Matthew Raymond Dillon Biography

Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe Award-, and BAFTA Award-nominated American actor. He began acting in the late 1970s, gained fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s, and developed a successful career as a mature actor in the decades following, culminating in an Oscar nomination for his performance in the movie Crash.

Biography
Early life
Matthew Raymond Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York, to second-generation Irish American Catholic parents Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer. Through his father, Dillon is related to comic strip artist Alex Raymond. Dillon has one sister and four brothers, one of whom, Kevin Dillon, is also an actor. Dillon grew up in Mamaroneck, New York and before dropping out in junior year he attended Mamaroneck High School.

Career
In 1979, casting director Vic Ramos went to Mamaroneck High School and spotted Dillon cutting class. He asked Dillon to audition for a role, and Dillon made his film debut in the violent teen drama Over the Edge. The film received a regional, limited theatrical release in May 1979, and grossed only slightly over $200,000. Dillon's performance was well-received, which led to his casting in two films released the following year; the teenage sex comedy, Little Darlings, in which Kristy McNichol's character loses her virginity to a boy from the camp across the lake, played by Dillon, and the more serious teen drama, My Bodyguard, where he played a high-school bully opposite Chris Makepeace. The films, released in March and July 1980, respectively, were box office successes and raised Dillon's profile among teenage audiences.

Another of Dillon's early roles was in the Jean Shephard PBS special The Great American Fourth of July. The only available copies of this film are stored at UCLA, where a legal dispute makes it unavailable to the public.

His next role was in the 1982 film, Tex, followed two months later by Liar's Moon, where he played Jack Duncan, a poor Texas boy madly in love with a rich banker's daughter. In the mid-1980s, Dillon had prominent roles in three adaptations of S. E. Hinton novels: Tex (1982) The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983). All three films were shot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hinton's hometown. The Outsiders and Rumble Fish had Dillon working with Francis Ford Coppola and Diane Lane. He followed it up with The Flamingo Kid

In 1987, Dillon appeared briefly as a policeman in the music video for the song Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, a major hit in Ireland and the United Kingdom. In 1989, Dillon won critical acclaim for his performance as a drug addict in Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy.

Dillon continued to work in the early 1990s with roles in movies like Singles (1992). He had somewhat of a career resurgence when he played Nicole Kidman's husband in To Die For (1995), as well as large roles in Wild Things (1998) and There's Something About Mary (1998), for which he received an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain.

In 2002, he wrote and directed the film City of Ghosts, starring himself, James Caan and Gérard Depardieu. That same year he starred in Factotum, a film adaptation of an autobiographical work by Charles Bukowski. Two years later he received critical praise and earned a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe along with Oscar nominations for his role in Crash, a film co-written and directed by Paul Haggis. In 2005 Dillon co-starred in Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded and on March 11, 2006 the actor hosted Saturday Night Live, where he impersonated Greg Anderson in a "SportsCenter" sketch, Rod Serling in Bill Hader's "Vincent Price St. Patrick's Day Special" sketch and played a redneck conman named Perdy Spotley in the recurring sketch "Appalachian Emergency Room".

Dillon's most recent role is in the comedy You, Me and Dupree, opposite Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson. The film opened on July 14, 2006. On September 29, 2006, Dillon was honored with the price Premio Donostia in the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

Other work
Dillon is mentioned on Jeff Buckley's Live at Sin-é: Legacy Edition CD. On the fifth track Buckley mentions that he cut his hair because people thought he looked like Matt Dillon. Dillon also made voice acting in 1987 documentary film Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam. He made his Broadway debut with the play The Boys of Winter in 1985.

Dillon also contributed his voice as Sal Paradise in Jack Kerouac's famous novel On the Road. In 2006, he narrated Once in a Lifetime.

Matt Dillon also made cameo appearance as detective in Madonna's Bad Girl music video which also stars Christopher Walken. Dillon also appeared in the music video of "Fairytale Of New York" by the Irish folk-punk band The Pogues playing a cop who escorts lead singer Shane MacGowan into the drunk tank.

As of 2007, the band Dinosaur Jr. hired Dillon to direct their new video and single "Been There All The Time", off of their upcoming album Beyond. He guest stars in The Simpsons episode "Midnight Towboy" and also appeared on an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.


Personal life
Matt has dated several prominent women of Hollywood, including actress Cameron Diaz and Diane Lane. Matt is the older brother of actor Kevin Dillon.

Legal trouble
On December 30, 2008, Dillon was arrested by the Vermont State Police after he was clocked traveling at 106 miles per hour northbound on Interstate 91 near Newbury, Vermont. He was charged with negligent operation of a vehicle. His attorney, Mark Kaplan, entered a plea of not guilty on Dillon's behalf in a January appearance in Orange County Court in Chelsea, and also appeared in court on February 25, 2009. He faced a maximum of one year in jail, and a fine of $1,000. He pleaded guilty to speeding and paid a $828 fine on March 30, 2009; in return, the negligence charge was dismissed by prosecutors.

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Kendra Wilkinson Launches Raunchy Range

Kendra Wilkinson is launching her own range of stripper poles.

The former Playboy Playmate is set to follow in the footsteps of ex-'Baywatch' actress Carmen Electra with the raunchy bedroom equipment.

She said: "I'm coming out with my own stripper pole. Stripper pole, and stripper pole workout. It's like Carmen Electra's, but mine is better. Mine will connect to the ceiling, and you can spin on it and do all that kind of stuff on it."

Kendra - the ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner - is currently planning her wedding to American football star Hank Baskett and admits her mother is more anxious about the upcoming ceremony than she is.

She said: "My mom is really nervous. She's more nervous than excited. I don't think she believes I'm going to get married until the day. I think she doesn't want to lose me."

"I'm coming out with my own stripper pole. Stripper pole, and stripper pole workout. It's like Carmen Electra's, but mine is better. Mine will connect to the ceiling, and you can spin on it and do all that kind of stuff on it."

Kendra and Hank will tie the knot on June 27 at Hefner's Playboy mansion and the 23-year-old beauty admits they haven't finalised all of the details yet.

She told Us Weekly magazine: "We are still working on the dress.

"We're talking to a really cool florist. He's making the flowers amazing - six-foot centrepieces! It's going to look like a fairytale wedding. I'm really excited about it."

Hilary Duff Biography

Hilary Duff Profile
Name : Hilary Duff
Birth Date : September 28, 1987
Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA
Birth Name : Hilary Ann Duff
Height : 5' 4
Nationality: American
Profession : Actress, musician
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Hilary Duff Biography

Hilary Duff made a name for herself on the enormously successful Disney Channel/ABC Kids show Lizzie McGuire, which she parlayed into careers as a pop singer and film actress. Like most overnight successes, Duff paid her dues for a few years before her big break. Appearances in the 1997 women's Western True Women, 1998's Casper (as the Friendly Ghost's human friend Wendy), and 1999's The Soul Collector paved the way for her best-known role. Duff also appeared in the indie film Human Nature, reflecting her continuing big-screen aspirations.


Duff began her first steps toward her singing career with the song "Santa Claus Lane," which appeared on the soundtrack to The Santa Clause 2, as well as her own Christmas album, also named Santa Claus Lane. That year, production ended on Lizzie McGuire, freeing up Duff to pursue other opportunities. Episodes of the show continued to run into 2003, but by that time Duff had begun to move on, appearing in the teen spy movie Agent Cody Banks. The soundtrack to the movie also featured several songs by Duff, including the singles "Why Not" and "I Can't Wait," which were both successes in their own right; the soundtrack went platinum in summer 2003.

