland<br />1986 Strange Tales: Ray Bradbury Theatre<br />1985 Cat's Eye<br />1984 Irreconcilable Differences<br />1984 Firestarter<br />1982 Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore [1]<br />1982 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial<br />1980 Altered States<br />1980 Bogie<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Executive Producer</span><br />2001 Donnie Darko<br />2000 Olive, the Other Reindeer<br />1999 Never Been Kissed<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Producer</span><br />2008 He's Just Not That Into You<br />2007 He Loves Me<br />2005 Fever Pitch<br />2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle<br />2003 Duplex<br />2000 Charlie's Angels<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br />Golden Globe<br />1984 Best Supporting Actress Irreconcilable Differences<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* Has been named 2007's Most Beautiful Person by People magazine. (April 26, 2007)<br />* Has signed on as the latest celebrity spokesmodel for CoverGirl. (April 12, 2007)<br />* Admitted she would love to be like actress-turned-singer Juliette Lewis and launch a music career. (February 9, 2007)<br />* Even though she suffers from crippling panic attacks, she refuses to take any type of anti-depressant medication because she is terrified it could change her personality. (September 19, 2006)<br />* Is desperate to start a family, saying she can't ignore her maternal instincts anymore. (August 17, 2006)<br />* Asked Angelina Jolie for travel advice when she decided to visit African schools. (March 17, 2006)<br />* Is obsessed with ice cubes.<br />* Was the 4th highest paid woman in Hollywood. (2005)<br />* Wants turn to directing when she loses her good looks. (July 18, 2005)<br />* Has revealed she would love to make another CHARLIE'S ANGELS film. (July 2, 2005)<br />* Has mended her troubled relationship with her mother Jaid Barrymore after the death of her father John in 2004. (April 9, 2005)<br />* The Boston Red Sox's World Series baseball win October 27, 2004 forced a rewrite of FEVER PITCH starring Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. The sport-based comedy originally depicts the Red Sox losing just as the baseball team has for the past 85 years.<br />* Discovered that reading is the best way to combat her insomnia.<br />* Is looking forward to becoming a mum but predicts it's still a long way off, because she wants to be ready before she takes on motherhood. (April 2, 2004)<br />* Thrilled fans with a rowdy impersonation of troubled rocker Courtney Love when she appeared on comedy show Saturday Night Live. (February 16, 2004)<br />* Keeps a painting done by the walrus from 50 FIRST DATES.<br />* Is the first person to be named ‘A Friend of the UN by a new organization called ‘Artists for the UN,’ a partnership between the United Nations and Global Vision for Peace which hopes to encourage artists to support the ideals, vision and mandate of the United Nations in seeking global solutions to world problems. (February 6, 2004)<br />* Received a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame on February 3, 2004.<br />* Blamed Demi Moore for overshadowing CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE -- The action sequel failed to match the success of the 2000 original and Barrymore believes the publicity Moore attracted adversely affected the film. (October 17, 2003)<br />* Confessed to sleeping with a long line of women during her troubled teenage years, which saw her battling a drug addiction from the age of 11. (July 17, 2003)<br />* The new Charlie's Angels film is set to earn Barrymore $40 million because she bought the rights to the '80s TV series before the first film was made through her production company Flower Films -- She has already netted $40 million from the first film, which made $400 million. (May 6, 2003)<br />* CHARLIE'S ANGELS sequel earned Barrymore $40 million because she bought the rights to the '80s TV series before the first film was made through her production company Flower Films -- She has already netted $40 million from the first film, which made $400 million.<br />* Barrymore is being kept busier than ever while filming the second installment to hit movie CHARLIE'S ANGELS because she has so many costume changes – she admits that her constant change of appearance in the movie has proved quite a memorable experience. (January 23, 2003)<br />* Barrymore has faced her fears of flying by jumping out of an airplane at 14,000ft -- the actress admits she still gets terrified when she has to fly, but she can cope with her fears so much better thanks to a spot of skydiving. (December 24, 2002)<br />* Barrymore has lashed out at stars who adopt children - because she suspects they avoid natural births because of the unpleasant physical consequences. (August 2002)<br />* Is reportedly a huge fan of HAPPY DAYS spin-off which starred Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall as Milwaukee brewery workers.<br />* Her performing career started very early when she first did a Puppy Choice dog food commercial at 11 months and at 2 years old, she got her first actual role in a made-for-TV movie, Suddenly Love.<br />* Has come to terms with losing everything in a house fire earlier this year - and is almost grateful for the cleansing experience. An electrical fault caused her Beverly Hills home to burn to the ground.<br />* She started doing marijuana at 10 and cocaine followed a few years later. In 1988, she entered a drug rehab center but only lasted 18 days. Later that year, she was readmitted for 3 months and came out with renewed determination for a fresh start. Unfortunately, she was unable to completely shake her addictions and regressed back to drugs. Rock bottom came in July, 1989 when she tried to commit suicide by slashing her wrists. Another 3 months of rehab followed and this time, Drew emerged triumphant.<br />* Had just five months of marriage to comedian Tom Green.<br />* In the original draft of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001), Barrymore, a self-exclaimed Harry Potter fan, had a cameo.<br />* In ROAD TRIP (2000), the motel clerk reads an issue of Celebrity Skin magazine with her face on the cover. At the time, she was engaged to actor Tom Green who plays Barry Manilow in this movie.<br />* Originally cast as Sidney Prescott in SCREAM (1996) (now played by Neve Campbell). But, due to schedule conflicts, Barrymore offered to play the much smaller role of Casey Becker.<br />* She and Neve Campbell did not meet Roger L. Jackson, the actor who played the Voice before shooting commenced. Whenever they are talking on the phone to the killer, they are actually talking to him.<br />* SUDDENLY, LOVE (1978), a television movie-of-the-week marked her very first professional acting job. She was cast by the film's director, 'Margolin, Stuart', who was a friend of Drew's mother, Jaid Barrymore. In her role as Bobby, the two year-old Drew played a baby boy.<br />* The filmmakers of SHOWGIRLS (1995) wanted 'Madonna' to play Cristal Conners and Barrymore to play Nomi Malone. The name card Gaye takes off the mirror when she shows Nomi her table in the dressing room even says Drew.<br />* The real life Beverly D'Onofrio in RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS (2001) has a master's degree in creative writing. She, who portrays D'Onofrio in the film, is a high school dropout. To keep her looking scared and crying, director of SCREAM (1996) Wes Craven kept telling her real life stories about animal cruelty. She is a keen animal lover and vegetarian in real life.<br />* Stephen King wrote the script of CAT'S EYE (1985) with Barrymore in mind to star because of her performance in FIRESTARTER (1984).<br />* In EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU (1996) the actors sing their own songs except for Barrymore, who convinced Woody Allen that her singing was too awful even for the realistic singing voices he was after. She said she doesn't even sing in the shower.<br />* A close friend of Edward Norton.<br />* She was a huge HARRY POTTER fan, even going so far as to read bits of the books to the cast and crew during production of CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2000). At the beginning of the film, during the clips of previous jobs, she can be seen wearing a Harry Potter disguise, complete with robes, black hair and round black glasses.<br />* She was the executive producer and co-star of DONNIE DARKO (2001).<br />* Wrote a book called little girl lost when she was 14.<br />* Drew began her career at 11 months in a dog food commercial.<br />* Started smoking at age 9.<br />* Her first kiss was from a guy named Brecken in the back of her mom's car.<br />* Her first slowdance was from Emilio Estevez.<br />* She is half Hungarian on her mother's side.<br />* Her fave TV show is THE SIMPSONS.<br />* Is a natural brunette.<br />* She is allergic to Garlic.<br />* Since 1994, Drew has managed her own production company, Flower Films, and she served as executive producer of her most recent movies.<br />* Nominated for Best Fight at MTV Movie Awards for CHARLIE'S ANGELS. (2001)<br />* Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for NEVER BEEN KISSED (2000) -shared with Michael Vartan.<br />* Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for NEVER BEEN KISSED. (2000)<br />* Nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming More Than One Hour) at Emmy Awards for Olive, the Other Reindeer. (2000)<br />* Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for THE WEDDING SINGER (1998) - shared with Adam Sandler<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made at Golden Globe Awards for TV for GUNCRAZY. (1993)<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES. (1985)<br />* Nominated for Outstanding Newcomer at BAFTA Awards for E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL. (1983)Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-54364617802291057972007-05-15T07:34:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:34:37.138-07:00Morgan Freeman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFM29wmboYS3ZIm864JxotQA2W5zeCyUiwfmVNBfRzC8-SJLiunmyCkJE8hEldQYy6Qm6Xn2SikOxsTVtzIW3PuleHai-eomf70OnIfzw0S_2b53fyjhf7uIrogzbDQLd5CWWShVbzV8/s1600/MorganFreeman.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFM29wmboYS3ZIm864JxotQA2W5zeCyUiwfmVNBfRzC8-SJLiunmyCkJE8hEldQYy6Qm6Xn2SikOxsTVtzIW3PuleHai-eomf70OnIfzw0S_2b53fyjhf7uIrogzbDQLd5CWWShVbzV8/s400/MorganFreeman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477643534572744034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Morgan Freeman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 6' 2"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span> M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date: </span>June 1, 1937<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Memphis, Tennessee, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession: </span>actor, producer, director<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education: </span>Los Angeles City College Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife: </span>Myrna Colley-Lee (costume designer; married on June 16, 1984), Jeanette Adair Bradshaw (married on October 22, 1967; divorced in 1979)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Grafton Curtis Freeman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Mayme Edna Freeman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son:</span> Alfonso Freeman and Saifoulaye Freeman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daughter:</span> Deena Freeman (adopted) and Morgana Freeman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> played as Hoke Colburn in Bruce Beresford' Driving Miss Daisy (1989)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Freeman left his breakthrough performance until quite late in life - he was 50 when he gave an acclaimed, villainous performance in ‘Street Smart’. Now he's viewed as a reliable pair of hands, lending gravitas to movies that deserve it, such as ‘The Shawshank Redemption’.<br /><br />At the age of 12, Freeman won a state-wide drama competition, but turned down a partial scholarship in drama, from Jackson State University, to serve in the Air Force.<br /><br />In 1965, he worked as an extra on the feature film, ‘The Pawnbroker’, and a few years later made his Broadway debut in ‘Hello, Dolly!’