Monday, March 30, 2009

Gemma Atkinson Movie Bio

Gemma Atkinson
Born As: Gemma Louise Atkinson
Birthdate/place: Nov. 16, 1984 in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Height: 5'9"
Actress, Model, TV Personality
Claim to Fame:
playing Lisa Hunter on the Channel 4 teenage soap opera Hollyoaks


Bio: Atkinson's breakthrough role was as Lisa Hunter on the teenage soap opera Hollyoaks. She and actor Marcus Patric (who played the character Ben Davies) subsequently appeared in a "spin-off" series called Hollyoaks: Let Loose, in which their characters started a new life together in Chester. This was followed by Hollyoaks: In the City also screened on the E4 network. In October 2007, Atkinson played herself in an episode of the Channel 4 pilot series Comedy Showcase: Plus one. In January 2008, Gemma appeared on Celebrity Mastermind, with Marcus Patric. Atkinson will be appearing in the independent film Boogie Woogie alongside Heather Graham in May 2009. She is currently working on a horror film, 13 hours, in the UK and splitting her time in LA for 6 weeks to audition for various film work. She is already known in the States for her portrayal of Lt. Eva McKenna in EA's Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Video game.

See Her Looking Super Sexy In:
Hollyoaks: In the City (2006)
Hollyoaks: Let Loose (2005)
Hollyoaks: After Hours (2004)
Hollyoaks (2001 - 2005)

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Keanu Reeves Movie Bio

Keanu Reeves
Born As: Keanu Charles Reeves
Birthdate/place: September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon
Claim to Fame: As Ted Theodore Logan in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Bio: Reeves shares, "Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to get the whole mid-life crisis package." Reeves made $3,000 in his first film Youngblood (1986). He worked in some other films for the next few years until the unexpectedly successful 1989 comedy, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, along with its 1991 sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, which typecast Reeves as a sweet-natured teen. He had many successes through the 1990's including: Point Break, Speed, The Devil's Advocat, and The Matrix. In 2000, Reeves starred in The Replacements. In 2003, Reeves came back with the sequel to The Matrix: The Matrix Reloaded and the third film The Matrix Revolutions. He earned $15,000,000 + 15% of the gross for EACH of these films. What a difference in salary!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Hilary Duff Movie Bio

Hilary Duff
Born As: Hilary Ann Duff
Birthdate/place: September 28, 1987 in Houston, TX
Height: 5'4"

Hook-ups:
Joel Madden (member of Good Charlotte; 2005 - 2006)
Aaron Carter (actor, musician; 2003)

Claim To Fame: Titular character on The Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire

Bio: Duff is an charming blonde actress and singer known for her spirit and well-endowed figure. FHM ranked her at #8 on the 100 Sexiest of 2008 list. Even though she is a celeb, Duff shares, "It's crazy and so surreal. I feel like such a normal person, yet everybody around the world knows my music, my movies, my name and my face. It's crazy sometimes, but I'm so flattered. It's a good feeling."
Duff's breakthrough role was in the television series Lizzie McGuire. She went on to have a film career after establishing herself on the series. Some of her more successful movies include Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), A Cinderella Story (2004) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005). Duff has also had three certified triple platinum albums, Metamorphis (2003), Hilary Duff (2004) and Most Wanted (2005). In addition she also released Dignity in 2007 which went certified Gold.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Christian Slater Movie Bio

Christian Slater
Born As: Christian Michael Leonard Slater
Birthdate/place: August 18, 1969 in New York, NY
Claim to Fame: as Will Scarlett in Kevin Reynolds' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Bio: "Good judgement comes from experience. Sometimes, experience comes from bad judgement," shares Slater. Slater began his career at the age of 7 on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He made his Broadway debut as Winthrop in the 1980 revival of The Music Man. Additional Broadway credits include Copperfield, Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie. His big screen debut was in 1985 in the film The Legend of Billie Jean. He has had significant roles in the The Name of the Rose (1986), Heathers (1989), and Pump Up the Volume (1990). His most notable roles from the '90s include the role of outlaws "Arkansas" Dave Rudabaugh in Young Guns II in 1990, and "Clarence Worley" in True Romance in 1993. Slater has spent most of his career on the stage.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

