Who is Kristen Jaymes Stewart?

Who is Kristen Jaymes Stewart? The entertainment and acting world knows her as Kristen Stewart, she is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has also starred in films such as Panic Room (2002), Zathura (2005), In the Land of Women (2007), The Messengers (2007), Adventureland (2009) and The Runaways (2010). She has won various awards in three consecutive years.

           

 

 

 

 

Early life

Kristen Stewart was born April 9, 1990 and raised in Los Angeles, California.[1][2][3] Her father, John

Stewart, is a stage manager and television producer who has worked for Fox.[4] Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is a script supervisor originally from Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia.[3][5][6][7] She has an older brother, Cameron Stewart.[8] Stewart attended school until the seventh grade, and then continued her education by correspondence.[3] She has since completed high school.[9]

Career

Her whole family all worked behind the camera, and Stewart thought   she would become a writer/director, but never considered being an actor.   "I never wanted to be the center of attention — I wasn't that 'I want   to be famous, I want to be an actor' kid. I never sought out acting, but   I always practiced my autograph because I love pens. I'd write my name   on everything."[10] Stewart's acting career began at the age of eight, after an agent saw her perform in her elementary school's Christmas play.[11] After a year of auditioning, Stewart's first role was a nonspeaking part in the film The Thirteenth Year.[4] Then, she had another part in the film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as the "ring toss girl".[4] She subsequently appeared in the independent film The Safety of Objects, in which she played the tomboy daughter of a troubled single mother (Patricia Clarkson). Stewart had a major role in the Hollywood film Panic Room, playing the diabetic daughter of a divorced mother (Jodie Foster).   The film received generally positive reviews, and Stewart garnered   positive notices for her performance. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance.[12]

After Panic Room's success, Stewart was cast in another thriller, Cold Creek Manor, playing the daughter of Dennis Quaid's and Sharon Stone's characters; the film generally failed at the box office. She was again nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance.[12] It was revealed that at about this time in her career, she had to be homeschooled due to her irregular schedule, which was affecting her grades. She   said, "I started homeschooling because my teachers were failing me. I   think it was just resentment — I made more work for them. But   homeschooling is great; you can study what you want, which allows you to   get more excited about what you're doing".[12]


Her first starring role followed, in the children's action-comedy Catch That Kid, opposite Max Thieriot and Corbin Bleu. Stewart also played the role of Lila in the thriller Undertow. To date, Stewart's most critically acclaimed role may be in the Showtime television film Speak (2004), based on the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson.   Stewart, 13 at the time of filming, played high school freshman Melinda   Sordino, who stops almost all verbal contact after being raped.   Stewart received great praise for playing the character, who had only a   few speaking lines, but kept up a darkly humorous commentary inside her   head throughout the film.

 

In 2005, Stewart appeared in the fantasy-adventure film Zathura,   playing the role of Lisa, the

irresponsible older sister of two little   boys, who turn their house into a spacecraft hurtling uncontrollably in   outer space by playing a board game. The film received praise by   critics, but Stewart's performance did not garner much media attention,   as it was noted that her character is immobilized during most of the   film.[13] The following year, she played the character Maya in Fierce People, directed by Griffin Dunne. After that film, she received the lead role of Jess Solomon in the supernatural thriller film The Messengers.


In 2007, Stewart appeared as teenager Lucy Hardwicke in In the Land of Women, a romantic drama starring Meg Ryan and Adam Brody. The film, as well as Stewart's performance, received mixed reviews. That same year, Stewart appeared in Sean Penn's critically acclaimed adaptation film Into the Wild. For her portrayal of Tracy — a teenage singer who has a crush on young adventurer Christopher McCandless — Stewart received generally positive reviews. Salon.com considered her work a "sturdy, sensitive performance",[14] and the Chicago Tribune noted that she did "vividly well with a sketch of a role."[15] Her performance was not without detractors, however; Variety's critic Dennis Harvey wrote, "It's unclear whether Stewart means to be playing hippie-chick Tracy as vapid, or whether it just comes off that way."[16] After Into the Wild, Stewart had a cameo appearance in Jumper and also appeared in What Just Happened, which was released in October 2008.[17] She also co-stars in The Cake Eaters an independent film that has only been screened at film festivals.


