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Saturday, 20 August 2011

John Cena

John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena (pronounced / SI ː nə /, born April 23, 1977) is an actor, rapper, TV personality and professional wrestler currently signed with the WWE Raw brand.

In the WWE, Cena has won 18 championships in total, including 11 world titles (after winning the WWE Championship once and scored 9 of the World Heavyweight Championship twice.) In addition, Cena also won the WWE United States Championship three times, and is a champion, four tag team, who has held the World Tag Team Championship twice (once each with Shawn Michaels and Batista), and WWE Tag Team Championship (once each with David Otunga and The Miz). Cena has also won the Royal Rumble 2008, and is a superstar, twice Year Slammy Award winner (2009 and 2010). It also has the highest number of days combined quarter as the WWE Champion Bob Backlund behind Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino.

Dinner started wrestling career in 2000, the last wrestling Pro Wrestling, where he worked as UPW Heavyweight Championship. In 2001, Cena has signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was the OVW Heavyweight Championship OVW Southern Tag Team Championship and (Rico Constantino).

Outside of wrestling, Cena has released the rap album and I do not see, which debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and has appeared in the films The Marine (2006), 12 Rounds (2009 ), and the legendary (2010). Cena has also made appearances on television shows such as the process of Manhunt, or No Deal, MADtv, Saturday Night Live, Punk'd, and Psych. Dinner was also a contestant on Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, where it was in the final round before being eliminated, placing third in global competition.

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Andrew Flintoff

Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, MBE, (born December 6, 1977 Preston) is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Chennai Super Kings Indian Premier League team. Long (6 '4 ") fast bowler, batsman and a defender slips, Flintoff ICC rankings have been consistently rated among the best international ALLROUNDER both ODI and Test cricket. His nickname" Freddie "or" Fred "comes from the similarity between her Your name, and Fred Flintstone.

Since its inception in 1998, Flintoff was a built-in player for England, and both captain and vice captain. But he injured regular throughout his international career, often because of its heavy frame and the action of bowling. Between 2007-09, he played in only 13 matches in England test 36, but still a key member of the England team, to be used whenever available. On July 15, 2009, he announced his retirement from Test cricket at the end of the 2009 Ashes series, August 24, but made himself available for future commitments in the One Day International and Twenty20 international matches.

It was reported Sept. 7, 2009 that Flintoff has developed a deep venous thrombosis after surgery for his knee.On 16th September 2010, he announced his retirement from all cricket.

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born July 26, 1945) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Actress four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards and two Best Actress awards at Cannes Festival.

RICKY GERVAIS

RICKY GERVAIS
Ricky Dene Gervais (English pronunciation: / dʒərveɪz /, born June 25, 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, radio host, producer, musician and writer.

Gervais found fame with his public television series of the Office and Extras to the next round, the two that he co-wrote and co-directed with his friend and frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. Besides writing and directing the shows, Gervais also played the lead role of David Brent in The Office and Extras Andy Millman. Gervais has also starred in a number of Hollywood movies, taking a leading role in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He played four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, wrote the best-selling book series and played Flanimals Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant in the most downloaded podcast in the world in March 2009, Ricky Gervais Show.

He has won numerous awards and honors, including seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmys, three Golden Globe and the Rose d'Or 2006 and the Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2007, 11 voted the greatest comedy on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Up, and again updated in 2010, a list of the third largest comic. In 2010 he was named to the list of Time 100 most influential people in the world. In 2010, Gervais became the first British guest at the Golden Globe Awards for 14 years, and did so again in 2011.

JADE GOODY

JADE GOODY
Cerezo Lorena Jade Goody (June 5, 1981, 1922, in March 2009 was a famous English came into the limelight during his appearance in the third series of Channel 4 TV program Big Brother reality in 2002, an aspect that was your own television. and the launch of their products after their eviction from the series.

In 2003, after his public appearance in Big Brother, Goody was voted by the public as the fourth worst Canal British television channel British 4 100 Worst Britons inspired by the BBC series Top 100 British.