James Franco

James Franco
Born As: James Edward Franco
Birthdate/place: April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, CA
Claim to Fame: Played nihilistic freak Daniel on the series Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000)
Bio: Franco's Hollywood trade mark is his one sided smile.
Franco began acting in the late 1990's and earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, for his role in James Dean (2001). He was cast as Harry Osborn in Spider-Man (2002) and he starred in Great Raid in 2005. Three movies, with starring roles, followed in 2006: Tristan & Isolde, Annapolis, and Flyboys. In 2008, he starred in Pineapple Express, and played a prominent role in Milk. Based on these roles it appears that he tends to play characters with a troubled past or life.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Rose McGowan Looking Super Hot


Rose McGowan showed up to the opening of the Broadway play “33 Variations” looking super hot. It has been awhile since the camera has click so nicely for her. It seems that she can still muster up some impressive cleavage. Nice. McGowan's Hollywood trademarks are her very light complexion and her deep, sexy voice. Her most current project is the fantasy epic Red Sonja (2009). She has been engaged to director Robert Rodriguez since 2008.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Megan Fox: Pretty In Pink


The Transformers star Megan Fox was seen outside the Sunset Marquis in Hollywood this week. She was looking pretty in pink. Megan andBrian Austin Green of Beverly Hills 90210 have recently called off their long term engagement. The break-up was reportedly mutual. Megan 22, had been with Brian, 35 since she was a teenager.

Eva Longoria Movie Bio

Eva Longoria
Born As: Eva Jacqueline Longoria
Birthdate/place: March 15, 1975 in Corpus Christi, TX
Height: 5'1"
Claim to Fame:
Her role as Gabrielle Solis in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives

Bio: This Latina bombshell is known for her sexy style and persona both on camera and off. Longoria claims that this wasn't always true, "I grew up as an ugly duckling. They used to call me prieta fea, because I was the only one of my family's four girls with dark hair, dark eyes, and dark skin. Growing up I was the ugly one, because I was the odd one." In 2008 she was ranked #4 on the Maxim magazine hot 100 list after being #9 in 2007, and #1 in 2006 and 2005.
Longoria got her start as Isabella Braña Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She now plays Gabrielle Solis in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. In addition to her acting career she has alson had high-profile advertising campaigns. She is also known for her marriage to NBA guard Tony Parker. But, it should also be known that behind that beauty is brains, Longoria has some smarts, too. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from Texas A&M University.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Luke WIlson Movie Bio

Luke Wilson
Born As: Luke Cunningham Wilson
Birthdate/place: September 21, 1971 in Dallas, TX
Claim to Fame: As Anthony Adams in Bottle Rocket (1994)
Bio: "Having older brothers, I always had the benefit of inheriting clothes that were perfectly broken in. I like hand-me-downs," shares Wilson. In 1996, Wilson moved to Hollywood, setting up house with his two brothers Owen and Andrew Wilson. He appeared in his first drama in 1997, Telling Lies in America. He then had three large roles in Best Men (1997), Bongwater (1997), and Home Fries (1998). Wilson starred in the next three comedies, Dog Park (1998), The Kids in the Hall (1988) and Blue Streak (1999). Films that he has worked on in the 2000's include: Charlie's Angels (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and The Wendell Baker Story (2005).