On November 16, 2007, Summit Entertainment announced that Stewart would play Isabella "Bella" Swan in the film Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance novel of the same name.[18] Stewart was on the set of Adventureland when director Catherine Hardwicke visited her for an informal screen test which "captivated" the director.[19] She stars alongside Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward Cullen, her character's vampire boyfriend. The film began production in February 2008 and finished filming in May 2008. Twilight was released domestically on November 21, 2008.[20] After the release of Twilight,   Kristen Stewart was awarded the MTV Movie Award for Best Female   Performance for her portrayal as Bella Swan. Stewart reappeared as Bella   in the sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and reprised this role in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.


Stewart has been nominated and presented with the BAFTA Rising Star award.[21] At the 2010 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Stewart and Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner presented a tribute in honour of the horror movie genre.[22]


In 2009, Stewart starred in The Yellow Handkerchief, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and was released into theaters in 2010 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. She also starred alongside James Gandolfini in Welcome to the Rileys, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010.


Stewart most recently portrayed rock star Joan Jett in The Runaways, a biopic of the titular band from writer-director Floria Sigismondi.[23] Stewart met with Jett over the 2008–2009 New Year to prepare for the   role, and ended up prerecording songs in a studio for the film.[24] She received nearly unanimous praise for her performance. Josh Tyler of Cinema Blend pronounced her to be "a modern day James Dean. She gives the kind of performance in The Runaways that hasn’t been seen on screen since his death. The Runaways is her Rebel Without a Cause ... she’s absolutely brilliant as Joan Jett."[25] The Metro Times wrote, "It turns out that Stewart is actually really good at capturing   Jett's icy, tough-but-cool girl swagger, adding the needed touches of   vulnerability that transform it into a pretty terrific performance...   Stewart is a genuine rock star here."[26] Also, A.O. Scott of The New York Times noted "Ms. Stewart, watchful and unassuming, gives the movie its spine and soul."[27]


Stewart will star in a film called K-11 with Jason Mewes.[5] The film, which is being directed by Stewart's mother, takes place in a dorm of the Los Angeles County Jail, and will feature Stewart as a male character.[5][28] She has also been cast in the role of Mary Lou in an upcoming film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's cult classic novel On the Road. Shooting began in August 2010.[29]


Stewart was listed as the highest earning female actress in Hollywood   in the "2010's Top Hollywood Top Earners List" compiled by Vanity Fair. Throughout 2010, Stewart earned an estimated $28.5 million for all her movie appearances.[30]

Personal life

Stewart currently lives in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Stewart has expressed a desire to live and work in Australia, saying, "I want to go to Sydney University in Australia. My mom's from there."[31] Apart from acting, she is also interested in attending college in the   near future, saying, "I want to go to college for literature. I want to   be a writer. I mean, I love what I do, but it's not all I want to do —   be a professional liar for the rest of my life."[32] In an interview with Vanity Fair, Stewart stated that she dated Michael Angarano, her co-star from Speak.[33]

List of awards and nominations

Year	Title of work	Award	Category	Result	Notes
2002	Panic Room	Young Artist Awards	Best performance in a feature film- Leading Young Actress	Nominated
2003	Cold Creek Manor	Young Artist Awards	Best performance in a feature film- Supporting Young Actress	Nominated
2004	Undertow	Young Artist Awards	Best performance in a feature film- Supporting Young Actress	Nominated
2007	Into the Wild	Young Artist Awards	Best performance in a feature film- Supporting Young Actress	Nominated
2007	Into the Wild	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture	Nominated	Entire Cast
2008	Twilight	MTV Movie Awards	Best Female Performance	Won
2008	Twilight	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss	Won	Shared with Robert Pattinson
2008	Twilight	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress Drama	Won
2008	Twilight	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Liplock	Won	Shared with Robert Pattinson
2008	Twilight	Scream Awards	Best Fantasy Actress	Won
2008	Twilight	Scream Awards	Best Ensemble Cast	Nominated
2008	Twilight	People's Choice Awards	Favourite On-Screen Team	Won	Shared with Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner
2008	Twilight	People's Choice Awards	Favourite Movie Actress	Nominated
2009	Adventureland	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble cast	Nominated	Entire cast
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	BAFTA Awards	Rising Star Award	Won
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Cutest Couple	Won	Shared with Taylor Lautner
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Cutest Couple	Nominated	Shared with Robert Pattinson
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	MTV Movie Awards	Best Female Performance	Won
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss	Won	Shared with Robert Pattinson
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Screen Couple	Nominated	Shared with Robert Pattinson
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Screen Couple	Nominated	Shared with Taylor Lautner
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress Fantasy	Won
2010	The Runaways	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress Drama	Nominated
2010	The Runaways	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss	Nominated	Shared with Dakota Fanning
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actress	Won
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	People's Choice Awards	Favourite On-Screen-Team	Won	Shared with Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Star Under 25	Nominated

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Who is Nathaniel Dwayne Hale died from a stroke he was 41?