In January 2007, she was a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother. During the show, she was accused of racist bullying against Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.Following its eviction from the show, she admitted that his actions were wrong, and then made several public apologies.

In August 2008, she appeared in the Indian version of Big Brother, Bigg Boss, but withdrew early in the series and returned to Britain after learning that she had cervical cancer.In February 2009, after cancer metastasis, was told that she married Jack Tweed terminal.She February 22, 2009 and died a month later, in the early hours of March 22, 2009.

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born October 13, 1971) is an English comedian, actor, writer, broadcaster and humorist. He is best known for his orthodox interpretation of three fictional characters: Ali G, Borat and Bruno. In their routines, Baron Cohen's characters interact with the innocent people who do not realize they are being created to comic situations and self-revelation ridiculous.

Baron Cohen's work was recognized with several Emmy nominations, an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his work in the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. After the release of the movie Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen said, because the government had become too familiar with the characters he would retire Borat and Ali G. Similarly, after the release of Bruno, he said he would remove the title character.

Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst
Steven Hirst (born June 7, 1965) is an English collector artist, entrepreneur and art. He is the most eminent member of the group known as Young British Artists (YBA or) that dominated the art scene in Britain in the 1990s. He is internationally recognized artist and has had Britain's richest living with wealth valued at £ 215 million in 2010 to the Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990s his career was closely associated with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.

Death is a central theme in Hirst works.He became famous for a series of works of art in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved, sometimes have been dissected in formalin. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of a living person, a 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a vitrine (window light) became the iconic work of British art in the 1990 and the symbol of the world BritArt. Also "spin paintings" created on a spinning circular surface, and "spot paintings" which are rows of colored circles created by chance his assistants.

In September 2008 he took an unprecedented step for a living artist, selling a complete show, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever auction by Sotheby's and galleries around a long time. The auction exceeded all expectations, raise 111 million pounds ($ 198 million), breaking the record for a single artist auction record for Hirst and clean with £ 10.3 million for the golden calf, an animal with horns and 18-carat gold hooves, preserved in formalin.

In several cases since 1999, the sources of some of Hirst's works have been challenged and questioned as plagiarism, in articles written by journalists and artists, and in one case through a legal process that led to a settlement of the court.

Hirst has a series of contradictory statements to the media, including the September 11 attacks today, Hirst congratulated the attackers, according to which "must be given to them in some way." 18. September 2002, he "apologized unreservedly" for comments.

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born July 23, 1989) is an English actress who rose to prominence in the nominal character of the film Harry Potter series. His work is a series that has brought him numerous awards and more than 60 million pounds.

Radcliffe made his acting debut at the age of ten BBC television film David Copperfield (1999), followed by his film debut in 2001, The Tailor of Panama. For the role of Harry at the age of eleven, Radcliffe played in eight Harry Potter films since 2001, with the last issue published in July 2011. In 2007, Radcliffe began to expand the series, starring in the London and New York productions of the play Equus and the 2011 Broadway revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The Woman in Black (2012) is his first film project after the last Harry Potter movie.

Radcliffe has helped many charities, including Demelza House Children's Hospice and the Trevor Project. He also made the points for the second. In 2011, the actress has received the draft of Trevor, "Hero Award".

Rupert Grint

Rupert Grint
Alexander Rupert Grint (born August 24, 1988) is an English actress who became famous playing Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the series of Harry Potter films. Rupert Grint was cast as Ron, 11, who have only acted in school plays and local theater. From 2001 to 2011, he played in eight Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.

Beginning in 2002, began working outside Grint Harry Potter franchise, taking a role as co-leader in Thunderpants. He has had leading roles in driving lessons, a drama released in 2006, and Cherry Bomb, a low-budget drama released in 2010. Grint co-starred with Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt in Wild Target, a comedy. His first project after the completion of the Harry Potter series will mate, a 2012 anti-war version, which he stars as the title role.

