tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205157032011-04-21T16:57:22.249-04:002-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.comBlogger911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1142122309446650462006-03-11T19:09:00.000-05:002006-03-11T19:11:49.460-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/MF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/MF.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />#91 Melyssa Ford<br /><br /><br />Melyssa Ford is a model from Canada. She is best know for her appearances in famous Hip Hop videos and many advertisements. The exotic beauty has a voluptuous body that is purely stunning and lucrative in today's entertainment market. Melyssa is a girl with the looks and the brains, as she attended Canada's York University and majored in Psychology.<br /><br />Melyssa Ford was born on November 7, 1980, in Toronto, Canada. Her exotic look derives from a West-Indian father and Russian/Norwegian mother, and she takes great pride for being a beautiful bi-racial product.<br /><br />She began acting in school plays at an early age, and played many lead roles throughout her high school years. As Melyssa grew older, she developed an interest in criminal psychology, and even considered working for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's (Canada's CIA) behavioral science unit.<br /><br />Melyssa majored in psychology at Toronto's York University, and was a member of the university's debate team. While working part-time as a barmaid at a local nightclub, she was "discovered" by music video director Little X.<br /><br />Melyssa was soon appearing in some of the hottest videos by hip-hop and R&B's biggest names, including Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin," Jadakiss' "Knock Yourself Out," Ghostface Killah's "Cherchez La Ghost," Mystikal's "Shake Ya Ass," 112's "Anywhere," and Sisqo's "Thong Song Remix." This exposure led to work in print media, and offers to appear in magazine layouts began pouring in.<br /><br />A feature in XXL helped land Melyssa a job hosting Lifestyles of the Phat and the Phabulous, an Internet show produced by Harve Pierre, Bad Boy Entertainment's Vice President. With a couple of suitcases and $25 in her pocket, she left Canada behind to relocate to New York City. Ford supplemented her income by tending bar at such NYC establishments as Justin's, a restaurant owned by P. Diddy.<br /><br />In the summer of 2000, Melyssa appeared in the opening episodes of the Showtime series Soul Food, playing "Hoochie Mama" in the two-parter entitled The More Things Stay the Same. She moved on to a small role as Deborah in Turn It Up (2000), an action flick starring rappers Ja Rule and Pras.<br /><br />In 2001, Melyssa was featured on the cover and in the pages of Black Men magazine's Swimsuit Extra issue. She was one of Ebony Rider's Calendar girls for their 2002 edition, and was also selected to grace the sexy calendar's cover<br /><br />Melyssa expanded upon her burgeoning modeling career after Smooth magazine learned of her minor in English Literature. While the publication initially wanted her to appear as a model for a monthly column, Melyssa's education paid off when they gave her a monthly relationship and dating advice column in 2002. As resident sex-pert "Jessica Rabbit," her features have become one of Smooth's most popular attractions.<br /><br />In 2003, Melyssa made a guest appearance on the UPN series Platinum. Her official website, www.melyssaford.com, was launched in December 2003. Released with the help of MBK Entertainment, the same team that manages soul diva Alicia Keys, the Melyssa "Jessica Rabbit" Ford 2004 Calendar and DVD have already sold thousands of copies to eagerly awaiting fans.<br /><br />In March 2004, Melyssa hosted BET's How I'm Livin' series. She currently has several projects in the works.<br /><br />Facts And Stats:<br /><br />Birthdate: November 7, 1980<br /><br />Birth Place: Tornto, Canada<br /><br />Ethnicity: West-Indian & Russian/Norwegian<br /><br />Occupation: Model<br /><br />Height: 5'4'' (1.63 m)<br /><br />Hair: Brown<br /><br />Eyes: Brown<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-114212230944665046?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1141355463270106662006-03-02T22:09:00.000-05:002006-03-02T22:11:03.276-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Kerry%20Washington.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Kerry%20Washington.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#90 Kerry Washington<br /><br /><p><strong>Kerry Washington</strong> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_31" title="January 31">January 31</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">Bronx, New York</a>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" title="African American">African American</a> actress. She graduated from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_George_Washington_University" title="The George Washington University">The George Washington University</a>. She is best known for her breakthrough role as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>' wife Della Bea Robinson in the hit film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray" title="Ray">Ray</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a>). She is currently engaged to actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Moscow" title="David Moscow">David Moscow</a>. She played <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Masters" title="Alicia Masters">Alicia Masters</a> in the 2005 live-action <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four_%282005_film%29" title="Fantastic Four (2005 film)">Fantastic Four</a> film.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerry_Washington&action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Kerry Washington">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913488/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913488/">Kerry Washington</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-114135546327010666?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1141355227176470792006-03-02T22:05:00.000-05:002006-03-02T22:07:07.180-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/ananda%20Lewis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/ananda%20Lewis.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />#89 Ananda Lewis<br /><br /><p><b>Ananda Lewis</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego%2C_California" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" title="African American">African-American</a> model and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity" title="Celebrity">television personality</a>. She is currently a celebrity affairs correspondent for the television news program <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_%28television_show%29" title="The Insider (television show)">The Insider</a></i> along with costarring on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a>'s radio show on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> radio Station <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKBT" title="KKBT">KKBT</a>. She is known for being the host of the program <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Summit" title="Teen Summit">Teen Summit</a></i> on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" title="Black Entertainment Television">BET</a> network, afterwhich she went on to become a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VJ" title="VJ">VJ</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>. In 2001 she hosted her own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_show" title="Talk show">talk show</a> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Ananda_Lewis_Show&action=edit" class="new" title="The Ananda Lewis Show">The Ananda Lewis Show</a></i>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ananda_Lewis&action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Ananda Lewis">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.askmen.com/women/models_250/273c_ananda_lewis.html" class="external text" title="http://www.askmen.com/women/models_250/273c_ananda_lewis.html">Ananda Lewis</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AskMen.com" title="AskMen.com">AskMen.com</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1048225/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1048225/">Ananda Lewis</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-114135522717647079?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1141354839374489252006-03-02T21:55:00.000-05:002006-03-02T22:00:39.376-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/leila%20arcieri.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/leila%20arcieri.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />#88 Leila Arcieri<br /><br />Leila Arcieri is an American actress and model, born in San Francisco, California on December 18, 1976. She was Miss San Francisco in the 1997 Miss America pageant and appeared in the many films such as XXX, Wild Things 2, and Daddy Day Care. Her father is Italian and her mother is African-American.<br /><br />Biography<br /><br />Leila Arcieri is an American actress and model. In an era where blonde haired white girls dominate the entertainment industry, Leila's unique beauty has contributed to her consistent success. A product of an Italian Father and African-American mother, Leila's exotic look is simply mesmerizing.<br /><br />Arcieri spent the better part of her childhood in Sebastopol, located in California's wine and redwood country, a far cry from the glitz &amp; glamour of the Hollywood lifestyle.<br /><br />Another point of interest is that shyness was a major obstacle in Leila's life, one that she tried to overcome by throwing herself into high-school cheerleading. The plan obviously worked, because soon thereafter she was out and about, and is now a much more extroverted and self-assured person.<br /><br />Although her obvious good looks and Hollywood connection -- her mother now works for Lucasfilm -- made her a prime candidate for the spotlight, Leila initially opted for a career behind the scenes. Upon graduating from high school, she moved to San Francisco, where she dabbled with both graphic designing and photography before becoming a make-up artist.<br /><br />However, upon being crowned Miss San Francisco in 1997, it was only a matter of time before Leila would find herself permanently in front of the camera lens. In fact, her repertoire as a model/actress grew rather quickly, appearing in both commercials -- including 1-800-COLLECT and Starburst -- and in music videos with the likes for Boyz II Men, and Q-Tip.<br /><br />Such work eventually brought her to the attention of writer-producer Tim Stack, who thought she would be perfect for his new series, Son of the Beach, a parody of Baywatch. Arcieri won the role of Jamaica St. Croix, thus allowing her to break onto the acting scene. That same year Leila was selected as the Coors Lite Beer 2000 Spokesmodel, and quickly solidified her position as a hot commodity within the industry.<br /><br />In 2005, Leila was voted #65 on Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 list. She is currently engaged to actor/comedian/musician Jamie Foxx.<br />[edit]<br /><br />filmography<br /><br /> * King's Ransom (2005) - Kim Baker<br /> * A Perfect Fit (2005) - Sarah<br /> * Wild Things 2 (2004) (V) - Maya King<br /> * Double Blade (2003) - Lee<br /> * Daddy Day Care (2003) - Kelli<br /> * xXx (2002) - Jordan King<br /> * Higher Ed (2001) - Lisa<br /> * "Son of the Beach" (2000) TV Series - Jamaica St- Croix<br /> * Foolish (1999) - Marissa<br /> * Beverly Hood (1999) - Pam Washington<br /> * Hot Boyz (1999) - Tia<br /><br />External links<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.leilaarcieri.net/" class="external text" title="http://www.leilaarcieri.net">Leila Arcieri Resources</a></li><li><a href="http://www.leila-arcieri.net/" class="external text" title="http://www.leila-arcieri.net">Hot Females: Leila Arcieri</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033837/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033837/">Leila Arcieri</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-114135483937448925?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1141354295350241062006-03-02T21:44:00.000-05:002006-03-02T21:51:35.350-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/kdaubert.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/kdaubert.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />#87 K.D. Aubert<br /><br />Karen Denise Aubert (born December 6th, 1978) is a model and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Black Angelina Jolie."<br /><br />Early life<br /><br />Aubert was born in Shreveport, Louisiana of Creole descent. She grew up in California and attended San Diego State University, where she played on the Aztec softball team.<br /><br /><br />Career<br /><br />She was discovered working behind the make-up counter at Macy's. She has modeled for Victoria's Secret, Noxzema, Fredrick's of Hollywood, Escada and many more. She co-hosted MTV's Kidnapped and has gone on to star in several films and music videos.<br /><br />K.D. is also one of the four Fantana girls in their soft drink commercials, and has been in a commercial for Bacardi and Cola.<br /><br /><br />Filmography<br /><br /> * In the Mix (2005) - Cherise<br /> * 4-Bidden (2005) - Amber<br /> * Frankenfish (2004) - Eliza<br /> * Soul Plane (2004) - Giselle<br /> * DysEnchanted (2004) - Little Red Riding Hood<br /> * Hollywood Homicide (2003) - Shauntelle/Streetcar Blanche<br /> * Friday After Next (2002) - Donna<br /> * The Scorpion King (2002) - Harlot<br /><br />Television<br /><br /> * Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2003) - Nikki Wood<br /> * Kidnapped (2002) - Co-Host<br /><br />[edit]<br /><br />Music Videos<br /><br /> * Lloyd Banks and Avant's "Karma"<br /> * Fabolous featuring Tamia's "Into you"<br /> * Nick Cannon's "Your Pop's Don't like Me"<br /> * Fabolous and P.Diddy's "Trade it All Part II"<br /><br /><br /><br />External links<br /><br /> * Welcome to K.D. Aubert.com<br /> * K.D. Aubert at the Internet Movie Database<br /> * K.D. Aubert<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-114135429535024106?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1141353804243658402006-03-02T21:37:00.000-05:002006-03-11T18:57:10.413-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/jfoxli_classics_hot-009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/jfoxli_classics_hot-009.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />#86 Jasmine Fox li<br /><br /><br />Age: Old enough to know better<br /><br />Height: 5' 2"<br /><br />Weight: 115<br /><br />Measurements: 34C-24-34<br /><br />Hair: Brown, but depends on my mood<br /><br />Eyes: Brown <br /><br /><br /><br />Print and Video Work<br /><br />2003 On the Scene DVD Feature Model<br /><br />Cover Model- 2002 August Import Tuner Magazine<br /><br />Cover Model- 2002 Oct./Nov. Lowrider-Euro Magazine<br /><br />Cover Model- 2001 June/July Streetlow Magazine Issue 18<br /><br />2002 Import Revolution Carshow ads/ Import Tuner, Superstreet, and Yolk Mag.<br /><br />2001 "Lay N Low by the Bay" Car show ad/ Streetlow Mag.<br /><br />2001 DMK's club "JUICE" flyer ad/ Yolk Mag.<br /><br />2001 SouthPole Wear ad/ Source, XXL, Dub Mag.<br /><br />2000 Tokyo Pop ad/ Tokyo Pop Mag.<br /><br />2000 GoldenSilk Website ad/ Import Beat News Paper<br /><br />1999 Import Party video ad/ Import Tuner Mag.<br /><br />Calendars<br /><br />2003 - Asian Beauty Calendar August<br /><br />2002 Back Cover Model Women of the East/ Most Beautiful Girls Production<br /><br />2001 Front Cover Model Lingerie Dreams/ Bay Image Production<br /><br />Posters<br /><br />2003 JFoxli.com<br /><br />2001 RX7 Po<br /><br />2001 Asianlaah Poster #2<br /><br />2001 Asianlaah Poster #1<br /><br />2000 Jasminefoxli.com<br /><br />2000 GoldenSilk Poster #2<br /><br />2000 GoldenSilk Poster #2<br /><br />Spokesmodel<br /><br />Hot Import Nights<br /><br />Glamourcon STX Productions Inc.<br /><br />Golden Silk<br /><br />Deep Vision<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-114135380424365840?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1141353365745293032006-03-02T21:32:00.000-05:002006-03-02T21:36:05.746-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Paula%20Garces.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Paula%20Garces.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />#85 Paula Garces<br /><br />Paula Garcés born on March 20, 1974 in Medellín, Colombia is a movie and television actress. Her film credits include: Dangerous Minds, Clockstoppers, Marci X, Harold &amp; Kumar Go to White Castle and Man of the House.<br /><br />In 2006, she joined the cast of the FX Networks crime drama The Shield as "Officer Tina Hanlon".<br /><br /><h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305519/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305519/">Paula Garcés</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-114135336574529303?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1141353084062903592006-03-02T21:29:00.000-05:002006-03-02T21:31:24.063-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Rosario%20Dawson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Rosario%20Dawson.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />#84 Rosario Dawson<br /><br />Rosario Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress.<br /><br />Dawson was born and raised in New York City to a father of Native American and Irish descent and a mother of Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban ancestry. Her film career began unexpectedly when filmmaker Larry Clark saw her on a Manhattan street and asked her to be in a movie he was making. The movie, Kids, became a critical success and Dawson's performance was commended.<br /><br />As a result, Dawson decided to pursue an acting career and attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Dawson has worked steadily since her debut, with a mixed amount of commercial and critical success. With performances in films like Kids and Sin City have been critically praised, her performances in the films Josie and the Pussycats, Alexander and The Adventures of Pluto Nash have been ripped to shreds by critics and the public alike. (The latter has been listed by many notable critics as one of the worst films ever made.) 1 2. To date, she has worked with such critically acclaimed directors as Oliver Stone, Robert Rodriguez, Chris Columbus and Spike Lee, and costarred with the likes of Will Smith, Edward Norton, Adam Pascal and Clive Owen.<br /><br />Most recently, Dawson has recieved publicity and acclaim for her portrayal of the HIV-positive, heroin-addicted, gentle and loving Mimi Marquez in RENT, the Original Motion Picture. It was her first role in a film musical. A few months prior to the release of Rent, Dawson appeared on stage as Julia in the Public Theatre revival of Galt MacDermot's 1971 musical "Two Gentlemen of Verona" at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, New York (August-September 2005).<br /><br />Dawson has been described by fans and staff as being extremely 'kind' and 'down to earth', and is noted for her friendly and sociable attitude during public appearances.<br />[edit]<br /><br />Filmography<br /><br /> * Clerks II (2006)<br /> * Descent (2006) as Mya<br /> * Killshot (2006) as Donna<br /> * Sin City 2 (2006)<br /> * The Devil's Rejects (2005) (Deleted scene)<br /> * Vinyl (2005)<br /> * Rent (2005)<br /> * Sin City (2005)<br /> * Alexander (2004)<br /> * Shattered Glass (2003)<br /> * The Rundown (2003)<br /> * This Girl's Life (2003)<br /> * 25th Hour (2002)<br /> * The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)<br /> * The First $20 Million (2002)<br /> * Men in Black II (2002)<br /> * Ash Wednesday (2002)<br /> * Love In the Time of Money (2002)<br /> * Chelsea Walls (2001)<br /> * Trigger Happy (2001)<br /> * Josie and the Pussycats (2001)<br /> * Sidewalks of New York (2001)<br /> * King of the Jungle (2001)<br /> * Down to You (2000)<br /> * Light It Up (1999)<br /> * He Got Game (1998)<br /> * Side Streets (1998)<br /> * Girls Night Out (1997)<br /> * Kids (1995)<br /><br />[edit]<br /><br />See also<br /><br /> * List of famous Puerto Ricans<br /><br />[edit]<br /><br />External links<br /><br /> * Rosario Dawson at the Internet Movie Database<br /> * Rosario Dawson photos and a short summary (LT)<br /> * Rosario Dawson Fansite<br /> * Rosario's Photos<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-114135308406290359?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1141350947030580372006-03-02T20:39:00.000-05:002006-03-02T20:55:47.060-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/keisha%20knight%20pullium.3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/keisha%20knight%20pullium.3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />#83 Keshia Knight Pulliam<br /><br /><br />Keshia Knight Pulliam was born in Newark, New Jersey on April 9, 1979. She started playing Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show when she was just 4 years old, however, she had already appeared on Sesame Street at the age of 3 years. She also starred in The Last Dragon, and several other TV projects, including The Little Match Girl, Polly, Polly: Comin' Home, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. She also had a few guest star appearances on A Different World. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1986 for The Cosby Show. She was also nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1985 and 1987 for The Cosby Show. She won in 1989 (and the rest of the cast) for The Cosby Show. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1990 for the playing Polly in Polly.<br />She is a 2001 graduate of Spelman College where she earned a degree in sociology. She recently was named as one of EBONY magazine's Top Bacholerettes. She is also a member of the Delta Sigma Theta soroity. In November of 2001, she won the special former-child-star edition of The Weakest Link. Her winnings benefited the Bonner Foundation, a group that funds scholarships and anti-hunger programs. She also had guest appearances in<br />Fear Factor Celebrity Edition (I think she won) and Cosby.<br /><br />Biography for<br />Keshia Knight Pulliam<br /><br />Height<br /> 5' 0½" (1.54 m) <br />Trivia<br /><br /> Graduated from Spelman College on May 20, 2001, with a degree in sociology.<br /><br /> At just 6 years of age, she became the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Emmy (best supporting-actress) for her work on The Cosby Show.<br /><br /> Won a celebrity edition of the Weakest Link.<br /><br /> Won a celebrity edition of Fear Factor (2003).<br /><br /> Is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Was initiated at Spelman College.<br /><br /> Ranked #19 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"<br /><br /> Ranked #11 on E! Television's "50 Cutest Child Stars All Grown Up" special. Also co-hosted the special with Candace Cameron-Bure (Full House).<br />Where are they now<br /><br /> (January 2004) Starring in the Celebrity version of the Mole-Yucatan<br /><br /> (January 2004) Starring in the music video for Chingy's One Call Away.<br /><br /> (September 2005) Finishing the The Gospel commercial.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-114135094703058037?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1139250489800543292006-02-06T13:09:00.000-05:002006-03-02T21:25:27.333-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Mari%20Marrow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Mari%20Marrow.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#82 Mari Morrow<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113925048980054329?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138849306398427382006-02-01T21:58:00.000-05:002006-02-01T22:01:46.410-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/sanaa%20lathan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/sanaa%20lathan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#81 Sanaa Lathan<br /><br /><br />Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971 in New York City, New York) is an African-American actress.<br /><br />Lathan first caught the attention of critics and audiences alike in a series of '90s films about the lives of young African-Americans. Featured prominently in such ensemble films as The Best Man and The Wood, both in 1999. Lathan won her first starring role in Gina Prince-Bythewood's Love & Basketball in 2000, starring as a talented basketball player who finds her professional dreams complicated by her relationship with her boyfriend and her own expectations of herself. She also starred that same year in Prince-Bythewood's HBO movie Disappearing Acts.<br /><br /><h2>Biography</h2> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanaa_Lathan&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Sanaa Lathan">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Early_life_and_career" id="Early_life_and_career"></a></p> <h3>Early life and career</h3> <p>Lathan, whose first name is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili" title="Swahili">Swahili</a> for <i>"Work of Art"</i>, was the second oldest of five children born to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> actress and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancer" title="Dancer">dancer</a> Eleanor McCoy and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">director</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_producer" title="Film producer">producer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lathan" title="Stan Lathan">Stan Lathan</a>. Surrounded by show business since birth, Lathan began training in dance and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">gymnastics</a> at an early age. Following her parents' divorce, she grew up shuttling between her mother's home in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, where her father lived. During her undergraduate education at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, where she majored in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and toyed with the idea of becoming a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a>, Lathan became involved with the Black Theater Workshop. Thanks in part to her stage experiences with the Workshop, she was encouraged to try out for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_School_of_Drama" title="Yale School of Drama">Yale School of Drama</a>, where she was ultimately accepted.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanaa_Lathan&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Sanaa Lathan">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Hollywood_career" id="Hollywood_career"></a></p> <h3>Hollywood career</h3> <p>Following her training at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale</a>, where she performed in a number of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare" title="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a>'s plays, Lathan earned acclaim both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">off-Broadway</a> and on the Los Angeles stage. Encouraged by her father to make Los Angeles her professional base, the young actress found early television roles on episodes of such shows as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_House" title="In the House">In the House</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Matters_%28TV_series%29" title="Family Matters (TV series)">Family Matters</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYPD_Blue" title="NYPD Blue">NYPD Blue</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moesha" title="Moesha">Moesha</a></i>. During that same period, she won raves and a Best Actress nod from the Los Angeles NAACP Theatrical Award Committee for her performance in <i>To Take Arms</i>.</p> <p>In 1998, Lathan earned a degree of recognition with her role as the mother of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Snipes" title="Wesley Snipes">Wesley Snipes</a>' title character in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_%28film%29" title="Blade (film)">Blade</a></i>. She followed this the subsequent year with back-to-back turns in <i>The Best Man</i>, <i>The Wood</i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Sugar_%28film%29" title="Brown Sugar (film)">Brown Sugar</a></i>. <i>The Best Man</i> was a comedic ensemble film, starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taye_Diggs" title="Taye Diggs">Taye Diggs</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nia_Long" title="Nia Long">Nia Long</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Chestnut" title="Morris Chestnut">Morris Chestnut</a>, and featured Lathan as Diggs' girlfriend. <i>The Wood</i>, another ensemble film starring Diggs and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Epps" title="Omar Epps">Omar Epps</a>, cast her as the love interest of Epps, who also happened to be her real-life boyfriend.</p> <p>Lathan and Epps were reunited onscreen in Prince-Bythewood's <i>Love & Basketball</i>, this time playing a couple as passionate about basketball as they are about each other. The film served as a break-out role for Lathan, who was finally able to play a leading character instead of the girlfriend of one. Her work in <i>Love &amp; Basketball</i> earned her Best Actress nominations for both the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award" title="NAACP Image Award">NAACP Image Award</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award" title="Independent Spirit Award">Independent Spirit Award</a>. That same year, Lathan earned additional acclaim for her work in the multicultural comedy <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catfish_in_Black_Bean_Sauce&action=edit" class="new" title="Catfish in Black Bean Sauce">Catfish in Black Bean Sauce</a></i> and for her second collaboration with Prince-Bythewood, <i>Disappearing Acts</i>. Based on a novel by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_McMillan" title="Terry McMillan">Terry McMillan</a>, the HBO movie cast Lathan as an aspiring singer/songwriter in love with a carpenter, played by her Blade co-star <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Snipes" title="Wesley Snipes">Wesley Snipes</a>. For her work in the film, Lathan earned an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Essence_Award&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Essence Award">Essence Award</a> for Best Actress, as well as the added assurance of a very busy work schedule.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanaa_Lathan&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Sanaa Lathan">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Filmography" id="Filmography"></a></p> <h3>Filmography</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_New_%28film%29" title="Something New (film)">Something New</a></i> (2006) - Kenya</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Golden_Blaze&action=edit" class="new" title="The Golden Blaze">The Golden Blaze</a></i> (2005) (V) (voice) - Monica</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_%28film%29" title="Alien vs. Predator (film)">Alien Vs. Predator</a></i> (2004) - Alexa Woods</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Time_%28film%29" title="Out of Time (film)">Out of Time</a></i> (2003/I) - Ann Merai Harrison</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Sugar_%28film%29" title="Brown Sugar (film)">Brown Sugar</a></i> (2002) - Sidney 'Syd' Shaw</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearing_Acts" title="Disappearing Acts">Disappearing Acts</a></i> (2000) (TV) - Zora Banks</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Smoker&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="The Smoker">The Smoker</a></i> (2000) - Roxanne</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_%26_Basketball_%28film%29" title="Love & Basketball (film)">Love &amp; Basketball</a></i> (2000) - Monica Wright</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Man_%281999_film%29" title="The Best Man (1999 film)">The Best Man</a></i> (1999/I) - Robin</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wood" title="The Wood">The Wood</a></i> (1999) - Alicia</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catfish_in_Black_Bean_Sauce&action=edit" class="new" title="Catfish in Black Bean Sauce">Catfish in Black Bean Sauce</a></i> (1999) - Nina</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_%28film%29" title="Life (film)">Life</a></i> (1999) - Daisy</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_%28movie%29" title="Blade (movie)">Blade</a></i> (1998) - Vanessa Brooks/Blade's mother</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LateLine&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="LateLine">LateLine</a></i> (1998) TV Series - Briana Gilliam</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miracle_in_the_Woods&action=edit" class="new" title="Miracle in the Woods">Miracle in the Woods</a></i> (1997) (TV) - Young Lilly</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drive_%28movie%29&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Drive (movie)">Drive</a></i> (1997) - Carolyn Brody</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Built_to_Last" title="Built to Last">Built to Last</a></i> (1997) TV Series</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanaa_Lathan&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Sanaa Lathan">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Awards_.26_nominations" id="Awards_.26_nominations"></a></p> <h2>Awards & nominations</h2> <ul><li>In 2001, won the "Rising Star" award at the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acapulco_Black_Film_Festival" title="Acapulco Black Film Festival">Acapulco Black Film Festival</a></i>.</li><li>In 2004, won "Best Performance by an Actress" at the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Black_Film_Festival" title="American Black Film Festival">American Black Film Festival</a></i> for her work in the film <i>Out of Time</i>.</li><li>In 2001, won the "Best Actress" award at the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET_Awards" title="BET Awards">BET Awards</a></i> for her work in the film <i>Love &amp; Basketball</i>.</li><li>Has won several "Best Actress" awards from the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Reel_Awards" title="Black Reel Awards">Black Reel Awards</a></i>.</li><li>Has been noninated for several <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP_Image_Awards" title="NAACP Image Awards">NAACP Image Awards</a></i>, and won in 2001 for "Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture" for her work in <i>Love & Basketball</i>.</li><li>In 2001, was nominated for "Best Female Lead" at the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award" title="Independent Spirit Award">Independent Spirit Award</a></i> for her work in <i>Love &amp; Basketball</i>.</li><li>She was nominated for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> in 2004 for stage version of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin_in_the_Sun" title="Raisin in the Sun">Raisin in the Sun</a></i></li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanaa_Lathan&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Sanaa Lathan">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Trivia" id="Trivia"></a></p> <h2>Trivia</h2> <ul><li>She was honoured by <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essence_magazine" title="Essence magazine">Essence magazine</a></i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" title="Black Entertainment Television">Black Entertainment Television</a></i>. And in 2000 was named by <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebony_%28magazine%29" title="Ebony (magazine)">Ebony magazine</a></i> as one of the <i>55 Most Beautiful People</i>.</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanaa_Lathan&action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Sanaa Lathan">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005125/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005125/">Sanaa Lathan</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_250/266_sanaa_lathan.html" class="external text" title="http://www.askmen.com/women/actress 250/266 sanaa lathan.html">Sanaa Lathan</a> at <a href="http://www.askmen.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.askmen.com">AskMen.com</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113884930639842738?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138849048941771842006-02-01T21:39:00.000-05:002006-02-01T21:57:28.983-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Rachel%20Stevens.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Rachel%20Stevens.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#80 Rachel Stevens<br /><br /><b>Rachel Lauren Stevens</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978" title="1978">1978</a>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> singer and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actress" title="Actress">actress</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. Formerly with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> group <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_Club_7" title="S Club 7">S Club 7</a>, she has now launched a successful solo career.<br /><br /><h3>Early life</h3> <p>Stevens was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southgate%2C_London" title="Southgate, London">Southgate</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> family. Her now-estranged father, Michael Stevens, is notable for producing a guide to the best places to solicit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitutes" title="Prostitutes">prostitutes</a> in London.<span class="reference"><sup id="ref_Stevensfather" class="plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Stevens#endnote_Stevensfather" class="external autonumber" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel Stevens#endnote Stevensfather">[1]</a></sup></span> Her mother is Linda Stevens. Rachel attended Ashmole School, Southgate, London.</p> <p>From a very early age, Stevens was drawn to entertaining people. At the age of five she began taking acting lessons at a drama school near London, but as time went on she seemed to be more interested in fashion than acting. At the age of fifteen her first big break when she beat out 4999 competitors in a modeling competition sponsored by <i>Just 17 Magazine</i>. Following her first modeling gig Stevens attended the London School of Fashion and after graduation worked in fashion PR, but began to lose interest and started to seek out a career in music instead.</p> <p>Then, at the age of twenty, Stevens accompanied her brother to an audition in London for a new pop group, which was being put together by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fuller" title="Simon Fuller">Simon Fuller</a>, the one-time manager of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_Girls" title="Spice Girls">Spice Girls</a>. Whilst waiting for her brother to audition, she was approached by the judges. After many calls and auditions she was chosen as a member of the new band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_Club_7" title="S Club 7">S Club 7</a> , along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Barrett" title="Tina Barrett">Tina Barrett</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cattermole" title="Paul Cattermole">Paul Cattermole</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lee" title="Jon Lee">Jon Lee</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_McIntosh" title="Bradley McIntosh">Bradley McIntosh</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_O%27Meara" title="Jo O'Meara">Jo O'Meara</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Spearritt" title="Hannah Spearritt">Hannah Spearritt</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="S_Club_7" id="S_Club_7"></a></p> <h3>S Club 7</h3> <p>Stevens and S Club 7 quickly rose to fame, with their debut single "Bring It All Back" at number one on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> in June 1999. The band's follow-up "S Club Party" was also a hit, the bands self-titled debut album also sold well. The success of their debut album landed the band their own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television">TV</a> show, <i>S Club 7 in Miami</i>. Major success in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> followed.</p> <p>Stevens probably enjoyed more success then the rest of the band members, as she received the most media attention and was a fan favourite. Despite the negative press the male members of the band had been receiving, Stevens was not affected by it and in 2000 was voted the second sexiest woman on the planet by men's magazine <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a></i>.</p> <p>Soon after 2000 the band began to lose steam and they could not live up to past success with both record sales and television ratings down. The band was able to release a successful film in 2003 called <i>S Club Seeing Double</i> but after a UK tour, the members of S Club 7 decided to break up.</p><h3>Funky Dory</h3><br /><p>After S Club 7 broke up, Stevens signed a £1.5 million solo four-album deal with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a> and re-signed with S Club 7 manager, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fuller" title="Simon Fuller">Simon Fuller</a>.</p> <p>Her first solo single, written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Dennis" title="Cathy Dennis">Cathy Dennis</a> (who has also written for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue" title="Kylie Minogue">Kylie Minogue</a>) and produced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodshy_%26_Avant" title="Bloodshy & Avant">Bloodshy &amp; Avant</a>, was "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dreams_My_LA_Ex" title="Sweet Dreams My LA Ex">Sweet Dreams My LA Ex</a>", released in September 2003. The single was a hit, debuting at number two on the UK singles chart, holding off the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Eyed_Peas" title="Black Eyed Peas">Black Eyed Peas</a> and their international hit single "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Is_The_Love%3F" title="Where Is The Love?">Where Is The Love?</a>. The single was also a hit worldwide peaking in the top ten in multiple countries including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>. Stevens' debut solo album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Dory" title="Funky Dory">Funky Dory</a></i> was released later that month and was a minor hit, reaching number nine of the UK albums chart and quickly fading away in subsequent weeks almost without a trace.</p> <p>That December, the album's title track, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Dory_%28song%29" title="Funky Dory (song)">Funky Dory</a>" was released as the second single. The song was hailed as being sophisticated and sexy, like its predecessor, and featured a sample of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> song ""Andy Warhol" from his album <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunky_Dory" title="Hunky Dory">Hunky Dory</a>. Hopes were high that the single would be able to match the success of "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex", but like her album the single made a low showing on the charts, peaking at number twenty six and then quickly disappearing.</p> <p>In July 2004, Stevens released a brand new single, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Girls_%28Rachel_Stevens_song%29" title="Some Girls (Rachel Stevens song)">Some Girls</a>" which was produced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_X" title="Richard X">Richard X</a>. The single became a hit across <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, and reached number two in the UK. All profits from the single went to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport_Relief&action=edit" class="new" title="Sport Relief">Sport Relief</a> charity.</p> <p>Due to the success of "Some Girls", <i>Funky Dory</i> was re-released to include "Some Girls" and another new track, a cover of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_True_Connection" title="Andrea True Connection">Andrea True Connection</a>'s "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_More_More" title="More More More">More More More</a>". On its single release, "More More More" peaked at number three in the UK, giving Stevens her third top ten solo single in the UK.</p> <p>That November, Stevens was nominated for seven awards at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_Hits" title="Smash Hits">Smash Hits</a> Poll Winners Party. She took home two awards, <i>Most Fanciable Female</i> and <i>Best Dressed Star</i>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Come_And_Get_It" id="Come_And_Get_It"></a></p> <h3>Come And Get It</h3><br /><p>In late 2004, Stevens began working on her second solo album with producers and songwriters <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_X" title="Richard X">Richard X</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Strum" title="Alexis Strum">Alexis Strum</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenomania" title="Xenomania">Xenomania</a>. The following March she released the first single from her upcoming album, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negotiate_With_Love" title="Negotiate With Love">Negotiate With Love</a>". The song was a success reaching the top ten in the UK. "Negotiate with Love" was followed-up by the song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Good" title="So Good">So Good</a>", which was released in July and peaked at number ten as well in the UK.