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Angelina Jolie Movie Bio




Angelina Jolie

Birthdate/place: June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA
Height: 5' 7"

Claim to Fame: her role as supermodel Gia Carangiby in Gia (1999)






Bio: Jolie's trade marks are her husky voice and her full lips. This luscious lipped, slightly insane free spirit shares, "Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have a good life. Be a good friend. And try to be completely who you are. And figure out what you personally love. And like go after it with everything you've got no matter how much it takes." Jolie's screen debut was in 1982's film Lookin' to Get Out, with her father Jon Voight. She has won three Golden Globe Awards for her roles in the films George Wallace (1998), Gia (1999), and Girl Interrupted (2000). She also won two SAG Awards for her roles in the films Gia and Girl Interrupted. Girl Interrupted also earned her an Academy Award in the same year. She is known to be one of the world's most beautiful women and her personal life is widely reported. She and Brad Pitt have six children, three of which have been adopted. If you want to see Jolie's super sexy breasts and buns check out this list of movies:

See Her Naked and Super Sexy In:

Taking Lives (2004) Breasts, Bush
Original Sin (2001) Breasts
Pushing Tin (1999) Breasts
Hell’s Kitchen (1998) Nip Slip RB
Gia (1998) Breasts, Buns
Mojave Moon (1996) Breasts
Foxfire (1996) Breasts
Hackers (1995) LB

Cyborg 2 (1993) Breasts

Monday, March 16, 2009

Jason Lewis: I'll Buy Whatever He's Selling

Jason Lewis
Birthdate/place: June 25, 1971 in Newport Beach, CA
Claim to Fame: In Sex and the City, as waiter turned emerging young actor Smith Jerrod.

Bio: This blond haired blue eyed former fashion model gone actor is certainly easy on the eyes. Lewis has had roles in several films: My Bollywood Bride, a Hollywood/Bollywood romantic comedy where Jason plays the leading man, and Mr. Brooks. He is also known in Europe for playing the hunk on the Aero Advert for Aero Bubbles.
After appearing on the WB's supernatural drama Charmed, where he played the recurring role of Dex Lawson, it was announced on December 5, 2006, that he would be guest starring on upcoming episodes of Brothers & Sisters as a possible love interest to the character Kevin Miller (Matthew Rhys). He signed on to do seven episodes to play Chad Barry, a closeted gay soap opera actor who finds it difficult trying to develop a relationship with Kevin while keeping his sexuality secret from the Hollywood press. Lewis also had a role as a soap opera actor in the episode "Living The Dream" of House M.D.
Lewis is a supporter of the GLBT community. On May 10, 2008 Lewis attended the GLAAD 19th Annual Media Awards, which is a ceremony that celebrates gay-friendly actors and actresses as well as media outlets. In the same month he appeared on the cover of Men's Fitness magazine.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Matthew McConaughey Movie Bio



Matthew McConaughey
Born As: Matthew David McConaughe
Birthdate/place: November 4, 1969 in Uvalde, TX
Claim to Fame: as Jake Tyler Brigance in A Time to Kill (1996)

Bio: McConaughey on himself, "My best quality is that I'm a big hearted person. I'm resilient, too. My worst quality is selfishness, although everyone is guilty of that to an extent. Everyone should be, I think -- you need to respect yourself."One way to show his big heartedness is the fact that he rescued cats, dogs and hampsters that werestranded after the the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina flood.
McConaughey is an American actor. After a series of minor roles in the early 1990's, including his breakout role in Dazed and Confused (1993), he appeared in films such as A Time to Kill (1996), Contact (1997), U-571 (2000), Sahara (2005), and We Are Marshall (2007). He has also played the starring role in several romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch (2006), and Fool's Gold (2008).