Around that time, Metamorphosis, Duff's bona fide debut as a singer, was released. The album charted number two on the Billboard 200 on the week of its release, and its single "So Yesterday" topped the pop singles chart earlier that summer. Duff's omnipresence in 2003 continued with appearances at that year's MTV Video Music Awards and the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, where she accepted Lizzie McGuire's trophy for Favorite TV Show. She also appeared in that year's film Cheaper By the Dozen and embarked on a tour that fall. The year 2004 looked to be just as busy for Duff, with movies like A Cinderella Story and Agent Cody Banks 2 on the docket, as well as a new TV series with CBS in the works.

Hilary Duff: Back for More SVU
Back for another day of shooting, Hilary Duff was spotted out in Harlem, New York City for her guest spot on “Law and Order: SVU” on Tuesday (March 24).

Showing off her acting chops, the Duffster got emotional as she filmed alongside the show’s regulars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay.

As she continues to make appearances on NBC shows as part of her development deal, Hilary finds herself in the role of Ashlee Walker.

The character is described as a “rebellious, young mother who is suspected of murdering her baby Sierra.

Virginia Madsen Biography

Virginia Madsen Profile
Name: Virginia Madsen
Height: 5' 8"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: September 11, 1963
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Profession: actress
Education: New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois
Ted Liss Acting Studio, Chicago
Harand Camp Adult Theater Seminar in Elkhart Lake, WI
Husband/Wife: Danny Huston (actor; born on May 14, 1962; married in 1989; divorced in 1992)
Relationship: Antonio Sabato Jr. (actor; born on February 29, 1972)
Father: Cal Madsen (a firefighter; divorced from Madsen's mother in 1968)
Mother: Elaine Madsen (Award Winning Writer/Producer)
Brother: Michael Madsen (actor; born on September 25, 1958)
Sister in law: DeAnna Morgan (actress)
Son: Jack (born in 1994; father: Antonio Sabato Jr.)
Claim to fame: Series of supporting roles in '80s comedies: as Lisa in Class (1983), Madeline Robistat in Electric Dreams (1984) and Barbara in Creator (1985)

Virginia Madsen Biography
Although she garnered some attention at the outset of her Hollywood career, Virginia Madsen found her star eclipsed in the 1990s by her older brother Michael's jolting, thuggish performances for director Quentin Tarantino. After landing a plum role in the acclaimed 2004 indie Sideways, however, Madsen was showered with the kind of praise she'd been denied for nearly two decades in the business.

A native of the Chicago suburbs and the daughter of a PBS documentarian, Madsen learned her trade in city theater productions and summer performance camps. She made her way to Hollywood in the early '80s with her then-fiancé/fellow performer Billy Campbell. Making an inauspicious debut at the age of 19 as Andrew McCarthy's would-be first-time conquest in the teen sex comedy Class, she would go on to more noteworthy roles in director David Lynch's sci-fi epic Dune and the slick but heartfelt romantic comedy Electric Dreams (both 1984). The rest of the decade wouldn't be quite as kind, as Madsen shuffled from part to part, appearing in a supporting capacity in both ambitious arthouse fare (1987's Slamdance) and forgettable Hollywood comedies (1988's Hot to Trot and Mr. North, the latter of which sparked a relationship with -- and three-year marriage to -- director Danny Huston). The beginning of the next decade fared somewhat better for Madsen. After a memorably brassy turn opposite Don Johnson in Dennis Hopper's steamy, seamy The Hot Spot (1990), she raked in some box-office cash in the minor horror hit Candyman (1992). Small performances in the high-profile, prestige pics Ghosts of Mississippi and The Rainmaker notwithstanding, Madsen all but disappeared from the late-'90s feature marketplace, as most of her films were either made for television or delivered directly to video-store rental shelves. Finding a more receptive outlet on weekly TV, Madsen snagged prominent recurring roles on NBC's Frasier and American Dreams around the turn of the century.


But it was writer/director Alexander Payne's low-budget character study Sideways that had Madsen clamoring for the ever-elusive "role of a lifetime." Payne was mostly unfamiliar with the actress' work, but her audition for the part of Maya -- a weary, contemplative divorcée with a fine-tuned taste for wine -- convinced him that she was the perfect complement to lead performer Paul Giamatti's high-strung sad sack Miles. Toning down her Hollywood glamour for the film, Madsen turned the small part into something of a revelation, and as reviewers showered praise upon the film in late 2004, the actress hauled in a truckload of awards from critics' groups as well as Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress.

Although Madsen lost the Oscar bid to Cate Blanchett, high-profile offers rolled in after her Sideways coup. Early in 2006, she played Beth Stanfield, the wife of Harrison Ford's technology executive Jack Stanfield, in Richard Loncraine's disappointing hostage thriller Firewall; that summer, she also claimed an enigmatic part as a beguiling angel of death in Robert Altman's swan song, A Prairie Home Companion. Madsen began 2007 with two supporting turns in the same February weekend: in Michael Polish's The Astronaut Farmer, a quirky drama about a retired NASA astronaut turned farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) who builds a spacecraft in his barn; and in the higher-profile supernatural thriller The Number 23, playing wife to an unraveling Jim Carrey. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Chris Brown Biography

Chris Brown Profile
Name : Chris Brown
Profession : Singer
Date of birth : May 5, 1989
Place of birth : Tappahannock, Virginia

Chris Brown Detailed Biography
Christopher "Chris" Brown (born on May 5, 1989 in Tappahannock, Virginia) is an American R&B singer.

Chris Brown blew out as a rapper, Brown's early discovery of his singing talent inspired him to follow singers such as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Usher and others. In 2005 he released his debut album, titled Chris Brown. Chris Brown's debut single "Run It!" is produced by Scott Storch, who also wrote, produced and contributed to most of Brown's self-titled debut album released in 2005. "Run It!" featuring Juelz Santana was released in July 2005. The next single released was titled "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" which was sided as a split video with an up-tempo track off his album, "Gimme That". Chris Brown's self-titled release was certified Platinum Jan 12th, 2006. Chris Brown has also planned a third single called "Say Goodbye" and is currently gearing up for a re-release of his debut album with three bonus tracks and a fourth single titled "I May Never Find". The Australian version of Brown's self-titled CD featured a bonus track titled "So Glad".


Brown's "Run It!" had a main remix on the album that featured rapper Bow Wow and was produced by Jermaine Dupri. Yo (Excuse Me Miss) has recently spawnned three official main remixes, the first being the "DesertStorm Remix" produced by DJ Clue and featuring rapper Ransom of the A-Team. The second remix was helmed by the Track Masters and features rapper Red Caf. The third remix leaked online February 26, 2006, and features rapper/singer Ahmir. None of the remixes have re-sung vocals, but all three do feature newly produced beats. The "Ahmir Remix" features a new chorus.

