Kristen Anne Bell was born near Detroit, Michigan, on July 18, 1980. Like her former character Veronica Mars, Kristen Bell knows what it's like to come from a broken home: Her parents split when she was just two years old.
Her mother started checking out modeling agencies after several people said her daughter would look great in pictures. Before her 13th birthday, Kristen Bell had an agent and began to appear in newspaper advertisements for several Detroit retailers, including Kmart.
She took her act to Los Angeles and scored a few guest-starring roles, appearing on Everwood, American Dreams and The Shield in 2003. In 2004, she was in the cable film Gracie's Choice, playing a girl forced to help raise her sickly siblings while her mother tries to overcome a drug addiction.
She is TV stints filled 2007. She became the narrator on the hit show Gossip Girl and she also landed the role of Elle Bishop on the wildly popular TV drama Heroes. As if her relatively small but crucial role on the ensemble show Heroes wasn't enough, 2008 also saw Kristen complete work on the Star Wars-driven Fanboys and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Kristen Bell and Anna Paquin stepped out in the same LBD with a sheer bodice less than two months apart. Both wowed on the red carpet in the creation by Versace's more moderately-priced line, Versus, from its Fall 2011 Ready to Wear collection.
A-line version of the frock at a Television Critics Association bash in Beverly Hills on August 2. The former "Veronica Mars" accessorized with black pumps, round silver earrings, and a sparkly Ferragamo clutch.
"True Blood" star Anna Paquin donned the dress a few inches shorter for the season premiere of her HBO hit in Hollywood on June 21.
The 29-year-old's version featured purple glitter on the bodice and a tank-style top. She completed her ensemble with black pumps, a cuff bracelet, and a metallic bag.In this fashion battle, picking the winner is easy: Anna.
Kristen's look was sweet, but a tad boring. Meanwhile, the Oscar-winning Anna took a chance by injecting some color into the equation -- and by flaunting her fabulous figure (which Kristen has, too) in a shorter style. For this, Anna wins plenty of props from me! What do you think?
Lady Gaga sport so many crazy outfits from leather masks to a dress made of real meat that the shock value is now officially lost on us and her wacky wardrobe isn't exactly breaking news anymore. But what does catch our attention? When the 25-year-old was caught out and about in a, well, normal dress.
Gaga was snapped leaving a Los Angeles recording studio wearing a one-shoulder black Versace frock with a yellow-and-purple graphic print on it paired with some basic black Christian Louboutin pumps. Even her hair was done in a sleek and simple straight 'do.
Channeling Gwyneth Paltrow and other "hands-on" celebs with children, Sarah Jessica Parker tells Vogue magazine she is just like any normal busy career mom. We don't have any live-in help. We're pretty hands-on parents. That's something that's important to both of us, and we don't shirk it.
Her streaked hair brushed back in a sexy librarian bun. A black leather rope belt tied in a loose school-girl bow accentuates her Scarlett O'Hara waist.But it's her flawless face (sans signature mole, which she had removed a few years ago) and perfect white peppermint gum teeth that really pop. The 46-year-old's image was undoubtedly Photoshopped, an irony considering the issue's focus is on aging.
The magazine has featured her face and fashion friendly figure to sell copies six times before, including another age issue cover in 2003. Some critics have noted the magazine relies too much on Parker, Paltrow and other celebrity staples and should branch out more with millennial actresses like Emma Stone and Dakota Fanning. A cynical commenter to a New York magazine article called Vogue's cliche cover choices, "Uninspiring . . . repetitive Hollywood stars blabbing about their 'busy lives while handling family. For Parker, appearing on the Vogue cover was a great publicity coup for her upcoming movie, "I Don't Know How She Does It" slated for a September 16 release. The wife of Ferris Bueller a.k.a. Matthew Broderick plays a frazzled career mom who must divide her time between a high-pressure job, neglected husband and two cherubic children.
Carrie Bradshaw, some skeptical moms question how hands-on she can be when she employs two nannies (one for twin toddlers Loretta and Tabitha and the other for 8-year-old James Wilkie). Though these jabs may sound judgmental, Parker ironically enters the mommy war battle zone herself when she asks, "What's the point in having a family if you're not going to really participate. It's all relative, of course. Photos of Parker in Vogue wearing smart fashions while playing with her children do not exactly remind most moms -- who are more likely to be wearing jeans and a tank top than a Chanel tweed jacket.
