Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Danny Mac


 Danny Mac was born on February 26, 1988 in Bromley England. He spent most of his childhood in seaside town Bognor Regis. He was very much inspired by Grease, Michael Jackson and James Bond. Since then, he dreamt of becoming an actor at a very young age and even long to portray the role of James Bond someday. He trained at the Arts Educational Schools in London, before getting a part in the West End Musical Wicked. He was with the musical for four years.
 
He is best known for playing the cockney hunk Mark “Dodger” Savage in a soap opera Hollyoaks in Channel 4 since 2011.  He shows his good heart as he also performed in “Forget You” by Ceelo Green for Children in Need. He is an avid fan of Chelsea F. C. He then appeared with his family on an ITV game show All Star Family Fortunes. And he was nominated for Sexiest Male at The British Soap Awards in 2012.

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Lewis "Racer" Hamilton


Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the Mercedes AMG team which made him the champion of 2008 Champion. He was born on was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on January 7, 1985 and was named after the American sprinter Carl Lewis. His mother, is white British, while his father, is black British, making him mixed-race. His parents got separated when he was two, as a result of this he lived with his mother and half-sisters until he was twelve. Eventually, he also has lived with his father and stepmother with his half-brother Nicolas (who has cerebral palsy). He was raised as a Roman Catholic by his father

He began karting at the age of 8 and at the age of ten, he approached McLaren team Principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him that he want to race one day. 12 years after that, his contract for the McLaren driver development program made him the youngest ever driver to secure a contract which later resulted in a Formula One drive. Due to his mixed background coming from a black father and a white mother, he is often labelled “the first black driver in Formula One”. He is also the first driver of black heritage to win a major race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in any discipline. )  In early 2011, Nicolas signed with Total Control Racing to start a racing career in the 2011 Renault Clio Cup

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Andrew "Amazing" Garfield

Andrew Russell Garfield is a British and American citizen born on August 20, 1983 in Los Angeles but raised in Surrey. When he was three, his family moved to Britain and was brought up in a middle class Jewish home. He is a gymnast and a swimmer during his early years. He had originally intended to study business, but became interested in acting at the age of sixteen.
He started attending acting classes in Guildford, Surrey when he was twelve, and appeared in a youth theatre production of Bugsy Malone. He also joined a small youth theatre workshop group in Epsom, and began working primarily as a stage actor. In 2004 he won a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Newcomer, for his performance in Kes at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre. He played the role of Romeo a year after, and won the Outstanding Newcomer Award at the 2006 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
In 2005 he made his debut in British televisions where he appeared in Channel 4 teenage drama Sugar Rush. He then acquires the attention of the public as he appeared in the third series of BBC’s Doctor Who, in 2007. He won as the 2008 British Academy Television Award for Best Actor when he portrayed a notorious killer trying to find a new life after prison in the Channel 4 drama Boy A.

He made his feature film debut in the 2007 ensemble drama Lions for Lambs, playing an American university student. In 2010, he played the character of tommy D in the British dystopian science fiction drama film Never Let Me Go, an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel of the same title. It was then followed by a drama film entitled The Social Network, which was released on October 2010. He received wider recognition and numerous nominations for his critically acclaimed performance in the film, including the BAFTA Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Rising Star, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2010, he was cast as Peter Parker in Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man. His performance as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), a reboot of the Spider-Man film series, was generally well received. The sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, is scheduled for release in 2014, with Garfield set to reprise the role. He is often noted by critics for his portrayals of conflicted, complex characters.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

David Witts

David Peter S. Witts, is a British actor born on the 30th of June 1991. Before his appearance in television he attended Southend High School for boys, where he began to discover his passion for acting. He was then trained with the National Youth Theatre and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. He was even working as a barman for a short period. He made his first appearance on June 22, 2012. He is best known for his portrayal of Joey Branning in the long – running British television soap opera, East Enders.
He also appeared in numerous theatre productions, including Wild Boyz, The Wizard of Oz and Snow White throughout 2011.

His way of becoming popular began on May 2012, where a digital spy reported that he was had casted to play Derek Branning’s son, Joey Branning, in EastEnders. Upon his entrance to the said series, he was very much delighted to be joining EastEnders after being a fan for so many years. Joining the Braning family couldn't have come at a better time, especially after winning an award to the recent British Soap Awards." EastEnders” executive producer, Lorraine Newman said that the role of Joey is a grand addition to the Brannings and after an explosive entrance onto the Square, he is set to break a few hearts as he campaigns to bring Derek down. Because of his talent he won the award as the “Most Popular Newcomer” for his portrayal of Joey at the National Television Awards 2013. He also won as the “Sexiest Male” at the Inside Soap Awards.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Adam Levine

