DIANA HADDAD

Diana Haddad born in Bsalim, Lebanon on 1 October 1976 is a Lebanese singer and Television Personality with Emirati citizenship. Mainly known as Diana Haddad, she is one of the most popular and successful singers in the Arab World and has been so since the late 1990s. She was a record-breaker since her first song Saken in 1996, and she is still considered one of the most successful Arab female singers and one of the best selling singers in the Arab World.



Haddad does not limit herself to one music style, she knows how to present a very wide range, moving from the most rhythmic songs to the slow romantic ones. Haddad first came to fame in 1993 when she just 16. While she was recording her first album she appeared on the Arabic talent show Studio El Fan in Beirut performing the traditional Lebanese folk song written by Elias Abou Azala Tayr El Yammameh which would be included on her first album Saken.



Three years later, the release of her debut album Saken, which featured her single Saken, Lagaitek, a cover of Issam Rajji's old hit, and Al-Sahra. Soon, after she became a mother to her first child, a daughter Sophie. In 1997 she released one of the most successful albums in her discography, Ahl Al Esheg, which included the hit single Ahl Al Esheg. She released the most popular pop album of the 1990s Ammanih. In 2000s she released the more critically acclaimed and successful albums Awel Marrah and Diana 2006. In 2007 Haddad gave birth to her second daughter Mira in Dubai. On 30 October 2008, Haddad released her second long waited Khaliji (Gulf Arabic) album Men Diana Illa.



In April 2009, Haddad was dubbed by the Arab press as being one of the year's most the influential Middle East artists. (wikipedia)

DIANA HADDAD PROFILE



Birth name: Diana Joseph Fouad Haddad

Also known as: Diana Haddad

Birth date: October 1, 1976.

Country: Lebanon.

Number of released albums: 11.



Best-selling albums: "Saken" (1996), "Ahl El Esheg" (1997), "Ammaneh" (1997), "Yammaya" (1998), "Garh El Habib" (2000), "Akhbar Helwa" (2001).



Most popular songs: "Saken", "Lagetek", "Ahl El Esheg", "Ammaneh", "Yammaya", "Emshi Wara Kedbohom", "Shater", "Mani Mani", "Garh El Habib" (Feat. Muhammad Al Ezabi), "Elli Fi Bali", "Law Yesalouni" (Feat. Eitha Al Manhali), "Waily", "Mas We Louly" (Feat. Cheb Khaled).



Latest album: "Men Diana Ela" (2008).

Current record label: "Nojoom".

SHIRLEY HENDERSON

Shirley Henderson born 24 November 1965 is a Scottish actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).



Henderson was born in Forres, Morayshire on the edge of the Scottish Highlands, but grew up in the village of Kincardine in Fife. As a child, she began singing in local clubs, at charity events, holiday camps and even a boxing contest. Having joined an after-school drama club, Henderson attended Fife College at the age of 16, where she completed a one-year course resulting in a National Certificate in Theatre Arts. She moved to London at 17 where she spent three years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1986.



Henderson got her first big break when Leonard White cast her as the lead in the children's television drama Shadow of the Stone on ITV. After this she spent the majority of her twenties concentrating on performing a wide variety of roles in the theatre. Early 1990 saw Shirley return to television screens when she appeared in the third series of the wartime drama series Wish Me Luck and Clarissa (1991). More stage work followed before she landed the key role of Isobel in the popular BBC series, Hamish Macbeth in 1995.

Henderson then moved into films, playing Morag in Rob Roy (1995) and Spud's girlfriend Gail in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (1996). She continued her work in the theatre, including many productions at the National Theatre in London.1999 saw critically acclaimed performances in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy — which also provided an opportunity for her to show off her singing skills — and Michael Winterbottom's Wonderland.



She played Jude in both Bridget Jones films and got the part of Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). She also played French princess Sophie-Philippine in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).



Small-screen appearances have included playing Marie Melmotte in The Way We Live Now (2001); Catherine of Braganza in Charles II: The Power and the Passion (2003); Charlotte in Dirty Filthy Love (2004); Ursula Blake in the Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters" (2006); and Emmeline Fox in The Crimson Petal and the White (2011).