Sara Varone is insatiably desired by many a young man is Sara Varone. Intelligent as well as beautiful, Sara Varone, of Italian descent was born in Rome on December 27, 1972. She expanded her education after high school, eventually earning a degree in Psychology.
This avenue eventually led Sara to her first game show appearance Uomini e Donne, hosted by Maria de Filippi. After this crucial time, gaining experience on that show.
She then moved on to another Italian show Buona Domenica around the year 2006. After that point, Sara's popularity in the Italian media and entertainment industry was solidified.
As it was brought to light of her dating Andrea Perone, the ex-husband of Italian actress Sabrina Ferilli. All-in-all, Sara has established herself considerably well in Italy's entertainment world, rising to celebrity status.
In 1974 on February 24 Jillian Michaels was born in Los Angeles, California to Jo Ann McKarus. Her mother, who works as a psychotherapist, was blessed with being naturally thin and was always devoted to the well being of her daughter Jillian and her two siblings: George and Lauren.
Her father made it a point to visit with his daughter. Unfortunately, his visits with her were not in her best interest physically. In an interview with Ladies’ Home Journal, Jillian recalls numerous visits with her dad when they would have nothing to say to each other so they would turn to food.
It was this class that changed her life and made her into the fitness guru that she is today. Under the instruction of Robert David Margolin, Jillian turned her life around. She reached and maintained a healthy weight and thus began her love affair with fitness.
Unfortunately, the income was not steady and she was forced to put her love of personal training on hold and find a job that could pay the bills. She took a job as a bartender while attending the California State University.
English Singer Lady Gaga was born on March 20th 1986. She is an American singer, songwriter and musician. Gaga was born in Yokers, New York but grew up in Mahattan.
When she was 17 Lady Gaga was one of the 20 people in the world who gained early admission to the New York University's Tish School of the Arts. This is where she developed her writing skills by composing essays about arts, religion and socio political order.
Lady Gaga admits that her father couldn't even look at her and she says 'he just didn't understand'.By age 20 she began working with Interscope records as a songwriter. She has written songs for the pop sensation Pussycat Dolls.
Akon recognized Gaga's vocal talent, and signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution. She started to work on her debut album after that. She released The Fame in 2008 which supposedly was about how 'anyone can feel famous.
Tina Fey’s now famous impersonations of Sarah Palin first appeared on Saturday Night Live (SNL) on September 13th of last year. Fey had left the show the previous year and was returning as a guest star. The appearance was affectionately mocking, with Fey - a dead ringer for Palin.
The next month, Fey appeared on another Palin sketch on SNL. It earned the highest ratings for the show in 14 years and also helped boost the viewers for her current project, the critically acclaimed sitcom, 30 Rock.
The venue was an ideal launching pad for the Pennsylvanian writer as it capitalised on her sketch-writing skills and gave her an opportunity to act in front of a live audience. It remains a Petri dish of budding comic talent, with a list of alumni that any theatre would be proud.
Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Mike Myers and Steve Carrell all started off there. It was in Second City that Fey met numerous future co-stars of Saturday Night Live and a writer that would give her the biggest break of her career.
Actress Liv Tyler's career began with fashion modeling and press curiosity over the fact that she was the daughter of legendary rock band Aerosmith's front man Steven Tyler.
Hollywood was at somewhat of a loss over Tyler's unusual onscreen presence, which was too mature and ethereal for standard teen films. She was underused in blockbusters like "Armageddon" (1998) but steadily created empathetic and introspective characters for independent directors like Robert Altman and James Mangold.
Her's otherworldly serenity with a hugely popular fantasy franchise. After she hit the age of 30, the actress yearned to stretch her range and reached larger audiences with the thriller.Her mother, Bebe Buell, had been a Playboy Playmate only three years prior, and was known on the New York scene for dating rock stars including Rod Stewart.