J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling
Joanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE (born July 31, 1965), better known as JK Rowling (read / roʊlɪŋ / ROH-Ling) is a British writer best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy, the idea that designed on a train from Manchester to London in 1990. The Harry Potter books have received international attention, won multiple awards, sold over 400 million copies and was the basis of a popular series of films in which Rowling had the approval of all scripts and to retain creative control by acting as a producer on the latter rate.

Rowling is perhaps as famous for his "rags to riches" life story, where she grew to live on welfare to multi-millionaire status within five years. In March 2011, when the latest list of world's billionaires published Forbes estimated Rowling's net worth to be U.S. $ 1 billion. In 2008, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £ 560 million (798 million U.S. dollars), its ranking as the twelfth richest woman in Britain. Forbes ranked Rowling as the 48th most powerful celebrity in 2007, Time magazine named her as a finalist for its 2007 Person of the Year, as the inspiration social, moral and political, she gave her fans. In October 2010 were JK Rowling named 'most influential woman in Britain "by the editors of leading magazine. It was a significant philanthropist, supporting charities such as Comic Relief, a company of multiple single-parent families in Britain, and Lumos (formerly the High Level Group for Children).

Tony Blair

Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953) is a former British Labour Party politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom May 2, 1997 to June 27, 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He resigned those positions in June 2007.

Blair was elected leader of the Labour leadership election in July 1994 after the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under his leadership, the party has adopted as "New Labour" and moved away from traditional left his position to the middle. Blair eventually led Labour to a landslide election in 1997. At 43, he became the youngest prime minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812. In the early years of the New Labour Blair government ran a series of 1997 manifesto promises, the introduction of the minimum wage, the Human Rights Act and the Freedom of Information Act, and implementing decentralization, the creation of Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly.

Role of Blair as Prime Minister was particularly evident in foreign policy and security, including in Northern Ireland, where he was involved in the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Since the beginning of the war on terrorism in 2001, Blair strongly supported the foreign policy of President George W. US Bush, including participation in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and 2003 invasion of Iraq. The oldest Labour Party Prime Minister Tony Blair, the only person who directed the work of three consecutive election victories, and the only Labour prime minister to serve consecutive sentences of more than one, there were at least four long years .

He was replaced as leader of the Labour Party 24 June 2007 and as prime minister June 27, 2007 by Gordon Brown. The day he resigned as premier, he was appointed special envoy of the Quartet for the Middle East. In May 2008, Blair launched his Faith Foundation Tony Blair. It was followed in July 2009 at the launch of the Faith and Globalization Initiative at Yale University, the University of Durham in Britain and the National University of Singapore in Asia to offer a graduate program in collaboration with Institute.

Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell
Phillip Simon Cowell (born October 7, 1959) is an English A & R executive, television producer, entrepreneur and celebrity. It is known in the United Kingdom and the United States for his role as a judge on TV talent shows like Pop Idol, X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol. It also owns television production and music publishing house Syco.

As a judge, Cowell is known for his candid and often controversial criticisms, insults and jokes about the participants and their capabilities. It is also known for combining activities in television and music industries have promoted singles and records for various artists, including television personalities. He was recently presented at the seventh series of The X Factor and the fifth round of the British Got Talent. In September 2011, it will function as a judge on the first season of the American version of The X Factor.

In 2010, built the British magazine New Statesman Cowell at number 41 on a list of "World 50 Most Influential People 2010."

Monday, 15 August 2011

Katie Price

Katie Price
Katrina Amy Alexandria Alexis Infield (born May 22, 1978), better known as Katie Price, formerly known under the name of Jordan, is a British television personality, singer and occasional glamorous former model.

His time on page glamorous women topless model in the pictorial three British tabloid The Sun immediately turned Price in the spotlight. Its investment in the public eye has allowed Price to spread to a variety of industries, including television, books, fashion and music.

Price has seen many high profile relationships in the eye of the British media and has been married twice, to singer Peter Andre in 2005 and professionals fighting Alex Reid in 2010, both dissolved.