<br /><br />A New York stage actor for most of his career, he made his film debut in 1971 with ‘Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow?’ But his big movie breakthrough came playing the villain ‘Fast Black’ - a pimp in 1987's ‘Street Smart’.<br /><br />The menacing role earned him an Oscar nomination for supporting actor, but his next Oscar bid - two years later for ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ - changed the way producers were willing to cast him.<br /><br />"Driving Miss Daisy kind of ruined a lot of things," Freeman says. "People see you as very loving and dependable and stable, and they want you to be that way, because there's really something secure in it for audiences."<br /><br />He made his directorial debut with the story of a black South African policeman and his son, divided by apartheid, in ‘Bopha!’<br /><br />The following year, Morgan received another best actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Red, a prison lifer in the moving drama, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’. He also received praise for his work as a cop tracking a serial killer, with novice partner Brad Pitt, in ‘Seven’.<br /><br />Steven Spielberg tapped the actor's innate moral rectitude for the role of an abolitionist in ‘Amistad’. Director Mimi Leder saw him as the perfect figure to lend dignity and leadership to a world in crisis, as the US President coping with an impending meteor crash, in ‘Deep Impact’.<br /><br />Freeman went on to offer a terrific performance as a hit man who obsesses over the woman he has targeted to kill, in ‘Nurse Betty’.<br /><br />Proving that it’s ‘never too late’, Morgan Freeman has secured his place as a veteran of the movie world.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Actor</span><br />2008 Wanted<br />2008 The Dark Knight<br />2007 Evan Almighty<br />2007 The Feast of Love<br />2007 Gone, Baby, Gone<br />2007 The Bucket List<br />2006 Lucky Number Slevin<br />2006 10 Items or Less<br />2006 The Contract<br />2005 Blues Divas<br />2005 Batman Begins<br />2005 An Unfinished Life<br />2005 March of the Penguins<br />2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D<br />2005 Unleashed<br />2005 Slavery and the Making of America [TV Documentary Series]<br />2005 War of the Worlds<br />2005 Edison Force<br />2005 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters<br />2004 Million Dollar Baby<br />2003 Dreamcatcher<br />2003 The Art of Romare Bearden<br />2003 American Experience: Partners of the Heart<br />2003 Bruce Almighty<br />2003 The Hunting of the President<br />2003 A Tale of Two Schools<br />2003 Levity<br />2003 Last of the Mississippi Jukes<br />2003 The Big Bounce<br />2002 The Sum of All Fears<br />2002 High Crimes<br />2001 Along Came a Spider<br />2000 The Directors: Steven Spielberg<br />2000 Under Suspicion<br />2000 Scandalize My Name: Stories From the Blacklist<br />2000 The Directors: Clint Eastwood<br />2000 Nurse Betty<br />1998 Hard Rain<br />1998 Deep Impact<br />1997 Kiss The Girls<br />1997 Amistad<br />1997 The Long Way Home<br />1996 Moll Flanders<br />1996 Chain Reaction<br />1996 Cosmic Voyage<br />1995 Seven<br />1995 Outbreak<br />1994 The Shawshank Redemption<br />1992 Rabbit Ears: The Savior is Born<br />1992 The Power of One<br />1992 Unforgiven<br />1992 Greatest Stories Ever Told: The Savior Is Born<br />1992 Rabbit Ears: Follow the Drinking Gourd<br />1991 American Experience: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry<br />1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves<br />1991 The True Story of "Glory" Continues<br />1990 Ken Burns' Civil War [TV Documentary Series]<br />1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities<br />1990 The Earth Day Special<br />1989 Lean on Me<br />1989 Johnny Handsome<br />1989 Glory<br />1989 Driving Miss Daisy<br />1988 Clinton and Nadine<br />1988 Clean and Sober<br />1987 Street Smart<br />1987 Fight for Life<br />1986 Resting Place<br />1985 Marie<br />1985 The Atlanta Child Murders<br />1985 That Was Then... This Is Now<br />1985 The Execution of Raymond Graham<br />1984 Harry and Son<br />1984 Teachers<br />1981 Death of a Prophet<br />1981 The Marva Collins Story<br />1981 Eyewitness<br />1980 Attica<br />1980 Brubaker<br />1979 Hollow Image<br />1978 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry<br />1971 Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow?<br />Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Director</span><br />1993 Bopha!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Executive Producer</span><br />2006 10 Items or Less<br />2003 Levity<br />2001 Along Came a Spider<br />2000 Under Suspicion<br />1999 Mutiny<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Academy</span><br />2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby<br />1994 Best Actor Shawshank Redemption<br />1989 Best Actor Driving Miss Daisy<br />1987 Best Supporting Actor Street Smart<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Berlin International Film Festival</span><br />1990 Silver Bear for Best Actress Driving Miss Daisy<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Broadcast Film Critics Association</span><br />2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby<br />1994 Best Actor (Drama) Shawshank Redemption<br />1989 Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Driving Miss Daisy<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Independent Spirit Award</span><br />1987 Best Supporting Actor Street Smart<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">L.A. Film Critics Association</span><br />2004 Best Supporting Actor [Runner-up] Million Dollar Baby<br />1986 Best Supporting Actor Street Smart<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NAACP Image Awards</span><br />2004 Best Supporting Actor Bruce Almighty<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">National Board of Review</span><br />2003 Career Achievement Award<br />1989 Best Actor Driving Miss Daisy<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">National Society of Film Critics</span><br />2004 Best Supporting Actor (Runner-Up) Million Dollar Baby<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New York Film Critics Circle</span><br />1987 Best Supporting Actor Street Smart<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screen Actors Guild</span><br />2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby<br />1994 Best Actor Shawshank Redemption<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* Is in final talks to star opposite James McAvoy in the sci-fi action WANTED. (November 8, 2006)<br />* Was hoping he would not win his first Oscar for MILLION DOLLAR BABY - because he was eying the Oscars’ worst records by being nominated for the fourth time without a win. (October 3, 2006)<br />* Accepted the Spencer Tracy Award from University of California, Los Angeles for his outstanding screen performances. (March 8, 2006)<br />* Says he loves playing the villain so he can explore those dark places in your psyche. (February 22, 2006)<br />* Freeman and his partners in a Mississippi music club plan to produce a series of live concert DVDs. (January 14, 2006)<br />* Disagrees with the idea of a month for black history and he thinks it is ridiculous. (December 17, 2005)<br />* Hosted a star-studded benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Katrina, held in his home state of Mississippi. (October 3, 2005)<br />* Freeman and chipmaking giant Intel are teaming up on a new venture to distribute premium movies to consumers over the Internet before the films become available on DVD. (July 11, 2005)<br />* Admits he took a role in BATMAN BEGINS because blockbuster movies pay more money. (June 2, 2005)<br />* Won control of the Internet domain name www.morganfreeman.com from Mighty LLC, the company that used that name for its commercial benefit to lure Internet users to its Web site. (May 11, 2005)<br />* Is grounded by America's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after he failed to observe landing regulations at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. (2004)<br />* Narrated world premiere Discovery Channel documentary RAMESES: WRATH OF GOD OR MAN?. (November 29, 2004)<br />* Selected to drive the Chevrolet Corvette pace car at the start of the Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 2004<br />* Plays practical jokes while filming THE BIG BOUNCE in Hawaii -- Even though they were shooting on the beach and their trailers were on a bluff overlooking a gorgeous scene, Freeman jokingly told a producer he couldn't work in those conditions. The producer turned white and went to a higher up, saying Freeman was upset. (January 30, 2004)<br />* Freeman is glad to get a chance to play a villain in the alien-hunter horror film DREAMCATCHER (March 27, 2003)<br />* The judge in THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (1990) was to have been played by Alan Arkin and named Myron Kovitzky. Late in preproduction, mostly because of scheduling problems, Morgan Freeman replaced Arkin at a cost of over $2 million, and the character became Leonard White.<br />* Originally, Somerset (Morgan Freeman) drew his pistol with his finger on the trigger. Police officers that were on the set as technical advisors quickly corrected him, as that is not correct police procedure (SE7EN).<br />* Was nominated Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1988 for STREET SMART, for Best Actor in 1990 for DRIVING MISS DAISY and in 1995 for THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION for the same category.<br />* Played Easy Reader in the children's TV show THE ELECTRIC COMPANY which was produced by The Children's Television Workshop.<br />* Ranked #31 in Empire (UK) magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list. (October 1997)<br />* He was [along with director/actress Billie Allen, director/ playwright Garland Lee Thompson, and journalist Clayton Riley] a founding member of The Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop named after noted Black actor Frank Silvera.<br />* Has only reprised the same character once. He played Dr. Alex Cross in KISS THE GIRLS (1997) and then reprised the role in ALONG CAME A SPIDER (2001).<br />* Considered joining the AIR FORCE to become a fighter pilot, but opted to stay with acting instead.<br />* Worked as a mechanic in the US Air Force.<br />* Has recorded a new radio public service announcement about the national parks.<br />* Recently earned a Private Pilot license.<br />* Opened the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi. (May 2001)<br />* Has never been cast opposite a female as a love interest or a romantic lead in his many years of acting.<br />* Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for SE7EN (1996) - shared with Brad Pitt<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1995)<br />* Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1995)<br />* Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (1992) - shared with Kevin Costner<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for STREET SMART (1988)Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-21688295400311030772007-05-08T07:28:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:40:41.863-07:00Uma Thurman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXiXFsqm0lFi9S_HTxRZnCgj91ugHU8KjTT_94m83pY370J670PPIUo9-znQtsgIA3J8d2pNd-xeDlr-uHU8TeQPWbqtntqbw5PGQupaNBvIyeu4d50lFR3MDpirV7ibgGM46LhQ1nvw/s1600/Uma-Thurman-297x300.