She spent her early years in Portland, ME, where she shuttled between her mother's crazy household full of artists and musicians and the homes of her grandparents and aunt. Tyler discovered that Rundgren was not biologically her father when she was 11 years old, and when her mom moved her to New York City at the age of 12, the girl - who had already been through a whirlwind - longed for a normal, stable family life.
Pop Singer Lady Gaga has threatened to sue the owners of an ice cream parlour in London for producing a flavour made from human breast milk, titled Baby Gaga. Attorneys representing the singer have sent a legal letter to bosses at Icecreamists in the U.K. capital's Covent Garden warning them to change the name of the bizarre concoction.
In the document, Gaga's lawyers accuse store owner Matt O'Connor of riding on the pop star's "coattails" to promote a product which is "deliberately provocative and, to many people, nausea-inducing." The letter adds, "The references you are making to Lady Gaga are thus clearly deliberate and intended to take advantage of her reputation and good will... Associating the Lady Gaga mark with a food product which may be unsafe for human consumption (owing to the risk of it carrying such viruses as hepatitis) is also highly detrimental." However, O'Connor insists he has been unfairly targeted, calling the legal threat "preposterous and outrageous". He tells Britain's Evening Standard, "We think this is very unnecessary, the whole thing will be over by next week, but we are prepared to fight this in court... This is a David versus Goliath battle I'm convinced we will eventually win. The world's biggest superstar has taken umbrage with the world's smallest ice-cream parlour. For Lady Gaga to accuse us of stealing her image is laughable when you consider how much she has borrowed from popular culture to create her look and music. She also seems to have forgotten that since the dawn of time the word gaga has been one of the first discernible phrases to come from a baby's mouth. This is why we chose the name."
"As for her assertion that our product is distasteful, perhaps she should reflect on her blood-spurting performance at the Mtv Video Music Awards, or the fact she wears clothes fabricated from the flesh of dead animals. We have applied to register the trademark Baby Gaga and are confident we'll secure this."
Eddie Franklin was attacked Monday night and was undergoing surgery at a hospital, Gwendolyn Quinn said in a statement. She said three people may have been involved in the attack, but did not address a possible motive.The woman walked into the gas station, and when she returned, the assault had taken place, Stephens said.
Police said the woman then drove Franklin to the hospital, dropped him off and headed to a police station to file a report.Stephens said investigators want to talk to Franklin about the circumstances of the attack once he's able to speak to them.Aretha Franklin, known as the Queen of Soul, is one of the most honored musicians in American history, having won numerous Grammys; the National Medal of Arts.
The Situation Sorrentino's playbook during Monday's "Dancing With the Stars" premiere, lifting her shirt to reveal a white bra (and matching abs) to viewers during a taped segment on the show."Mama Brady flashed her boobies on our show tonight!" judge Carrie Ann Inaba said after the two-hour premiere.
Judges didn't hand out any perfect 10s during Monday's show, but they did give three 8s to "Dirty Dancing" star Jennifer Grey, making her the night's top scorer with 24 points out of 30. The actress and her professional partner.
He said. "Tonight was just special. We got to dance to a song that is so iconic.Singer Brandy and Disney Channel star Kyle Massey finished in second place Monday.Sorrentino and actor-singer David Hasselhoff all landed in last place with 15 points each.Cho added a comedic element to her waltz with partner Louis Van Amstel, pulling giant gold wings from her floral gown.
With professional partner Karina Smirnoff, and judges said the performance lacked polish.Tonioli said he saw in the dance "a very, very faint thing that may or may not be talent." But head judge Len Goodman told the famously muscular "Jersey Shore" star: "You've got the guns, but not the ammunition."
Hasselhoff and his partner, Kym Johnson, also performed a cha-cha, which judges roundly criticized.Tonioli described the routine "a potpourri of insanity disguised as dance.He said. "I'm the attitude, she's the dancing.While many stars brought their families to the ballroom for the season premiere, Sarah Palin wasn't on hand to cheer for daughter Bristol.
The 19-year-old single mom tore off the gray suit she was wearing to reveal a fringed red minidress underneath as she shook her hips alongside partner Mark Ballas.Palin said she couldn't call her mom after the performance because she didn't have her cell phone. But the former vice-presidential candidate did give her some advice before the show.
