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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

leAnn Rimes American country singer, songwriter, actress, and author

LeAnn Rimes born August 28, 1982 is an American country singer, songwriter, actress, and author. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame at the age of 13—becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.
Rimes made her breakthrough into country music in 1996. Her debut album, Blue, reached Number 1 on the Top Country Albums chart and was certified "multi-platinum" in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album's lead single of the same name (originally intended to be recorded by Patsy Cline in the early 1960s) became a Top 10 hit. With immediate success, Rimes attained widespread national acclaim for her similarities to Cline's vocal style. When Rimes released her sophomore studio effort in 1997, You Light up My Life: Inspirational Songs, Rimes went more towards country pop material, which would set the trend for a string of albums that would be released into the next decade.
Since her debut, Rimes has won many major industry awards, which include two Grammys, three ACMs, one CMA, twelve Billboard Music Awards, and one American Music award. In addition, Rimes has also released ten studio albums and four compilation albums through her record label of 13 years, Asylum-Curb, and placed over 40 singles on American and international charts since 1996. She has sold over 37 million records worldwide, with 20.3 million album sales in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Music career
o 2.1 1996: Blue
o 2.2 1997–2001: Pop crossover and Worldwide Success
o 2.3 2002–2004: I Need You, Twisted Angel, Greatest Hits
o 2.4 2005–2006: Return to country; This Woman
o 2.5 2007–2009: Family
o 2.6 2010–present: Lady And Gentlemen
* 3 Musicianship
o 3.1 Vocal ability and musical stylings
o 3.2 Influences
* 4 Film and television
* 5 Personal life
o 5.1 Lawsuits
o 5.2 Marriage, divorce, and re-marriage
o 5.3 Philanthropy
o 5.4 Wealth
* 6 Discography
* 7 Filmography
* 8 Awards
o 8.1 Country Music Association awards
o 8.2 Academy of Country Music awards
o 8.3 Grammy awards
o 8.4 American music awards
o 8.5 CMT music awards
* 9 References
* 10 External links
Early life
Born Margaret LeAnn Rimes (in Pearl, Mississippi), she is the only child of Belinda Butler Rimes and Wilbur Rimes. The family relocated to Garland, Texas when she was six years old. She was singing by the age of two, was enrolled into vocal and dance training, and by the age of five was performing at local talent shows. One of her best friends, Jordan Villarreal, supported her when she sang. Rimes initially began her career in musical theatre, performing in a Dallas, Texas production of A Christmas Carol, and almost landed the lead part in the Broadway production of Annie. However, after appearing on the network television competition show, Star Search, Rimes decided to pursue a career in country music. Following her national television appearance, Rimes made a number of appearances on Johnnie High's Country Music Revue in Arlington, Texas, which garnered the attention of national talent scouts.
By the age of nine, LeAnn was already an experienced singer. She toured nationally with her father and also regularly performed a cappella renditions of "The Star Spangled Banner" at the opening ceremonies of the Dallas Cowboys football games. In order to bring his daughter more national attention, he began recording her under the independent label Nor Va Jak when she turned eleven. She released three albums under the label between 1992 and 1996.
Rimes was discovered by Dallas disc jockey and record promoter, Bill Mack. Mack was impressed by Rimes' vocal ability, and over the following three years, he also made various attempts to bring Rimes to a mainstream level. The center of Mack's plan to bring her success was his self-penned composition, "Blue," which he had written in the early 1960s. Mack claimed that the song was intended to be recorded and made a hit record by Patsy Cline, but she had been killed in a plane crash before ever recording the composition. By 1995, Mack was able to gain Rimes a contract with Curb Records, after record executives heard Rimes sing "Blue."

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Lady Gaga-gaga Gets Into The Christmas Spirit

Native New Yorker Lady Gaga is teaming up with luxury department store Barneys for a Christmas campaign and window display called "Gaga's Workshop." Barneys plans to dedicate an entire floor of its flagship Madison Avenue store to the singer's interpretation of Santa's Workshop, as well as dedicating its 2011 holiday window display to the Gaga theme. Small limited edition gift items created by Gaga and Nicola Formichetti will also be available for sale, according to a Reuters report. The store says it will donate 25 percent of all the items featured in Gaga's Workshop to a charity of the singer's choice.

