Showing posts with label model. Show all posts
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Britney Spears


Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999. During her first decade within the music industry, she became a prominent figure in mainstream popular music and popular culture, followed by a much-publicized personal life. Her first two albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" became international number-one hits. Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s.


 In 2001, she released her third studio album Britney and expanded her brand, playing the starring role in the film Crossroads. She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, In the Zone released in 2003, which yielded chart-topping singles "Me Against the Music", "Toxic" and "Everytime". After the release of two compilation albums, Spears experienced personal struggles and her career went under hiatus. Her fifth studio album, Blackout, was released in 2007 and despite receiving little promotion, it spawned hits "Gimme More" and "Piece of Me". In 2008, her erratic behaviour and hospitalizations caused her to be placed in a conservatorship. The same year, her sixth studio album Circus was released, with the global chart-topping lead single "Womanizer". After embarking on The Circus Starring Britney Spears, she released greatest hits The Singles Collection, which featured U.S. and Canadian number-one single "3". In 2011, Spears returned with her seventh studio album, titled Femme Fatale, which was released on March 29, 2011, including the lead single "Hold It Against Me" which has become Spears' fourth U.S. number-one single.The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.This made Spears the only female artist ever to have six number one debut albums, and have seven albums debut in the top two spots.




Spears has sold over 100 million records worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States, with 33 million certified albums.Spears is also recognized as the best-selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century, as well as the fifth overall.She was ranked the 8th Artist of the 2000s by Billboard.In June 2010, Spears was ranked sixth on Forbes list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world; she is also the third most mentioned musician on the internet, according to Forbes.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Madonna

 Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone (Italian pronunciation: [tʃik̚ˈkoːne]); August 16, 1958) is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983. She followed it with a series of albums in which she found immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes". Critics have praised Madonna for her diverse musical productions while at the same time serving as a lightning rod for religious controversy.


Her career was further enhanced by film appearances that began in 1979, despite mixed commentary. She won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in Evita (1996), but has received harsh feedback for other film roles. Madonna's other ventures include being a fashion designer, children's book author, film director and producer. She has been acclaimed as a businesswoman, and in 2007, she signed an unprecedented US $120 million contract with Live Nation.
Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States, behind Barbra Streisand, with 64 million certified albums. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making her the most successful solo artist in the history of the Billboard chart. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. Considered to be one of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" by Time for being an influential figure in contemporary music, Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Justin Bieber


 Justin Drew Bieber(pronounced /ˈbiːbər/ bee-bər, born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian pop/R&B singer-songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who happened to come across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher, and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid.His debut single, "One Time", released worldwide in 2009, peaked in the top ten in Canada and charted in the top thirty in several international markets. His debut release, My World, followed on November 17, 2009, and was eventually certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100.


His first full studio release, My World 2.0, was released on March 23, 2010 and has since received similar success; it debuted at number one and within the top ten of several countries, and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the worldwide top-ten single, "Baby," in January 2010. The music video of "Baby" is currently ranked as the most viewed and most discussed YouTube video, and was the most disliked until being overtaken by Rebecca Black's song Friday.Bieber followed-up the release of his debut album with his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, the remix albums My Worlds Acoustic and Never Say Never – The Remixes, and the 3D biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never – which had an opening weekend gross that nearly matched the record for the biggest opening weekend for a concert-film.
Bieber has been nominated and awarded numerous accolades over the past few years, winning Artist of the Year at the 2010 American Music Awards, and being nominated for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards, among others. Bieber is considered a teen idol, and has been subject to acclaim from fans, as well as criticism and controversy from matters concerning his popularity and image.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Angelina Jolie

 
Angelina Jolie ( Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She has been cited as one of the world's most attractive people, as well as the world's "sexiest" and "most beautiful" woman, titles for which she has received substantial media attention.


Although she made her screen debut as a child with her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). Her first leading role in a major film was in the cyber-thriller Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999). Jolie achieved wider fame after her portrayal of video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. She received further critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart (2007) and Changeling (2008), which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress, and reinforced her reputation as a leading action star with the comic book adaptation Wanted (2008) and the action-thriller Salt (2010).Jolie has had her biggest commercial successes with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and the animated film Kung Fu Panda (2008).


Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, and three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne.

SELENA GOMEZ


Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American actress and singer, best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She subsequently ventured into feature films and has starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, and Princess Protection Program. She made her starring theatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus.

Her career has expanded into the music industry; Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which has released two RIAA Gold certified studio albums, Kiss & Tell and A Year Without Rain. As of April 2011, The band has sold 1,354,000 albums in the United States. Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story and Wizards of Waverly Place after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records. In 2008, Selena Gomez was designated a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Early life

Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas.She is the daughter of former stage actress Mandy Teefey (née Cornett) and Ricardo Joel Gomez. Her father is Mexican American and her mother is of half Italian descent. Her birth parents divorced when she was five years old, and she was raised as an only child by her working mother. In 2006, Mandy remarried Brian Teefey. She is named after Tejano singer Selena. In a 2009 interview with People, Gomez mentioned that she developed an early interest in acting from watching her mother prepare for and act in theater productions.She earned a high school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010.


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Leonel Messi


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Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi]; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team as a forward or winger. Considered one of the best football players of his generation,[4][5][6] Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21 and won both by the age of 22. He also won the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or at the age of 23.[11] His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi his "successor".