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXiXFsqm0lFi9S_HTxRZnCgj91ugHU8KjTT_94m83pY370J670PPIUo9-znQtsgIA3J8d2pNd-xeDlr-uHU8TeQPWbqtntqbw5PGQupaNBvIyeu4d50lFR3MDpirV7ibgGM46LhQ1nvw/s400/Uma-Thurman-297x300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477645094362197122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Uma Thurman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Uma Karuna Thurman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 6'<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> April 29, 1970<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Boston, Massachusetts, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actress, model<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education: </span>Northfield Mount Herman School in Northfield, Massachusetts<br />Amherst Regional Junior High School in Amherst, Massachusetts<br />Professional Children's High School in New York<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife: </span>Ethan Hawke (actor; b. November 6, 1970; married on May 1, 1998; separated on July 20, 2004), Gary Oldman (actor; b. March 21, 1958; married in October 1990; divorced in 1992)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship: </span>Andre Balasz (hotelier; split on March 20, 2006), Timothy Hutton (actor; b. August 16, 1960; began dating during filming of Beautiful Girls - 1995)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Robert A.F. Thurman (professor, teaches Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, NYC; b. October 14, 1932)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Nena Thurman (psychotherapist, former model; born in 1941)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother:</span> Dechen Thurman (actor; b. January 18, 1973), Mipam Thurman (born in 1978), Ganden Thurman (born in 1968)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Father: </span>Baron Karl von Schlebrugg (maternal grandparent; jailed by Nazis in WWII for not betraying Jewish business partners)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Mother:</span> Brigit Holmquist (maternal grandparent), Elizabeth Farrar (actress; paternal grandparent)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son: </span>Roan (born on January 15, 2002)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daughter:</span> Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke (born on July 8, 1998 in NYC)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino' Pulp Fiction (1994)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Uma Thurman had to break from her family’s core values to join the high school cheerleading squad. Her offbeat bohemian Buddhist upbringing in India and all over the United States made her a bit of an outcast among her all-American teen peers, and the cheerleading helped bridge the gap. School plays, though, were her favorite way to fit in, and she ultimately left her Massachusetts boarding school at age 15 for a New York acting career. The independent teen spent a year washing dishes and modeling to pay the rent, until hired for a role in Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987). Critics liked Thurman far better than the movie, and casting directors took note. Her exotic good looks served her well the next year for the part of a goddess in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and for the steamy Dangerous Liaisons.<br /><br />At 18, Thurman moved to England to escape Hollywood typecasting -- the actor was more interested in a serious career than sex-symbol fame and her growing over-obsessive fan base. In 1990, at age 20, Thurman married fellow actor Gary Oldman. The couple divorced two years later. In 1990, too, she was cast in Where The Heart Is, and the intelligent (but steamy) Henry and June. She came solidly back to mainstream Hollywood, with a few independents thrown in, with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (TV - 1991), Final Analysis (1992), Jennifer 8 (1992), Mad Dog and Glory (1993), and Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1994). A role in the risky Pulp Fiction (1994) turned out to be a smart career choice, for Thurman earned an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe nomination and an MTV movie award for her stellar performance.<br /><br />She continued to mix sure commercial successes with less-sure art films, going on to star in A Month By The Lake (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996), Batman and Robin (1997), Gattaca (1997), Les Miserables (1998), and The Avengers (1998 - “winning” a Razzie Worst Actress nomination and disappointing critics). She was busy off-camera in 1998 first marrying actor Ethan Hawke then giving birth to daughter, Maya Ray. Thurman went off-Broadway the next year with The Misanthrope, and then back to film with Sweet and Lowdown<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2007 In Bloom<br />2007 The Accidental Husband<br />2006 My Super Ex-Girlfriend<br />2005 The Producers<br />2005 Prime<br />2005 The Brothers Grimm<br />2005 The Naked Brothers Band<br />2005 Be Cool<br />2004 Kill Bill Vol. 2<br />2003 Paycheck<br />2003 Kill Bill Vol. 1<br />2002 Hysterical Blindness<br />2001 Chelsea Walls<br />2001 Tape<br />2001 Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood<br />2000 The Golden Bowl<br />2000 Vatel<br />1999 Sweet and Lowdown<br />1998 Les Miserables<br />1998 The Avengers<br />1997 Gattaca<br />1997 Batman & Robin<br />1996 Beautiful Girls<br />1996 The Truth About Cats & Dogs<br />1995 A Month by the Lake<br />1995 Duke Of Groove<br />1994 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues<br />1994 Pulp Fiction<br />1993 Mad Dog and Glory<br />1992 Final Analysis<br />1992 Jennifer Eight<br />1991 Robin Hood<br />1990 Where the Heart Is<br />1990 Henry & June<br />1989 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen<br />1988 Dangerous Liaisons<br />1988 Johnny Be Good<br />1987 Kiss Daddy Goodnight<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Executive Producer</span><br />2002 Hysterical Blindness<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Producer</span><br />2007 The Accidental Husband<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturn Award</span><br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Best Actress<br />For : Kill Bill: Vol. 1<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Empire Award</span><br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Best Actress<br />For : Kill Bill: Vol. 1<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MTV Movie Award</span><br />Year : 2004<br />Category : Best Female Performance & Best Fight<br />For : Kill Bill: Vol. 1<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe Awards</span><br />Year : 2003<br />Category : Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television<br />For : Hysterical Blindness<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blockbuster Entertainment Award</span><br />Year : 1998<br />Category : Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi<br />For : Batman & Robin<br />Won<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* Has the same birthday with Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jerry Seinfeld, and Andre Agassi.<br />* Was named for a Hindu goddess of light and beauty and the name means the one who bestows blessing.<br />* Her middle name, Karuna, is one of the four sublime abodes in Buddhism and means compassion.<br />* Her father, Robert A.F. Thurman,<br />* was the first person from western to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk<br />* A nude statue of her grandmother, Brigit Holmquist who was the wife of Baron Karl von Schlebrugg, can be found in the port town of Trelleborg.<br />* Wears shoes of size 11.<br />* Her name was used as a shade of Lancome lipsticks which was only available in Asia.<br />* Her name means "one" in Portugese and "kiss" in Polynesian.<br />* Supported John Kerry for U.S. President in the general election.<br />* Her uncle, John Thurman, performs with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as the cellist.<br />* Is a member of the Board of Directors of Room to Grow, a non-profit organization which aims to enrich the lives of babies born into poverty throughout their critical first 3 years of development.<br />* Ethan Hawke's book, "For Karuna," was dedicated to her.<br />* Is Laila Morse's former sister-in-law.<br />* Her daughter's name, Maya, is also the name of a character she portrayed in a TV movie entitled "Duke of Groove" (1996).<br />* Her feet were adored by Quentin Tarantino and this fascination of him could be seen in "Pulp Fiction" (1994) and "Kill Bill"(2003).<br />* Is suffered from body dysmorphia, a mental disorder concerning the dissatisfaction of one's own body because of a perceived physical defect.<br />* Her name has been used as the name of a Russian rock band which was previously known as Ne Nashego Mira.<br />* Failed to star in a planned biopic of Marlene Dietrich due to the death of its proposed director, Louis Malle.<br />* Received the Jury Coup de Chapeau at the 1993 Cognac Festival du Film Policier for her role in "Jennifer Eight" (1992).<br />* Acquired the 20th rank in Empire Magazine's list of 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History by 1995.<br />* Ranked 4th on Maxim.com's list of Sexiest Movie Assassins for her role as Beatrix Kiddo in the 2003 "Kill Bill" (Ap ril 2007).<br />* Was the nominee in two categories which were Best Female Performance and Best Dance Sequence through her role in "Pulp Fiction" (1994) at the 1995 MTV Movie Awards.<br />* She won the latter one, sharing it with John Travolta.<br />* Was placed on number 99 of Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time according to the U.K. edition of Empire Magazine in 1997.<br />* Was selected as the Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards in 1998 for her role in "Batman & Robin" (1997).<br />* Had been the spokesperson of Lancome cosmetics by June 2000.<br />* Was nominated for Best Suporting Actress category at the 2002 Independent Spirit Awards through her role in "Tape" (2001).<br />* Was originally cast for the role of Eowyn in "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002), but the part later went to Miranda Otto.<br />* Turned down a role in Brian De Palma's "Femme Fatale" (2002).<br />* Received the Best Actress - Television Movie or Miniseries nomination at Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2003 for her role in "Hysterical Blindness" (2002).<br />* Consulted trainer/nutritionist Jackie Keller to help her losing weight for the role of The Bride in "Kill Bill" (2003).<br />* She lost 25 pounds in six weeks after delivered her second child by eating desserts.<br />* Was bestowed a Saturn Award for being the Best Actress from Academy of Science Fiction, * Fantasy & Horror Films, USA in 2004 through her role in "Kill Bill" (2003).<br />* Was honored the title of Best Actress at the 2004 Empire Awards for her role in "Kill Bill" (2003).<br />* Earned the nomination for Best Actress at the 2004 and 2005 Online Film Critics Society Awards, the 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, and the 2005 Empire Awards.<br />* Got the Choice Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure nomination at Teen Choice Awards in 2004 for her role in "Kill Bill" (2003).<br />* Was the nominee in Best Screenplay, Original for "Kill Bill" (2003) together with Quentin Tarantino at the 2004 Golden Satellite Awards.<br />* Took home two MTV Movie Awards in 2004 for winning the categories of Best Female Performance and Best Fight, which she shared with Chiaki Kuriyama, through her role in "Kill Bill" (2003).<br />* Was named Funniest American in Japan (Gringo/a más Gracioso en Japón) at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards, Mexico.<br />* Was mentioned as the nominee of Best Actress category by Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA in 2005 for her role in the second part of "Kill Bill" (2003).<br />* Gained a nomination at the 2005 Golden Satellite Awards in the category of Best Actress in Motion Pictures-Drama for her role in the second part of "Kill Bill" (2003).<br />* Was the Audience Award nominee in Best International Actress category at IFTA Awards in 2005.<br />* Scored two nominations in the categories of Best Female Performance and Best Fight at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards for her role in the second part of "Kill Bill" (2003).<br />* She took home the latter one along with Daryl Hannah.<br />* Has been chosen to be the new face of Louis Vuitton by the year 2005.<br />* Was granted an honor of a knight in the Order of Arts and Letters by the government of France on February 7, 2006.<br />* Accidentally broke her wrist on the set of her movie, "The Accidental Husband" (2008), resulted in the delay of shooting.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><b></b></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-31551740417660115352007-05-08T06:40:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:41:57.640-07:00Gary Oldman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU0LoxzlXuH4bqNXAtFMX1mStdcmGeAN_s7CpVW-A8aVaJr5jUdQ3z_AUCj8vg6ohb9nnkoJAGKg20LJyaBEQk9rWDkEppDC7HZzvHn5Y_ykGCZud4vYa803NYMsPNjn6qkbi8UB1avc/s1600/garyoldman.