Hollywood elerity actress Lucy Liu is a native of New York and she gained popularity back in 1998, after playing the spicy and witty Ling Woo on the hit ABC TV show comedy “Ally McBeal.”
Lucy Liu has also had a successful movie career, playing the rough heroine role in both “Charlie’s Angels” franchise and “Kill Bill, Vol. 1″ (2003).”
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Adam Lambert is a 27-year-old musical theater veteran and to most, is the clear front runner of this season’s “American Idol” show. Lambert seems to be in a league all his own, with a wide range of musical talent and incredible stage presence.
Whether it’s an emotional ballad or an upbeat rockin’ song, Adam covers them all with ease, dedication and complete confidence.
Adam Lambert caught the music bug at an early age. His father was a DJ and introduced him to various types of music. At the San Francisco “American Idol” audition, Adam sang Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” He also spent time in a production of the hit play “Wicked”.
One of my favorite performances by Adam was his rendition of “Mad World”, originally done by the hit band “Tears for Fears.” It earned a much deserved standing ovation from the crazed crowd, as well as hard-nosed Idol judge Simon Cowell.
Here are Adam Lambert’s American Idol performances (courtesy: iTunes):
No Boundaries
A Change Is Gonna Come
One
Cryin’
Whole Lotta Love
Slow Ride (duet with Allison)
Feeling Good
If I Can’t Have You
Born to be Wild
Mad World
Play That Funky Music
The Tracks of My Tears
Ring of Fire
Black and White
I Cant Get No Satisfaction
Adam has a MySpace page. Here is the link –
http://www.myspace.com/adamlambertmusic
From Lambert’s look and maneurisms, there have been rumors about whether Adam is gay. He has never publicly acknowledged whether or not he is gay. When asked by “Access Hollywood,” Lambert replied “I have nothing to hide. I am who I am. And this is about singing … nothing else.”
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We will all find out in several weeks to see if the front-runner ends up winning the American Idol crown. Whether he does or not, Adam Lambert will definitely have a very successful musical career. He could be as successful or even bigger than Carrie Underwood.
Good luck Adam!
Vanessa Marcil
Sexy Vanessa Marcil who is 41 years old, was married to 80s star Corey Feldman from 1989 to 1993.
Vanessa Marcil who starred in Beverly Hills 90120 and Las Vegas, rejoins the cast of General Hospital next month as Brenda Barrett, after getting married.
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When you think of cycling, there is practically no other name that comes to mind other than Lance Armstrong. His legacy in the world of professional cycling will last for many years.
Last fall, Lance Armstrong announced that he was planning to race in the 2009 Amgen Tour of California with the Astana Cycling Team. Amgen is cycling’s most important and successful road race in the United States.
After a three-year hiatus from racing, the world’s reaction was widespread. Some doubted he could regain his championship form, but most others proudly cheered him on. Lance Armstrong, the cycling icon was back.
Just completed, the Amgen Tour of California was Armstrong’s first event on his native soil since the seven-time Tour de France winner began his comeback.
Armstrong announced he will address head-on the suspicions of doping that have followed him for years, by submitting to a rigorous testing regime.
At news conference prior to the start of the Amgen race, Lance stated that he’s “clean as a whistle” and that his mind is “fresh” after a break from cycling. Armstrong continued, “I’m telling you, I’m clean as a whistle, and I think that the testing will prove that.”
Armstrong was the center of attention when four bikes of the Asthana team are stolen in Sacramento. The stolen bikes included a one-of-a-kind 10K dollar bike of Lance. Using the Internet, Lance communicated about the theft to his fans using Twitter. Lance was grateful that the Sacramento police recovered two of the four lost bikes, including his.
The Amgen was won by Lance Armstrong’s Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer, who clinched his third straight victory in the Amgen Tour of California.
Lance was born September 18, 1971, in Plano, Texas. Cycling was in his blood from an early age.
In 1996, Armstrong made a shocking announcement that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The tumors were well advanced and spread to his abdomen, lungs, and lymph nodes. The testicle was removed, and Lance began his racing comeback.
The most remarkable feat of Lance’s famous career, is how he dominated the Tour de France. The Tour is the toughest and most prestigious cycling event in the world. Armstrong won the premier racing event 7 consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005.
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Tyra Banks has described Alessandra Ambrosio as “the future of the modeling world”. With supermodel Gisele Bündchen leaving Victoria’s Secret in May 2007, Alessandra was set to become the company’s new breakout star. She had cosmetic surgery to get her ears pinned back, and had complications from the surgery for the two years following.