FILMOGRAPHY



1991 Dreaming , Advocates I,Clarissa

1994 Salt on Our Skin

1995 Rob Roy

1996 Trainspotting

1997 Bumping the Odds

1998 Speak Like a Child

1999 Topsy-Turvy,Wonderland

2001 The Claim ,Bridget Jones's Diary



2002 The Girl in the Red Dress,Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ,

Doctor Sleep ,Once Upon a Time in the Midlands ,24 Hour Party People,

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself ,Villa des roses



2003 American Cousins ,Intermission ,Fishy ,AfterLife



2004 Dirty Filthy Love , Yes , Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason



2005 E=mc² ,A Cock and Bull Story , Frozen , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The Taming of the Shrew: Shakespeare Retold



2006 Marie-Antoinette, Ma Boy

2007 I Really Hate My Job,Wedding Belles

2008 Wild Child,Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Marple: Murder Is Easy

2009 Life During Wartime, May Contain Nuts

2010 Meek's Cutoff,The Nutcracker in 3D

2012 Seven Days

TELEVISION



1987 Shadow of the Stone 1990 Wish Me Luck , Casualty

1994 The Bill

1995–1997 Hamish Macbeth

1997 Bumping the Odds

2000 Animated Tales of the World

2001 The Way We Live Now, In a Land of Plenty

2003 Charles II: The Power and the Passion

2005 ShakespeaRe-Told, E = mc2

2006 Doctor Who - "Love & Monsters"

2011 The Crimson Petal and the White



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BARBARA MORI BIOGRAPHY

Biography:
Place & Date of Birth:
Uruguay, February 2, 1978

Full Name:
Barbara Mori Ochoa

Height:
5 '6 ¼ "(1.68 m)

Barbara Mori was born in montevideo, Uruguay. Japanese descent, Uruguay and at the age of 3 years he moved to Mexico. Age 14 years working as a waitress and got an offer to be modeled by a fashion designer Marcos Toledo. Actress this woman had a favorite actor is Sean Penn and loved to sing. Mori in 2002, won an MTV Movie Award for North Feed-Hottest Girl for the movie "Inspiracion".


Filmography :
Actress:
- 1 a Minute (2010) .... Star
- Viento en contra (2010).... Luisa Braniff
- Kites (2010) .... Natasha
... aka "Brett Ratner Presents Kites: The Remix" - International
- Cosas insignificantes (2008) .... Paola
... aka "Insignificant Things" - International (English title)
- Violanchelo (2008)
... aka "Love, Pain and Vice Versa" - International (English title)
- Por siempre (2007)
- Pretendiendo (2006) .... Amanda/Helena
... aka "Ugly Me" - USA
- La mujer de mi hermano (2005) .... Zoe
... aka "My Brother's Wife" - Philippines (English title)
- Rubí... La descarada (2004) (TV) .... Rubí/Fernanda
- "Rubí" .... Rubí Pérez Ochoa (1 episode, 2004)
- Rubí (2004) TV episode .... Rubí Pérez Ochoa
- "Amor descarado" (2003) TV series .... Fernanda Lira
- "Mirada de mujer: El regreso" (2003) TV series .... Mónica
- "Súbete a mi moto" (2002) TV series .... Nelly
- Inspiración (2001) .... Alejandra
- "Amores querer con alevosía" .... Carolina Morales (64 episodes, 2001)
- Episode #1.115 (2001) TV episode .... Carolina Morales
- Episode #1.114 (2001) TV episode .... Carolina Morales
- Episode #1.113 (2001) TV episode .... Carolina Morales
- Episode #1.112 (2001) TV episode .... Carolina Morales
- Episode #1.111 (2001) TV episode .... Carolina Morales
- "Me muero por tí" (1999) TV series .... Santa
- "Azul tequila" (1998) TV series .... Azul Vidal
- "Tric Trac" (1997) TV series
- "Al norte del corazón" (1997) TV series
- "Mirada de mujer" (1997) TV series .... Mónica San Millán

Producer:
- Viento en contra (2010) (producer)

MARIA VALVERDE RODRIGUEZ

Maria Valverde Rodriguez born March 24, 1987 is a Spanish actress.

