Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from 2009

Hayden Leslie Panettiere - Image Gallery

Hayden Leslie Panettiere - Image Gallery

Hayden Leslie Panettiere

is an American actress and singer. She first developed professional prominence at the age of eleven with her portrayal of Sheryl Yoast in Disney's Remember the Titans, although for half of her life immediately before that, Panettiere had held roles in each of two soap operas. She portrayed Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live from 1994-1997, and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light from 1996-2000. Panettiere reached a wider audience with her starring role as Claire Bennet on the 2006 NBC television series Heroes. Early life Panettiere was born and partly raised in Palisades, Rockland County, New York, the daughter of Lesley R. Vogel, a former soap opera actress, and Alan L. "Skip" Panettiere, a fire department lieutenant. She has one younger brother, fellow actor Jansen Panettiere. Panettiere attended South Orangetown Middle School in New York, but then she earned her education from the 8th grade level through high school at home. Although she has expressed some interest in ...

Alison Marion Lohman

Is an American actress. She made her mark on Hollywood in 2002 with a leading role in the drama White Oleander. She has since starred in several Hollywood films, including Matchstick Men, Big Fish and Flicka. She also had roles on several television shows, like 7th Heaven, Crusade, Tucker and Pasadena. Lohman also voiced the title character in the 2005 English language re-dubbing of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Early life Lohman was born and raised in Palm Springs, California, the daughter of Diane (née Dunham), a patisserie owner, and Gary Lohman, an architect. She has one younger brother, Robert (born 1982). She has two cats, Monk and Clint. Her family had no industry connections, but at age nine, she played Gretyl in The Sound of Music at the Palm Desert's McCallum Theater. Two years later, she won the Desert Theater League's award for "Most Outstanding Actress in a Musical" for the title role in Annie. By the age of 17, Lohman had appeared in 12 different m...

Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche (in French pronounced [ʒylijɛt biˈnɔʃ]; born 9 March 1964) is a French film actress. Binoche is known for her roles in films such as The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient (1996) and Chocolat (2000) as well as Three Colors: Blue (1993) and Caché (2005). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1997 for The English Patient, becoming the second French cinema actress to win an Oscar. Personal Life Binoche has two children: Raphaël (born on 2 September 1993), whose father is André Halle, a professional scuba diver, and Hana (born on 16 December 1999), whose father is actor Benoît Magimel, with whom Binoche starred in the 1999 film Children of the Century. Binoche is currently romantically involved with Argentine writer/director Santiago Amigorena.

Raquel Alessi

Was born March 7, 1983 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California) is an American actress. She played Lia Mathers in the Fox drama Standoff. She also appears in the movies Ghost Rider and Summerhood. She was ranked #88 on the Maxim Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Trevor Moore

Trevor Paul Moore (born April 4, 1980 in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American comedian, actor, satirist, cartoonist, writer, and director. Known mostly for his current project, the New York City-based comedy troupe Whitest Kids U' Know. Moore's other noteworthy projects include The Trevor Moore Show, Uncle Morty's Dub Shack, and Miss March.

Zhang Ziyi

Chinese: 章子怡, pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí; is a Chinese film actresses. Zhang is considered one of the Four Young Dan actresses (四小花旦) in China, along with Zhao Wei, Xu Jinglei, and Zhou Xun. With a string of Chinese and international hits to her name, she has worked with renowned directors such as Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Chen Kaige, Seijun Suzuki and Rob Marshall. Zhang was born on February 9, 1979 and raised in Beijing, China, the daughter of Zhang Yuan Xiao, an economist, and Li Zhou Sheng, a kindergarten teacher.Zhang joined the Beijing Dance Academy at the age of 11. When Zhang's parents suggested she attend the school, she was skeptical. While at this boarding school, she noticed how catty the other girls were while competing for status amongst the teachers. Zhang disliked the attitudes of peers and teachers, so much that, on one occasion, she ran away from the school. Zhang entered China's prestigious Central Academy of Drama (regarded as the top acting college in Chi...

Monica Potter

Early life Potter, one of four daughters, was born Monica Gregg Brokaw in Cleveland, Ohio, to an Irish American Catholic family. Her father, Paul Brokaw, was an inventor who invented the first flame-resistant car wax, and her mother, Nancy, was a secretary. During her childhood, she was a part of the St. Jerome Parish in Cleveland, and attended the local elementary school, as well as Villa Angela Catholic School for Girls, before graduating from Euclid High School. She also spent part of her early years in Arab, Alabama. Potter had wanted to be an actress since childhood, as well as a nun. Personal life Potter was married to Tom Potter from 1990 to 1998, and they have two sons. She married Daniel Christopher Allison, an orthopedic surgeon, in June 2005. Potter and Allison had their first child, a daughter named Molly Brigid Allison, on August 3, 2005. Potter was named "Best Movie Star Loyal to Cleveland" by ClevelandScene.com for her insistence on keeping her family in the Oh...

Tony Goldwyn

Anthony Howard "Tony" Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor and director. He portrayed the villain Carl Bruner in Ghost, Kendall Dobbs in Designing Women and the voice of the title character of the Disney animated Tarzan and Kingdom Hearts. Personal life Goldwyn was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Jennifer Howard and film producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Goldwyn's paternal grandparents were movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn and film actress Frances Howard, while his maternal grandparents were playwright Sidney Howard and actress Clare Eames. Goldwyn attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts (where he received his B.F.A), and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Goldwyn is married to production designer Jane Musky and the couple have two daughters.

Megan Fox Image Gallery

Click here for other Megan Gallery

Harry Connick, Jr.

Was born Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Harry Connick, Sr., who was the district attorney of New Orleans from 1977-2003, and Anita, a judge, lawyer, and former Louisiana Supreme Court justice. His parents also owned a record store. Connick, Jr's mother, a native of New York City, is Jewish, and his father is of Irish Catholic background. Connick, Jr. has a sister, Suzanna. He was raised in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. Connick's musical talents soon came to the fore when he learned the keyboards at the age of three, played publicly at age six and recorded with a local jazz band at ten. At age nine he performed the Piano Concerto No. 3 Opus 37 of Beethoven with the then New Orleans Symphony Orchestra (now the Louisiana Philharmonic). His musical talents were developed at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and under the tutelage of Ellis Marsalis and James Booker. Connick attended Jesuit High School and Isidore Newman Scho...