Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Gallery Photos - Jena Malone, American actress

Jena Malone (/mʌˈloʊn/; born November 21, 1984) is an American actress and musician who has appeared on television, in films, and on Broadway. She made her movie debut with the film Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), and has appeared in films including Contact (1997), Stepmom (1998), Donnie Darko (2001), Saved! (2004), Into the Wild (2007), The Ruins (2008) , Sucker Punch (2011) and Catching Fire, the second film in the adaptation of the Hunger Games trilogy as Johanna Mason.

Malone is also an experimental musician who has released music both under her own name and as "The Shoe".

Malone had lived in 27 locations by the age of nine, including Lake Tahoe, California. She was raised by her mother, Deborah, and her mother's girlfriend, whom she calls "Godmom," and began taking an interest in acting after watching her mother, who was involved in community theatre. She briefly moved to Las Vegas, hated it, and persuaded her mother to move on to Los Angeles. Malone was home-schooled from sixth to eighth grade. She attended the Professional Children's School, for the ninth grade, in New York, and quit it after a year, when she became legally emancipated, in January 2000. At some point she later obtained her General Educational Development (GED).





Gallery Photos - Analeigh Tipton, American actress

Analeigh Christian Tipton (born November 9, 1988) is an American figure skater, actress, and fashion model, most noted for placing third on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model and for her role in the 2011 film Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Analeigh Tipton was born on November 9, 1988 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When Tipton was 8, her family relocated to Sacramento, California, where she later attended St. Francis High School and the New York Film Academy's Film School program at Universal Studios, Los Angeles. She studied at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, California. Tipton was also a supporter of the Invisible Children. She participated in the Global Night Commute in the Cesar Chavez park.

Prior to America's Next Top Model, Tipton was signed to I Model & Talent in Los Angeles and walked in Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2008 for designer, Kelly Nishimoto for her Fall 2008 collection, Imasu.

Tipton began skating at the age of two and a half and competed in four U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships. Later, she and her pair partner, Phillip Cooke, became two-time regional champions, and competed at the U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships twice on the Juvenile level. She retired from competitive skating at 16 but continued to skate in charity ice shows for AIDS foundations and to rebuild a rink damaged in a fire.





 


Thursday, November 15, 2012

Gallery Photos - Tulisa Contostavlos, English singer-songwriter

Tula Paulinea "Tulisa" Contostavlos (born 13 July 1988), sometimes known simply as Tulisa, is a British singer-songwriter. She is best known for being a member of the now defunct Camden-based hip hop group N-Dubz, with her cousin Dappy and their friend Fazer. N-Dubz formed in 2000 and released three studio albums before announcing their indefinite hiatus in 2011.

Contostavlos is currently a judge on the The X Factor and mentored the "Groups" category in her first year including Little Mix, the first ever group to win the competition to date. Contostavlos will release her debut solo album in the summer of 2012. On 16 March 2012, during a Twitter dispute with Dappy, Contostavlos announced that N-Dubz had in fact split up and were not taking a break as stated in 2011.





Gallery Photos - Stephanie Rose Bongiovi, Jon Bon Jovi's daighter

Stephanie Rose Bongiovi 19 years old, studying in Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., She is the only daughter of Jon Bon Jovi. and the oldest of his four children with wife Dorothea Hurley.




Thursday, November 8, 2012

Gallery Photos - Ariel Winter, American actress

Ariel Winter is the stage name of Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998), an American actress. She is best known for her current role as Alex Dunphy in the TV series Modern Family, for which she has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series, along with the rest of the show's cast.

Ariel Winter obtained her first entertainment industry job in a Cool Whip commercial at age six. She had her first television role at age 7, in an episode of Listen Up!, and followed it with appearances in a variety of shows such as Tickle U, Freddie, Monk, Bones and ER. In the animated children's show Phineas and Ferb, she voiced the character of Gretchen before winning the regular role of Alex Dunphy in the series Modern Family, which premiered in 2009. She has continued to work in TV animation, including providing the voice of Marina the Mermaid on Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates.

Winter has appeared in feature films, most notably in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, co-starring Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan, but also in Speed Racer, Duress and Opposite Day. For her leading role in the film The Chaperone, she was nominated at the Young Artist Awards 2012 as Best Actress in a Motion Picture She also lent her voice to characters in the animated films Bambi II and Ice Age: the Meltdown.

In 2012, Winter was cast as Sofia, the lead character in a new Disney animated franchise. The series will premiere with a movie due for release in late 2012. The television series is set to premiere in 2013 on Disney Junior.

Winter also landed the role of Carrie Kelley/Robin in the two part animated movie adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns. Part one was released in the US on September 25, 2012. Part two is expected to be released in early 2013.

Winter is the sibling of actress Shanelle Gray and actor Jimmy Workman. On October 3 2012, Winter temporarily entered the care of her older sister after allegations that her mother, Chrisoula Workman, physically and emotionally abused her. Workman denies the abuse allegations. Gray seeks permanent guardianship and financial control over Winter, as per a filed guardianship petition.






Saturday, November 3, 2012

Gallery Photos - Erin Heatherton, American fashion model

Erin Heatherton (born Erin Heather Bubley on March 4, 1989) is an American fashion model.

Heatherton was born and raised in Skokie, Illinois, the daughter of Laura (née Stein) and Mark Bubley. Her family is Jewish, and she attended Solomon Schechter Day School, a Jewish day school, as well as Niles North High School.

Heatherton was discovered vacationing on South Beach, Miami, and eventually signed with the Marilyn Agency. She launched her career in New York City, walking for Diane von Fürstenberg, and has since modeled for Shiatzy Chen, Oscar de la Renta, Tommy Hilfiger and others. She has appeared on the cover of D, Grazia, Velvet, and MUSE.

Heatherton is featured on the Victoria's Secret website and is currently a Victoria's Secret Angel. She walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Heatherton was a featured model in the 2010 Victoria's Secret SWIM catalog, as well as the "Body by Victoria" campaign.

Heatherthon dated actor Leonardo DiCaprio from December 2011 to October 2012.