Padma Lakshmi Biography

Padma Lakshmi Profile
Name : Padma Lakshmi
Date of birth : 1970
Place of birth : Madras, India
Spouse : Salman Rushdie

Padma Lakshmi Trivia
* Speaks five languages.
* Has a seven inch scar on her inside arm as a result of a major auto crash that she was in as a child.
* She hosts "Padma's Passport" on the Food Network based on her popular cookbook, "Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-fat Recipes From Around The World".
* Officially announced engagement to author Salman Rushdie on February 14, 2004, the 15th anniversary of the infamous fatwa against Rushdie for writing the novel The Satanic Verses.
* Was discovered by a photographer while spending part of her senior year studying in Spain and he convinced her to begin modeling.
* Measurements: 36C-23-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
* Attended Clark University in Massachusetts, USA.


Padma Lakshmi Detailed Biography
From high-fashion model to host of a cooking show might appear to be an unlikely journey, but not if you're Padma Lakshmi.

Even when traveling around the world as a model, Padma was always on the lookout to add to her culinary repertoire. Born in southern India, she had warm childhood memories of cooking with her female relatives as they carefully grated coconuts, shelled peas, and trimmed fresh mangoes.

As she globe-trotted on photo shoots, she found comfort in preparing recipes from her childhood, and soon she branched into the cuisines of the countries she visited. "My first big editorial shoot was in Morocco...where I learned about fiery harissa and couscous. While shooting French lingerie in Bali, I learned how to make a low-calorie fish dish I tasted there."

Padma spent much of her adolescence in the United States. She attended Clark University in Massachusetts and received a bachelor's degree in theater arts. Although she had wanted to be a model from a young age, her mother was determined that college should come first. "My mother's ideas on the subject were quite clear," Padma notes. "If I was beautiful at seventeen, I would be beautiful at twenty-one when I graduated from college."

While studying in Spain during her last semester of college, she was sent on her first modeling job. Since then, she has been featured in such magazines as Vogue, Elle, and Glamour, and has worked with many international designers. Her career has also taken her into feature films and television in Germany and Italy. Among other places, she has lived in Milan and Los Angeles, and she's currently a resident of New York. In 1999, Padma published a cookbook called Easy Exotic: A Model's Lowfat Recipes from Around the World (Hyperion).

Halle Berry's Biggest Accomplishment

Halle Berry's daughter Nahla recently celebrated her first birthday on March 16. We don't get to see much of the "Catwoman" star and her little girl, so it was a special treat to catch the duo shopping at trendy baby boutique Bel Bambini in LA over the weekend.

Since giving birth, Berry's career has taken a backseat to motherhood, but she couldn't be happier. On February 23, Halle attended Essence magazine's Black Women in Hollywood luncheon. Although she was honored for her acting, producing, and philanthropic efforts, the 42-year-old noted in her acceptance speech that nothing beats being a mom.


"As a woman, I thought it was all about work and accomplishments," she admitted. "Then this little baby comes along and says that it's not about that. I'm complete. I have more to offer my craft because [my daughter] makes me indelibly better every day."

Paris Hilton left humiliated at her birthday party

Paris Hilton was left humiliated at her birthday party after her new man exposed her lip-synching.

The socialite - who flew by private jet to Las Vegas with 15 friends to belatedly celebrate turning 28 - was horrified when lover Doug Reinhardt grabbed her microphone as she was performing her song ‘Stars Are Blind’ at the Body English night club at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Saturday (07.03.09).

A source said: “Paris was really going all-out to impress Doug until he took the mic off her and the singing just carried on. Everyone in the club thought it was hilarious.”

Before her rendition, Paris paid tribute to Doug, gushing: “My man is right over there, the sexiest man in the world.”

During the evening, Paris - whose birthday was on February 18 - was entertained by Chester French and then presented with a giant pink mushroom-shaped cake decorated with a butterfly before heading up to the Penthouse suite at 3am to continue partying.

They were greeted by the Sesame Street band, playing in a room filled with balloons and circus performers.

Paris had already celebrated her special day in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo.



Rihanna will testify against Chris Brown

Rihanna’s lawyer has confirmed she will testify against her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, if she is subpoenaed to appear in court.

The R&B singer, who is currently fighting two felony charges of assaulting the pop princess, is currently free on $50,000 (£35,700) bail after he was granted a continuance at his arraignment hearing on 5th March 2009.

Brown is due back in court on April 6th 2009 where his girlfriend may be called to testify against him by prosecutors, adamant to put the famous singer up to the full extent of the law.

Brown allegedly beat up Rihanna in a late-night row on the 8th February 2009 which left her face battered and bruised.

The attack allegedly occurred after the 21-year-old singer discovered a three-page text message from his former lover on his mobile phone.

Brown tried to push Rihanna out of the car but failed to do so as she was wearing a seatbelt. He then allegedly punched her and threatened, “I’m going to beat the s*** out of you when we get home. You wait and see!’

It was reported that Rihanna attempted to call her assistant but received her answerphone, were she pretended to tell her to call the police.


The testimony of Detective De Shon Andrews, from Los Angeles Police Department, detail that Brown threw a ‘barrage of punches’ at Rihanna’s face, bit her ear and pressed her neck until she almost passed out.

The attack was reported to have caused Rihanna’s mouth to fill with blood, which splattered all over her clothing. The papers suggest that injured Rihanna managed to free herself by kicking Brown away and gouging his eyes. A passerby called the police after they heard Rihanna’s screams and cries for help.

Recent reports have suggested Rihanna has reconciled with the singer and was in Los Angeles with him. Her lawyer Donald Etra told MTV news, “”She is planning to do everything that the law requires her to do. If she is required to testify, she will do so.” Etra was overheard telling Brown in court on Thursday 5th March that Rihanna ‘would like this to be over as quickly as possible.’

He further went on to tell Us Weekly magazine, “Rhianna desires that it (the case) be quick and expeditious. She wants to get back to her life and her career.”

Brown could face up to four years and eight months in jail if convicted.

Kim Kardashian Biography

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Leona Louise Lewis Biography

Profile:
Famous as : Singer, songwriter
Birth Name : Leona Louise Lewis
Birth Date : April 03, 1985
Birth Place : Islington, London, England, UK
Claim to fame : "The X Factor" 3rd series winner

Biography:
Every once in a while, an artist comes along whose talent is so undeniable that it inspires everyone who encounters it. British singer and songwriter Leona Lewis is such an artist. Her striking beauty, charmingly down-to-earth personality, and huge, soaring voice has taken over the UK, where her debut Spirit entered the album chart at Number One and became Britain’s fastest-selling debut of all time. Spirit’s lead-off single “Bleeding Love” —co-written and produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan “Alias” Tedder — claimed the Number One spot for seven weeks, and the album sold over 1 million copies in the UK in just 5 weeks. Ushering in 2008, Leona received four prestigious Brit Award nominations, the UK equivalent of the Grammy Awards.


Spirit will be released in the US by J Records/Syco on April 8, 2008. Written and produced by an array of top-notch hit-makers, the album is a showcase for Lewis’ powerhouse voice — which has evoked comparisons to Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Céline Dion. (Warned Entertainment Weekly: “Divas, watch out!”)
“Those women are the true divas,” Lewis insists. “They’re amazing performers whom I’ve listened to for years. These are the people who’ve inspired me to sing, so it’s flattering that I’m being compared to them. But I have a lot of hard work to do first!”