  Nathaniel Dwayne Hale , better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, was an American musician, died from a stroke he was 41 .

(born August 19, 1969- March 16, 2011)

 Life & Career

Nate Dogg was born in Long Beach, California. He is the friend and partner in the rap game with rappers Snoop Dogg, Warren G, RBX, Daz Dillinger and is the cousin of Butch Cassidy and Lil' ½ Dead. He began singing as a child in the New Hope Baptist Church in Long Beach and Life Line Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi where his father (Daniel Lee Hale) was pastor. At the age of 16 he dropped out of high school in Long Beach, California and left home to join the United States Marine Corps,^[1] serving for three years. In 1991 Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg,^[2] and their friend Warren G, formed a rap trio called 213. 213 recorded their first demo in the back of the famed V.I.P record store in Long Beach, the demo was later heard by Dr. Dre at a house party and he was instantly hooked on the soulful voice of Nate.^[3]
Nate Dogg made his debut on The Chronic. Singing in what later become his trademark style, he was well-received by fans and critics alike, and would go on to sign with Death Row Records in 1993. Nate Dogg was also featured on Mista Grimm's "Indosmoke" with Warren G. Then in 1994 he produced his first hit single "Regulate" with Warren G. Nate Dogg was also featured in many Tupac releases, including his collaboration record Thug Life: Volume I. Then in 1998 after a tumultuous time at Death Row Records he released another album. The double album was titled G-Funk Classics Vol. 1 & 2 and was followed up in late 2001 with Music & Me on Elektra Records. Music ; Me peaked at number three on the Billboard hip-hop charts in 2001.^[4]


In 2002, Nate Dogg appeared on a celebrity episode of the Weakest Link, making it to the last three players before being eliminated by Xzibit and Young MC.^[5]
Nate Dogg was arrested in Arizona in April 2002 and was charged with firearms and drug offenses.^[6] He pleaded guilty in May 2002 and was subsequently sentenced to probation and community service.^[7] He was also ordered to attend drug counseling sessions.^[7]
Nate has found his greatest success, not in solo projects, but in collaborations with other hip-hop artists. As of 2004, Nate Dogg has featured in and contributed to over 40 chart singles.^[8]
After a number of delays and an original release date of April 2004, his self-titled album Nate Dogg is set to be released on Affiliated Entertainment Group on June 3, 2008.^[9] Nate Dogg had started working on a new project.

Stroke

On December 19, 2007, he suffered a stroke,^[10] according to a coordinator for his recently formed gospel choir, Innate Praise.^[10] Reports had circulated that Nate Dogg had been admitted to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center in Pomona, California after suffering a heart attack. Erica Beckwith, however, confirmed to MTV News that Nate Dogg was released on December 26 after being treated for a stroke and is currently in a medical-rehab facility to assist him in his recovery. On January 18, 2008, it was officially reported that the stroke had rendered the left side of his body paralyzed. Doctors believe there will be a full recovery, and his voice was not affected. In September 2008, Nate suffered a second stroke and today is still recovering in a long term care facility.^[11]

It was confirmed March 16,2011 that Nate Dogg died from a stroke. Nate Dogg was 41. Nate did in fact suffer two strokes in 2008 and had been undergoing physical therapy at a long term care facility.

Discography

Main article: Nate Dogg discography

• G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 (1998)
• Music and Me (2001)
• Nate Dogg (2003)

Filmography

• The Transporter song "I Got Love" (2002)
• Doggy Fizzle Televizzle as singer of the theme song for the sketch "The Braided Bunch" (2002–2003)
• Head of State as himself (also singer/composer of theme song) (2003)
• Need For Speed: Underground song "Keep it Comin"
• The Boondocks (2008)

Awards/nominations

Nate Dogg has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, but has yet to win one.