She was born Maria Valverde Rodriguez in Carabanchel, Madrid. She was 16 when she got a leading role with Luis Tosar in a Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique, she won the 2003 Goya Award for this role.

She has also taken part in several films, such as Melissa P., a film based on the polemic book One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa Panarello.

Trivia:

- Being born on March 24, her zodiacal sign is Aries.
- Height: 5'4

Awards
* Goya Award to best new actress (2003)
* Rostro más bonito del cine español (Most Beautiful Face in Spanish Films) in San Sebastian International Film Festival (2005)


Filmography
Year Film
2010 Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo
2009 Cracks
2008 The Anarchist's Wife
2007 The King of the Mountain
2005 Melissa P.
2005 Los Borgia
2004 Fuera del cuerpo
2004 Vorvik
2003 La flaqueza del bolchevique
2003 Cuando nadie nos mira

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ARACELI GONZALEZ BIOGRAPHY

Araceli Gonzalez was born on June 19, 1967 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a famous model, actress and host. She got married at a young age and had her first child in 1988, she was romantically linked to Chayanne when the duo starred in a telenovela.

At 15, Araceli was discovered by the designer Daniel Desio and he took her to a fashion show in Mar del Plata, Argentina. During 1985 and 1986 she was working as an advertising model of trade marks; such as Sprite, Adidas, and Christian Dior. In 1987 Araceli met Rubén Torrente and contracted her to host the TV program 'Onda Verde'. They fell in love and got married a year later. The couple had a daughter, Florencia, born in 1988, and Araceli continued her career as a model in Europe. She came back to Argentina as the most famous girl of the prestigious Pancho Dotto's models staff, appearing in several magazines covers. In 1990, after a advertising campaign of By Deep Jeans, she was cast in the TV series "La banda del Golden Rocket" (1991). By the time Araceli was working as an actress, she was separated from her husband and gained the custody of her daughter. Meanwhile, she started a love relationship with the actor Adrián Suar. In 1994 she starred in "Nano" (1994) with Gustavo Bermúdez and Araceli got her first Martín Fierro Award for breakthrough performance. She starred in another soap opera "Sheik" (1995), once again with Bermúdez, but it was less successful than the earlier one. Her next soap opera was "El último verano" (1996) alongside Osvaldo Laport. In 1997 Araceli achieved theatrical success with the play 'Y las sirenas cantarán...'; next, she starred in the TV series "Carola Casini" (1997) and she got married to Adrián Suar the same year. She gave birth to Tomás, her second child, from that marriage. Her film debut was in Alma mía (1999), starring Pablo Echarri, and it became a success in Argentinian theaters. Then, this movie was the first Argentinian film sold in DVD format. Meanwhile, Araceli worked in advertising and co-hosted with Julián Weich a TV Show called 'Fort Boyard', which was made in France; it had only 14 transmissions. By the year of 2000 Araceli rejected an offer to continue in the same show and started a new TV program "Primicias" (2000). Araceli's work in TV during 2001 was seen in the soap opera "Savage Attraction" (2001) sharing leading roles with Chayanne and Romina Yum.


FILMOGRAPHY

Killer Women (TV series)
Blanca / Irma / Margarita Herlein

– Blanca, perdida (2007) … Blanca

– Irma, la de los peces (2006) … Irma

– Margarita Herlein, probadora de hombres (2005) … Margarita Herlein

2006 Amas de casa desesperadas (TV series)
Gabriela Solis

– Cuatro amigas y un funeral (2006) … Gabriela Solis

2006 Bendita vida (TV series)

2005 The Roldans (TV series)
Florencia

– Episode #2.1 (2005) … Florencia

2005 Larga distancia (TV mini-series)

2003 Un día en el paraíso
Tati/Brenda

2002 Love Heritage (TV series)
Carolina Marín

2001 Savage Attraction (TV series)
Ana Laura 'Anita' Villalobos Kent de Linares Kent

– Episode #1.1 (2001) … Ana Laura 'Anita' Villalobos Kent de Linares Kent

2000 Primicias (TV series)
Mina Carbonell

1999 Alma mía
Alma

1997 Carola Casini (TV series)
Carola Casini

1996 El último verano (TV series)
Agustina Ferrari

1995 Sheik (TV series)
Virginia/Ana

1994 Nano (TV series)
Camila Del Molino López de Espada

– Episode #1.1 … Camila Del Molino López de Espada

1991 La banda del Golden Rocket (TV series)
Pato

1990 Play Murder for Me
Molina's Date

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DEMI LOVATO PROFILE

Biography:
Name: Demi Lovato
Date of Birth:20 August 1992, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Birth Name:Demetria Devonne Lovato

