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.