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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Kristin Kreuk Picture 2011Beautiful stars Personal life

Kristin Laura Kreuk (play /ˈkruːk/;born December 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress and producer, known for her portrayal of Lana Lang in the American television series Smallville. She was also a regular cast member on the Canadian teen drama Edgemont, and has starred in movies such as Eurotrip and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Television
2.2 Advertising work
2.3 Films
2.4 Charity work
2.5 Personal life
3 Filmography
4 External links
5 References
Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia Her father, Peter Kreuk, is of Dutch descent; her mother, Deanna Che, is of Chinese descent, but was born in Indonesia; her maternal grandmother was born in Jamaica of Chinese descentBoth parents are landscape architects. She has a sister named Justine, who is about five years younger. Kreuk trained in karate and gymnastics at the national level until high school but quit in Grade 11 due to scoliosis. She attended Edith Cavell Elementary School (vide Edith Cavell) and Eric Hamber Secondary School in Vancouver

Kreuk planned to study psychology, environmental science, or forensic science at Simon Fraser University, when a casting director for the CBC TV series Edgemont contacted her secondary school, looking for an Asian girl to play the part of a Chinese Canadian, Laurel Yeung, on show, which was shot in Vancouver. Kreuk's drama teacher convinced Kreuk, who had no previous acting experience other than in musicals at her high school, to audition for the role, which she

After shooting the first season of Edgemont (a teenage soap opera set at a Vancouver-area high school) and getting herself an agent, Kreuk landed the lead role of Snow White in a TV movie titled Snow White: The Fairest of Them All. The film, shot in Vancouver, also starred Miranda Richardson and was directed by Caroline Thompson. It aired on ABC, and later released on DVD, in 2002In 2003, Kreuk ended her role on Edgemont. In the summer of 2004, Kreuk took the role of Tenar for the Sci Fi Channel two-part miniseries Legend of Earthsea. The miniseries was filmed in Vancouver, directed by Rob Lieberman and broadcast on December 13, 2004.

Kristin Kreuk

Kristen Stewart Pictures 2011 stars Galleries Early life new hair

Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has also starred in films such as Panic Room (2002), Zathura (2005), In the Land of Women (2007), The Messengers (2007), Adventureland (2009) and The Runaways (2010).

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links

Kristen Stewart was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father, John Stewart, is a stage manager and television producer who has worked for Fox Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is a script supervisor originally from Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia She has an older brother, Cameron Stewart, and an adoptive brother, Taylor Stewart attended school until the seventh grade, and then continued her education by correspondence She has since completed high school
Career

Her whole family all worked behind the camera, and Stewart thought she would become a writer/director, but never considered being an actor. "I never wanted to be the center of attention – I wasn't that 'I want to be famous, I want to be an actor' kid. I never sought out acting, but I always practiced my autograph because I love pens. I'd write my name on everything.Stewart's acting career began at the age of eight, after an agent saw her perform in her elementary school's Christmas play After a year of auditioning, Stewart's first role was a nonspeaking part in the film The Thirteenth Year Then, she had another part in the film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as the "ring toss girlShe subsequently appeared in the independent film The Safety of Objects, in which she played the tomboy daughter of a troubled single mother (Patricia Clarkson). Stewart had a major role in the Hollywood film Panic Room, playing the diabetic daughter of a divorced mother (Jodie Foster). The film received generally positive reviews, and Stewart garnered positive notices for her performance. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance

Kristen Stewart

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Britney Spears Album 2011 stars 2010 top

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 (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 behavior 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". She embarked on her highest-grossing global concert tour, The Circus Starring Britney Spears, in 2009. Her seventh studio album Femme Fatale, released in 2011, has become the first of her albums to yield three top ten singles in the United States.

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.[1] 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 BillboardIn 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.
* 1 Biography
o 1.1 1981–97: Early life and career beginnings
o 1.2 1998–2000: ...Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again
o 1.3 2001–03: Britney, Crossroads, and In the Zone
o 1.4 2004–07: Compilation albums, motherhood, personal struggles, and Blackout
o 1.5 2008–10: Conservatorship, Circus and The Circus Starring Britney Spears
o 1.6 2011–present: Femme Fatale
* 2 Musical style and performance
o 2.1 Influences
* 3 Legacy
* 4 Discography
* 5 Tours
* 6 Awards and nominations
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
* 10 Further reading
* 11 External links

Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981, the second child of Lynne Irene (née Bridges) and James Parnell Spears. She is of English heritage through her maternal grandmother, who was born in London, and of distant Maltese descent Her siblings are Bryan James and Jamie Lynn.At age three, she started to attend dance lessons in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, and was selected to perform a solo at the annual recital. During her childhood, she also attended gymnastics and voice lessons, and won many state-level competitions and children's talent shows Spears made her local stage debut at age five, singing "What Child Is This?" at her