Tuesday 9 April 2013

Lindsay Lohan

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Lindsay Lohan Biography

Birth Name: Lindsay Lohan
Born: 07/02/1986
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born July 2, 1986 in New York City, Lindsay Morgan Lohan was the oldest child of four born to mother Dina Lohan, a former Radio City Rockette, and Michael Lohan, a long-time Wall Street trader. Their daughter began modeling at age three and was purported to be the first red-haired child signed by the Ford Modeling Agency. Television commercials for various products followed, including a Jell-O spot with pitchman Bill Cosby. Lohan also had recurring roles on two daytime dramas - "Guiding Light" (CBS, 1952-2009) and as Ali Fowler on "Another World" (NBC, 1964-1999) - before she landed the first movie role for which she ever auditioned. Playing twins separated at birth - one American and one British - for "The Parent Trap" (1998) remake, she turned in a delightful and skilled performance which led to numerous offers for the youngster. Lohan next filmed the TV movie "Life-Size" (2000) opposite Tyra Banks as a Barbie-style doll come-to-life; part of Lohan's three-picture deal with Disney who was suitably impressed with the young girl's acting chops and effervescent onscreen appeal. Lohan was next cast as Bette Midler's teen daughter on the short-lived CBS sitcom, "Bette" (2000). After shooting the pilot episode, the show's producers decided to movie production to Los Angeles so Lohan gave up the role to stay in New York. Finding consistent work, she next played Lexy Gold in the Disney Channel telepic, "Get a Clue" (2002). The multi-talented performer also got the chance to pursue a musical career when Emilio Estefan, Jr. took her under his professional wing in 2002, offering up a five-album production deal to sell her popular style "with a rock edge" to a major record label. The busy youngster also worked as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch Kids (A&F Kids) and Calvin Klein Kids.

Even as she began to branch out professionally into other ventures, movie stardom remained the most important and rewarding aspect for Lohan, who was becoming recognized as an emerging big screen talent. Finally making the move to L.A. - where she roomed with child and future tween superstar Raven-Symoné - Lohan's potential was confirmed when she starred in another highly successful remake, "Freaky Friday" (2003) opposite Jamie Lee Curtis. As the mother-and-daughter team who wake up one day in each other's bodies, both Curtis and Lohan received raves from critics as well as sparking over $100 million at the box office. Showered with excellent reviews and attention, Lohan soon found her actions under increased scrutiny. The press eagerly reported on her public feud with fellow Disney teen queen Hilary Duff after the two briefly shared a boyfriend, singer Aaron Carter. Like Duff, Lohan also sought to blend an acting and singing career, and contributed her debut single, "Ultimate" to the "Freaky Friday" soundtrack. Her follow-up comedy, "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" (2004), gave Lohan the blessing and curse of opening a movie all by herself. In the film, Lohan plays an egocentric teen who has renamed herself Lola and competes with classmates for attention. Although not a smash, the film did moderately well and Lohan proved she was a strong lead. She also continued to expand her music career, singing four songs from the film's soundtrack, including "Drama Queen (That Girl)," "What Are You Waiting For," "A Day in the Life," and a medley that incorporated the original song "Don't Move On" with her take on Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City" and David Bowie's "Changes."

Lohan broke through to superstardom with her next role, making her an international star and changing the course of both her career and her life. Taking the lead in the edgy "Mean Girls" (2004), a dark comedy penned by "Saturday Night Live" head writer-performer, Tina Fey, Lohan played Cady Heron, a teenager who has grown up in Africa with her zoologist parents. Unprepared for the complex, dangerous system of cliques and power struggles that go on among high school girls, Cady enrolls in an American high school and quickly finds herself a pawn, then a queen, in the game of popularity. With a strong cast of exceptional actresses - including Amanda Seyfried, Rachel McAdams, Amy Poehler and Lizzy Caplan - the film's exploration of female competition and its ultimately uplifting message of self-reliance and sisterhood won powerful champions across the board. Crossing over from the core teen and tween audiences, "Mean Girls" drew people of all ages and was quickly crowned an important and lasting film. At the epicenter of the film and its impact, Lohan saw her star power cemented, hosting several awards shows as well as "SNL" (NBC, 1975- ). Under the wing of new mentor Tommy Mottola, the famed head of Sony Music, Lohan released her first full album, Speak, which went platinum and featured the lead single "Rumors," in which she decried the increasing gossipy buzz that surrounded her every move.

Indeed, the young actress's rapidly maturing body and youthful sex appeal - combined with reports that she enjoyed the Hollywood nightlife, despite being underage - suddenly made her a hot topic for celebrity gossip. Media outlets of every sort covered Lohan's friendships with a fast crowd that included Paris Hilton, her supposed plastic surgeries, her string of famous boyfriends and alleged hard-partying - reports that Lohan herself denied. The actress also had to deal with press reports regarding her parents, portraying Dina as an enabler and hanger-on, and estranged father Michael Lohan as a menace to his own family. Dina and Michael Lohan's marriage had indeed been a turbulent one, and Michael did have several brushes with the law, including a legal restraining order preventing him from contact with his family as well as jail time for a litany of legal offenses. In a move that further estranged his famous daughter, Michael also sought to claim a percentage of his offspring's earnings. At this point, Lohan began a long stint living in hotels, most famously a lengthy stay at L.A.'s Chateau Marmont. Publicly, Lohan shook off the lurid press and Disney cast her in further family fare, this time in the remake of the studio's famous "Love Bug" franchise, "Herbie: Fully Loaded" (2005) as a young girl who inherits the magical Volkswagen Beetle and takes it to the NASCAR race circuit. Unfortunately, Lohan was now considered too voluptuous by Disney for the kids' movie and the company spent considerable sums to digitally decrease her bust size. As whispers increased on gossip blogs and outlets, Lohan's personal life drew official condemnation from the Mouse House. According to Vanity Fair, Lohan's behavior after a painful breakup with "That '70s Show" star (Fox 1998-2006) Wilmer Valderrama was one of the reasons she was dropped from the promotional tour and de-emphasized on the film's poster. The pressures of such intense global fame, coupled with personal turmoil finally took its toll on Lohan, who was hospitalized in October 2004, reportedly suffering from exhaustion and asthma.

