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November 30, 2007

Jim Carrey

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He is best-known for his manic, slapstick performances in comedy films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb & Dumber, The Mask, Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty. Carrey has also achieved critical success in dramatic roles in films such as The Truman Show, The Majestic, Man on the Moon and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Carrey was born in the town of Newmarket, Ontario to Percy and Kathleen Carrey; he has three older siblings, John, Patricia and Rita. His family is Catholic and had distant French Canadian roots (the original surname was Carré). A comedian from an early age, Carrey mailed his résumé to The Carol Burnett Show when he was 10 years old. The teachers in Carrey’s high school gave him a few minutes at the end of each school day to do a stand-up comedy routine for his classmates.

Carrey made his film debut in the short film Rubberface (1981). Four years later, he had a starring role in the dark comedy Once Bitten as Mark Kendall, a teen virgin who is pursued by a 400-year old vampire (Lauren Hutton). Carrey did not experience box office success until almost a decade later when he was cast in the starring role in the comedy Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, which premiered only months before In Living Color ended. The film was panned by critics, and helped earn him a 1994 Golden Raspberry Award nomination as Worst New Star. However, the film was a huge commercial success, as were Carrey’s two other starring roles, in The Mask and Dumb and Dumber, both released the same year.

Carrey has stated that he finds the prospect of reprising a character to be less enticing than taking on a new role, and fans say he rarely turns down roles because he enjoys trying new things.

November 28, 2007

Shannon Doherty

Filed under: Actress, Entertainment

She came to notice when she was cast as Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie, which she followed up with roles in films such as Heathers. She was then cast as the oldest Witherspoon sibling, Kris, on the family drama Our House, which ran from 1986 to 1988. Shannen then went on to appear in an episode of Magnum P.I..

She starred on the Aaron Spelling-produced Beverly Hills 90210 for four years, from 1990 to 1994. Although her departure from the series was reportedly acrimonious, it didn’t stop Spelling from casting her in another series, Charmed. She left that series in 2001, after three years (rumors persisted that her departure was against her will, due to a feud with co-star Alyssa Milano). She hosted Scare Tactics on the Sci Fi channel until the 2004 season. She was a former regular on the failed TV series North Shore, a return to her prime-time soap roots.

Her private life has also been turbulent, with a six month marriage to Ashley Hamilton, son of George Hamilton. Doherty posed for a nine page pictorial in the December 2003 issue of Playboy magazine.

In 2005, she was cast in the new TV comedy Love Inc. but was dropped from the show just months before the debut in fall.

Doherty will star in her own show, Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty on the Oxygen network this summer.

Eric Bana

Filed under: Actors, Entertainment

Eric Bana began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal and gained critical recognition in the biopic Chopper (2000). After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian television shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood’s attention after landing the role of American Delta Sergeant Norm ‘Hoot’ Gibson in Black Hawk Down (2001), before his breakthrough in 2003 when he was featured in the lead role as Bruce Banner in the Ang Lee directed film Hulk (2003).

He has become both an accomplished dramatic actor as well as comedian, and has received Australia’s highest film and television awards for his performances in Full Frontal and Chopper. Bana performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low-budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers. His most popular films include Hulk (2003), Troy (2004), and Munich (2005).

For the role, Bana shaved his head and gained thirty pounds, he also spent two days with Read to perfect his mimicry. During filming he would arrive on set at four in the morning, spending five hours in makeup, being covered in Read’s trademark tattoos. Although the film received a limited release outside of Australia, Bana’s performance was met with positive reviews. American film critic Roger Ebert complimented Bana on his performance stating: "in a comedian named Eric Bana the filmmakers have found, I think, a future star…He has a quality no acting school can teach you and few actors can match. You cannot look away from him".[6][1] Chopper was a critical and financial success in Australia, and was nominated for Best Film at the Australian Film Institute Awards in 2001. Bana’s performance won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor.

Bana is an advocate for the Mental Illness Fellowship, which works to increase the awareness of mental illness in Australia. In 2004, he appeared in several high profile advertisements for the fellowship.[18] Bana is also active in campaigns with the Australian Childhood Foundation and the Bone Marrow Donor Institute. Since 1995, he has participated in the Motorcycle Riders Association Toy Run in Melbourne, which raises money and toys for needy children at Christmas.[19]

In 2005, Bana narrated the documentary Terrors of Tasmania about the endangered Tasmanian Devil. The film was created to raise awarness about an incurable facial cancer which threatens the survival of the species.[20] He has also worked with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, donating money to animal shelters in Berlin while filiming Troy in 2004.

November 27, 2007

Angela Lindvall

Angela Lindvall has appeared on the cover of magazines such as ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Vogue, W, and Numero. She is a Victoria’s Secret model who has most recently appeared in the 2004 and 2005 fashion shows.

Lindvall has done ad campaigns for DKNY, Calvin Klein, Ellen Tracy, Gap, Christian Dior, Tommy Hilfiger, and H&M. She frequently appears in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues as well.