Alessandra is an avid coffee drinker, and drinks up to five cups a day. She finds American coffee stale and not as strong as in Brazil. She also likes to drink tequila and caipirihnas – a native Brazilian drink made from cachaca. She loves Bali and has been there several times.
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In what will probably be the most important event of his life, and by far the biggest boost to his career so far, actor, singer and dancer Hugh Jackman has been announced as People’s Sexiest Man Alive.
Hugh Jackman just turned 40 years old on October 12th and is on a roll.
People magazine’s executive editor, Jess Cagle, said Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show that Jackman is a “surprising choice,” but he’d been on the editors’ minds “for a long time and it seemed like this was the year to do him.”
Hugh will take the “Sexiest Man Alive” throne away from last year’s winner – Matt Damon.
Jackman is a native of Sydney Australia and made a splash in a high school production of “My Fair Lady”. In 1998, he got raves as the lead in a London production of “Oklahoma”.
Next, Hugh Jackman will star In the highly anticipated upcoming movie “Australia”. Co-star Nicole Kidman says the 6-foot-2 actor was s hot on the movie set that he “left people stammering. Women’s jaws drop when Hugh walks into a room.”
Jackman is a happily married man and had this to say about is family, “Deb (Deborra-Lee Furness) and my kids (Oscar Maximillian – 8, and Eva Elio – 3) have been the best things that have ever happened to me, without a doubt.”
Amanda Leigh Moore was born on April 10, 1984 in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Mandy Moore is a fresh-faced, multi-talented music performer that made here first appearance as one of many blonde hair teen divas in the late 1990s.
Initially, the beautiful Mandy Moore toured with both teen pop groups – the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync. Many Moore followed by releasing her chart topping, hit first album. Many soon became popula ron TV’s MTV show.
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The stunningly, beautiful Maria Menounos was born June 8, 1978 in Medford, Massachusetts.
Menounos was a contestant in the Miss Teen USA Pageant in 1996, representing Massachussetts. Maria was asked by then host Bob Goen, regarding what she’d like to do when she grew up. Her deja-vu response was “I want to work with you at E.T., Bob!”. Well she must had a crystal ball because six years later, Maria Menounos joined Entertainment Tonight in 2002.
In 2003, Maria was featured on the MTV show “Punked”. In 2005, her acting career began to blossom as she was cast as a sexy nurse in the hit movie The Fantastic Four. That same year, Maria’s likeness and voice were featured in EA Games From Russia with Love as Eva Adara.
Maria Menounos is best known for her appearances as a correspondent for The Today Show and Access Hollywood, and abroad for co-hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.
In 2008, Menounos became the host of “Hollywood Green” on the “Planet Green” network, bringing glamour to green living. Both as the special correspondent for daily entertainment newsmagazine “Access Hollywood,” and on “Hollywood Green”, Maria provides TV viewers with comprehensive coverage of entertainment and news personalities.
In 2008, she became the first journalist to interview the entire Barack Obama family as a whole. She is represented by Creative Artists Agency.
For the past few weeks Prague has been home to Pitt and Jolie, whose presence has made this capital—so pretty it could have been concocted by a pâtissier—the red-hot center of the celebrity universe.
With a French, Portuguese, Native-American, and Caribbean heritage, Adriana Lima has a bedazzling, temptress-meets-angel face and the body to match.
As a spokeswoman for Victoria’s Secret, Guess?, Armani, and XOXO, Adriana Lima has become one of the most in-demand runway models in the world.
When she’s not making men worldwide drool, she’s helping Brazilian orphans in her native land and dabbling in acting.
Adriana says, “Fashion is about good energy. It’s about feelings. That’s what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings.”
In August 2007, The New York Times reported that Denise Richards (who allegedly wanted a third child very badly) approached ex-husband Charlie Sheen in 2007, after their divorce, and asked him to provide the sperm.
Denise supposedly assured him that she was not looking for any future child care support for this potential baby, but Charlie responded with “I would sooner walk on the surface of the moon in what I’m wearing.”
Regarding Heather Locklear, “The thing with Heather, that’s been hard… you know, you can’t help who you fall for, and that friendship was done with and wasn’t salvageable. You know, she wasn’t my best friend.”
Denise Richards continues, ”She was a close friend in the last couple of years – I hadn’t known her my whole life like people are portraying. It’s been tough having people think that I’m a crappy friend – because if we were friends, I wouldn’t be in this situation.”