</p> <p>The singles were followed by Stevens' second full length studio album, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_And_Get_It" title="Come And Get It">Come And Get It</a></i> in October 2005. The album was, like her previous effort, a minor success peaking at number twenty eight in the UK. The album sold only 20,000 copies in Britain in its first month and has been deemed a commercial failure, even though British pop critics hailed it as a great pop album. The last single released from the album was "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Said_Never_Again_%28But_Here_We_Are%29" title="I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)">I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)</a>", released in October 2005 the song peaked at number twelve in the UK. Due to the low charting of the album and its singles no further singles were released, although multiple rumors stated that "Nothing Good About This Goodbye" and the Richard X produced "Crazy Boys" were going to be released as singles. In early January 2006, rumors surfaced that Stevens was dropped from Polydor Records. However, a statement arose from the Polydor executives stating that she is still with Polydor. They also may release another single from Come and Get It (possibly "Crazy Boys", "Nothing Good About This Goodbye", or "Dumb Dumb").</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Future_In_Music" id="Future_In_Music"></a></p> <h3>Future In Music</h3> <p>Many critics have stated that Stevens should leave the music business for good and "jump before she's pushed", calling her a "more expensive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Scott-Lee" title="Lisa Scott-Lee">Lisa Scott-Lee</a>" (failed British singer), and that her managers "forgot to give her a personality". However, Stevens will continue her music career, and will begin recording her third album in early to mid-2006 and as stated by her label, which will most likely be released at the end of the year. Also, she has a planned "UK return" with a new single in April 2006.</p> <p>On the fan forum <i>rachelstevensonline</i>, a "reliable source" from Steven's management has repeatedly stated that in the summer of 2006, Stevens will release her debut US single. However, no plans have been released, making forum-goers skeptical.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Awareness_campaigns" id="Awareness_campaigns"></a></p> <h3>Awareness campaigns</h3><br /><p>Although 2005 did not bring the commercial success of earlier years, Stevens made headlines when she followed in the footsteps of fellow British popstar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a> to front the <i>Everyman Testicular Cancer Awareness</i> campaign. Stevens' role was notable as she was the first woman to front the campaign. Her television commercial raised eyebrows with its suggestive content that included her telling men to "put one hand down their trousers and give their testicles a good feel". On the commercial, Stevens commented, "Sometimes men need a little encouragement to think about their health. This is a funny way of raising awareness about a serious subject."<span class="reference"><sup id="ref_Everymancampaign" class="plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Stevens#endnote_Everymancampaign" class="external autonumber" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel Stevens#endnote Everymancampaign">[2]</a></sup></span></p> <p>In 2005 Stevens also took part in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Poverty_History" title="Make Poverty History">Make Poverty History</a></i> campaign, which aims to eliminate poverty in third world countries by supplying aid to them through food, money and other resources that these countries do not have. Stevens donated an undisclosed amount of money to the campaign, and also starred in television and magazine advertisments supporting the cause. Her official website also displayed the campaigns official online banner.<span class="reference"><sup id="ref_MPH" class="plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Stevens#endnote_MPH" class="external autonumber" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel Stevens#endnote MPH">[3]</a></sup></span></p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Personal_life" id="Personal_life"></a></p> <h3>Personal life</h3> <p>On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentines_Day" title="Valentines Day">Valentines Day</a> in 2001, Stevens made headline when she became engaged to her longtime boyfriend, actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Edwards" title="Jeremy Edwards">Jeremy Edwards</a>. The engagement would not last long though, the couple broke up in early 2004 after they had been dating for over three years. Stevens made headlines in March 2004 when she was dumped by her rumoured boyfriend, businessman Simon Brodin. The couple were rumoured to have dated for two months after Stevens broke-up with Edwards. The relationship was never confirmed by either side.<span class="reference"><sup id="ref_simonbrodin" class="plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Stevens#endnote_simonbrodin" class="external autonumber" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel Stevens#endnote simonbrodin">[4]</a></sup></span> Six months later Stevens again was in the tabloids as she started dating Gavin Dein, son of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> vice-chairman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dein" title="David Dein">David Dein</a>, the relationship would not last long with the couple splitting up in August 2005. Since then she has been linked to Arsenal midfielder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Ljungberg" title="Freddie Ljungberg">Freddie Ljungberg</a> after taking interest in him because she wanted him to star as her boyfriend in an upcoming <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music video</a>. Stevens' commented on the rumors by telling Neil Sean of Sky Showbiz Gossip "all top secret but my dream is to have the lovely Freddie in the video for the song as my boyfriend. I'd like that in real life too, but I’ll start with the video."</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Acting_career" id="Acting_career"></a></p> <h3>Acting career</h3> <p>During her times with S Club 7, she was able to act in all S Club series like Hollywood 7, S Club in Miami, Viva S Club and all of it got high ratings worldwide. Before their break up, they were able to release an S Club movie entitled <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seeing_Double&action=edit" class="new" title="Seeing Double">Seeing Double</a></i> which was a huge success.</p> <p>In her solo career, Stevens was offered/and auditioned for many acting projects. She auditioned for a role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Law" title="Jude Law">Jude Law</a> movie <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie" title="Alfie">Alfie</a></i>, but lost the role to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sienna_Miller" title="Sienna Miller">Sienna Miller</a>. She also secretly auditioned for a role as the leading lady in the re-make of the hit series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>, but also lost the part to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Piper" title="Billie Piper">Billie Piper</a>. Stevens appeared in a minor role in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuce_Bigalow:_European_Gigolo" title="Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo">Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo</a></i>. She has also been called numbers of times to star in the Dr. Who spin-off <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood" title="Torchwood">Torchwood</a>, and has been called for a meeting to sit with the show's producers. She has recently stated to <i>New!</i> magazine that she would like to attend drama school to receive proper training. She has previously announced that she would love to act with Oscar nominees such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Owen" title="Clive Owen">Clive Owen</a> and Hollywood heartthrob <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a>.</p> <p>Stevens is currently spending time in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> in preparation for launching an acting career. According to Stevens, she is working with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris_Agency" title="William Morris Agency">William Morris Agency</a>, one of the largest acting agencies in the world.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Discography" id="Discography"></a></p> <h3>Discography</h3> <p><i>For complete discography and chart information see:</i> <i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Stevens_discography" title="Rachel Stevens discography">Rachel Stevens discography</a></b></i></p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Albums" id="Albums"></a></p> <h3>Albums</h3> <ol><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Dory" title="Funky Dory">Funky Dory</a></i> (2003)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Dory" title="Funky Dory">Funky Dory (re-release)</a></i> (2004)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_And_Get_It" title="Come And Get It">Come And Get It</a></i> (2005)</li></ol> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Hit_singles" id="Hit_singles"></a></p> <h3>Hit singles</h3> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Single</th> <th align="center" valign="top" width="40">UK</th> <th align="center" valign="top" width="40">IR</th> <th align="center" valign="top" width="40">Sales</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dreams_My_LA_Ex" title="Sweet Dreams My LA Ex">Sweet Dreams My LA Ex</a>" (2003)</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">225,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Girls_%28Rachel_Stevens_song%29" title="Some Girls (Rachel Stevens song)">Some Girls</a>" (2004)</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">13</td> <td align="center">130,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_More_More" title="More More More">More More More</a>" (2004)</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">68,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_Aid_%28band%29" title="Band Aid (band)">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" (2004)</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">-</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="See_also" id="See_also"></a></p> <h3>See also</h3> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rachel_Stevens_awards" title="List of Rachel Stevens awards">List of Rachel Stevens awards</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rachel_Stevens_films" title="List of Rachel Stevens films">List of Rachel Stevens films</a></li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Notes" id="Notes"></a></p> <h2>Notes</h2> <ol><li><cite id="endnote_Stevensfather" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Stevens#ref_Stevensfather" title=""><b>^</b></a></cite> <a href="http://www.rachelstevensonline.com/?page=information/family" class="external text" title="http://www.rachelstevensonline.com/?page=information/family">Rachel Stevens 1</a>. <i>Rachel Stevens Online</i>. 2006. Retrieved Jan. 28, 2006.</li><li><cite id="endnote_Everymancampaign" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Stevens#ref_Everymancampaign" title=""><b>^</b></a></cite> <a href="http://www.icr.ac.uk/everyman/rachel.html" class="external text" title="http://www.icr.ac.uk/everyman/rachel.html">Rachel Stevens 2</a>. <i>Everyman</i>. 2005. Retrieved Jan. 29, 2006.</li><li><cite id="endnote_MPH" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Stevens#ref_MPH" title=""><b>^</b></a></cite> <a href="http://www.rachelstevensonline.com/information/mvh/index.html" class="external text" title="http://www.rachelstevensonline.com/information/mvh/index.html">Rachel Stevens 3</a>. <i>RSO: Make Poverty History</i>. 2005. Retrieved Jan. 29, 2006.</li><li><cite id="endnote_simonbrodin" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Stevens#ref_simonbrodin" title=""><b>^</b></a></cite> <a href="http://www.rachelstevensonline.com/?page=information/lovelife/simon" class="external text" title="http://www.rachelstevensonline.com/?page=information/lovelife/simon">Rachel Stevens 4</a>. <i>Rachel Stevens Online</i>. 2006. Retrieved Jan. 29, 2006.</li></ol> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="References" id="References"></a></p> <h2>References</h2> <ul><li><i>Rachel Stevens Online</i>. <a href="http://www.rachelstevensonline.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.rachelstevensonline.com/">link</a> Jan. 28, 2006. Retrieved Jan. 28, 2006. - Biography, trivia and discography.</li><li><i>Rachel Stevens Official Website</i>. <a href="http://www.rachelstevensofficial.com/flashhome.php" class="external text" title="http://www.rachelstevensofficial.com/flashhome.php">link</a> Jan. 23, 2006. Retrieved Jan. 28, 2006. - Biography and discography.</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Stevens&action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Rachel Stevens">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.rachelstevensofficial.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.rachelstevensofficial.com/">Official website</a></li><li><a href="http://bb01.mer.uk.vvhp.net/rachel/yabb.pl" class="external text" title="http://bb01.mer.uk.vvhp.net/rachel/yabb.pl">Official forums</a></li><li><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040405291418211820&amp;sql=B2vsyxd0b2olf" class="external text" title="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040405291418211820&amp;sql=B2vsyxd0b2olf">All Music guide entry for Rachel Stevens</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828693/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828693/">Rachel Stevens</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113884904894177184?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138847864939127242006-02-01T21:34:00.000-05:002006-02-01T21:37:44.960-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/kate%20beckinsale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/kate%20beckinsale.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#79 Kate Beckinsale<br /><br /><b>Kate Beckinsale</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_26" title="July 26">July 26</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">England</a>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actress</a>.<br /><br /><h2>Early life</h2> <p>Beckinsale is the daughter of Judy Loe (a stage actress) and the late <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Beckinsale" title="Richard Beckinsale">Richard Beckinsale</a>, a well-known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> actor who died in 1979, at the age of 31. Kate's paternal great-grandfather was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamar" title="Bamar">Burmese</a>, and Beckinsale claims that she was "very oriental looking" as a child <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/24/1082719677731.html?from=storyrhs" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/24/1082719677731.html?from=storyrhs">[1]</a>.</p> <p>Beckinsale won first prizes in several young writing competitions. After completing school in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, she followed in the footsteps of her parents and began her acting career. Her first role was in <i>One Against the Wind</i>, a television film about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> that was first aired in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_in_television" title="1991 in television">1991</a>. Beckinsale then began studying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_College%2C_Oxford" title="New College, Oxford">New College</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a>, though she did not complete her studies (although she speaks these languages fluently). She felt that a general university background would be better for her than attending a school of performing arts.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Beckinsale&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Kate Beckinsale">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Film_career" id="Film_career"></a></p> <h2>Film career</h2> <p>During her first year at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, Beckinsale was offered a part in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a>'s big-screen film, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing_%28movie%29" title="Much Ado About Nothing (movie)">Much Ado About Nothing</a></i>, adapted from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> play. She spent her last year of studies in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, after which she decided to quit university and concentrate on her acting career. She subsequently appeared in a few notable but low-profile films, including <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Comfort_Farm" title="Cold Comfort Farm">Cold Comfort Farm</a></i> (in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_in_film" title="1995 in film">1995</a>), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_Fish" title="Shooting Fish">Shooting Fish</a> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Disco" title="The Last Days of Disco">The Last Days of Disco</a></i> (both in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_film" title="1998 in film">1998</a>). During this time, Beckinsale also appeared in television films and in stage roles.</p><p>Her first major <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> film, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokedown_Palace" title="Brokedown Palace">Brokedown Palace</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a>), was not a commercial success. Soon after, Beckinsale was cast in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_film" title="2001 in film">2001</a> film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_%28movie%29" title="Pearl Harbor (movie)">Pearl Harbor</a></i>, which was one of the highest grossing films of its year. In the years following, she appeared in a series of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> films that were high-profile but were given a somewhat poor critical reception, including <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity_%28film%29" title="Serendipity (film)">Serendipity</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_film" title="2001 in film">2001</a>), <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_%282003_film%29" title="Underworld (2003 film)">Underworld</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a>) and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Helsing" title="Van Helsing">Van Helsing</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a>). Notably, she appeared as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Gardner" title="Ava Gardner">Ava Gardner</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aviator" title="The Aviator">The Aviator</a></i>, a role for which she gained 20 pounds.</p> <p>In 2005, Beckinsale was placed at #85 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM magazine</a>'s "100 Sexiest Women in the World" <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/office-attachments/girls05.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/office-attachments/girls05.html">[2]</a>. Previously, she had also been placed at #16 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim magazine</a>'s "HOT 100" (2003), #63 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Magazine" title="Stuff Magazine">Stuff Magazine</a>'s "100 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002) <a href="http://www.movieactors.com/actors/katebeckinsale.htm" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.movieactors.com/actors/katebeckinsale.htm">[3]</a>, and was chosen by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello%21" title="Hello!">Hello magazine</a> as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>’s #1 Beauty", also in 2002.</p> <p>In January 2006, Beckinsale starred in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld:_Evolution" title="Underworld: Evolution">Underworld: Evolution</a></i>, a sequel to her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a> film, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_%282003_film%29" title="Underworld (2003 film)">Underworld</a></i>, again directed by her husband, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Wiseman" title="Len Wiseman">Len Wiseman</a>. The film opened at the #1 spot at the box office, grossing over $26 million in its first weekend of release <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=03&amp;p=.htm" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=03&amp;p=.htm">[4]</a>.</p> <p>On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a>, 2006, Beckinsale was featured on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> series, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk%27d" title="Punk'd">Punk'd</a></i>. The set-up for the segment took place at the Avalon Hotel in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Beckinsale&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Kate Beckinsale">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Private_life" id="Private_life"></a></p> <h2>Private life</h2> <p>Beckinsale and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Welsh</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sheen" title="Michael Sheen">Michael Sheen</a> have a daughter, Lily (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1999" title="January 1999">31 January 1999</a>), but they are no longer together. In June 2003, she became engaged to the director of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_%282003_movie%29" title="Underworld (2003 movie)">Underworld</a></i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Wiseman" title="Len Wiseman">Len Wiseman</a>, and the two were wed on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2004" title="May 2004">9 May 2004</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel-Air%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California">Bel-Air</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.</p> <p>Beckinsale suffers from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach_ulcers" title="Stomach ulcers">stomach ulcers</a> and was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorexia" title="Anorexia">anorexic</a> as a child <a href="http://www.kbeckinsale.net/facts.php" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.kbeckinsale.net/facts.php">[5]</a>. She has stated that she hates wearing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knickers" title="Knickers">knickers</a> <a href="http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/kate_beckinsale_biog/2" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/kate beckinsale biog/2">[6]</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Beckinsale&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Kate Beckinsale">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Selected_Filmography" id="Selected_Filmography"></a></p> <h2>Selected Filmography</h2> <table style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin: 1em 1em 1em 0pt; background: rgb(249, 249, 249) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><b>Year</b></td> <td><b>Title</b></td> <td><b>Role</b></td> <td><b>Other notes</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_film" title="2008 in film">2008</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_3_%282008_film%29" title="Underworld 3 (2008 film)">Underworld 3</a></i></td> <td>Selene</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Announced&action=edit" class="new" title="Announced">announced</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_film" title="2006 in film">2006</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_%28movie%29" title="Click (movie)">Click</a></i></td> <td>Donna Newman</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-production" title="Post-production">post-production</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_film" title="2006 in film">2006</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld:_Evolution" title="Underworld: Evolution">Underworld: Evolution</a></i></td> <td>Selene</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aviator" title="The Aviator">The Aviator</a></i></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Gardner" title="Ava Gardner">Ava Gardner</a></td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Helsing" title="Van Helsing">Van Helsing</a></i></td> <td>Anna Valerious</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_%282003_film%29" title="Underworld (2003 film)">Underworld</a></i></td> <td>Selene</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Canyon_%28movie%29" title="Laurel Canyon (movie)">Laurel Canyon</a></i></td> <td>Alex</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_film" title="2001 in film">2001</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity_%28movie%29" title="Serendipity (movie)">Serendipity</a></i></td> <td>Sara Thomas</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_film" title="2001 in film">2001</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_%28movie%29" title="Pearl Harbor (movie)">Pearl Harbor</a></i></td> <td>Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_film" title="2001 in film">2001</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bowl" title="The Golden Bowl">The Golden Bowl</a></i></td> <td>Maggie Verver</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokedown_Palace" title="Brokedown Palace">Brokedown Palace</a></i></td> <td>Darlene Davis</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_film" title="1998 in film">1998</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Disco" title="The Last Days of Disco">The Last Days of Disco</a></i></td> <td>Charlotte Pingress</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_film" title="1998 in film">1998</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_Fish" title="Shooting Fish">Shooting Fish</a></i></td> <td>Georgie</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_in_film" title="1995 in film">1995</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Comfort_Farm" title="Cold Comfort Farm">Cold Comfort Farm</a></i></td> <td>Flora Poste</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_film" title="1993 in film">1993</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing_%28movie%29" title="Much Ado About Nothing (movie)">Much Ado About Nothing</a></i></td> <td>Hero</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Beckinsale&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Kate Beckinsale">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Interviews" id="Interviews"></a></p> <h2>Interviews</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10857673/site/newsweek/" class="external text" title="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10857673/site/newsweek/">Q&A, 1/23/06, Newsweek</a></li><li><a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=12769" class="external text" title="http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=12769">interview, 1/20/06, ComingSoon</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16579186&amp;method=full&siteid=66633&amp;headline=the-big-razz-interview--len-me--and-sex-on-screen--name_page.html" class="external text" title="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm objectid=16579186&method=full&amp;siteid=66633&headline=the-big-razz-interview--len-me--and-sex-on-screen--name page.html">interview, 1/13/06, The Daily Record</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0405053" class="external text" title="http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0405053">interview, 5/05/04, Cinema Confidential</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/24/1082719677731.html?from=storyrhs" class="external text" title="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/24/1082719677731.html?from=storyrhs">interview, 4/25/04, The Age</a></li><li><a href="http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/437/437658p1.html" class="external text" title="http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/437/437658p1.html">interview, 9/10/03, IGN films</a></li></ul> <div class="infobox sisterproject"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikiquote-logo-en.png" class="image" title=" "><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Wikiquote-logo-en.png/50px-Wikiquote-logo-en.png" alt=" " longdesc="/wiki/Image:Wikiquote-logo-en.png" height="50" width="50" /></a></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiquote" title="Wikiquote">Wikiquote</a> has a collection of quotations related to: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Kate_Beckinsale" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Special:Search/Kate Beckinsale">Kate Beckinsale</a></b></i></div> </div> </div> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Beckinsale&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Kate Beckinsale">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.kbeckinsale.net/" class="external text" title="http://www.kbeckinsale.net/">Kate Beckinsale Online - Fan Site</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000295/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000295/">Kate Beckinsale</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li>Interview with <a href="http://www.horrorchannel.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&amp;sid=4168" class="external text" title="http://www.horrorchannel.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&amp;sid=4168"><i>Kate Beckinsale</i></a> at <a href="http://www.horrorchannel.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.horrorchannel.com">The Horror Channel</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113884786493912724?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138847563564565972006-02-01T21:29:00.000-05:002006-02-01T21:32:43.596-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Blitz690_CharlizeTheron.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Blitz690_CharlizeTheron.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#78 Charlize Theron<br /><br /><b>Charlize Theron</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_7" title="August 7">August 7</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoni" title="Benoni">Benoni</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> winning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African" title="South African">South African</a> actress.<br /><br /><h2>Early life</h2> <p>Her father, Charles, was a construction company owner of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguenot" title="Huguenot">Huguenot</a> descent; her mother, Gerda, is of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_People" title="German People">German</a> descent and took over her husband's business after his death. Theron's first language is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans_language" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans</a>, and her second is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>. "Theron" is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> surname pronounced in Afrikaans as "Tronn", although she has stated that she prefers the pronunciation "Thrown" <a href="http://www.aclasscelebs.com/charlizet/interview.htm" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.aclasscelebs.com/charlizet/interview.htm">[1]</a>.</p> <p>She grew up as the only child on her parents' farm near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a> and was sent to a boarding school at the age of thirteen. At the age of fifteen, Theron witnessed the death of her father; he was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse" title="Abuse">abusive</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic" title="Alcoholic">alcoholic</a>, and her mother shot him in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_defense" title="Self defense">self defense</a> when he attacked her. No charges were pressed.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlize_Theron&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Charlize Theron">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Career" id="Career"></a></p> <h2>Career</h2> <p>At the age of sixteen, Theron travelled to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> on a one-year <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_%28person%29" title="Model (person)">modelling</a> contract after winning a local competition. Her contract ended while she was in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. She decided to remain there and attended the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joffrey_Ballet" title="Joffrey Ballet">Joffrey Ballet</a>, where she trained as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet" title="Ballet">ballet</a> dancer and performed in productions of both <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Lake" title="Swan Lake">Swan Lake</a></i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker" title="The Nutcracker">The Nutcracker</a></i>. A knee injury ended this career path at the age of 18. Unable to dance, she bought a ticket to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles</a>. After eight months in the city she got her first film part, a non-speaking role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video" title="Direct-to-video">direct-to-video</a> film <i>Children of the Corn III</i>. She followed this with larger roles in widely released films, and her career skyrocketed with box office successes like <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Advocate" title="The Devil's Advocate">The Devil's Advocate</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cider_House_Rules" title="The Cider House Rules">The Cider House Rules</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young" title="Mighty Joe Young">Mighty Joe Young</a></i>.</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>, she posed nude for the May issue of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine.</p> <p>After appearing in a few notable films, Theron starred as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer" title="Serial killer">serial killer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos" title="Aileen Wuornos">Aileen Wuornos</a> in the film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_%28movie%29" title="Monster (movie)">Monster</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>). Receiving praise for her performance (film critic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> called it "one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema" <a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040101/REVIEWS/40310032/1023" class="external autonumber" title="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040101/REVIEWS/40310032/1023">[2]</a>), Theron won the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a> Oscar at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76th_Academy_Awards" title="76th Academy Awards">76th Academy Awards</a> in February <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>, as well as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild#SAG_Awards" title="Screen Actors Guild">SAG Award</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a>. She is the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South African</a> to win an Oscar for Best Actress.</p> <p>On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_30" title="September 30">September 30</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> she received her own bronze star on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>. In the same year, she starred in the film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86on_Flux_%28film%29" title="Æon Flux (film)">Æon Flux</a></i> and was given positive reviews, as well as a <i>Best Actress</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> nomination, for her lead performance in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Country_%282005_film%29" title="North Country (2005 film)">North Country</a></i>.</p> <p>Theron also portrayed Rita, Michael Bluth's (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Bateman" title="Jason Bateman">Jason Bateman</a>) love interest on the third season of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">FOX</a>'s critically acclaimed sitcom <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development" title="Arrested Development">Arrested Development</a></i>.</p> <p>Having signed a deal with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galliano" title="John Galliano">John Galliano</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>, Charlize replaced model <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Kass" title="Carmen Kass">Carmen Kass</a> in the <i>J'ADORE</i> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Dior" title="Christian Dior">Christian Dior</a> ads.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlize_Theron&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Charlize Theron">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Personal_life" id="Personal_life"></a></p> <h2>Personal life</h2> <p>Theron is the current spokeswoman for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dior" title="Dior">Dior</a> perfume. She resides in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> with her long-term boyfriend, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Townsend" title="Stuart Townsend">Stuart Townsend</a>, with whom she starred in the 2004 film, "Head in the Clouds"; she has said that she will not marry him until same-sex couples are able to have their marriages recognized. Theron is also involved in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">women's rights</a> organizations <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/26/1082831473096.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/26/1082831473096.html">[3]</a>.</p> <p>Dated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_singer" title="Lead singer">lead singer</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Eye_Blind" title="Third Eye Blind">Third Eye Blind</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Jenkins" title="Stephan Jenkins">Stephan Jenkins</a> from January <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> to July <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>. Jenkins broke up with her after failing to take her requests of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">marriage</a> seriously <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000234/bio" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000234/bio">[4]</a>.</p> <p>While filming <i>Æon Flux</i> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, she had surgery on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernia" title="Hernia">herniated</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical" title="Cervical">cervical</a> disc in her neck, the result of an injury incurred on the set during a stunt.</p> <p>Her mother, Gerda, recently married in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, but the media thought Charlize was the one getting married (to Irish boyfriend <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Townsend" title="Stuart Townsend">Stuart Townsend</a>) and the paparazzi got as close as they could for the photos.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlize_Theron&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Charlize Theron">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Selected_filmography" id="Selected_filmography"></a></p> <h2>Selected filmography</h2> <table> <tbody><tr align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td><b>Year</b></td> <td><b>Title</b></td> <td><b>Role</b></td> <td><b>Other notes</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film" title="2005 in film">2005</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon_Flux_%28film%29" title="Aeon Flux (film)">Aeon Flux</a></i></td> <td>Aeon Flux</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film" title="2005 in film">2005</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Country_%28film%29" title="North Country (film)">North Country</a></i></td> <td>Josey Aimes</td> <td>Academy Award nomination - "Best Actress"</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_in_the_Clouds" title="Head in the Clouds">Head in the Clouds</a></i></td> <td>Gilda Bessé</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_%28film%29" title="Monster (film)">Monster</a></i></td> <td>Aileen Wuornos</td> <td>Academy Award Winner - "Best Actress"</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Job_%282003_film%29" title="The Italian Job (2003 film)">The Italian Job</a></i></td> <td>Stella Bridger</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_film" title="2002 in film">2002</a></td> <td><i>Waking Up in Reno</i></td> <td>Candy Kirkendall</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_film" title="2002 in film">2002</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped" title="Trapped">Trapped</a></i></td> <td>Karen Jennings</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_film" title="2001 in film">2001</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_Minutes" title="15 Minutes">15 Minutes</a></i></td> <td>Rose Hearn</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_film" title="2001 in film">2001</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_November" title="Sweet November">Sweet November</a></i></td> <td>Sara Deever</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film" title="2000 in film">2000</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bagger_Vance" title="The Legend of Bagger Vance">The Legend of Bagger Vance</a></i></td> <td>Adele Invergordon</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film" title="2000 in film">2000</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yards" title="The Yards">The Yards</a></i></td> <td>Erica Stoltz</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film" title="2000 in film">2000</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer_Games" title="Reindeer Games">Reindeer Games</a></i></td> <td>Ashley Mercer</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cider_House_Rules" title="The Cider House Rules">The Cider House Rules</a></i></td> <td>Candy Kendall</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Astronaut%27s_Wife" title="The Astronaut's Wife">The Astronaut's Wife</a></i></td> <td>Jillian Armacost</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_film" title="1998 in film">1998</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young" title="Mighty Joe Young">Mighty Joe Young</a></i></td> <td>Jill Young</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_film" title="1998 in film">1998</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity" title="Celebrity">Celebrity</a></i></td> <td>Supermodel</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_film" title="1997 in film">1997</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Advocate" title="The Devil's Advocate">The Devil's Advocate</a></i></td> <td>Mary Ann Lomax</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_film" title="1997 in film">1997</a></td> <td><i>Trial and Error</i></td> <td>Billie Tyler</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_in_film" title="1996 in film">1996</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Days_in_the_Valley" title="2 Days in the Valley">2 Days in the Valley</a></i></td> <td>Helga Svelgen</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlize_Theron&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Charlize Theron">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <div class="infobox sisterproject"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikiquote-logo-en.png" class="image" title=" "><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Wikiquote-logo-en.png/50px-Wikiquote-logo-en.png" alt=" " longdesc="/wiki/Image:Wikiquote-logo-en.png" height="50" width="50" /></a></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiquote" title="Wikiquote">Wikiquote</a> has a collection of quotations related to: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Charlize_Theron" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Special:Search/Charlize Theron">Charlize Theron</a></b></i></div> </div> </div> <ul><li><a href="http://www.charlizetheron.