Barneys New York chief executive Mark Lee said in a statement that the campaign would be the largest and most encompassing holiday theme ever mounted by the upscale retailer. "As a New York city landmark, we wanted to celebrate Lady Gaga as a fellow New Yorker and amazing talent," Lee said in a statement.

Meanwhile, as previously reported, Gaga will hit the airwaves of MTV on Thursday, August 18 at 7:49 p.m. EST to introduce her new video for the song "Yoü and I," followed by a live Q&A session with MTV News' Sway Calloway on MTV.com. Fans can submit questions for the interview through MTV.com or via Twitter. In addition, mtvU, MTV Hits and Tr3s will premiere "Yoü and I" on the same night at 8 p.m. Born This Way musical director Fernando Garibay recently spoke to MTV News about how the song came together, and why Gaga chose producer Mutt Lange for this particular track.

"She recorded a vocal backstage [on tour], because there was no time to fly anybody out anymore," Garibay recalled. "It was the last round. She recorded it backstage, the vocal and the piano, and gave it to Mutt Lange. Her and Mutt Lange traded notes, and I just made sure that everything stayed intact." He added that even though Gaga traditionally has worked with up-and-coming producers, she wanted a veteran to produce this deeply personal track. "Mutt Lange's a legend since the '80s," Garibay said. "Here you have such a legend and you have Gaga, [and] Gaga records the vocal herself and then gives it to Mutt and he does his stuff to the track, to the song, but kept it in her vision. It's pretty spectacular."

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Friday, August 12, 2011

amanda seyfried world Turns and All My Children

Amanda Michelle Seyfried pronounced /ˈsaɪfrɪd/ sy-frid; born December 3, 1985 is an American actress, singer-songwriter and former child model. She began her career as a child model when she was 11 and at 15 she began her career as an actress, starting off with uncredited roles and moving on to recurring roles on As the World Turns and All My Children.
In 2004, Seyfried made her film debut in Mean Girls playing Karen Smith, the ditziest of the so-called "Plastics". Her subsequent roles as a supporting character were in independent films like Nine Lives (2005) and Alpha Dog (2006). She also had a recurring role in the UPN TV show Veronica Mars (2004-2006). Between 2006 and 2010, she landed a lead role on HBO's popular television series Big Love. After that, Seyfried appeared in her breakthrough and first leading role as Sophie Sheridan in the 2008 musical feature film Mamma Mia!. Other recent appearances include successful leading roles in Jennifer's Body (2009), Chloe (2010), Dear John (2010), Letters to Juliet (2010), and Red Riding Hood (2011).
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early work
o 2.2 Big Love and beyond
* 3 Personal life
* 4 In the media
* 5 Filmography
* 6 Rankings
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Early life
Seyfried was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on December 3, 1985. Her mother, Ann (née Sander), is an occupational therapist, and her father, Jack, is a pharmacist.Seyfried has an older sister, Jennifer Seyfried, who is a musician in the Philadelphia organ-driven rock band Love City. She has German ancestry. Seyfried graduated in 2003 from Allentown's William Allen High School.
Career

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Amanda Crew canadian television and film actress

Amanda Crew (born June 5, 1986 is a Canadian television and film actress. She is best known for her work on the television series 15/Love and Whistler, and in the feature-length films Final Destination 3, Sex Drive, The Haunting in Connecticut, and Charlie St. Cloud.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Television
o 2.2 Film
* 3 Filmography
o 3.1 Films
o 3.2 Television
* 4 References
* 5 External links
Early life
Crew was born in Langley, British Columbia. Her mother is a legal secretary and her father is a telecom worker. Crew attended Brookswood Secondary School in Langley, BC. She began her acting career when she was cast in the musical Dragon Tales during her fourth grade in elementary school. Three agents contacted her, and she has been acting ever since. She did a Coca-Cola commercial and acted in stage plays like Stalling, Cordstons Courts, and Langley, the Musical. Crew attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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Nikki Sanderson Lancashire is an English actress and glamour model