Such disarming modesty is part of what has endeared Lewis to her fans, who watched her journey to stardom on television each week on The X Factor, a British talent show executive-produced by American Idol’s Simon Cowell, who is also a judge. She won the 2006 competition handily, stunning the notoriously critical Cowell into silence who said: “I think she’s one of the best singers we’ve seen in this country for a long, long time.”

Knowing a superstar when he heard it, Cowell phoned legendary music executive and J Records founder Clive Davis and told him: “You might have the next Whitney Houston on your hands.” For the first time, the two teamed up and signed Lewis to J Records/ SyCo Music (Cowell’s joint venture with Sony BMG). “I was immediately knocked out by her range, her versatility, and the pure beauty of her voice,” said Davis. “She is an artist who will be a true star for many years to come.”

Davis and Cowell have made sure of it by introducing Lewis to an all-star roster of collaborators to bring out her best on Spirit, including Tedder (currently enjoying his own hit with the ubiquitous “Apologize”), singer/songwriters Akon (Gwen Stefani, T-Pain) and Ne-Yo (Rihanna, Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson), songwriters Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg (Madonna, Whitney Houston, Céline Dion), and songwriter/producers Dallas Austin (Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Pink), Stargate (Rihanna, Beyoncé, Ne-Yo), J.R. Rotem (Britney Spears, Ashley Tisdale), and Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald (Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne).

“It was quite daunting at first to work with such well-known people,” Lewis admits, “but they gave me their full attention and really wanted to do their best. They were all really lovely and I learned something different from each one of them.”

For Lewis, making a solo album was the chance to realize a dream she’s had since the tender age of 5, when her parents (father is Guyanese/mother is Welsh) enrolled her into London’s prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. Lewis then attended the performing arts academy The BRIT School, where she honed her songwriting and production skills. Encouraged by winning several talent contests as a teen, she left school and took part-time jobs — including working in Pizza Hut as a waitress — to earn money to pay for studio time. “It was about doing my music,” she says. “It has always been my passion to be a singer and songwriter.”

In 2006, Lewis auditioned for The X Factor and won in a landslide on December 16th. Her first single broke a world record when it was downloaded 50,000 times in 30 minutes and subsequently outsold the rest of the U.K.’s Top 40 singles combined. Leona mania had taken hold of Britain.

Now Lewis hopes to do the same in the U.S. “I wanted to make an album that was totally me,” Lewis says. “Each song is about something that either I’ve gone through or that someone around me has gone through. The lyrics reflect things that I’m really passionate about. I have to be able to put myself in the song for it to ring true to me. If it doesn’t ring true to me, it’s not going to be believable to anyone else.”

Indeed Lewis’ passion for singing comes through loud and clear. “My love for music is my main motivation as an artist,” she says. “I’ve found that you can help so many people with your songs. I’ve received a lot of letters from people saying that ‘Bleeding Love’ really helped them. I think if you can do that, it makes it all worth it.”

Zac Efron Biography

Zac Efron is an American actor. He was born in San Luis Obispo, California on October 18, 1987 to David Efron and Starla Baskett. One day Zac went on a road trip and his parents turned the radio on and Zac began singing along. His parents then asked him "Zac would you like to think about maybe taking piano lessons?" He then responded, "no way that's stupid." They then asked him if he thought he was musical and he responded: "not really." Zac then flipped on his Gameboy and that was the end of it. Years later when he was eleven he told his parents he didn't want to play another season of baseball. So, they gave him the option to take piano lessons instead. His piano teacher later encouraged him to try out for a role in a play called Gypsy, which ran for 90 performances. After he landed the role he got roles in the plays Once Upon a Mattress, Peter Pan, The Music Man, Mame, and Little Shop Of Horrors.


His middle school drama teacher, Robyn Metchik realized his potential and contacted an agent friend who got Zac several guest roles and pilots on television. Efron made his television debut on Firefly playing a young Dr. Simon Tam in a flashback. He then got a recurring guest role on the hit WB show Summerland as Cameron the love interest of Nikki Westerly. The next season he became a series regular however since the show got moved to midseason with little promotion a lot of fans became confused at when it was on and the show was canceled.


He then starred in the Lifetime movie called Miracle Run for which he garnered critical acclaim. He then filmed The Derby Stallion however the movie had trouble finding a distributor so the movie was released on DVD in June 2007. He then starred in the mega-hit TV movie High School Musical which was viewed by 38 million viewers in the United States alone. However, many people became confused at what he sang in High School Musical when Zac revealed that some of the lyrics have had his voice blended with a singer named Andrew Seeley. Zac sang all the songs himself with the exceptions of Get'cha Head in the Game, which Andrew Seeley mostly did himself and Breaking Free, in which Zac sang the first verse and had his voice blended with Andrew's for some lines through out the rest of the song. The official reasons given were Zac was coming out of puberty and had trouble with the high notes and when blended with Andrew's voice Zac sounded better singing with Vanessa. However, many have speculated that Andrew Seeley would only sell the song Get'cha Head in the Game to Disney if he got to sing it and got one other song credit. It should be noted that Andrew Seeley has not written any songs that will be used in High School Musical 2 and will not be doing any singing in the movie. Efron has stated that he wishes to do all his own singing in all future films.

Favorites:
Toys: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
City: London
Gum: Orbit
Song from HSM: Get'cha Head in the Game
Superhero: Spiderman
Quote: "I'll be back" from Terminator 2
TV Shows: American Idol and World Series Of Poker
Book: "Busting Vegas" by Ben Mezrich.
Footwear: Sandals
Subjects: English and Social Studies
Animal: Liger (the Lion and Tiger's mixed breed)
Movies: Dumb and Dumber, Knocked Up, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Also, the Die Hard and Bourne series.
Candies: Pear belly bellies and Jaw breakers
Musicians: The Postal Service, The Shins, The Gorillaz, and John Mayer.
Actors: Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, and Jack Black
Food: Orange Chicken from Panda
Sportsman: Basketball player, Kobe Bryant
Cartoon: Rocco's Modern Life
Magazines: M&F, GQ, Cargo, and Popstar!
Car: Toyota Supra
TV Channel: Spike
Cereals: Kashi, Granola, Honey Nut Cheerios and Quaker Oats
Sport: Surfing, Golf, Skiing, Rock Climbing and Snowboarding

Lindsay Dee Lohan Biography

Biography for Lindsay Lohan
Date of Birth: 2 July 1986, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: Lindsay Dee Lohan
Nickname: Linds, La Lohan, L squared,LL
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography
Lindsay Dee Lohan was born in New York City, on 2 July 1986, to Dina Lohan and 'Michael Lohan (II)' . She began her career at age three as a Ford model, and also made appearances in over sixty television commercials, including spots for The Gap, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Jell-O (opposite Bill Cosby). Lohan made her acting debut in 1996 as the third actress to play Ali Fowler in the television drama "Another World" (1964). Shortly afterward, she was hand-picked by Oscar-nominated writer Nancy Meyers as estranged twin sisters in an adaptation by Walt Disney Pictures of a novel by Erich Kästner, which marked Meyers' directorial debut. Lohan's first feature film, The Parent Trap (1998), a remake of The Parent Trap (1961), was a modest commercial success, earning her widespread critical acclaim, and a Young Artist award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film, as well as Blockbuster Entertainment and YoungStar award nominations.