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.charlizetheron.com/">Official Site</a></li><li><a href="http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1183644,00.html" class="external text" title="http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1183644,00.html">Theron interview, 2004, Guardian Unlimited</a></li><li><a href="http://actionadventure.about.com/cs/weeklystories/a/aa121903.htm" class="external text" title="http://actionadventure.about.com/cs/weeklystories/a/aa121903.htm">Theron interview, 2003</a></li><li><a href="http://people.noteroom.com/charlize_theron.html" class="external text" title="http://people.noteroom.com/charlize theron.html">Charlize Theron in the News</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000234/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000234/">Charlize Theron</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113884756356456597?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138847280151895392006-02-01T21:24:00.000-05:002006-02-01T21:28:00.163-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Sumi%20Das.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Sumi%20Das.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#77 Sumi Das<br /><br /><p><b>Sumi Das</b> is the former co-host of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechTV" title="TechTV">TechTV</a>'s <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Gear" title="Fresh Gear">Fresh Gear</a></i>. After leaving just before the merger of TechTV and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4" title="G4">G4</a>, Das dropped off the professional media scene. She has appeared reporting for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_of_2005" title="As of 2005">As of 2005</a>, she has filed reports from parts of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> ravaged by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> for various local stations, including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami%2C_Florida" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>, television station, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSVN" title="WSVN">WSVN</a>.</p> <p>Sumi Das is Indian. Her family is from the Indian state of Assam.</p><p>Sumi Das is a national correspondent for CNN Newsource based in Washington, D.C. She files feature stories and breaking news reports as well as providing custom live reports for approximately 800 CNN Newsource affiliates. Das reported from Biloxi, Miss., and New Orleans on the destruction and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. </p><p> </p><p>Das joined CNN Newsource from cable news channel, MSNBC, where she was a correspondent responsible for covering live breaking news for the network. Das reported from Modesto, Calif. during the Scott Peterson trial. Prior to that, Das was a producer and host of Fresh Gear, a weekly program focusing on new technology trends for Tech TV. </p><p> </p><p>Das earned a bachelor of arts in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113884728015189539?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138654159370489742006-01-30T15:43:00.000-05:002006-01-30T15:49:19.410-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/20050924_heigl_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/20050924_heigl_02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />#76 Katherine Heigl<br /><br />Katherine Marie Heigl (b. November 24, 1978) is an American actress, best known for her roles on the TV series Roswell and Grey's Anatomy.<br /><br /><h2>Early life</h2> <p>Heigl was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> to parents Nancy and Paul, of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_people" title="German people">German</a> descent; she was raised a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon" title="Mormon">Mormon</a>. The family moved to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Canaan" title="New Canaan">New Canaan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> a short time later. Tragedy struck her family when her older brother Jason died in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986" title="1986">1986</a> of brain injuries suffered in a car accident. He had been thrown from the back of a pickup truck, and doctors determined Jason was brain-dead. Despite their grief, the family decided to donate his organs. This has motivated Katherine to become a strong proponent of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_donation" title="Organ donation">organ donation</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katherine_Heigl&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Katherine Heigl">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Career" id="Career"></a></p> <h2>Career</h2> <p>When she was nine years old, an aunt visiting the family decided to take a number of photographs of the young Heigl. After returning to her home in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New York</a>, the aunt sent the photos to a number of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Modeling_agencies&action=edit" class="new" title="Modeling agencies">modeling agencies</a>, all with the permission of Katherine's parents. Within a few weeks, Heigl had been signed as a child model.</p> <p>Almost immediately, a client slated her for use in a magazine advertisement. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television">Television</a> jobs soon followed, the first in a national spot for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerios" title="Cheerios">Cheerios</a> breakfast cereal. It was not long until she landed her first big-screen debut in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992" title="1992">1992</a> movie <i>That Night</i>. After meeting such fast success and enjoying her new-found career, she realized that acting was her passion.</p> <p>Heigl then appeared as Christina Sebastian in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Depression</a>-era drama <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hill_%28film%29" title="King of the Hill (film)">King of the Hill</a></i> before landing her first leading role as Nicole in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy" title="Comedy">comedy</a> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Father_The_Hero" title="My Father The Hero">My Father The Hero</a></i>. During this time, Heigl continued to attend New Canaan High School, balancing her film and modeling work with her academic studies.</p> <p>She then played opposite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Seagal" title="Steven Seagal">Steven Seagal</a> in the role of Sarah in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_movie" title="Action movie">action</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller" title="Thriller">thriller</a> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Siege_2:_Dark_Territory" title="Under Siege 2: Dark Territory">Under Siege 2: Dark Territory</a></i>. Despite an increased focus on acting, she still modeled extensively, appearing regularly in magazines such as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen" title="Seventeen">Seventeen</a></i>. She took the lead role in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney</a>'s <i>Wish Upon a Star</i> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a>. It was also in 1996 that Heigl's parents divorced. After her high school graduation in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a>, she and her mother moved into a 4-bedroom house in Malibu Canyon, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles</a>. Heigl's mother then became her manager.</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> she co-starred with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fonda" title="Peter Fonda">Peter Fonda</a> in a re-working of the classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespearian" title="Shakespearian">Shakespearian</a> play <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest_%28play%29" title="The Tempest (play)">The Tempest</a></i>, set during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. Later in 1998 Heigl was featured in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> films <i>Bug Buster</i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_of_Chucky" title="Bride of Chucky">Bride of Chucky</a></i>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>, Heigl turned her attention to television when she accepted the role of Isabel Evans on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> TV <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama" title="Drama">drama</a> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_%28TV_series%29" title="Roswell (TV series)">Roswell</a></i>, a modest role that was expanded in the show's second and third seasons.</p> <p>To publicize her role on <i>Roswell</i>, she appeared on the covers of magazines such as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim</a>,</i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen" title="Teen">Teen</a></i> as well as appearing in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a></i>. She later appeared in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a></i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim</a></i> calendars and <i>FHM'</i>s annual <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">100 sexiest women in the world</a>.</i> While <i>Roswell</i> was in production, Heigl worked on several films, including, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Girls" title="100 Girls">100 Girls</a></i>, an independent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> film in which she played competitive tomboy Arlene, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine" title="Valentine">Valentine</a></i>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror</a> film starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boreanaz" title="David Boreanaz">David Boreanaz</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Richards" title="Denise Richards">Denise Richards</a> in which she played medical student Shelley Fisher.</p> <p>In the spring of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>, Heigl accepted a role in <i>Ground Zero</i>, a television thriller scheduled to be telecast that fall, which was based on the bestselling <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel" title="Novel">novel</a>, <i>The Seventh Power</i>, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mills" title="James Mills">James Mills</a>. She co-starred as a brilliant and politically-concerned college student who helps to build a nuclear device to illustrate the need for a change in national priorities, but which ends up in the hands of a terrorist following betrayal by a fellow student. After the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11%2C_2001_attacks" title="September 11, 2001 attacks">September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks</a>, however, the film was shelved when its plot was considered too inappropriate, and it re-emerged in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> under the title <i>Critical Assembly</i>. After the terrorist attacks, Heigl recorded a passionate public service announcement for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Cross" title="American Red Cross">American Red Cross</a> in an effort to help raise money for victims.</p> <p>In early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>, Heigl returned to the horror genre with <i>Evil Never Dies</i>, a modern-day variation on the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein" title="Frankenstein">Frankenstein</a></i> story co-starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gibson" title="Thomas Gibson">Thomas Gibson</a>. She played the role of Eve, the professor's assistant whose intentions are unclear. <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Comes_Softly" title="Love Comes Softly">Love Comes Softly</a></i>, a telefilm for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark" title="Hallmark">Hallmark</a> Entertainment in 2003, found Heigl starring in the role of Marty Claridge, a young, pregnant newlywed travelling west. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October" title="October">October</a> 2003, Heigl was cast opposite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Knoxville" title="Johnny Knoxville">Johnny Knoxville</a>, as the leading lady in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ringer" title="The Ringer">The Ringer</a></i>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrelly_brothers" title="Farrelly brothers">Farrelly brothers</a> comedy that was later released in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December" title="December">December</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>. Heigl was then cast as Isabella Linton in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>'s modern revamp of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Bront%C3%AB" title="Emily Brontë">Emily Brontë</a>'s classic novel <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights" title="Wuthering Heights">Wuthering Heights</a></i>.</p> <p>Heigl was cast in the role of Romy in the 2005 movie <i>Romy and Michele: In The Beginning</i>, a prequel to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a> movie, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romy_and_Michele%27s_High_School_Reunion" title="Romy and Michele's High School Reunion">Romy and Michele's High School Reunion</a></i>. Heigl is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_of_2005" title="As of 2005">currently</a> starring in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey%27s_Anatomy" title="Grey's Anatomy">Grey's Anatomy</a></i>, a medical drama on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katherine_Heigl&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Katherine Heigl">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Personal_life" id="Personal_life"></a></p> <h2>Personal life</h2> <p>Heigl is dating singer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kelley" title="Josh Kelley">Josh Kelley</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katherine_Heigl&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Katherine Heigl">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Credits" id="Credits"></a></p> <h2>Credits</h2> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katherine_Heigl&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Katherine Heigl">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="TV" id="TV"></a></p> <h3>TV</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey%27s_Anatomy" title="Grey's Anatomy">Grey's Anatomy</a></i> 2005</li><li><i>Romy & Michele: In The Beginning</i> 2005</li><li><i>Love's Enduring Promise</i> 2004</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights_%282003_film%29" title="Wuthering Heights (2003 film)">Wuthering Heights</a></i> 2003</li><li><i>Evil Never Dies</i> 2003</li><li><i>Descendant</i> 2003</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Comes_Softly" title="Love Comes Softly">Love Comes Softly</a></i> 2003</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone#Second_revival_.282002-2003.29" title="The Twilight Zone">The Twilight Zone</a></i> 2002</li><li><i>Critical Assembly (Ground Zero)</i> 2001</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_%28TV_series%29" title="Roswell (TV series)">Roswell</a></i> 1999</li><li><i>The Tempest</i> 1998</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katherine_Heigl&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Katherine Heigl">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Movies" id="Movies"></a></p> <h3>Movies</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine_%28film%29" title="Caffeine (film)">Caffeine</a></i> 2006</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ringer" title="The Ringer">The Ringer</a></i> 2005</li><li><i>Side Effects</i> 2005</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_%28movie%29" title="Valentine (movie)">Valentine</a></i> 2001</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Girls" title="100 Girls">100 Girls</a></i> 2000</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_Of_Chucky" title="Bride Of Chucky">Bride Of Chucky</a></i> 1998</li><li><i>Bug Buster</i> 1998</li><li><i>Stand-Ins</i> 1997</li><li><i>Prince Valiant</i> 1997</li><li><i>Wish Upon A Star</i> 1996</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Siege_2:_Dark_Territory" title="Under Siege 2: Dark Territory">Under Siege 2: Dark Territory</a></i> 1995</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Father_The_Hero" title="My Father The Hero">My Father The Hero</a></i> 1994</li><li><i>King Of The Hill</i> 1993</li><li><i>That Night</i> 1992</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Shania%20Twain.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />#75 Shania Twain<br /><br />Shania Twain, OC (born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has been very successful in the country and pop music genres, setting several sales records for female artists and for country artists.<br /><br /><h2>Early years</h2> <p>Born <b>Eilleen Regina Edwards</b> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor%2C_Ontario" title="Windsor, Ontario">Windsor, Ontario</a> to Sharon and Clarence Edwards, she grew up as <b>Eilleen Twain</b> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timmins%2C_Ontario" title="Timmins, Ontario">Timmins, Ontario</a>, after her parents separated when she was two, and her mother remarried to Jerry Twain, a full-blooded member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwa" title="Ojibwa">Ojibwa</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nations_of_Canada" title="First Nations of Canada">First Nation</a>.</p> <p>At the age of 13, Eilleen Twain was invited to perform on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">CBC</a> television's <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Hunter" title="Tommy Hunter">Tommy Hunter</a> Show</i>. During high school in Timmins, she was the vocalist for a local band "Longshot" which covered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> music. When her mother and adoptive father died in a car crash on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a>, Eilleen took her two younger brothers, Mark and Darryl, and sister Carrie-Ann to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville%2C_Ontario" title="Huntsville, Ontario">Huntsville</a>, Ontario, where she supported the family by performing at a local resort (Deerhurst resort). In 1991, after an entertainment lawyer (Dick Frank) from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville%2C_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> heard her act, she was invited to record a demo tape.</p> <p>In 1991, when she signed her first recording contract with Richard Frank of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Nashville_Records" title="Mercury Nashville Records">Mercury Nashville Records</a>, she changed her name to <b>Shania</b> (pronounced shu-NYE-uh) which is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwe_language" title="Ojibwe language">Ojibwa</a> word meaning "I'm on my way". Her step-father was a full-blooded Ojibwa and remained an important influence in Shania's life. Twain's embrace of her adoptive Ojibwa heritage has at times been reported to be controversial among Canadian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nations" title="First Nations">First Nations</a>, with some disagreement about whether a non-Ojibwa adopted by an Ojibwa parent can be considered a true Ojibwa. Shania Twain responded to such criticism by saying, "I don't know how much Indian blood I actually have in me, but as the adopted daughter of my father Jerry, I became registered as a 50% North American Indian ... That is my heart and my soul, and I'm very proud of it." <a href="http://shaniatwainnews.20m.com/favorite_links.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://shaniatwainnews.20m.com/favorite links.html">[1]</a></p> <p>The city of Timmins later renamed a street for her, gave her the key to the city, and built the Shania Twain Museum (Shania Twain Centre), which Twain visited in 2004, as shown on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTV" title="CTV">CTV</a> special.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shania_Twain&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Shania Twain">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Massive_career_success" id="Massive_career_success"></a></p> <h2>Massive career success</h2> <p>Initially known as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> singer, Twain herself found her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shania_Twain_%28album%29" title="Shania Twain (album)">self-titled debut album</a> unsatisfactory as she was forced by her record company to work with outside songwriters. Nor did it please the public, gaining little sales and no real chart action for its singles. Twain immediately felt alienated from the Nashville music scene.</p> <p>Everything changed when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">producer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lange" title="Robert Lange">Robert "Mutt" Lange</a> heard Shania's original songs and singing and thought she held promise. He offered to produce her and to write songs with her. After many telephone conversations, they met in person at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_Music_Festival" title="CMA Music Festival">Nashville's Fan Fair</a> in June 1993. Soon their professional relationship took a romantic turn, and they were married on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_28" title="December 28">December 28</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a>.</p> <p>With Lange's influence, Shania's music then veered a bit more towards <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a>. Her vocal performances strengthened by virtue of singing only the material she and Lange had written, a practice she would continue from this point on, contrary to typical Nashville practice. Her second album, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a>'s <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_Me" title="The Woman in Me">The Woman in Me</a></i>, caught fire due to singles like "Any Man of Mine" and "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?". The album eventually topped the country charts for months and became a massive crossover to mainstream charts, peaking at No. 5 and topping out at 12 million sold. <i>The Woman in Me</i> went on to win the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Country Album">Grammy Award for Best Country Album</a> as well as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a> award for Album of the Year; the latter group also awarded Twain as Best New Female Vocalist.</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a>, Twain released her follow-up album, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_on_Over_%281997_album%29" title="Come on Over (1997 album)">Come on Over</a></i>. Selling 172,000 out of the gate and peaking at No. 2, the album was seen by many at first as a disappointment, given the massive success of her last effort. But slowly, the album started racking up sales. It never hit the top spot, but with the multi-chart hit single "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_Still_the_One" title="You're Still the One">You're Still the One</a>", sales skyrocketed. Songs like "Don't Be Stupid", "Honey, I'm Home", "Man! I Feel like a Woman!", "That Don't Impress Me Much", and "From This Moment On" joined the 11 songs that eventually saw release as singles. Over the next two years, the album stayed on the charts, spinning off hit after hit. When the dust finally settled, <i>Come on Over</i> had sold 20 million copies in the United States and 39 million worldwide, making it the biggest-selling album by a female artist of all time, the biggest-selling country album of all time, and the No. 6 selling album of all time. Songs from the album won four Grammy Awards over the next two years, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best Country Song">Best Country Song</a> for Twain and Lange for "You're Still the One" and "Come on Over" and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Country_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance">Best Female Country Performance</a> for "You're Still the One" and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!".</p> <p>There were several keys to all this success. The songs on <i>Come on Over</i> were full of memorable phrases and catchy hooks, rendered well in Twain's singing. Lange's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> production techniques from his work with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Leppard" title="Def Leppard">Def Leppard</a> and others proved surprisingly effective in the country/pop context. And many newer fans were totally unaware of her country music roots, particularly as versions of singles released to non-country radio in North America and around the world featured remixed versions de-emphasizing country-style instrumentation.</p> <p>Twain's mainstream pop acceptance was further helped by her appearance in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> first edition of the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1_Divas" title="VH1 Divas">VH1 Divas</a></i> concert, where she sang alongside <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9line_Dion" title="Céline Dion">Céline Dion</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Estefan" title="Gloria Estefan">Gloria Estefan</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a>, and by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> heavily-aired <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Music" title="Behind the Music">Behind the Music</a></i> treatment of her, which concentrated on the tragic aspects of her early life as well as her physical attractiveness and Nashville's early resistance to her bared-midriff <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music videos</a>. In 1999 Twain also established a visible commercial relationship with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revlon" title="Revlon">Revlon</a> cosmetics, based around "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!".</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> Shania Twain launched her first major concert tour, aided by her manager <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Landau" title="Jon Landau">Jon Landau</a>, a veteran of many large-scale tours with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>. The shows were enthusiastically received by audiences around the globe and answered critics who speculated that she could not perform live. Twain's peak of success was further emphasized when she was named the 1999 Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a>. (In the latter case, she is one of only five solo women to win the award, the others being <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a>.)</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shania_Twain&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Shania Twain">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Life_at_the_top" id="Life_at_the_top"></a></p> <h2>Life at the top</h2> <p>After taking time off and having a child in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>, Shania Twain went back into the studio. <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%21_%28album%29" title="Up! (album)">Up!</a></i> was released in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2002" title="November 2002">November 2002</a>, making it five years since the world had new material from her, and she toured again to promote it. A double-album, it featured 19 songs in pop mixes and the same 19 songs in country mixes. Internationally the country mixes were replaced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_music" title="World music">world music</a> mixes, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> elements. Though it garnered some of the most tepid reviews of the year (it was even called the worst album of 2002 by <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_%28magazine%29" title="Spin (magazine)">Spin</a></i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Details_%28magazine%29" title="Details (magazine)">Details</a></i> magazines), <i>Up!</i> debuted at No. 1, selling 874,000 in the first week alone. It charted at the top for five weeks. The first single off of the album "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Getcha_Good%21" title="I'm Gonna Getcha Good!">I'm Gonna Getcha Good!</a>", became a modest pop and country hit, while the follow-up single "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%21_%28single%29" title="Up! (single)">Up!</a>" failed to do as well. However the third single off of the album would be the most successful: the romantic ballad "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_And_For_Always" title="Forever And For Always">Forever And For Always</a>" was released as a single in April 2003 and peaked at No. 4 on the country chart and No. 1 on the AC chart, spending 6 weeks there. "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_Not_Just_A_Pretty_Face" title="She's Not Just A Pretty Face">She's Not Just A Pretty Face</a>" was a country top-ten hit but failed on other charts, while the last single, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Only_Hurts_When_I%27m_Breathing" title="It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing">It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing</a>", debuted on her fifth TV special <i>Up! Close and Personal</i>, performed even worse. To date, <i>Up!</i> has sold 11 million physical copies in the U.S., 21 physical copies worldwide (which by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA" title="RIAA">RIAA</a> rules for double albums, are counted as 11 million units in the U.S. and 21 million worldwide) — impressive marks by normal standards but considered a disappointment by some relative to <i>Come on Over</i>. Because <i>Up!</i> is a double album, it thereby achieved Twain's third straight <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">diamond album</a>, which entails sales of over 10 million units; this was another record for a female artist of any genre.</p> <p>In 2004, she released the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_%28Shania_Twain_album%29" title="Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)">Greatest Hits</a></i> album, with four new tracks. To date, it has sold over three million copies in the U.S. The first single, the multi-format duet "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_For_Two" title="Party For Two">Party For Two</a>", made the country top ten with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Currington" title="Billy Currington">Billy Currington</a> but the pop version with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Ray" title="Sugar Ray">Sugar Ray</a> lead singer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_McGrath" title="Mark McGrath">Mark McGrath</a> failed to make an impression outside of airplay charts. Two further singles did not do much on any chart, although "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t%21" title="Don't!">Don't!</a>" was featured in the film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Unfinished_Life" title="An Unfinished Life">An Unfinished Life</a></i> and "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ain%27t_No_Quitter" title="I Ain't No Quitter">I Ain't No Quitter</a>" represented a partial return to traditional country idioms.</p> <p>In spite of her songwriting abilities and her massive commercial success, Twain has never garnered overwhelming critical praise. Some pop critics and fans see her as almost a robot, controlled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svengali" title="Svengali">Svengali</a>-like by Lange and wonder why her dramatic upbringing is rarely reflected in her lyrics. Some Nashville traditionalists still consider her a pop singer who simply markets her music as country. The most negative factions view her as just a gorgeous studio mannequin with a so-so voice, who got lucky and simply was in the right place at the right time. For example, infamous country outlaw <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Earle" title="Steve Earle">Steve Earle</a> called her "the highest paid lap dancer in Nashville." In interviews Twain has defiantly rebutted all of these assertions. <a href="http://members.aol.com/muzikguy94/shania_quotes.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://members.aol.com/muzikguy94/shania quotes.html">[2]</a></p> <p>Twain lives in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tour-de-Peilz" title="La Tour-de-Peilz">La Tour-de-Peilz</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> with Lange and their son Eja; she states that living so far away gives her the privacy she would otherwise lack. As an alternate retreat, she has also recently purchased Motutapu Station near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanaka" title="Wanaka">Wanaka</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, a 170 km² <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_station" title="Sheep station">sheep station</a> where she hopes to build a house.</p> <p>On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_28" title="August 28">August 28</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>, she celebrated her 40th birthday. In August 2005, she released the single "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Men_Are_Like%29_Shoes" title="(Men Are Like) Shoes">Shoes</a>" from the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_Housewives" title="Desperate Housewives">Desperate Housewives</a></i> soundtrack; it failed to make much of an impact, barely getting into the top 30 on the country charts and not charting elsewhere. It was the first single Twain recorded that she had not written herself; no music video was made and the record label stopped promoting it.</p> <p>A television <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopic" title="Biopic">biopic</a> of Twain, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shania:_A_Life_in_Eight_Albums" title="Shania: A Life in Eight Albums">Shania: A Life in Eight Albums</a></i>, aired on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC Television</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_7" title="November 7">November 7</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Henderson" title="Meredith Henderson">Meredith Henderson</a> starring as Twain.</p> <p>In 2005 Twain would add a commercial relationship with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coty%2C_Inc." title="Coty, Inc.">COTY</a> <a href="http://coty.com/WebContent.asp?CO=1160&Sec=2&amp;Sub=16&F=Shania_Twain&amp;Item=2" class="external autonumber" title="http://coty.com/WebContent.asp?CO=1160&Sec=2&amp;Sub=16&F=Shania Twain&amp;Item=2">[3]</a>, for the creation of her fragrance Shania by Stetson <a href="http://www.shaniabystetson.com/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.shaniabystetson.com">[4]</a>. Around the same time, Twain appeared on an episode of the reality show <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice" title="The Apprentice">The Apprentice</a></i>, riding horses around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park" title="Central Park">Central Park</a> and having dinner with two contestants who had successfully marketed her fragrance on the show.</p> <p>On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_18" title="November 18">November 18</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>, Twain was invested as an Officer in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a>. <a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051118/shania_twain_051118/20051118?hub=Canada" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051118/shania twain 051118/20051118?hub=Canada">[5]</a></p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shania_Twain&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Shania Twain">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Discography" id="Discography"></a></p> <h2>Discography</h2> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shania_Twain&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Shania Twain">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Albums" id="Albums"></a></p> <h3>Albums</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Complete_Limelight_Sessions&action=edit" class="new" title="The Complete Limelight Sessions">The Complete Limelight Sessions</a></i> (unauthorized), featuring demo songs she recorded during 1989 and 1990, sales below 100,000</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shania_Twain_%28album%29" title="Shania Twain (album)">Shania Twain</a></i> (1993), U.S. sales: 1 million (Platinum) (2 million worldwide)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_Me" title="The Woman in Me">The Woman in Me</a></i> (1995), U.S. sales: 12 million (12x Platinum) (21 million worldwide)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_on_Over_%281997_album%29" title="Come on Over (1997 album)">Come on Over</a></i> (1997), U.S. sales: 20 million (20x Platinum) [December 2004 <a href="http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000732978" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article display.jsp?vnu content id=1000732978">[6]</a> ] (39 million worldwide)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%21_%28album%29" title="Up! (album)">Up!</a></i> (2002), U.S. sales: 11x Platinum, 21 million units worldwide)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_%28Shania_Twain_album%29" title="Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)">Greatest Hits</a></i> (2004), U.S. sales: 3.3 million (3x Platinum) (5.5 million worldwide)</li></ul> <p><b>Total worldwide album sales: 84 million</b></p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shania_Twain&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Shania Twain">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="DVDs" id="DVDs"></a></p> <h3>DVDs</h3> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_5" title="April 5">April 5</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a>: <i>The Woman in Me</i>¹</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>: <i>VH1 Behind the Music</i>¹</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_21" title="July 21">July 21</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>: <i>Shania Twain Live</i>¹</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_24" title="September 24">September 24</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>: <i>Complete Woman in Me</i>¹</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>: <i>Platinum Collection</i>¹</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>: <i>Up! Live in Chicago</i>¹</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>: <i>Come on Over Video</i>¹</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_9" title="December 9">December 9</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>: <i>Up Close and Personal</i>¹</li></ul> <dl><dd>¹ Platinum (500,000 units sold) DVDs</dd></dl> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shania_Twain&action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Shania Twain">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Singles" id="Singles"></a></p> <h3>Singles</h3> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>Year</b></td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Title</b></td> <td colspan="4"><b>Chart positions</b></td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Album</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">U.S. Hot 100</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Tracks_chart" title="Country Tracks chart">U.S. Country</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary" title="Adult Contemporary">Adult Contemporary</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_music" title="1993 in music">1993</a></td> <td>"What Made You Say That"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#55</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Shania Twain</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_music" title="1993 in music">1993</a></td> <td>"Dance With the One That Brought You"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#55</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Shania Twain</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_music" title="1993 in music">1993</a></td> <td>"You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#57</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Shania Twain</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_in_music" title="1995 in music">1995</a></td> <td>"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"</td> <td>#87</td> <td>#11</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>The Woman in Me</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_in_music" title="1995 in music">1995</a></td> <td>"Any Man of Mine"</td> <td>#31</td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>The Woman in Me</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_in_music" title="1995 in music">1995</a></td> <td>"The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)"</td> <td>#90</td> <td>#14</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>The Woman in Me</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_in_music" title="1995 in music">1995</a></td> <td>"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!"</td> <td>#74</td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>The Woman in Me</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_in_music" title="1996 in music">1996</a></td> <td>"You Win My Love"</td> <td>-</td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>The Woman in Me</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_in_music" title="1996 in music">1996</a></td> <td>"No One Needs to Know"</td> <td>-</td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>The Woman in Me</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_in_music" title="1996 in music">1996</a></td> <td>"Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#28</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>The Woman in Me</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_in_music" title="1996 in music">1996</a></td> <td>"God Bless the Child"</td> <td>#75</td> <td>#48</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>The Woman in Me</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_music" title="1997 in music">1997</a></td> <td>"Love Gets Me Every Time"</td> <td>#25</td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_music" title="1997 in music">1997</a></td> <td>"Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)"</td> <td>#40</td> <td>#6</td> <td>-</td> <td>#5(2000)</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_music" title="1998 in music">1998</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_Still_the_One" title="You're Still the One">You're Still the One</a>"</td> <td>#2</td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td>#10</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_music" title="1998 in music">1998</a></td> <td>"When"</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>#18</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_music" title="1998 in music">1998</a></td> <td>"Honey, I'm Home"</td> <td>'</td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_music" title="1998 in music">1998</a></td> <td>"From This Moment On" (feat. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_White" title="Bryan White">Bryan White</a>)</td> <td>#4</td> <td>#6</td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td>#9</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_music" title="1998 in music">1998</a></td> <td>"That Don't Impress Me Much"</td> <td>#7</td> <td>#8</td> <td>#8</td> <td>#3</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_music" title="1999 in music">1999</a></td> <td>"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"</td> <td>#23</td> <td>#4</td> <td>#16</td> <td>#3</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_music" title="1999 in music">1999</a></td> <td>"You've Got a Way"</td> <td>#49</td> <td>#13</td> <td>#6</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_music" title="1999 in music">1999</a></td> <td>"Come on Over"</td> <td>#58</td> <td>#6</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_music" title="2000 in music">2000</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_This_Country%21" title="Rock This Country!">Rock This Country!</a>"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#30</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_music" title="2000 in music">2000</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Holdin%27_On_To_Love_%28To_Save_My_Life%29" title="I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save My Life)">I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save My Life)</a>"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#17</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Come on Over</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_music" title="2002 in music">2002</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Getcha_Good%21" title="I'm Gonna Getcha Good!">I'm Gonna Getcha Good!