This would not be the last time Lohan would be hospitalized for a variety of ailments. She was in her second auto accident of the year, again blaming pursuing paparazzi. The actress, who had risen to fame as a healthy, natural redhead, lost a large amount of weight and dyed her hair blonde, fueling more reports that her new appearance reflected an unhealthy lifestyle. Her private life made headlines yet again when she confessed to Vanity Fair that she had struggled with bulimia, accounting for her significant weight loss, and that she was shocked back to healthier ways after being confronted by "SNL" producer Lorne Michaels and Fey while hosting their show. She also admitted to experimenting with drugs. The cover story was released just as Lohan was hospitalized for a reported asthma attack in Miami in early 2006. Within a week, Lohan denied having made the statements to the magazine, saying her words were "misconstrued." Lohan's second album only added fuel to the fire: A Little More Personal (Raw) came out at the very end of 2005, with a controversial lead single. "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)" was an aching power ballad from the perspective of an abused, neglected child to an absentee father. In the video, actors portraying the Lohan family live in a series of glass cases on display to a crowd. While the father hits the mother and trashes the living room, Lohan and her real-life sister, Ali, cower and cry. As a co-writer on the song as well as the video's director, Lohan could not have been unaware of the explicit, painful parallels between her music and real life. The song was Lohan's only charting single, but the album sank after moderate sales with no follow-up singles.

One thing detractors and fans agreed on, however, was Lohan's acting talent. Even in the atrocious bomb "Just My Luck" (2006), where Lohan played the world's luckiest woman who trades places with the world's unluckiest man, critics saw a career worth saving. In an attempt to get her fortunes back on track, Lohan left behind her teen image with more adult parts. She joined the impressive cast of Emilio Estevez's independent film "Bobby" (2006) - which included Anthony Hopkins and Sharon Stone - about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, and co-starred opposite Meryl Streep in Robert Altman's last film, "A Prairie Home Companion" (2006). She co-starred with her reported off-screen love interest, Jared Leto, in "Chapter 27" (2007), an indie film about a woman who befriends Mark David Chapman during the weekend in 1980 that he assassinates John Lennon in New York City. Little seen as these movies may have been, Lohan's willingness to tackle interesting parts in challenging movies was applauded. Still, the open secret of her increasingly wild lifestyle off set threatened to end her career. At first, Lohan's casting in "Georgia Rule" (2007) seemed like an ideal project to redeem the young actress and position her as a future great, worthy of a place alongside co-stars Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman. While the final result was lambasted by critics and a box office failure, the most damning aspect of it all came during production.

Frustrated by Lohan's erratic attendance, producers took the unprecedented step of releasing to the media the contents of a scathing letter to Lohan, calling her various illnesses "bogus excuses" and accusing her of partying all night. James Robinson went on to write: "To date, your actions on Georgia Rule have been discourteous, irresponsible and unprofessional. You have acted like a spoiled child and in so doing have alienated many of your co-workers and endangered the quality of this picture. Moreover, your actions have resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. We will not tolerate these actions any further." At the same time online blogs and tabloid websites zoomed in on this now seemingly wayward actress, photographing her several times without underwear while wearing a short skirt. Lohan and fellow party girls Paris Hilton and Britney Spears seemed almost to enjoy the media frenzy they would cause. By the end of the 2006, GQ named Lohan its "Obsession of the Year." Days later, the press reported - and Lohan later confirmed but downplayed - that a doctor was called to the Chateau Marmont for a rumored overdose. This shocking announcement was followed in quick succession by her mother Dina admitting on Ryan Seacrest's radio program that her daughter had begun attending Alcoholics Anonymous.

Only weeks into the new year, Lohan was back in the news for entering rehab at L.A.'s Wonderland Treatment Center. Hopes that Lohan was on the road to permanent recovery were dashed when on May 26, 2007, Lohan was driving down Sunset Boulevard at and lost control of her car, crashing into a hedge and fleeing the scene of the accident. Police found what they believed was a "usable amount" of cocaine. Three days after the accident, Lohan checked herself into Promises Treatment Center in Malibu. She left rehab in late June and voluntarily agreed to wear an alcohol-monitoring device. Lohan - who turned 21 that summer - quietly surrendered to Beverly Hills Police for her Memorial Day weekend incident and faced charges for a misdemeanor hit and run, as well as driving under the influence. Mere days after turning herself in, however, Lohan was arrested in Santa Monica shortly after midnight after police received a frantic report of a car chase. The vehicle in pursuit was driven by Lohan, and the vehicle being chased was driven by the mother of Lohan's personal assistant, who had quit her employment earlier in the evening. Lohan was taken into custody in the parking lot of the Santa Monica Civic Center, refusing a field sobriety test. Back at the station, she registered a blood alcohol level of about 0.12, well above the California legal limit of 0.08. She was later charged with suspicion of drunken driving, possession of cocaine, bringing a controlled substance into custody and driving on a suspended license. Lohan was released on $25,000 bail and was set to be arraigned on Aug. 24, 2007 - the same day she was scheduled to appear in Beverly Hills for her Memorial Day weekend DUI.

