Monday, September 14, 2009

Who is Olivia Jane Cockburn?

Who is Olivia Jane Cockburn? The World knows her as Olivia Wilde, she is an American actress. She began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including roles on the series The O.C. and The Black Donnellys. She currently portrays Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in TV drama House.[1]

Wilde was born March 10, 1984 in New York City on March 10, 1984 as. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn (née Corkhill Redlich), is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist, and her father, Andrew Cockburn, is an Irish journalist, as are her paternal uncles Alexander and Patrick, all of whom are contributors to the political website CounterPunch.org. Her half-aunt was the late writer Sarah Caudwell. Her paternal grandfather was the Irish-born novelist/journalist Claud Cockburn. Wilde has said that as a result of her family background, she has a "strong journalistic streak", being "really critical and analytical".[1] She has wanted to become an actress since the age of two.[1] For a short time, Olivia's family had a house in Guilford, Vermont, USA. Wilde attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., as well as Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and subsequently moved to Dublin, Ireland, where she attended The Gaiety School of Acting.[1] She initially began working as a casting assistant.

Wilde has appeared in the films The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, Conversations with Other Women and Turistas. She became known for her role on The O.C. as Alex Kelly, although she originally auditioned for the role of Marissa. She has also appeared in the Dashboard Confessional music video for "Stolen", and the French Kicks music video for "So Far We Are". She was strongly considered to play Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the 21st Bond film Casino Royale; Eva Green eventually won the role.

Currently, Wilde is ranked #01 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100. She was also ranked #95 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006.[2] She was one of the key models in Abercrombie & Fitch's "Rising Stars" campaign in summer of 2004.

In 2007, Wilde was a part of the ensemble cast of the short-lived NBC midseason drama The Black Donnellys. Her character, Jenny Reilly, was the lone principal female character in the series following the lives of an Irish-American family tied to organized crime in New York City. Also in 2007, Wilde appeared in the play Beauty on the Vine, a political thriller, playing three different characters.:L

Wilde joined the cast of the FOX medical drama House in autumn 2007, playing a young doctor, Dr. Remy Hadley, nicknamed Thirteen, who works closely with Dr. House. Wilde told Star magazine how she sometimes takes cues from her character even when she's not working, saying, "I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'"[3][4]


The New York Observer has described Wilde as having a "throaty voice" and the "wide, teal-eyed charisma of Hollywood in the days of yore".[1] She has cited Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener and Robin Wright Penn as acting inspirations, and also admires playwright Eve Ensler and director and actor Woody Allen.[1]

She won the 2006 US Comedy Arts Festival Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Actress for Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) and in 2008 at the Teen Choice Awards she was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star Female for House M.D. and won the Rising Star Award at the Vail Film Festival.

On October 7, 2008, Olivia appeared in a video on funnyordie.com showing how much she enjoys registering early for the 2008 Presidential election, titled "Olivia Wilde Does It Early."[5]

Olivia Wilde has recently taken the number 1 spot on the 2009 Maxim Hot 100 list. (May, 2009) [6]

Olivia appeared alongside Jack Black and Michael Cera in the 2009 comedy Year One.[7]


Wilde has dual citizenship between the United States and Ireland.[1] She derived her stage name "Wilde" from author Oscar Wilde.

She married Italian-American documentary filmmaker, prince, photographer, and flamenco guitar player Tao Ruspoli on June 7, 2003, in Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. They currently live and work in Venice, Los Angeles, California.[8][9][10] Wilde is a vegan.[11]

Wilde is a supporter of youth voter organization, 18 in '08. She serves on their advisory council and appeared in a public service announcement that debuted June 30, 2008.[12] In the fall of 2008, Wilde campaigned with actors Justin Long and Kal Penn for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama.[13]

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2004 The Girl Next Door Kellie
2005 Conversations with Other Women Bridesmaid
2006 Alpha Dog Angela Holden
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas Sarah Witt
Turistas Bea
2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z Elizabeth
2008 Fix Bella
2009 Year One Princess Inanna
In NorthWood Mia In post-production
2010 Tron Legacy
Filming
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Skin Jewel Goldman Supporting role (2003-2004)
2004 The O.C. Alex Kelly Supporting role (2004-2005)
2007 The Black Donnellys Jenny Reilly Main role (2007)
House Remy "Thirteen" Hadley Main role (2007-present)
Guest appearances
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Cartaz Cultural Herself Guest
2005 Live with Regis and Kathie Lee Herself Guest
Best Week Ever Herself Guest
2006 Punk'd Herself Guest
2008 Speechless Herself Guest
2009 The Ellen Degeneres Show Herself Guest
Entertainment Tonight Herself Guest
The Ballad of G.I. Joe The Baroness Funny or Die
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Who is Olivia Palermo?