</a>"</td> <td>#34</td> <td>#7</td> <td>#10</td> <td>#4</td> <td><i>Up!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_music" title="2003 in music">2003</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%21_%28single%29" title="Up! (single)">Up!</a>"</td> <td>#63</td> <td>#12</td> <td>-</td> <td>#21(B-Side of When You Kiss Me</td> <td><i>Up!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_music" title="2003 in music">2003</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Ching%21" title="Ka-Ching!">Ka-Ching!</a>"</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>#8</td> <td><i>Up!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_music" title="2003 in music">2003</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_And_For_Always" title="Forever And For Always">Forever And For Always</a>"</td> <td>#20</td> <td>#4</td> <td><b>#1</b></td> <td>#6</td> <td><i>Up!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_music" title="2003 in music">2003</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_You_Baby%21_%28For_Makin%27_Someday_Come_So_Soon%29" title="Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)">Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)</a>"</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>#11</td> <td><i>Up!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_music" title="2003 in music">2003</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_Not_Just_A_Pretty_Face" title="She's Not Just A Pretty Face">She's Not Just A Pretty Face</a>"</td> <td>#56</td> <td>#9</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Up!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_music" title="2004 in music">2004</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Only_Hurts_When_I%27m_Breathing" title="It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing">It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing</a>"</td> <td>#71</td> <td>#18</td> <td>#16</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Up!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_music" title="2004 in music">2004</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Kiss_Me" title="When You Kiss Me">When You Kiss Me</a>"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#60</td> <td>-</td> <td>#21</td> <td><i>Up!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_music" title="2004 in music">2004</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_For_Two" title="Party For Two">Party For Two</a>"</td> <td>#58</td> <td>#7</td> <td>#16</td> <td>#10</td> <td><i>Greatest Hits</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_music" title="2005 in music">2005</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t%21_%28song%29" title="Don't! (song)">Don't!</a>"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#24</td> <td>#18</td> <td>#30</td> <td><i>Greatest Hits</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_music" title="2005 in music">2005</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ain%27t_No_Quitter" title="I Ain't No Quitter">I Ain't No Quitter</a>"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#43</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Greatest Hits</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_music" title="2005 in music">2005</a></td> <td>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Men_Are_Like%29_Shoes" title="(Men Are Like) Shoes">Shoes</a>"</td> <td>-</td> <td>#29</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><i>Desperate Housewives [Soundtrack]</i></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shania_Twain&action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Shania Twain">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Music_videos" id="Music_videos"></a></p> <h2>Music videos</h2> <p><i>See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Shania_Twain_music_videos" title="List of Shania Twain music videos">List of Shania Twain music videos</a>.</i></p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shania_Twain&action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Shania Twain">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="See_also" id="See_also"></a></p> <h2>See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_Music" title="Crossover Music">Crossover Music</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_selling_music_artists" title="Best selling music artists">Best selling music artists</a> - World's top selling music artists chart.</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States" title="List of best-selling albums in the United States">List of best-selling albums in the United States</a> - RIAA certified list.</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shania_Twain&action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Shania Twain">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.shaniatwain.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.shaniatwain.com">Official website</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005510/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005510/">Shania Twain</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.shaniatwaincenter.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.shaniatwaincenter.com/">The Shania Twain Center in Timmins, Ontario, Canada</a></li><li><a href="http://www.teamshania.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.teamshania.com/">Team Shania!</a></li><li><a href="http://www.celebrityworld.tv/shania_twain.html" class="external text" title="http://www.celebrityworld.tv/shania twain.html">Shania Twain, The Star</a></li><li><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:be5g8qntbtz4%7ET1" class="external text" title="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=11:be5g8qntbtz4~T1">AllMusic.com: Shania Twain</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813840163815823?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138136898434450892006-01-24T16:06:00.000-05:002006-01-24T16:08:18.446-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Olivia%20Wilde.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Olivia%20Wilde.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />#74 Olivia Wilde<br /><br />Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Cockburn, March 10, 1984) is an American actress who starred on the short lived U.S. television show Skin.<br /><br />Wilde was born in New York City, New York and has appeared in such films as The Girl Next Door and Alpha Dog. Born Olivia Cockburn, she is the daughter of journalist Andrew Cockburn and the granddaughter of writer Claud Cockburn. She attended Phillips Academy as well as the Gaiety School of Acting in Ireland. Wilde is the wife of Tao Ruspoli, an Italian American documentary filmmaker, photographer and flamenco guitar player.<br /><br />She is also well known for her recurring appearances on The O.C. as Alex.<br />[edit]<br /><br />Filmography<br />Year Movie Role<br />2006 Turistas Bea<br />2006 Running with Scissors Nikki<br />2006 Alpha Dog Angela Holden<br />2005 Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas Sarah Witt<br />2005 Conversations with Other Women Bridesmaid<br />2004-2005 The O.C. Alex Kelly<br />2004 The Girl Next Door Kellie<br />2003 Skin Jewel Goldman<br /><br /><br />[edit]<br /><br />External links<br /><br /> * Olivia Wilde at the Internet Movie Database with photo<br /> * Olivia Wilde at TV.com with photo<br /> * Olivia Wilde Online Shrine<br /> * Olivia Wilde on NNDB<br /> * Olivia Fan<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813689843445089?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138136080352674432006-01-24T15:52:00.000-05:002006-01-24T16:09:37.946-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/anna441024x768.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/anna441024x768.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#72 Anna Kournikova<br /><br /><b>Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_%28language%29" title="Russian (language)">Russian</a>: <b>Анна Сергеевна Курникова</b>, <i>Ánna Sergéyevna Kúrnikova;</i> born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> player. She is one of the best known tennis players, especially among those who do not follow the game. Anna was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> to Alla and Sergei Kournikov; her family later emigrated to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, and she currently resides in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami%2C_Florida" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>.<br /><br /><br />Tennis career<br /><br />Anna dazzled the world at age 13 and 14 in international junior tennis, winning several tournaments including the 1995 Italian Open. Anna Kournikova was 14 years old when she ended 1995 as Junior European Champion U(nder)18 and ITF Junior World Champion U18.<br /><br />Kournikova debuted in professional tennis at age 14 in the Fed Cup for Russia, the youngest player ever to participate and win. At age 15, she reached the fourth round of the 1996 U.S. Open, only to be stopped by then-top ranked player Steffi Graf.<br /><br />Anna was a member of the Russian delegation to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1997, as a 16-year old, she reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon. 1998 was her real breakthrough year, she entered WTA top 20 for the first time and scored several victories over worlds' then-top players, including Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport and Steffi Graf. Kournikova's first of two Grand Slam doubles titles came in 1999 at the Australian Open in the Women's Doubles event with partner Martina Hingis, with whom she played frequently. Hingis-Kournikova team proved effective and they were popular with audiences; they dubbed themselves as 'Spice Girls of tennis'.<br /><br />Kournikova proved a successful doubles player on professional circuit, winning sixteen doubles titles, including two Australian Opens and being a finalist in mixed doubles at the US Open and Wimbledon, and reaching #1 in doubles in the Women's Tennis Association tour rankings. Her career doubles record was 200-71. However, after 1999 her singles career plateaued, and whilst she mostly managed to retain her ranking between #10 and #15 (her career high singles ranking was #8), expected final breakthrough failed to occur; most importantly, she only reached a WTA singles final four times in 130 tournaments, and never won one. One contributing factor might have been was that she tended to enter high-profile, prestigious events with strong fields of elite players. As a player, Kournikova was noted for her excellent footspeed and aggressive baseline play; however, her flat, high-risk groundstrokes tended to produce high amount of errors and her serve was notoriously unreliable. She had a record of 209-129 as a singles player.<br /><br />Her final playing years were marred by string of injuries which saw her ranking and confidence gradually erode. Kournikova has not played on the WTA tour since 2003, but she still plays exhibition matches for charitable causes. In late 2004 she participated in three events organized by Elton John and by fellow tennis stars and good friends Serena Williams and Andy Roddick. She played for Tsunami relief January 2005 with John McEnroe, Andy Roddick and Chris Evert.<br /><br />Anna was also a member of Newport Beachbreakers in the World Team Tennis (WTT) competition in July and November 2005, playing doubles only. In November 2005 she teamed up with Martina Hingis, reviving the 'Spice girls of tennis' once again, playing against Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur in the WTT finals for charity. In her 'Elle' column July 2005 Kournikova stated that if she were 100% fit she would like to come back and compete again.<br /><br />Media publicity<br /><br /><p>Much of Anna's fame -- more, many have argued, than she ever gained in her tennis career --has come from publicity surrounding her personal life as well as numerous modelling shoots. During her debut at the US Open 1996 at age 15, Kournikova got noticed and soon pictures of her appeared in numerous magazines all over the world.</p> <p>A number of her relationships with other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity" title="Celebrity">celebrities</a>, including romantic involvement with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop star</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Iglesias" title="Enrique Iglesias">Enrique Iglesias</a> (in whose video, <i>Escape</i>, she appeared) and with hockey star <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Fedorov" title="Sergei Fedorov">Sergei Fedorov</a>, have featured prominently in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid" title="Tabloid">tabloid press</a>. Photographs of her scantily-clad form have appeared in various <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_men%27s_magazines" title="List of men's magazines">men's magazines</a>, including a much-publicized <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Illustrated_Swimsuit_Issue" title="Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue">Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue</a> and other popular publications such as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a></i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim</a></i>.</p> <p>Kournikova was named one of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_%28magazine%29" title="People (magazine)">People</a>'</i>s 50 Most Beautiful People in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>. She has also been voted "hottest athlete" and "hottest couple" (with Enrique) on espn.com and "sexiest woman in the world" by FHM readers (2003). By contrast, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> -- citing the degree of hype as compared to actual accomplishments as a singles player -- ranked Anna 18^th in its "25 Biggest Sports Flops of the Past 25 Years".</p> <p>Kournikova had a small role (as a motel manager) in the 2000 film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%2C_Myself_and_Irene" title="Me, Myself and Irene">Me, Myself and Irene</a></i>, starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carrey" title="Jim Carrey">Jim Carrey</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anna_Kournikova&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Anna Kournikova">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Books" id="Books"></a></p> <h2>Books</h2> <ul><li><i>Anna Kournikova</i> by Susan Holden (2001)</li><li><i>Anna Kournikova (Women Who Win)</i> by Connie Berman</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anna_Kournikova&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Anna Kournikova">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.kournikova.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.kournikova.com/">Official web site</a></li></ul> <dl><dd> <ul><li><a href="http://www.kournikova.com/journal/" class="external text" title="http://www.kournikova.com/journal/">Her weblog</a></li></ul> </dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468045/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468045/">Anna Kournikova</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li><a href="http://sports.quickfound.net/anna_kournikova_biography_index.html" class="external text" title="http://sports.quickfound.net/anna kournikova biography index.html">Comprehensive biography</a></li><li><a href="http://www.topsynergy.com/famous/Anna_Kournikova.asp" class="external text" title="http://www.topsynergy.com/famous/Anna Kournikova.asp">Anna Kournikova in Relationships</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Tennis_Association" title="Women's Tennis Association">WTA Tour</a> profile for <a href="http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/players/playerprofiles/playerbio.asp?PlayerID=110375" class="external text" title="http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/players/playerprofiles/playerbio.asp?PlayerID=110375">Anna Kournikova</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813608035267443?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138135230321346662006-01-24T15:37:00.000-05:002006-01-24T15:40:30.346-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/elisha-cuthbert-1024x768-5179.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/elisha-cuthbert-1024x768-5179.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#72 Elisha Cuthbert<br /><br /><b>Elisha Ann Cuthbert</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_30" title="November 30">November 30</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982" title="1982">1982</a>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actress</a> and former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_Model" title="Foot Model">foot model</a>.<br /><br /><h2>Biography</h2> <p>Born to Kevin and Patricia Cuthbert, Elisha's career began in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> at the age of 7 by becoming a model. She grew up in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longueuil" title="Longueuil">Longueuil</a> which is next to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and as a result is fluent in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>. At the age of 17 she moved to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elisha_Cuthbert&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Elisha Cuthbert">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Television_.26_Film" id="Television_.26_Film"></a></p> <h2>Television & Film</h2> <p>Cuthbert is most famous for her roles as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bauer" title="Jack Bauer">Jack Bauer</a>'s daughter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Bauer" title="Kim Bauer">Kim Bauer</a> in the hit TV show <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_%28television%29" title="24 (television)">24</a></i>, a former porn actress making a new start in the suburbs in the movie <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Next_Door" title="The Girl Next Door">The Girl Next Door</a></i> (2004), and in the hit movie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wax_%282005_film%29" title="House of Wax (2005 film)">House of Wax</a> (2005). Some may also remember her as co-host of the children's educational series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Mechanics_for_Kids" title="Popular Mechanics for Kids">Popular Mechanics for Kids</a></i>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elisha_Cuthbert&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Elisha Cuthbert">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Trivia" id="Trivia"></a></p> <h2>Trivia</h2> <ul><li>Has been engaged to Trace Ayala, friend and personal assistant to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a>, since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2004" title="June 2004">June, 2004</a>. Recently, Ayala remarked, "Neither one of us is in a hurry to get married." <a href="http://celebrity.aol.com/people/ataol/articles/0,19736,1133663,00.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://celebrity.aol.com/people/ataol/articles/0,19736,1133663,00.html">[1]</a></li><li>Appears in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weezer" title="Weezer">Weezer</a>'s video for "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Situation" title="Perfect Situation">Perfect Situation</a>" from the album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Believe" title="Make Believe">Make Believe</a></i> where she plays the group's original fictional singer who throws a diva tantrum that leads to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_Cuomo" title="Rivers Cuomo">Rivers Cuomo</a>, the unlikely roadie, becoming the frontman of the band.</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> was so impressed with Cuthbert's reporting for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Mechanics_for_Kids" title="Popular Mechanics for Kids">Popular Mechanics for Kids</a></i> that she invited her to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> for a meeting.</li><li>Ranked #5 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM_100_Sexiest_Women_in_the_World_2005" title="FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005">FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2005</a>.</li><li>In recent interviews, Cuthbert claimed that she would not appear nude in a movie anytime soon. <a href="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/elisha.php" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/elisha.php">[2]</a></li><li>Auditioned for the role of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_Watson" title="Mary Jane Watson">Mary Jane Watson</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_%28movie%29" title="Spider-Man (movie)">Spider-Man</a></i> but lost out to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Dunst" title="Kirsten Dunst">Kirsten Dunst</a>.</li><li>Her nickname is "Heesh", not "Leesh" as many websites falsely report.^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Cuthbert#References" title="">1</a>}</li><li>Cuthbert is a devoted hockey fan, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Los Angeles Kings</a> season ticket holder and has <a href="http://www.nhl.com/blogcentral/cuthbert_blog.html" class="external text" title="http://www.nhl.com/blogcentral/cuthbert blog.html">her own blog</a> on NHL.com.</li><li>She is rumoured to be be dating controversial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Los Angeles Kings</a> forward <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Avery" title="Sean Avery">Sean Avery</a>. <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cuthbert%20dating%20hunters%20ex" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cuthbert dating hunters ex">[3]</a></li><li>Is said to be between 5'2"-5'3" (157cm-160cm) in height.</li><li>Rumored to be favourite to play <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergirl" title="Supergirl">Supergirl</a> in the up coming movie</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elisha_Cuthbert&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Elisha Cuthbert">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Quotations" id="Quotations"></a></p> <h2>Quotations</h2> <ul><li>"I was the one with breasts, so that was my job, to look good." (Cuthbert on looking sexy in <i>24</i>)</li><li>"I was lucky, I found what I wanted to do when I was 11."</li><li>"I snuck into the back of the cinema when <i>The Girl Next Door</i> was playing and during the window scene, which pushed the envelope but didn't actually go there, I remember some of the audience being really disappointed and going 'Awww...'" (Cuthbert on her 'nude scenes' in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Next_Door" title="The Girl Next Door">The Girl Next Door</a></i>)</li><li>"I try really hard after the games not to make too many comments about how I thought the guys performed. I mean I don't know how I'd feel if one them came up to me after a scene and said, 'I don't know if that was believable enough.'" (Cuthbert on going to hockey games)</li><li>"I definitely believe in fate. And I believe what you put in is what you get in return. That's the way it's worked for me. As for the big picture - there's some sort of plan.'"</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elisha_Cuthbert&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Elisha Cuthbert">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Selected_Filmography" id="Selected_Filmography"></a></p> <h2>Selected Filmography</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conflict_%282006_film%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Conflict (2006 film)">Conflict</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_film" title="2006 in film">2006</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Captivity_%28film%29&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Captivity (film)">Captivity</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_film" title="2006 in film">2006</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Tale" title="Cat Tale">Cat Tale</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_film" title="2006 in film">2006</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet" title="The Quiet">The Quiet</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film" title="2005 in film">2005</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wax_%282005_movie%29" title="House of Wax (2005 movie)">House of Wax</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film" title="2005 in film">2005</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Next_Door" title="The Girl Next Door">The Girl Next Door</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Actually" title="Love Actually">Love Actually</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_School_%28movie%29" title="Old School (movie)">Old School</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_%28television%29" title="24 (television)">24</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_television" title="2001 in television">2001</a>) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_series" title="TV series">TV series</a>) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_television" title="2001 in television">2001</a>–<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_television" title="2004 in television">2004</a>) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_television" title="2006 in television">2006</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Afraid_of_the_Dark%3F_%28television_series%29" title="Are You Afraid of the Dark? (television series)">Are You Afraid of the Dark?</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_television" title="1999 in television">1999</a>) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_series" title="TV series">TV series</a>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Mechanics_for_Kids" title="Popular Mechanics for Kids">Popular Mechanics for Kids</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_television" title="1997 in television">1997</a>) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_series" title="TV series">TV series</a>) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_television" title="1997 in television">1997</a>–<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_television" title="2000 in television">2000</a>)</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elisha_Cuthbert&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Elisha Cuthbert">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="References" id="References"></a></p> <h2>References</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_200/231b_elisha_cuthbert.html" class="external text" title="http://www.askmen.com/women/actress 200/231b elisha cuthbert.html"><i>AskMen.com</i>: Elisha Cuthbert</a></li><li><a href="http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3472207" class="external text" title="http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3472207"><i>Hollywood.com</i>: "Elisha Cuthbert Dating Rachel Hunter's Ex?"</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,70278,00.html" class="external text" title="http://www.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,70278,00.html"><i>E! Online</i> Elisha Cuthbert Bio</a></li><li><a href="http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1133663,00.html" class="external text" title="http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1133663,00.html"><i>People Magazine</i>: "Elisha Cuthbert, Trace Ayala: No 'Hurry' to Marry"</a></li><li><a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/hockey/nhl/kings/la-spw-kingrep7dec07,1,3725542.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-nhl-kings" class="external text" title="http://www.latimes.com/sports/hockey/nhl/kings/la-spw-kingrep7dec07,1,3725542.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-nhl-kings"><i>Los Angeles Times</i>: "Avery Appears to Enjoy the Attention"</a></li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elisha_Cuthbert&action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Elisha Cuthbert">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193846/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193846/">Elisha Cuthbert</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nhl.com/blogcentral/cuthbert_blog.html" class="external text" title="http://www.nhl.com/blogcentral/cuthbert blog.html">Elisha Cuthbert on NHL.com Blog Central</a></li><li><a href="http://24-archive.com/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=58&amp;catid=1" class="external text" title="http://24-archive.com/index.php?option=com zoom&Itemid=58&amp;catid=1">Elisha Cuthbert in "24" Photo Gallery</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813523032134666?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138134122220511072006-01-24T15:16:00.000-05:002006-01-24T15:22:02.226-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Scarlett%20Johansson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Scarlett%20Johansson.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#71 Scarlett Johansson<br /><br /><b>Scarlett Johansson</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_22" title="November 22">November 22</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actress</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Early life<br /><br />Johansson was born in New York, New York. Her father, Karsten Johansson, was born in Denmark; her mother, Melanie Sloan, comes from a Bronx-bred Jewish American family. Her religion is unknown today. [1] Johansson's maternal ancestors originally came from Poland. The granddaughter of screenwriter and director Ejner Johansson and the sister of actor Vanessa Johansson and twin sister to actor Hunter Johansson, and non-actor older half-brother Christian, she graduated from The Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 2002. Though her 7th feature film, in "The Horse Whisperer" she was credited as being introduced.<br />[edit]<br /><br />Film career<br /><br />Her roles include Grace MacLean in The Horse Whisperer; Rebecca in Ghost World; Charlotte in Lost in Translation; Griet in Girl with a Pearl Earring; and Francesca in The Perfect Score. All of these performances garnered positive critical notice. She was nominated for two best actress awards at the Golden Globes in 2003, one for drama (Girl with a Pearl Earring) and one for Lost in Translation. She was also nominated for best actress for both of those films at the BAFTAs, and won best actress for Lost in Translation. Johansson is also the voice of Princess Mindy in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.<br /><br />Scarlett was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2004.<br /><br />Johansson was attached for a short time to the upcoming film Mission: Impossible III but did not join the cast, officially because of scheduling conflicts. It is rumored, however, that a dinner date with Tom Cruise went awry when he brought in several high-ranking Scientologists in an apparent bid to recruit her [2].<br /><br />Was cast as Rebecca in ensemble indi-esque film Thumbsucker;, but dropped out before filming, presumably in preference for current film Match Point. She was replaced by Kelli Garner.<br /><br />In July 2005, Johansson starred with Ewan McGregor in the Michael Bay-directed The Island. It was her debut as the female lead in a mainstream action film. She drew some attention when she mentioned that she'd wanted to film the sex scene in the film topless (she hadn't liked the bra the wardrobe department had given her) but director Michael Bay disapproved, wanting to turn in a PG-13 film. When the movie opened to weak reviews and an even weaker box office, the producers of the film accused Johansson of failing to connect or attract a mainstream audience.<br /><br />On August 19, 2005, Johansson, trailed in her car by four SUVs carrying paparazzi, tried to escape by driving into the Disneyland parking lot in Anaheim, California. Her Mercedes struck a car containing a woman and her two daughters; nobody was injured in the fender bender, which was photographed by the paparazzi.<br /><br />Johansson was featured in an advertisement campaign for the Calvin Klein perfume "Moment". She has also modeled for the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton.<br /><br />Her new film Match Point, directed by Woody Allen, opened in December of 2005. Johansson received a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe nomination for her performance, but the award went to Rachel Weisz for her role in The Constant Gardener.<br />[edit]<br /><br />Private life<br /><br />She has claimed on several occasions to be addicted to cheese, saying "My greatest vice is cheese. Nothing else reigns over my life." (The Observer Magazine December 28 2003)<br /><br />Johansson has also revealed that she has no problem with her male co-stars seeing her breasts, as she considers them to be her favourite feature. "I'm proud of my girls. They're my charms, my feminine wiles," she said in a January 2005 interview for Harper's Bazaar.<br /><br />She strongly dislikes when journalists ask about her religion; hence, it is unknown. In Marie Claire (UK) - September 2005 she was asked "Are you religious?" Scarlett answered "That's a very personal question. I would rather not answer." Another occurrence witness is this Quote: "She is really not enjoying this line of questioning. I need to shut it down before I ruin the shidduch." [3]<br /><br />She is sometimes erroneously credited as Scarlett Johansen or Scarlett Johanssen<br />[edit]<br /><br />Filmography<br /><br /> * Borgia (2007) - Lucrezia Borgia<br /> * The Prestige (2007)<br /> * The Nanny Diaries (2007)<br /> * Scoop (2006)<br /> * The Black Dahlia (2006)<br /> * The Island (2005)<br /> * Match Point (2005)<br /> * In Good Company (2004)<br /> * The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (voice)<br /> * A Good Woman (2004)<br /> * A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)<br /> * The Perfect Score (2004)<br /> * Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)<br /> * Lost in Translation (2003)<br /> * Eight Legged Freaks (2002)<br /> * An American Rhapsody (2001)<br /> * The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)<br /> * Ghost World (2000)<br /> * My Brother the Pig (1999)<br /> * The Horse Whisperer (1998)<br /> * Home Alone 3 (1997)<br /> * Fall (1997)<br /> * Manny & Lo (1996)<br /> * If Lucy Fell (1996)<br /> * Just Cause (1995)<br /> * North (1994)<br /><br /><h2>Sources</h2> <ol><li><cite id="endnote_NeilYoung" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson#ref_NeilYoung" title=""><b>^</b></a></cite> <a href="http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/peterwebberinterview.html" class="external text" title="http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/peterwebberinterview.html">Neil Young's Film Lounge</a>, interview by Neil Young</li><li><cite id="endnote_scientology" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson#ref_scientology" title=""><b>^</b></a></cite> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8133757/" class="external text" title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8133757/">MSNBC</a></li><li><cite id="endnote_religion" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson#ref_religion" title=""><b>^</b></a></cite> <a href="http://www.bangitout.com/reviews112.html" class="external text" title="http://www.bangitout.com/reviews112.html">Interview at bang it out.com</a></li></ol> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scarlett_Johansson&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Scarlett Johansson">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060/">Scarlett Johansson</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.scarlettjohansson.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.scarlettjohansson.org/">Dedicated to Scarlett Johansson</a></li><li><a href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/scarlett_johansson/" class="external text" title="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/scarlett johansson/">Beauty Scarlett Johansson</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813412222051107?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138133695908869602006-01-24T15:12:00.000-05:002006-01-24T15:14:55.913-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Nell%20McAndrew.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Nell%20McAndrew.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#70 Nell McAndrew<br /><br /><p><b>Nell McAndrew</b> (born as <b>Tracey McAndrew</b> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_6" title="November 6">November 6</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_model" title="Glamour model">glamour model</a>.</p> <p>She started her career as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_Three_girl" title="Page Three girl">Page Three girl</a> at the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Star" title="Daily Star">Daily Star</a></i>, before becoming the official <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Croft" title="Lara Croft">Lara Croft</a> model for the computer game <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider" title="Tomb Raider">Tomb Raider</a></i>. In 1999 she posed nude in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine (getting herself instantly fired from her Tomb Raider job).</p> <p>She has continued to model since, and has also had a mildly successful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> career, as a presenter on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Knockout" title="It's a Knockout">It's a Knockout</a></i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Breakfast" title="The Big Breakfast">The Big Breakfast</a></i>; she has also been a contestant on the TV reality show <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_a_Celebrity%2C_Get_Me_Out_of_Here%21" title="I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!">I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!</a></i>.</p> <p>Nell is a fitness fanatic, and ran the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Marathon" title="London Marathon">London Marathon</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> in an excellent time in order to lose some pounds.</p> <p>In September <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>, she announced her engagment to long-term partner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hardcastle" title="Paul Hardcastle">Paul Hardcastle</a>. They are now married. (She is not married to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Winton" title="Dale Winton">Dale Winton</a>, contrary to a popular belief started by a spoof BBC documentary.)</p> <p>She was awarded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_of_the_Year" title="Rear of the Year">Rear of the Year</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>. Following the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_North_Run" title="Great North Run">Great North Run</a> in 2005 announced she was pregnant. In early October <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>, she admitted that her unborn child was too ill to survive so, as a result, she terminated the pregnancy.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nell_McAndrew&action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Nell McAndrew">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1078761/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1078761/">Nell McAndrew</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813369590886960?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138133462614370022006-01-24T15:06:00.000-05:002006-01-24T15:11:02.616-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Natalia%20Jeanpierre.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Natalia%20Jeanpierre.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#69 Natalia JeanPierre<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><p>January 17th 1982 was the first day I saw light. I was born in Phoenix Arizona to a Spanish and French father and Black mother. I lived there for 2 years and then moved with my mom and dad to Bermuda for a few months, then off to Northern California. I was the first-born, my sister Nicole was born 3 years later in Santa Clara California. My mom and dad thought it best that they not be together so when I was 5 they split up. I grew up with my mom during the week and my dad sister and cousins on the weekends, which I think it was a lot better. I can't complain about my childhood, I had the time of my life. With camping trips, fishing, jet skiing, wake boarding, snow skiing, sports, and my cousins and sister there to experience it all with me I pretty much had it made. Ever since I was very young I have always been very independent and learned to take on a lot of responsibility. At the time I thought things weren't always fair but I'm glad that I had to learn the way I did because now I have a different appreciation for things.<br /><br />I moved around a lot as I grew up but my mom always tried to make sure we could still go to the same schools because making new friends and being in a new school wasn't always the easiest of things. I went to Nimitz Elementary, Morrill Middle and graduated from Piedmont Hills High in San Jose, California. I wish I had a story where I could say that school was so much fun and I made so many great friends......BLAH! School and I don’t mix...yeah I may have learned things in class here and there, but I can't remember the last time I've had to use most of that knowledge. When I was in high school all I kept thinking about is "I can’t wait to be out of this place." The first year or so I hung around a lot of people who at the time I thought were my friends, that was a real slap in the face to learn how fake people can be. The last parts of high school I separated myself from a lot of people and hung out with my best friend at the time. I had more fun just being with him then anyone else. I'm just glad that the whole high school experience is over. After high school I did go to De Anza College for what seemed like an eternity but ended up being 3 years. Since I was about 7 I've always wanted to be an actress, but I just pushed that dream aside and tried to convince myself that if I went to college that maybe something else will come to me. I toyed with the ideas of being a mechanic, lawyer, real estate agent, make up artist and a graphic designer. Adults have always put a lot of pressure on me to "make something of myself." Their idea of something and my idea of something have never seemed to line up. It took me up until I was 21 to figure out that my dream has always been sitting there right in front of my face. Acting is something that I've always wanted to do so why am I not pushing towards that?<br /><br />Ok so your probably wondering how the hell does modeling tie into any of this? Growing up I constantly heard "you could be a model." I usually just brushed it off and said thanks. When ever I thought of models I just imagined this picture perfect image and that was far from where I saw myself. My mom ended up getting me into the whole idea of actually trying it when I was 14. I never really ended up doing anything big. I just went to a modeling school that taught me absolutely nothing and charged an ass-load of money. Because of that experience I put the whole modeling thing off for a while. Then when I was 16 I was reintroduced into modeling but in a different kind of aspect. A friend got me into the whole import car scene. Ok... I know a lot of people may say "that’s not modeling," and there were many times that I told myself the same thing, but there are many areas in the import scene that are legit and get you into other modeling jobs. It helped me grow into what I am doing today. I pretty much did the whole tradeshow thing for a while but got real tired of it. It wasn’t until I was 21 that I actually started to really push myself and get myself out there with some help from a friend, and from there I started to see actual progress. Modeling is cool for the most part...I get to meet a lot of cool ass people, travel, and be behind the camera. It’s opened some doors for acting opportunities, which is my main goal.<br /><br />In the near future I plan on moving to the L.A area to pursue a career in acting. I know there is a lot of competition, and there will be some disappointments, but the one thing I don't want to do when I'm older is look back on my life and say I wish I would have done this, or wish I would have done that. What do you have your dreams there for if you never try to make them reality? I'll never know unless I take some kind of risks. I know I wont fail, it may take some time but I'm willing to put in the work...</p> <p align="left">I've only touched on the surface of who Natalia Monique Jeanpierre is but I hope it tells you a little more about me than you knew 5 minutes ago!<br /><br /><br /><br />~Nat~</p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813346261437002?