Usher biography Monday, May 12 2008

Name :    Usher
Birth date :     14 October 1978
Birth place :     Chattanooga, Tennessee
Birth Name :     Usher Raymond IV
Height :     5′ 11
Nationality :     American
Profession :     Actor, musician
Styles :     Contemporary R&B, Club/Dance, Urban
Best Known As :     The R&B crooner of the hit `You Make Me Wanna..`

Usher Trivia

* With ‘Confessions’ released Usher is concentrating on his return to movies. Ush will star in & executive-produce a film about a young singer who tries to escape life in “the’hood” through his music - think 8 Mile, but in the R&B world. Filming is scheduled to start in early 2005. (Dec 2004)
* Usher recently became the first artiste in 34 years to top Billboard Hot 100 singles chart four times in a year. (Dec 10, 2004)
* Is launching the first-ever celebrity debit card. The Usher Raymond 4th Debit MasterCard, is backed by the financial service group Bankfirst. (July 31, 2004)
* Has three singles from his album Confessions in Billboard top 10, a feat only previously matched by British bands the Beatles and the Bee Gees. (May 29, 2004)
* Swears his latest album, Confessions, – which features songs about a painful breakup and infidelity – is not a reflection on his recent split with TLC member Rozonda Chilli Thomas. (March 25, 2004)
* Usher says his mother is his best friend. He credits her for keeping him grounded. She continues to guide Usher’s career as his manager today, a duty she assumed after quitting her full-time office job when deciding to move to Atlanta.

* Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine’s 21 Hottest Stars Under 21. (1999)

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Lil Wayne Bio Saturday, May 10 2008

Charismatic Southern rapper Lil Wayne began his industry ascendance as one of the Hot Boys, a short-lived Cash Money Records all-star group, and after establishing himself as a successful solo artist, he grew to become a critical favorite, known especially for his entertainting underground mixtapes. Born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., on September 27, 1982, in New Orleans, LA, Lil Wayne grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans’ 17th Ward. There he became acquainted with the Cash Money Records collective, which he eventually joined as a teenager. Get It How U Live! (1997), a Hot Boys album also featuring Juvenile, B.G., and Turk, marked Lil Wayne’s album debut; at age 18, he was the youngest group member.

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Rihanna Bio Tuesday, May 6 2008

Date of Birth
20 February 1988, St. Michael, Barbados

Birth Name
Robyn Rihanna Fenty

Nickname
RiRi
Caribbean Queen
The Barbados Babe
The New Princess of Pop

Height
5′ 8″ (1.73 m)

Mini Biography

Rihanna was born on February 20, 1988, in a county in Barbados called St. Michael. She lived the life of a normal island girl going to Combermere, a top sixth form school, similar to grammar schools in the UK. Rihanna won a beauty pageant and performed Mariah Carey’s “Hero” in a school talent show. Her life changed forever when one of her friends introduced her to Evan Rodgers, a producer from New York who was in Barbados for vacation with his wife, who is a native. Rodgers arranged for her to go to New York to meet Jay-Z, CEO of Def Jam Records. He heard her sing and knew she was going to be big and for more than just one song. She was 16 when she was signed to Def Jam. Rihnanna’s debut album is out now. It’s called “Music of the Sun”.

Trivia

Was signed to Def Jam Records
Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyoncé Knowles, and Mariah Carey.
Attended Combermere which is a sixth form school similar to technical school in America.
Performed Hero at her school’s talent show
Won a Beauty Pageant contest at her school
Born to a biracial Barbadian father Ronald Fenty and a black Guyanese mother Monica Fenty.
She has two younger brothers Rorrey and Rajad.
Stated in an interview that her friend and former Island Def Jam record label artist Fefe Dobson was someone that she admired and looked up to. Having a fellow black artist writing, singing, and performing the music she truly loves.
Ranked #8 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Sampled “Wanna Be Startin Somethin” by Michael Jackson from his iconic Thriller album in her song “Please don’t Stop the Music.”.

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George Clooney Sunday, Apr 27 2008

GEORGE CLOONEY has gone from television actor to motion picture actor to producer, executive producer, and writer and director in both mediums.