Lohan did a third stint in rehab at Cirque Lodge in Utah, where she met and started a brief relationship with snowboarder Riley Giles, which set off another round of gossip blog activity. She pled guilty to cocaine use and driving under the influence, and on November 15, served 84 minutes in jail and was put on probation for three years. Because of her legal troubles, Lohan pulled out of an appearance on "The Tonight Show" (NBC, 1954- ) to promote her new film, the dark thriller "I Know Who Killed Me" (2007). Playing dual roles in the film, Lohan faced a serial killer with an affinity for blue knives and dismemberment. Responding perhaps more to the popular perception of Lohan and her notoriety, the film was declared one of her worst and was showered with Razzie awards and damning reviews. Despite her struggles personally and professionally, Lohan still had supporters who believed in her ability. James Robinson, the producer who had penned the infamous "Georgia Rule" letter, told reporters that if Lohan received proper medical care, he would work with her again, since she was "one of the most talented young women in the movie business today."

At the same time she appeared to be crumbling in the spotlight, Dina, often accused by critics of using her famous daughter to fuel her own show business dreams, received her own reality show, "Living Lohan" (E!, 2008). Focusing on herself and her attempts to make younger daughter Ali the next star of the family, the show was universally panned, with some detractors expressing shock at Dina's perceived parenting irresponsibility. With three different stints in jail under his belt, Michael Lohan became even more vocal, giving interviews about Lindsay and to Lindsey when she would refuse to speak to him. While Dina and Ali's profiles faded after the cancellation of their reality show, Michael became a prominent fixture on gossip outlets, seemingly thriving on the very scandals which he claimed to be quelling. As interest in the other Lohans shrank, tabloid and blog interest in Lindsay remained insatiable, with a series of pictures of Lohan playing with knives and striking hom rotic poses with another woman at a party making the rounds. At times, she seemed to actively court controversy, recreating Marilyn Monroe's oft-nude "Last Sitting" photo shoot for New York magazine, creating uneasy parallels between the two troubled stars. Perhaps the most damning indictment of Lohan's reputation came when she volunteered to lend her face, image and time to help with the Obama presidential campaign and was denied because of her notoriety.

Consistently linked romantically in the press to a long list of male celebrities, Lohan surprised many when she began a romantic relationship with Samantha Ronson, a famous local DJ and singer who had performed a song on the "Mean Girls" soundtrack. Cagey at first with the press, eventually both Ronson and Lohan acknowledged their unlikely relationship to surprisingly strong public response, with the general belief being that Ronson seemed to be a stable, grounding influence on Lohan. Ronson received a large dose of reader sympathy as well when Michael Lohan blasted her in a vicious, homophobic press attack - which he later recanted. The is-she-or-isn't-she ambiguity gave Lohan's profile a huge bump, and reports of quarrels with Ronson only added to the increased fascination. When Ronson and Lohan officially split in 2009 - with Ronson and her family going to extreme measures to separate themselves from the troubled actress - gossip outlets could not cover the story gleefully enough.

Playing off a dramatic "I'm So Alone!" headline and cover story US Weekly had splashed across newsstands, Lohan made a comedic dating ad for the website "Funny or Die." In the spot, which parodied a ubiquitous series of eHarmony commercials, Lohan poked fun at her struggles with the law, with drugs, and with her reputation, saying: "So if you think you can handle a redhead with a little bit of sass, and by that I mean, a redhead who's crazy, I mean, don't pretend like you don't know me, we've all read about it. We'll crash a few parties, crash a car or two but at the end of the day I promise you, I never lose my Google hits, just my underwear." The video became an Internet sensation and Lohan earned her first good reviews in a long time for the funny piece, which she conceived and co-wrote - a hopeful sign that she was turning a corner and was more than a little self aware of her now obvious issues. Lohan's career seemed to be back on track when the producers of the hit show "Ugly Betty" (ABC, 2006-10) made a very public show of good faith by hiring her to appear in a six-episode arc in which she played a former high school bully of Betty's (America Ferrera) who comes back into her life, asking for forgiveness. Although all eyes were on Lohan, the comeback attempt backfired. Lohan's six episodes were cut down to four, and even though the official word remained positive, it was reported that Lohan's unprofessional behavior or feuding with Ferrera were the true cause. Still, Lohan's efforts were enough to get her cast as the star of another movie intended for theatrical that went directly to TV, "Labor Pains" (ABC Family, 2009), the story of a young office worker who pretends to be pregnant to save her job. In the end, the comedown from A-list film star to ABC Family cast a pall over any success the movie enjoyed.

While her acting career floundered, Lohan was having more success with a fashion line, 6126 (invoking Marilyn Monroe's birthday), that developed into a full collection from a start of just making leggings. The brand's success allowed Lohan to release a self-tanning spray, Sevin Nyne, in collaboration with Sephora, and to enjoy an amazing opportunity: being named artistic advisor for fashion house Emanuel Ungaro in September 2009. Unfortunately, the collection presented under Lohan's tenure was considered "disastrous" and she was dismissed the following year. She also made news in 2010 for filing a $100 million lawsuit against the financial company E*TRADE - famous for its talking baby ads - for a commercial in which the E*TRADE baby is accused of stepping out with a little girl called "that milkaholic, Lindsay." Professionally, Lohan's career got a surprising, albeit small-spike, in popularity when trailers for Robert Rodriguez's campy "Machete" (2010) started to hit. Starring Danny Trejo as a Mexican bounty hunter, the purposely trashy film was meant to lovingly evoke the grungy, graphic action films of previous decades, built around a well-received fake trailer from "Grindhouse" (2007). In a surprising cast that included Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba and Steven Seagal, Lohan caught attention aiming a gun while dressed as a nun, at least channeling her notoriety into a film project. However, once again it was her off set antics - falling down outside of clubs, hurling insults at her ex-girlfriend Ronson, etc. that continued to fascinate the public. Her life had become the ultimate Hollywood "trainwreck" - with perhaps one of the most indicative moments occurring when her father released sobbing, private phone messages from his own daughter to the press, claiming he was pushing the issue of rehab publicly to force her hand.