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138133112637041992006-01-24T15:03:00.000-05:002006-01-24T15:05:12.643-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Roselyn%20Sanchez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Roselyn%20Sanchez.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />#68 Roselyn Sanchez<br /><br /><p><b>Roselyn Sanchez</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2nd" title="April 2nd">April 2nd</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">Santurce, Puerto Rico</a>) is a model and film/television actress.</p> <p>Roselyn is the youngest of four siblings - having three older brothers. She received her primary education in San Juan. At a young age, she showed an interest in both dancing and acting and would put on shows for her family. Roselyn enrolled in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Puerto_Rico" title="University of Puerto Rico">University of Puerto Rico</a>, where like her father and brothers she was to study marketing. However, this was not her calling and after three years she left the course.</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a>, at the age of 21, Roselyn moved to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, where she took classes in dancing, acting and singing. She returned to Puerto Rico and in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992" title="1992">1992</a>, she made her movie debut, having landed a small part as an island girl in the movie <i>Captain Ron</i>, which was partly filmed on the island, starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Short" title="Martin Short">Martin Short</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Russell" title="Kurt Russell">Kurt Russell</a>.</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a>, Roselyn won the Miss Puerto Rico Petite contest and in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> she won the international title of Miss America Petite. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, she gained public attention as a dancer and co-host of the island's #1 variety show, at that time, "Que Vacilon".</p> <p>Roselyn returned to New York and landed her first English speaking role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_The_World_Turns" title="As The World Turns">As The World Turns</a></i>. She played the role of "Pilar Domingo" from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a>.</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>, Roselyn was cast as "Isabella Molina", a secret customs agent who was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan" title="Jackie Chan">Jackie Chan</a>'s love interest in the movie <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Hour_2" title="Rush Hour 2">Rush Hour 2</a></i>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>, she played the role of "Lorena" in the movie <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_Papi" title="Chasing Papi">Chasing Papi</a></i> starring alongside <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaci_Velasquez" title="Jaci Velasquez">Jaci Velasquez</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Vergara" title="Sofia Vergara">Sofia Vergara</a>.</p> <p>Roselyn Sanchez has already acted in 20 movies and has been cast in the role of Maria in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood" title="Hollywood">Hollywood</a> production <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison" title="Edison">Edison</a></i> and in the role of Karen Lopez in the production of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underclassman" title="Underclassman">Underclassman</a></i> , both due out in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>. She is also cast in the movies <i>Venus & Vegas</i> and <i>Cayo</i> which are in the post-prodution stages. She is in the process of composing a musical about a singer/dancer/actress who leaves Puerto Rico to hit the big time in New York, in this she is going to play the principal part. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>, her first musical recording "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican" title="Puerto Rican">Borinqueña</a>" will be out in the market. She is preparing for her role in <i>The Perfect Sleep</i>, a neo-noir drama, where she is co-staring with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bauchau" title="Patrick Bauchau">Patrick Bauchau</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Amendola" title="Tony Amendola">Tony Amendola</a>, Isaac Singleton, and Peter Lucas. She has also joined the cast of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_a_Trace" title="Without a Trace">Without a Trace</a></i>.</p> <p>Sánchez was married to actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Stretch" title="Gary Stretch">Gary Stretch</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December" title="December">December</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>, she announced that she had ended up her longtime relationship with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa_music" title="Salsa music">salsa</a> singer, Víctor Manuelle. The separation was amicable.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roselyn_Sanchez&action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Roselyn Sanchez">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="See_also" id="See_also"></a></p> <h2>See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_Puerto_Ricans" title="List of famous Puerto Ricans">List of famous Puerto Ricans</a></li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roselyn_Sanchez&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Roselyn Sanchez">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761052/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761052/">Roselyn Sanchez</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mxdpi.com/main/index.cgi?direct=ACTRESSES/Roselyn_Sanchez&img=0" class="external text" title="http://www.mxdpi.com/main/index.cgi?direct=ACTRESSES/Roselyn Sanchez&amp;img=0">Photo gallery</a></li><li><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roselyn/" class="external text" title="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roselyn/">Roselyn Sanchez :Without a Trace</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813311263704199?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138132905999409562006-01-24T14:57:00.000-05:002006-01-24T15:01:46.006-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Myleene%20Klass.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Myleene%20Klass.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />#67 Myleene Klass<br /><br />Myleene Klass (born Myleene Angela Klass on April 6, 1978, in Norfolk) is a classically-trained pianist, and former member of the British manufactured pop group Hear'Say, who achieved four top 10 singles, two of which were UK Number 1s. They also released two albums Popstars, and Everybody. She is of Spanish and Filipino descent.<br /><br />Moving On<br /><br />Almost a year after the Hear'say break-up on 13 May 2003, Myleene signed a 5 album deal with Universal Classics and Jazz which was estimated to be worth "millions". The first promotional single for the album had been recorded, and Myleene stated that she would be going into the studio to finish the album off for release in October. Promotion started with the release of the main promotional single Toccata and Fugue to TV channels and was the first ever classical piece to appear on British music television channel The Box. The video was a huge success with large numbers of requests and showings on TV channels especially Classical FMTV.<br /><br /><p>Myleene's album, titled 'Moving On', was launched on the 20th October at [Harrods], London. The launch included two performances (<i>Toccata and Fugue</i> and <i>Moonlight Sonata</i>), as well as a press photoshoot and a signing for fans who had come along. The album was described as "a refreshing collection of beautiful classical pieces" and included reworked versions of popular classical pieces such as [Faure]'s 'Pavane', 'Now We Are Free' (from Gladiator), the theme from 'The Piano' by Michael Nyman, Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' and Satie's 'Gymnopedie No.2'. It also included new arrangements for piano of more contemporary works including Daniel Bedingfield's recent chart-topping hit ' If You're Not The One', and 'Crawling' by Linkin Park. After a week of release it peaked at the No. 2 spot in the Classical charts being beaten by Hayley Westenra, and by mid-December 2003 it had been certified Silver and has since gone Gold.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Myleene_Klass&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Myleene Klass">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Classical_Brits" id="Classical_Brits"></a></p> <h2>Classical Brits</h2> <p>Things went a little quiet over the next few months, with little further promotion for the album and no new promotional videos made. Myleene continued to perform at various events, many of which corporate and some not. Come 15th May 2004, 'Moving On' was nominated as 'Peoples Album of the year' in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Brit_Awards" title="Classical Brit Awards">Classical Brit Awards</a>. Myleene was ecstatic but very nervous of the result and stated she did not expect to win. Come the awards night, dressed in a stunning white dress designed by her stylist and long time friend Kyri, Myleene was even more nervous as she was up against some many talented musicians. As she predicted, Myleene lost out on the Classical Brit award for 'Album of the Year' to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryn_Terfel" title="Bryn Terfel">Bryn Terfel</a>, whose platinum-selling record, simply titled 'Bryn' won the peoples vote.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Myleene_Klass&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Myleene Klass">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Transition" id="Transition"></a></p> <h2>Transition</h2> <p>Rumours started appearing of a re-release of 'Moving On' with a predicted 5 new tracks. This was later confirmed by Myleene herself, although no new information was given. It was later revealed that the re-release had been pushed back due to conflicts between Myleene's new management company (Mel Bush Organisation) and her previous (<a href="http://www.safemanagement.co.uk/" class="external text" title="http://www.safemanagement.co.uk">Safe Management</a>) regarding royaltees. Finally the plan was scrapped and the only reminisce of the plans is the Asian release of Moving On, which includes three new tracks namely <i>Trouble</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a> cover, with Myleene's vocals), Sahara and Le Onde. It was then revealed by Myleene herself that she would be working on a new album, which would include a number of tracks in which her vocals appeared. However, on 23rd October 2004 it was announced that Myleene would not be releasing any further material through her current label <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universal_Classics&action=edit" class="new" title="Universal Classics">Universal Classics</a> and Jazz. In a statement through her <a href="http://www.myleeneofficial.co.uk/" class="external text" title="http://www.myleeneofficial.co.uk">official fansite</a> she revealed that she had plans to move toward a pop career, as many people had been wondering why she was not singing. However little information has been heard about such an album.</p> <p>As Myleene's then current management company (Mel Bush Organisation) specialised only in classical artists, Myleene moved to a new management company <a href="http://www.shalitglobal.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.shalitglobal.com">Shalit Global</a>, who continue to manage her today. Since Myleene has made various appearances at premieres, store openings as well as an appearance on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen_Mania&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Queen Mania">Queen Mania</a> performing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_%28band%29" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a> classic <i>Too Much Love Will Kill You</i>. She has also been the face of various charity campaigns such as <a href="http://www.stoptextbully.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.stoptextbully.com">stop text bully</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChildLine" title="ChildLine">ChildLine</a>, and most recently help aid the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a> famine appeal by manning the phonelines.</p> <p>In August 2005, Myleene was signed as a host for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV1" title="ITV1">ITV1</a> music show <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD:UK" title="CD:UK">CD:UK</a> alongside <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Laverne" title="Lauren Laverne">Lauren Laverne</a> and Johny P, with her first appearance shown on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_17" title="September 17">17 September</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>. Four months on, and since her debut on CD:UK Myleene and co-presenters have doubled the viewing figures and have been offered further 3 month contracts for the show. Myleene also helped present coverage of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax" title="Hoax">hoax</a> television show <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cadets" title="Space Cadets">Space Cadets</a>.</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2005" title="December 2005">December 2005</a>, Myleene was attacked by a group of teenagers in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsstand" title="Newsstand">newsagent</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermondsey" title="Bermondsey">Bermondsey</a>. She had a bag of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries" title="French fries">chips</a> dropped on her head, and was pushed to the ground. The teenagers attempted to take photos of her on their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phones</a>. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4506998.stm" class="external text" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4506998.stm">Source</a></p> <p>In December 2005, it was reported that CD:UK is to be axed in March 2006, because of "poor ratings".</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Myleene_Klass&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Myleene Klass">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.myleeneofficial.co.uk/" class="external text" title="http://www.myleeneofficial.co.uk">Official Myleene Klass Fansite</a></li><li><a href="http://www.myleeneklass.co.uk/" class="external text" title="http://www.myleeneklass.co.uk">Myleene Klass website</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813290599940956?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1138132552401600182006-01-24T14:49:00.000-05:002006-01-24T14:55:52.420-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/emmanuellevaugier72rn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/emmanuellevaugier72rn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#66 Emmanuelle Vaugier<br /><br /><b>Emmanuelle Vaugier</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian" title="Canadian">Canadian</a> actress born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> and grew up in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>-speaking household.<br /><br /><p>She had done some modeling before her acting career began. Vaugier's biggest role to date has perhaps been as Dr. Helen Bryce, the love interest of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luthor" title="Lex Luthor">Lex Luthor</a> on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a></i>. She also appeared opposite Hayden Christensen on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Ground_%28TV_series%29" title="Higher Ground (TV series)">Higher Ground</a></i>, and with Charlie Sheen on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_and_a_Half_Men" title="Two and a Half Men">Two and a Half Men</a></i>. On the big screen, Vaugier has appeared alongside <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondhand_Lions" title="Secondhand Lions">Secondhand Lions</a></i>, and in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Hartnett" title="Josh Hartnett">Josh Hartnett</a> vehicle <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Days_and_40_Nights" title="40 Days and 40 Nights">40 Days and 40 Nights</a></i>.</p> <p><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim</a></i> magazine featured her on the cover of the February <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> issue in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, with the caption "Don't miss this girl; she's gonna be <b>huge</b>."</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emmanuelle_Vaugier&action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Emmanuelle Vaugier">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Filmography" id="Filmography"></a></p> <h2>Filmography</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painkiller_Jane" title="Painkiller Jane">Painkiller Jane</a> (2006)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Dead_2:_Dead_Aim" title="House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim">House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim</a> (2006)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_2" title="Saw 2">Saw 2</a> (2005)</li><li>Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (2004)</li><li>Water's Edge (2003)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondhand_Lions" title="Secondhand Lions">Secondhand Lions</a> (2003)</li><li>"My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star" (2002)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Days_and_40_Nights" title="40 Days and 40 Nights">40 Days and 40 Nights</a> (2002)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wishmaster_3:_Beyond_the_Gates_of_Hell&action=edit" class="new" title="Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell">Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell</a> (2001)</li><li>Suddenly Naked (2001)</li><li>Mindstorm (2001)</li><li>Largo Winch: The Heir (2001)</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emmanuelle_Vaugier&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Emmanuelle Vaugier">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891275/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891275/">Emmanuelle Vaugier</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tv.com/person/24591/summary.html" class="external text" title="http://www.tv.com/person/24591/summary.html">Emmanuelle Vaugier</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV.com" title="TV.com">TV.com</a></li></ul><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong> <span class="big">biography</span></strong></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><br /> <br /> </span></span><span class="medium">As one of Canada’s busiest actors, Emmanuelle can be seen in her recurring role on ‘Two and A Half Men’, the CBS hit sitcom. Emmanuelle plays Mia, a beautiful and elegant ballet teacher who catches Charlie's (Charlie Sheen) eye one morning at a coffee shop; however, she wants nothing to do with him or his advances. She later warms-up to him when he has Jake (Angus T. Jones) take one of her ballet classes.</span> <p class="medium">Emmanuelle Vaugier is starring in ‘Saw II’ the number one box office hit; released by Lion’s Gate on October 28th, 2005. Emmanuelle joins returning actors Shawnee Smith and Tobin Bell in the cast. Donnie Walhlberg and Glen Plummer also star.</p> <p class="medium">Emmanuelle is also the new female superhero for the television adaptation of the comic ‘Painkiller Jane’ for the Sci Fi Channel that is set to air on December 10^th. The two-hour pilot has her in the role of a young marine officer who gains super heroic healing powers when she is accidentally exposed to biochemical weaponry. "She's a strong female superhero paradigm; not simply someone in spandex fighting crime," Sci Fi executive Mark Stern told <em>Daily Variety</em> when the project was initially announced. "It's really the drama of a normal person who finds themselves with powers that they don't know what to do with or how to handle."</p> <p class="medium">Based on the Event Comics series, ‘Painkiller Jane’ is a super-heroine for the new millennium. When Jane Browning (Vaugier) is exposed to a biochemical weapon that alters her genes, she becomes endowed with incredible self-healing powers and extraordinary physical and mental abilities. Now, on the run from a sinister organization determined to replicate her powers – or destroy them – Jane joins forces with some unlikely allies to become an ultra-covert crime-fighting agent.</p> <p class="medium">The character originated in the pages of Joe Quesada and Jim Palmiotti's Event Comic title. Richard Roundtree (‘Shaft’, ‘Desperate Housewives’) and Tate Donovan (‘The O.C.’) also star. </p> <p class="medium">Emmanuelle Vaugier is considered one of Canada's most promising young performers. She recently finished a starring role in ‘Unearthed’; Emmanuelle plays Annie, the sheriff of a small, rural desert town. Written and directed by Matthew Leutwyler, Emmanuelle is starring opposite Charlie Murphy and Tommy Dewey. </p> <p class="medium"> The Vancouver native is known as much for her turns on shows like ‘Smallville’ and ‘One Tree Hill’ as her appearances on the covers of magazines. Emmanuelle is back as Nikki in the television series ‘One Tree Hill’ on The WB. She recently completed production on the lead role in ‘House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim’, due out from Lions Gate next year. Last fall she played Lindsey Kellogg who is the ex-fiancée to Jay Kenneth Johnson’s character on the Fox Television series ‘North Shore’. On UPN’s new hit series ‘Veronica Mars’ Emmanuelle is Monica Hadwin a ‘trophy wife’ to a successful Hollywood agent and meets up with Harry Hamlin's character Aaron Echolls on the show. </p> <p class="medium">Emmanuelle is Princess Jasmine, the daughter of an Arabian sultan in New Line Cinema’s ‘Secondhand Lions’ opposite Michael Caine, Robert Duvall and Haley Joel Osment, now on DVD. Emmanuelle plays Lauren in ‘Call Me, The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss’; for the USA Network. She also portrays Dr. Helen Bryce; Lex Luthor’s wife on the WB’s hit drama ‘Smallville’. </p> <p class="medium">She starred in the WB comedy ‘My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star’ and in the film ‘40 Days and 40 Nights’ opposite Josh Hartnett. She has also completed starring roles in three independent films, including ‘Suddenly Naked’, in which she plays a Latin pop sensation, ‘Mindstorm’, a sci-fi thriller, and ‘Ripper’, a psychological thriller about students that mysteriously disappear after enrolling in a class about serial killers. </p> <p class="medium">On the small screen she has held several guest-starring roles, including ‘The Handler’, ‘Outer Limits’, ‘Higher Ground’ opposite Hayden Christensen and WB’s ‘Charmed’. Emmanuelle also appeared in the Emmy Award nominated miniseries ‘The Beach Boys: An American Family’ where she portrayed Mike Love’s wife, Suzanne. </p> <p class="medium">Vaugier was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in a French-speaking household. She currently resides in Los Angeles and has a home in Vancouver. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113813255240160018?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137630712487810022006-01-18T19:24:00.000-05:002006-01-18T19:41:32.666-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/lg1b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/lg1b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#65 Britney Spears<br /><br /><p class="a_medfont">Born on December 2, 1981, Britney Jean Spears was destined for stardom. “Even as a little baby, Britney was a real darling…she was always being noticed.” Says Lynne Spears, Britney’s Mom. Lynne has even said that Britney was dancing around at the early age of two. In fact, Britney’s parents believed in her abilities so much that Lynne would drive two hours everyday just so Britney could attend gymnastics classes. Although gymnastics was a fun pastime for Britney--the uneven bars and floor exercise were her favorites--she found that she wasn’t nearly as strong as the other girls and although she practiced over three hours a day, the moves didn’t come near as easy to her. Giving up on gymnastics was a total loss, however, as Britney soon found out that it had developed her skills as a dancer. Changing her goals, the future queen of pop performed at her first talent show at the early age of six. By the time she was nine, she was already traveling around to different dance competitions performing in the jazz lyrical dancing category. Gymnastics and dancing at an early age wasn’t the only preparation she did for her future career--Lynne has said that Britney could be found singing all the time. The song “What Child is This” was her first key to stardom--she sang it at her kindergarten graduation. It wasn’t until later that Lynne realized that Britney could have a future in singing, when Britney was bouncing around on the trampoline. On top of Britney’s singing and dancing as a young child, she also competed in beauty pageants. At five she won first place in the Kentwood Dairy Festival; at seven, she was awarded silver first-prize for Miss Talent USA. And that’s not all--the Spears’ home is filled with other trophies Britney has collected over the years.<br /> <br />The Mickey Mouse Club was Britney’s first real taste of success, but initially she wasn’t allowed on the show because of her age. The producer of the show knew talent when he saw it, though, and set Britney up with an agent in New York. Britney spent three summers at the Professional Performing Arts School Center and appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions. Her first real lead was in a comedy called Ruthless. In 1992, Britney left Ruthless and landed a spot on Star Search. She won the first round, but was beaten by another contestant in the second. This setback didn’t deter Miss Spears, who knew in her heart that she was destined for greater things. Finally, Britney returned to audition for the MMC again; except this time she was offered a job! Along with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Christina Aguilera, and Kari Russell, Britney rapped, sang, and danced through over 110 skits on the show. After two years, in 1994, MMC was canceled, leaving Britney to wonder what was next.<br /> <br />Britney tried the “normal” kid thing for awhile, but by age fifteen she couldn’t stand being out of the spotlight anymore. She started out by recording several songs on a homemade demo and then returned to the person who had helped her out before: Entertainment Lawyer Larry Rudolph. Rudolph immediately set Britney up with Jive Records. After listening to her tape, Jeff Fenster, senior vice president of artists and recording for Jive Records, said, “she was intriguing, so we had her come in and audition for us in person.” What did she audition to? “Jesus Loves Me” and “I Have Nothing” by Whitney Houston. After her performance, everyone in the room was amazed and Britney was immediately offered a recording contract.<br /> <br />Shortly after, Jive went to work on Britney’s first album. The eleven tracks on her freshmen album were recorded all over the world: from Sweden at Max Martin’s studio to New Jersey, where she worked with Eric Foster White. After the production on her CD was finished, Jive set forth on promoting their newest artist. Months before her album came out Britney’s name was on teenager’s lips everywhere. She even embarked on a mini-tour throughout malls in the US to promote her yet-to-be released CD. Britney then landed the coveted spot as *N Sync’s opening act on their 1998 tour. But, that was only the edge of the iceberg for Britney.<br /> <br />In late December 1998, Jive Records released Britney’s first single “…Baby One More Time” and by January, it was a number-one hit. Britney’s album debuted at number one shortly thereafter, paving the road for one of the world’s biggest stars. Unfortunately, in February 1999, Britney’s luck took a turn for the worst. While filming the video for her second single, “Sometimes,” Britney tore cartilage in her left knee and was forced take a brief break to have surgery. After she was done recuperating, Jive immediately set her up with her own headlining tour sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger.<br /> <br />From then on, Britney’s career has been a roller coaster ride. She has had two more albums released, “Oops!… I Did It Again” and “Britney” and achieved major commercial success through both. So far, she’s had 11 Number One Hits and promises more with her much-anticipated fourth album due out sometime in November 2003. Britney also starred in a teen movie called “Crossroads” and is planning on furthering her acting career by appearing in another feature film about the life of Nascar Drivers. She’s been the spokesperson for Pepsi and is now taking on the NFL.<br /> <br />Britney has never had a problem staying in the spotlight with everything that surrounds her. Her career has been built out of controversy and people keep coming back begging for more. In the beginning of her career the hottest talk in Hollywood was that Ms. Spears got breast implants in hopes to boost her image. No sooner did that talk die down before new rumors that she was dating teen heartthrob Justin Timberlake came out. These happened to be true, and Justin and Britney emerged as one of the hottest new couples on the scene. In March 2002, their four-year romance ceased due to various speculated reasons. Justin’s “Cry Me a River” video seems to be the only clues as to why their relationship ended, essentially accusing Britney (through a look alike model) of cheating. Britney, however, has chosen to remain discreet about her love life. She did admit that her girl-next-door image wasn’t entirely true: after years of speculation, she revealed that she wasn’t a virgin. On! top of that, she smoked and drank alcohol. The media had a hay day coupling Britney with every single man in Hollywood, of which Britney can only laugh. Now, Britney has added further controversy to her career by kissing Madonna during their performance at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, a move that apparent Ms. Spears suggested herself.<br /> <br />Whether it be singing at a kindergarten graduation or performing at the Grammy’s, Britney has wowed crowds for years. Having been crowned as the “Princess of Pop,” it seems that Britney’s career has no bounds and can go wherever she chooses for it. All we can do is sit back and enjoy the ride.</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr height="15"><td height="15"> <div align="center"> <center></center> </div> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113763071248781002?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137630059557307942006-01-18T19:19:00.000-05:002006-01-18T19:20:59.616-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/ClaudiaJordanHeadShot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/ClaudiaJordanHeadShot.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />#64 Claudia Jordan<br /><br /><b>Claudia Jordan</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a>) was primarily known as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barker%27s_Beauties" title="Barker's Beauties">Barker's Beauty</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS's</a> game show <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Price_is_Right" title="The Price is Right">The Price is Right</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>. She was born to an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> mother and an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American" title="African-American">African-American</a> father. Claudia's parents met when her father was in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a>, stationed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brindisi" title="Brindisi">Brindisi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. She attended <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Wallace_College" title="Baldwin Wallace College">Baldwin Wallace College</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> where she majored in broadcasting and journalism.<br /><br /><h3>TV Work</h3> <dl><dd> <ul><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=54321&action=edit" class="new" title="54321">54321</a></i> (2003)(TV Series) Correspondent/Fill-In Host</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Backstreet_Boys:_All_Access_Video&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Backstreet Boys: All Access Video">Backstreet Boys: All Access Video</a></i> (1998) (Girl in video <i>Quit Playing Games with my Heart</i>)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Damn_Sports_Show_Period" title="The Best Damn Sports Show Period">The Best Damn Sports Show Period</a></i> (2001)(TV Series) Herself/Guest Correspondent</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i> (2002) playing "Herself"</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=City_Guys&action=edit" class="new" title="City Guys">City Guys</a></i> (1999) playing "Vanessa" (episode # 3.12)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deal_or_No_Deal" title="Deal or No Deal">Deal or No Deal</a></i> (2005) Model</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Eat_Dog" title="Dog Eat Dog">Dog Eat Dog</a></i> (2002) Contestant</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_%26_Jill" title="Jack &amp; Jill">Jack & Jill</a></i> (2000) playing "Natasha" (episode # 1.17)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard" title="Little Richard">Little Richard</a></i> (2000) playing "Sexy Lady"</li><li><i>Livin' Large</i> (2004-05) Correspondent</li><li><i>Modern Girl's Guide To Life</i> (2005)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora%27s_Hair_Salon" title="Nora's Hair Salon">Nora's Hair Salon</a></i> (2004)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_on_One" title="One on One">One on One</a></i> (2005) playing "Herself" (episode # 4.16)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Price_Is_Right" title="The Price Is Right">The Price Is Right</a></i> (2001-2003) Model</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Price_Is_Right" title="The Price Is Right">The Price Is Right Primetime Specials</a></i> (2002) Model</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Price_Is_Right" title="The Price Is Right">The Price Is Right 30th Anniversary Special</a></i> (2002) Model</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Price_Is_Right" title="The Price Is Right">The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular</a></i> (2003) Model</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_So_Raven" title="That's So Raven">That's So Raven</a></i> (2005) playing "Ms. Bonita" (episode # 3.17)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trippin%27" title="Trippin'">Trippin'</a></i> (1999)</li></ul> </dd></dl> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claudia_Jordan&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Claudia Jordan">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Filmography" id="Filmography"></a></p> <h3>Filmography</h3> <dl><dd> <ul><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S1m0ne" title="S1m0ne">S1m0ne</a></i> (2002) (Simone Lookalike)</li></ul> </dd></dl> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claudia_Jordan&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Claudia Jordan">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Trivia" id="Trivia"></a></p> <h3>Trivia</h3> <dl><dd> <ul><li>She represented <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Teen_USA" title="Miss Teen USA">Miss Teen USA</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_USA" title="Miss USA">Miss USA</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a>.</li><li>She has done <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_commercials" title="Television commercials">television commercials</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coors_Light" title="Coors Light">Coors Light</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears" title="Sears">Sears</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi-Cola" title="Pepsi-Cola">Pepsi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VISA_%28credit_card%29" title="VISA (credit card)">Visa</a>.</li><li>She had her own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_radio" title="College radio">campus radio</a> program while at college.</li><li>She has worked at the <i>Providence American Newspaper</i> and at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> television station <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHDH-TV" title="WHDH-TV">WHDH-TV</a>.</li></ul> </dd></dl> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claudia_Jordan&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Claudia Jordan">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm429886/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm429886/">Claudia Jordan</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.claudiajordan.net/" class="external text" title="http://www.claudiajordan.net">Claudia Jordan's Official website</a></li><li><a href="http://www.geocities.com/aclaudiafan" class="external text" title="http://www.geocities.com/aclaudiafan">Fan site</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113763005955730794?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137629412110535532006-01-18T19:09:00.000-05:002006-01-18T19:10:12.170-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/3lw0920wy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/3lw0920wy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#63 Adrienne Bailon<br /><p><b>Adrienne Eliza Bailon</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24" title="October 24">October 24</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>) is a member of the singing group <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3LW" title="3LW">3LW</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiely_Williams" title="Kiely Williams">Kiely Williams</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Benson" title="Jessica Benson">Jessica Benson</a>. Adrienne Bailon is of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican" title="Puerto Rican">Puerto Rican</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuadorian</a> descent.</p> <p>Besides her work in the group, she also was in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Channel" title="Disney Channel">Disney Channel</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_movie" title="Television movie">telefilm</a> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cheetah_Girls" title="The Cheetah Girls">The Cheetah Girls</a></i> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven-Symon%C3%A9" title="Raven-Symoné">Raven-Symoné</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Bryan" title="Sabrina Bryan">Sabrina Bryan</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiely_Williams" title="Kiely Williams">Kiely Williams</a>. She has also been a continuing guest star on The Disney Channel program <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_So_Raven" title="That's So Raven">That's So Raven</a></i> and co-starred in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_Carter" title="Coach Carter">Coach Carter</a></i>. Her cousin is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Santos" title="Jorge Santos">Jorge Santos</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Aguilera" title="Christina Aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a>'s ex-boyfriend.</p> <p>Bailon has plans to work on a spanish language album.</p> <p>And due to the success of the Disney Channel Original Movie "The Cheetah Girls" she and Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan have continued with the group. In October of 2005 the group released their debut holiday album "Cheetah-Licious Christmas". Raven took a break from the Cheetah Girls because she was working on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_So_Raven" title="That's So Raven">That's So Raven</a> and other movies.</p> <p>One of Bailon's next projects is the Disney Channel sequel to "The Cheetah Girls" properly titled "The Cheetah Girls 2". All of the original Cheetah Girls will be returning to the movie, including Raven. The movie will air on The Disney Channel during the summer of 2006.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adrienne_Bailon&action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Adrienne Bailon">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_link" id="External_link"></a></p> <h2>External link</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.tv.com/AdrienneBailon/person/208177/summary.html" class="external text" title="http://www.tv.com/AdrienneBailon/person/208177/summary.html">Tv.com biography</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113762941211053553?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137629044111388382006-01-18T18:56:00.000-05:002006-01-18T19:04:04.243-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#62 Tea Leoni<br /><br /><p><b>Téa Leoni</b> (born <b>Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni</b> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_25" title="February 25">February 25</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966" title="1966">1966</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_the_United_States" title="Television in the United States">television</a> and film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actress</a>. Her father was half <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> and half <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Polish</a>, while her Southern-bred mother was of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> descent.</p> <p>A graduate of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brearley_School" title="Brearley School">Brearley School</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Lawrence_College" title="Sarah Lawrence College">Sarah Lawrence College</a>, Leoni went on to star in a number of TV series and movies, starting as "Lisa DiNapoli" on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Barbara_%28TV_series%29" title="Santa Barbara (TV series)">Santa Barbara</a></i> in 1989. She starred in 1995's smash box-office hit <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Boys_%281995_film%29" title="Bad Boys (1995 film)">Bad Boys</a></i>, along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lawrence" title="Martin Lawrence">Martin Lawrence</a>. Her most commercially successful movie was <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Impact_%28film%29" title="Deep Impact (film)">Deep Impact</a></i>, in which her character, "Jenny Lerner," breaks the story of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comet</a> that is going to hit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>. She also starred in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a>'s modest movie <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Ending" title="Hollywood Ending">Hollywood Ending</a></i>, which also starred Allen himself and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rydell" title="Mark Rydell">Mark Rydell</a>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>, she starred in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanglish" title="Spanglish">Spanglish</a></i> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Sandler" title="Adam Sandler">Adam Sandler</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloris_Leachman" title="Cloris Leachman">Cloris Leachman</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paz_Vega" title="Paz Vega">Paz Vega</a> (a Spanish actress with whom she spoke Italian off-set).</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a>, she landed the starring role in Fox's <i>Flying Blind</i>, a short-lived <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a>.</p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a>, Leoni landed the lead role in the the television sitcom <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Truth" title="The Naked Truth">The Naked Truth</a></i>, playing Nora Wilde, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid" title="Tabloid">tabloid</a> news journalist. The show was a minor hit and lasted until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a>.