Olivia Palermo is currently a cast member on the MTV reality television series The City. The daughter of a real estate developer named Douglas Palermo, Palermo grew up between New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, where she attended St. Luke's School. She attended university in Paris, and classes at Parsons in Paris. She moved back to New York to attend Parsons New York and then The New School as a media studies major. She has been noted as a socialite and has graced the cover of New York Magazine as the It-Girl in 2007.[2]

Palermo was born February 28, 1986, she made her debut on the New York social scene when famed social photographer, Patrick McMullan began snapping pictures of her at events about town. She has since been featured in many international magazines including Vogue, Vogue China, Vogue Japan, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, InStyle, Life & Style and Ok! Weekly.

Palermo was the center of controversy when she was said to sent out an e-mail to now defunct site SocialiteRank.com. Olivia took action and filed a lawsuit against the site and had it shut down. In May 2007 Palermo appeared on the cover of New York Magazine and New York IT Girl.

Palermo is currently with Wilhelmina Models and is noted for her sense of style.

Palermo currently rumored to be in between jobs works in the public relations department for fashion label Diane von Fürstenberg in their New York City office and at Elle.

Palermo is a cast member on The City alongside Whitney Port. The show documents their lives along with other cast members in New York City. The series debuted on December 29, 2008. New York Post's Page Six reported that Palermo was granted $12,000 per episode. [1]




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Who is Olivia Theresa Longott ?

Olivia Theresa Longott the music world knows her professionally as Olivia, she is an American R&B singer.

Olivia Longott was born on February 15, 1981. Her mother is Jamaican/Native American and her father is Cuban.[1]

In 2000, she became the first artist signed to Clive Davis' J Records. Her self-titled debut album Olivia was released in 2001 and featured the singles "Bizounce" which made #15 on the charts, and "R U Capable". The album debuted at number fifty-five and was RIAA certified Gold in November 2002. At the time of the album's certification, Olivia had already been released from J Records, signing to Interscope Records.

In 2004, Olivia re-emerged as the first woman signed to G-Unit Records. She contributed vocals to the trio's debut album Beg for Mercy and to 50 Cent's The Massacre, including the album's number-one single "Candy Shop".

Her first solo single released via G-Unit Records was "Twist It", featuring fellow G-Unit member Lloyd Banks, followed up by "So Sexy" in summer 2005. Both songs failed to debut on the charts due to little promotion. Olivia briefly attended Hofstra University in New York and planned her second album, Behind Closed Doors, which was slated for a 2007 release on Interscope and G-Unit Records. Around the same time, Olivia contributed vocals to Shaggy's single "Wild 2Nite" which debuted at number 85 on the US charts and 65 on the UK charts.

Olivia released her single, "Best Friend", featuring 50 Cent in 2006.


Since departure from G-unit Olivia has been training with an acting coach and has auditioned and been searching for movie roles. She has stated that music comes first but acting is definitely something she's doing.[2] Olivia's first acting role is Lisa in a upcoming film by Director Shawn Baker titled Conspiracy X along side Kellita Smith and Al Thompson (actor). [3]

Discography

Albums

  • Olivia Released: 2001
  • Behind Closed Doors Released: Shelved

Singles



Year Song Chart positions[4] Albums
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B UK
2001 "Bizounce"15 4 20 Olivia
"Are U Capable" 50 124 160
2005 "Candy Shop"

(50 Cent feat. Olivia)		 1 1 4 The Massacre
"Twist It"

(feat. Lloyd Banks)		 - 114 – Behind Closed Doors
"So Sexy" – – –

2006		 "Best Friend (remix)" (Olivia & 50 Cent) 35 20 35


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Who is Tatyana Marisol Ali?