After signing a three-movie contract with Disney, she returned to the small screen to star in the made-for-TV movies Life-Size (2000) (TV) (opposite Tyra Banks) and Get a Clue (2002) (TV) (opposite Bug Hall). She also appeared as Rose in the pilot episode of the short-lived comedy series "Bette" (2000), which starred Bette Midler.

In June 2001, Lohan took a brief hiatus from acting. Her music career was launched over a year later, when Estefan Enterprises made a five-album production deal with her in September 2002, and she signed a recording contract with the reactivated Casablanca Records.

But Lohan was not turning her back on her blossoming acting career. Just over a month previously, she had been cast opposite 'Jamie Lee Curtis' for another Disney adaptation of a novel, this time of a fantasy comedy by Mary Rodgers. Freaky Friday (2003), a remake of Freaky Friday (1976), was a huge hit (generating over US$160 million in worldwide box office receipts), and critics were spellbound by delightful performances from Lohan and Curtis (who went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her work). In addition, Lohan won the 2004 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female, as well as a Saturn award nomination and another Young Artist award nomination.

Lohan relocated permanently to Los Angeles, California, between projects, and moved into an apartment with fellow actress 'Raven-Symoné' . She also dated pop star 'Aaron Carter (I)' for a short time.

Lohan's next acting role was the title character in the comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), a Disney adaptation of the novel by Dyan Sheldon. The film received scathing reviews upon its release and died a quick death at the box office, but even the harshest of critics were impressed by Lohan's charming turn as aspiring actress Lola.

Lohan's next project, Mean Girls (2004) saw her reunite with Freaky Friday (2003) director Mark Waters. Inspired by a non-fiction book by Rosalind Wiseman and written by "Saturday Night" (1975) scribe Tina Fey, the high-school comedy-drama opened to glowing reviews, and grossed $86 million in the US. This earned her status as a bankable actress, and a salary of $7.5 million for the Donald Petrie romantic comedy Just My Luck (2006).

One of the most sought-after young actresses in the industry, she is staring in Bobby (2006) (opposite Nick Cannon), The Fashionistas (2010) (based on the novel by Lynn Messina), the high school dramas "Dramarama" (1983), "Gossip Girl" (2007)(based on the novel by Cecily von Ziegesar), and the Disney fantasy adventure Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) (a pseudo-sequel to The Love Bug (1968)). On top of a thriving film career, Lohan released her debut album, called "Speak," which hit shelves in December 2004.

In her spare time, Lohan enjoys swimming, basketball, shopping, singing, reading, writing, gymnastics, collecting Beanie Babies, roller-blading, and playing with her siblings Ali Lohan, Dakota and 'Michael Lohan (I)' .
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Trade Mark
Red hair and freckles
Trivia
Sister of 'Michael Lohan (I)' , Ali Lohan (aka Aliana Lohan) and 'Dakota Lohan' .

She started modeling at the age of 3.

Her mother is Dina Lohan, née Donata Sullivan, a former Rockette and Wall Street analyst, who now helps managing her daughter's career.

Her father is 'Michael Lohan (II)' , a long-time Wall Street trader who developed his family's multi-million-dollar pasta business, then sold it to pursue funding and development of major studios and independent Hollywood projects.

Provides a track on the soundtrack for Freaky Friday (2003), in which she also stars. The song "Ultimate" is performed by her character at the beginning of the movie's end credits.

Her mother, Dina Lohan; her sister, Ali Lohan and her brother, 'Dakota Lohan' , had cameos in The Parent Trap (1998) during the airport scene and Freaky Friday (2003) during the wedding scene.

At age 7, she got to dress as garbage ("Things You Find on the Bottom of the Subway") for a Halloween skit on "Late Night with David Letterman" (1982).

She was originally offered the role of Penny in Inspector Gadget (1999) but turned it down.

Emilio Estefan Jr. took her under his professional wing in September 2002. Estefan Enterprises announced a five-album production deal and the promise of an aggressive effort to sell her popular style with a rock edge to a major record label. She eventually signed a recording contract with Casablanca/ Universal Records and has two albums under her belt.

She has worked as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch Kids (A&F Kids) and Calvin Klein Kids.

Following a self-imposed hiatus, she successfully auditioned for Freaky Friday (2003).

A straight-A student at school, she excels at math and science. She also enjoys gymnastics, swimming, ice skating, roller blading, singing, biking, reading, writing, and playing with her siblings.

Is of Italian and Irish descent.

The youngest person to host an MTV Movie Award show, and also the first host to win an award (for Freaky Friday (2003)). [June 5, 2004]

Admitted on "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) that she fell asleep during the premiere of The Parent Trap (1998).

Attends the famous school for the stars, Laurel Springs School.

At 17, she was 2003's 5th hottest teen female star.

For a short time, she attended a public high school, Sanford H. Calhoun High School, in a suburban town called Merrick on Long Island.

Released her debut album in December 2004. She co-wrote her debut single, which was "Rumors."

Her favorite food is Italian, Chinese, and Japanese.

Shares a birthday with singer/songwriter Michelle Branch.

Her mother Dina Lohan is also her manager.

Took voice lessons as a girl.

Attended Cold Spring Harbor Jr./Sr. High School on Long Island for several years following her role in The Parent Trap (1998). Her family's home was in Laurel Hollow before moving to Merrick, where she attended Sanford H. Calhoun High School (where 'Deborah Gibson (I)' also attended high school years before) for only a few months before resuming her acting career.

Is allergic to blueberries.

Good friends with Paris Hilton and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz.

Her debut album "Speak" was certified for platinum sales in the USA.

Was in the hospital for a second time in less than a year (the first time was last year while filming Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) after working 17 hours on her movie Just My Luck (2006).

One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" (2004).

When auditioning for Mean Girls (2004), she originally wanted to play Regina.

Rejected playing the character Regina in Mean Girls (2004) because she felt fans would perceive her as arrogant.

Ranked #10 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2005).

Broadway producer Barry Weissler is interested in having Lohan star in the musical version of Amy Heckerling's Clueless (1995). [April 2005]

Good friends with Mean Girls (2004) co-star, Amanda Seyfried.

Along with Tara Reid, Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Bijou Phillips, Kimberly Stewart, Nicole Richie & Kimberly Kardashian, Lohan is one of Hollywood's most famous party girls.

Dyed her hair blond for her role in A Prairie Home Companion (2006).

Named #4 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Nicole Richie and David Spade were among the guests at her 19th birthday party.

Won the 2006 Kids Choice Award for Best Female Actress at the 19th Annual show on Nickelodeon.

Named #10 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement (2005).

Is a fan of Marilyn Monroe.

Participated in the 13th Annual Race to Erase M.S. charity event by modeling clothes along with her friend, Nicole Richie.

Watches and studies Marilyn Monroe films.

Her idols are Marilyn Monroe and Ann-Margret.

Appeared on the daytime soap "Another World" (1964) playing the role of Ali Fowler from December of 1996 to July of 1997. She left the soap after winning the lead(s) in the remake of The Parent Trap (1998).

Has a net worth of approximately $7 million dollars based on her movies, albums, and other works.

Starred in three remakes/new versions of Disney movies: The Parent Trap (1998), Freaky Friday (2003) and Herbie Fully Loaded (2005).

Was hospitalized for the second time in a year from heat exhaustion after working 12 hours straight on the set of her new movie, Georgia Rule (2007).