</p> <p>She married actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duchovny" title="David Duchovny">David Duchovny</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a>. On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_24" title="April 24">April 24</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>, she gave birth to a daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny. Her second child, a son, Kyd Miller Duchovny, was born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T%C3%A9a_Leoni&action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Téa Leoni">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Filmography" id="Filmography"></a></p> <h2>Filmography</h2> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th>Year</th> <th>Movie</th> <th>Role</th> <th>Other notes</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film" title="2005 in film">2005</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_with_Dick_and_Jane_%282005_film%29" title="Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)">Fun with Dick and Jane</a></td> <td>Jane Harper</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanglish_%28movie%29" title="Spanglish (movie)">Spanglish</a></td> <td>Deborah Clasky</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_D" title="House of D">House of D</a></td> <td>Mrs. Warshaw</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_film" title="2002 in film">2002</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People_I_Know&action=edit" class="new" title="People I Know">People I Know</a></td> <td>Jili Hopper</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_film" title="2002 in film">2002</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Ending" title="Hollywood Ending">Hollywood Ending</a></td> <td>Ellie</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_in_film" title="2001 in film">2001</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_III" title="Jurassic Park III">Jurassic Park III</a></td> <td>Amanda Kirby</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film" title="2000 in film">2000</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_Man" title="The Family Man">The Family Man</a></td> <td>Kate Reynolds</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_film" title="1998 in film">1998</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Impact_%28film%29" title="Deep Impact (film)">Deep Impact</a></td> <td>Jenny Lerner</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_in_film" title="1996 in film">1996</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirting_with_Disaster" title="Flirting with Disaster">Flirting with Disaster</a></td> <td>Tina Cable</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_in_film" title="1995 in film">1995</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Boys_%281995_film%29" title="Bad Boys (1995 film)">Bad Boys</a></td> <td>Julie Mott</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_in_film" title="1994 in film">1994</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Earp_%28film%29" title="Wyatt Earp (film)">Wyatt Earp</a></td> <td>Sally</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_in_film" title="1994 in film">1994</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Counterfeit_Contessa&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Counterfeit Contessa">Counterfeit Contessa</a> (TV)</td> <td>Gina Leonarda Nardino</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_in_film" title="1992 in film">1992</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_League_of_Their_Own" title="A League of Their Own">A League of Their Own</a></td> <td>Racine (1st base)</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_in_film" title="1991 in film">1991</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Switch_%28movie%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Switch (movie)">Switch</a></td> <td>Connie (dream girl)</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T%C3%A9a_Leoni&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Téa Leoni">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Trivia" id="Trivia"></a></p> <h2>Trivia</h2> <ul><li>An <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroid</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8299_T%C3%A9aleoni&action=edit" class="new" title="8299 Téaleoni">8299 Téaleoni</a>, has been named after her.</li></ul> <ul><li>While on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show" title="The Tonight Show">The Tonight Show</a></i> starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno" title="Jay Leno">Jay Leno</a>, Leoni admitted that she had incorrectly filled out her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election%2C_2000" title="U.S. presidential election, 2000">2000 general election</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absentee_ballot" title="Absentee ballot">absentee ballot</a>. She had intended to vote for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>, but instead accidentally voted for someone named "Howard" (most likely <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_wing" title="Right wing">right wing</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Phillips" title="Howard Phillips">Howard Phillips</a>, of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Party" title="Constitution Party">Constitution Party</a>).</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T%C3%A9a_Leoni&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Téa Leoni">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000495/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000495/">Téa Leoni</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113762904411138838?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137628447859660632006-01-18T18:53:00.000-05:002006-01-18T18:54:08.083-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/ali525.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/ali525.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#61 Ali Landry<br /><br /><p><b>Ali Landry</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_21" title="July 21">July 21</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_%28person%29" title="Model (person)">model</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actress</a> best known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_USA" title="Miss USA">Miss USA</a>, as the contestant Miss <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>. As a spokeswoman for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doritos" title="Doritos">Doritos</a> chips company, she appeared in celebrated TV commercials aired during the 1998 and 1999 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> football games. A trained gymnast, she still required hours of takes to get the seconds of footage of her doing acrobatic stunts right for the commercials. In some later years she has been a hostess for the Miss USA beauty pageant.</p> <p>Ali has done much modeling for photographers and magazines, and she specializes in swimsuit and lingerie modeling.</p> <p>Ali Landry grew up in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaux_Bridge%2C_Louisiana" title="Breaux Bridge, Louisiana">Breaux Bridge, Louisiana</a>, in the southwestern part of the state, and is of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun" title="Cajun">Cajun</a> descent, which was a group of French-Canadians who were relocated to Louisiana by the British Crown.</p> <p>Ali has participated in the show <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Factor" title="Fear Factor">Fear Factor</a></i>, and was runner up. She is an avid athlete and also participated in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon" title="Boston Marathon">Boston Marathon</a>.</p> <p>Starting in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> she had a recurring role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a> sitcom <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_%28television_show%29" title="Eve (television show)">Eve</a></i>.</p> <p>She married longtime boyfriend <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Lopez" title="Mario Lopez">Mario Lopez</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>, but two weeks after marriage, she terminated the marriage because of allegations that he <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infidelity" title="Infidelity">cheated</a> on her during his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_party" title="Bachelor party">bachelor party</a>.</p> <p>She became engaged to director Alejandro Monteverde on Memorial Day, 2005.</p><h2>Facts & Stats</h2> <ul><li>Full Name: Ali Landry</li><li>Height: 5' 8"</li><li>Measurements: 36C-24-34</li><li>Hair: Dark brown</li><li>Eyes: Dark brown</li><li>Complexion: Brown, always suntanned</li><li>Education: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_High_School_%28Louisiana%29" title="Cecilia High School (Louisiana)">Cecilia High School</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaux_Bridge%2C_Louisiana" title="Breaux Bridge, Louisiana">Breaux Bridge, Louisiana</a> (91'); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Louisiana_at_Lafayette" title="University of Louisiana at Lafayette">University of Louisiana at Lafayette</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette%2C_Louisiana" title="Lafayette, Louisiana">Lafayette, Louisiana</a>; Member <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_Delta" title="Kappa Delta">Kappa Delta</a> Sorority</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miss_Louisiana_Teen_USA&action=edit" class="new" title="Miss Louisiana Teen USA">Miss Louisiana Teen USA</a> (1990)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Teen_USA" title="Miss Teen USA">Miss Teen USA</a> Semi-finalist (1990)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Louisiana_USA" title="Miss Louisiana USA">Miss Louisiana USA</a> (1996)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_USA" title="Miss USA">Miss USA</a> (1996)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe" title="Miss Universe">Miss Universe</a> Top 6 Finalists (1996)</li></ul> <ul><li>Named by "People" magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1998</li><li>She is from the southwestern region of Louisiana, also referred to as "Acadiana," the heart of Cajun country</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ali_Landry&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Ali Landry">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Quotes" id="Quotes"></a></p> <h2>Quotes</h2> <p>"Sex outdoors is great. I'm not an exhibitionist, but I love the possibility that people might be able to see."</p> <p>"I didn't know what my goal was, but I knew I had to get out and do something exciting."</p> <p>"When people recognize me they say things like, Oh, I wanna get a crisp so I can throw it at you, she says. Or, Can you wipe your mouth just like you do in the ad?'. It has been very positive for me, but you can kinda see how that sort of thing could get annoying."</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ali_Landry&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Ali Landry">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Filmography" id="Filmography"></a></p> <h2>Filmography</h2> <ul><li><i>Bella</i> (2006)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_%28TV_series%29" title="Eve (TV series)">Eve</a></i> (2003) (TV series)</li><li><i>Who's Your Daddy?</i> (2003) (V)</li><li><i>Will You Marry Me?</i> (2003) (TV)</li><li><i>Spy TV</i> (2001) (TV series) (2002)</li><li><i>Outta Time</i> (2002)</li><li><i>Repli-Kate</i> (2002)</li><li><i>Soulkeeper</i> (2001)</li><li><i>Farmclub.com</i> (2001) (TV series)</li><li><i>Beautiful</i> (2000)</li><li><i>America's Greatest Pets</i> (1998) (TV series)</li><li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Beach_%28soap_opera%29" title="Sunset Beach (soap opera)">Sunset Beach</a></i> (1997) (TV series)</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ali_Landry&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Ali Landry">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_link" id="External_link"></a></p> <h2>External link</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.alilandry.info/" class="external text" title="http://www.alilandry.info">alilandry.info - comprehensive site - photos, biography, videos, articles, etc.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.westlord.com/alilandry/" class="external text" title="http://www.westlord.com/alilandry/">WestLord: Ali Landry</a></li><li><a href="http://www.alilandry.com.ar/" class="external text" title="http://www.alilandry.com.ar">AliLandry.com.ar - photos, biography, filmography and quotes</a></li><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005118/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005118/">Ali Landry</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113762844785966063?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137530218444549792006-01-17T15:30:00.000-05:002006-01-17T15:36:58.496-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/NeferteriShepherd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/NeferteriShepherd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#60 Neferteri Shepherd<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">BIORGAPHY</span></strong> <br />Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, NEFERTERI SHEPHERD relocated to Los Angeles in pursuit of her dreams of becoming an actress and model.<br /><br /><span class="style1">MODEL</span><br />NEFERTERI’S great ambition led to her being booked as a leading model on the American Music Awards, on the runways of Baby Phat and Stuff Magazine, and featured in a National Ad Campaign with the athletic apparel company Privacy Wear. NEFERTERI has also been featured in the pages of Maxim magazine.<br /><br /><span class="style1">ACTRESS</span><br />NEFERTERI’S screen appearances include being the featured actress for the new Starz’s network 2005 “STARZ in BLACK” launch campaign. Bringing her sex appeal as the leading lady in platinum selling recording artist music videos (50 Cents to Usher) and her commercial appearances include an Arby’s spot that is presently airing nationally. Her sitcoms include UPN’s “The Parkers” and FOX’s “Method and Red,” and the movie “Hair Show,” starring Monique.<br /><br /><span class="style1">HOST</span><br />NEFERTERI has also made her mark in the world of hosting television for UPN 20’s hit music entertainment show “Big City,” also Starz’s Network new edgy show “The B” side were NEFERTERI taps into that side of everyone that no one gets to see, and co-hosting VH1’s Sex &Rock Roll.<br /><br /><span class="style1">PRODUCER</span><br />NEFERTERI has also turned her sights squarely on producing television shows. A talent that is being mentored by Hollywood producer Rushion McDonald of Nu-Opp Inc. NEFERTERI currently has two shows in development one of which she co-created, “Mobile Home Disaster,” which the pilot aired on The WB.<br /><br />As each day passes NEFERTEI’S star glows brighter.<br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#6699cc"><td colspan="3" class="reshead"><b>Hosting</b></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="253"> Big City </td> <td width="224">UPN</td> <td width="223">Host</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#999999" valign="top"> <td width="253"> The B Side </td> <td width="224">Starz Ent. Network </td> <td width="223">Host</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="253"> Destination TV </td> <td width="224">The WB </td> <td width="223">Co-Host</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="reshead"><hr size="1"></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#6699cc"> <td colspan="3" class="reshead"><b>Television</b></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="" valign="top"> <td width="253"> Method &amp; Red </td> <td width="224">Co-Star</td> <td width="223">FOX</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#999999" valign="top"> <td width="253"> The Parkers </td> <td width="224">Co-Star</td> <td width="223">UPN</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="" valign="top"> <td width="253"> Starz in Black </td> <td width="224">Launch Promo</td> <td width="223">Starz Ent.Network </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="reshead"><hr size="1"></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#6699cc"> <td colspan="3" class="reshead"><b>Film</b></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="253"> Beauty Shop </td> <td width="224">Supporting</td> <td width="223">Urban Works Films </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#999999" valign="top"> <td>Miami Tale </td> <td width="224">Lead</td> <td width="223">Lions Gate Films </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Camouflage</td> <td width="224">Lead</td> <td width="223">Risig Tide Ent. </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td colspan="3" class="reshead"><hr size="1"></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#6699cc"> <td colspan="3" class="reshead"><b>Theater</b></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="" valign="top"> <td width="253"> Ma Rainey's Black Bottom </td> <td width="224">Dussie Mae </td> <td width="223">Lillian Theatre </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="reshead"><hr size="1"></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#6699cc"> <td colspan="3" class="reshead"><b>Training</b></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#888888" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#888888" width="253"> Marki Costello </td> <td bgcolor="#888888" width="224">Hosting</td> <td bgcolor="#888888" width="223">Hosting Workshop </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Rick Edelstien </td> <td width="224">Advance</td> <td width="223">Scene Study </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#888888" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#888888">Aaron Speiser </td> <td bgcolor="#888888" width="224">Acting Workshop </td> <td bgcolor="#888888" width="223">Scene Study </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="" valign="top"> <td width="253"> Jay Convette </td> <td width="224">Comedic Improv </td> <td width="223">Acting Studio</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="3" class="reshead"><hr size="1"></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#6699cc"> <td colspan="3" class="reshead"><b>Special Skills </b></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3"> Cooking, Arts and Crafts, Sewing, Strong Music Background in Hip-Hop and R&B, Comedic Improv, Video Games, Snow Mobile Riding, ATV, Jet Skiing, Snorkeling, Roller Skating, Horseback Riding, Fitness Trainer, Dancing, Modeling, Computer Skills, Tennis and Basketball, Piercing Sneeze, Loud Burp, Spit Far. </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="reshead"><hr size="1"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="reshead" bgcolor="#6699cc"><b>Dialect</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Southern, Urban &amp; Valley Girl</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113753021844454979?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137529746078258502006-01-17T15:22:00.000-05:002006-01-17T15:29:06.253-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/Boa0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/Boa0003.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#59 BoA<br /><br /><b>BoA</b> (권보아 <i>Kwŏn Boa</i>, born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986" title="1986">1986</a>) grew up in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> with two older brothers. At the age of eleven, her brother was auditioning in a talent search for the next international icon held by Korean musical conglomerate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_Entertainment" title="SM Entertainment">SM Entertainment</a>. <b>BoA</b> was brought along and eventually chosen. After her reluctant parents agreed to letting her pursue a career in singing rather than focus on school, <b>BoA</b> was trained in singing, dancing, and foreign language before finally making her Korean album debut. She has also composed and written the lyrics for several of her songs.<br /><br /><h2>Overview</h2> <p><b>BoA</b> has released albums in both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, and her recording company, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_Entertainment" title="SM Entertainment">SM Entertainment</a>, is positioning her as a cross-cultural star in Asia. She has released eight full length albums, three ".5" albums and twenty singles in South Korea and Japan. Her albums have also been released as "overseas versions" throughout Asia. Almost seven million copies of her albums have been sold to date. She can speak native-level <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>, plus fluent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a> and conversational <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>.</p><p><b>BoA</b> broke records in both Korea and Japan with her smash hits, including "No. 1," "Valenti," and "Listen to My Heart". She has made strides in music and acting with chart-breaking albums released in both Japanese and Korean (<b>BoA</b> accounts for over 75% of musical exports from Korea), as well as being a cover model for huge companies such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiseido" title="Shiseido">Shiseido</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda" title="Honda">Honda</a>, KDDI: Au, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpis" title="Calpis">Calpis</a>, and recently the Japanese division of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap_%28The%29" title="Gap (The)">Gap</a> and the Taiwanese division of Levi Jeans. BoA has also become a cross-cultural icon, bridging historical tensions between the nations of Korea and Japan.</p> <p><b>BoA</b> was awarded "Most Influential Asian Artist" and "Favorite Artist Korea" Prizes at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Asia_Awards" title="MTV Asia Awards">MTV Asia Awards</a> held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> on February, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>. Her songs are now popular even in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRC" title="PRC">China</a> and some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asian</a> countries.</p> <p>She has appeared on numerous magazine covers and some commercials, including KOSE, MISSHA, Lipton, Ting, Pantech & Curitel, Elite, Lotte, Maybelline, and Wired XYZ.</p> <p><b>BoA</b> also appeared in the Korean Music Festival held in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> Opera House on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> and in the Volvo "Hallyu" Concert in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_City%2C_California" title="Universal City, California">Universal City, California</a> (outside of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>) on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_11" title="June 11">June 11</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>. Most recently, she performed at the 2005 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APEC" title="APEC">APEC</a> conference in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Biography" id="Biography"></a></p> <h2>Biography</h2> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="ID.3B_Peace_B_Era" id="ID.3B_Peace_B_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>ID; Peace B</i> Era</h3><br /><p>After two years of vigorous training, at the age of thirteen, <b>BoA</b> released her Korean debut album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID%3B_Peace_B" title="ID; Peace B">ID; Peace B</a></i> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a>. The album won much acclaim and climbed into the top ten, going on to sell 218,114 copies. The album and its promotion dazzled people with <b>BoA'</b>s powerful singing and dancing, and helped garner interest from overseas. Meanwhile, her Korean record label S.M. Entertainment has made arrangements with Japanese music giant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avex_Trax" title="Avex Trax">Avex Trax</a> to launch <b>BoA'</b>s music career in Japan.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Jumping_into_the_World_Era" id="Jumping_into_the_World_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Jumping into the World</i> Era</h3> <p>In early 2001 <b>BoA</b> released her first mini album, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_into_the_World" title="Jumping into the World">Jumping into the World</a></i>, which showcased more of her vocal skills. After this album was released, <b>BoA</b> took a hiatus from the Korean music industry to focus on the Japanese market. The months prior to release of her first Japanese single were spent entirely in Japan, and <b>BoA</b> was only allowed to speak Japanese in order to solidify her hold of the language. <b>BoA</b> described these months as some of her saddest and most lonely.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Listen_to_My_Heart_Era" id="Listen_to_My_Heart_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Listen to My Heart</i> Era</h3><br /><p>The recording contract that <b>BoA</b> signed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avex_trax" title="Avex trax">avex trax</a> resulted in <b>BoA'</b>s foray into the Japanese music industry. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> she released her first Japanese single, a Japanese version of <i>ID; Peace B</i>. Although the single debuted at only #20 on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oricon" title="Oricon">Oricon chart</a> it received wide-spread publicity since <b>BoA</b> was a young foreigner with phenomenal dancing skills for her age. <i>ID; Peace B</i> was followed by subsequent singles <i>Amazing Kiss</i> (#23), <i>気持ちはつたわる</i> (<i>Kimochi wa Tsutawaru</i>) (#15), and <i>Listen to My Heart</i> (#5). The single <i>Listen to My Heart</i> catapulted BoA into the spotlight (since few foreigners break into the top 5 in Japan) and went on to sell over 179,000 copies. Finally, her much anticipated Japanese debut album, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_To_My_Heart" title="Listen To My Heart">Listen To My Heart</a>, was released on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_13" title="March 13">March 13</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>. On the shoulders of the lead single, <i>Listen to My Heart</i>, the album debuted at #1 on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oricon" title="Oricon">Oricon chart</a> and would go on to sell over 930,000 copies domestically and over 1,300,000 copies worldwide. This was a surprise not only because it was <b>BoA'</b>s debut and she was a foreigner, but also because the album's release was during the 2002 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">World Cup</a>, when Japan was playing Korea and tensions were high. On the same day as the album's release, <b>BoA'</b>s 5th single <i>Every Heart -ミンナノキモチ-</i> (<i>minna no kimochi</i>, <i>everybody's feelings</i>) was released. The song was the ending theme for the hit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a> series <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InuYasha" title="InuYasha">InuYasha</a>; the single peaked at #10 on the charts.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="NO.1_Era" id="NO.1_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>NO.1</i> Era</h3><br /><p>Less then a month after <b>BoA'</b>s chart-topping performance in Japan she released her second full studio Korean album, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NO.1" title="NO.1">NO.1</a></i>. This album catapulted <b>BoA</b> to the top of the charts in Korea and became her biggest selling Korean album, with over 572,000 copies (excluding overseas sales). Now <b>BoA'</b>s name was popping up all across Asia and her popularity skyrocketed. The album was also released in Japan and peaked at #15 on the charts—a very strong performance, especially for a non-English or Japanese album. Later in the year she would win a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DaeSang&action=edit" class="new" title="DaeSang">DaeSang</a> award for this album, making her the youngest artist to ever receive one.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=7" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Miracle_Era" id="Miracle_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Miracle</i> Era</h3> <p>In September 2002 <b>BoA</b> released her second Korean mini-album. Featuring some Korean renditions of her Japanese songs and several original songs, this album is hailed by many as one of <b>BoA'</b>s best Korean releases.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=8" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Valenti_Era" id="Valenti_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Valenti</i> Era</h3><br /><p>After stellar album sales in both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <b>BoA</b> continued releasing singles in anticipation for her second Japanese album, including <i>Don't Start Now</i> (#17), a Japanese rendition of a song from her Korean mini-album, and her biggest hit single <i>Valenti</i>. It peaked at #2 on the charts, her highest showing on the singles chart at the time, and would go on to sell over 200,000 copies. <i>Valenti</i> was quickly followed by two more hit singles: <i>奇蹟 (Kiseki)/ NO.1</i> (#3), <i>JEWEL SONG / BESIDE YOU –僕を呼ぶ声–</i>(<i>boku wo yobu koe</i>) (#3). On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>, her second full studio album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenti" title="Valenti">Valenti</a></i> was released. This album compounded the success of her previous Japanese album and hit <i>#1</i> on the charts (with 700,000 preorders and 280,000 copies sold in the first week of release). It became <b>BoA'</b>s highest selling Japanese album, selling over 1,250,000 copies domestically (making her the highest and fastest selling foreigner in Japanese history) and 1,300,000 copies worldwide. <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenti" title="Valenti">Valenti</a></i> put <b>BoA</b> in the spotlight of the Japanese music scene with other big players such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_Hamasaki" title="Ayumi Hamasaki">Ayumi Hamasaki</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utada_Hikaru" title="Utada Hikaru">Utada Hikaru</a>. The album's live tour was sold out in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a> within 15 minutes and in Tokyo within a day. The album would go on to become one of the top 5 selling albums of the year in Japan.</p> <p><b>BoA'</b>s "Valenti" was also featured on Andamiro's popular dance simulation game, Pump It Up.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=9" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Atlantis_Princess_Era" id="Atlantis_Princess_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Atlantis Princess</i> Era</h3><br /><p>This highly anticipated album again topped the charts in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>. Released on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_30" title="May 30">May 30</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_Princess" title="Atlantis Princess">Atlantis Princess</a></i> would go on to sell over 340,000 copies. This album was well received throughout Korea and would move on to receive multiple awards later in the year.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=10" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Shine_We_Are.21_Era" id="Shine_We_Are.21_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Shine We Are!</i> Era</h3> <p><b>BoA</b> released her third (and last to date) mini-album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_We_Are%21" title="Shine We Are!">Shine We Are!</a></i>. This album again showcased Korean renditions of her Japanese songs, but would receive criticism for the darker, more mature image portrayed on the cover and would thus go on to barely sell 80,000 copies (the most likely explaination for why <b>BoA</b> has released no more mini-albums since).</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=11" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Love_.26_Honesty_Era" id="Love_.26_Honesty_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Love & Honesty</i> Era</h3><br /><p>After the release of her hit albums <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenti" title="Valenti">Valenti</a></i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_Princess" title="Atlantis Princess">Atlantis Princess</a></i> and her first country-wide tour <i>LIVE TOUR 2003 -VALENTI-</i> (in Japan; she has never done a full scale country-wide tour in Korea), <b>BoA</b> continued to pursue her activities in Japan. She released several hit singles for her upcoming album: <i>Shine We Are! / Earthsong</i> (#2), <i>DOUBLE/Midnight Parade/Milky Way - 君の歌</i> (#2), and <i>Rock With You</i> (#5). <i>Rock With You</i> showcased a new, controversial style for BoA as it was a more "pop-rock" song but still performed reasonably well in sales. Then on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_15" title="January 15">January 15</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> her highly anticipated third Japanese album, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Honesty" title="Love and Honesty">Love & Honesty</a></i>, was released. It again hit #1 on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oricon" title="Oricon">Oricon chart</a> and would go on to sell over 650,000 copies domestically and over 800,000 copies worldwide. Although it did not sell as well as her album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenti" title="Valenti">Valenti</a></i>, it was still among the top albums in sales for 2004. Another single from the album, <i>Be the One</i> (#15), was released a month later. Later, the album's live tour would prove to be a huge success (in some venues, the arenas were filled to a thousand above capacity due to the high demand for seats).</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=12" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="My_Name_Era" id="My_Name_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>My Name</i> Era</h3><br /><p>2004 also brought the release of <b>BoA'</b>s fourth full Korean album, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name" title="My Name">My Name</a></i>. This album aroused much controversy because it showcased a complete style shift from young and cute to a much more mature look. (<b>BoA</b> was turning 19 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning" title="East Asian age reckoning">Korean age reckoning</a>; 18 in non-Korean reckoning.) It would again top the charts in Korea and go on to sell over 200,000 copies. These sales, though slightly lower than that of her debut's, were very strong considering the heavy recession in the music industry of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. Some people point to this album as the beginning of <b>BoA'</b>s decrease in Korean popularity and the album was consequently followed by more focus on the Japanese market.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=13" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Best_of_Soul_Era" id="Best_of_Soul_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Best of Soul</i> Era</h3><br /><p>After the release of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Honesty" title="Love and Honesty">Love & Honesty</a> and her highly acclaimed second live arena tour <i>LIVE TOUR 2004 LOVE &amp; HONESTY</i>, more singles were released: <i>QUINCY / コノヨノシルシ (Konoyono Shirushi)</i> (#4) and <i>メリクリ (Merikuri)</i> (#5). However, instead of releasing her expected fourth Japanese language studio album, <b>BoA</b> released her first "Best of" compilation album of her Japanese singles up to that point (plus a bonus track: "La La La Love Song" feat. SOUL'd Out, and also "The Love Bug" feat. M-Flo) on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>. This album catapulted <b>BoA</b> again to the #1 position on the charts and went on to sell over 1,076,000 copies and over 1,200,000 copies worldwide. <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_Soul" title="Best of Soul">Best of Soul</a></i> made <b>BoA</b> the first non-Japanese singer to have two albums sell over a million copies domestically: <i>Valenti</i> and <i>Best of Soul</i>. It reaffirmed <b>BoA'</b>s position as one of the top singers in Japan; her third live tour would again be sold out, and this album would be the ninth highest selling album of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>.</p> <p>This album also featured BoA showing nych more "skin" and led to a small controversy after BoA promoted the album while singing "Listen to My Heart" with a gold outfit that included "hot pants". However, ignoring the criticism, BoA would continue promotion for the album wearing similar outfits, and several of the outfits worne during the Arena Tour for this album also included "hot pants".</p> <p>Also, during this period BoA was rumoured to have gone on a date with a friend of her hairdresser after several pictures of their outing showed the two apparently as intimates (holding hands and walking close to each other). However, BoA and avex trax both deny that the excursion was romantic at all and claim that the two are just friends. Further suspicions arouse after the release of her 16th Japanese single, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_a_Secret" title="Make a Secret">make a secret</a></i>, which featured songs about keeping a relationship secret; however, no further pictures have surfaced since the outing in March, nor have any comments (or further details) from the man in question been released, just leading to further speculations and rumours.</p> <p>Note: <i>Best of Soul</i> is still charting in the Oricon top 100 as of January 11, 2006.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=14" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Girls_on_Top_Era" id="Girls_on_Top_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Girls on Top</i> Era</h3><br /><p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> <b>BoA</b> released her highly anticipated fifth album, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_on_Top" title="Girls on Top">Girls on Top</a></i>. It reached #3 on the monthly charts, and so far has sold approximately 115,000 copies. Although the sales were disappointing to many, one should note that Korean album sales have dropped by over 50% from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> alone, so sales of over 100,000 copies are very respectable. This album also featured BoA's foray into a more "hip-hop" feel, following the trend of many other Korean artists away from pure pop music. BoA also sported a "ragged" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet" title="Mullet">mullet</a> for the first few weeks of promotion before switching back to a more feminine look during the promotion of the second leading track of the album, "MOTO". The album also hit #1 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, showcasing <b>BoA'</b>s popularity outside of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=15" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Outgrow_Era" id="Outgrow_Era"></a></p> <h3><i>Outgrow</i> Era</h3><br /><p>Capitalizing on the success of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_Soul" title="Best of Soul">Best of Soul</a>, BoA's 15th single <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Motion" title="Do the Motion">Do the Motion</a></i> hit #1 on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oricon" title="Oricon">Oricon chart</a>, making her just the fifth non-Japanese singer to have a single hit #1, and the first in over 21 years. In September, BoA went on to release her 16th single, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_a_Secret" title="Make a Secret">make a secret</a></i> (#4), and accompanying the miniscule amount of promotion by avex, the single would end up as a huge flop, barely selling 55,000 copies. Her 17th single, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakishimeru" title="Dakishimeru">抱きしめる (Dakishimeru)</a></i> (#9), was released on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_23" title="November 23">November 23</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> and although it is still charting, sales have tappered off to barely a thousand copies a week, leading to sales equally as dismal as those of <i>make a secret</i>. Her 18th single, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlasting%28BoA%29" title="Everlasting(BoA)">Everlasting</a></i>, will be released on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> and the limited edition first pressing which includes a poster has already begun to sell out from several major japanese online providers.</p> <p>Her next full studio album, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outgrow" title="Outgrow">Outgrow</a></i>, will be released on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> and will come in two formats: a limited edition CD+DVD with the Music Videos from Do the Motion to Everlasting, and a normal CD version (not limited).</p> <p><b>BoA</b> also released her first digital single: <i>Merry Christmas from BoA</i>, on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December" title="December">December</a> 7th (and online distribution came to a close on December 25th) and performed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dhaku_Uta_Gassen" title="Kōhaku Uta Gassen">NHK Best Singers contest</a> for the fourth year in a row (she is the only foreigner to ever perform in the event for that many years) with other top Japanese artists such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMAP" title="SMAP">SMAP</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_Hamasaki" title="Ayumi Hamasaki">Ayumi Hamasaki</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=16" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Post-Girls_on_Top_Korean_activity" id="Post-Girls_on_Top_Korean_activity"></a></p> <h3>Post-<i>Girls on Top</i> Korean activity</h3> <p><b>BoA</b> celebrated the five year anniversary of her Korean debut with fans on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> and to advertise for the special event, a new limited edition "MOTO" repackaging for the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_on_Top" title="Girls on Top">Girls on Top</a></i> album was released. Also, it is rumoured that <b>BoA'</b>s sixth Korean album may be pushed back from the expected release of summer 2006 as far as early 2007 due to <b>BoA'</b>s entrance into the Chinese market next year.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=17" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Chinese_activity" id="Chinese_activity"></a></p> <h3>Chinese activity</h3> <p><b>BoA</b> is planning on entering the Chinese market sometime in 2006 (most likely in the summer after her fourth Japanese live tour). She has released several overseas versions of her albums in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> already so she is reasonably well known in both countries (e.g <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_on_Top" title="Girls on Top">Girls on Top</a></i> hit #1 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> in September 2005).</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=18" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Entrance_into_the_U.S._market" id="Entrance_into_the_U.S._market"></a></p> <h3>Entrance into the U.S. market</h3> <p>An official SM representative, states in a interview BoA has no plans in the near future to establish a presence in the US Market for several reasons.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=19" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Albums" id="Albums"></a></p> <h2>Albums</h2> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Album #</th> <th align="left">Album cover</th> <th align="left">Album information</th> <th align="left">Copies Sold</th> <th align="left">Name Used</th> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(1st)<br />1st Korean<br />Studio Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_IDPeaceB.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/BoA_IDPeaceB.jpg/140px-BoA_IDPeaceB.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_IDPeaceB.jpg" height="139" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID%3B_Peace_B" title="ID; Peace B">ID; Peace B</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_26" title="August 26">August 26</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Korean top 200 position: #10</li><li>Language: Korean</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">218,000<br />(South Korea)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(2nd)<br />One-Fifth<br />Korean Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_DontStartNow.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/BoA_DontStartNow.jpg/140px-BoA_DontStartNow.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_DontStartNow.jpg" height="140" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_into_the_World" title="Jumping into the World">Jumping into the World</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_3" title="March 3">March 3</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Korean top 200 position: #6</li><li>Language: Korean / Chinese / English</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">114,000<br />(South Korea)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(3rd)<br />1st Japanese<br />Studio Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_Listentomyheart.