Category	Genre	Song	Year	Result
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (with Eminem)	Rap	"Shake That"	2007	Nominated
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (with Ludacris)	Rap	"Area Codes"	2002	Nominated
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (uncredited with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)	Rap	"The Next Episode"	2001	Nominated
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (with Warren G)	Rap	"Regulate"	1995	Nominated "

 

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Who is Tameka Foster Raymond?

Who is Tameka Foster Raymond?  The entertainment and celebrity world knows Tameka Foster as the former wife of R&B Singer Usher. Foster  is an American hair stylist, wardrobe stylist and philanthropist. Foster has worked as a personal stylist for Lauryn Hill.^[1]

Career

Foster was born  January 1, 1971 attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in 1994, followed by a Merchandising Marketing major in Los Angeles. Her professional career started with her employment as a salesperson; she has also worked in management. During her attendance of the Fashion Institute, Foster briefly worked for Armani and since then, has styled numerous international celebrities including Jay-Z, Ciara, Nas and Mary J. Blige.^{[citation needed]}
Foster's work as a stylist gained attention of network cables MTV, E! and Access Hollywood.^[2]
Foster is credited as the founder of charity organization The Lost Ones Foundation, found in 2009. The organisation claims to be non-profit and serves as a motivational group for teenage girls.^[3]

Personal life

Foster has five children. Her first son was born during her teenage years; her second and third son were born to Atlanta based clothier Ryan Glover. She had been dating Glover since 1998, married him in 2002 and legally divorced in 2007, despite having separated earlier.^{[citation needed]}
In 2006, Foster became involved romantically with her employer, singer Usher, who had hired her as a stylist. He proposed to her in January 2007 and announced their engagement in February. The couple married August 3, 2007 in a private ceremony.^[4] Foster's fourth and Usher's first child, son Usher Raymond V, was born November 26, 2007.^[5] On December 10, 2008, Foster gave birth to her fifth child, son Naviyd Eli Raymond.^[6]
In February 2009, Foster, now renamed Raymond, suffered from cardiac arrest in a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. Foster had been in the hospital to get a liposuction; however, the procedure was never performed and she was put in a medically induced coma to aid her recovery.^[7]
In June 2009, Usher filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences when claiming to have lived separately from Foster for nearly a year.^[8][9] Foster's family spoke against the claims, stating Usher had been living in their Atlanta home until March 2009.^[10] The divorce was finalized November 4, 2009

Foster and Usher has become the latest high-profile star to be caught up in a sex tape sting as a video and photos allegedly featuring his ex-wife, Tameka Foster, are hawked around Hollywood’s gossip websites.

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Who is Vivian Luisa Schiller?

Who is Vivian Luisa Schiller? The Entertainment and Broadcasting world knows her as Vivian Schiller the former president and CEO of National Public Radio.[2]

Schiller was born September 13, 1961 is the daughter of Ronald Schiller, a former editor at Reader's Digest, and Lillian Schiller of Larchmont, New York.[3] She graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor's degree in Russian studies and Soviet studies, and a Master's degree in Russian from Middlebury College.[4][edit]Biography

Career

Prior to leading NPR, Schiller was a senior vice president of NYTimes.com.[4] She was the first general manager of Discovery Times Channel (now Investigation Discovery), from 2002 - 2006.[5]

Juan Williams controversy

On October 20, 2010, NPR fired political analyst Juan Williams. Initial reports indicated Williams was fired for his comments on Fox Newsthat he gets "nervous" when he sees people in "Muslim garb" boarding a plane.[6] Speaking to the media, Schiller stated Williams was not fired for that particular incident, but for offering his controversial opinions on several occasions, which she deemed a breach of journalistic ethics for an NPR analyst.[7]

Schiller then intensified the existing controversy over Williams' dismissal when she added that Williams should have kept his Muslim comments between himself and "his psychiatrist or his publicist—take your pick." Schiller quickly retracted her own remarks, stating, "I spoke hastily and I apologize to Juan and others for my thoughtless remark."[8]

Juan Williams, appearing soon after on Fox News Channel "The O'Reilly Factor" noted in his own defense that other journalist staff members of NPR had previously voiced their own personal opinions and observations without their being reprimanded or terminated. Williams speculated that his termination was occasioned by his frequent appearances on Fox News Channel programs in general, and not by any individual remarks he may have made.