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU0LoxzlXuH4bqNXAtFMX1mStdcmGeAN_s7CpVW-A8aVaJr5jUdQ3z_AUCj8vg6ohb9nnkoJAGKg20LJyaBEQk9rWDkEppDC7HZzvHn5Y_ykGCZud4vYa803NYMsPNjn6qkbi8UB1avc/s400/garyoldman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477645422287371922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fantasymagazine.it/imgbank/NEWS/oldman2.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.fantasymagazine.it/imgbank/NEWS/oldman2.bmp" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>Gary Oldman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Leonard Gary Oldman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 5' 11"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> British<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date: </span>March 21, 1958<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> New Cross, London, England, UK<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession: </span>actor, director, writer<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education: </span>Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Kent, England (graduated in 1979)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife:</span> Donya Fiorentino (photographer; married on February 16, 1997; divorced on April 13, 2001), Uma Thurman (actress; born on April 29, 1970; married in October 1990; divorced in 1992), Lesley Manville (actress; born on March 12, 1956; divorced)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship:</span> Isabella Rossellini (actress; born on June 18, 1952; reportedly engaged in July 1994; separated in 1996)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Welder (died of alcoholism in 1984)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Kathleen Oldman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister:</span> Laila Morse (actress; born on August 1, 1945)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son: </span>Gulliver Flynn Oldman (born in August 1997; mother: Donya Fiorentino), Charlie John (mother: Donya Fiorentino), Alfred Oldman (born in 1988; mother: Lesley Manville)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step daughter:</span> Phelix Imogen Fincher (born in April 1994; mother: Donya Fiorentino)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as punk rocker Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Oldman began his acting career in 1979, and worked extensively in the theatre, from Shakespearean plays to contemporary works. From 1989-89, Oldman performed exclusively with the Royal Court Theatre. Oldman quickly established himself as a gifted 'actor's' actor. Working for BBC, Gary Oldman starred in Mike Leigh's "Mean Time' and Alan Clarke's "The Firm"(1988). His first big 'breakthrough' into the world of film came with "Sid and Nancy", which earned him widespread recognition. After appearing in "JFK" as Lee Harvey Oswald, and in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" as Dracula, Oldman's talent was more fully recognized in Hollywood, leading to 'big' roles, such as in "The Fifth Element", "Air Force One" to name a few. In 1995, Oldman formed a production company with Douglas Urbanski, the SEB group, which produced, along with personal friend Luc Besson, "Nil by Mouth," Oldman's directorial and writing debut.Oldman's newest release is "Air Force One", in which he stars with the internationally known movie star, Harrison Ford.<br /><br />Oldman is known for his chameleon like ability to 'become' the character. His whole persona changes<br />This astounding acting ability has led many to call him truly brilliant.<br />Unfortunately, his personal life has not held this success- two failed marriages (one to Uma Thurman, from 1990-1992). A marriage from the mid- eighties to English stage-actress, Lesley Manville, resulted in Oldman's son, Alfie, now eight and a half, with whom Oldman shares a good relationship. Oldman was also engaged to actress/model Isabella Rosselini, whom he met on the set of Immortal Beloved, but this too collapsed.<br /><br />These failures are often blamed on Oldman's problems with alcohol abuse, inherited from his father. Though it never affected his acting career, in 1994, Oldman checked into an alcohol abuse program, and has since stayed sober.<br /><br />Oldman married photographer Donya Fiorentino in early 1997, and his second son, Gulliver Flynn, was born in mid-August. Many hail Oldman as one of the greatest actors alive, and to watch one of his electrifying, consuming performances, one can see why.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2008 The Dark Knight <br />2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix <br />2006 The Backwoods <br />2005 Dead Fish <br />2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire <br />2005 Batman Begins <br />2004 Who's Kyle <br />2004 The Magic Touch of Harry Potter <br />2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban <br />2003 Tiptoes <br />2003 Sin <br />2002 Interstate 60 <br />2001 Hannibal <br />2001 Nobody's Baby <br />2000 Jesus <br />2000 The Contender <br />1999 Plunkett & Macleane <br />1998 Quest For Camelot <br />1998 Lost in Space <br />1997 The Fifth Element <br />1997 Nil by Mouth <br />1997 Air Force One <br />1996 Basquiat <br />1995 The Scarlet Letter <br />1995 Murder in the First <br />1994 Romeo Is Bleeding <br />1994 The Professional <br />1994 Immortal Beloved <br />1993 Fallen Angels, Vol. 2 <br />1993 True Romance <br />1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula <br />1991 JFK <br />1990 Heading Home <br />1990 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead <br />1990 State of Grace <br />1989 Chattahoochee <br />1988 The Firm <br />1988 Track 29 <br />1988 We Think the World of You <br />1987 Prick Up Your Ears <br />1986 Sid and Nancy <br />1985 Honest, Decent and True <br />1982 Remembrance <br />1981 Meantime <br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br />* Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Alan J. Pakula Award, THE CONTENDER (2001)<br />* BAFTA Awards: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, NIL BY MOUTH (1998)<br />* BAFTA Awards: Best Screenplay - Original, NIL BY MOUTH (1998)<br />* Empire Awards: Best Debut, NIL BY MOUTH (1998)<br />* Edinburgh International Film Festival: Channel 4 Director's Award, NIL BY MOUTH (1997)<br />* CableACE Award: Actor in a Dramatic Series, FALLEN ANGELS: DEAD END FOR DELIA (1993)<br />* Saturn Award: Best Actor, DRACULA (1993)<br />* London Critics Circle Film Awards: Actor of the Year, PRICK UP YOUR EARS (1988)<br />* Evening Standard British Film Awards: Most Promising Newcomer, SID AND NANCY (1987)<br />* London Evening Standard Award: Most Promising Film Newcomer, SID AND NANCY (1986)<br />* London Critics Circle Film Award: Best Actor, THE POPE'S WEDDING (1985)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* Looks unlikely to reprise his role as Sirius Black in the next Harry Potter film, after reports he has been mysteriously axed from the wizard franchise. (February 10, 2006)<br />* Pulled out of STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH because it was made outside the Screen Actor's Guild rules. (September 2004)<br />* Is facing a massive tax bill in his adopted home of America, after court papers were filed in Los Angeles claiming he owes $288,000. (May 22, 2004)<br />* Oldman has emerged victorious from a custody battle with ex-wife Donya Fiorentino over their two sons Gulliver, 5, and Charlie, 4. (July 29, 2003)<br />* As if Hogwarts wasn't stuffed to its magical rafters with the cream of British acting talent already, it looks mighty like English rent-a-baddie par excellence Gary Oldman will be joining HARRY POTTER 3 in the shape-shifting form of wizard Sirius Black -- confirmed to be in talks to play the canny animagus himself, Gary Oldman is certainly the perfect adversary for those pesky Dementors, fully capable of giving them the slip and escaping the rather limiting environs of Azkaban with just a few of his well-honed psychotic twitches. (January 9, 2003)<br />* Whether playing a punk rocker, an assassin, a war vet, or a ghoul, Oldman has consistently amazed viewers with his ability to completely disappear into his roles.<br />* In AIR FORCE ONE (1997) when Valera gives his thumbprint for a background check near the beginning of the film, the date of birth that comes up among his info (3/21/58) is his real birthday.<br />* In DRACULA (1992) Prince Vlad's scream after he drives his sword into the cross is not the voice of Oldman. Lux Interior, lead singer of punk band The Cramps, recorded the scream and it was dubbed in.<br />* In most of his shots in THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997), there is a circle around his head. In fact, a circle in the middle of the frame is a near-constant motif in this film. Bruce Willis, on the other hand, is more often framed by a rectangle or doorway behind him.<br />* At one point in LOST IN SPACE (1998), he is told, You are a monster. His characters have been told similar things in THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997) and AIR FORCE ONE (1997).<br />* Had to lose weight to play Sid Vicious in SID AND NANCY (1986), but he lost so much that he ended up in a hospital.<br />* He asks Mathilda's Father if he likes Beethoven before he goes on his killing spree in LÉON (1994). Gary Oldman himself ends up portraying Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved the same year.<br />* Playing Mason Verger in HANNIBAL (2001), he originally wanted to share star billing alongside Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore. When the producers denied him this, he declined to have any billing at all and, in the original theatrical release, remained uncredited at the film's opening and closing credits. In the VHS & DVD releases, however, his name has been added to the credits.<br />* (IMMORTAL BELOVED (1994): Starring as Beethoven, he had just that year starred in LÉON (1994), a film in which his character presents a monologue on the power of Beethoven's music.<br />* Various Stanley Kubrick references: Milk, as in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971). His line, I don't have time for this Mickey Mouse shit, is similar to Sgt. Hartman's line and the many references to Mickey Mouse in FULL METAL JACKET (1987). The shot which follows the movement of the axe when Leon is smashing in the wall, is similar to the same type of shot in THE SHINING (1981). Leon dresses as John Wayne, who is mentioned many times by Private Joker in FULL METAL JACKET (1987).<br />* Was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1999 for LOST IN SPACE.<br />* Sometimes Credited As: Maurice Escargot<br />* Trade mark: characters are usually borderline psychotics.<br />* Known for playing a wide variety of roles that often requires a variety of different accents.<br />* Considered a career in music.<br />* Was arrested for drunk driving in L.A. and released on bail the next morning. His passenger in the car was pal, Kiefer Sutherland. (8 August 1991)<br />* His library includes essays on Bertold Brecht, poetry by Roger McGough, a biography of Montgomery Clift, The Elizabethan World Picture, all things Shakespeare, and Jane Austen.<br />* Has used a different speaking voice (i.e. accent) in practically every movie he's ever been in.<br />* He and HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN co-star Timothy Spall have both played the character of Rosencrantz; Spall in Kenneth Branagh's HAMLET, Oldman in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD.<br />* Was paid $1,000,000 for JESUS (1999) (TV)<br />* Was paid $5,000,000 for LOST IN SPACE (1998)<br />* Has appeared in a Guns-N-Roses music video.<br />* Sang I Wanna Be Your Dog and Frank Sinatra's My Way on the soundtrack to SID AND NANCY.<br />* His singing voice can also be heard in the songs You've Been Around and Stamford Hill on guitarist Reeves Gabrels' release The Sacred Squall of Now.<br />* Artist Julian Schnabel (the director of Basquiat) has a CD out entitled Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud. Gary sings on this CD and there is also a track called Gary's Song.<br />* Met Donya Fiorentino at alcoholic rehabilitation.<br />* Nil By Mouth, which marked his writing and directing debut, is semi-autobiographical.<br />* Early in the film THE FIFTH ELEMENT, Oldman's character quotes Nietzsche: What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. Oldman's costar, Bruce Willis, released a record album with that title in the 80's.Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-33172676165321572442007-05-02T03:43:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:44:53.244-07:00Joan Cusack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoyVb5rp43sjeEaqnbnMrandwE9fPbX995jH-lyqSzZCeHvwKWgsAa_CG8FjxSWlMOfFm0yH0YiBioJSGwi5jBXvU181Fevz4GWgNzxoGnrz4nVV5keVK7U16y4QJEicFSauBWasIwY4/s1600/Joan_Cusack_33.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoyVb5rp43sjeEaqnbnMrandwE9fPbX995jH-lyqSzZCeHvwKWgsAa_CG8FjxSWlMOfFm0yH0YiBioJSGwi5jBXvU181Fevz4GWgNzxoGnrz4nVV5keVK7U16y4QJEicFSauBWasIwY4/s400/Joan_Cusack_33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477646013681591538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Profile</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Joan Cusack<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 5' 8"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> October 11, 1962<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place: </span>New York, New York, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actress<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> Piven Theater Workshop in Evanston, Illinois University of Wisconsin at Madison (majored in English; B.A.)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife:</span> Richard Burke (attorney; born in 1963; met in 1993)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Richard Cusack (actor; born on August 29, 1925; died on June 2, 2003)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Nancy Cusack (former math teacher)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister: </span>Susie Cusack (actress; born in 1971), Ann Cusack (actress; born on May 22, 1961),<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother:</span> John Cusack (actor; born on June 28, 1966), Bill Cusack (actor; born in 1964)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son: </span>Miles (born in 2000), Dylan John Burke (born on June 17, 1997 in Chicago)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Biography</span><br />Joan was born in New York on October 11th, 1962, but was raised in Evanston, Illinois. Her dad was an actor, and Joan would follow in his footsteps along with siblings John, Bill and Ann. They trained at the Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanston from a very young age and grew up performing on stage. Joan was not a part of the "in" crowd at school, and was a shy and introverted young woman except when she was on stage.<br /><br />Like her brother John, Joan made her debut in silly 1980's teen romps. Her first big screen appearance came in My Bodyguard, about a bully who gets his payback. More of the same followed, including 1983's Class, which marked the debut of her little brother. In 1985, Joan was offered a spot on the Saturday Night Live roster. She took the job with anticipation, long having been a fan of sketch and improv comedy. While studying English at the University of Wisconsin, she had spent a lot her time performing with The Ark, the school's improv troupe. However, SNL did not end up being to her liking. Cusack claimed that all of the best material was offered to the men, which left the women very little to work with. She left after only one season.<br /><br />The move ended up being good for her career. Her time on the show had given her enough exposure to land a role in Broadcast News, playing supporting actress to Holly Hunter. Working Girl followed, where she played supporting actress to Melanie Griffith. The latter role earned Joan her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.<br /><br />Joan was quickly building a solid reputation as being the actress to call if you needed a ‘buddy' for your glamorous star. She filled her role for Michelle Pfeiffer in Married to the Mob, and for a host of other actresses. Cusack was finally offered a lead in Steve Martin's My Blue Heaven, but the experience proved trying for Joan, who did not get along with director Herbert Ross. After the whole ordeal was over, Cusack ended up being overshadowed by Martin's over-the-top comedy.<br /><br />Trying to put the whole experience behind her, Joan moved back home to Chicago. Fed up with L.A., she had to get back to her roots. In 1993, she married corporate attorney Richard Burke, and for the next few years concentrated on her marriage and starting a family. During this time, Joan barely appeared at the multiplex, making her personal life a priority.<br /><br />In 1997, Joan Cusack came roaring back. Content with her new life and still living in Chicago, she went about forging a comeback. First came Gr osse Pointe Blank, in which she co-starred as the secretary of the hitman played by her brother John. That same year she appeared in In and Out as a fiancé who gets jilted at the altar when her groom realizes he's gay. Although the film was just fluffy fun, Cusack's role was felt to be so wonderful that she found herself once again nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.<br /><br />Since her return, Joan has found herself offered a greater variety of roles than the first time around. She continues to work with John whenever possible, and the two have a close relationship. They appeared together most recently in Cradle Will Rock and High Fidelity. The duo are also developing a sitcom which John will write and in which Joan will star as an actress who returns home to Chicago to escape L.A.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2007 The Martian Child<br />2007 War, Inc.<br />2006 Friends With Money<br />2005 Chicken Little<br />2005 Ice Princess<br />2004 Peep and the Big Wide World [Animated TV Series]<br />2004 Raising Helen<br />2003 School of Rock<br />2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action<br />2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie<br />2001 What About Joan [TV Series]<br />2000 Where the Heart Is<br />2000 High Fidelity<br />1999 Toy Story 2<br />1999 Runaway Bride<br />1999 Cradle Will Rock<br />1999 Arlington Road<br />1997 Grosse Pointe Blank<br />1997 In & Out<br />1997 A Smile Like Yours<br />1996 Mr. Wrong<br />1995 Nine Months<br />1995 Two Much<br />1994 The Mother<br />1994 Corrina, Corrina<br />1993 Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle: The Radish Cure<br />1993 Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle: The Pet Forgetters Cure<br />1993 Addams Family Values<br />1992 Toys<br />1992 Hero<br />1991 Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez<br />1990 My Blue Heaven<br />1989 Say Anything...<br />1989 Men Don't Leave<br />1988 Married to the Mob<br />1988 Working Girl<br />1988 Stars and Bars<br />1987 Broadcast News<br />1987 The Allnighter<br />1985 Saturday Night Live: Season 11<br />1984 Grandview, U.S.A.<br />1984 Sixteen Candles<br />1983 Class<br />1980 My Bodyguard<br />1980 Cutting Loose<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Academy</span><br />1997 Best Supporting Actress In And Out<br />1988 Best Supporting Actress Working Girl<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Broadcast Film Critics Association</span><br />1997 Best Supporting Actress In & Out<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chicago Film Critics Association</span><br />1999 Commitment to Chicago Award<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />1997 Best Supporting Actress In and Out<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New York Film Critics Circle</span><br />1997 Best Supporting Actress In & Out<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* After working together no less than six times before on screen, John and Joan Cusack might get another chance to appear together in the remake of 1975 thriller, THE STEPFORD WIVES -- With Joan already confirmed to play a hard-drinking, sarcastic wife pre a touch of robot transformation, little brother John is now in talks to star opposite Nicole Kidman in the reworking of the quietly feminist tale. (March 8, 2003)<br />* One of Hollywood's funniest and most underappreciated actresses, Joan Cusack was for years relegated to playing the buddy sidekicks of her more glamorous co-stars and known primarily as John Cusack's older sister.<br />* In the softball game scene, Cusack wears a Peaches baseball cap, a reference to A League of Their Own, which was directed by Penny Marshall (director Garry Marshall's sister) and which co-starred Anne Cusack (Joan's sister).<br />* Was nominated Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for IN & OUT in 1998 and for WORKING GIRL in 1989.<br />* After working together no less than six times before on screen, John and Joan Cusack might get another chance to appear together in the remake of 1975 thriller, THE STEPFORD WIVES -- With Joan already confirmed to play a hard-drinking, sarcastic wife pre a touch of robot transformation, little brother John is now in talks to star opposite Nicole Kidman in the reworking of the quietly feminist tale. (March 8, 2003)<br />* One of Hollywood's funniest and most underappreciated actresses, Joan Cusack was for years relegated to playing the buddy sidekicks of her more glamorous co-stars and known primarily as John Cusack's older sister.<br />* In the softball game scene, Cusack wears a Peaches baseball cap, a reference to A League of Their Own, which was directed by Penny Marshall (director Garry Marshall's sister) and which co-starred Anne Cusack (Joan's sister).<br />* Joan and John are real-life siblings as they also play brother and sister in SAY ANYTHING (1989).<br />* Joan's entire family are actors or actresses, including all four siblings and her parents.<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for IN & OUT (1998)<br />* Joan and John used to put on family plays in the garage. Joan would play the princess; their sister Ann would play the queen, but baby brother John would always get stuck playing the dog. In the '80s, Joan was a member of the Chicago improv group, An Impulsive Thing, with Bonnie Hunt.Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-58999677457689331282007-05-01T07:30:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:48:39.657-07:00Liam Neeson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFm33vltFCEqKe9tB6AqHgHuVLHyYb2dJxzpl-HPs6z78GCdWYOxgIfQZrmrdKLNVA83q2clmtsoaupsM1bRfoAL1MxLviZUAqmRPuOuP3XYfGj4voR5VlThsMwPox-vrTSzp4-KAMNU/s1600/Five+Minutes+Heaven+2009+Sundance+Portrait+1nequf56Orsl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFm33vltFCEqKe9tB6AqHgHuVLHyYb2dJxzpl-HPs6z78GCdWYOxgIfQZrmrdKLNVA83q2clmtsoaupsM1bRfoAL1MxLviZUAqmRPuOuP3XYfGj4voR5VlThsMwPox-vrTSzp4-KAMNU/s400/Five+Minutes+Heaven+2009+Sundance+Portrait+1nequf56Orsl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477647155529759314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Liam Neeson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> William John Neeson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 6'4"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> British<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> June 7, 1952<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place: </span>Ballymena, Northern Ireland, U.K.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actor<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> St. Mary's Teaching School (dropped out) Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Husband/Wife:</span> Natasha Richardson (actress; born on May 11, 1963; married on July 3, 1994)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship:</span> Helen Mirren (actress; b. July 26, 1945; 1981-1985), Julia Roberts (actress; b. October 28, 1967; 1988-1990), Brooke Shields (actress; b. May 31, 1965), Barbra Streisand (actress, singer; b. April 24, 1942), Sinéad O'Connor (singer; b. December 8, 1966)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Barney Neeson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother:</span> Kitty Neeson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister:</span> Bernadette Neeson<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Son:</span> Daniel Jack Neeson (born on August 28, 1996), Michael Richard Antonio Neeson (born on June 22, 1995)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List (1993<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Irish-born Neeson worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, truck driver, assistant architect and an amateur boxer. He had originally sought a career as a teacher by attending St. Mary's Teaching College in Belfast. However, in 1976, Neeson joined the Belfast Lyric Players' Theater and made his professional acting debut in the play "The Risen People". After two years, Neeson moved to Dublin's Abbey Theater where he performed the classics. It was here that he was spotted by director John Boorman and was cast in the film Excalibur (1981), which dealt with the Arthurian legend. From there, he acted in a number of average films and Television Mini-series until he gained notice for his role as the mute in Suspect (1987). Neeson did not play the lead in a movie until he appeared in Darkman (1990). Good performances in Leap of Faith (1992) and Husbands and Wives (1992) led to Neeson being picked for the role of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993). For this role, Neeson was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe. In 1993, he made his Broadway debut in "Anna Christie" in which he co-starred with Natasha Richardson. For his role in this play, Neeson was nominated for a Tony. When he returned to the big screen, Neeson again co-starred with Richardson in the Jodie Foster movie Nell (1994). In the next 2 years, Neeson played characters close to his roots when he was the eighteenth century Scottish Highlander Rob Roy (1995) and the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins (1996).