Saturday, November 23, 2013

Who is Margot Elise Robbie?

Who is Margot Elise Robbie? The entertainment and acting world knows her as
Margot Robbie, she is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Donna Freedman on the soap opera Neighbours, which earned her two Logie Award nominations. In 2011, Robbie began starring as Laura Cameron in the ABC drama series Pan Am. Following Pan Am's cancellation, Robbie has appeared in the feature films About Time and The Wolf of Wall Street.

Early life

Robbie was born on 2 July 1990, and grew up on the Gold Coast in Australia. Robbie split her time between the beach and her grandparents' farm, before moving to Melbourne when she was seventeen to begin acting professionally.[2] She graduated from Somerset College on the Gold Coast in 2007.[3]

Career

Robbie has been acting professionally since 2007, when she starred in two feature films, I.C.U. and Vigilante, both directed by Aash Aaron. After impressing the director with her performance during an audition, she won the lead in I.C.U. without an agent at the time.[4] She has also acted in commercials and featured in a guest role in City Homicide as Caitlin Brentford in 2008.[5]
Robbie began appearing as Donna Freedman on Neighbours from June 2008.[4] The character was originally only a guest role, but she was soon promoted to a regular cast member.[6] In an interview with Digital Spy, Robbie said she had gone on a snowboarding holiday to Canada with her boyfriend soon after auditioning, but had to return after only two days when told that she had won the role.[7]
In early 2009, Robbie appeared in various Network Ten promotions, featuring an ensemble of popular Australian faces on the network. In July 2009, she filled the "Generation Y" guest spot on the Network Ten show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation. Robbie also became a Youth Ambassador for missing persons as part of National Youth Week.[8]
In the same year, she was nominated for Most Popular New Female Talent at the Australian Logie Awards.[9] She was also nominated for Favorite Hottie at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards and was up against her Neighbours co-star Dean Geyer.[10] In September 2010, Robbie announced that she was to leave Neighbours after almost three years to pursue an acting career in Hollywood.[11] Her final scenes aired on 26 January 2011 and in April of that year, Robbie was nominated for Most Popular Actress at the Logie Awards.[12]
After arriving in Los Angeles for pilot season, Robbie auditioned for the new series of Charlie's Angels.[13] However, the producers at Sony Pictures Television preferred her for a role in ABC drama series Pan Am.[13] Robbie landed the role of Laura Cameron, a newly trained flight attendant.[14] Pan Am was cancelled after one season due to falling ratings.[15] In May 2012, Fiona Bryne of the Herald Sun reported Robbie had joined the cast of Richard Curtis' romantic comedy, About Time.[15] The following month Digital Spy's Zeba Blay announced Robbie was in talks to appear in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street.[16] Linette Lopez from the Business Insider confirmed Robbie's casting in August.[17]
Robbie has joined the cast of Matthew Michael Carnahan's upcoming film Violent Talent.[18] She will also appear in Suite française, an adaptation of Irène Némirovsky's eponymous novel.[19] Variety's Justin Kroll reported in July 2013, that Robbie is set to star in the upcoming comedy Focus, opposite Will Smith.[20]

Personal life

Caitlin Stasey 
In 2009, Robbie began residing in a house with her Neighbours co-star Ashleigh Brewer.[21] Following her decision to quit Neighbours, Robbie announced that she was moving to Los Angeles to Caitlin Stasey.[22] During production for Pan Am, Robbie resided in New York.There has been several rumors that Robbie was having an affair with actor Will Smith

live with her former co-star

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Vigilante Cassandra
2009 I.C.U. Tristan Waters
2013 About Time Charlotte
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Naomi Lapaglia Post Production
2014 Suite française Celine
2014 Violent Talent Riley Pre-production
2014 Focus
Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Review with Myles Barlow Kelly Episode: "1.1"
2008 The Elephant Princess Butterfly (uncredited) Episodes: "The Butterfly Effect" and "Butterfly Kiss"
2008 City Homicide Caitlin Brentford Episode: "Somersaulting Dogs"
2008–11 Neighbours Donna Freedman Nominated – Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent (2009)
Nominated – Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actress (2011)
2011 Pan Am Laura Cameron












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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Who is Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson?