As an actress, Angela Lindvall has appeared in CQ and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. She can also be seen in promotional films for DKNY, New York Stories and DKNY Road Stories.

An ardent environmentalist and vegetarian, Angela is the founder and president of an organization that promotes sustainability and environmentally conscious choices among young people. The Sustainable Style Foundation named her the Best Dressed Environmentalist in 2005.

November 26, 2007

Elijah Wood

Filed under: Actors, Entertainment

A professional actor since the age of nine, Elijah Wood is best known for the role of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He took the stage in his elementary school’s rendition of the play The Sound of Music. The following year, he graduated to the title character of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Wood also served as choir boy during the production of See How They Run, produced by the Marion Creative Council.

Making his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future II in 1989, Wood landed a succession of subsequent larger roles and became a critically acclaimed child actor. His performance in The War gained him a nomination by the YoungStar Awards (for which he was nominated five times and won once), and Roger Ebert said in his review of the film that "Elijah Wood has emerged, I believe, as the most talented actor in his age group in Hollywood history."

Wood modeled and did local commercials before moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1988. It was there that Wood got his first break, a small role in a Paula Abdul video. Film work almost instantly followed, with a bit part in the 1989 Back to the Future II. It was Wood’s role as Aidan Quinn’s son in Barry Levinson’s 1990 Avalon (the third film in the Baltimore trilogy containing Diner [1982] and Tin Men [1987]) that first gave Wood attention, as the film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for four Academy Awards. After a small part in the Richard Gere potboiler Internal Affairs (1990), Wood secured his first starring role in Paradise (1991), in which he played a young boy who brings estranged couple Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson back together. He received good reviews for his performance — some said it was one of the best things about the film — and from there went on to co-star with Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis in Forever Young and in Radio Flyer (both 1992).

He completed filming the independent Emilio Estevez film, Bobby in December 2005 alongside Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone and Lindsay Lohan. His next projects include Day Zero, a drama about the draft with Chris Klein and Ginnifer Goodwin, and Vamp with Elisha Cuthbert that he will be filming in July 2006 (but not yet confirmed). Wood leads the cast of the animated movie Happy Feet which will be release in November 17, also stars Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brittany Murphy and Robin Williams. Recent news reports, confirmed by Wood, have cited his plans to portray Iggy Pop in a biopic on the singer’s life, slated to begin production in 2006.

Wood was born January 28, 1981, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the middle of three children to Warren and Debbie Wood; he has English, Irish, German and Polish ancestry and was raised a Catholic. As a child, he took piano lessons from Marlene Loftsgaarden in Cedar Rapids. He was nicknamed Elijah "Spark Plug" because he was a maniacally energetic child, and also "Monkey" because he liked to climb things. He has a brother, Zack, a video game producer and seven years his senior, as well as sister, Hannah, younger by three years who is a poet and actress and has had small roles in a number of his films.
 

Adrien Brody

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He was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, a somewhat dangerous neighborhood near Jamaica, Queens. The son of World War II refugees–Hungarian-born Catholic photojournalist Sylvia Plachy, and Elliot Brody, a Polish Jewish retired history professor, he attended New York’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts (famously the inspiration for television’s Fame). His parents enrolled him in acting classes to distance him from the dangerous kids he hung out with, ultimately, this decision saved him from a life on the streets.

Adrien Brody hovered on the brink of stardom, receiving praise for his roles in Spike Lee’s Summer of Sam and Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line. He finally received widespread recognition when he was cast as the lead in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist (2002). The role won him an Academy Award for Best Actor, the youngest actor ever to win the award. To prepare for the role, Brody withdrew for months, gave up on his apartment and his car, learned how to play Chopin on the piano, and lost 13 kg (29 lbs.)

Throughout his career, he has been compared to Al Pacino and Marlon Brando for his unique looks and method acting. He is also widely known for giving Halle Berry a back-breaking kiss after winning his Best Actor Oscar, and as the spokesman for fashion designer Zegna.

In 1992, Brody was seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident in which he flew over a car and crashed feet-first into a crosswalk. He spent months recuperating. An avid daredevil, he has broken his nose several times doing off-the-wall stunts.

After The Pianist Brody played in the movie The Village by M. Night Shyamalan, and in King Kong by Peter Jackson.

November 25, 2007

Julianne Moore

Filed under: Actress, Entertainment

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Moore was born in Fayetteville, NC to Peter Moore Smith, a military judge and army colonel, and Anne, a psychiatrist and social worker who emigrated from Scotland; she has a brother, Peter Moore Smith, Jr. (born 1965) and a younger sister, Valerie. As a result of her father’s job, she lived in twenty-three places across the United States and Germany during her youth.

Moore attended Frankfurt American High School in Frankfurt, Germany, graduating in 1979. She received her Bachelor’s degree at the School of Fine Arts in Boston University.

Moore moved to New York City in 1983, working as a waitress before being cast in the dual roles of Frannie and Sabrina Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award; she played the roles from 1985 to 1988.