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/BoA_Listentomyheart.jpg/140px-BoA_Listentomyheart.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_Listentomyheart.jpg" height="140" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_To_My_Heart" title="Listen To My Heart">Listen To My Heart</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_13" title="March 13">March 13</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Oricon top 200 position: #<b>1</b></li><li>Language: Japanese</li><li>Singles: <i>ID; Peace B</i>, <i>Amazing Kiss</i>,<br /><i>Kimochi wa tsutawaru</i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_meaning_of_peace" title="The meaning of peace">The meaning of peace</a></i> (duet W/ Kumi Koda),<br /><i>LISTEN TO MY HEART</i>, <i>Every Heart -minna no kimochi-</i>,<br />and <i>Don't start now</i></li></ul> </td> <th align="left">930,000<br />(Japan)<br />1,300,000<br />(worldwide)<br />-including Japan-</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(4th)<br />2nd Korean<br />Studio Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_NO1.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/BoA_NO1.jpg/140px-BoA_NO1.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_NO1.jpg" height="141" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NO.1" title="NO.1">NO.1</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_13" title="March 13">March 13</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Korean top 200 position: #<b>1</b></li><li>Oricon top 200 position: #15</li><li>Language: Korean</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">572,000<br />(South Korea)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(5th)<br />1st Japanese<br />Remix Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_PeaceBRemix.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/BoA_PeaceBRemix.jpg/140px-BoA_PeaceBRemix.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_PeaceBRemix.jpg" height="138" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_B._Remixes" title="Peace B. Remixes">Peace B. Remixes</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_7" title="August 7">August 7</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Oricon top 200 position: #18</li><li>Language: Japanese</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">62,000<br />(Japan)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(6th)<br />Two-Fifth<br />Korean Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_Miracle.jpeg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/BoA_Miracle.jpeg/140px-BoA_Miracle.jpeg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_Miracle.jpeg" height="140" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_%28BoA_album%29" title="Miracle (BoA album)">Miracle</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_24" title="September 24">September 24</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Korean top 200 position: #4</li><li>Language: Korean</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">327,000<br />(South Korea)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(7th)<br />2nd Japanese<br />Studio Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Valenti.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Valenti.jpg/140px-Valenti.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Valenti.jpg" height="118" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenti" title="Valenti">Valenti</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Oricon top 200 position: #<b>1</b></li><li>Language: Japanese</li><li>Singles: <i>VALENTI</i>, <i>Kiseki</i>, and<br /><i>JEWEL SONG / BESIDE YOU -boku wo yobu koe-</i></li></ul> </td> <th align="left">1,250,000<br />(Japan)<br />1,300,000<br />(worldwide)<br />-including Japan-</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(8th)<br />3rd Korean<br />Studio Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_atlantisprincess.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/BoA_atlantisprincess.jpg/140px-BoA_atlantisprincess.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_atlantisprincess.jpg" height="140" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_Princess" title="Atlantis Princess">Atlantis Princess</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_30" title="May 30">May 30</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Korean top 200 position: #<b>1</b></li><li>Language: Korean</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">343,000<br />(South Korea)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(9th)<br />2nd Japanese<br />Remix Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Boa_Next_World.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f9/Boa_Next_World.jpg/140px-Boa_Next_World.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Boa_Next_World.jpg" height="141" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_World" title="Next World">Next World</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_27" title="August 27">August 27</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Oricon top 200 position: #4</li><li>Language: Japanese</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">194,000<br />(Japan)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(10th)<br />Three-Fifth<br />Korean Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_ShineWeAre.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/BoA_ShineWeAre.jpg/140px-BoA_ShineWeAre.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_ShineWeAre.jpg" height="140" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_We_Are%21" title="Shine We Are!">Shine We Are!</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_4" title="December 4">December 4</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Korean top 200 position: #3</li><li>Language: Korean</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">84,000<br />(South Korea)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(11th)<br />3rd Japanese<br />Studio Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_Love_%26_Honesty.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/BoA_Love_%26_Honesty.jpg/140px-BoA_Love_%26_Honesty.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_Love_%26_Honesty.jpg" height="157" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Honesty" title="Love and Honesty">Love and Honesty</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_15" title="January 15">January 15</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Oricon top 200 position: #<b>1</b></li><li>Language: Japanese</li><li>Singles: <i>Shine We Are! / Earthsong</i>, <i>DOUBLE</i>,<br /><i>Rock With You</i>, and <i>Be the one</i>,</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">650,000<br />(Japan)<br />800,000<br />(worldwide)<br />-including Japan-</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(12th)<br />1st Japanese<br />Compilation Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoAK-popcd.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/BoAK-popcd.jpg/140px-BoAK-popcd.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoAK-popcd.jpg" height="159" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kpop_Selection_Album" title="Kpop Selection Album">Kpop Selection Album</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_3" title="March 3">March 3</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a></li><li>Length: 54:00</li><li>Oricon top 200 position: #13</li><li>Language: Korean</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">34,000<br />(Japan)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(13th)<br />4th Korean<br />Studio Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_myname.JPG" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/BoA_myname.JPG/140px-BoA_myname.JPG" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_myname.JPG" height="140" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name" title="My Name">My Name</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Korean top 200 position: #<b>1</b></li><li>Language: Korean / Chinese</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">205,000<br />(South Korea)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(14th)<br />2nd Japanese<br />Compilation Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_BestofSoul.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/BoA_BestofSoul.jpg/140px-BoA_BestofSoul.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_BestofSoul.jpg" height="182" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_Soul" title="Best of Soul">Best of Soul</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a></li><li>Length: 72:00</li><li>Oricon top 200 position: #<b>1</b></li><li>Language: Japanese</li><li>Singles: <i>QUINCY / Konoyono shirushi</i> and <i>Meri Kuri</i></li></ul> </td> <th align="left">1,076,000<br />(Japan)<br />1,200,000<br />(worldwide)<br />-including Japan-<br />(still charting)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(15th)<br />5th Korean<br />Studio Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Boa_GirlsonTop.gif" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Boa_GirlsonTop.gif/140px-Boa_GirlsonTop.gif" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Boa_GirlsonTop.gif" height="134" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_on_Top" title="Girls on Top">Girls on Top</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a></li><li>Length: N/A</li><li>Korean top 200 position: #3</li><li>Taiwan top 200 position: #<b>1</b></li><li>Language: Korean / Chinese</li></ul> </td> <th align="left">115,000<br />(South Korea)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">(16th)<br />4th Japanese<br />Studio Album</th> <td align="center"> <div class="floatleft"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoA_Outgrow.jpg" class="image" title=""><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/BoA_Outgrow.jpg/140px-BoA_Outgrow.jpg" alt="" longdesc="/wiki/Image:BoA_Outgrow.jpg" height="140" width="140" /></a></span></div> </td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outgrow" title="Outgrow">Outgrow</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a></li><li>Length: TBA</li><li>Oricon top 200 position: -</li><li>Language: Japanese</li><li>Singles: <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Motion" title="Do the Motion">DO THE MOTION</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_a_Secret" title="Make a Secret">Make a Secret</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakishimeru" title="Dakishimeru">Dakishimeru</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlasting%28BoA%29" title="Everlasting(BoA)">Everlasting</a></i></li></ul> </td> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <th align="center">-</th> <th align="left">-</th> <th align="left">~2,038,000 <b>(grand total)</b><br />Albums Sales<br />Korea</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <th align="center">-</th> <th align="left">-</th> <th align="left">~4,184,000 <b>(grand total)</b><br />Album Sales<br />Japan</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <th align="center">-</th> <th align="left">-</th> <th align="left">~6,237,000 <b>(grand total)</b><br />Album Sales<br />Japan and Korea (excluding other countries)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <th align="center">-</th> <th align="left">-</th> <th align="left">~8,138,000 <b>(grand total)</b><br />Albums+Singles<br />Japan and Korea (excluding other countries)</th> <td align="left">BoA</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=20" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Singles" id="Singles"></a></p> <h2>Singles</h2> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Single #</th> <th align="left">Date of release</th> <th align="left">Title of release</th> <th align="left">Album</th> <th align="left">Highest Korean<br />monthly<br />top 50<br />position</th> <th align="left">Highest Oricon<br />weekly<br />top 200<br />position</th> <th align="left">Language</th> <th align="left">Copies Sold</th> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">1st</th> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_30" title="May 30">May 30</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a></td> <td align="left">ID;Peace B</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_To_My_Heart" title="Listen To My Heart">Listen To My Heart</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#20</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">40,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">2nd</th> <td align="left">July 25, 2001</td> <td align="left">Amazing Kiss</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_To_My_Heart" title="Listen To My Heart">Listen To My Heart</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#23</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">59,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">3rd</th> <td align="left">December 05, 2001</td> <td align="left">Kimochi wa tsutawaru <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" lang="ja">気持ちはつたわる</span><span class="t_nihongo_norom" style="display: none;"><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i><span class="t_nihongo_romaji">Kimochi wa tsutawaru</span></i></span><span class="t_nihongo_help"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Help:Japanese"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="padding: 0pt 0.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-decoration: none;">^?</span></a></span>)</span></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_To_My_Heart" title="Listen To My Heart">Listen To My Heart</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#15</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">77,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">4th</th> <td align="left">December 19, 2001</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_meaning_of_peace" title="The meaning of peace">the meaning of peace</a><br />(duet with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumi_Koda" title="Kumi Koda">Kumi Koda</a>)</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_To_My_Heart" title="Listen To My Heart">Listen To My Heart</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#12</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">66,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">5th</th> <td align="left">January 17, 2002</td> <td align="left">LISTEN TO MY HEART</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_To_My_Heart" title="Listen To My Heart">Listen To My Heart</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#5</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">179,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">6th</th> <td align="left">March 13, 2002</td> <td align="left">Every Heart -minna no kimochi- <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" lang="ja">Every Heart -ミンナノキモチ-</span><span class="t_nihongo_norom" style="display: none;"><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i><span class="t_nihongo_romaji">Every Heart -minna no kimochi-</span></i></span><span class="t_nihongo_help"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Help:Japanese"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="padding: 0pt 0.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-decoration: none;">^?</span></a></span>)</span></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_To_My_Heart" title="Listen To My Heart">Listen To My Heart</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#10</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">84,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">7th</th> <td align="left">May 29, 2002</td> <td align="left">Don't start now</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_To_My_Heart" title="Listen To My Heart">Listen To My Heart</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#17</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">20,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">8th</th> <td align="left">August 28, 2002</td> <td align="left">VALENTI</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenti" title="Valenti">Valenti</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#2</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">201,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">9th</th> <td align="left">September 19, 2002</td> <td align="left">Kiseki <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" lang="ja">奇蹟</span><span class="t_nihongo_norom" style="display: none;"><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i><span class="t_nihongo_romaji">Kiseki</span></i></span><span class="t_nihongo_help"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Help:Japanese"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="padding: 0pt 0.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-decoration: none;">^?</span></a></span>)</span> / NO.1 (Kiseki)</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenti" title="Valenti">Valenti</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#3</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">129,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">October 30, 2002</td> <td align="left">Everything Needs Love<br />(Mondo Grosso featuring BoA)</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#32</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">25,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">10th</th> <td align="left">December 11, 2002</td> <td align="left">JEWEL SONG / BESIDE YOU -boku wo yobu koe- <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" lang="ja">BESIDE YOU-僕を呼ぶ声-</span><span class="t_nihongo_norom" style="display: none;"><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i><span class="t_nihongo_romaji">BESIDE YOU -boku wo yobu koe-</span></i></span><span class="t_nihongo_help"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Help:Japanese"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="padding: 0pt 0.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-decoration: none;">^?</span></a></span>)</span></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenti" title="Valenti">Valenti</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#3</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">151,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">February 26, 2003</td> <td align="left">Holiday (Palmdrive featuring BoA & Akira)</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#27</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">16,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">11th</th> <td align="left">May 14, 2003</td> <td align="left">Shine We Are! / Earthsong</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Honesty" title="Love and Honesty">Love and Honesty</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#2</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">144,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">12th</th> <td align="left">May 25, 2003</td> <td align="left">The Lights of Seoul -not for sale-<br />(given to people who went to the "Hi Seoul Festival" 2003)</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_Princess" title="Atlantis Princess">Atlantis Princess</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">Korean</td> <td align="left">not for sale</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">September 26, 2003</td> <td align="left">Show Me What You Got<br />(BRATZ featuring BoA &amp; Howie D.)</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">Korean</td> <td align="left">-</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">13th (1st Korean)</th> <td align="left">October 22, 2003</td> <td align="left">Double<br />(Korean Version)</td> <td align="left">N/A</td> <td align="left">#8</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">Korean</td> <td align="left">45,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">13th</th> <td align="left">October 22, 2003</td> <td align="left">DOUBLE<br />(Japanese Version)</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Honesty" title="Love and Honesty">Love and Honesty</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#2</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">82,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left"><b>DOUBLE</b></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left"><b>total</b>127,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">14th (2nd Korean)</th> <td align="left">December 3, 2003</td> <td align="left">Rock With You<br />(Korean Version)</td> <td align="left">N/A</td> <td align="left">#11</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">Korean</td> <td align="left">25,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">14th</th> <td align="left">December 3, 2003</td> <td align="left">Rock With You<br />(Japanese Version)</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Honesty" title="Love and Honesty">Love and Honesty</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#5</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">58,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left"><b>Rock With You</b></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left"><b>total</b>83,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">15th</th> <td align="left">February 11, 2004</td> <td align="left">Be the one</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Honesty" title="Love and Honesty">Love and Honesty</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#15</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">24,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">March 17, 2004</td> <td align="left">The Love Bug<br />(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-flo" title="M-flo">m-flo</a> loves BoA)</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_Soul" title="Best of Soul">Best of Soul</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#8</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">50,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">16th</th> <td align="left">September 1, 2004</td> <td align="left">QUINCY / Konoyono shirushi <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" lang="ja">コノヨノシルシ</span><span class="t_nihongo_norom" style="display: none;"><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i><span class="t_nihongo_romaji">Konoyono shirushi</span></i></span><span class="t_nihongo_help"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Help:Japanese"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="padding: 0pt 0.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-decoration: none;">^?</span></a></span>)</span></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_Soul" title="Best of Soul">Best of Soul</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#4</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">82,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">17th (3rd Korean)</th> <td align="left">December 1, 2004</td> <td align="left">Merry-Chri (메리-크리)<br />(Korean Version)</td> <td align="left">N/A</td> <td align="left">#10</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">Korean</td> <td align="left">20,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">17th</th> <td align="left">December 1 ,2004</td> <td align="left">Meri Kuri <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" lang="ja">メリクリ</span><span class="t_nihongo_norom" style="display: none;"><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i><span class="t_nihongo_romaji">Meri Kuri</span></i></span><span class="t_nihongo_help"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Help:Japanese"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="padding: 0pt 0.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-decoration: none;">^?</span></a></span>)</span><br />(Japanese Version)</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_Soul" title="Best of Soul">Best of Soul</a></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#5</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">135,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left"><b>Meri Kuri</b></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left"><b>total</b>155,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">18th</th> <td align="left">March 30, 2005</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Motion" title="Do the Motion">DO THE MOTION</a></td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outgrow" title="Outgrow">Outgrow</a></b></i></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#<b>1</b></td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">169,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">19th</th> <td align="left">August 31, 2005</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_a_Secret" title="Make a Secret">make a secret</a></td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outgrow" title="Outgrow">Outgrow</a></b></i></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#5</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">55,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">20th</th> <td align="left">November 23, 2005</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakishimeru" title="Dakishimeru">Dakishimeru</a> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" lang="ja">抱きしめる</span><span class="t_nihongo_norom" style="display: none;"><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;">,</span> <i><span class="t_nihongo_romaji"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakishimeru" title="Dakishimeru">Dakishimeru</a></span></i></span><span class="t_nihongo_help"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Help:Japanese"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="padding: 0pt 0.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-decoration: none;">^?</span></a></span>)</span></td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outgrow" title="Outgrow">Outgrow</a></b></i></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#9</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">55,000</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">21st</th> <td align="left">December 7, 2005</td> <td align="left">Merry Christmas from BoA<br />(digital single)</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">#2<br />(iTunes Japan Music Store)</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left">online distrubition</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">22nd</th> <td align="left">January 18, 2006</td> <td align="left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlasting%28BoA%29" title="Everlasting(BoA)">Everlasting</a></td> <td align="left"><i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outgrow" title="Outgrow">Outgrow</a></b></i></td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">TBA</td> <td align="left">Japanese</td> <td align="left"><i><b>not yet released</b></i></td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">22nd (4th Korean)</th> <td align="left">January 21, 2006</td> <td align="left">Everlasting<br />(Korean Version)</td> <td align="left">N/A</td> <td align="left">TBA</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">Korean</td> <td align="left"><i><b>not yet released</b></i></td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">~1,906,000<br /><b>(Grand Total)</b><br />excluding Korean and non-regular Singles</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="left">-</th> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">-</td> <td align="left">~2,205,000<br /><b>(Grand Total)</b><br />including Korean and non-regular Singles</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=21" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Filmography" id="Filmography"></a></p> <h2>Filmography</h2> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=22" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Korean_Filmography" id="Korean_Filmography"></a></p> <h3>Korean Filmography</h3> <p>History Of BoA 2000-2002</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=23" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Japanese_Filmography" id="Japanese_Filmography"></a></p> <h3>Japanese Filmography</h3> <ul><li>8 films and More – 85,938 copies</li><li>FIRST LIVE TOUR 2003 -VALENTI- – 56,261 copies</li><li>LIVE TOUR 2004 LOVE & HONESTY – 46,795　copies</li><li>ARENA TOUR 2005 BEST OF SOUL – 52,831 copies</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=24" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Awards" id="Awards"></a></p> <h2>Awards</h2> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Years</th> <th align="left">Awards</th> </tr> <tr> <th align="center">2000</th> <td align="left"> <ul><li>Wins Rookie of the Year award at MTV's music video festival</li><li>Wins Rookie of the Year award at the annual music contest of KMTV</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th align="center">2001</th> <td align="left"> <ul><li>MTV Taiwan New Sound prize</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th align="center">2002</th> <td align="left"> <ul><li>Wins the Grand Prize at the SBS pop music contest</li><li>Becomes one of the 10 best singers on MBC TV</li><li>Wins the grand prize at Japan Record Grand Awards</li><li>Participates in NHK Best Singers contest in Japan</li><li>Daesang and Best Choreography at M-net Music Video Festival</li><li>Daesang at Seoul Gayo Awards</li><li>Daesang at SBS Gayo Awards</li><li>Artist of the year at KMTV Music Awards</li><li>Album of the year at Japan Record Awards</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th align="center">2003</th> <td align="left"> <ul><li>Becomes one of the 10 Best Singers on MBC TV</li><li>Wins the grand prize at the Proud Korean Awards</li><li>Wins the main awards at the Gold Disc Grand Awards in Japan</li><li>Participates in NHK Best Singers contest in Japan</li><li>Bonsang and Artist of year at KMTV Music Awards</li><li>Album of the year at Japan Golden Disk Awards</li><li>Best dance award at Japan Record Awards</li><li>Prize at Best Hits Song Festival 2003</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th align="center">2004</th> <td align="left"> <ul><li>Wins the Grand Prize at the SBS pop music contest</li><li>Wins Favorite Korean Artist and Most Influential Asian Artist awards at the MTV Asia Awards (MAA)</li><li>Wins the main award at the Gold Disc Grand Awards in Japan</li><li>Participates in NHK Best Singers contest in Japan</li><li>Wins most influential Asian artist award from MTV Asia Music Awards</li><li>Best Hallryu (Korean Wave) Star Award</li><li>Daesang at M.Net 2004 Music Video Festival</li><li>Bonsang at MBC Gayo Awards</li><li>Best Asian Star prize at Pepsi Top Chinese Music Awards</li><li>Best Album prize at Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan.</li><li>Best Dance award at Japan Record Awards</li><li>Golden artist at Best Hits Song Festival 2004</li></ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th align="center">2005</th> <td align="left"> <ul><li>Wins Best Korean Artist at the World Music Awards</li><li>Wins Best Female Artist at the M.net music video festival</li><li>Wins the most stars (6) at the "130 Million Choose Best Artist" Competition in Japan</li><li>Participates in NHK Best Singers contest in Japan (Breaks record as the only foreign artist to ever attend four years in a row)</li><li>No. 1 in HIT FM Asia Music Chart</li><li>Best Hallryu (Korean Wave) Star Award</li><li>Prize at Best Hits Song Festival 2005</li><li>BonSang Award</li></ul> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=25" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="See_also" id="See_also"></a></p> <h2>See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Korea-related_topics" title="List of Korea-related topics">List of Korea-related topics</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Koreans" title="List of Koreans">List of Koreans</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop" title="K-pop">K-pop</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_culture_of_South_Korea" title="Contemporary culture of South Korea">Contemporary culture of South Korea</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_music" title="Korean music">Korean music</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_Entertainment" title="SM Entertainment">SM Entertainment</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-pop" title="J-pop">J-pop</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_J-pop_artists" title="List of J-pop artists">List of J-pop artists</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVEX_Records" title="AVEX Records">AVEX Records</a></li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BoA&action=edit&amp;section=26" title="BoA">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.avexnet.or.jp/boa/" class="external text" title="http://www.avexnet.or.jp/boa/">BoA official website (Japanese)</a></li><li><a href="http://star.ilikepop.com/starhome/boa/" class="external text" title="http://star.ilikepop.com/starhome/boa/">BoA official website (Korean)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.boajjang.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.boajjang.com">BoAjjang.com: fansite & forum (English)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.boabrasil.net/" class="external text" title="http://www.boabrasil.net/">BoA Brasil: Fan Site (Portuguese)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.yeseule.net/" class="external text" title="http://www.yeseule.net/">Yeseule's BoA tribute: Fan Site (English/Korean)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.8dimentions.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.8dimentions.com/">8Dimentions: Chinese Fans Site - 8Ds (Chinese)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.finklses.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.finklses.com/">FinklSES's BoA forum: Fan Site (English)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.asiafinest.com/korean/boa.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.asiafinest.com/korean/boa.htm">AsiaFinest BoA (English)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.boavn.net/" class="external text" title="http://www.boavn.net/">BoAVn.net: Fan Site (Vietnamese)</a></li><li><a href="http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-86/artist_name-boa/" class="external text" title="http://nippop.com/artist/artist id-86/artist name-boa/">Nippop Profile | BoA (English)</a></li><li><a href="http://cafe.daum.net/open100BoA/" class="external text" title="http://cafe.daum.net/open100BoA/">Open 100%BoA Korea HQ (Korean/Japanese/English)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.idpeaceb.net/" class="external text" title="http://www.idpeaceb.net/">ID;Peace B: Fan Site (Spanish)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.everyheart.jp/" class="external text" title="http://www.everyheart.jp/">everyheart: Fan Site (Japanese/English)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.baboa.net/" class="external text" title="http://www.baboa.net/">BABOA.NET:Fan Site (English)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.shinra.co.nr/" class="external text" title="http://www.shinra.co.nr">BoA* Jumping Into The World Sites and Forum (English/Indonesian)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.amaz1ng.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.amaz1ng.com/">Amaz1ng !: BoA &amp; jmusic forum (Spanish)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.boashouse.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.boashouse.com/">BoA's House: Fansite (English)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.jmignited.com/boa.php" class="external text" title="http://www.jmignited.com/boa.php">J-Music Ignited | BoA</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113752974607825850?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137529124720165172006-01-17T15:15:00.000-05:002006-01-17T15:18:45.443-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/kh_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/kh_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#58 Katie Holmes<br /><br /><p><b>Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">December 18</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978" title="1978">1978</a>) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> actress from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> best known for her role as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Potter" title="Joey Potter">Joey Potter</a>, the tomboy down the titular waterway on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB_Television_Network" title="The WB Television Network">The WB</a> television drama <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Creek" title="Dawson's Creek">Dawson's Creek</a></i>. Only her second role, <i>Dawson's Creek</i> made Holmes a star, praised by critics and adored by fans. Holmes' movie roles have ranged from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_film" title="Art film">art films</a> such as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_of_April" title="Pieces of April">Pieces of April</a></i> to thrillers such as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abandon_%28film%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Abandon (film)">Abandon</a></i>, but she has not found the same success in films as she did on television.</p> <p>In June 2005, she became engaged to the actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise" title="Tom Cruise">Tom Cruise</a>. Their highly publicised relationship has made Holmes the subject of international press attention, much of it negative.</p><h2>Early life and career</h2> <p>Holmes, born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo%2C_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a>, is the youngest of the five children (four daughters, one son) of Martin J. Holmes, Sr., an attorney, and Kathleen Holmes. She lived in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvania_Township%2C_Lucas_County%2C_Ohio" title="Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio">Sylvania Township</a> and attended Catholic schools in Toledo, attending high school at the all-female Notre Dame Academy. While in high school, she went with her mother to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles</a> to audition for pilots for television shows. She did not land a television role, but was cast as the character Libbets Casey in the film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ice_Storm" title="The Ice Storm">The Ice Storm</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_film" title="1997 in film">1997</a>), directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a> and starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kline" title="Kevin Kline">Kevin Kline</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigourney_Weaver" title="Sigourney Weaver">Sigourney Weaver</a>.</p> <p>She returned to Toledo but her audition tapes continued to circulate. One reached the producers of a new show created by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Williamson" title="Kevin Williamson">Kevin Williamson</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Tri-Star_Television" title="Columbia Tri-Star Television">Columbia Tri-Star Television</a>: <i>Dawson's Creek.</i> Her appointment to read for it was unknowingly set by the producers for the same day as her high school production of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Yankees" title="Damn Yankees">Damn Yankees</a></i> (she was playing Lola), but they permitted her to send a videotape rather than make her miss the show. Holmes read for the part of Joey, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomboy" title="Tomboy">tomboyish</a> best friend of the title character, while her mother read Dawson's lines, including dialogue about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex" title="Sex">sex</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation" title="Masturbation">masturbation</a>. Holmes won the part. Williamson said "She had those eyes, those eyes just stained with loneliness."</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Katie Holmes">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Dawson.27s_Creek" id="Dawson.27s_Creek"></a></p> <h2>Dawson's Creek</h2> <p>"I'm a lot like Joey," she said. "I think they saw that. I come from a small town. I was a tomboy. Joey tries to be articulate and deny that she doesn't have a lot of experience in life. Her life parallels mine, which is all about new everything--relationships, personnel, perceptions—and about being guarded." <i>Dawson's Creek</i> filmed its first season in the spring and summer of 1997. Holmes moved to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington%2C_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>, where the show filmed, and for a time lived with creator Williamson.</p> <p>At 5'9" (some sources say 5'7"), the tall brunette enchanted the press. "The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> of her generation," was one typical comment. <i>Variety</i>, reviewing the pilot, said Holmes "is a confident young performer who delivers her lines with slyness and conviction." So good was Holmes that <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> Magazine</i> would claim everyone in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood" title="Hollywood">Hollywood</a> was looking for the "Katie Holmes type" when casting shows. "The Katie Holmes type," the reporter claimed, "is a throwback to the 1950's: she is a smart girl next door (as opposed to the babe-o-rama blondes)"--the sort represented by her <i>Dawson's Creek</i> co-star <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Ingrid_Williams" title="Michelle Ingrid Williams">Michelle Williams</a>. But her "type" was no less attractive, <i>Arena</i> magazine declaring her "the most coquettishly sexy woman on television. <i>Anywhere</i>."</p> <p><i>Dawson's Creek</i> ran from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_television" title="1998 in television">1998</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_television" title="2003 in television">2003</a> and Holmes was the only actor to appear in all 128 episodes. "It was very difficult for me to leave Wilmington, to have my little glass bubble burst and move on. I hate change. On the other hand it was refreshing to play someone else," she said in 2004. Holmes confirmed that, as is often the case on soaps, the character is a caricature of the actor:</p> <dl><dd>I miss her spirit, and her spunk, and I miss her anxiety. She always had these long speeches about her fears and her future and love. It was a great tool for me personally because I got to get it all out. I was able to psychoanalyze all of it everyday with her and then I wouldn't have to do it on my own. So much of me is in Joey and it really felt like I grew up on television.</dd></dl> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Katie Holmes">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Film_career" id="Film_career"></a></p> <h2>Film career</h2> <p>Holmes in 2005 characterized her film career as being a string of "bombs". "Usually I'm not even in the top ten," she said, the highest grossing film of her career at that time being <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_Booth_%28film%29" title="Phone Booth (film)">Phone Booth</a></i>.</p> <p>Her big break came when she had a role in the movie <i>The Ice Storm</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_film" title="1997 in film">1997</a>) she starred in a part opposite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobey_Maguire" title="Tobey Maguire">Tobey Maguire</a>. Her first leading role came in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbing_Behavior" title="Disturbing Behavior">Disturbing Behavior</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_film" title="1998 in film">1998</a>), a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives" title="The Stepford Wives">Stepford Wives</a></i>-goes-to-high school thriller where she was a loner from the wrong side of the tracks. Holmes won a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Movie_Award" title="MTV Movie Award">MTV Movie Award</a> for Best Breakthrough Performance for the role, though Holmes said the film was "just horrible". Next she was a disaffected supermarket clerk in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Liman" title="Doug Liman">Doug Liman</a>'s stylish ensemble piece <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%281999_film%29" title="Go (1999 film)">Go</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a>). She had an uncredited cameo with Dawson's Creek co-star <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Jackson" title="Joshua Jackson">Joshua Jackson</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppets_From_Space" title="Muppets From Space">Muppets From Space</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a>), which was also filmed in Wilmington. Kevin Williamson's disaffection for his own high school days spawned <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_Mrs._Tingle" title="Teaching Mrs. Tingle">Teaching Mrs. Tingle</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a>), which he wrote and directed. Holmes played a straight-A student whose vindictive teacher (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a>) threatens to keep her from a desperately needed scholarship.