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 to 1923 in July 2011) was an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful contralto voice and deep eclectic mix of musical genres, including R & B, soul and album jazz.Winehouse the beginning 2003, Frank was a critical success in Britain and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. His 2006 follow-up album Back to Black led to six Grammy nominations and five wins, tying the record then for most victories by a female artist in one night, and made Winehouse the first British woman to win five Grammys including three of the "Big Four": Best Artist, a new record of the year and song of the year.

14. February 2007, she won a Brit Award for British female artist, was also nominated for Best British Album. She won the Ivor Novello Award three times, once in 2004, Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically), and "Stronger Than Me", one in 2007, Best Contemporary Song "Rehab", and the second in 2008, the Best song musically and lyrically, and "Love Is Losing Game", among other distinctions. The album was the third largest vendor in the United Kingdom, 2000 Kingdom.Winehouse credited with influencing the rise in popularity of women and soul musicians, and also to revive British music. Winehouse's distinctive style made him a fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld as the Muses.

Winehouse has problems with drugs and alcohol abuse, violence, and his self-destructive behavior were regular tabloid news since 2007 until his death. She and her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil had been plagued by legal problems, which left him to serve prison time. Winehouse In 2008, faced with a series of health complications that threaten both his career and his life.

Amy Winehouse was found dead on July 23, 2011 at his home in London, police said the cause of his death is "unexplained". However, research on Winehouse's death was opened and delayed (postponed) until October 26, 2011, by a coroner in London. Sharon Duff forensic North Court London St Pancras coroner stated that "section 20" post-mortem was carried out to Amy Winehouse. Section 20 forensic autopsies involving believes "there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person died of violent or unnatural death or otherwise, which would require an investigation," according to the rules. The coroner's office said that the police had determined that death is "not suspicious". Winehouse's family and friends attended his funeral July 26, 2011. She was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.

Lily Allen

Lily Allen
Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper, better known as Lily Allen (born May 2, 1985) is an English musician and fashion designer. She is the daughter of the actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. In his teens his musical tastes developed from glam rock to others. Allen left school and focused on improving its performance capabilities and composition. Then she created songs demo several years, and near the end of 2005, she created a profile on MySpace, where she is part of its public records.

Agreement was signed with Regal Recordings, the label, because the opinions of the MySpace rose by tens of thousands. In 2006, he began to make ready, that would be his first album and the first traditional single, "Smile" reached first place in the UK Singles Chart debut album in July 2006.Her, Alright, Still, was well received in the market internationally, selling over 2.6 million copies and led to Allen, the name is a Grammy Awards, Brit Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. Then he began hosting his talk show, Lily Allen and Friends, BBC Three.

His second album, the most important issue, not me, you are, saw a change in its kind, the influences of electropop feel like reggae, ska and from the first. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts and was esteemed critics, says the singer's musical development and maturity. E 'generated a hit single, "Fear" and "Fuck you", especially popular in Europe. Allen and Amy Winehouse has been credited for starting the process that led to the '"Year of the Woman" media-proclaimed in 2009 that has seen five artists to make music ", experimentalism and courage", a long-nominated for the Mercury Prize.

In the fall of 2010, Allen opened a fashion boutique rental "Lucy in Disguise" with her sister Sarah, followed by the launch of its own label in 2011.

Friday, 12 August 2011

Amir Khan

Amir Khan
Amir Khan (born Amir Iqbal Khan, December 8, 1986), is an English professional boxer of Pakistani origin, who is currently single IBF and WBA World Light Welterweight Champion.

Khan is currently ranked as the best boxer in the welterweight division, Timothy Bradley 's, which owns the two other major titles in the division. Khan is also ranked # 9 and # 10 pound for pound the best boxer in the world Boxrec and Sports Illustrated, respectively.

He was previously in the lightweight division, where he held the Commonwealth, WBO Inter-Continental WBA and international titles.