Who is Tatyana Marisol Ali? The Acting world knows her as Tatyana Ali, she is an American actress and R&B singer, best known for her role as Ashley Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Ali was born January 24, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York on January 24, 1979. Her mother Sonia was a nurse and is of Afro-Panamanian descent, while her father, Sheriff Ali, was a retired police officer of Indo-Trinidadian descent. She has two younger sisters, Anastasia and Kimberly. She attended Saw Mill Road Elementary School and Grand Avenue Junior High School in Bellmore, New York, Marymount High School in West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, and The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California. In 2002, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Government and African American Studies from Harvard University.[2]

By the age of six, Ali had begun her acting career. She was a regular child performer on Sesame Street starting in 1985, even appearing with Herbie Hancock in a musical number. She also appeared on Star Search two times. She made her breakthrough when she was cast as Ashley Banks for the popular television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990. She sang on various episodes of the show, including Aretha Franklin's "Respect" and the original song "Make Up Your Mind" produced by Rob Jay of Nspyre Music Productions. Will Smith asked her if she seriously considered pursuing a musical career. Despite her singing ability, she concentrated on her acting career on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air the next few years.


In the final season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1995–1996, Ali began preparing herself for her musical debut. The result was the album Kiss The Sky, which was certified gold in early 1999. The album spawned the hit song "Daydreamin'", produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, which peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart. The album spawned two further UK hits, "Boy You Knock Me Out", featuring Will Smith, which peaked at #3 and is her biggest hit to date; and "Everytime", which was her third top 20 hit in the UK, peaking at #20. She made an appearance in Smith's album Willennium for the track "Who Am I" with MC Lyte.

In 2005, she completed work on the film Glory Road and starred in the music video for Nick Cannon and Anthony Hamilton's "Can I Live?" as Cannon's mother.

She ranked #74 on VH1's "100 Greatest Kid Stars".


In early 2008, she lent her vocal talents to the song “Yes We Can,” a Will.i.am project supporting Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. She also appeared in the subsequent music video which gained coverage on the "What the Buzz" segment of ABC’s World News Now.

She is currently preparing to release her second album, which she describes as "an independent effort".[3] The album is titled "The Light". Much of the album's production was being handled by famed Tupac Shakur's producer Johnny "J".[4]

She is also producing and starring in the web show, BUPPIES.[5]

She is currently on recurring status on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Roxanne.[6]

Ali dated late American actor Jonathan Brandis from 1995 to 1998,[2] with whom she co-starred in the TV movie Fall into Darkness.

Ali traveled the United States as a spokesperson for Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign. Ali headed voter registration drives at college campuses, including many historically black colleges and universities.

Filmography

Television Work

In Season 3 of the Are You Afraid of the Dark Series, a popular Nickelodeon TV show, Tatyana co-starred in "The Tale Of The Quick Silver".

Discography

Albums

Chart Performance

Year Song U.S. U.S. R&B UK NZ[7] FRA[8] NET[9] Album
1998 "Day Dreamin'" 6 5 6 3 — — Kiss The Sky
"Boy You Knock Me Out" (featuring Will Smith) — 68 3 12 32 77
1999 "Everytime" 118 73 20 — — —
"Kiss The Sky" (featuring Marion) 9 — — — — —
2008 "It's All Right" — — — — — — The Light



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Who is Monica Anna Maria Bellucci?

Who is Monica Anna Maria Bellucci? The acting world knows her as Monica Bellucci. She is an Italian actress and fashion model.

Bellucci was born 30 September 1964 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy,[1] the daughter of Maria Gustinelli, a painter, and Luigi Bellucci, who owned a trucking company.[2] Bellucci started modelling at 16, when she was attending the Liceo classico. Initially pursuing a career as a lawyer, Bellucci modeled to pay her tuition at the

University of Perugia,[3] but the lifestyle tempted her away from her law studies. She speaks Italian, French, and English fluently, Spanish semi-fluently, and she has had speaking roles in each of these languages as well as in Aramaic for her part as Mary Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ.

Bellucci is married to fellow actor Vincent Cassel, with whom she has appeared in several films, and has a daughter named Deva (born 12 September 2004). In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter, Bellucci posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that prevent the use of donor sperm.[4]


In 1988, Bellucci moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management. By 1989, she was becoming prominent as a fashion model in Paris and across the Atlantic, in New York City. She posed for Dolce & Gabbana and French Elle, among others. In that year, Bellucci made the transition to acting and began taking acting classes. The February 2001 Esquire's feature on Desire featured Ms. Bellucci on the cover and in an article on the five senses. In 2003, she was featured in Maxim.[5] In 2004, she topped AskMen's 100 Most Beautiful Women in the World annual list. Bellucci's modelling career is managed by Elite+ in New York City. She is considered an Italian sex symbol.[6][7][8] She is currently a face of a range of Dior Cosmetics. Bellucci is also signed to Storm Model Management in London.

Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990s. In 1992, she made her first appearance in a major English-language film as one of Dracula's brides in Bram Stoker's Dracula. She became known and popular with worldwide audiences, following her roles in Malèna (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), and Irréversible (2002), though is perhaps best known for her role as Persephone in The Matrix Reloaded (2003)and The Matrix Revolutions (2003), followed by her portrayal of Mary Magdelene in The Passion of the Christ (2004).

In a documentary about the film, The Big Question, she stated: "I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy; the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings."[9]

In 2003, Bellucci starred in Tears of the Sun as a doctor in Nigeria being rescued by the U.S., and in 2005 in the fantasy film The Brothers Grimm as a beautiful evil queen. Her latest films are The Stone Council (2006) by Guillaume Nicloux, and Manuale d'amore 2 (2007), where she portrays a physiotherapist, who is the object of the desire of her patient. She was supposed to be seen portraying Indian politician Sonia Gandhi in the biopic Sonia, originally planned for release in 2007, but now shelved. September 2007 saw the release of Shoot 'Em Up, where she plays a prostitute, opposite Clive Owen. She dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film.[10]

She filmed Le deuxième souffle (2006), with Daniel Auteuil, Michel Blanc and Eric Cantona.

Bellucci also voiced Kaileena in the video game Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and the French voice of Cappy for the French version of the 2005 animated film Robots.

In 2007, she appeared in Heartango (2007), a film for Intimissimi, with José Fidalgo and directed by Gabriele Muccino.

In 2003, Bellucci won the Nastro d'Argento Best Supporting Actress award for her portrayal of Alessia in Remember Me, My Love.[11] She has been nominated for several others, including the 1996 César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Lisa in L'Appartement.[12]

Matrix star Monica Bellucci is pregnant with her second child, People reports.


The 45-year-old Italian beauty is due at the end of spring, a family friend tells the magazine. Bellucci and her husband, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen star Vincent Cassel, 43, are already parents to a 5-year-old daughter, Deva.


Filmography

Year Film Role
1992 Briganti – Amore e libertà (Bandits – Love and Liberty) Costanza
Vita coi figli (Life With the Sons) Elda
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula One of Dracula's brides
1995 Joseph Pharaoh's wife
1996 L'Appartement Lisa
1997 Dobermann Nat the Gypsy
1998 Ultimo capodanno dell'umanità (Humanity's Last New Year's Eve) Giulia Giovannini
2000 Under Suspicion Chantal Hearst
Franck Spadone Laura
Malèna Malèna Scordia
2001 Brotherhood of the Wolf Sylvia
2002 Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre Cleopatra
Irréversible Alex
2003 Remember Me, My Love Alessia
Tears of the Sun Lena Fiore Kendricks
The Matrix Reloaded Persephone
Enter the Matrix (video game) Persephone
The Matrix Revolutions Persephone
2004 The Passion of the Christ Mary Magdalene
Agents secrets Barbara / Lisa
She Hate Me Simona Bonasera
2005 The Brothers Grimm The Mirror Queen
How Much Do You Love Me? Daniela
2006 The Stone Council Laura Siprien
2007 Heartango
(short film for Intimissimi)		 L'inafferrabile/ La passionale / L'indecisa / La curiosa / L'aggressiva / La mamma / La premurosa
Manuale d'amore 2
(Capitoli successivi)		 Lucia
Shoot 'Em Up Donna Quintano
Le deuxième souffle Manouche
2008 Sanguepazzo Luisa Ferida
L'uomo che ama Alba
2009 Don't Look Back
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Gigi
Baaria - La porta del vento
2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice Veronica
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Who is Monica Conyers?