</p><p>In the academic world of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boys" title="Wonder Boys">Wonder Boys</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film" title="2000 in film">2000</a>), the film version of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chabon" title="Michael Chabon">Michael Chabon</a> novel, she had only a small role (six and one-half minutes of screen time). Even so, she attracted the attention of numerous film critics with her performance as Hannah Green, the talented creative writing student of pot-puffing Pittsburgh professor and one-hit novelist Grady Tripp (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Douglas" title="Michael Douglas">Michael Douglas</a>). In <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_%28film%29" title="The Gift (film)">The Gift</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film" title="2000 in film">2000</a>), a Southern Gothic story directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Raimi" title="Sam Raimi">Sam Raimi</a> and starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate_Blanchett" title="Cate Blanchett">Cate Blanchett</a>, she played the antithesis of Joey Potter: a slutty rich girl carrying on with everyone in town, from a white trash wife-beater (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves" title="Keanu Reeves">Keanu Reeves</a>) to the district attorney (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole" title="Gary Cole">Gary Cole</a>), and who winds up dead for her trouble. Holmes did her first nude scene for the film, baring her breasts in a scene where her character was about to be murdered. Of the scene, she said, "I just hope there aren't a lot of pauses on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> players." Her appearance deshabille was lamented by <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_%28magazine%29" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a>'</i>s Steven Kloter: "It seems the only time we see a naked woman on screen is when someone like Katie Holmes needs to break with her sanitized WB past and march brazenly into a new future."</p> <p>In <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abandon_%28film%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Abandon (film)">Abandon</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_film" title="2002 in film">2002</a>), written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award" title="Academy Award">Oscar</a> winner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gaghan" title="Stephen Gaghan">Stephen Gaghan</a>, Holmes was a delusional and homicidal college student named "Katie." <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> of the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i> commended Holmes' performance and the film's intelligence, but other critics and audiences savaged it<a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021018/REVIEWS/210180301/1023" class="external autonumber" title="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021018/REVIEWS/210180301/1023">[1]</a>. Holmes was the mistress of the public relations flack played by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Farrell" title="Colin Farrell">Colin Farrell</a> in <i>Phone Booth</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_film" title="2002 in film">2002</a>) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Downey%2C_Jr." title="Robert Downey, Jr.">Robert Downey, Jr.</a>'s nurse in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Detective_%28film%29" title="The Singing Detective (film)">The Singing Detective</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a>). Her next starring role was in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_of_April" title="Pieces of April">Pieces of April</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a>), a gritty comedy about a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysfunctional_family" title="Dysfunctional family">dysfunctional family</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving" title="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a>. <i>Variety</i> said it was "one of her best film performances."</p> <p>Holmes played the President's daughter in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Daughter" title="First Daughter">First Daughter</a></i>, which was originally to be released in January <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a> on the same day as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_Liberty" title="Chasing Liberty">Chasing Liberty</a></i>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Moore" title="Mandy Moore">Mandy Moore</a> film about a presidential daughter, but was ultimately released in September <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a> to dismal reviews and ticket sales. <i>First Daughter</i>, directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Whitaker" title="Forest Whitaker">Forest Whitaker</a>, also starred <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Keaton" title="Michael Keaton">Michael Keaton</a> as Holmes' father and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Blucas" title="Marc Blucas">Marc Blucas</a> as her love interest. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Reporter" title="Hollywood Reporter"><i>The Hollywood Reporter</i></a>'s Kirk Honeycutt called Holmes' character, Samantha Mackenzie, "a startling example of how a studio film can dumb down and neutralize the comic abilities of a lively young star." <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000641292" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review display.jsp?vnu content id=1000641292">[2]</a></p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film" title="2005 in film">2005</a>, Holmes played Rachel Dawes, the love interest of the title character in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Begins" title="Batman Begins">Batman Begins</a></i>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Katie Holmes">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Forthcoming_roles" id="Forthcoming_roles"></a></p> <h3>Forthcoming roles</h3> <p><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> reported in its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">December 17</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> issue that Holmes was to play the murdered wife of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade_Cooley" title="Spade Cooley">Spade Cooley</a> in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopic" title="Biopic">biopic</a> written and directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Quaid" title="Dennis Quaid">Dennis Quaid</a>, who is to play Cooley. Also forthcoming is an adaptation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Buckley" title="Christopher Buckley">Christopher Buckley</a>'s satirical novel <i>Thank You For Smoking</i> about a tobacco lobbyist played by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Eckhart" title="Aaron Eckhart">Aaron Eckhart</a>. The film is directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Reitman&action=edit" class="new" title="Jason Reitman">Jason Reitman</a> and Holmes plays a Washington reporter who <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction" title="Seduction">seduces</a> Eckhart.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Katie Holmes">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Guest_appearances_and_endorsements" id="Guest_appearances_and_endorsements"></a></p> <h2>Guest appearances and endorsements</h2><br /><p>Holmes hosted <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_24" title="February 24">February 24</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>, participating in a send-up of <i>Dawson's Creek</i> where she falls madly in love with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kattan" title="Chris Kattan">Chris Kattan</a>'s Mr. Peepers character and singing "Hey, Big Spender" from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Charity" title="Sweet Charity">Sweet Charity</a></i>. Holmes was annually named by <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a></i> magazine as one of the sexiest women in the world from 1999 forward <a href="http://metalbunny.net/girlz/hotlist.php?list=fhmuk" class="external autonumber" title="http://metalbunny.net/girlz/hotlist.php?list=fhmuk">[3]</a> and was named one of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_%28magazine%29" title="People (magazine)">People</a>'</i>s "50 Most Beautiful People" in its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_12" title="May 12">May 12</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> issue. <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_People" title="Teen People">Teen People</a></i> declared her one of the "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in its June/July 2003 issue. She has appeared in advertisements for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnier" title="Garnier">Garnier</a> Lumia shampoos and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gap_%28clothing_retailer%29" title="The Gap (clothing retailer)">The Gap</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Katie Holmes">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Personal_life" id="Personal_life"></a></p> <h2>Personal life</h2> <p>Holmes dated her <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Creek" title="Dawson's Creek">Dawson's Creek</a></i> co-star <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Jackson" title="Joshua Jackson">Joshua Jackson</a> for several months, the relationship ending amicably. Holmes met <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Klein_%28actor%29" title="Chris Klein (actor)">Chris Klein</a> in 2000. A Midwesterner like Holmes, Klein and Holmes were engaged in 2004, but in early 2005 Holmes and Klein broke off their engagement. Press accounts cited the distance imposed by their careers as a factor. In April 2005, about two months after her relationship with Klein ended, Holmes began dating actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise" title="Tom Cruise">Tom Cruise</a> <a href="http://toronto.fashion-monitor.com/news.php/gossip/2005060905katie_holmes_cruise" class="external autonumber" title="http://toronto.fashion-monitor.com/news.php/gossip/2005060905katie holmes cruise">[4]</a><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/pearlman/cst-ftr-face06.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.suntimes.com/output/pearlman/cst-ftr-face06.html">[5]</a>. They revealed their relationship at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice_Film_Festival" title="Venice Film Festival">Venice Film Festival</a>. Holmes, a Catholic, joined the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology" title="Church of Scientology">Church of Scientology</a> as a result of Cruise, a longtime and vocal member. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/13/people.holmes.ap/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/13/people.holmes.ap/">[6]</a> After weeks of dating, Cruise proposed to Holmes in the early morning of June 17, 2005 atop <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower" title="Eiffel Tower">Eiffel Tower</a> and she accepted. <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/reuters/0,24012,1073538_10_0_,00.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/reuters/0,24012,1073538 10 0 ,00.html">[7]</a></p> <p>Speculation was rampant in the press that the very public affair and engagement were merely designed to promote their upcoming movies, <i>War of the Worlds</i> and <i>Batman Begins</i>. A poll in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_magazine" title="People magazine">People</a></i> found that 62 per cent of readers believed the Cruise-Holmes affair was merely a publicity stunt <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0525tomcruise0525.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0525tomcruise0525.html">[8]</a>. Gossip columnists dubbed the pair "TomKat" <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9916578/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9916578/">[9]</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau</a> of "Tom" and "Kate" that recalled the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennifer" title="Bennifer">Bennifer</a>" nickname given to the ill-fated liaison between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lopez" title="Jennifer Lopez">Jennifer Lopez</a>. <a href="http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1133516,00.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1133516,00.html">[10]</a> Even the staid <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> expressed doubts, publishing an article headlined "I Love You With All My Hype". Articles doubting the actors' sincerity noted that Cruise has been extremely private about his personal life and the flaunting of his new relationship was a marked contrast from his past behavior. The series of "bombs" (her word) Holmes has appeared in was also cited.</p> <p>Concern has also been voiced about Holmes and her relationship to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology" title="Scientology">Scientology</a>. Roger Friedman of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> Channel claimed that Katie Holmes disappeared for sixteen days in April when even her own family did not know where she was <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160192,00.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160192,00.html">[11]</a>. Allegedly, the last time she had been seen, Holmes had flown to meet with Tom Cruise for a possible role in <i>Mission Impossible 3</i>. When she re-appeared, Holmes stated she was in love with Tom Cruise and studying Scientology. The actress then fired her long-time manager and agent and acquired a new "best friend", <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica_Feshbach&action=edit" class="new" title="Jessica Feshbach">Jessica Feshbach</a>, a prominent member of the Church of Scientology described as part of its "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty" title="Royalty">royalty</a>". Feshbach has been referred to as Holmes' Scientology "minder" as she follows the actress everywhere (literally, including the bathroom) and openly tells Holmes what to say during interviews <a href="http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/10/wkatie10.xml" class="external autonumber" title="http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/10/wkatie10.xml">[12]</a>. The reports have led to claims Holmes has been coerced or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing" title="Brainwashing">brainwashed</a> into marrying Cruise and promoting Scientology. Fans of the actress have established a web-site, <a href="http://www.freekatie.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.freekatie.com/">Free Katie</a>, promoting this theory, the site claiming to be "devoted to rescuing sweet Katie from the clutches of the mad scientologist Tom Cruise!"</p> <p>On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_magazine" title="People magazine">People</a></i> magazine broke the news Holmes is pregnant, quoting Cruise's sister and publicist. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4314466.stm" class="external autonumber" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4314466.stm">[13]</a> The child will be Holmes's first and Cruise's first biological child. (He has two adopted children, Connor, 10, and Isabella, 12, from his marriage to Nicole Kidman <a href="http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17516,00.html?fdnews" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17516,00.html?fdnews">[14]</a>.) Holmes had previously claimed she would remain a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin" title="Virgin">virgin</a> until she wed. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7682150/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7682150/">[15]</a></p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Katie Holmes">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Filmography" id="Filmography"></a></p> <h2>Filmography</h2> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th>Year</th> <th>Movie</th> <th>Role</th> <th>Other notes</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film" title="2005 in film">2005</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_You_for_Smoking" title="Thank You for Smoking">Thank You for Smoking</a></i></td> <td>Heather Holloway</td> <td>Awaiting release</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film" title="2005 in film">2005</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Begins" title="Batman Begins">Batman Begins</a></i></td> <td>Rachel Dawes</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_in_film" title="2004 in film">2004</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Daughter" title="First Daughter">First Daughter</a></i></td> <td>Samantha Mackenzie</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_of_April" title="Pieces of April">Pieces of April</a></i></td> <td>April Burns</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Detective_%28film%29" title="The Singing Detective (film)">The Singing Detective</a></i></td> <td>Nurse Mills</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in_film" title="2003 in film">2003</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_Booth_%28film%29" title="Phone Booth (film)">Phone Booth</a></i></td> <td>Pamela McFadden</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_film" title="2002 in film">2002</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abandon_%28film%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Abandon (film)">Abandon</a></i></td> <td>Katie Burke</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film" title="2000 in film">2000</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_%28film%29" title="The Gift (film)">The Gift</a></i></td> <td>Jessica King</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film" title="2000 in film">2000</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boys" title="Wonder Boys">Wonder Boys</a></i></td> <td>Hannah Green</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_Mrs._Tingle" title="Teaching Mrs. Tingle">Teaching Mrs. Tingle</a></i></td> <td>Leigh Ann Watson</td> <td>First starring role</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppets_From_Space" title="Muppets From Space">Muppets From Space</a></i></td> <td>Joey Potter</td> <td>Uncredited <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film" title="1999 in film">1999</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%281999_film%29" title="Go (1999 film)">Go</a></i></td> <td>Claire Montgomery</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_film" title="1998 in film">1998</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbing_Behavior" title="Disturbing Behavior">Disturbing Behavior</a></i></td> <td>Rachel Wagner</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_film" title="1997 in film">1997</a></td> <td><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ice_Storm" title="The Ice Storm">The Ice Storm</a></i></td> <td>Libbets Casey</td> <td>First professional role</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Katie Holmes">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="See_also" id="See_also"></a></p> <h2>See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Creek" title="Dawson's Creek">Dawson's Creek</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:FHM_lists" title="Category:FHM lists">Category:FHM lists</a></li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Katie Holmes">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="References" id="References"></a></p> <h2>References</h2> <ul><li>Joey Bartolomeo. "Katie & Chris: The Wedding's Off!" <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_Weekly" title="Us Weekly">Us Weekly</a></i>. Issue 527. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>. 52-3.</li><li>"Cheers and Jeers". <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></i>. Issue 2516. v. 49, n. 24. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>.</li><li>Joanna Connors. "How do you raise a daughter like Katie?". <i>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Plain_Dealer" title="Cleveland Plain Dealer">Plain Dealer</a></i> (Cleveland, Ohio). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>. J9.</li><li>Scott Lyle Cohen. "Home Sweet Holmes". <i>Giant</i>. Issue 5. June-July 2005. 52+. (Name is "Kate", calls films "bombs", pilot of <i>Dawson's Creek</i>.)</li><li>Darren Crosdale. <i>Dawson's Creek: The Official Companion</i>. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel, 1999. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&amp;isbn=0740707256" class="internal">ISBN 0740707256</a>.</li><li>Michael Fleming. "The Treasure From Toledo". <i>Movieline</i>. v. 13, n. 11. October 2002. 50-55.</li><li>Janice Dunn. "Katie Holmes: A girl on the verge". <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>. Issue 795. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_17" title="September 17">September 17</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a>. 44.</li><li>Richard Galpin. "Special K". <i>Arena</i>. Issue 127. October 2002. 170-176.</li><li>Leslie Graber. "Holmes Sweet Holmes". <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan" title="Cosmopolitan">Cosmopolitan</a></i>. v. 237, n. 4. October 2004. 58+.</li><li>Jennifer Graham. "Pal Joey". <i>TV Guide</i>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>.</li><li>Lynn Hirschberg. "Desperate to Seem 16". <i>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" title="New York Times">New York Times</a> Magazine</i>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_5" title="September 5">September 5</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>. 42+.</li><li>Steven Kotler. "Is Sex Passe?" <i>VLife</i> (supplement to <i>Variety</i>). September 2003.</li><li>Andy Mangels. <i>From</i> Scream <i>to</i> Dawson's Creek: <i>An Unauthorized Take on the Phenomenal Career of Kevin Williamson</i>. Los Angeles: Renaissance Books, 2000. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1580631223" class="internal">ISBN 1580631223</a></li><li>Nancy Miller. "Holmes handles fame with grace". <i>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Enquirer" title="Cincinnati Enquirer">Cincinnati Enquirer</a></i>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_27" title="September 27">September 27</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>. D7.</li><li>Judith Newman. "The Last Girl Scout". <i>Allure</i>. v. 13, n. 6. June 2003. 182-189.</li><li>Adam Rapoport. "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon". <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i>. April 2002. 141+.</li><li>David Rooney. Review of <i>Pieces of April</i>. <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_%28magazine%29" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>.</li><li>Holly Sorenson. "Katie Holmes". <i>US</i>. May 1998. 64-5.</li><li>Debra Wallace. "Katie Holmes Heats Up". <i>Cosmopolitan</i>. v. 233, n. 4. October 2002. 200-203.</li><li>Jeannie Williams. "Leary night job keeps him busy". <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12" title="July 12">July 12</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>. 2D.</li><li>Kevin Williamson. "Holmes sweet Holmes". <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YM_%28magazine%29" title="YM (magazine)">YM</a></i>. v.46, n.7. September 1998. 114</li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Katie Holmes">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2>External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005017/" class="external text" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005017/">Katie Holmes</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Movie_Database" title="The Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tv.com/person/1672/summary.html" class="external text" title="http://www.tv.com/person/1672/summary.html">Katie Holmes</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV.com" title="TV.com">TV.com</a></li><li><a href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/katie_holmes/" class="external text" title="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/katie holmes/">Katie Holmes bio, news, trivia, profile, filmography, awards, wallpaper and fansites.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/katie_holmes_biog.html" class="external text" title="http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/katie holmes biog.html">Katie Holmes Biography</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cinemovie.info/KatieHolmes_scheda.html" class="external text" title="http://www.cinemovie.info/KatieHolmes scheda.html">Cinemovie.Info: Katie Holmes</a></li><li><a href="http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/07/13/katie/" class="external text" title="http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/07/13/katie/">Holy fem-bot, Batman!</a></li><li><a href="http://www.framingbusiness.net/php/2005/tomkat.php" class="external text" title="http://www.framingbusiness.net/php/2005/tomkat.php">Cruise-Holmes Love Timeline</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113752912472016517?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137528132012231582006-01-17T14:47:00.000-05:002006-01-17T15:10:02.490-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/StacySexy052.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/StacySexy052.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#57 Stacy Keibler<br /><br /><p><b>Stacy Ann-Marie Keibler</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore%2C_Maryland" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diva_%28professional_wrestling%29" title="Diva (professional wrestling)">diva</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" title="World Wrestling Entertainment">World Wrestling Entertainment</a> on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Friday_Night_SmackDown%21" title="WWE Friday Night SmackDown!">SmackDown!</a> brand.</p> <p>An aspiring actress, Keibler is known for her figure, specifically her exceptionally long legs which are 41½ inches (105 centimetres) long. As such, her entrance music is a cover of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZZ_Top" title="ZZ Top">ZZ Top</a> song "Legs" performed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Rock" title="Kid Rock">Kid Rock</a>.</p><h2>Career</h2> <p>A talented dancer since the age of three, Keibler is accomplished in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet" title="Ballet">ballet</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_dance" title="Jazz dance">jazz</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_dance" title="Tap dance">tap</a>. She is also a former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleader" title="Cheerleader">cheerleader</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> she entered a contest held by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW) to become one of their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Girls" title="Nitro Girls">Nitro Girls</a>, which she won.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="World_Championship_Wrestling" id="World_Championship_Wrestling"></a></p> <h3>World Championship Wrestling</h3> <p>While initially a Nitro Girl, she soon became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_%28professional_wrestling%29" title="Manager (professional wrestling)">valet</a> using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_name" title="Stage name">stage name</a> Miss Handcock, later changed to the better known <b>Miss Hancock</b>, briefly serving as an associate for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag team</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Carlson" title="Leonard Carlson">Lenny Lane</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Cain" title="Brad Cain">Lodi</a> dubbed <b>Standards and Practices</b>. After the team "fired" her, she went on to become the manager for Los Fabulosos, a Latin American tag team consisting of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="César González">Silver King</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dandy" title="El Dandy">El Dandy</a>, leading them to their first major victories within TNT.</p> <p>For a brief period, she began to court <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Flair" title="David Flair">David Flair</a>, who was already involved in a faux relationship with Daffeny. That led to a battle with her at the Bash at the Beach.</p> <p>After a feud with the Misfits in Action <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_%28professional_wrestling%29" title="Stable (professional wrestling)">stable</a>, Stacy feigned pregnancy and later broke up with Flair. She began to use her real name and became the valet for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Stasiak" title="Shawn Stasiak">Shawn Stasiak</a>.</p> <p>Stacy also had a short <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_%28professional_wrestling%29" title="Feud (professional wrestling)">feud</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Page" title="Kimberly Page">Kimberly Page</a> early in her career.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="WWF.2FWWE" id="WWF.2FWWE"></a></p> <h3>WWF/WWE</h3> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="2001-2003"></a></p> <h4>2001-2003</h4> <p>When WCW was purchased by the WWF in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>, her contract was one of 24 that were retained by the WWF, making her a WWF (WWE) employee ever since. She was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_%28professional_wrestling%29" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">heel</a> to start with in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alliance" title="The Alliance">The Alliance</a>. She was still a heel after the Alliance broke up. Stacy originally teamed up with close friend Torrie Wilson, and the pair feuded with WWF girls like Trish and Lita. They lost to Trish and Lita in the first ever tag team bra and panties match at Invasion.</p> <p>During her run in WWE, she has managed several successful tag teams including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Boyz" title="Dudley Boyz">The Dudley Boyz</a>. During which time she was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">nicknamed</a> the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke" title="Duke">Duchess</a> of Dudleyville" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a>. Although, Paul pronounced it as "dutchess." Stacy also managed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Martin" title="Andrew Martin">Test</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Rechsteiner" title="Scott Rechsteiner">Scott Steiner</a>. She was involved in a battle between those two. As Test's marketing agent, she invented the idea that Test should call his fans "Testicles," cut his hair, and reshape his image. The happy couple didn't last forever, for Test became jealous of Stacy wanting to also be Steiner's manager.</p> <p>This jealousy capitulated during a match on RAW, where Test turned heel and started to verbally abuse Stacy. Steiner managed to defeat Test for Stacy's services, and Stacy seemed happy as Scott's new manager. Test, however, was not happy at all, and petitioned for an intergender tag team match, pitting himself and former rival <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> against Scott and the petite Stacy. For a match to win back the services of Stacy, Test faked a leg injury to pick up the win.</p><p>A match was set for Unforgiven, and if Test won, he would not only retain Stacy's services, but those of Scott Steiner as well. Stacy attempted to whack Test with a chair, but he ducked and she hit Scott instead. Scott later turned heel by attacking Stacy when she botched another interference next RAW. Finally, GM <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a> put a stop to the abusive Test and Steiner and freed Stacy from her obligatory contracts with the pair.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="2004"></a></p> <h4>2004</h4> <p>Stacy was chosen to record a track on the album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Originals" title="WWE Originals">WWE Originals</a></i>. She and WWE music producer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Johnston_%28composer%29" title="Jim Johnston (composer)">Jim Johnston</a> recorded the track "Why Can't We Just Dance?" for the album. Other tracks were performed by Superstars such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Garcia" title="Lilian Garcia">Lilian Garcia</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a>, each of which had their own music career. Her track was used on an episode of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_RAW" title="WWE RAW">WWE Raw</a> for herself, during the 2004 Raw Diva Search and even on the <i>Viva Las Diva of the WWE</i> DVD.</p> <p>As one of the more popular RAW face Divas, Stacy took over the 2004 Raw Diva Search for a few weeks. That was followed by a dance competition with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreen_Greenwald" title="Noreen Greenwald">Molly</a>. This led to her participating in some tag matches against the heel girls <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Kim" title="Gail Kim">Gail Kim</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trish_Stratus" title="Trish Stratus">Trish Stratus</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreen_Greenwald" title="Noreen Greenwald">Molly Holly</a>. Her partners were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidia_Guenard" title="Nidia Guenard">Nidia</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Marie_Varon" title="Lisa Marie Varon">Victoria</a>. Stacy showed off much improved wrestling skills, managing to get upset wins against Molly, Gail, and Trish. She even got herself a title match on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_11" title="October 11">October 11</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>. However, Trish defeated her to retain the title.</p> <p>Stacy was voted as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diva_%28professional_wrestling%29#WWE_Babe_of_the_Year" title="Diva (professional wrestling)">WWE Babe of the Year</a>, being the first WWE Diva to beat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trish_Stratus" title="Trish Stratus">Trish Stratus</a> in the Babe of the Year competition (Trish was 2001-2003 Babe of the Year). As result of this, Stacy appeared on Raw following her victory and told everyone that she would bend over backwards to make the fans happy.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="2005"></a></p> <h4>2005</h4> <p>Stacy soon began an angle with popular superstar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a>. After kissing him on the cheek during a backstage segment on RAW, their looked to possibly be a romance there. Randy even saved her from receiving a Pedigree from the villainous Triple H. Stacy never accompanied Randy to his matches, which confused the fans about the relationship. She supported him from backstage and was never considered his manager. The storyline never really made any advances, and as Randy challenged the Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania 21, Randy ended the relationship by giving her an RKO, justifying this evil act by claiming she did not have enough confidence in him to defeat the Undertaker. In the end, Stacy's involvement with Orton was a device for his inevitable heel turn.</p> <p>Keibler would go on to join forces with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_and_Rosey" title="Hurricane and Rosey">Hurricane and Rosey</a>. She became 1/3 of their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio" title="Trio">trio</a> as <b>Super Stacy</b>. During this time, Stacy was credited as having one of her best matches to date with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diva_%28professional_wrestling%29" title="Diva (professional wrestling)">WWE Diva</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Marie_Varon" title="Lisa Marie Varon">Victoria</a>, on an international edition of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_HEAT" title="WWE HEAT">WWE Heat</a>.</p> <p>Stacy was then moved to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Friday_Night_SmackDown%21" title="WWE Friday Night SmackDown!">SmackDown!</a> as part of a trade with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Hemme" title="Christy Hemme">Christy Hemme</a>, bringing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrie_Wilson" title="Torrie Wilson">Torrie Wilson</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candice_Michelle" title="Candice Michelle">Candice Michelle</a> to RAW. Keibler started a short feud with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jillian_Hall" title="Jillian Hall">Jillian Hall</a>, which ended up with the two having a match on Velocity, during which Hall captured the victory through cheating.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Outside_of_wrestling" id="Outside_of_wrestling"></a></p> <h3>Outside of wrestling</h3> <p>Stacy currently writes a fitness column for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_%28magazine%29" title="Stuff (magazine)">Stuff Magazine</a></i>. She was also the covergirl of the June 2005 issue, with her fourth pictorial in the publication.</p> <p>Stacy is currently taking part in the second season of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_With_The_Stars_%28USA%29" title="Dancing With The Stars (USA)">Dancing With The Stars</a></i>. Her dance partner is ballroom dancer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Dovolani&action=edit" class="new" title="Tony Dovolani">Tony Dovolani</a>. She prepared with the rest of the cast, learning the dances. According to an online betting site, Keibler is the online pick to win the season with 2 to 1 odds, due in large part to 1) her popularity within WWE and 2) her previous dance background.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Additional_statistics" id="Additional_statistics"></a></p> <h2>Additional statistics</h2> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Finishing_and_signature_moves" id="Finishing_and_signature_moves"></a></p> <h3>Finishing and signature moves</h3> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Spin_kick" title="Professional wrestling attacks"><b>Roundhouse Kick</b></a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Corner_foot_choke" title="Professional wrestling attacks">Corner foot choke</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartwheel_%28gymnastics%29" title="Cartwheel (gymnastics)">Cartwheel</a></li><li>Turnbuckle headscissor</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_throws#Snapmare" title="Professional wrestling throws">Snapmare</a></li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Wrestlers_managed_by_Stacy_Keibler" id="Wrestlers_managed_by_Stacy_Keibler"></a></p> <h3>Wrestlers managed by Stacy Keibler</h3> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Los_Fabulosos&action=edit" class="new" title="Los Fabulosos">Los Fabulosos</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dandy" title="El Dandy">El Dandy</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="César González">Silver King</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_and_Lodi" title="Lenny and Lodi">Lenny and Lodi</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Flair" title="David Flair">David Flair</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Stasiak" title="Shawn Stasiak">Shawn Stasiak</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Boyz" title="Dudley Boyz">Dudley Boyz</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Martin" title="Andrew Martin">Test</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Steiner" title="Scott Steiner">Scott Steiner</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_and_Rosey" title="Hurricane and Rosey">Hurricane and Rosey</a></li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Personal_life" id="Personal_life"></a></p> <h2>Personal life</h2> <p>During her days with WCW, Keibler was romantically linked with David Flair, the son of legendary wrestler <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a>. After joining WWE, Keibler was in a relationship with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Martin" title="Andrew Martin">Andrew "Test" Martin</a> for several years. The couple were reported to have separated shortly before Martin was fired by WWE while recovering from neck surgery, but maintained a friendship. In late-2004 and early-2005, it was rumored that Keibler was in a relationship with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a> after being seen arriving and leaving different arenas together. It was later confirmed that they were not romantically linked off-screen.</p> <p>In June 2005, Stacy was rumored to be in a relationship with actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Stults" title="Geoff Stults">Geoff Stults</a>, best known for his appearances on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Heaven" title="7th Heaven">7th Heaven</a></i>. The couple were photographed at many places together and seen as an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couple" title="Couple">item</a>. The September 2005 edition of the tabloid, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Magazine" title="Star Magazine">Star Magazine</a></i> claimed that Keibler was involved in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_triangle" title="Love triangle">love triangle</a> with Geoff Stults and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actress</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston" title="Jennifer Aniston">Jennifer Aniston</a>.<span class="reference"><sup id="ref_starstacyjen" class="plainlinksneverexpand"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Keibler#endnote_starstacyjen" class="external autonumber" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy Keibler#endnote starstacyjen">[1]</a></sup></span> It was later announced that Aniston was in a relationship with the man that supposedly got her and Stults together, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Vaughn" title="Vince Vaughn">Vince Vaughn</a>. Keibler has denied rumors of a relationship with Stults in two interviews and gave a "no comment" to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Grisham" title="Todd Grisham">Todd Grisham</a> when asked about it on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Byte_This%21" title="WWE Byte This!">Byte This</a>.</p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="Filmography" id="Filmography"></a></p> <h2>Filmography</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecker_%28film%29" title="Pecker (film)">Pecker</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> <i>(uncredited) ...Blonde on bus</i></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Heights" title="Liberty Heights">Liberty Heights</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> <i>(uncredited) ...Extra</i></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_Boy" title="Bubble Boy">Bubble Boy</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> <i>...Working Girl</i></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Momma%27s_House_2" title="Big Momma's House 2">Big Momma's House 2</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> <i>...Victoria's Secret Clerk</i></li></ul> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacy_Keibler&action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Stacy Keibler">edit</a>]</div> <p><a name="References" id="References"></a></p> <h2>References</h2> <ul><li><cite id="endnote_starstacyjen" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Keibler#ref_starstacyjen" title=""><b>^</b></a></cite> <a href="http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/star20051005a" class="external text" title="http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/star20051005a"><i>Are Stacy and Jen sharing a man?</i></a> on official WWE site</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20515703-113752813201223158?l=2-7-79.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>2-7-79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654037034367125752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20515703.post-1137526851108277592006-01-17T14:37:00.000-05:002006-01-17T14:40:53.493-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/1600/sf1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2691/2057/400/sf1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>#56 <b>Fergie<br /><br /></b><b>Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson</b> (born <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_27" title="March 27">March 27</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittier%2C_California" title="Whittier, California">Whittier, California</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a>), is the female vocalist for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Eye