Friday, March 13, 2009

Hayden Panettiere Movie Bio



Hayden Panettiere

Born As: Hayden Leslie Panettiere
Birthdate/place: August 21, 1989 in Palisades, NY
Height: 5' 4¼''

Hook-ups:
Milo Ventimiglia (actor; born on July 8, 1977)
Stephen Colletti (actor; born on February 7, 1986)

Claim to Fame: As of Lizzie Spaulding on the series Guiding Light

Bio: The blooming blonde Panettiere is the very definition of “perky,” so it’s no surprise that she was a shoo-in to play the peppy cheerleader Claire on the hit TV series Heroes. Panettiere began her career doing commercials and then landed a role as Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live from 1994-1997 then as Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light 1996-2000. She is currently playing the role as Claire Bennet on the television program Heroes. About her role on Heroes, she admits, "people look at [her] as either the 'popular cheerleader' type or just 'the blonde'." Panettiere has also appeared on the big screen with roles in films such as A Bug's Life, Remember the Titans, and Raising Helen. Movies that she has especially sexy scenes in are The Good Student, Fireflies in the Garden and The Architect. Her most current role is in the film I Love You Beth Cooper, to be released mid 2009.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Movie Bio



Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Born As: Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keefe
Birthdate/place: July 27, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland
Claim to Fame: As a sympathetic football coach Joe in Gurinder Chadha's hit comedy Bend It Like Beckham (2003)

Bio: A personal quote from Rhys Meyers, "I think I'd really like to be someone who would be known for being a nice guy."
Rhys Meyers has starred in television series including Gormenghast (2000) and in the CBS 4-hour mini-series Elvis (2005) as Elvis Presley. The role as Elvis Presley earned him an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe win. He landed a role in the Showtime cable series The Tudors (2007) as young King Henry VIII. He was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama in 2007 for the role.
His film roles range from a David Bowie-inspired glam rock star in Velvet Goldmine (1998) to a dedicated girls' football coach in Bend It Like Beckham (2002). He was in Vanity Fair (2004). In 2005, Rhys Meyers starred in Woody Allen's film Match Point, for which he received a Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2006, he appeared in Mission: Impossible III. Other projects include August Rush (2007) and "The Children of Huang Shi" (2008). It is rumored that he will be appearing in Danny Glover's Haitian epic Toussaint (2008) and signed on star as Lee Falk's comic strip hero Mandrake the Magician in an upcoming movie directed by Chuck Russell. Other upcoming projects include Shelter, and From Paris With Love.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Scarlett Johansson Movie Bio


SCARLETT JOHANSSON
Birthdate/place: November 22, 1984 in New York, NY
Claim to Fame: As Grace MacLean in Robert Redford's Horse Whisperer (1998)

Johansson was ranked #1 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list of 2008 and #2 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Johansson who was born and raised "with little money" in New York began acting as a child when her mom started taking her to auditions. Her film debut was in North (1994), but she gained widespread recognition in her role in Horse Whisperer (1998). Following her success in this film she starred in many other films including Ghost World (2001), Lost in Translation (2003), and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). Shortly after Lost in Translation (2003) was released, she said she had a connection to older men and couldn't see herself dating anyone under 30. True to her word, she had a relationship with actor Benicio Del Toro, who is 17 years her senior.
In 2003, she was nominated for two Golden Globes, one for drama (Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)) and one for comedy (Lost in Translation (2003)). Johansson's next role was in The Island (2005) which earned weak reviews from U.S. critics. Her next role was in Woody Allen's Match Point (2005) and she was nominated again for a Golden Globe.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Jessica Alba Movie Bio



JESSICA ALBA
Born As: Jessica Marie Alba
Birthdate/place: April 28, 1981 in Pomona, CA

Claim to Fame: As Max Guevara on TV Series Dark Angel (2000)

This 5'6" pouty-lipped vixen oozes so much sex appeal that she has been ranked in scores of "top lists" of sexiest women lists. She is certainly a beauty.
Alba made her feature film debut in Camp Nowhere (1994), however her big break came when writer/director James Cameron picked her from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the FOX sci-fi television series Dark Angel. Her role earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Alba's most notable roles include: an aspiring dancer-choreographer in Honey (2003), an exotic dancer in Sin City (2005) and as the classic Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four (2005). Later in 2005, Alba appeared in its sequel, Into the Blue. In 2008, she appeared in The Eye, her first horror-film role. Later in 2008, she starred in The Love Guru. Her next role is in An Invisible Sign of My Own to be released in 2009.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Tyson Beckford Movie Bio