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2008 Taken<br />2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian<br />2006 Home<br />2006 Seraphim Falls<br />2005 Batman Begins<br />2005 Kingdom of Heaven<br />2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<br />2005 Riverdance: The Ten Years<br />2004 Patrick<br />2004 Kinsey<br />2004 Breakfast on Pluto<br />2003 Martin Luther, Part 2: The Reluctant Revolutionary<br />2003 Martin Luther [TV Documentary Series]<br />2003 Love Actually<br />2003 Martin Luther, Part 1: Driven to Defiance<br />2003 Coral Reef Adventure<br />2002 Gangs of New York<br />2002 Liberty's Kids [Animated Series]<br />2002 K-19: The Widowmaker<br />2001 Evolution, Part 3: Extinction!<br />2001 Evolution, Part 4: The Evolutionary Arms Race<br />2001 Evolution, Part 7: What About God?<br />2001 Journey into Amazing Caves<br />2001 Evolution [TV Documentary Series]<br />2001 Evolution, Part 1: Darwin's Dangerous Idea<br />2001 Evolution, Part 2: Great Transformations<br />2001 Evolution, Part 6: The Mind's Big Bang<br />2001 Evolution, Part 5: Why Sex?<br />2001 Evolution: Learning and Teaching Evolution<br />2000 Inside the Space Station<br />2000 The Directors: Steven Spielberg<br />2000 The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition<br />2000 Gun Shy<br />1999 The Haunting<br />1999 The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization, Part 3 - Empire of Mind<br />1999 The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization, Part 1 - The Revolution<br />1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace<br />1999 The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization, Part 2 - Golden Age<br />1998 Les Miserables<br />1998 Everest<br />1996 Before and After<br />1996 Michael Collins<br />1995 Rob Roy<br />1994 Nell<br />1994 Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America<br />1993 Schindler's List<br />1992 Husbands and Wives<br />1992 Leap of Faith<br />1992 Ruby Cairo<br />1992 Under Suspicion<br />1992 Ethan Frome<br />1992 Shining Through<br />1990 Darkman<br />1990 Crossing the Line<br />1989 Next of Kin<br />1988 The Dead Pool<br />1988 High Spirits<br />1988 Satisfaction<br />1988 The Good Mother<br />1987 Sweet as You Are<br />1987 Suspect<br />1987 A Prayer for the Dying<br />1987 Sworn to Silence<br />1986 The Mission<br />1986 If Tomorrow Comes<br />1986 Duet for One<br />1985 The Innocent<br />1985 Arthur the King<br />1985 Lamb<br />1985 Hold the Dream<br />1984 The Bounty<br />1984 A Woman of Substance, Episode 3: The Secret Is Revealed<br />1984 A Woman of Substance, Episode 2: Fighting for the Dream<br />1984 A Woman of Substance, Episode 1: Nest of Vipers<br />1983 Across the Water<br />1983 Krull<br />1983 Ellis Island<br />1981 Excalibur<br />1979 Christiana<br />Hold the Dream, Part 1<br />Hold the Dream, Part 2<br />Hold the Dream, Part 3<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Intertitle Writer</span><br />1996 A Leap of Faith<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br />Academy<br />1993 Best Actor Schindler's List<br /><br />British Academy Awards<br />1993 Best Actor Schindler's List<br /><br />Golden Globe<br />2004 Best Actor - Drama Kinsey<br />1993 Best Actor (Drama) Schindler's List<br /><br />Independent Spirit Award<br />2004 Best Actor Kinsey<br /><br />L.A. Film Critics Association<br />2004 Best Actor Kinsey<br /><br />London Film Critics Association<br />2005 Best British Actor Kinsey<br /><br />Venice International Film Festival<br />1996 Volpi Cup for Best Actor Michael Collins<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* In order to research her role as Blanche in a staging of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire, his wife Natasha Richardson moved out of their marital home to keep her mind focused. (2005)<br />* American conservative groups are outraged over the film KINSEY, which stars Neeson about controversial sex researcher Alfred Kinsey whom they accuse of being a closet pornographer. (2004)<br />* Is turning his back on big Hollywood roles because he wants to spend more time with his family. (November 5, 2003)<br />* Neeson and a film team visited Indiana University's Kinsey Institute this week to view its sex research and get acquainted with the Bloomington area, including the Elm Heights house where sex research pioneer Alfred Kinsey and his family lived -- The trip is part of the team's preparations for a film on Kinsey which is expected to be released next year. (June 6, 2003)<br />* Fractured his right pelvis and chipped his left pelvis and sustained multiple abrasions to his legs after hitting a deer while riding his 1989 Harley Davidson motorcycle near his home in Washington, New York. He was thrown off the motorcycle just before it smashed into a nearby tree. A passing motorist found Neeson crawling along the roadside. (July 11, 2000)<br />* Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#74). (1995)<br />* Was named an Officer of the Order of British Empire (OBE) by Britain's Elizabeth, Queen on New Year's Eve, 1999<br />* Loves fly-fishing<br />* Was a boxer as a teen-ager in Northern Ireland, which resulted in getting his nose broken at the age of 15. Nevertheless, he went on to win the Irish Youth Championship. A brief blackout after one of his fights, however, caused him to give up the ring for good.<br />* Won a libel case against newspapers who claimed that his marriage was in trouble. (October 1998)<br />* Ranked #69 in Empire (UK) magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list. (October 1997)<br />* First worked with future wife actress Natasha Richardson on the TV mini-series ELLIS ISLAND in 1984.<br />* Has a fear of heights.<br />* Was considered for the role of James Bond in GOLDENEYE (1995).<br />* In DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) he had originally landed the leading role to be directed by Jeff Kanew, but lost it to Robin Williams when director Peter Weir came on board.<br />* In SHINING THROUGH (1992), he works with his future sister-in-law, Joely Richardson.<br />* (STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999): Sets were built only as high as the tops of the actors' heads and computer graphics filled in the rest. But he was so tall that he cost the set crew an extra $150,000 in construction.** The person who places the flower on top of the stones in the closing credits of SCHINDLER'S LIST is him and not Spielberg as some people think.<br />* Neeson was confined to a supporting role on Thursday when he unveiled a statue to Irish freedom fighter Michael Collins on the 80th anniversary of his assassination and thousands of people crowded into the tiny village of Clonakilty, Collins's hometown on the southwest Irish coast, to see the Oscar-nominated actor unveil the seven-foot bronze statue of the man regarded as one of the main architects of Irish independence from Britain. (August 2002)<br />* Nominated for Best Fight at MTV Movie Awards for STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (2000)<br />* Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for SCHINDLER'S LIST (1994)<br />* Nominated for Best Actor Leading at BAFTA Awards for SCHINDLER'S LIST (1994)<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for SCHINDLER'S LIST (1994)<br />* Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for MICHAEL COLLINS (1977)Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-68541296535704927072007-05-01T07:06:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:50:54.485-07:00Michelle Trachtenberg<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb-ZkE6n4KLJQHKWq9nktYdBEtUvaHO8Q1_s3AjjWMQdNrXU1pDlSIRi4epVHr3srqHOUTMtayeJ7_YYQNENTAhbPvzsutfMXuIOHyEWH-B8p9nnotsDnmrKRh8Lr8TLnssQ2Goy7Z5A/s1600/modern-celebrity-teen-hair-cuts-14.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb-ZkE6n4KLJQHKWq9nktYdBEtUvaHO8Q1_s3AjjWMQdNrXU1pDlSIRi4epVHr3srqHOUTMtayeJ7_YYQNENTAhbPvzsutfMXuIOHyEWH-B8p9nnotsDnmrKRh8Lr8TLnssQ2Goy7Z5A/s400/modern-celebrity-teen-hair-cuts-14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477647720597802370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span> Michelle Trachtenberg<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name:</span> Michelle Christine Trachtenberg<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height: </span>5' 7"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> October 11, 1985<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place: </span>New York, New York, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession: </span>actress<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> Bay Academy Junior High School in Brooklyn, New York Notre Dame high school in Sherman Oaks, California (September 2002)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship:</span> Shawn Ashmore (actor; born on October 7, 1979; spotted together while attending 2004 MTV Movie awards)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father: </span>Michael Trachtenberg<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Lana Trachtenberg<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister: </span>Irene Trachtenberg (older)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame:</span> as Dawn Summers on TV Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Michelle Trachtenberg's television acting career took off with a guest starring role on the Nickelodeon series, The Adventures of Pete and Pete as Nona Mecklenberg. While that series continued, Michelle moved on to daytime soaps as Lily Montgomery on All My Children. While on the show for two years, Michelle worked with her now Buffy co-star, Sarah Michelle Gellar. In 1996, Michelle got her first leading role as Harriet in the Nickelodeon movie, Harriet the Spy. Her career continued with roles in the TV movies, A Holiday for Love and A Father's Choice, the TV series Meego and was a recurring guest on the Nickelodeon game show, Figure It Out. In 1999, Michelle landed the role of Penny in the movie, Inspector Gadget and co-starred as Julie in Can't Be Heaven. Her latest movie released to theaters was Snow Days. In the summer of 2000, Michelle Trachtenberg got the role of Dawn on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and is the first character since the show's start to begin as a regular cast member.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2007 The Possibility of Fireflies<br />2006 Beautiful Ohio<br />2006 Black Christmas<br />2005 Ice Princess<br />2004 Eurotrip<br />2004 Mysterious Skin<br />2004 Six Feet Under: Parallel Play<br />2004 Six Feet Under: Can I Come Up Now<br />2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 07<br />2001 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 06<br />2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 05<br />1999 Forever Together<br />1999 Inspector Gadget<br />1998 Reading Rainbow: Math Cure<br />1996 Harriet the Spy<br />1995 The Adventures of Pete & Pete: Season 03<br />1994 The Adventures of Pete & Pete: Season 02<br />1991 Law & Order: God Bless the Child<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* Sometimes credited as: Michelle C. Trachtenberg, Michelle Trachtenberg, Trachtenberg<br />* Nickname: Mitchie<br />* Worked with Sarah Michelle Gellar on ALL MY CHILDREN before BUFFY and they were good friends. Sarah was the one who recommended Michelle for the part of Dawn.