Messi began playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona. He left Rosario-based Newell's Old Boys's youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his growth hormone deficiency. Making his debut in the 2004–05 season, he broke his team record for the youngest footballer to score a league goal. Major honours soon followed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi's debut season, and won a double of the league and Champions League in 2006. His breakthrough season was in the 2006–07 season; he became a first teamregular, scoring a hat-trick in El Clásico and finishing with 14 goals in 26 league games. Messi then had the most successful season of his playing career, the 2008–09 season, in which he scored 38 goals to play an integral part in a treble-winning campaign. This record breaking season was then eclipsed in the following 2009–10 campaign, where Messi scored 47 goals in all competitions, equalling Ronaldo's record total for Barcelona. He surpassed this record in the 2010–11 season.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Debby Ayu


Debby Ayu Novitasari Agustine or better known by the name Debby Ayu was born onAugust 7, 1988 in Bandar Lampung. He is an artist's model and Indonesian nationals.



Debby Ayu's career began at the end of 2006. When he moved to Jakarta and startedhis career as a model, then he penetrated in the art world through film role TheThreatening Prayer in 2008.

Deby ayu is the only child of the couple's father and mother Darilsyah Darlia. First timeon television when it come to fill a dawn ceremony program in one of the private TVstation in Jakarta, later in 2007, he decided to stay settled in Jakarta.






Filmography: "The Threatening Prayer" (2008), "Marriage Contract Again" (2008),"MBA (Married By Accident)" (2008), "implant Pocong" (2009), "Tyrants: Dead in Bed"(2010) , "Blue Beach Bride" (2010), "Jenglot South Beach" (2011), "13 Ways CallingSatan" (2011).

Mulan Jamila


Mulan Jameela (born in Garut, West Java, August 23, 1979, age 31 years, the name was born Raden Terry Tantri Wulansari) is an Indonesian singer. Previously he was also known as Mulan Kwok. Initial popularity started when the Queen singer in early 2005.After parting from the Queen in 2007, released a solo album Mulan Jameela Mulan in 2008. 



The main article for this section are: Queen (band) Mulan started the career of singer café and had joined in several bands such as Swara Coustic, Bandung All Star and the Dimension Band. In early 2005, together with Maia Ahmad Mulan joined the Queen and the famous duo released an album titled Queen & Friends. The first single titled "Friends Will Be" a huge success and catapulted the name of Mulan Kwok instantly become one of the top vocalists. A number of awards had been achieved. The album sold more than 400,000 copies and established the Queen became the most successful female group at that time. In 2006, dirilislah album titled No. One who in turn gave birth hits titled "Alligator Man Army" and "Dear Diary". This album also successfully sold 500,000 copies in first week of release. But then, on January 31, 2007 Mulan announced the departure of the Queen over the issue of financial transparency in the management body of the Queen.
Solo career
On May 28, 2007, officially joined the Republic of Mulan Love Management. Mulan debut solo album was launched in January 2008, entitled Mulan Jameela. Like the album title, Mulan was no longer using the stage name "Mulan Kwok". [1] The album that dominated pop rock music was cultivated by the musician Ahmad Dhani. Mulan this debut album spawned hits in 4 pieces, the "Creature of God Most Sexy", "Wonder Woman", "Not that I'm Afraid" and "Falling in Love Again". Only in the period of less than 2 months, this album has left the 75,000 sales figure disemati coffee and platinum by EMI. [2] Elsewhere, Mulan is ogled by the telecommunications giant Malaysian company, Maxis. [3] Within a few months, Mulan has able to break through a number of award nominations, he even became the only soloist Indonesia, which was nominated at the MTV Asia Awards 2008 in Genting, Malaysia.
In the compilation The Best Of Love Artists Republic Vol. 1, Mulan collaborated with vocal group Dewi Dewi on single called "Sick Not Play" which was launched in August 2008. 






Acting Career
Mulan gait in art began when starring role FTV "Prima Donna Search for Paradise" in 2006, along with Darius Sinathrya, Indra Birowo and Aming. In 2007, Mulan starring in a soap opera titled "Wild Pair" with Baim Wong. Some titles FTV Mulan was followed in the same year. While on the big screen, Mulan star in a film titled "Sorry I knocked your wife" with Ringo Agus Rahman. [5] For the first film, Mulan has been nominated at MTV Indonesia Movie Awards 2007 in category Breaktrough Actor / Actress.
Discography
Solo album I still smile (1996) Eternal (2000) Mulan Jameela (2008) Love the Dead II Ft Mitha (Single) (2009) Dead Love III (Single) (2010) O Allah Ft Mitha (Single) (2010) Ft abracadabra of The Law (Single) (2011)
Joint Queen Queen & Friends (2005) No. One (2006) Compilations The Republic of Love Artists Best Of Vol. 1 (2008) D'Plong: Sensation Rock'n'Dut (2009)
Movies
Sorry I knocked your Wife (2007)
Sinetron & FTV
Belle Seeking Paradise (FTV Hikayah Eid, 2006) Wild Pair (Sinetron, 2007) Bodyguard The Singer (FTV, 2007) The maligned singer (FTV, 2007) Sweet Husband Out Disposable (FTV, 2007) But in the same house Enemy (FTV, 2007) 

AYU DEWI


Ayu Dewi (born in Jakarta, September 7, 1984; age 26 years) is a model, actor,presenter of Indonesia.







Career

Beginning his career began with a model and television presenter. Later, he playedin the film They Say, I am Monkey! in 2007. In 2010, he returned to play in the filmTyrants: Dead in Bed. 

Personal Life

Ayu had time to establish love with the actor and politician, Zumi Zola. Even they hadprepared the wedding plans in May 2011. However, because at that time Zumi was elected regent in East Tanjung Jabung election. And 2 days before undergoing umraAyu in April 2011, the relationship and both have run aground. 

Filmography

"They Say, I am Monkey!" (2007)
"Gara-gara Bola '(2008)
"Tyrants: Dead in Bed" (2010)
"Circumcision Bride" (2010)