Who is Monica Conyers? The political world knows Conyer as former Detroit City Council member and former president pro tempore of the Detroit City Council.[1] She was first elected to the Detroit City Council in 2005, and became its interim president in September 2008. She is the wife of U.S. Congressman John Conyers, a Democrat.[2]
Conyers is the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation into political corruption in the city, [3] and has pled guilty to conspiring to commit bribery. [4]

Monica Ann Esters was born October 31, 1964 in River Rouge, Michigan on October 31, 1964. She had four brothers and one sister. She grew up with her mother in west Detroit and attended Henry Ford High School. One brother was imprisoned for robbery, another for weapons violations, and her father had a record for breaking and entering.[5] Conyers attended the University of District of Columbia School of Law and received a Juris Doctor. She also earned a master's in Public Administration from Central Michigan University and a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education and Political Science from Bennett College.
Prior to being elected to the council, she worked as both a teacher for mentally challenged teens and vice administrator for Detroit Public Schools. She married John Conyers on June 4, 1990 (she was 25, he was 61). They have two sons, John and Carl.
At midnight on September 19, 2008, former council president Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. became mayor of Detroit following the resignation of Kwame Kilpatrick. On the same day, Monica Conyers made her full transition from Vice President of City Council to President. She returned to being president pro tem after interim Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. was defeated by Dave Bing in a special election held on May 5, 2009. Although Conyers initially wanted to investigate whether the city charter guarantees that position (which it does),[6] she did not fight the position of the council's legal analyst that Cockrel would return to the position of Council President.[7]

Conyers has sometimes made headlines for breaking with her colleagues in the Michigan Democratic Party and the City Council (which consists entirely of Democrats). She was critical of the party for running ads in a mayoral race in Flint, Michigan.[8] During the lengthy legal and political crisis of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Conyers was the only member of Council to vote against a resolution demanding that he resign.[9]


On June 16, 2009, it was announced that Conyers had been linked to an ongoing corruption investigation in Detroit, involving alleged bribes offered by Synagro Technologies. Originally, case documents had referred only to "Council Member A" receiving bribes totaling more than $6000 to influence passage of a contract with the city, but on June 16 the United States Attorney's Office confirmed that two Synagro representatives had named Conyers as the recipient. [10][11]

Conyers was given a pre-indictment letter and offered a plea deal in the case.[12] On June 26, 2009, Conyers was charged with conspiring to commit bribery and pleaded guilty.[13]

In January 2009, Detroit's General Retirement System notified Conyers that she owed $5,600 to the City, which included travel advances not spent on business class airfare to London. The pension board also claimed she hadn't submitted receipts for trips to Grand Cayman and Philadelphia.[14]
In April 2009, one day after denying the relation, Conyers admitted she helped her brother, Reggie Esters, a convicted felon, obtain a city job that was originally to last four months, but was extended to two years, ending only when Esters' absenteeism became an issue. Esters is reported to have submitted a false resume.[15]

In February 2008, details of an exchange between Conyers and an aide to Mayor Kilpatrick, DeDan Milton, were made available through The Detroit News.[16] Conyers allegedly made reference to a gun in an argument with Milton. Conyers has denied the allegations. The police reports have since been withdrawn.[17]
In February 2009, Conyers was involved in a confrontation with fellow councilmember Kwame Kenyatta. After Kenyatta insisted that Conyers submit in writing her request to cut his budget Conyers insulted Kenyatta about his hearing aid, health, and lack of education. Conyers stated that Kenyatta needed to "learn how to talk a woman", to which Kenyatta replied that when he was with a woman, he will do so. Conyers then had to be restrained by a council staffer and a council security officer as she attempted to approach Kenyatta.[18] Conyers later sent an apology letter, which was rejected by Kenyatta as insincere.[19] Conyers subsequently said that re-election "might not be worth it" in view of the constant public criticism of her.[19]
In February 2009, the Detroit Free Press editorial board opined that Conyers was no longer fit for office due to her increasingly "volatile" behavior.[20]
In March 2009, Conyers led a group of five Detroit City Council members that blocked the transfer of ownership of Detroit Cobo Hall (the home of the North American International Auto Show) to a regional authority consisting of representatives from Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties. During a heated council meeting discussing the deal, she told Isaac Robinson, a white official of the Teamsters union, that most of the people that work at the show "don't look like me. They look like you."[21] She was quick to deny any implications of racism to the media when questioned about the comments. Conyers went on to claim Black people "cannot be racist".[22]


On June 26, 2009, Conyers pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe in the Synagro sludge hauling scandal. [23] She faces five years in jail.


On June 29, 2009 Monica Conyers officially resigned from the Detroit City Council, effective July 6.[24]

US District Court judge Avern Cohn had originally set Conyers' sentencing date for Dec. 1. It was changed to Jan. 15 in November and now will be March 10.
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