Courtrooms and legal woes remained very much a part of Lohan's world in 2010, when she attended the Cannes Film Festival in May, ostensibly to promote being cast in an upcoming biopic as "Deep Throat" (1972) porn star Linda Lovelace. While continuing a streak of missing or postponing court dates and hearings for violating the terms of her DUI probation, Lohan reached the end of L.A. judge Marsha Revel's patience when she failed to appear at a May 20th court appearance, claiming that she was unable to leave Cannes because her passport was stolen. The judge issued a bench warrant for Lohan's arrest. After posting bail, Lohan appeared in court shortly after her arrival in the States, where she was again ordered to attend alcohol education classes once a week and was fitted with a SCRAM alcohol monitoring bracelet. Despite making some last minute effort to attend alcohol education meetings, the SCRAM bracelet alarm was triggered the night of the MTV Movie Awards. Bail was revoked and then re-posted. On July 6, Lohan appeared in court for her official probation hearing and, with her estranged father Michael in attendance, was found in violation of probation and sentenced by the unsympathetic judge to 90 days in jail, followed by a mandatory 90-day stay in an in-house rehab center. As the actress openly sobbed in court, she was ordered to surrender on July 20. Two weeks later on the predetermined date, Lohan surrendered to the court and began her sentence at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, CA. After serving 14 days of her sentence, Lohan was released and immediately put into a UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital rehab at UCLA. Under the doctor's supervision, Lindsay was released early from that as well, with them declaring they did not believe her to be an addict; more that she was simply misdiagnosed with ADHD and put on a medication (Adderall) she did not require.

It came as a shock to some; not to others, when less than a month after being released on probation from UCLA and during the publication of a mea culpa Vanity Fair cover story in which she stated she was determined to get her life and career back on track, Lohan failed two drug tests for cocaine and amphetamines. On September 19, Lohan's probation was revoked and another bench warrant issued for her arrest. This time, she Tweeted, she was "ready to face the consequences of her actions." Only days later, the judge denied bail and reprimanded her into custody immediately. It was believed the actress would spend significantly more time behind bars this time, due to denial of bail. However, only hours after her arrival back at Lynwood, Lohan was released after her lawyer appealed that the actress was legally entitled to bail, as it was misdemeanor charges and not felony. Lohan wasted little time before checking herself into the Betty Ford Center in Palm Springs, CA where she remained before her next court appearance. On October 22, Lohan dodged a bullet by being ordered back to rehab till the new year. She would serve no jail time. While in rehab, she welcomed her father, Michael Lohan, back into her life. On a darker note, she was accused of assaulting a Betty Ford employee, but charges were not filed against her. When she was released from rehab in January 2011, it did not take long for the actress - who appeared to be committed to her sobriety this time - to make headlines yet again when she was accused of stealing a necklace worth over $2,000 from a Venice, CA jewelry store. On February 8, Lohan entered a plea of not guilty in the felony grand theft charge. Before remanding her into custody, Judge Keith Schwartz set her bail at $20,000 and warned, "If you violate the law, I will remand you and there will be no bail." The judge also revoked Lohan's probation in the previous DUI case and set this bail at $20,000, totaling $40,000. During her February 23rd hearing, Lohan refused to cop a plea and do jail time, instead choosing to go to trial. On April 22, she was sentenced to 120 days in jail for violating her probation, though the charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor, and it was made clear to her she would stand trial for the theft.

In May of 2011, Lohan was sentenced to another 120 days in jail after pleading no contest in the jewelry theft case. However, chronic jailhouse overcrowding led to the troubled actress serving out her time under house arrest, while fitted with an electronic monitoring device on her ankle. Despite being admonished for having parties during her sentence, Lohan was released from home confinement 35 days later. Back in court she was instructed to resume the community service work previously required of her at both the Los Angeles Downtown Women's Center and the Los Angeles County Morgue, in addition to regularly scheduled therapy sessions. In October, a visibly irate Judge Stephanie Sautner ordered Lohan to be handcuffed and taken back to jail after the actress "blew off" her community service work at the Women's Center. After posting bail and later admitting that she had once again violated her probation, Lohan was sentenced to another 30 days in jail. She served less than seven hours before being released. An exasperated Judge Sautner then ordered Lohan to complete her remaining community service at the L.A. County Morgue, as the Women's Center felt Lohan would be a "bad example" and refused to have her back. Then, just as it seemed to many that the embattled star would never turn things around, a period of calm and focus - gratefully acknowledged by the judge in several probation reviews - preceded a number of high-profile, non-legal related appearances by Lohan. In the January 2012 issue of Playboy magazine, a platinum-blonde Lohan caused a stir by posing for a nude pictorial that recreated Marilyn Monroe's infamous nude calendar. Two months later, she hosted "Saturday Night Live" for the fourth time. Poking fun at herself and her recent foibles in many of the skits, a clearly game Lohan earned high marks from both critics and the show's cast. Near the end of that month - after completing 50 hours of janitorial service at the county morgue and successfully attending multiple therapy sessions - Lohan was deemed to have satisfied all the terms of her probation. Placed on an informal probation until 2014 for the jewelry theft conviction, the judge optimistically told Lohan that she need only obey the law in order to stay out of jail.