Moore began starring in feature films in the early 1990s, mostly appearing in supporting roles in films like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The Fugitive. Her part in 1993’s Short Cuts gained her critical acclaim and recognition, and she was cast in several high-profile Hollywood films, including 1995’s romantic comedy Nine Months, and 1997’s summer blockbuster The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Her role in the well-reviewed independent film, Safe, also attracted critical attention.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Moore appeared in a series of films that received Oscar recognition, including her roles in Boogie Nights ("Best Supporting Actress" nomination), The End of the Affair ("Best Actress" nomination) and her two 2002 films, Far From Heaven ("Best Actress" nomination) and The Hours ("Best Supporting Actress" nomination). During this period, she also appeared in the commercial successes Hannibal (controversially replacing Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling) and The Forgotten, and in Paul Thomas Anderson’s follow-up to Boogie Nights, Magnolia.

Her latest film, Freedomland, opened in February 2006 to mixed reviews.

Moore has been married three times; she was married to Sundar Chakravarthy from November 21, 1983 to October 12, 1985 and to John Gould Rubin from May 3, 1986 to August 25, 1995. In 1996, she began a relationship with director Bart Freundlich; they married on August 23, 2003. The couple have two children: a son, Caleb Freundlich (born December 4, 1997), and a daughter, Liv Helen Freundlich (born April 11, 2002). She is a noted pro-choice activist and donated money to John Kerry’s presidential campaign.

Reluctant Celebrities

Filed under: About celebrities

By Russel Clark

Every once in a while the media come across people who shy away from the fame and the glamour that is bestowed on them. They don’t crave for the limelight that 9 out of 10 people amongst the rich and the famous would, stardom is something that just happened on the way to achieving what they wanted to. Their ultimate aim wasn’t being glamorous and well known but earning fame in the field they chose. They are called reluctant celebrities and sometimes we at the media accidentally stumble upon such stars who don’t like the unwanted attention and the poking and prying into their lives. Actually come to think of it there are quite a few celebrities who like their stardom till a certain limit beyond which they guard their privacy fiercely. Entertainment news will get you updates on the so called reluctant celebrities too, celebrities who lead guarded lives away from the glare of the media.

Entertainment news is different because we would get you news of even those celebrities who actually did something worthwhile to earn the fame and the fortune. This isn’t only about run of the mill celebs like Katie Price who’d do anything to secure the attention of the newspapers and the shutterbugs or even Kevin Federline, Britney Spears ex husband who loved to bask in the glory of his wife’s past musical fortunes. The news shall get you stories on the celebrities from the literary world too, the ones who shut themselves up for months altogether to produce one masterpiece after another. It shall give you valuable news too.

Who can forget Ernest Hemingway, nicknamed "Papa" because he was also a part of the community known as the expatriate community in Paris that was moreover known as "the lost generation". Leading the colorful life that he did which included four marriages and a number of divorces the writer could not help but grab the attention of the media even if he did not want to. However his work spoke volumes of his talent as a littérateur as he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954 for his contribution to the world of English literature. His gruesome death at the end evoked the inquisitiveness of the media still more as he ended his own life in a bizarre fashion. Thus Black Entertainment News shall get you all the news of such reluctant celebrities who like living away from the clutches of the media.

We shall also get you stories of past celebrities like Ernest Hemingway who in their time were the favorites of the media. This shall also enlighten about the latest in tinsel town. Extra Entertainment News shall get you news from the sidelines of the entertainment industry.

Russell Clark owns and operates the website Celebrity Predictions
 

November 23, 2007

Marketing intelligence for Mortgage web site

Filed under: News

What is marketing intelligence?

The meaning is from words “the process of acquiring and analyzing information to understand the market to determine the current and future needs and preferences, attitudes and behavior of the market; and to assess changes in the business environment that may work on the size and nature of the market in the future.” The product or service is central in a circle because it helps to direct what information is gathered and how.

The interaction between variables from producers, communication channels, and consumers vary the effectiveness of marketing intelligence which affects the performance of the sales. There have generated from both systematic methods of market research by users as well as recorded tacit process. It includes information from customer analysis and industry analysis as well as general market conditions especially for mortgage field.

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Deion Sanders

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He is a former National Football League cornerback, Major League Baseball outfielder, and CBS Sports commentator.

In the National Football League, he played for the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens, winning the Super Bowl with the 49ers and Cowboys, respectively. In Major League Baseball, he played for the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants. Collegiately, he attended Florida State University, where he excelled in both football and baseball.

In April of 2006 he became a partial owner of the Austin Wranglers, an Arena Football League team based in Austin, TX[. Sanders also works for the NFL Network, appearing on the Sunday night highlights show NFL GameDay.

Sanders, also known as Neon Deion and Prime Time, is considered one of the greatest and most versatile athletes in recent American sports history. In football, he is considered to be one of the best, if not the best, cover cornerbacks of all time. He was also a 7 time All-Pro selection.



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