Despite the relatively young age, Khan has already achieved many successes along the road. He is the youngest of the British Olympic gold medalist Stefano, when he captured silver in the Athens Olympics in 2004 at the age of 17 he is also one of the youngest British world champions ever to win the WBA world championship, at the age of 22

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Adele

Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988), known mononym Adele is a British singer-songwriter. It was the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics Choice "and was named the number one predicted breakthrough act in 2008 an annual survey of music critics BBC, Sound of the 2008th Since its inception, 19 years, Adele has received much recognition, both commercial and critical. The album debuted at number one, and was certified four times platinum in the UK. His career in the United States was spurred by a record audience episode of Saturday Night Live in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards Adele won the award for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Performance.

Adele released her second album, 21, January 24, 2011 in the United Kingdom and February 22 in the United States. The album was a critical and commercial success, selling 208,000 copies in its first week in the UK and debuted at number one on the album charts in the UK, a position he has held for sixteen weeks.In UK 21, was certified ten times platinum for shipment of 3.0 million units.The albums debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling 352 000 copies of their album week.The first called the number one in 17 European countries and the United States.

After being performed at the Brit Awards 2011, the new album "Someone Like You" reached number one in the UK, while the album also remained at number one. "Someone Like You" held the top spot for four consecutive weeks. The song also spent two weeks at number one in New Zealand and five weeks at number one in Australia. The company announced the official graphics Adele is the first living artist to accomplish the feat of the first two five hits in two official singles chart and the official list since the Beatles records at the same time in 1964. 21 spent eleven consecutive weeks at number one in the UK, the longest ever by a British female solo artist on the albums chart, beating Madonna nine weeks at number one in 1990 with his greatest hits collection The Immaculate Collection. In the U.S. the album spent a total of eleven weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 and date.The album also broke the record for digital downloads in the UK.

From May 2011 the singer was worth £ 6 million, tying it to Lily Allen and Duffy for the ninth list of the richest in Britain and the Irish pop stars under the age of 30 years.

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney
Mark Rooney (born October 24, 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England team.

Rooney made his senior international debut in 2003. He played in the UEFA Euro 2004 and scored four goals. He also briefly became the youngest scorer in the competition. It is often chosen for the England team, and also featured at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. Rooney won the Player of the Year in England twice, in 2008 and 2009. In March 2011, he won 70 international caps and scored 26 goals.

At the age of nine, Rooney joined the Everton youth team, for whom he made his professional debut in 2002. He spent two seasons in the Merseyside club before moving to Manchester United for £ 25.6 million in 2004-the summer transfer window. Since then, United won the Premier League four times, 2007-08 UEFA Champions League and two League Cups with Rooney in the team. It also has two runner-up medals in both the Premiership and the Champions League. In 2009-10, Rooney was awarded PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year. From 2011 he was the third highest paid footballer in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with an annual income of € 20.7 (£ 18m), including sponsorship agreements.

Monday, 8 August 2011

Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom Jonathan Blanchard (born January 13, 1977) is an English actor. He had his breakthrough role in 2001 as the Elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and starring in 2003 as a blacksmith Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean series of films, and later emerged as a leading role in Hollywood films, including Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven. He appeared in all of film New York, I love you, and will have a role in Sympathy for Delicious and Main Street. Bloom made his professional stage debut in the West End Celebration at the Duke of York Theatre, St Martins Lane, which ended his run on September 15, 2007. On October 12, 2009, Bloom was appointed Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF.

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson
Douglas Robert Thomas Pattinson (born May 13, 1986) is an English actress, model, musician and producer. Born and raised in London, Robert Pattinson began his career playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the flames of Fire.Later, he landed the lead role of Edward Cullen in the film adaptation of the novels Twilight Stephenie Meyer, and came to worldwide fame. Robert Pattinson was ranked as one of the most paid actresses in Hollywood, based on 2009 earnings.In 2010, Robert Pattinson was named one of Time Magazine 100 most influential people in the world and also in the same year , Forbes ranked him as one of the most powerful celebrities in the world by Forbes Celebrity 100th