Enjoying her first bit of positive media buzz in years, Lohan prepared herself for a career comeback with a planned guest spot on the musical series "Glee" (Fox, 2009- ) and a role as film icon Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime Channel biopic "Liz and Dick." Unfortunately, drama continued to follow the actress. In the summer of 2012, while shooting the Taylor biopic, Lohan rear-ended a semi truck on the Pacific Coast Highway and claimed to police on the scene that she was not behind the wheel. After wrapping the TV movie, she found herself in headlines yet again when her father leaked a phone conversation to the media in which his hysterical daughter claimed Dina was partying with her and out of control on cocaine. She later denied what she said in the call, insisting she would never speak to Michael again. In November, "Liz and Dick" premiered to decent Lifetime ratings but was skewered in the press, with most reviewers taking potshots at the actress for being wildly miscast and the film being virtually unwatchable. Days later, she was arrested in New York City for allegedly assaulting a fellow clubgoer, at the same time finding charges filed against her on the West Coast for lying to police at the scene of her summer car accident. Not surprisingly, her probation was revoked in December
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Jessica Alba

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Jessica Alba Biography

Birth Name: Jessica Alba
Born: 04/28/1981
Birth Place: Pomona, California, USA
Born in Pomona, CA on April 28, 1981, Jessica Marie Alba was the daughter of a Mexican-American father and a French-Danish mother. Alba's early life was marked by a series of unfortunate physical maladies. In addition to asthma, Alba twice suffered from collapsed lungs, a burst appendix and had to endure pneumonia several times a year. This, on top of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, helped serve to isolate her from other schoolchildren. Luckily, her health eventually took a dramatically positive turn a few years later; an improvement Alba credited to her growing interest in acting. Signed by an agent by the age of 12, Alba made her screen debut with "Camp Nowhere." Alba went on to appear in two national TV commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney, which led to her landing a recurring role as the young snob, Jessica, in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series, "The Secret World of Alex Mack." She then performed the role of Maya Graham in the first two seasons of the TV series, "Flipper" (also known as "The New Adventures of Flipper"). Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk and was a PADI-certified scuba diver - skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia. As the fresh-faced, enthusiastic and sweet Maya, the part would provide Alba a nice departure from her previous "mean girl" TV efforts.

An ABC After-School Special entitled "Too Soon for Jeff" aired in 1996, starring Alba as a pregnant teenager and Freddie Prinze, Jr. as her overwhelmed boyfriend. Next, the actress could be seen in some memorable guest performances on television series, including playing a girl smitten with the captain's young son on "Love Boat: The Next Wave" (UPN, 1998-99), a confused teen mother on a two-part episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox, 1990-2000), and the daughter of a police officer who identifies another officer as having indecently exposed himself to her in the CBS police drama "Brooklyn South" (CBS, 1998-99). Alba also starred in the little seen children's comedy feature "P.U.N.K.S" (1998). The following year she was featured in two higher profile films - first playing a clique leader in "Never Been Kissed," starring Drew Barrymore as a twenty-something reporter returning to high school for an undercover story; followed by "Idle Hands" (1999), a supernatural thriller starring Devon Sawa and Seth Green. In it, Alba was featured as Sawa's love interest.

Alba's career kicked into high gear in 2000 when she was cast as the genetically perfect Max on James Cameron's post-"Titanic" (1998) TV series, "Dark Angel." Her popularity skyrocketed along with the show's success. In the first season, she was nominated for a Golden Globe and she won the TV Guide Award as Breakout Star of the Year - nevertheless, the very expensive series folded in 2002 despite its devoted core following. It would not be for naught, however. Following the conclusion of "Dark Angel," Alba went public with her engagement to her co-star, Michael Weatherly - who played Logan Cale on the show - but, the celebrated twosome would subsequently break up in 2003. Alba's opportunities expanded along with her success, following the cancellation of "Dark Angel" - much of it to do with her smoldering Latina looks and toned body. In 2001, she became a spokeswoman for L'Oreal hair products - the Feria line of coloring -and in 2002, she starred in the low-profile film "The Sleeping Dictionary" as a South American woman who falls in love with a British colonialist who visits her village. Her first major bid toward big screen stardom came in the form of "Honey" (2003), a feast of Alba-fueled eye candy but otherwise undistinguished effort aimed at the MTV demographic. In the urban music-fueled film, she played a tough, sexy music video choreographer.

It was her next project that put her on the fan-boy map. In the visually arresting "Sin City" (2005) - directed by Robert Rodriguez and comic book creator Frank Miller - Alba played Nancy Callahan, a sultry, lasso-spinning pole dancer with an unexpected past in the segment, "That Yellow Bastard." Following that sexy foray, it was announced that she was cast as Sue Storm - better known as the Invisible Woman - in the big-screen, big-budget adaptation of the classic Stan Lee-Jack Kirby Marvel Comic, "The Fantastic Four" (2005). Although Alba gamely tackled the role, her efforts were largely undermined by a lack of chemistry with co-star/love interest Ioan Gruffudd and the film's wildly uneven quality. Alba's third film of 2005, the underwater diving drama "Into the Blue" (2005) opposite Paul Walker, was distinguished primarily by its stunning scenery - primarily the gorgeous backdrop of the Bahamas - and Alba's frequently bikini-clad body, which made her status as Hollywood's breakout sex symbol of 2005 complete.