Adam Noah Levine is an American singer-songwriter, musician, entrepreneur and occasional actor born on March 18, 1979 in Los Angeles. He is best known as the lead vocalist and front man of pop rock band Maroon 5. Growing up, he attended Brentwood School, where he met his future bandmates, Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden. He also attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts Camp in Hancock, New York.
He co-founded the indie pop band Kara's Flowers and was its lead vocalist and guitarist. In 1997, Kara's Flowers released their first album titled The Fourth World. However, after the commercial failure of their only album, the band split up. Later on, he reformed the band with a fifth member was added and renamed it as “Maroon 5”. After the release of their first album the band had a considerable mainstream of success, with all four of their studio albums reaching platinum status in the US. He has received three Grammy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards and an award each at the MTV Video Music Awards and the World Music Awards, all with the band.


Just recently, he served as a coach on NBC's reality talent show The Voice. The winner of the first season, Javier Colon, was on his team. In 2012, he made his acting debut as a recurring character in the horror television show American Horror Story: Asylum for the second season of the series. He was also cast in the upcoming film Can a Song Save Your Life?

Monday, November 4, 2013

Chris "Thor" Hemsworth

         
   

          An Australian actor born on August 11, 1983 at Melbourne. He is best known for his role as Thor in the Marvel Studios films Thor (2011) and The Avengers (2012); and as Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away (2004). He's also appeared in Star Trek (2009), A Perfect Getaway (2009), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and Red Dawn (2012). In 2013, he will appear in the film adaptation of In the Heart of the Sea, based on the book by Nathaniel Philbrick.


          In 2013, he won People's Choice Award Favorite Action Movie Star for his roles in The Avengers and Snow White and the Huntsman.


          When stardome was not yet in his hands, he was a bar attender in an elite night club "Silvers" on one of the Melbourne's busy night district.


          In 2004, he unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Robbie Hunter in the Australian soap opera "Home and Away" (1988) but was recalled for the role of Kim Hyde which he played until 2007. In 2006, he entered the Australian version of "Dancing with the Stars" (2004) and his popularity in the soap enabled him to hang on until show 7 ("Dancing with the Stars: Episode #5.7" (2006) when he became the fifth contestant to be eliminated.

          His first Hollywood appearance was in Star Trek (2009), but it was his titular role in Thor (2011) which propelled him to prominence worldwide. He reprised the character in the science fiction blockbuster The Avengers (2012).


          In 2013, Hemsworth will reprise his role as Thor in the sequel Thor: The Dark World, set to start filming in August 2012. He is also set to star in Ron Howard's action film Rush as Formula 1 driver James Hunt. Additionally, Hemsworth is scheduled to star in the 2014 thriller Shadow Runner.



Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Liam Hemsworth

He is an Australian actor, born in Melbourne, Australia on 13th of January 1990. He has two older brothers, who also work as actors.  He said that though there is competition for jobs among them, it is friendly and quoted, "We are brothers and we are always competitive, but it is a good thing, it pushes us and we are always happy whenever someone books something."

Upon becoming an actor, he laid floors for six months. He takes into consideration of following his brothers’ footsteps in high school by participating in school plays, until he had found himself an agent. Eventually, he had his first audition at the age of sixteen and began his career in 2007 as guest spot on different shows. Then he started filming as he took the role of Josh Taylor in the soap opera Neighbours and as Marcus on the children's television series The Elephant Princess. Liam moved to the United States to pursue a big-screen career.


His big screen career started not so good as his character was written out of the script for The Expendables (2010) days before filming and he lost the title role of Thor (2011) to his brother Chris - Liam was cast opposite Miley Cyrus in the Nicholas Sparks drama The Last Song (2010).  He was the Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2010 host. He and Miley Cyrus won the "Fave Kiss" category.  His fame made him thrust into leading man status, and was cast as Gale Hawthorne in the big-screen adaptation of the best-selling novel The Hunger Games (2012). Following the blockbuster success of that film, Liam nabbed a number of roles, including a supporting part in The Expendables 2 (2012) and leading roles in the war drama Love and Honor (2013), the crime drama Empire State (2013), and the thriller Paranoia (2013/I). He will also star as Ali Baba in a 3D production of Arabian Nights (2014) and will reprise the role of Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Harry Judd

         
Harry Mark Christopher Judd was born on December 23, 1985 in the town of Chelmsford in Essex in Southern England. He is an English musician who is best known as the drummer for British pop rock band McFly. He won the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing.
           In May 2006, McFly starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine. They played themselves in the film and the soundtrack featured a variety of their songs from their first two albums.  He appeared in McFly's own short movie Nowhere Left to Run and he starred in the leading role alongside his band mates to promote their new album Above the Noise.
          His big break in modeling came in realization as he appeared in his first ever solo photo shoot early in 2011 when he covered the February edition of Attitude. He also appeared on All Star Family Fortunes. This was then followed by a second photo shoot in the October edition of Attitude after earning their 'Hottest Man Honors' at the 2012 attitude awards. He also appeared on the ITV2 Show Celebrity Juice on 1 March 2012.

