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Carrie Underwood won the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. As a result, she earned a record contract with Arista Records and her first disc, Some Hearts (2005), has been certified platinum five times. At the 2006 Billboard Music Awards Some Hea watch now
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The daughter of longtime screen actor Ernie Lively and the junior member of a showbiz-savvy sibling collective that also includes brothers Jason and Eric and sisters Lori and Robyn, Tarzana, CA native Blake Lively possesses just the kind of wholesome watch now
A striking young woman with a strong vocal resemblance to the young Whitney Houston and a large mop of blonde corkscrew curls, Leona Lewis won the third series of the British reality talent show The X Factor in a landslide. (For non-Brits: The X Fact watch now
Brooke Burke rose to fame as the sexiest tour guide in America on E!'s hit series Wild On. The show catapulted her to stardom in over 120 countries and 400 million homes around the world. Since her departure from the show, Brooke has graced top-selli watch now
Naomi Watts had already been a working actress for over a decade when she earned notice as a promising newcomer in David Lynch's Cannes Film Festival prizewinner Mulholland Drive (2001). watch now
Arkansas student Kris Allen won the eighth season of the reality competition American Idol on Wednesday (May 20, 2009). The 23-year-old was considered a long shot going into the evening's show; competitor Adam Lambert routinely dazzled audiences and watch now
Basketball player Kobe Bean Bryant was born on Aug. 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, PA, and is the son of former Philadelphia 76er player and Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe 'Jellybean' Bryant. At the age of six Kobe and his family moved to Italy where watch now
David Simon (born 1960) is an American author, journalist, and writer/producer of television series. He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years. He wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the L watch now
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American film actor. He is also a filmmaker, political activist and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2004. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award fo watch now
Michael Carlisle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his roles as David Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and Dexter Morgan of the Showtime series Dexter. watch now
The charismatic Southern rapper Lil Wayne began his industry ascendance as one of the Hot Boys, a short-lived all-star group on Cash Money Records. After establishing himself as a successful solo artist, he grew to become a critical favorite, known f watch now
A uniquely gifted and versatile actor possessing the distinct ability to immerse himself in a role so convincingly that he becomes almost unrecognizable -- from a quality obsessed restaurateur (Big Night, 1996) to a master criminal bent on world domi watch now
Clay Aiken (born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978) is an American pop singer who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract, and his multi-plati watch now
The actress Christina Hendricks first got her big break on the hit television show "Beggars & Choosers," but she also had recurring roles in shows such as "ER" and "Firefly", as well as guest-starring in many others. In addition to TV, the actress ha watch now
Stacy Keibler (born October 14, 1979)[3] is an American actress and former professional wrestler and valet for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). watch now
Indian-born actress Freida Pinto attended St. Xavier's College in Mumbai before embarking upon a career in modeling. The striking young woman had no trouble attracting attention in the industry, and within a few years she caught the eye of filmmaker watch now
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One of Britain's most respected and popular actresses, Judi Dench can claim a decades-old career encompassing the stage, screen, and television. A five-time winner of the British Academy Award, she was granted an Order of the British Empire in 1970 a watch now
Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American television and film actress. Brittany Snow began modeling at age 3. watch now
Tall, radiant, and sensual, British ingenue Emily Blunt caught the attention of the public and press when she starred (at age 20) opposite Natalie Press in Pawel Pawlikowski's gentle, finely told lesbian romance My Summer of Love (2004). In the eyes watch now
Early in her career, it looked as though actress Kristin Scott Thomas was going to be relegated to playing the kind of elegantly bloodless British women she portrayed in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), but with her role as the aristocratic but pa watch now
Iselin Steiro (full name Iselin Vollen Steiro) was born on September 15, 1986 in Harstad, Troms, Norway. She is a famous and very beautiful fashion model. watch now
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Lara Stone (born December 23, 1983 in Berlin, Germany) is a Dutch model. watch now
Czech beauty Hana Soukupova leads a glamorous life in front of the camera, modeling for the likes of Gucci, Fendi and Versace. Hana likes to stay in shape by punishing the punching bag she has installed in her Brooklyn apartment. watch now
As the face of Maybelline, Erin Wasson has stretched her long legs through many successful campaigns. Erin spends her free time surfing and hanging out with her dogs. watch now
Poly was first discovered after attending a model search competition in Moscow, which she consequently won. Her professional modeling career started in 2004. watch now
Anna Jagodzinska (born September 12, 1987) is a Polish fashion model. She has appeared on the covers of Italian, Australian, and German Vogue, L'Officiel, Revue de Modes, and Japanese Numéro. watch now
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Proving the old adage "If at first you don't succeed...," soul singer Alexandra Burke emerged victorious as the winner of the fifth season of The X-Factor, three years after being rejected by the same show. Born in Islington, London, in 1988, the dau watch now
Lee Ann Womack is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best-known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love. watch now
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Songwriter, arranger, and vocalist Ne-Yo was born Shaffer Smith in Arkansas and raised in Las Vegas, NV. His start in the music industry came as a songwriter. Prior to exiting his teenage years, he penned material for Youngstown and broke through in watch now
Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in New York) is a jazz musician, composer and producer, perhaps best known as a bass guitarist with Miles Davis and David Sanborn. Miller is classically trained as a clarinetist, and also plays bass clarinet, keyboar watch now
A singer-songwriter originally from Mechanicsville, Virginia, USA, Mraz set out for the big city, attending a performing arts college in New York City. Realizing the competitive nature of the musical theater world he paired his innate desire to perfo watch now
Taylor Swift became one of country-pop's brightest (and youngest) faces in 2006, when the 16-year-old vocalist released her first album. Although new to the American public, Swift had been performing since early childhood, taking inspiration and enco watch now
Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock, country, pop, folk and blues, into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Crow is also a political activist. watch now