Next up was "Awake" (2007), a thriller about a surgery patient (Hayden Christensen) who overhears a plot for his murder while under anesthesia. Alba reprised her role as the Invisible Woman in "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" (2007) and returned to comedy to star opposite Dane Cook as a clumsy penguin trainer in "Good Luck Chuck" (2007). She took star billing in the actioner "The Eye" (2008) a remake of a 2002 Hong Kong thriller about a blind woman who regains her sight, only to discover her visions are actually those of the past. In the spring of 2008, the 27-year-old actress gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Honor, with new husband Cash Warren, and remained in the news for the June release of "The Love Guru" (2008). The Mike Myers comedy about a mystical self-help figure co-starred Alba as his comic straight-woman and level-headed love interest, although audiences stayed away in droves and critics savaged it. Alba found more success with a cameo on a special episode of "The Office" (NBC, 2005- ) that aired after the Super Bowl, where she, Jack Black and Cloris Leachman starred in a fictional movie the show's regulars were watching. Alba, a popular target for negative Internet attention, found herself at the middle of a strange controversy the following year.

While in Oklahoma City to film a movie, photos of Alba were taken showing her pasting posters of sharks around town at night, including partially covering a United Way billboard. Alba apologized for her actions, explaining her intention was to draw attention to the dwindling population of great white sharks, and sealed the mea culpa with a donation to the United Way to pay for the billboard. No criminal charges were filed against her. She next appeared in the romantic comedy smash hit "Valentine's Day" (2010) along with the ultimate ensemble cast, including Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Queen Latifah and Shirley MacLaine. She then starred in Robert Rodriguez's highly buzzed-about "Machete" (2010) as a sexy agent tracking the titular hero (Danny Trejo). For Alba, whose own complicated ethnic heritage made her a target for online race-baiting, the role gave her the opportunity to embrace the Latina aspect of her heritage on screen.

Her next film would be her most controversial, however. "The Killer Inside Me" (2010), based on a pulp novel (and an earlier filmed version from the 1970s), was a dark exploration of a deputy sheriff's (Casey Affleck) capacity for violence and murder. Alba played Joyce Lakeland, a prostitute and sometime-lover of Affleck's, whom he brutally beats to death on screen. The scene - and a similar one later in the film with Kate Hudson - was so graphic that the film inspired numerous walkouts and angry verbal responses at Sundance, and colored almost every one of the film's mixed reviews. Reports hit the Internet that Alba herself walked out of a screening halfway through, although her rep told the press later that the actress stood by her work and the film, and merely had to catch a flight.
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Sunday 7 April 2013

Eva Mendes

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Eva Mendes Biography
Birth Name: Eva Mendes
Born: 03/05/1974
Birth Place: Miami, Florida, USA
Born on March 5, 1974 in Miami, FL, Mendes moved to Los Angeles with her family when she was two years old. Of Cuban descent, her parents fled the island in 1959 before the revolution, but ultimately split up when Mendes was 10 years old. Her mother worked as an accountant to support the family, and was very strict with Mendes and her three elder siblings. Mendes was not even thinking about an acting career when, while attending Cal State Northridge and majoring in marketing, a stroke of luck changed her life forever. Her neighbor - a photographer - took some photographs of her to use in his portfolio and a casting agent noticed the pictures and asked to meet Mendes. The 24-year-old was plucked from obscurity and cast in the straight-to-video release "Children of the Corn V: Field of Terror" (1998).

Mendes was determined not to let her career be defined by a cheesy horror flick, so she began taking acting lessons and got serious about success. She landed newcomer acting gigs in commercials and music videos and added a few more feature films to her resume including "Night at the Roxbury" (1998) starring Will Farrell and Chris Kattan, and "Urban Legends: Final Cut" (2000). Mendes finally got a profile boost in the critically acclaimed "Training Day" (2001) starring Denzel Washington, which generated some buzz over the actress' nudity. The same year, she appeared in Steven Seagal's actioner "Exit Wounds" (2001) and earned a bigger supporting role in "All About the Benjamins" (2002), a diamond heist comedy starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps.

In her first leading screen role, Mendes played an undercover U.S. customs agent who works with a pair of race car drivers (Paul Walker and Tyrese) to ensnare a drug kingpin in John Singleton's "2 Fast 2 Furious" (2002) - the sequel to "The Fast and the Furious" (2001). Mendes' flair for action material led Robert Rodriguez to cast her in the third installment of his Mariachi trilogy, "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" (2003), in which she played a duplicitous Mexican Federale to Johnny Depp's rogue CIA agent. She reunited with Denzel Washington for director Carl Franklin's thriller "Out of Time" (2003), playing the estranged wife of Washington's Florida Chief of Police whose life falls apart when he becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. Around this time, Mendes' became a spokesmodel for Revlon and began to show a little more versatility as an actress with her co-starring role as a gossip reporter who falls for a relationship consultant (Will Smith) she is pursuing for a story in the romantic comedy, "Hitch" (2005).

In the independent romantic comedy "Trust the Man" (2006), Mendes delivered a strong supporting performance as an old college friend who engages in an affair with a man (Billy Crudup) trapped in a dysfunctional relationship with a longtime girlfriend (Maggie Gyllenhaal) looking to start a family. Mendes raised her profile significantly with the blockbuster comic book adaptation "Ghost Rider" (2007), playing the childhood sweetheart of a superstar stunt motorcycle rider-turned-bounty hunter of rogue demons (Nicolas Cage). Mendes took on another "girlfriend" role opposite crooked club owner Joaquin Phoenix in the successful crime drama "We Own the Night" (2007), and leveraged her sex appeal again as a cosmetic counter siren who lures a husband away from his wife in the disappointing remake of George Cukor's classic 1939 film "The Women" (2008). The high profile actress and spokeswoman expanded her ventures with the release of a line of bedding and a deal to model for Calvin Klein, ending a busy year with a co-starring role in "The Spirit" (2008), a dark comic book adaptation helmed by Frank Miller.
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Friday 5 April 2013

