Who is Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari?

Who is Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari? The entertainment and acting world knows her as Kristin Cavallari. Cavallari is an American television personality and actress. She is best known for her starring roles on the former MTV programs Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off, The Hills.

Early life

Cavallari was born January 5, 1987 in Denver, Colorado, the second of three children of Judith Spies (née Eifrig) and Dennis Cavallari.^[2][3] When her mother divorced her father, her older brother Mike moved with their father to Laguna Beach, California, while she moved with her mother to the village of Barrington, Illinois, a suburb an hour northwest of Chicago. After difficulties adjusting to a new life with a stepfather and stepbrother, Kristin moved to California to live with her father. Instead Kristin was enrolled at Santa Margarita Catholic High School for her freshman year. After she attended a Driver's Education course through Laguna Beach High School, her father enrolled her in LBHS.

Career

2006-2010: Laguna Beach and The Hills

Cavallari was in her junior year of high school when the first season of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County began production. At the time, she was involved in an on-and-off relationship with senior Stephen Colletti. Cavallari's romance with Colletti caused a rivalry with another cast member, Lauren Conrad. The love triangle became one of the series' central plotline. ^[1]
In May 2009, Cavallari confirmed that she would be joining the cast of the popular MTV reality series The Hills.^[4] She appeared in the mid-season finale that aired on May 31, 2009 and appeared as a regular in the remainder of the fifth season. She inked a deal with MTV to appear as a series regular throughout two more seasons of the series following the fifth.^[5] The sixth and final season aired summer 2010.

2006-2009: Acting endeavors

After her stint on Laguna Beach, Cavallari headed to Los Angeles and briefly enrolled at University of Southern California. She signed on the UPN reality television series Get This Party Started, which premiered February 7, 2006. The series was canceled after airing two episodes due to extremely low ratings. She guest starred in another UPN series Veronica Mars in one episode. She has appeared in numerous television roles such as CSI: NY, Cane and Adventures in Hollyhood.
In 2006, she signed on as Crystal in the horror film Fingerprints. Filming took place throughout April and May 2006 in two Oklahoma towns. The film premiered at Screamfest on October 16, 2006. The film won Best Feature at the 2006 New York City Horror Film Festival. The film was released in 2007 to mixed to positive reviews. She also played a small role in "Wristcutters: A Love Story," an independent film, directed by Goran Dukic in 2006.
In 2008, she had a supporting role in Spring Breakdown alongside Amy Poehler as Summer. The film was released straight-to-DVD on June 2, 2009 and received mixed reviews. She also starred in the independent film Green Flash alongside Torrey DeVitto.
In 2009, she starred in the independent American high school comedy film Wild Cherry as Trish, which also starred Rumer Willis. She also starred in the straight-to-DVD film National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year as Kaitlyn. The film was released July 14, 2009 to mixed to negative reviews.

Philanthropy

Cavallari has been involved in the "Until There's a Cure" public service advertising campaign to raise awareness and funds for AIDS and HIV research and vaccine development.^[6] In 2006, Cavallari appeared in ads for PETA,^[7] and has also appeared as a celebrity spokesperson for "We Are Ellis Island", a campaign for the restoration of historic buildings on Ellis Island.^[8] In February 2009, she posed for the NOH8 Campaign in support of gay marriage.^[9]

Personal life

Cavallari is currently engaged to Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.^[10]

 Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004 to 2005	Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County	Herself	28 episodes
2006	Get This Party Started	Host	2 episodes
2006	Veronica Mars	Kylie Marker	1 episode
2006	Fingerprints	Crystal
2007	Cheerleader Camp	Julie	Television movie
2007	Cane	Casey	Episode: "Family Business"
2008	Green Flash	Lana	Direct-to-DVD release
2008	CSI: NY	Isabelle Vaughn	Episode: "Forbidden Fruit"
2008	Spring Breakdown	Seven #3
2009	Wild Cherry	Trish Van Doren
2009	National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year	Kaitlin Hays	Direct-to-DVD release
2009 to 2010	The Hills	Herself	23 episodes
2011	The Middle	Ms. Devereaux	Episode: "Friends, Lies, and Videotape"

 

 

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Who is Lara Logan?

Who is Lara Logan? The entertainment and news world knows her as Lara Logan a South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent. She is currently the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, a correspondent for 60 Minutes and appears in segments for CBS Evening News.