Her real middle name is Dee, but she sometimes uses Morgan as a stage name.

15 September 2006 - Fractured her wrist after she fell at a Fashion Week party in New York City.

Named #14 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Underwent emergency surgery to remove her appendix [January 4, 2007].

Ex-girlfriend of Wilmer Valderrama.

Entered rehab at the Wonderland Center in Los Angeles on January 18, 2007, according to her publicist Leslie Sloane after confirming in December 2006 that she was attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Named #1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Named #3 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2006 list.

Her stylist is Rachel Zoe, who's also the stylist of Nicole Richie.

Is often seen singing karaoke alongside Emile Hirsch, Bo Barrett, Michelle Rodriguez, Kellan Rhude and Nicole Richie at Beverly Hills hot spot "Guys".

Was the subject of "Lindsay Fully Loaded", a music video by Omovies.

Once saved her brother and youngest sibling, Dakota "Cody" Lohan, from drowning.

Was ranked #18 on The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars list by Forbes magazine (2007).

Recreated Marilyn Monroe's final photo shoot in the 2008 Spring Fashion edition of New York, including partial nudity. [February 2008]

After two DUI arrests, she was sentenced to one day in jail and ten days community service at the American Red Cross in Pomona, California. [August 2007]

Ranked #9 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Campaigned for the role of Alice in Alice in Wonderland (2010) but lost the part to Mia Wasikowska.

Girlfriend of Samantha Ronson since 2008.

Personal Quotes
Life is full of risks anyway, why not take them?

I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to.

If I can change bodies with anyone it would be Britney Spears because how can you not like Britney Spears?

I am happy being able to play roles with people my age because once you do something really mature there is no turning back.

I don't like to talk about politics. If you say you're a Democrat, that'll turn off Republicans, and that's half of your fan base.

When I'm walking down the red carpet and everybody is screaming my name, all I'm doing is worrying that they're thinking, like, "Oh, she didn't wave at me, she's such a bitch!

I'll probably pursue doing more movies but not horror movies or movies with killers in them. I'll try to stick to happy movies. I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she is still doing the same thing.

It's flattering that people want to know so much about me and want to take the time to make up that many things about me.

I don't want to keep doing all commercial stuff. But timing is everything. I got this one script where this girl wants to join a Latino gang and she gets raped. I can't be doing that right now. I don't think that's appropriate.

But I'm not going to go and lose my virginity in a movie, yet, because the second I do that, you can't go back. That makes me much older in terms of film and on the screen.

Girls my age dress so much raunchier than I'd ever imagine myself dressing. I understand that I'm a role model, though, and I have to look out for that. I have a 10-year-old sister, too. But you also want to be appealing to guys and stuff, that's just something girls feel. It's hard. You want to be that girl that's unattainable to all the guys because there are so many other girls out there that are like that.

People go to college to find who they are as a person and find what they want to do in life, and I kind of already know that so it would be like I'd be taking a step back or something.

"You can't really complain because it's what you have to accept is going to happen when you're in the spotlight, and you want this. And I understand that. At the same time, it's hard when you're just waking up, and you're going out to get your mail and there are people there. It bugs me sometimes, of course, but I don't do it on purpose, you know? I try to just live my life; I'm not doing stuff like that to get noticed."

"I'm not doing Playboy, no. Never. They contacted my publicist and they asked if I would do their 20 questions spread, which is not a nude photo that they do with it. It's a regular photo. But I do have a Disney movie coming out and a young fan base and I'm not interested in doing Playboy right now in my life." [20 Dec 2004]

Say no more than yes, and just make sure you surround yourself with good people.

[On relocating to Los Angeles, California and moving in with 'Raven-Symoné' ]: "We met recently at the Vanity Fair shoot and got along. Our apartment complex has chef and maid services."

I was sick. I had people sit me down and say, 'You're going to die if you don't take care of yourself.'

"Because I'm so much in the spotlight, people lose sight of why I'm in the industry. In fact, I'm doing all this because I love to act. I love to perform, to sing.

"I go out because it's a release. Going out for me is about seeing my friends and not working. Being seen is just something that comes along with it.

I hate it when people call me a teen queen. The past year has felt like five lifetimes because I've grown up a lot.

Wilmer was my first love. But the timing was bad. And there were all these girls around; he would flirt with them. And I couldn't handle that. I really didn't trust him. So that was hard too.

[Samuel L. Jackson] "I'm a huge fan of his, and as I was walking off the stage with him he started asking me, 'How are you? Are you OK from your accident?' He said, 'I've seen your movie Mean Girls (2004) about five times and I love it'. I said, 'Not only is it amazing to hear that from you, but it's so nice to hear that from someone, because all you read is, 'Lindsay is out 'til four in the morning partying, da, da, da, da'".

I don't even know how to take a break, because I go crazy. I just sit in a room and I don't know what to do. I went to the Metropolitan Museum and just sat there. But they didn't take any pictures of that, which sucks, because that would have been more interesting than pictures of me coming out of a club.

I have this Playboy book called 'Redheads', and I was reading all these things about how redheads are more passionate and apparently they're much more sexual than girls with other hair colors. I think I'm more sexual than my friends. More comfortable in my skin. I'm a sexual person, definitely.

It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said I would die before I went to rehab.

Partying and having all of those pictures taken distracts from the work that I do. It's not why I started acting. I didn't get into acting to be written about. It kind of just happened - so I accept that it's my life. But there are some things that I can do to make changes and grow up. I want to act like a woman rather than a teenager. I am doing the best I can. It was hard surrendering and having people tell me what to do. It was really humbling for me, but I liked how I was treated as a normal person. I kept the common areas clean. I liked making coffee for the gym the best. I'm planning a trip to Africa during the second week in December. I'm working with the American Red Cross, but it is not finalized yet. I just want to apologize to any of my fans that look up to me, especially my younger fans, for setting the examples that I didn't mean to set. That is one of the reasons that I want to change things. I don't want to be known as that person. I have a younger sister and she looks up to me, too. All the negative stuff that gets said hurts my feelings, it hurts my sister, Ali, and my family.

It's hard in L.A. not to go out, it gets lonely. Being an actress is lonely, and I never want to be alone. I hate sleeping alone.
I'm Irish-Italian so I've got a really bad temper.
I talk about my impulses with my therapist -- I have a shopping problem; I love to shop too much.
I want to get a nomination. I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being 'the party girl.' I hate that. I bust my ass when I'm filming and when I have time off, yeah, I like to go out and dance.
I say too much sometimes, but I'm honest, that's the important thing.

Salary
Just My Luck (2006) $7,500,000
Mean Girls (2004) $1,000,000
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) $1,000,000
Freaky Friday (2003) $550,000

Where Are They Now
(June 2005) Attending the premiere of new movie Herbie Fully Loaded (2005), while also doing promotional work for it.
(August 2005) Just started filming her new film, A Prairie Home Companion (2006).
(August 2005) Shooting Just My Luck (2006), A Prairie Home Companion (2006) and an untitled 'Nick Cannon' Project.
(August 2006) Filming her newest movie, Georgia Rule (2007).
(May 2007) Arrested for suspicion of driving under influence of alcohol, after her third car crash in two years.