Nikki Ann Sanderson born 28 March 1984 in Bury, Lancashire is an English actress and glamour model who is best known for playing Candice Stowe in the television soap opera Coronation Street and Dawn Bellamy in ITV's Heartbeat. During her time at Coronation Street and since, she has also forged a career as a glamour model and television presenter on programmes such as CD:UK, Junior Eurovision and Ministry of Mayhem.
Contents
* 1 Career
* 2 World Vision
* 3 Personal life
* 4 References
* 5 External links
Career
Sanderson joined Coronation Street in 1999 and left in Autumn 2005, when her character left Weatherfield to become a stylist for Status Quo. Prior to this, she had appeared in children's drama Children's Ward and in 2004, the hit fitness DVD Coronation Street - Funk fit.
Since leaving Coronation Street she has appeared in episodes of the BBC television series' Holby City and New Street Law alongside fellow Coronation Street alumni Chris Gascoyne and Chris Bisson. British newspaper The Daily Express stated that she was in the running[citation needed] to replace Billie Piper as the Doctor's companion in Doctor Who, however Freema Agyeman was chosen for the role. In 2006, Sanderson appeared in a touring production of The Vagina Monologues with Jerry Hall amongst others and an episode of Kay Mellor's Strictly Confidential.
A vocalist, Sanderson loves to show this side of herself off. She jumps at the chance to sing at every opportunity; she is a self-confessed karaoke enthusiast. She has made several television appearances singing, most notably on ITV's Madonna Mania, Discomania, Abba Mania 2 and Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes, where her impression of LeAnn Rimes, singing the smash hit theme from the film Coyote Ugly, 'Can't Fight The Moonlight' earned her the winner's spot. She has also appeared on The X Factor: Battle Of The Stars in the solo 16-24 category, mentored by Sharon Osbourne where she was eliminated fifth. At the time, though, Sanderson was suffering from tonsillitis and was straining her voice to sing.
She has appeared on the cover of Loaded magazine and in August 2005, the cover of Maxim magazine and in June 2006 the cover of FHM as the headlining feature of the issue, combining a photo shoot and exclusive interview with one of the magazine's journalists.
For 2006 and 2007, she was signed up by hip sports fashion footwear brand KangaROOS to head up their high-profile new print advertising campaign. She will shortly be seen in the new independent film Clubbed and in episodes of Cold Blood for ITV and The Afternoon play for BBC One.
In June 2007, it was reported that Sanderson would make a brief return to Coronation Street in Autumn 2007, when her character, Candice Stowe, turns up during the build up to another characters wedding. However these reports were later dismissed by Sanderson during an appearance on ITV's Loose Women due to "scheduling problems".
She appeared in the "Tuareg Productions" play Living under one roof at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham from 26–30 June 2007.[dead link]
She appeared in the second series of All Star Family Fortunes which aired on 25 December 2007.
In 2008 she joined the cast of the ITV1 series, Heartbeat, set in the 1960s, to play the part of Dawn Bellamy. She played the part of Audrey in the horror film Boogeyman 3 released in 2009.[6] And she plays the character Gee Gee, a dance teacher, in the 2008 film Clubbed, an underworld drama set in the early 1980s.
She is currently starring in the 2010 UK tour of The Vagina Monologues.

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jennifer lawrence filmography

Filmography
Year↓ Title↓ Role↓ Notes
2006 Company Town Caitlin Television movie
2006 Monk Mascot One episode
2007 Cold Case Abby Bradford One episode
2007 Donald Gray Show, TheThe Donald Gray Show Frantic girl Television film
2007–08 Medium Claire Chase/Young Allison Two episodes; different characters
2007–09 Bill Engvall Show, TheThe Bill Engvall Show Lauren Pearson 23 episodes
Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series
2008 Garden Party Tiff
2008 Poker House, TheThe Poker House Agnes Los Angeles Film Festival – Outstanding Performance Award
2008 Burning Plain, TheThe Burning Plain Mariana Venice Film Festival – Marcello Mastroianni Award
2009 Devil You Know Young Zoe
2010 Winter's Bone Ree Dolly Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Pauline Kael Breakout Award
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance
Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Stockholm International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year
Nominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actress
2011 Beaver, TheThe Beaver Norah
2011 Like Crazy Sam
2011 X-Men: First Class Raven Darkholme / Mystique
2012 House at the End of the Street Elissa Post-production
2012 Hunger Games, TheThe Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen Filming

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