Early life

Logan was born 29 March 1971 in Durban, South Africa. She attended high school at Durban Girls' College, and later attended the University of Natal in Durban, graduating in 1992.^[1][2]

Career

It was during her studies that Logan began working as a news reporter for the Sunday Tribune in Durban from 1988–89, and found work with the Daily News, another Durban publication, between 1990 and 1992.^[1] In 1992 she began working for Reuters Television in Africa, primarily as a senior producer.^[1] After four years she branched out into freelance journalism, finding work and assignments as a reporter and editor/producer with ITN and Fox/SKY, CBS News, ABC News (London), NBC, and the European Broadcast Union. She also found work with CNN, reporting on incidents such as the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Nairobi and Tanzania, the conflict in Northern Ireland, and the Kosovo war.^[1]
Logan was hired by GMTV breakfast television in the UK as a correspondent in 2000, and also worked with CBS News Radio as a freelance correspondent. Days after the attacks on 9/11, Logan begged a clerk at the Russian Embassy in London to give her an expedited visa to travel to Afghanistan.^[3] In November 2001, while in Afghanistan working for GMTV, Logan infiltrated the American-and British-backed Northern Alliance and interviewed their commander, General Babajan, at the Bagram Air Base.^[3]
Her skill as a reporter persuaded CBS News to offer her an official role within their organisation in 2002. Logan spent much of the next four years reporting from the field, including war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq, often as an embedded journalist with the American Armed Forces. Many of her reports were for 60 Minutes II, and she was also a regular contributor to shows such as CBS Evening News, The Early Show and Face The Nation. She was promoted to the position of the Chief Foreign Correspondent for CBS News in February 2006.^[1]

Haifa Street fighting

In late January 2007, Logan filed a report about fighting along Haifa Street in Baghdad.^[4] When CBS News refused to run the report on the nightly news because the footage was "a bit strong,"^[5] Logan tried to win public support to reverse this decision. Logan said, "I would be very grateful if any of you have a chance to watch this story and pass the link on to as many people you know as possible. It should be seen. And people should know about this."^[5][6] Logan went on to use some of the Haifa Street material during a 60 Minutes report about life in Baghdad under the surge.

Michael Hastings controversy

In June 2010, a Rolling Stone magazine article by Michael Hastings quoted four-star Army General Stanley A. McChrystal and his staff contemptuously criticizing civilian government officials. As a consequence of the article, President Obama fired McCrystal as his top commander in Afghanistan on 23 June 2010.^[7][8][9]Logan said Hastings's reporting was "sensational", and, by relaying "insults and banter", he had violated an "unspoken agreement" and "element of trust" between reporters and military personnel.^[10] ABC News reported that an unnamed source, identified as a "military official", had noted the lack of written ground rules between Hastings' staff and Hastings. The official nonetheless was confident that Hastings had published comments from what McChrystal staffers had assumed discussions that were off-the-record. Rolling Stone editor Eric Bates countered that prior to publishing the Hastings article, the magazine had abided by all of the "express requests for off-the-record and background or not-for-attribution" made by the military.^[11]
Matt Taibbi wrote a Rolling Stone blog entry titled "Lara Logan You Suck", in which he said "If there's a lower form of life on the planet earth than a "reputable" journalist protecting his territory, I haven't seen it", and found Logan ignorant of journalistic responsibilities.^[12] Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com said Logan had shown herself to be "like the most devoted member of McChyrstal's P.R. staff or even his family."^[13] CNN's former chief military correspondent, Jamie McIntyre said Logan's mention of Hastings' lack of military service was "clueless and unhelpful", adding that Logan's "ill-conceived attack" had "unfortunately reinforced the worst stereotype of reporters who 'embed' with senior military officers but are actually 'in bed' with them". McIntyre said Logan's statements on Hastings provided the "smoking gun" to those "looking for evidence combat reporters are too dazzled by the shiny stars on the commander's epaulets."^[14]

Protests in Egypt

On 3 February 2011, Time magazine reported that while covering the Egyptian Revolution, Logan and her crew were arrested by the Egyptian army in Cairo. Logan said the government wanted to prevent further film coverage.^[15][16] She said that prior to the arrest: "We were heavily heavily intimidated and bullied" and "accused of being agents and spies for Israel."^[17] Logan later said of the arrest: "We were not attacked by crazy people in Tahrir Square. We were detained by the Egyptian army. Arrested, detained, and interrogated. Blindfolded, handcuffed, taken at gunpoint, our driver beaten. It's the regime that arrested us. They arrested [our producer] just outside of his hotel, and they took him off the road at gunpoint, threw him against the wall, handcuffed him, blindfolded him. Took him into custody like that."^[15][18]
On 15 February 2011, CBS News released a statement revealing that some four days earlier, Logan had been beaten and sexually assaulted while covering the celebrations in Tahrir Square following the resignation of then President Hosni Mubarak.^[19] CBS News indicated that she was overwhelmed along with her camera crew and security staff before being saved by a group of women and Egyptian soldiers. Logan returned to her hotel after the assault and was flown out of the country within hours on a chartered network jet.^[20][21][22]

Personal life

Joseph Burkett

Logan's husband, Joseph Burkett, is a U.S. Federal Government defense contractor from Texas, whom she met in Afghanistan.^[23][24] They live in Washington, D.C., with their two-year-old son and Burkett's daughter.^[25] Her first husband, Jason Siemon, was a professional basketball player in the United Kingdom.^[3]

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Who is Max Azria?