Clooney is partnered with Steven Soderbergh in the film and television production company Section Eight. The company most recently produced Good Night, and Good Luck. Clooney co-wrote, directed and co-stars in Good Night, and Good Luck, a feature about the renowned broadcaster Edward R. Murrow’s legendary on-air confrontations with Senator Joseph McCarthy - confrontations that helped bring down the infamous politician.

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Beyonce Knowles Biography Friday, Apr 25 2008

One of the most recognizable characters in modern-day R&B, Beyoncé first rose to fame as the siren-voiced centerpiece of Destiny’s Child before embarking on a multi-platinum solo career in 2001. Booming record sales, Grammy awards, movie roles, and a romance with rapper/CEO Jay-Z combined to heighten her profile in the 2000s, making the singer a virtual mainstay in the entertainment world. While some media outlets derisively championed Paris Hilton as “the next Marilyn Monroe,” Beyoncé was a much better contender for the role, her glittering pop culture persona only matched by her success onscreen and on record.

Born in Houston in September 1981, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles began performing at age seven, winning upwards of 30 local competitions for her dancing and vocal abilities. She also joined her cousin Kelly Rowland and classmates LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett in forming an adolescent vocal group. Mathew Knowles, Beyoncé’s father and Rowland’s legal guardian, signed on to be the girls’ manager, eventually quitting his full-time job to focus on their efforts. This situation would ultimately lead to the creation of one of the most popular female R&B groups of all time — Destiny’s Child.

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Cate Blanchett Biography Monday, Apr 21 2008

Born: 14 May 1969
Where: Melbourne, Australia
Awards: Won 1 Oscar, 2 BAFTAs and 2 Golden Globes
Height: 5′ 8″

Actress. Born in Melbourne, Australia. Blanchett began making a name for herself in the theater world soon after graduating from Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992. She quickly won roles in the Sydney Theater Company’s productions of Top Girls and Kafka Dances and won the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Newcomer Award for the latter in 1993. Blanchett also received critical acclaim for roles in theater productions of Hamlet, The Tempest, and The Seagull.

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Mariah Carey biography Saturday, Apr 19 2008

Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970, in Huntington, New York, to parents Patricia and Alfred. Unfortunately, her parents divorced when she was only 3 years old. As a result of her Irish, Venezuelan and black descent, Mariah Carey encountered some racial discrimination while growing up.

Mariah Carey was raised in a poverty-stricken home, and her mother was forced to work multiple jobs to make ends meet. Conveniently enough, it was Mariah Carey’s mom who noticed her daughter’s vocal talents.
mariah carey meets tommy mottola
One day, when Patricia was rehearsing her role of Maddalena in Verdi’s opera Rigoletto, she heard Mariah Carey imitating her singing. Even though she was only 3 at the time, Mariah’s mom began teaching her how to develop her vocal skills.

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Brad Renfro Biography Wednesday, Apr 16 2008

One of the hottest teen idols of the mid- to late ’90s, talented dramatic actor Brad Renfro has also garnered adult fans for building an impressive filmography that includes performances opposite some of Hollywood’s most respected actors. A native of Knoxville, TN, Renfro was raised by his grandmother following his parents’ divorce. He broke into movies at age ten, when he impressed an audience member during a D.A.R.E. (a national anti-drug organization promoted by local police departments) skit (he was playing a drug dealer). This unknown person recommended Renfro to a talent scout who was holding a national open casting call for a young man to play a traumatized boy who finds himself in the midst of a deadly homicide case in Joel Schumacher’s The Client (1994).

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Cameron Diaz biography Friday, Apr 11 2008

Cameron Diaz (full name Cameron Michelle Diaz) was born on August 30, 1972. She is an American actress and former fashion model. Cameron Diaz Height : 5′9″/175 cm.

Biography and Career :

Cameron Diaz grew up in the typical fashion of any all-American girl. Except of course, she was an exceptional beauty. Cameron Diaz’s dad, Emilio, a Cuban American, was a foreman at a California Oil Company. Her mom, Billie, who’s German, English, and Native American, was an import-export broker.

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Serena Williams Biography Wednesday, Apr 9 2008

Serena Williams was born on September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan. She is the youngest of five sisters: Lyndrea, Isha, Yetunde, and Venus Williams. She is a professional tennis player.

Biography and Career :

Her parents, Richard and Oracene, later relocated to Los Angeles, and the girls grew up in Compton, a rough L.A. suburb.

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