Archive for the ‘Hot Stars’ Category.

Kate Hudson

hudson.jpgKate Garry Hudson was born on the 19th of April 1979 in Los Angeles to Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson. She considers her biological father to be a non-player in her life and refers to Kurt Russell as his true father. A graduate of “Crossroads” a performing school in Santa Monica she was accepted into New York University but she chose to pursue acting instead. Her breakthrough role came when she was cast as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” in 2000. She is a model for a Filipino young ladies line of clothing Kamiseta. With 15 films under her belt she has 5 more to be released, one in 2008 and the rest are scheduled for release in 2009.

Jennifer Garner

garner.jpgBorn on the 17th of April year 1972, in Houston Texas started taking ballet lessons at age three till much of her adolescent life. A graduate of the George Washington High School where she played the saxophone, she then enrolled at the Denison University to pursue a degree in chemistry that upon getting there, she decided that she loved acting more than boring old chemistry class. She changed her major from chemistry to drama and graduated in 1994 and went on to continue her drama education at the National Theater Institute where she was trained by David Chandler an action choreographer. She is married to Ben Affleck whom she played opposite in the movie adaptation of the comic “Daredevil”. She has 15 recognized works for TV and Film with three more to be released in 2009. She also plays Sydney Fox in the action series “Alias” where she plays a CIA operative who does undercover work for the government.

Emmanuelle Sophie Ann Chiriqui

chiriqui.jpgBorn on the 10th of December year 1977, in Montreal Quebec. She decided to pursue a career in acting right after high school. She started her acting career in a McDonald’s commercial and also played guest roles for the horror-children series “Are You Afraid of the Dark”. Her family is actually from Morocco and she understands both French and English. She is a frequent face on HBO and has graced many films made for television on the said firm. She holds a regular appearance in HBO’s Entourage series where she plays the delectable Sloan McQuiwick in what is considered to be a groundbreaking film for TV.

Nicole Kidman

nicole.jpgShe was born on the 20th of June, 1967, in Honolulu Hawaii to Australian Parents giving her dual citizenship (Australia-US). She was born in the US state when his father was a visiting at the National Institute for Mental Health in Washington DC. She started taking ballet lessons at age four furthering her training at the Philip Street Theater which led her to Sydney’s Australian Theater for Young People. She started acting at age 15, when she appeared in a music video by Pat Wilson,’ Bop Girl’. Her Hollywood film debut was in 1989, when she starred besides Sam Niell in the Thriller film ‘Dead Calm’ where she played the wife of a naval officer who, on a yacht trip was hijacked by a deranged Billy Zane. In 1995, she made her second film ‘To Die For’, which earned her the Golden Globe Award. Her second Golden Globe came when she played in the movie ‘Moulin Rouge’ with Ewan McGregor. Since then she has garnered many awards including more Golden Globes, a BAFTA along with a Best Actress at the Academy. Though not known as a singer, she has had some (well three) under her belt which were; ‘Come What May’, from Moulin Rouge; Somethin’ Stupid with Robee Williams and ‘Kiss and Heartbreak Hotel’ which was the official soundtrack of the animated movie Happy Feet. In 2007, she was awarded the ‘Companion of the Order of Australia’ which is the highest government award given to civilians for her great contributions in charity and for the advancement of the arts.

Cameron Diaz

cameron.jpgBorn on the 30th of August year 1972, in San Diego California, Cameron Michelle Diaz became a model at age 16 with the Elite Model Management Agency. She continued her modeling career till 1993 during which she had already posed for Levi’s, CK and many others. At the age of 21, she auditioned for a role in the movie ‘The Mask’ with no acting experience or training, getting the role of the female lead after which she took up acting lessons. She has admitted to be suffering from OCD which has her rubbing clean almost everything before she touches them. Early in her career, she unwittingly took part in a nude film ‘She’s No Angel, which was to haunt her sometime in her growing career where she ended up filing charges against photographers for trying to extort money from her in exchange for her nude and bondage-themed photos. Do you know she went to the Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time with Snoop Dogg?

