Showing posts with label celebrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrity. Show all posts

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Wendie Malick

Wendie Malick
Wendie  Malick  is an American actress and former fashion model,best known for her roles as Judith Tupper Stone on the HBO series Dream On (1990–1996), Nina Van Horn on the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003), and Victoria Chase on the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland (2010–present).




In 2005 and early 2006, she portrayed Naomi on the John Stamos television series Jake in Progress. Malick was to be part of the cast of the series Modern Men, but due to a Jake in Progress renewal, her role on Modern Men was recast with Jane Seymour. Both Jake in Progress and Modern Men were quickly canceled in 2006. 


Also in 2005, Malick starred as Clara Dalrymple in the movie Racing Stripes. In 2005 and 2006, she provided the voice of Burdine Maxwell in the animated series Bratz. In late 2006 and early 2007, she portrayed Jane in the television series Big Day. Starting in the summer of 2006, Malick did voice work on radio and television ads for Marshall's department stores.






Xenia Tostado

Xenia Tostado










Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Usher Terrence Raymond

Usher Terrence Raymond 

Usher Terrence Raymond born in October 14, 1978, who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American recording artist, dancer, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B . He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Nice and Slow". His followup album 8701 (2001) produced the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad". Both albums sold over 8 million copies worldwide, establishing Usher as one of the biggest selling R&B artists of the 1990s.






Usher's success continued with his 2004 album Confessions, which has sold over ten million copies in the United States, and been certified diamond by the RIAA. Confessions has the highest first week sales for an R&B artist in history, and sold over 20 million copies worldwide. It spawned a record breaking four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits—"Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II", and "My Boo". Usher's 2008 album Here I Stand sold over 5 million copies worldwide, and its lead single "Love In This Club" peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100.



On March 30, 2010, Usher released his sixth studio album Raymond v. Raymond, which became his third consecutive album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA and spawned another Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "OMG". The song became his ninth number one in the United States, making him the first 2010s artist to collect number one singles in three consecutive decades, and only the fourth artist of all-time to achieve the feat. He later released an extended play and deluxe edition of "Raymond v. Raymond", entitled Versus, which debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart. Its lead single "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love", achieved international success and has reached number-five on the Billboard Hot 100.



To date, Usher has certified sales of over 65 million records worldwide,making him one of the Best selling music artists of all time. He has won numerous awards including seven Grammy Awards,[10] four World Music Awards, six American Music Awards, and nineteen Billboard Music Awards.In 2008, Usher was ranked as the 21st most successful Hot 100 Singles Artist of all-time by Billboard magazine. The RIAA ranks Usher as one of the best-selling artists in American music history, having sold over 23 million copies in the 



United States alone. Billboard Magazine ranked Usher the number one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade.They also named him the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade,and his 2004 album Confessions was ranked as the top solo album and second most successful overall album of the last decade. In November 2010, Billboard ranked Usher 6th on its list of the top 25 R&B/Hip-Hop artists of the past 25 years (1985–2010). Usher has attained nine hot 100 number-one hits (all as a lead artist) and has attained sixteen hot 100 top-ten hits.Aside from his musical career, he is regarded as a sex symbol. In 1998 People Magazine named him the sexiest R&B artist alive.In 2010, Glamour Magazine named him one of the 50 sexiest men alive




Justin Bieber Bio

Justin Bieber Bio

Bieber is 17 years old boy. He was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario,and was raised in Stratford, Ontario.Bieber's mother, Patricia Lynn "Pattie" Mallette, was 18 years old when she became pregnant with her son. Mallette, who worked a series of low-paying office jobs, raised Bieber as a single mother in low-income housing. Bieber has maintained contact with his father, Jeremy Jack Bieber, who married another woman and had two children.Bieber's paternal great-grandfather was a German immigrant to Canada.His mother's ancestry is French Canadian.





During his childhood, Bieber was interested in hockey, soccer, and chess; he often kept his musical aspirations to himself. As he grew up, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. In early 2007, when he was twelve, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and placed second. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew


A 3-D part-biopic, part-concert film starring Bieber entitled Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, was released February 11, 2011, directed by Step Up 3D director Jon Chu. It topped the box office with an estimated grossing of $12.4 million on its opening day from 3,105 theaters. It grossed $30.3 million for the weekend and was narrowly beaten by the romantic comedy Just Go With It, which grossed $31 million.Never Say Never is said to have exceeded industry expectations, nearly matching the $31.1 million grossed by Miley Cyrus's 2008 3-D concert film, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, which holds the record for the top debut for a music-documentary. The film is accompanied by his second remix album, Never Say Never – The Remixes, released February 14, 2011, and features remixes of songs from his debut album, with guest appearances from Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, and Kanye West, among others.