<br />* Grew up in New York but moved to LA three years ago with her mom. Her dad still lives in LA.<br />* Appeared at the Excel centre at a Sci-fi expo alongside Kristine Sutherland (May 2002)<br />* Eyes color: Blue<br />* Hair color: Brown<br />* Hobbies: Swimming, rollerblading, ice-skating, bicycling, creating beaded jewelry and writing short stories<br />* Best friend: Lindsay Lohan<br />* Pets: 1 Cat (Casey)<br />* Favorite Color: Purple<br />* Favorite Sandwich: Tomato<br />* he has a sister, Irene<br />* Said the last line ever in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) series.<br />* Dating X-Men actor Shawn Ashmore (2004-)<br />* She loves to play tennis.<br />* She helped then President Bill Clinton launch The Coalition for a Drug Free America campaign.<br />* Attended Notre Dame High School. She graduated with awards in Social Studies and Religion and was also named under the California Scholarship Federation.<br />* Shares a birthday with Joan Cusack and Luke Perry.<br />* Attended Bay Academy Junior High School in Brooklyn, New York<br />* Speaks Russian.<br />* Her birthday is also the wedding anniversary of her "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) cast mate Alyson Hannigan (Willow) and "Angel" (1999/I)'s Alexis Denisof (Wesley).<br />* Was able to sneak a souvenir from the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" set when the show ended, a wooden stake.<br />* Studied ballet as a child, which helped her perfect her skating abilities for "The Ice Princess."Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-2946177511413129922007-04-29T02:00:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:52:20.313-07:00John Cusack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbc8tCsbDmMChD2PF-VMMXT0JXFejwDq4ZTG_pSejnF6fFvThnfTNdG_LyhI3mfmpfgdi0Wx3TvgI0YV6H29J5flYmn_wDwnkDCu0QqZQW56qY1Rf8zkR7p0fn40DR4jNnCf6h3gfkLI/s1600/john.cusack.001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 395px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbc8tCsbDmMChD2PF-VMMXT0JXFejwDq4ZTG_pSejnF6fFvThnfTNdG_LyhI3mfmpfgdi0Wx3TvgI0YV6H29J5flYmn_wDwnkDCu0QqZQW56qY1Rf8zkR7p0fn40DR4jNnCf6h3gfkLI/s400/john.cusack.001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477648103765950642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>John Cusack<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name: </span>John Paul Cusack<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height: </span>6'3"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex:</span> M<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality: </span>American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date: </span>June 28, 1966<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Evanston, Illinois, USA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession: </span>actor, director, writer<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education: </span>Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Illinois New York University<br />Piven Theater Workshop, Evanston, Illinois<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship: </span>Neve Campbell (actress; reportedly dating as of fall 1998), Claire Forlani (actress; dated from 1997 to 1998), Alison Eastwood (actress; dated in 1997), Minnie Driver (actress; met during filming of Grosse Pointe Blank; broke up)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Richard Cusack (actor; film-production-company owner)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Nancy Cusack (former math teacher)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister: </span>Susie (actress; born in 1971), Joan (actress; born on October 11, 1962), Ann (actress; born on May 22, 1961)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother: </span>Bill Cusack (actor; born in 1964)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame</span>: as Lloyd Dahbler in Say Anything (1989)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />John Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois on June 26th, 1966. He was the fourth of five children born to a math-teacher mother, and a filmmaker father. At the age of 8, he joined the Piven Theatre Workshop. By the time he was 12 he had a string of industry films, had acted radio spots and commercial voice overs a his belt. When he was 17 he got his first real acting break in the teen comedy ''Class''(1983).Cusack remained busy the remainder of the '80's in hit's like ''Sixteen Candles'' with Molly Ringwald, ''Better Off Dead'', ''The Sure Thing'', ''The Journey of Natty Gann,'' and Cameron Crowe's classic eighties movie, ''Say Anything.'' Cusack has said that of all the characters he had ever played, his character in ''Say Anything'' ,Lloyd Dobler , was the most like himself. His performance in the movie effectively confirmed that he was capable of carrying a film and better offers began to role in.<br /><br />He won his first grown-up role in ''The Grifters''(1990), where he played a small-time hustler caught between the attention of two rival women. His costars in the film Angelica Houston and Annette Benning both received Oscar nominations for their performance in the film but John had to settle for the rave reviews he received instead of a nomination.Next, he appeared in ''True colors'' with James Spader and had a cameo role in ''The Player''. He has gone on to continue enjoying roles opposite box office champs. He has given wonderful performances in dramatic films such as 'True Colors'', ''Shadows and Fog'', and ''Map of the Human Heart'' as well as comedic roles in ''Money for Nothing'' and ''Bullets Over Broadway''. In 1996 he co-starred with Al Pacino in ''City Hall''.The next turning point in Cusack's career was when he starred in ''Grosse Point Blank'' with Minni Driver. The movie was critically acclaimed and darkly funny and Cusack not only starred in the flick he also co-wrote and co-produced it. Recently he has appeared in ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,'' ''Pushing Tin'' and ''Being John Malkovich.'' His latest film was in the lead role of Steven Frears' winning adaptation of Nick Hornby's cult-fave novel ''High Fidelity'' which Cusack also logged co-producing and writing credits for the flick.<br /><br />Despite many fine performances, Cusack hasn't launched into the realms of super-stardom. Not that he cares. With his taste for the offbeat combined with his continued loathing for celebrity and for semi-literate, sensationalist film-making. It is unlikely his feeling swill be hurt if he doesn't command the lead in the type of conventional big budget flicks that keep the Tom Cruises of Hollywood in the $20 million club. You have to admit, the guys got heart.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span></span><br />2008 Igor <br />2007 Martian Child <br />2007 1408 <br />2007 Grace is Gone <br />2007 War, Inc. <br />2006 The Contract<br />2006 Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten <br />2005 The Ice Harvest<br />2005 Must Love Dogs <br />2003 Runaway Jury <br />2003 Identity <br />2003 Breakfast With Hunter <br />2002 Never Get Outta the Boat<br />2002 Max <br />2001 America's Sweethearts <br />2001 Serendipity <br />2001 The Concert For New York City <br />2000 High Fidelity <br />1999 Cradle Will Rock <br />1999 Being John Malkovich <br />1999 The Jack Bull <br />1999 Pushing Tin <br />1998 Hellcab Actor<br />1998 This is My Father <br />1998 The Thin Red Line<br />1997 Con Air Actor: Vince Larkin <br />1997 Grosse Pointe Blank <br />1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil <br />1997 Anastasia Actor: Dimitri <br />1996 City Hall Actor: Kevin Calhoun <br />1994 Bullets Over Broadway <br />1994 The Road to Wellville <br />1994 Floundering <br />1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle <br />1993 Money for Nothing <br />1993 Map of the Human Heart <br />1992 Roadside Prophets <br />1992 The Player<br />1992 Bob Roberts <br />1991 Shadows and Fog <br />1991 True Colors <br />1990 The Grifters <br />1989 Elvis Stories <br />1989 Say Anything... <br />1989 Fat Man & Little Boy <br />1988 Eight Men Out <br />1988 Tapeheads <br />1987 Hot Pursuit <br />1987 Broadcast News <br />1986 One Crazy Summer <br />1986 Stand by Me <br />1985 The Journey of Natty Gann <br />1985 The Sure Thing <br />1985 Better Off Dead <br />1984 Grandview, U.S.A. <br />1984 Sixteen Candles <br />1983 Class <br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards</span></span><br /><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt"><li nd="22" class="blackfont">Admits he's virtually computer illiterate.</li><li nd="23" class="blackfont">Cusack has attacked filmmaker Michael Moore for failing to support the Democratic party in the last American presidential elections -- Cusack explains, He lost a lot of credibility when he went and campaigned for Ralph Nader because he was dead wrong when it counted. I'm not a huge fan of the Democratic party, but I knew there was a huge difference between them and the Bush crowd. Don't tell me Al Gore would have handed out the contract to rebuild Iraq before he'd given the order to bomb it. (June 10, 2003)</li><li nd="24" class="blackfont">Officials at America's Jewish Defamation League have apologized to the makers of Cusack's new movie MAX after blasting the project for humanizing Adolf Hitler -- after attending a screening of the movie, the organization has apologized to director Menno Meyjes and his cast for being too quick to judge the new film. (December 21, 2002)</li><li nd="25" class="blackfont">The Cusack family received an award in Chicago for their outstanding contribution to film-making.</li><li nd="26" class="blackfont">He has a production company called New Crime Productions (that produced GROSSE POINTE BLANK, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, and the JACK BULL among various stage productions) which he founded with two of his high school buddies Steve Pink & D.V. DeVincentis.</li><li nd="27" class="blackfont">Spent his time between takes for AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS on gambling.</li><li nd="28" class="blackfont">Was considered for the role of John Bender in THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985).</li><li nd="29" class="blackfont">Vintage Vinyl, another record store mentioned in HIGH FIDELITY (2000), is a real store in Evanston, his hometown.</li><li nd="30" class="blackfont">His kickboxing scenes in the ring in SAY ANYTHING, including the one where his nose is broken, are done with don the dragon Wilson; who is a real life kickboxing champion.</li><li nd="31" class="blackfont">In SAY ANYTHING, his character was given a pen by Diane Court (Ione Skye). Cusack uses a pen to kill Felix in GROSSE POINTE BLANK.</li><li nd="32" class="blackfont">In SAY ANYTHING (1989), When Lloyd (John Cusack) drives along 45th street in Seattle, he passes the Guild 45th Theatre, which is showing Tapeheads (1988), in which Cusack also appeared.</li><li nd="33" class="blackfont">SERENDIPITY is in which John Cusack's love interest is dating a spiritually enlightened character. In PUSHING TIN (1999)(qv), (Billy Bob Thornton), and in HIGH FIDELITY (2000), (Tim Robbins).</li><li nd="34" class="blackfont">The goon stalking Martin Blank is Benny The Jet Urquidez, a world-champion kickboxer who was also John Cusack's kickboxing instructor. (GROSSE POINTE BLANK (1997))</li><li nd="35" class="blackfont">Was nominated Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical in 2001 for HIGH FIDELITY.</li><li nd="36" class="blackfont">Nominated for Best Screenplay - Adapted at BAFTA Awards for HIGH FIDELITY (2001)<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTxt">Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (2000)</span></li></span>Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991705554675191308.post-89987985423965339322007-04-28T05:10:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:59:15.765-07:00Michelle Williams<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr2RkwdnM9XLTEaF7fhWjkvXjBOXj04JjTdau8UmKzyWmOW8yFbr2dHrnwAwOcxd9lf2MoTQ7Ln7FiZwBRRr3QkHpeJSgq0Fko8lzyEQPV2d7UO1kQCKDvLM279CZ8izIaOeukHMOsxs/s1600/michelle-williams-shutter-island-premiere.