Penelope Cruz

penelope.jpgShe was born on the 28th of April, 1974 in Madrid Spain to Eduardo and Encarna Cruz, the ‘Spanish Enchantress’ studied classical ballet for nine years till she took up the calling of her true love, acting at the age of 15. She was voted one of the sexiest women in Hollywood in 2002 by the Australian Empire Magazine and continues to lure many to see her beauty and charm in her films. Starting her film career in 1993 with a Spanish Movie, she entered the Hollywood scene when she starred besides Timothy Dalton in the thriller movie ‘Framed’. She is an avid supporter of charities and has volunteered for two years in Uganda. She is credited of initiating the NGO Sabera Foundation together with her fellow Spanish entertainers which sadly collapsed due to differences in views of their members. She is known for her habit of adopting stray cats and can speak and understand four languages namely; Spanish, English, Italian and French. One of the only two Oscar nominated Spanish entertainers, and she has her own clothing line she put together with her sister Monica.

Liv Tyler

livtyler.jpgThe daughter of rock band front-man Steven Tyler, she was born on the 1st of July, 1977 in New York City. Born using the last name Rundgren only knowing her true father at the age of 9 when she came to know Steven who had a daughter who looked similar to her. After asking her mother about her true father, she then changed her name to Tyler after finding out his true father as the infamous Steven. She started out as a young model at age 15 from which she got bored less than a year after she started. In 1993 she became known to the world when she alongside Alicia Silverstone appeared in the MTV of ‘Crazy’ which her father’s band played. She managed to become known as a recognizable actress when she took the role of ‘Grace’ in the hit movie Armageddon where she played the daughter of the hot-shot oil drilling man played by Bruce Willis. Further launching her into a colorful film career was her role in the ‘Lord of the Rings Trilogy’, where she played the Daughter of the Elf Elrond.

Kiera Knightley

kiers.jpgKiera was born on the 26th of March in 1985 in London, England to Sharman Mcdonald and Will Knightley both of whom were also in the film business. Her mother was an actress of Irish decent and her father was a television and theater start. She rose into stardom when she was cast as “Queen Amidala’s” decoy, Sabe in the 1999 science fiction film, Star Wars 1 – The Phantom Menace. Her likeness to Natalie Portman was so much that their mothers had a difficult time telling them apart when they were in make-up. Her next starring role was in Disney’s Princess of Thieves where she played the daughter of the famed Robin Hood. Her breakthrough role was in 2002 in the film Bend it Like Beckham followed by the “Pirates of the Caribbean’s” three films. She currently lives in London where she still avidly loves English football.

Anna Paquin

annapaquin.jpgBorn on the 24th of July 1982, in Winnipeg Canada, to Brian Paquin a high school Physics teacher and Mary Paquin an English teacher. She moved to New Zealand when she was four and only moved to America after her parents divorce. She started to make her mark on the big screen when her sister went to audition for the film ‘The Piano’ to which she also wanted to come. Her role in the film landed her the title, ‘Second Youngest Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress’ at age 11 in a film that was not supposed to make it big due to it’s independent nature. Her next big roles was in the X-Men Trilogy where she played ‘Rogue’, the power leeching mutant who absorbs the abilities of people who touch her leaving her lonely and without relationships.

Rose McGowan

rosemcgowan.jpgBorn on the 5th of September 1973, the 34-year old actress was born in Florence Italy to Terri and Daniel McGowan. Her father was the Italian chapter head of the controversial Children of God Cult which is involved in many controversies regarding sexual activities. Starting her career in the 1992 film ‘Encino Man’ and ‘The Doom Generation’ which brought attention to her by critics. More commonly known as ‘Paige Matthews’, in the TV hit series ‘Charmed’, where she plays half-sister to a family of witches. She has also made her mark as a model for known labels such as ‘Bebe’ among some of them. A junkie for Boston Terriers, she has been known to be somewhat of an activist for the dog breed and has managed to raise a sizeable sum in support of NGO’s caring and dealing with the breed. She currently has two film projects scheduled for release in 2008 along with her love of daring styling clothes (such as chain-mail thongs and other similar articles of clothing), she is sure to be in the spotlight for many years to come.