Nickname:Demi, Mc D Love

Height; 5' 2" (1.57 m)

Demetria Devonne Lovato was born on August 20, 1992 in Dallas, Texas to Deana Lovato (a former country singer and Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader (1983-1984)) and Patrick Lovato . Her stepfather’s name is Eddie DeLaGarza. She is the middle child. She has an older sister (by 5 years) named Dallas Lovato (also an actress and singer) and a younger half-sister named Madison DeLaGarza (who is 10 years younger than her).

Demi began acting and singing at an early age. At the tender age of six (2003), she made her first break into TV as Angela on the Barney and Friends series. [Fast fact: One of the other actresses on Barney was Selena Gomez, who became her good friend.] Over the next few years she continued to pursue her love of acting and singing and appeared in a number of productions and contests throughout the state of Texas.

In 2006, she tried to make her way into more mainstream television. She began to receive roles in episodes for series such as Prison Break, Split Ends and Just Jordan. In 2007, she received her first regular role in the shorts on Disney Channel for As the Bell Rings (playing Charlotte).

Her big break came in 2008 in the role of Mitchie Torres in the smash made-for-TV Disney movie Camp Rock co-starring the Jonas Brothers.

Demi released her debut album, Don't Forget in September 2008. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold almost 500,000 copies (as of July 2010).

After Camp Rock, she did not slow down. She is touring with the Jonas Brothers in their 2008 Tour, entitled “Burning Up Tour” (before that, she toured solo on the “Demi Live! Warm Up Tour)
She is filming another Disney Channel Original movie entitled Princess Protection Program in 2009 along with her long time friend Selena Gomez, which was a huge ratings success. She was also given her own TV show to star in, Sonny With A Chance [fast fact: the original name of the show prior to production was Welcome to Mollyworld].
2009 was a busy year for Demi Lovato. She also released her second studio album entitled Here We Go Again. This album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling 108,000 copies in its first week.

Demi reprised her role as Mitchie Torres in Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, which will be aired in September 2010. In early 2010, Demi was dating Joe Jonas, but in May 2010, she tweeted that they were no longer together – but they parted as friends. Looking to the future, she told Teen Vogue that she wants to take on Angelina Jolie type roles, meaning that she wants to be cast in more serious films, maybe even action movies.

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ELISA NAJERA PROFILE

Elisa Najera Gualito born August 16, 1986 in Celaya, Guanajuato was crowned Nuestra Belleza Mexico on October 5, 2007 in Manzanillo, Colima.

Biography

The 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m) tall from Guanajuato represented her country in the 2008 Miss Universe after competing against 33 other contestants in the national pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico, where she became the titleholder.

On July 2, 2008, beating 79 other contestants, Elisa Najera won the Best in Bikini - Queen Of Vinpearl special award title, a trophy and 2,000 USD. The top five finalists were Russia, Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Venezuela.

During the final competition of Miss Universe, held on July 13, 2008, Najera placed among the top 15 semi-finalists and competed in swimsuit and evening gown before moving on to the final 5, finishing as fourth runner-up to the eventual winner, Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza.

FREIDA PINTO BIOGRAPHY

Freida Pinto Biography
Freida Pinto was a model until Slumdog Millionaire and her role as Latika had her off the ramp and on the red carpet at the Golden Globes Awards ceremony.

Basics on Freida
Freida was born on the 18th October 1984 in Mumbai to Frederick Pinto, a senior bank manager at the Bank of Baroda and Sylvia Pinto, the principal of St. John’s School. She has an older sister Sharon Pinto who works at the NDTV News Channel as an associate producer. She is a Mangalorean Catholic.

Freida completed her graduation from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. She modeled for two years. She was an anchor on the Full Circle, a travel show on Zee International Asia Pacific around 2006 to 2007.