Bolton finished with 16 points. Patridge and Warner tied with 19 and Fox collected 22.Judges' scores are combined with viewer votes to determine which celebrity is eliminated each week.
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Despite all of the rumors that she’s pregnant, it looks like the only baby Kim Kardashian is going to be having is a food one. According to People Magazine, the romance between the almost-30-year-old reality star and her boyfriend of 4 months, Dallas Cowboys football player Miles Austin, is over, and we’re guessing that Kim is getting over the break-up by finding solace in high-fat food.
A inside source to the magazine about the supposedly mutual break-up. "With his season and Kim's filming [Keeping Up with the Kardashians] it just slowly split them apart." Is Kim Kardashian Pregnant?
The couple reportedly called it quits right before Kim left for Europe. But, in case you were thinking that this was just some summer-time fling, the source adds:They tried to keep it as low profile as possible when they were together. They were acting as if they were single or just having fun, but they never were – it was the real deal. They were always strong, but before Kim left for Europe they decided it's not fair that they don't get to spend more time together and ended it.
So who will Kim date next? Since she’s currently in Italy and due back in the U.S. on Thursday, there might not be enough time for her to meet a charming, Italian soccer player and be snapped holding hands with him before she leaves Europe. Although, given that she’s about to turn 30, maybe she’s actually started to listen to the family members who have reportedly been urging her to give up on dating athletes and has been looking for just a regular.
Athletes just aren't a good long-term investment.Then again, Khloe Kardashian is married to basketball player Lamar Odom, so maybe Kim should just turn stay away from football fields and start meeting her guys courtside.
In Saudi Arabia, women cannot drive or vote, glimpsing equality only during vacations away from the kingdom. But many women in Islamic countries long ago broke through the image of the black-veiled wife peeking from behind courtyard walls.
Lady Gaga, 24, described herself as "a voice for my generation" and urged her millions of fans to help overturn the policy which allows gay men and women to serve in the military as long as they keep their sexual orientation private. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on Tuesday on whether to begin debate on the annual Defense Department authorization bill, which includes language aimed at ending the Clinton-era "don't' ask, don't tell" policy. The vote is expected to be close. The U.S. House of Representatives has already voted to repeal it. In the black and white video, which is over 7 minutes long, Gaga sits in front of an American flag wearing a demure dark tie, white blouse and dark blazer. "I am here to be a voice for my generation," Gaga, 24, said in the YouTube video. "Not the voice of the generation of the senators who are voting, but for the youth of this country -- the generation affected by this law and whose children will be affected." Calling the law unconstitutional, she urged her fans to call senators in their district.
She also asked followers on Twitter to make their own videos supporting equal rights . "Tweet me your video and I will post them," The Grammy-winning performance artist has both flaunted, and been outspoken on, the topic of sexuality and has openly courted gays and lesbians at her concerts.
Last weekend, she walked the red carpet at the MTV Music Video Awards with four gay veterans as her dates. Gaga also posted the video on her personal website, her Facebook Fan Page and her Twitter account. Gaga whose hits include "Bad Romance" and "Alejandro", has over 18 million fans on Facebook and more than 6 million followers on Twitter. She burst onto the music scene two years ago, is no stranger to controversy. On Sunday MTV awards show and in live shows she has set her piano on fire and smeared herself with fake blood.
Her mother started checking out modeling agencies after several people said her daughter would look great in pictures. Before her 13th birthday, Kristen Bell had an agent and began to appear in newspaper advertisements for several Detroit retailers, including Kmart.
She took her act to Los Angeles and scored a few guest-starring roles, appearing on Everwood, American Dreams and The Shield in 2003. In 2004, she was in the cable film Gracie's Choice, playing a girl forced to help raise her sickly siblings while her mother tries to overcome a drug addiction.
She is TV stints filled 2007. She became the narrator on the hit show Gossip Girl and she also landed the role of Elle Bishop on the wildly popular TV drama Heroes. As if her relatively small but crucial role on the ensemble show Heroes wasn't enough, 2008 also saw Kristen complete work on the Star Wars-driven Fanboys and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
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