Jessica Marie Alba Biography

Biography for
Jessica Alba
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Date of Birth
28 April 1981, Pomona, California, USA

Birth Name: Jessica Marie Alba
Nickname : Sky Angel Albz

Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Mini Biography
Born in Pomona, California, on April 28, 1981, Jessica Alba and her family moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, when she was an infant. Three years later, her Air Force father brought the family back to California, then to Del Rio, Texas, before finally settling in Southern California when Jessica was nine. In love with the idea of becoming an actress from the age of five, she was 12 before she took her first acting class. Nine months later, she was signed by an agent. A gifted young actress, Jessica has already played a variety of roles ranging from light comedy to gritty drama since beginning her career. She made her feature film debut in 1993 in Hollywood Pictures' comedy Camp Nowhere (1994). Originally hired for two weeks, she got her break when an actress in a principal role suddenly dropped out. Jessica cheerfully admits it wasn't her prodigious talent or charm that inspired the director to tap her to take over the part - it was her hair, which matched the original performer's. The two-week job stretched to two months, and Jessica ended the film with an impressive first credit. Two national TV commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney quickly followed before Jessica was featured in several independent films. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role in Nickelodeon's popular comedy series "The Secret World of Alex Mack" (1994). She played an insufferable young snob, devoted to making life miserable for the the title character, played by Larisa Oleynik. That same year, she won the role of "Maya" in "Flipper" (1995) and filmed the pilot for the series. She spent 1995 shooting the first season's episodes in Australia. An avid swimmer and PADI-certified scuba diver, Jessica was delighted to be doing a show that allowed her to play with dolphins. The show's success guaranteed it a second season, which she also starred in. Her involvement in the show lasted from 1995 to 1997. Since the show ended, she has appeared in a number of TV shows and films. In 1996, she appeared in Venus Rising (1995) as "Young Eve". The next year, she appeared on the "The Dini Petty Show" (1989), a Canadian talk show, and spoke about her role in "Flipper" (1995) and her general acting career. She began working on P.U.N.K.S. (1999), featuring Randy Quaid, in 1998. In early 1998, she appeared in "Brooklyn South" (1997) as "Melissa". That same year, she was in two episodes of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) as "Leanne" and in two episodes of "The Love Boat: The Next Wave" (1998). She appeared in "Teen Magazine" in 1995 and various European magazines in the following several years. More importantly, she was featured in the February 1999 issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine. She also had major roles in two movies that year: Never Been Kissed (1999) and Idle Hands (1999). In 2000, she had roles in Paranoid (2000/I) and starred in the sci-fi TV series "Dark Angel" (2000).

IMDb Mini Biography By: Gerald Olivier

Spouse
Cash Warren (19 May 2008 - present) 1 child

Trivia
Sister of Joshua Alba.
Was #1 on Maxim's Hot 100 Babe List. [2001]
Her father's ethnic background is Mexican, her mother's is French and Danish.
Was voted the fifth Sexiest Female Star for 2002 in a Hollywood.com poll. Also, formerly engaged to Michael Weatherly. [February 2002]
Her show "Dark Angel" (2000) was canceled after two seasons on Fox.
Vote #4 in the Top 10 Sci-Fi Babes in 2002 for her role as Max in "Dark Angel" (2000).

Loves to play golf.
Voted in at #6 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. [June 2002]

Graduated high school at age 16.

Has a tatoo of a daisy with a ladybug on it on the back of her neck.

Her second cousin is skateboarding legend Steve "Salba" Alba.

Broke off her long engagement to co-star Michael Weatherly ("Dark Angel" (2000)) in 2003 but has reconciled recently.

She co-starred in one episode of "Dark Angel" (2000) with her brother, Joshua Alba, titled "...And Jesus Brought a Casserole." He played, Krit, one of her X-5 brothers who wanted to help destroy Manticore in the Season 1 finale.

Mentioned in the D12 song "My Band".

Was "Punk'd" (2003) on the Ashton Kutcher-hosted MTV show in 2003. Dax Shepard showed up fully nude at a clothing store Jessica was patronizing, following Miss Alba around the store and exposing his "business" to the blushing actress as she tried to shop for clothes. Jessica was a good sport after being informed it was all a practical joke, taped for the popular hidden- camera show.

Though it is common for actresses and female pop stars to strip down to various states of undress for magazine layouts and movie/TV scenes, she has stated that she is a very modest girl and would never do a nude scene or pose topless in a magazine. She has posed for men's magazines fully dressed, however.

Ranked #12 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Said once in an interview that she began preparing her own meals as a child to control her weight and maintain her health. She said the food her family prepared led to weight problems for them, so she avoided that.

After graduating from high school, she studied with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at David Mamet's Atlantic Theater Company.

Named one of "50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine. [2005]

Had asthma as a child.

She wanted to become an actress at the age of five.

Became anorexic the same year she had a kidney infection (2001).

Measurements: 34-24-34 according to an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

Has two pug dogs, named Nancy and Sid.

Named #5 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Ranked #3 on E! Television's 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies.

She and Hayden Christensen visited Bellevue hospital and spent time with little children, bringing them Christmas cheer while filming Awake (2007). .

Ranked and Voted #1 by AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006.

Threatened to sue Playboy Magazine for using her picture on the cover of the March 2006 issue without her permission. She said it misled people to believe she appeared nude in the magazine, which she did not. Hugh M. Hefner apologized for the confusion and made a charity contribution on her behalf, to the satisfaction of all parties.

On E's "101 Sexiest Bodies", she was placed at 3rd, behind Brad Pitt in 2nd and Angelina Jolie in 1st.

Nominated as "Worst Actress" for both Fantastic Four (2005) and Into the Blue (2005) for the 26th annual Razzie Awards.

Playboy magazine named her among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year in its March 2006 issue, on whose cover she appeared. Alba was involved in a litigation against Playboy for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for Into the Blue (2005)) without her consent, which she contends gave the appearance that she was featured in the issue in a "nude or semi-nude pictorial." However she later dropped the lawsuit after receiving a personal apology from Playboy owner Hugh M. Hefner, who also agreed to make donations to two charities that she has supported.

Despite her Mexican ancestry, she isn't fluent in Spanish. She hardly understands anything in that language.

Named #22 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement (2005).

Was featured as #5 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002).

Named #2 on Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2006" supplement (2006).

Loves to cook. Her specialty is chicken enchiladas and homemade tortillas.

Loves Harley Davidson motorcycles.

Named #3 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Went to strip clubs as a part of her research for her character in Sin City (2005). However, she said that it didn't help because all the pro-strippers were doing "is trying to get tips".

Regularly goes to watch NBA player Baron Davis when he plays in Los Angeles as her boyfriend, Cash Warren, is a close friend of Davis.

The bra that she wore in Sin City (2005) drew a winning bid of $1,025 in an eBay auction.

Named #2 on Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2007" supplement (2007).

Was ranked #2 on Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100" of the year lists, two years in a row. (2006 and 2007).

Named the "Sexiest Woman Celebrity" by Victoria's Secret. (2007).

Grew up in same town as Gil Menchaca.

Learned how to play the violin for her role in The Eye (2008).

Voted #1 as the most sexy woman in the world by the Norwegian FHM in 2006 and 2007.

Mentioned in Ashley Tisdale's song "He Said She Said".

Her father was a pro-circuit tennis player before joining the Air Force.

She has the Sankskrit word for "lotus" tattooed on the inside of her wrist.