Who is Max Azria? The entertainment and fashion world knows Max Azria as a French fashion designer of Tunisian descent who founded the contemporary women's clothing brand BCBGMAXAZRIA. Azria is also the designer, chairman and CEO^[1] of BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP, a global fashion house that encompasses over 20 brands.^[2] He is based in Los Angeles.

 Background

Max Azria was born January 1, 1949  in Sfax, Tunisia,^[3] as the youngest of 6 children. As a child, Max was educated in southeastern France before his family relocated to Paris, France, in 1963.

Career

After 11 years of designing a line of women's apparel in Paris, Azria moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1981^[3] and launched Jess, a series of new-concept retail boutiques for women's apparel.









BCBGMAXAZRIA

In 1989, Azria launched BCBGMAXAZRIA,^[1] named for the French phrase "bon chic, bon genre," a Parisian slang meaning "good style, good attitude".^[1] Azria was credited for offering designer fashion at affordable price points and, as a result, was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in 1998.^[4] The BCBGMAXAZRIA Runway collection was first presented at New York Fashion Week in 1996.^[5]

Azria also maintains two eponymous designer collections, Max Azria Atelier and Max Azria. Launched in February 2004, Max Azria Atelier^[1] is a collection of couture gowns created for celebrity clients and red-carpet events. Sharon Stone,^[6] Halle Berry,^[7] Fergie^[8] and Alicia Keys^[8] have worn the label on the red carpet. In February 2006, Azria debuted Max Azria, a ready-to-wear collection with a directional aesthetic, on the runway at New York Fashion Week.^[9] During the 2009 awards season, Angelina Jolie wore Max Azria to the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards^[10] and the 2009 Critics Choice Awards.^[11]
Azria acquired the Hervé Léger fashion house in 1998,^[4] marking the first time in history that an American designer had acquired a French couturier.^[12] In early 2007, Azria relaunched the Hervé Léger label with his own designs, which were quickly embraced by celebrities and trendsetters worldwide.^[4] Beyoncé Knowles,^[13] Jennifer Lopez,^[14] Catherine Zeta-Jones^[15] and Kate Winslet^[15] are among the celebrities who have worn the label for red carpet events.
In Fall 2008, Max Azria presented BCBGMAXAZRIA Runway, Max Azria and Hervé Léger by Max Azria at New York Fashion Week, marking the first time an American designer produced three major fashion shows during one New York Fashion Week.^[16]
Azria launched a young contemporary collection called BCBGeneration in 2008.^[17] In June 2009, Azria teamed up with Miley Cyrus to create a line for Walmart called Miley Cyrus & Max Azria.^[2] Azria also designed clothing for Cyrus' 2009 American tour.

Company

BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP is a global fashion house with a portfolio including more than 20 brands.^[2] Max Azria is the CEO, chairman and head designer alongside his wife, Lubov Azria, who acts as chief creative officer.^[1]
There are currently over 550 BCBGMAXAZRIA boutiques worldwide, including locations in London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.^[1] Azria’s collections are also sold in specialty stores and major department stores across the globe, including Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Lord & Taylor, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, the UK’s Harvey Nichols, Hong Kong’s Lane Crawford, Taiwan’s Mitsukoshi and Singapore’s Takashimaya stores.^[1]
BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP campaigns regularly feature notable models, including Eva Herzigova,^[18] Karen Elson^[19] and Jessica Stam.^[20] The company frequently works with internationally renowned photographers such as Patrick Demarchelier,^[18] Paolo Roversi and David Sims.^[21] BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP clothing are frequently featured in major fashion publications such as Vogue, InStyle and Vanity Fair.^[22] As well as online sites such as Style.com and iFashion Network

Awards and honors

Azria has received many awards throughout his career, including the California Designer of the Year (1995), Atlanta Designer of the Year (1996), The Fashion Performance Award (1997), The Otis Fashion Achievement Award (2000), Hollywood Life’s Breakthrough Award (2004) and The Dallas Fashion Award (2005). Azria also received the Wells Fargo Century Fashion Achievement Award at the 2007 L.A. Fashion Awards^[23] and the 2008 Fashion Excellence Award at the 33rd Annual Dallas Fashion Awards.^[24] He received the latter in recognition of the successful relaunch of his Hervé Léger brand.

Personal life

Max Azria is married to Lubov Azria, chief creative officer for BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP.^[25] He has six children, including Joyce Azria, who was named creative director of BCBGeneration in 2009.^[26] He and his family currently reside in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California.^[27]

 

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