Friday, January 30, 2009
New York-born Alicia Keys began taking piano lessons at age seven at her mother's insistence. She proved to be such a prodigy that she was later accepted into he prestigious Professional Performance Arts School of Manhattan, where she majored in choir. Not only her musical talent but also her grades proved to be so exceptional that she was allowed to graduate, as valedictorian, at age 16. In 1998, she signed with Arista Records, and wrote, produced and recorded her own albums. In 1999, she left Arista to join J Records, headed by legendary music impresario Clive Davis, and her success has been meteoric. Her 2001 debut album, "Songs in A Minor," sold six million copies and garnered five Grammys. Her album "Diary" won her four more Grammys in 2005.
Alicia Keys
Date of Birth
28 February 1976, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name
Alison Elizabeth Larter
Nickname
Allegra Coleman
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
A native of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Ali began modeling at age 13 and traveled the world before moving to Los Angeles to study acting. Her first professional acting job was a role on the television series "Chicago Sons" (1997).
Ali Larter
Birth Name
Alessandra Corine Ambrósio
Nickname
Alé
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Trivia
Had cosmetic surgery to get her ears pinned back, and had complications from the surgery for the two years following.
Entered the Elite Model Look contest and won in Brazil.
Has one sister called Aline.
Ranked as #84 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
Named #56 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
Alessandra Ambrósio
Aishwarya Rai (Ash) is one of Bollywood's pre-eminent leading ladies. This Indian darling burst upon the world stage when her striking beauty, poise and commanding intelligence won her the Miss World crown in 1994. This former architecture major soon became one of India's most famous models landing a prestigious Pepsi campaign and appearing in Vogue Magazine. India's top Bollywood directors were soon lining up to work with Ash. Her film debut in Mani Rathnam's 'Iruvar' (1997) received critical acclaim and her performance in Aur Paar Ho Gaya' (1997) directed by Rahul Rawail garnered her the Best Female Debutante Award. In 2000 she was awarded Best Actress by FilmFare and Zee Cine for her work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam", in that same year, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her special appearance in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein (2000). In 2001 Ash was nominated for FilmFare's Best Actress Award for Satish Kaushik's "Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai".
Adriana Francesca Lima was born on June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. At the tender age of 13, Adriana entered the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest, where her unique beauty, derived from her Native-Brazilian, African-Brazilian, Portuguese, French, and Caribbean heritage, won her second place. Moving to New York at age 16, Adriana joined the Elite Model Management and further pursued her modeling career, landing a campaign for the fashion designer Anna Molinari's clothing line. However, it was her appearance in several Guess? campaigns that gained her the recognition that catapulted her to her status as one of the world's top fashion models. Since then, she has appeared in campaigns for Anna Sui Jeans, Bebe, Gasoline, Mossimo, Victoria's Secret, BCBG, Keds, and XOXO, and has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire. She consistently appears in the hyped Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows, gaining recognition as one of the Victoria's Secret's Perfect 10. In her spare time, Adriana dedicates her services to help orphans in her native Brazil. She has appeared in the Italian TIM mobile Commercials.
Krupa has appeared on various magazine covers including FHM, Personal, Inside Sport, Stuff, Steppin' Out, Teeze, Maxim, in which she was named the Sexiest Swimsuit Model in the World. Maxim named her #61 in its 2006 Hot 100 list.[1] She was also voted German Maxim's Model of the Year 2004-2005.
She posed nude in July 2005 issue of Playboy. She was a "Juggy Dancer" on The Man Show for a brief period of time. She enjoys playing poker and is currently the official spokesperson for Titan Poker, an online poker room.[citation needed]
Krupa also did a nude photoshoot for animal rights group PETA. The advertisements all have "I would rather go naked than wear fur" as a motto. Krupa has been quoted as saying, “There is nothing sexy about wearing something that is so obviously tied to senseless pain and killing.”
She was a Miss Howard TV model for the month of December 2007.
Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis was born in Islington,London in 1985. She lives with her two brothers Kyle and Bradley and her mother and father. She wrote her first song at about the age of 12 and in 2006 she auditioned for the X Factor at the age of 21 in which she got through to Boot Camp and the Live Shows and won the X Factor. In the Daily Star newspaper it said that she will be getting a £50 million
Nadine Velazquez
Nadine Velazquez
Nadine is a Chicago native and the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants. She is the middle of 3 daughters.