Her maternal grandfather was a Marine NCO for thirty years, serving in the Pacific during WWII, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the United States Marine Band.

Good friends with Eva Longoria Parker, Eva Mendes and Kate Hudson.

Started training in dance and Tae Bo two months prior to the start of scheduled filming on Honey (2003) (July 2002).

Frightened of flying birds.

Voted in at #1 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2007 poll, Latvian edition.

Engaged to Cash Warren [December 27, 2007].

Named #4 on Empire Magazine's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars. (2007).

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year to be $9 million.

Has co-starred with actor Sean Whalen in Never Been Kissed (1999) and Idle Hands (1999) but has never appeared on screen with him.

Her parents were only 20 when she was born.

Paid $4,050,000 for a 4,686-square-foot house in Beverly Hills, California. [2008]

Daughter-in-law of Michael Warren.

Married her husband,Cash Warren, at a private ceremony on May 19th, 2008. Even her closest friends were not invited.

Ranked #34 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Ranked #2 on Wizard magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list (March 2008).
Jessica and husband Cash Warren welcomed their first baby, a girl named Honor Marie Warren, on the 7th of June, 2008 in Los Angeles.
Named to GQ Magazines' 25 Sexiest Women in film of all time.
Has portrayed a character named Sam or Samantha in four different movies.
Has a crush on Johnny Depp [2007].

Personal Quotes
I'm really good at being sarcastic with guys. That's the best way to hang out with them, because that's what guys like. They don't want the quiet, prissy little things.

I like Spongebob Squarepants. He's goofy, like me.

[July 2004] I just don't have a great feeling about what we're doing in Iraq. I don't know why we're there. Didn't we just give the power back over there? Why are we still there?

[on racial stereotyping] My father is Mexican and very dark; my mother is very fair. I used to always get [script] breakdowns for things like Maria, the janitor's daughter who hangs around with white kids. I was born in the United States. I never thought about it until the industry made me think about being a Latin girl. It seemed like such a bizarre thing.

My grandfather was the only Mexican at his college, the only Hispanic person at work and the only one at the all-white country club. He tried to forget his Mexican roots, because he never wanted his kids to be made to feel different in America. He and my grandmother didn't speak Spanish to their children. Now, as a third-generation American, I feel as if I have finally cut loose.

Men are much bigger divas than women. When I used to do the action scenes in "Dark Angel" (2000) I would have to play it rough. If you hit an actress accidentally, she would usually take it on the chin and say, "Don't do that again." But with the guys, they would put ice on it, take a 20-minute break and ask for X-rays. It was unbelievable. I would tell them, "Come on, man, get over it." That's actors for you.

There is always an unspoken problem about casting Latina actresses. I have heard Jennifer Lopez talk about how it was for her, always being up for the role of the Latina chick.

What happens when the looks fade?. If I don't establish myself as someone who can act a part rather than look the part, I will soon be finished.

I love listening to Coldplay. But sometimes I listen to it too much and it depresses me. I call it a "reflective" mood.

The most important thing I have learned in life was that being a teenager wasn't forever. I had a hard time being a teenager.

I don't hang out with the Hollywood cool people. I'm not out trying to make friends with people because they're famous.

I have my own spiritual thing, but am not part of an organized religion. I think religion is very special and individual to each person.

I don't need to be in the press or seen. Just because I'm not in magazines or because I'm not in a movie doesn't mean I'm going away. It just means I have some sense of integrity.

Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know that's part of the job, but I don't feed into anyone's idea of who I should be.

I used to come to Beverly Hills for auditions as a kid and think, "Why don't I live here? Why don't I drive that car?"

I wasn't given a whole lot in my life. I was on the bottom of the class system. But I got wisdom. I never just did what people told me. I questioned everything. When I look back, it is really no surprise that I started working at 12.

From a very early age, I remember thinking that adults were always acting like assholes. I couldn't understand why I had to respect them. My pre-school teacher forced me to write right-handed when I was left-handed. I didn't get why I had to change. Nobody could give me a reason. I have had a big problem with authority ever since.

[oeing raised by young parents] We all grew up together. My parents were so young. My dad hates it when I talk about our past, about not having things, living with grandma, wearing thrift-store clothes, cutting coupons.

[on learning Spanish] I have a great accent because I grew up hearing it in the neighborhood. But I have no idea what I'm saying.

[on growing up in L.A.] I never really belonged anywhere. I wasn't white. I was shunned by the Latin community for not being Latin enough. My grandfather was the only one in our family to go to college. He made a choice not to speak Spanish in the house. He didn't want his kids to be different.

It's not always so great to be objectified but I don't feel I have much of a choice right now. I'm young in my career. I know I have to strike when the iron is hot. I look forward to the day when I can do a small movie and act and it's not about me wearing a bathing suit or chaps.

One of the reasons why I chose not to be a devout Christian is because a lot of people gave me a lot of grief for just being a woman and made me feel ashamed for having a body because it tempted men. I didn't understand what that meant because I was like, "God created this . . ." That was a hard time in my life.

I just didn't like the damsel-in-distress thing. I could relate to young girls wanting to see her take care of herself. And because I'm so good at action, I talked the writer and producer and director into throwing together a little fight sequence. It ended up taking three more weeks to shoot it. But at least I'm not tied up and asleep until my knight in shining armor comes and saves me. So I thought it was cool.

My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me. So I never felt connected or attached to any race specifically. I did grow up in a Mexican-American culture, but my mom [who's of French and Danish descent] was there the whole time. I mean, I had a very American upbringing, I feel American, and I don't speak Spanish. So, to say that I'm a Latin actress, OK, but it's not fitting; it would be insincere. If you're going to look genetically, I'm actually less Latin than Cameron Diaz, whose father is from Cuba. But she's not getting called a Latin actress because she's got blond hair and blue eyes.

The movies that I do are usually physically demanding in one way or another. It's a good way to keep your health on track. Especially when you've been on-set for 14 hours, it's nice to relieve that stress in another way than having to rely on a big meal and wine.

Thank you to the fans. I do movies for you. Practice safe sex and drive hybrids if you can.

My first kiss was when I was 7, and it was scandalous because he was 10! I only did it so he would pick me on our neighborhood baseball team. And at the time, I thought it was great, but then it sucked because he didn't even pick me!

Men's magazines have nipples so why don't women have a magazine where men show their penises? There's Playgirl but not a fashion magazine like Elle. If there was a magazine like that I'd buy it. Nudity's not a big deal to me . . . I've said I won't go naked in any of my movies, because I don't want to. But that doesn't mean I don't want to see other people strip off!

It's porn [Good Luck Chuck (2007)]. There were all these actresses who got conned into being completely naked. Some were strippers, probably. But every day when I was done, I ran away. I was like, "Bye". As long as they didn't disrespect me, I could give a rat's butt.

It's probably the most influential thing that I've ever had. Thank god for Dark Angel. Getting a blessing by James Cameron to star in his first television show. Really the first thing he did after Titanic was hire me.

To me, box office is the most important thing. If the movie makes money, then I'm fine.

My theory is that if you look confident, you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.

When I went blonde for Sin City (2005) three years ago, I swear I've never had more male attention. I'd go to a bar and all these Arab Princes and much older men would want to buy me a drink - I'm talking guys in their 80s!
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