Tyson Beckford


Born As: Tyson Craig Beckford
Birthdate/place: December 19, 1970 in The Bronx, NY
Claim to Fame: Top male supermodel for Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren (1990)





Bio: Beckford Beckford was named "Man of the Year" in 1995 by the cable television music channel VH1, as well as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People magazine. He was #38 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s.
In 2003, Beckford appeared on the ABC celeb reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. In September 2008, he lent his support to the National RESPECT! Campaign against domestic violence, recording a voice message for the Giverespect.org Web site talking about the importance of respecting one another.
Beckford is currently co-hosting the reality series Make Me a Supermodel on the television channel Bravo. He also judged and mentored the first few episodes of the Australian version of Make Me a Supermodel with model and former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Wentworth Miller Movie Bio




Wentworth Miller

Born As: Wentworth Earl Miller III
Birthdate/place: June 2, 1972 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Claim to Fame: His role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.

Bio: "I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of Law & Order (1990) or The Simpsons (1989)," states Miller.
Wentworth had some small rolls in film and TV until he was cas in 2005, in television drama Prison Break. His performance in the show earned him a 2005 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. He appeared in two Mariah Carey music videos, "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" as a party guest.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Eric Bana's Movie Bio


Eric Bana
Born As: Eric Banadinovich
Birthdate/place: August 9, 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Claim to Fame: As Mark 'Chopper' Read in Chopper (2000)
Bio: "I race historic muscle cars back in Australia. And I try to race home as soon as I'm finished a movie but don't tell anyone," shares Bana. Bana began his career as a stand up comedian. He made his film debut in 1997 in The Castle. His next film, Chopper, came in 2000, and he became an international success. With this film he won three Australian Film Institute Awards. Bana co-starred in Black Hawk Down (2001), then starred in Hulk (2003). In 2002 he was cast as a Trojan Prince Hector in the historical epic Troy (2004), after being recommended by Brad Pitt, who admired Bana for his work in Chopper (2000). In 2005, Bana co-starred in the political drama Munich (2005). followed by The Other Boleyn Girl (2008).

Kiefer Sutherland's Movie Bio



Kiefer Sutherland

Born As: Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland

Birthdate/place: December 21, 1966 in London, England, UK

Claim to Fame: As David in The Lost Boys (1987)

Bio: "Now I know how Charlie (Sheen) feels, I've lost all feeling in my lower half." (his reaction to winning the Golden Globe Award!)" shares Sutherland. Stand By Me was Sutherland's first American made film and as of 2008 he has appeared in over seventy films. The most notable include: The Lost Boys, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, A Few Good Men, Flatliners, Young Guns, The Vanishing, The Three Musketeers, Stand by Me, Dark City, To End All Wars and A Time To Kill, The Sentinel and MIRЯORS (2008). He has also starred in the role of Jack Bauer in the critically acclaimed television series 24. He has numerous nominations for Golden Gloe, Emmy and Sag Awards for his starring role. In 2002 he won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series. In 2004 and 2006 he won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. In 2006 he won two Emmy Awards. The first for Outstandinding Drama Series and the second for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

T.R. Knight's Movie Bio



T.R. Knight
Born As: Theodore Raymond Knight
Birthdate/place: March 26, 1973 in Minneapolis, MI
Claim to Fame: As the sweet, bumbling intern George O'Malley on the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy.
Bio: "I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unnecessary rumors that may be out there. While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most interesting part of me," shares Knight. Knight's an Emmy Award-nominated and SAG Award winning actor for Best Ensemble for the TV Series, Grey's Anatomy (2006). Knight began his career in New York on stage, most notable for his role in the 2001 revival of Noises Off.

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