Showing posts with label Hollywood movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hollywood movie. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Selena Gomez - actress, singer and businesswoman

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez is an American actress and singer best identifiedfor portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel TV seriesWizards of Waverly Place. She subsequently venture into feature films and hasstarred in the television movies one more Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place:The Movie, and Princess Protection Program. She prepared her starringtheatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus.

Her career has extended into the music industry; Gomez isthe lead singer and originator of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene,which has released two RIAA Gold certified studio album, Kiss & Tell and AYear without Rain and spawned two RIAA Platinum certified singles,"Naturally" and "Who Says". As of April 2011, the band has sell1,354,000 albums in the United States. Gomez has also give to the soundtracksof Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place, and ShakeIt Up after signing a record contract with Hollywood Records. In 2008, Gomezwas chosen a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Selena Gomez

Birth name
Selena Marie Gomez
Date Of Birth
July 22, 1992
Grand
Prairie, Texas, United States
Genres
Electropop, Pop rock, dance-pop
Occupations
singer, businesswoman, Actress
Instruments
piano, guitar, drums, Vocals

Friday, December 2, 2011

Clark Gable - American Actor, The King of Hollywood

Clark Gable

William Clark Gable known as Clark Gable, was an American film actor most celebrated for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred by Vivien Leigh. His performance earned him his third suggestion for the Academy Award for Best Actor; he won for It Happened One Night (1934) and was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Later movies integrated Run Silent, Run Deep, a submarine war film, and his final film, The Misfits (1961), which paired Gable with Marilyn Monroe, also in her final screen appearance. In 1999, the American Film organization named Gable seventh among the best male stars of all time. He was nick-named 'The King of Hollywood.' 

Gable appears opposite a few of the most popular actresses of the time. Joan Crawford, who was his favorite actress to work with, was joined with Gable in eight films, Myrna Loy worked with him seven times, and he was paired with Jean Harlow in six productions. He also starred with Lana Turner in four features and with Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner in three every. In the mid-1930s, Gable was often name the top male movie star, and second just to the top box-office draw of all, Shirley Temple. 

Clark Gable


Birth name
William Clark Gable

Date Of Birth
February 1, 1901

Place Of Birth
Cadiz, Ohio, U.S.

Occupation
Actor

Spouse
Josephine Dillon, Lucas Langham, Carole Lombard, Sylvia Ashley, Kay Williams

Date Of Died
November 16, 1960

Place Of Died
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Academy Award -American Award

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The Academy Award is an accolade by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to know excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are accessible is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world and is televised live in more than 200 countries annually. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards (for television), and Tony Awards are model following the Academy.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself was visualize by Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio boss Louis B. Mayer. The first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor exceptional film success of the 1927/1928 film season. It was hosted by performer Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. deMille. Opting for a younger face for the 83rd Academy Awards planned for February 27, 2011, younger actors Anne Hathaway and James Franco were name as hosts in November 2010 by producer Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer.

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Awarded for

Excellence in cinematic achievements

Presented by

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Country

United States

First awarded

May 16, 1929

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Elvis Presley - singers, actor

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Elvis Aaron Presleya was one of the most famous American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely recognized by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", out in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the foremost figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearance and chart topping records. His energized interpretation of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited presentation style made him enormously popular and controversial. In November 1956, he completed his film debut in Love Me Tender.

Conscripted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his soundtrack career two years later with some of his most commercially winning work. He staged few concerts, however, and, guided by Parker, proceed to devote much of the 1960s to creation Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them seriously derided. He had a versatile voice and uncommonly wide success encompassing many genres, including country, pop ballads, gospel, and blues. He is the best-selling solo performer in the history of popular music. Nominated for 14 competitive Grammys, he won three, and got the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36. He has been induct into 4 music halls of fame.

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Birth name

Elvis Aaron Presley

Date Of Birth

January 8, 1935

Place Of Birth

Tupelo, Mississippi,United States

Genres

Rock and roll, pop, rockabilly, country, blues, gospel, R&B

Occupations

Musician, actor

Instruments

Vocals, guitar, piano

Date Of Death

August 16, 1977

Place Of Death

Memphis, Tennessee,United States

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Marion Davies - Ameriacn Actress

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Marion Davies was an famous American film actress. Davies is best remember for her connection with newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, as her soaring profile social life often obscured her professional career. she appear in her first quality film in 1917's Runaway Romany. It was a film write by Marion and the directed by her brother in law, the prominent Broadway producer George W. Lederer. The next year she starred in three films, The Burden of Proof, Beatrice Fairfax, and Cecilia of the Pink Roses.

Playing mostly light comedic roles, she fast became a major movie personality, creation a small fortune which enabled her to offer financial assistance for her family and friends. Cecilia of the Pink Roses in 1918 was her initial film backed by Hearst. She was on her way to being the majority famously advertised actress in the world. During the next 10 years she acted in 29 films, an average of approximately three films a year. Davies died of cancer on 1961. She is buried in the Hollywood evermore Cemetery and left an estate predictable at more than $30 million.

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Birth Name

Marion Cecelia Douras

Date Of Birth

January 3, 1897

Place Of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Occupation

Actress

Spouse

Horace G. Brown

Date Of Died

September 22, 1961

Place Of Died

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.