Khloe Kardashian

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Khloe Kardashian Biography

Birth Name: Khloe Kardashian
Born: 06/27/1984
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Born Khloé Alexandra Kardashian on June 27, 1984 in Calabasas, CA, the future reality TV star was the daughter of attorney Robert Kardashian and housewife Kris Houghton. Although appearing to have it all, the couple - who moved in glamorous Beverly Hills circles - would go on to divorce in 1989. Despite her mother's unhappiness, in that the murdered Nicole Brown Simpson was one of Kris' closest friends, Khloé's father would become part of O.J. Simpson's legal defense team during the football player's highly-publicized 1995 double murder of Brown Simpson and innocent bystander, Ron Goldman. Kris Kardashian would eventually go on to marry Olympian Bruce Jenner. Khloé had two older sisters, Kourtney and Kim, a younger brother named Robert, Jr., and two half-sisters, Kendall and Kylie (from the Jenner/Houghton union). Her family grew to include her stepfather's children: Burton, Brandon, Brody, and Casey. Along with her sisters, Kardashian would later own two high-end clothing boutiques, Dash and Smooch, located near the family's ranch-style estate in Calabasas.

Two major events in the mid-2000s made a life-changing impact on Kardashian: her father's death in 2003 and three years later, the release of a graphic sex tape in which her older sister Kim and R&B singer Ray J appeared. The supposedly "leaked" video did nothing to hurt burgeoning stardom Kim had and actually furthered her career, despite her disgust that her supposed ex-boyfriend would leak such a private tape. The scandal and Kim's tabloid notoriety became the vehicle for a Ryan Seacrest-produced reality series titled "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," which debuted on E! in 2007. While it was Kim who put a familiar face in the show, it did not take long for audiences to take notice of her loudmouthed and tough-skinned younger sister. Cameras captured Kardashian's no-nonsense attitude, whether she was talking back to her parents or rolling her eyes at her siblings, whom she often found ridiculous.

Entertainment blogs and tabloids picked up on the reality star's rising popularity and wasted no time trying to break her down. Kardashian's tall frame and fuller figure - compared to petite Kourtney and curvaceous Kim - made her a target for ridicule. She was often nicknamed "tranny" or compared to Amazonian wrestler Joan "Chyna" Laurer, both of which she resented but nevertheless acknowledged on the show. In June 2009, Kardashian hosted a "Khloé Drag Queen Look-a-like Contest" to raise money for the human rights organization, Save Dade. Her love life - or lack thereof - was also a hot topic in her family. In the April 2008 episode "Khloé's Blind Dates," her sisters pressured her to find a boyfriend and even set her up on a couple of Internet blind dates. In true form, she ended up having the last laugh by convincing her sisters that she was going out with one of the bachelors they set her up with, when in reality, she only went out with her girlfriends.

Yet while Kardashian provided plenty of comic relief when "Keeping Up" first aired, the cameras also captured a darker side to her newfound fame. She was arrested in November 2007 for driving while intoxicated, which caused a bit of a media backlash. She was branded as just another spoiled socialite who thought she was above the law. Things took a turn for the worse when Kardashian violated her DUI probation in July 2008 and faced a sentence of up to 30 days in jail and enrollment in an alcohol treatment program. She was released from jail less than three hours later due to overcrowding. Her past came back to haunt Kardashian a few months later when she was unceremoniously fired by Donald Trump on "Celebrity Apprentice" (NBC, 2009- ) after the tycoon discovered she had been arrested for a DUI. Viewers were split on whether or not Trump was fair for bringing in Kardashian's personal problems in the boardroom, but her appearance on a network show introduced the cable star to a wider, mainstream audience, and most importantly, showed her sans sisters.

A bright young woman, Kardashian began using her popularity to raise awareness for social issues, starting with animal rights organization PETA. The young woman who was teased for looking like a "tranny" disrobed for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur" campaign in December 2008. Kardashian bared every curve for the sexy yet tasteful ad not only to help PETA but, it could be argued, to in effect spit in the eye of heartless bloggers who made continual fun of her weight and appearance. The success of "Keeping Up" boosted the family's retail business as well, and in 2009, they decided to open a second Dash store in Miami, FL. Along with her sister Kourtney, Kardashian spearheaded the opening of their East Coast flagship and brought the cameras with them. The result was a spin-off aptly titled "Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami." The series focused on the duo (with guest appearances by Kim) as they managed the new store and lived thousands of miles away from their family. The move coincided with Kardashian receiving her own radio talk show, "Khloé After Dark" for Miami's Y100 station. She was given a five week trial run where she discussed relationships, sex, and pop culture on air from midnight to 3 a.m., while the "Kourtney & Khloé" cameras rolled.

With her spin-off series a ratings hit and anticipation for a new season of "Keeping Up" at a record high, Kardashian made headlines when she announced her engagement to professional basketball player Lamar Odom in September 2009. She began dating the L.A. Lakers' forward just a month earlier and rumors swirled they were to wed before the month ended, with everything from pregnancy to being a later ratings-getter for the family show cited as reasons for the quick nuptials. The couple tied the knot on Sept. 27, 2009 at a private residence in Bel Air, CA in front of family and friends. Her stepfather Jenner walked the bride down the aisle and her sisters served as maids of honor. The press called the wedding "fake" and a mere publicity stunt. And even though the couple had already exchanged vows, they were not legally married until a prenuptial agreement was signed. Kardashian's wedding ceremony was filmed and included in the fourth season of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."