In January 2011, due to concerns with the "speed and handling of the termination process" of Juan Williams, the NPR board decided to deny Schiller a 2010 bonus in addition to accepting the resignation of Ellen Weiss, the news executive responsible for William's dismissal. At the same time, the board "expressed confidence in Vivian Schiller's leadership going forward."[9]

Resignation From NPR

On March 9th, 2011, the NPR Board of Directors announced that they had officially accepted the resignation of Schiller. The resignation was a consequence of a secretly taped sting interview given by NPR employee Ronald Schiller, who is not related to Vivian Schiller.[10][11][12]Dave Edwards, Chair of the NPR Board of Directors, sent the following message to the NPR staff regarding the resignation: "It is with deep regret that I tell you that the NPR Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Vivian Schiller as President and CEO of NPR, effective immediately. The Board accepted her resignation with understanding, genuine regret, and great respect for her leadership of NPR these past two years."[13] She was succeeded on an interim basis by Joyce Slocum, the senior vice president of Legal Affairs and General Counsel

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Who is Dariya Verbova?

Who is Dariya Verbova?  The entertainment and modeling world knows her as Daria Werbowy . She is perhaps best known as a spokesperson for the French beauty brand Lancôme.

 Although Werbowy was born November 19, 1983 in Kraków, Poland,[2] Werbowy holds both Canadian and Ukrainian citizenship.[3]When she was three years old, Werbowy's Ukrainian parents moved to Mississauga, a suburb ofToronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] She has a brother named Orest and sister Oksana. At age fourteen, Werbowy was 5'11", willowy and sporting braces. She attended St. Sofia Ukrainian Catholic Elementary School and Cawthra Park Secondary School as a visual arts student.Personal life


Werbowy has been romantically linked to Josh Hartnett.[4]

Professional career

Werbowy had never seriously considered modeling, but found herself launched into the business after meeting a schoolmate's mother who headed Toronto's Susan J. Model & Talent Management. At age 14, Werbowy won a national modelling contest,^[2] but after a year of working with Susan J. Model & Talent, however, Werbowy thought she could be doing more with another agency and left.

After switching over to Elite Models, Werbowy began landing several prominent bookings in Canada but still had not achieved much international success. Daria lived in London and Greece, where 'there were loads of castings, but no work.' Her first runway season was disrupted and her bookings canceled after the 9/11 attacks in New York City.^[5] After a disappointing eight months Werbowy returned to Canada. She gave modeling a final shot as a means to fund for her art school education.^[5]

'I returned to New York, met my agent and the next day I had an exclusive deal with Prada. From then on it was all a bit of a blur.'^[5]

When Elite Canada's head scout, Elmer Olsen, started his own agency, Werbowy followed and her career began to flourish. Within a few years, and under the guidance of International Management Group (IMG), Werbowy had gained a foothold on the international modelling stage. Daria has considered taking a break from the fashion industry when she is 27 to sail around the world.

Though she relinquished the world's No.1 runway model status to new "it girls", Werbowy holds the record for opening and closing the most shows in one season.^[6] To date, Werbowy's clients have included Lancôme, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Pepe Jeans, Roberto Cavalli, Gucci,Hermès, Valentino, David Yurman, Missoni, Versace, Louis Vuitton and Chanel. In her first season, Fall/Winter 2003, Werbowy captured two of the modeling world's most coveted assignments: the cover of Vogue Italia, thrice (in July, August and October); and Prada's Fall/Winter ad campaign.^[6]

In July 2007, Forbes listed Werbowy as the ninth highest-earning model in the world after Karolina Kurkova, Natalia Vodianova, Carolyn Murphy, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Kate Moss and Gisele Bündchen. Her earnings between June 2006 and June 2007 were in the order of $3.5 million.

In 2008 Daria embarked on a three-month journey across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.^[7] On September 6, 2008, Daria was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.^[8] She is the second Canadian model, after Linda Evangelista, to have a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame.^[9] Earlier that year, Werbowy launched a three-piece makeup collection by Lancôme for Sephora.^[10] The proceeds went to the Vik Muniz charity Centrao Especial for underprivileged youth in Brazil.

Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.^[11]

Werbowy has had conflicted feelings about her professional life. In the September 2008 issue of Fashion Magazine she was quoted as saying:

"I've had a lot of mixed feelings about what I do ... A lot of the time, I feel like I'm part of the problem when it comes to all the superficiality and vanity that impacts the way girls grow up". ^[12]

Werbowy is featured in the 2011 Pirelli Calendar photographed by Karl Lagerfeld

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