Saturday, April 30, 2011

Yamina Benguigui Pictures And Bio


Yamina Benguigui 

Yamina Benguigui  is a French-Algerian film director. She is known for her films on gender issues in the North African immigrant community in France. 1994: Femmes d'Islam
1997: Mémoires d'immigrés, l'héritage maghrébin (Immigrant Memories) - Director
2001: Pimprenelle, in Pas d'histoires! (Don't Make Trouble!) - Director and writer
2001: Inch'Allah Dimanche (Inch'Allah Sunday) - Director and writer
2003: Aïcha, Mohamed, Chaïb… Engagés pour la France)
2004: Le Plafond de verre (The Glass Ceiling) - Director and writer
2006: Les Défricheurs - Director
2007: Changer de regard - Portrait n° 5 - Director^ a b "Yamina Benguigui". uniFrance. Retrieved 2008-04-12.



Yamina Benguigui Pictures And Bio

 a b c Alexander, Livia (May 2002). "French-Algerian: A Story of Immigrants and Identity". SATYA. Retrieved 2008-04-11.[dead link]
^ Kerviel, Sylvie (1999-06-21). "Au nom des immigrés; YAMINA BENGUIGUI." (in French). Le Monde.
^ "Portraits d'immigrés" (in French). Entre-Gens. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
^ a b c d e f g h Dupont, Joan (1998-03-31). "Seeking an Identity in 'the Immigrant's Silence'". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-04-11.[dead link]
^ Miadi, Fadwa (2006-01-29). "Yamina Benguigui: Cinéaste franco-algérienne" (in French). Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 2008-04-12.



 Sylvie Durmelat, "Transmission and Mourning in Mémoires d'immigrés: l'héritage maghrébin: Yamina Benguigui as 'Memory Entrepreneuse,'" in Women, Immigration and Identities in France, ed. Jane Freedman and Carrie Tarr (Berg Publishers, 2000). ISBN 1859734367 p. 171–172.
 Chouffan, Alain (2008-02-21). "Yamina Benguigui : Nous irons tous au paradis" (in French). Le Nouvel Observateur. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
 "Isabelle Adjani : Plus proche de ses origines algériennes" (in French). El Watan. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
 "Paris: Delanoë réélu maire, Baupin perd les transports" (in French). Liberation. 2008-03-21. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
 "Les élus 2008-2014 au Conseil de Paris" (in French). Fédération de Paris du Parti socialiste. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
 a b c d e "Yamina Benguigui". The Internet Movie Databse. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
Arnaud, Alexandra (2003-09-27). "Chez moi, la France" (in French). l'Humanité. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
 "The Tournées Festival: Le Plafond de Verre". French American Cultural Exchange. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
^ a b c d e f "Awards for Yamina Benguigui". The Internet Movie Databse. Retrieved 2008-04-11.



Monday, April 25, 2011

Yvonne Strahovski


Yvonne Strahovski

Strahovski first started her career in Australia appearing in film and TV roles, including a turn on satirical show Double the Fist and a part as Freya Lewis in the Australian drama series headLand. She has also appeared in Channel Nine's show Sea Patrol.
She sent in her audition tape for the show Chuck while in the United States auditioning for roles in other shows, namely NBC's 2007 series Bionic Woman.She sent in an audition tape while waiting to hear from the other two jobs. She was contacted by the producers of Chuck the next day to come in to "run lines" with Zachary Levi. The producers called her back a week later letting her know she had been cast as Sarah Walker. Six months later, she moved to the United States.


Yvonne Strahovski
Strahovski speaks fluent Polish and employed it in a brief exchange with a colleague in the Chuck episode "Chuck Versus the Wookiee" and again during the character's return in "Chuck Versus the Three Words". She used it again in "Chuck Versus the Honeymooners". Although she portrays an American in the series, she briefly spoke in a "Hollywood" Australian accent in the episode "Chuck Versus The Ex".


Yvonne Strahovski
Strahovski appears in Mass Effect Galaxy and Mass Effect 2 as the voice of Miranda Lawson. Strahovski had her face scanned and animated so she could portray Lawson in Mass Effect 2.
In 2009, Strahovski was rated #94 on Maxim's 2009 Hot 100 Women of the World. Many Disputed this, claiming her to #1. In 2010, Strahovski moved up 67 spots to #7.
In 2010, Strahovski received the Teen Choice Award for Choice Action TV Actress for Chuck.
Strahovski was ranked first in the list of the 100 sexiest women in television in 2010 compiled by BuddyTV.
Strahovski voices Aya Brea in the English version of the Parasite Eve spinoff, The 3rd Birthday, which was released on March 2011 for the PlayStation Portable.
Strahovski also appeared in a College Humor sketch in April 2011, parodying the music styles of Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.


Yvonne Strahovski

Yvonne Strahovski
Yvonne Strahovski

Yvonne Strahovski



Yvette Saunders


Yvette Saunders


Yvette Saunders

Yvette Saunders

Yvette Saunders


Yvette Prieto

Yvette Prieto


Yvette Prieto

Yvette Prieto


Yvette Prieto

Yvette Prieto

Yvette Prieto



Yvette Prieto

Yvette Prieto