Of course, their marriage was wide open for all to see on their hit spinoff series, "Khloé & Lamar" (E!, 2010- ), which depicted in unhindered detail the lives of Kardashian and Odom, including the basketball star's tumultuous trade from the Lakers to the Dallas Mavericks, where he struggled both on and off the court with his new team. After Odom clashed with owner Mark Cuban and was placed on the Mavericks' inactive list, the couple returned to Los Angeles following his trade to the rejuvenated Clippers. Meanwhile, Kardashian and the rest of her family scored a lucrative $40 million deal with E! in April 2012, the largest reality TV contract ever signed. The move surprised some following the negative publicity of sister Kim's 72-day marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries and public outrage over Kardashian products being made in Chinese sweatshops, a charge the family denied. Kardashian herself was embroiled in scandal prior to signing the contract when the The National Enquirer ran a cover story claiming that Khloé was the secret love child of her mother, Kris, and family friend, O.J. Simpson, following a tryst in the early-1980s. Based on an anonymous source, the story was yet another charge the family was forced to vehemently deny. In September 2012, it was rumored that Kardashian was in the running to co-host along with Mario Lopez, the singing competition "The X-Factor" (Fox, 2011- ) for the 2012-13 season. The deal was confirmed the following month.
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Selena Gomez

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Selena Gomez Biography

Birth Name: Selena Gomez
Born: 07/22/1992
Birth Place: Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
Selena Marie Gomez was born on July 22, 1992 in New York, but grew up an only child in Grand Prairie, TX. Her mother, Mandy Teefy, was a former stage actress who inspired her daughter to pursue a career in entertainment. Gomez's first acting job was "Barney & Friends" (PBS, 1992- ), where she played Gianna, one of the purple dinosaur's singing and dancing sidekicks. It was while auditioning for "Barney" that Gomez met her best friend and co-star Demi Lovato. Years later, Lovato herself became a Disney darling when she was cast in the starring role alongside the Jonas Brothers in the 2008 TV movie "Camp Rock" (Disney Channel). When she was only 10, Gomez attended a Disney nationwide talent search and not surprisingly, the Mouse House fell in love with her instantly. She appeared in an episode of "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (Disney Channel, 2005-07), followed by a recurring role on the mouse network's hit series "Hannah Montana" (2006-2011). Gomez played Mikayla, a rival pop star to Cyrus' Hannah. Playing enemies on the show as well as in a YouTube video Cyrus posted in 2008 that seemed to mock Gomez (and her friend Lovato) had fans wondering whether the two actresses were feuding in real life. Gomez laughed off the rumor, giving credit to Cyrus as a great entertainer.

Her memorable appearances on the Disney Channel were enough for the network to give Gomez a starring role on the sitcom "Wizards of Waverly Place," a magic-themed family comedy where she was hilarious as middle child Alex Russo. The series also gave the star an opportunity to grow with Disney and they were more than willing to market her as one of the channel's biggest stars. On the music front, Gomez recorded a cover of "Cruella de Vil" for the 2008 DVD release of the original "101 Dalmatians" (1961) as well as the album DisneyMania6 (2008). She also reunited professionally with Lovato in "Princess Protection Program" (Disney Channel, 2009), a movie about a princess who is taken into custody by the titular protection program. Switching back to music once more, Gomez also appeared as youngest brother Nick's onscreen girlfriend in the Jonas Brothers' music video for the song "Burnin' Up" in July 2008. She went on to star in "Another Cinderella Story" (2008) as a shy, aspiring dancer who falls in love with a pop singer (Drew Seeley). The film was a straight-to-DVD sequel to "A Cinderella Story" (2004), starring Hilary Duff.

In 2009, Gomez formed the teen pop band, Selena Gomez & the Scene, which released its first album Kiss & Tell that same year. She went on to star in the family-friendly "Ramona and Beezus" (2010); during filming, she began to date Taylor Lautner in Vancouver where he was shooting "Twilight: New Moon" (2009). But their romance lasted only a few months due to incessant media attention. Following a starring appearance in the made-for-TV movie "Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie" (Disney Channel, 2009), her band released their second album, A Year Without Rain (2010), which reached platinum status after topping out at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. From there, she starred opposite Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy in the Nicole Kidman-produced romantic comedy "Monte Carlo" (2011). That same year, Selena Gomez & the Scene released their third album, When the Sun Goes Down (2011), which rose all the way to No. 3 on the charts, marking their highest peak to date. Meanwhile, Gomez garnered wild tabloid attention over whether or not she was dating tween music sensation Justin Bieber. Both Gomez and Bieber were hounded by paparazzi while being featured on every supermarket tabloid imaginable until finally the pair stepped out at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2011, confirming that they were indeed an item. Over the next year and a half, Gomez and Bieber were the source of constant speculation while becoming something of a power couple of the tween set - though Gomez received more than her fair share of hate mail and death threats from angry Bieber fans.
As she fended off celebrity photographers as best she could, Gomez continued making music and movies, delivering a cameo appearance in "The Muppets" (2011) while seeing her single "Love You Like a Love Song" sell over two million copies, her best-selling single to date. But in 2012, Gomez announced taking a break from music in order to concentrate on films, starting with a voice role in the animated "Hotel Transylvania" (2012). Meanwhile, her time on "Waverly Place" came to an end in 2012 when the show finally wrapped. In November 2012, it was announced that Gomez and Bieber had ended their relationship, causing widespread panic among those under 15 years old. Though the pair reconciled a month later, their romance came to an end again in January 2013. Back on the big screen, Gomez shed her tween image in a big way by starring in "Spring Breakers" (2013), Harmony Korine's thriller about four college girls who become mixed up with a drug-dealing gangster (James Franco) while on spring break in Florida. Co-starring Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Kornine, the film garnered attention for its unflinching violence, sexual content and drug use, which raised some eyebrows due to Gomez's (and Hudgens') lifelong Disney affiliation. Premiering at the Venice International Film Festival in 2012, "Spring Breakers" was well received by critics and perhaps marked a new, risk-driven direction for Gomez's career.
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