Nadine started out modeling but then began honing her acting skills in TV commercials and local Hispanic theater productions.
After moving to Los Angeles,
Velazquez quickly landed back-to-back roles in the romantic comedy "Chasing Papi" and the action...
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
More than any other single artist, Britney Spears was the driving force behind the return of teen pop in the late '90s. The blockbuster success of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys certainly paved the way for her own commercial breakthrough, but Spears didn't just become a star -- she was a bona fide pop phenomenon. Not only did she sell millions of records, she was a media fixture regardless of what she was (or wasn't) doing; among female singers of the era (many of whom followed in her footsteps), her celebrity star power was rivaled only by Jennifer Lopez. From the outset, Spears' sex appeal was an important part of her image. The video for her debut single, "...Baby One More Time," outfitted her in full Catholic-school regalia and sent her well on the way to becoming an international sex symbol. Yet Spears' handlers seemed to be trying to have it both ways -- there was a definite tension between the wholesome innocence Spears tried to project for her female audience, and the titillating sexuality that enticed so many male fans. Those marketing tactics made Spears a somewhat controversial figure, the subject of endless debates concerning appropriate role models for teenage girls. Early on, Spears tried to defuse the controversy by preaching abstinence until marriage, and even denied that she was consciously cultivating such a sexualized image. Of course, the more provocative and revealing her on-stage wardrobe became, the less plausible that claim seemed. But apart from her ability to tiptoe the line between virginal coquette and brazen tart, Spears had a secret weapon in Swedish pop mastermind Max Martin, who had a hand in the vast majority of her hits as a writer and/or producer. With Martin crafting the sort of contemporary dance-pop and sentimental ballads that made stars of the Backstreet Boys, Spears kept on delivering the goods commercially, as her first three albums all topped the charts.
Britney Jean Spears was born December 2, 1981, in the small town of Kentwood, LA, and began performing as a singer and dancer at a young age. With a nationally televised appearance on Star Search already under her belt, Spears auditioned for the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club at age eight. The producers turned her down as too young, but one of them took an interest and introduced her to an agent in New York. Spears spent the next three years studying at the Professional Performing Arts School, and also appeared in several television commercials and off-Broadway plays. At 11, she returned to The New Mickey Mouse Club for a second audition, and this time made the cut. Although her fellow Mouseketeers included an impressive array of future stars -- *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez, Christina Aguilera, and Felicity actress Keri Russell -- the show was canceled after Spears' second season. She returned to New York at age 15 and set about auditioning for pop bands and recording demo tapes, one of which eventually landed her a deal with Jive Records.
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop singer and entertainer.
Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. In 1997, Spears signed a recording contract with Jive, releasing her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999. The album established her as a pop icon and "bona fide pop phenomenon", credited for influencing the revival of teen pop in the late 1990s. Spears currently has six studio albums; her most recent addition, Circus, was released on her 27th birthday in December 2008.
Spears is ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist in the United States with 31 million sold albums certified by the Recording Industry Association of America and one of the world's best-selling music artists having sold an estimated 85 million records worldwide. Spears also holds the title to multiple Guinness World Records.
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Danica began racing when she was only ten years old. As a teenager, she went to race in England, electing to get a GED rather than graduate high school. She began racing in the Indy Racing League in 2005, competing for the Rahal-Letterman team, becoming the rookie of the year. The highlight of her rookie year was finishing fourth in the Indianapolis 500, leading 19 laps in the...
Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1980), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, pianist, cellist and actress. Born in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York, she attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at sixteen. She later attended Columbia University before dropping out to pursue her music career. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records.
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia KeysEmma Stone is not only an excellent television actor, but also a brilliant singer and theatre actor.
Emma first caught peoples attention as she worked at the Valley Youth Theatre in Pheonix. She got her start in acting with VYT at age 11 in the play The Wind in the Willows.
Emma Stone
Emma Stone
Emma Stone
Emma Stone
Sophie Monk
Sophie Monk
Was selected to be part of 'Bardot' after competing against over 2000 ambitious girls on national television
Her favorite actor and actress are Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie.
She was born in England but moved to Queensland, Australia when she was little.
Engaged to Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden, until they split up late 2007 or early 2008.