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr2RkwdnM9XLTEaF7fhWjkvXjBOXj04JjTdau8UmKzyWmOW8yFbr2dHrnwAwOcxd9lf2MoTQ7Ln7FiZwBRRr3QkHpeJSgq0Fko8lzyEQPV2d7UO1kQCKDvLM279CZ8izIaOeukHMOsxs/s400/michelle-williams-shutter-island-premiere.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477649715175992402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profile</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Michelle Williams<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Name: </span>Michelle Ingrid Williams<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 5' 4''<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex: </span>F<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nationality:</span> American<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Date:</span> September 9, 1980<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth Place:</span> Kalispell, Montana<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Profession:</span> actress<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Education:</span> Santa Fe Christian High School<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationship: </span>Heath Ledger (actor; born on April 4, 1979; engaged in August 2005), Donal Lardner Ward (actor, writer, director; born on August 21, 1964), Andy Herod (singer/songwriter; dated two years)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Larry (stock market trader; born 1944; divorced)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother: </span>Carla (homemaker; born 1956; divorced)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister: </span>Paige Williams (younger)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Sister:</span> Kelley, Sara<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Half Brother: </span>Jason<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daughter: </span>Matilda Rose Ledger (born on October 28, 2005 in Brooklyn, New York; father: Heath Ledger)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Claim to fame: </span>as Jennifer Lindley in Dawson's Creek<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span></span><br />Best known to audiences as transplanted big city teen Jen Lindley on The WB's popular "Dawson's Creek" (1998-2003), actress Michelle Williams was born in Montana and moved to San Diego, California at age nine. In her new home, she began acting in community theater, and later made her feature debut in "Lassie" (1994), next appearing onscreen as the young incarnation of Natasha Henstridge's alien in "Species" (1995). After a career-driven legal emancipation from her parents, the home-schooled Williams was on her own, pursuing acting work in Burbank at the young age of 16, like a featured turn as Michelle Pfeiffer's daughter Pammy in the "King Lear" inspired drama "A Thousand Acres" (1997).<br /><br />After a fair amount of television guest work on series including "Home Improvement" and "Step By Step" (both ABC) and appearances in the TV movies "My Son Is Innocent" (ABC, 1996) and "Killing Mr. Griffin" (NBC, 1997), Williams made her TV series regular debut on Kevin Williamson's teen drama "Dawson's Creek" playing the troubled transplant Jen. While she was the youngest member of the ensemble, the alluring, pouty blonde had no problem playing Capeside's newly arrived seasoned but sensitive sophisticate. With looks and presence that seemed beyond her years, Williams also displayed a fragility very indicative of her age, the actress herself embodying the contradiction of contemporary youth. First as the outcast object of Dawson's desire with the shady past and later as a full-fledged member of the gang, Williams' role in the sometimes overwrought but always thoughtful program developed more interesting layers as the series progressed.<br /><br />Returning to film during the series' hiatus, the young performer did her horror duty as the teen female lead of the "Halloween: H20" (1998, executive produced by Williamson). Not in keeping with the conventions of the genre's early offerings, Williams remained fully dressed throughout her portrayal of Molly, the girlfriend of John (Josh Hartnett), son of original "Halloween" scream queen Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). Next she tackled comedy in 1999's "Dick", a 1970s set story about two girls (Williams and Kirsten Dunst) who stumble upon President Nixon's Watergate dealings. She was additionally featured in the comedy "But I'm a Cheerleader"(1999), starring Natasha Lyonne as a teen girl sent to a "rehabilitation" facility after her parents suspect she is a lesbian.<br /><br />Williams soon tackled more challenging and adult roles, such as her performance as a 1970s lesbian college student who struggles with a romance with a butch suitor (Chloe Sevigny) in the HBO telepic "If These Walls Could Talk 2" (2000), followed by a turn as Christina Ricci's alienated roommate in the long-delayed adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel's bestseller "Prozac Nation," which was completed in 2001 but unreleased for nearly three years. Williams next delivered her finest performance to date in the drama "Me Without You" (2001) opposite Anna Friel as the long-suffering, co-dependent quotient in a pair of British friends whose relationship is a roller-coaster of emotional ups and downs, romantic betrayals and unhealthy competition, but ultimately buoyed by their unceasing bond. She followed up with an endearing supporting turn in "The Station Agent" (2003), playing Emily, the sweet, lonely girl who finds a bond with the independent dwarf Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage).<br /><br />In another long-shelved film, Williams was effective again as the sister of a murdered autistic boy in "The United States of Leland" (2004) before appearing as Penny, the daughter who flees her dysfunctional family, in "Imaginary Heroes" (2005). She next had a memorable, emotional turn as the broken-hearted young wife of closeted gay ranch hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) whose marriage slowly disintegrates after she discovers her husband carrying on a years-long secret affair with his closest friend (Jake Gyllenhaal) in director Ang Lee's sensitive, haunting "Brokeback Mountain" (2005). Williams and her co-star Ledger also began a romantic relationship while making the film, and their daughter was born shortly before its release. Her performance earned Williams nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. Meanwhile, she shared the Broadcast Film Critics’ award with Amy Adams (“Junebug”).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Filmography</span><br />2008 Where the Wild Things Are<br />2008 Synecdoche, New York<br />2007 The Tourist<br />2007 I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan<br />2007 Bronte<br />2006 The Hottest State<br />2005 Brokeback Mountain<br />2005 The Baxter<br />2005 The Hawk is Dying<br />2004 A Hole in One<br />2004 Land of Plenty<br />2004 Imaginary Heroes<br />2003 The Station Agent<br />2002 The United States of Leland<br />2002 Dawson's Creek: Season 06<br />2001 Dawson's Creek: Season 05<br />2001 Prozac Nation<br />2001 Perfume<br />2001 Me Without You<br />2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2<br />2000 Dawson's Creek: Season 04<br />1999 Dawson's Creek: Season 03<br />1999 Dick<br />1999 But I'm a Cheerleader<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Dance<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Discovery<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Baby<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Boyfriend<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Double Date<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Beauty Contest<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Season 02<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Season 01<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Pilot<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Kiss<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Hurricane<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Detention<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Roadtrip<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: The Scare<br />1998 Dawson's Creek: Decisions<br />1998 Dawson's Creek [TV Series]<br />1998 Halloween: H20<br />1997 Killing Mr. Griffin<br />1997 A Thousand Acres<br />1995 Timemaster<br />1995 Species<br />1994 Lassie<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Awards</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Academy</span><br />2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">British Academy Awards</span><br />2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Broadcast Film Critics Association</span><br />2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chicago Film Critics Association</span><br />2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Globe</span><br />2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Independent Spirit Award</span><br />2006 Best Actress Land of Plenty<br />2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Online Film Critics Association</span><br />2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Phoenix Film Critics Association</span><br />2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screen Actors Guild</span><br />2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trivia</span></span><br />* After applying for a marriage licence in November 2006, Michelle and Heath Ledger got married in secret in January 2007.<br />* Michelle’s father, Larry, was arrested in Sydney for tax evasion in June 2006. He is currently set to be extradited to the US to face the charges. He has been accused of creating false documents and using multiple bank accounts to hid $AU3.7 million earned from book sales and lectures.<br />* Michelle used to date Conor Oberst from Bright Eyes. Some of their songs are about her.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Dick.<br />* Michelle is currently filming the movie The Hawk Is Dying.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Species.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Timemaster.<br />* Michelle is in the movie A Thousand Acres.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Perfume.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Prozac Nation.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Me Without You.<br />* Michelle is in the movie The United States of Leland.<br />* Michelle is in the movie The Station Agent.<br />* Michelle is in the movie A Hole in One.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Imaginary Heroes.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Land of Plenty.<br />* Michelle is in the movie The Baxter.<br />* Michelle is in the movie Brokeback Mountain.<br />* Michelle was Jane Magazine's "Girl of the Month" in December 2005.<br />* Michelle gave birth to a baby girl, Matilda, on October 28th, 2005 in Brooklyn, New York.<br />* Michelle is engaged to Heath Ledger. They plan to live in Brooklyn, NY.<br />* Michelle is living with Heath Ledger in Sydney, Australia.<br />* Michelle is the only member of the four original cast members of Dawson's Creek (James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, and Joshua Jackson) who has not hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.<br />* Michelle is 5' 4" tall (1.63 m).<br />* Michelle once starred in a stage production joined by her whole family - father, mother, and sister.<br />* Michelle was turned down for a part on Northern Exposure.<br />* Michelle had vocal training for singing when she first began acting and has performed in several musical stage productions.<br />* Michelle does not like her middle name, which is the same as her mother's.<br />* Michelle wore braces when she was little.<br />* Michelle's first pet was a terrier named Terry.<br />* Michelle one younger sister Paige and three older half siblings from her father's first marriage - Jason, Kelley and Sara.<br />* Michelle was roommates with Christina Ricci whilst filming Prozac Nation with her.<br />* Michelle wrote a script called "Don't Blink" which was sold, but never made.<br />* Michelle attended Santa Fe Christian High School.<br />* Michelle legally emancipated from her parents at the age of 15.<br />* Michelle loves reading in her spare time.<br />* In 1999, Michelle was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21."Ledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251753381798054762noreply@blogger.com1