Monday, February 4, 2008

Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Leslie Panettiere was born on 21st August 1989 in Palisades, New York. She still lives in New York with her parents, Lesley and Skip, and younger brother Jansen. Her mom got her started in the business by doing commercials when she was just 11 months old. Then, at only 4 1/2, she was cast on the soap opera "One Life to Live" (1968), where she remained until 1997. Since then, she has gone on to appear in many feature films and TV movies. But she is probably best known in the United States for her role as Lizzie Spaulding, whom she has portrayed since 1996, on the daytime drama "The Guiding Light" (1952).




As for movies, Hayden starred in Remember the Titans (2000) with Denzel Washington and Joe Somebody (2001) with Tim Allen. When Hayden isn't working, she enjoys singing, dancing, horseback riding, gymnastics, taking piano lessons, and swimming.





She has been involved with many animated movies, beginning with A Bug's Life (1998) as Dot, later to follow was Dinosaur (2000), the video game Kingdom Hearts (2002) (VG), and The Mark of Kri (2002) (VG). Her next movie is Racing Stripes (2005), a partly animated film, but Hayden will star in the human role; other cast members include the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Dustin Hoffman, Joshua Jackson, and Mandy Moore.





In 2003, she joined the likes of Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson, and Clancy Brown in Jane Anderson's Normal (2003) (TV) a film about a Midwestern husband and father who announces his plans to have a sex-change operation. In July of the same year, Hayden appeared in a John Guare play, "Landscape of the Body," for the Williams town theater festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts.





Began her acting career at 11 months when she appeared in a commercial for Playskool
Has appeared in over 50 commercials
Childstarlets.com's Actress of the Year, 2000
Parents are Lesley and Skip Panettiere
She takes karate and boxing lessons
Soap Opera Magazine's star of the week, 7/21/98 issue
Appeared on the Jay Leno show on December 30, 1998
In "The Guiding Light" (1952), for Hayden's character Lizzie's battle with leukemia, the show received a Special Recognition Award from The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for bringing national awareness of the disease to the attention of daytime viewers.
As Lizzie Spaulding on "The Guiding Light" (1952), Hayden had to deal with difficult story lines in which she shot and killed her mother's abuser, been kidnapped, gone through both of her parents remarrying, and just recently battled leukemia.
Was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for A Bug's Life Read-Along [2000]
Hobbies include singing, dancing, horseback riding, gymnastics, taking piano lessons, and swimming.
Her last name was printed wrong in an issue of the "Discovery Girls" magazine where she was considered an "Exceptional Tween."
Her mother used to be an actress.
Was originally cast to play Sarah Altman in Panic Room (2002) but was later replaced by Kristen Stewart.
Older sister of Jansen Panettiere.
She has known Spencer Breslin and Abigail Breslin (her Raising Helen (2004) co-stars) before they could talk.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Anne Hathaway








Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress and singer. Hathaway made her acting debut in the 1999 television series Get Real, but her first prominent role was in Disney's family comedy The Princess Diaries (2001), which established her career. She continued to appear in family films over the next three years, and she had the lead roles in Ella Enchanted and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (both 2004). Hathaway wanted to break the "g-rated" image, and consequently, in 2005 she co-starred in the adult-themed Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, both requiring extensive nude scenes, as well as The Devil Wears Prada (2006), in which she starred opposite Meryl Streep. That film has become the highest-grossing film of her career. Becoming Jane, in which she stars as Jane Austen, was released in 2007.

Hathaway's acting style has been compared to that of Judy Garland and Audrey Hepburn, and she cites Hepburn as her favorite actress and Streep as her idol.People magazine named her one of 2001's breakthrough stars and in 2006 she was listed as one of the world's 50 Most Beautiful People.

Kirsten Dunst






Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as well as for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film series.


Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, but brought up in Brick, New Jersey. to Inez and Klaus Dunst, who are divorced. Her father, a German medical services executive from Hamburg, remained in New Jersey but now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, a Swedish former art gallery owner, also moved to California. Dunst has a younger brother, Christian. She attended the Ranney School in New Jersey before leaving to pursue acting.

Eva Longoria






Eva Jacqueline Longoria Parker (born March 15, 1975) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and television actress. She plays Gabrielle Solis in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She has also become an internationally recognized model after appearing in several high-profile advertising campaigns and numerous men's magazines. Longoria is also known for her high profile relationship with NBA guard Tony Parker, whom she married in 2007.

Sunday, January 27, 2008