Awards and honours Won :
* 2009: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Slumdog Millionaire

Nominated Awards :

* 2008: Black Reel Awards of 2008 - Best Ensemble for Slumdog Millionaire
* 2009: 62nd BAFTA Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Slumdog Millionaire

Filmography
Pinto with Dev Patel at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Year Film Role Language Notes
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Latika English Slumdog Crorepati in Hindi
Naanum Kodieswaran in Tamil
Murikiwada Koteswarudu in Telugu
2010 Miral French/Hebrew/English


Freida Pinto’s Movies
Danny Boyle cast her in the international hit Slumdog Millionaire and her role as Latika earned her a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards.

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CHARLIZE THERON BIOGRAPHY

Biography:

Name: Charlize Theron
Born: 7 August 1975
Where: Benoni, Joahannesburg South Africa
Height: 5' 9"
Awards: Won 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe, nominated for 2 BAFTAs

Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, South Africa, on the 7th of August 1975. Her father Charles worked on the family's road-construction business, and also had a farm which mother Gerda took over after Charles' death in 1990.

Her hard working parents instilled genuine family values in her. At the age of 6, young Charlize began studying ballet, a pursuit that would command her attention throughout her adolescent years. Whenever she was not dancing, she devoted her free time to a consuming passion for American movies.

Charlize had to use dance and her imagination to entertain herself when not tending for the farm animals. After dancing in Johannesburg, she began modeling in Milan, Italy by the time she was 16.

After tiring of modeling, Theron returned to her first love, dancing, which resulted in a move to New York to dance with the Joffrey Ballet. Unfortunately, her career was halted by a knee injury, which led Theron at her mother's behest to travel to Los Angeles to try her luck with acting.

Charlize eventually ended up in line at a bank with the final check from her various employments in New York, and threw an impressive tantrum when the teller refused to cash the check because it was drawn on an out-of-state bank. Hollywood talent manager John Crosby happened to be standing in line behind her, and, after helpfully explaining that she could cash her out-of-state check at any post office, asked if she were, perchance, an actress. Somewhat flustered, Theron replied that she wasn't, but that she fully intended to become one.

With no money to pay for a coach to perfect her English accent, Charlize set out to lose her South African accent by singing along to popular music and watching television shows to study the American accent.

Months of unsuccessful auditions, enough to daunt the less-dedicated, finally led, in 1996, to a bit part in a Children of the Corn sequel, and a steamy turn in 2 Days in the Valley. She was cast in That Thing You Do!, after Tom Hanks was extremely impressed by her knack for acting. She then appeared in 1997's Trial and Error, co-starring Michael Richards, and had a supporting role in The Devil's Advocate, which starred Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino.
She was noticed and work began to come in steadily. The subsequent Mighty Joe Young, 1998 netted Theron more positive notices. Her ascent was confirmed with her casting in Celebrity, Woody Allen's 1998 cameo-fest that also featured turns from everyone from Kenneth Branagh to Winona Ryder to Leonardo DiCaprio to Isaac Mizrahi.
She was rewarded with more substantial not to mention multilayered work in The Cider House Rules, 1999, Lasse Hallstr�m's Oscar-winning adaptation of John Irving's novel.
The same year she starred in John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games with Ben Affleck. Next, Theron played Adelle in Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance with Will Smith and Matt Damon.
She starred in Sweet November, 2001, the last of which reunited her with erstwhile co-star Keanu Reeves. Theron was also reunited with Woody Allen in The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, 2001, another widely anticipated film that, despite a high-profile cast and stylish period design, was both a critical and commercial underachiever.
In 2003 Theron switched gears and dove headfirst into the "serious actress" category with her starring role in Monster, the crime drama based upon the real-life story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos.
On her personal front, she was reportedly upset by a 1999 Playboy centrefold dating from that time, and had actually sued one purveyor of photos back in 1998. The actor also sued, and won the right to, her web domain name, charlize-theron.com. A flurry of controversy surrounded Theron's appearance in an anti-rape advertisement in South Africa, but the hometown star's support for the campaign, that opponents labelled "anti-man," didn't waver. Charlize previously dated actor Craig Bierko of The Long Kiss Goodnight, while Third Eye Blind lead vocalist Stephan Jenkins, has been her love interest for the past two years.

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