          On 6 July 2012, he appeared on The Million Pound Drop Live along with Michelle, his partner he only met in person once they were on stage. They won £25,000 each.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Olly Murs

             
       
          He was born in Witham, Essex, the son of Vicki-Lynn (Pollard) and Peter Murs. He had a younger twin brother and had a sister. He is a professional football player but then had to give it up due to his injury.

          In 2009, Murs auditioned for the sixth series of The X Factor, performing Stevie Wonder's "Superstition". Judge Simon Cowell said it was "the easiest yes I've ever given". He frequently employed dance moves in his performance including his trademark "Olly wiggle". In the finals, he lost it to Joe McElderry the next day and finished as the runner-up. He also appeared on the game show “Deal or No Deal” in 2007, where he won £10, he returned for a celebrity version of the show in 2012 which made him the only person to appear on it twice.

          In late August 2010, Murs released his debut single "Please Don't Let Me Go", which debuted at number one on the UK Singles Charts, becoming Murs' s first number one single after releasing "You Are Not Alone" with the other series 6 finalists. "Please Don't Let Me Go" received a Gold certification by the BPI. He released his second single from his debut album "Thinking of Me" which charted at number four on the UK Singles Charts, however the single also got a Silver certification by the BPI. "Heart Skips a Beat" was released and became his second number-one hit.

          In November 2010, Murs released his self-titled debut album, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number two, with the biggest week one album sales for a debut album in 2010, with over 108,000 albums sold. The album went on to sell over 600,000 copies, and was certificated double platinum by the BPI. 

          He is currently signed to Epic Records in the United Kingdom, Columbia Records in the United States, and Syco Music.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Harry Styles



Harry Edward Styles (born on February 1, 1994) is a member of One Direction along with Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and Zayn Malik. He is the youngest member of the group.
He was born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England to Des Styles and Anne Cox. As a child Harry love singing. He's listed Elvis Presley as one of his influences. He is from the village of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England. He is a former pupil at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, a state comprehensive school. He was seven when their parents divorced, his mother subsequently remarried. Following the divorce, Styles, his older sister and mother moved further out into the Cheshire countryside. At the age of twelve he moved back to Holmes Chapel. Prior to participating in “The X Factor”, the then sixteen-year-old Styles had a part-time job at the W. Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel.
Styles was only sixteen when he auditioned in “The X Factor” season 7 last 2010. He wanted a professional opinion on his singing because up until then his mom was the one telling him he was a good singer. Before his audition he said, "Singing's what I want to do, and if people who can make that happen for me don't think that I should be doing that, then it's a major setback in my plans."

Styles was the lead singer for the band White Eskimo with band members lead guitarist Haydn Morris, bass guitarist Nick Clough and drummer Will Sweeny. They had once entered a Battle of the Bands competition, which they won. As a child, Styles loved singing, noting Elvis Presley as one of his influences. He also cites Presley for his musical beginnings. Styles also cite contemporaries, Foster the People, Coldplay and Kings of Leon among his influences. Styles states that The X Factor gave him "a lot more" confidence as a performer. Styles says that he often looks to Coldplay front man Chris Martin for inspiration when performing on stage. Styles also states that The Beatles had an influence on him growing up, as his father would play their music.
Harry is very close to his mother, Anne, and his sister, Gemma. He even got tattoos dedicated to them and often shows his love for them.


Zayn Malik




          Zain Javadd "Zayn" Malik, is a member of One Direction, born 12 January 1993, is from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Born to British Pakistani father Yaser and an English mother, Tricia Malik, he has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa. He grew up in East Bowling, was a pupil at Lower Fields Primary School, and went to Tong High School, a state comprehensive school. Malik did not fit in at his first two schools due to his mixed heritage, and after moving schools at the age of twelve. Malik states he started taking pride in his appearance.
          When he was 17 years old, Zayn auditioned in Manchester for the seventh series of The X Factor. During his audition, he sang "Let Me Love You" by Mario. All three judges — Simon, Louis, and Nicole — gave him a 'yes'. His audition was initially not broadcast, but was later shown on “The Xtra Factor”.
         Zayn was noted for becoming nervous in boot camp. When he was told he had to dance, he decided to remain backstage, effectively running the risk of elimination. Later on, Zayn said it was a lack of confidence that caused him to run away.
        Following The X Factor, One Direction signed a record contract with Sony Music subsidiary Syco Music. They released their studio album, Up All Night.