Who is Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson? The professional basketball world knows hims as , he is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Seattle, Robinson played college basketball at the University of Washington in Seattle and was the 21st pick in the 2005 NBA Draft. Before signing with the Nuggets, Robinson was a point guard for the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, and the Chicago Bulls.[1][2] Robinson is the NBA's first three-time slam dunk champion.[3]



Nate Robinson

High school

Robinson was born May 31, 1984, he spent his first two years of high school at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle. He moved to Union City, California, where he played for James Logan High School for one year, and then returned to Rainier Beach. At Beach, he excelled in basketball, football and track. He led his basketball team to a 28–1 record and won the AAA state championship as a senior with University of Louisville star Terrence Williams, USC alumnus Lodrick Stewart, and former University of Kansas player Rodrick Stewart. He averaged 17.9 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals per game as a senior in 2002, and was named the AAA State player of the year in Washington. He led his team to a no. 7 national ranking in USA Today.[citation needed] Rainier Beach retired Robinson's No. 2 jersey on September 10, 2010.[4]

College

Robinson led the Washington Huskies to two straight NCAA basketball tournament appearances, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance during his junior year[citation needed]. At the end of that season he was named a third-team Associated Press and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American[citation needed].
Robinson also played football at the University of Washington. Robinson's college football career is most remembered for his interception in the final minutes of regulation of the 2002 Apple Cup against the Washington State Cougars, who were at the time ranked #3 in the AP poll. With minutes left in the fourth quarter and the Cougars leading by three points, Robinson intercepted a pass thrown by Matt Kegel intended for 6'6" Mike Bush. The Huskies scored a field goal on the ensuing possession and won the game in triple overtime.[5]

NBA career

New York Knicks

2005–06

Robinson was the 21st selection of the 2005 NBA Draft, chosen by the Phoenix Suns before being traded to the New York Knicks with Quentin Richardson for Kurt Thomas and the draft rights to second-round pick (54th overall) Dijon Thompson[citation needed].
Robinson played in 72 games his rookie year, starting 26 of them, while averaging 9.3 points and 2.0 assists per game. He had a major breakout performance against the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Square Garden where he scored 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Of his 17 points, three came on a game-winning three-pointer at the overtime buzzer over his boyhood idol, Allen Iverson. During the All-Star weekend, Robinson won the 2006 Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest, edging Andre Iguodala 141–140 in an unprecedented overtime, although he took 14 attempts to make his final dunk. In his most memorable dunk of the night, he jumped over 1986 champion Spud Webb, and received a perfect 50-point score for the dunk.[6] During the 2005–06 season, Robinson was reportedly involved in physical altercations between teammates Jerome James and Malik Rose in separate incidents. He was at one point considered by Knicks' coach Larry Brown to be demoted to the NBA Development League. He was instead placed on the Inactive List for 10 games between February 24 and March 11.[7]

2006–07

On December 16, 2006, Robinson was one of the primary participants in the brawl between the Denver Nuggets and the Knicks. His fight with Nuggets guard J. R. Smith landed in the seats, and he was suspended for 10 games as a result.[8]
Robinson competed in the 2007 Slam Dunk Contest to defend his 2006 title, and came in second place after Gerald Green. In the second round, Green's Boston Celtics teammate Paul Pierce brought out a cardboard cut-out of Robinson to dunk over, but Robinson came out and stood in its place instead, and Green jumped over him to complete the dunk.[9]

2008–09

On February 14, 2009, Robinson won the 2009 Sprite Slam Dunk Competition. During the first round he completed two dunks, the second of which included jumping off Knicks teammate Wilson Chandler, who was on the floor. He finished second in the first round with a score of 87. After the first round, he went into the locker room and changed into a green Knicks jersey with green shorts and green shoes representing Kryptonite (which he called "KryptoNATE"), countering competitor Dwight Howard's Superman theme. In the final round, Robinson, who is only 5 feet 9, jumped over Dwight Howard (6 feet 11 inches) for the slam. Robinson went on to win his second Slam Dunk title with 52% of the fan vote.[10]
Robinson enjoyed his best season in 2008–2009, averaging 17.2 points per game, 4.1 assists per game, and almost 30 minutes per game. On February 23, 2009, Robinson scored 41 points and also had 8 rebounds.
On August 12, 2009, Robinson reported on his Twitter page that he would change his number from number 4 to number 2 for the 2009–10 season. On September 25, 2009, Robinson re-signed with the New York Knicks to a one-year deal.

2009–10

After a series of disagreements, Mike D'Antoni removed Robinson from the Knicks' rotation for 14 games beginning on December 1, 2009. Robinson's agent, Aaron Goodwin, urged the Knicks to deal his client, or perhaps work out a buy-out with the team. After remaining on the bench for nearly a month, Robinson made his return on January 1, 2010, against the Atlanta Hawks and scored 41 points, off the bench, in the Knicks' victory.
On February 13, 2010, Robinson won the 2010 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, becoming the first three-time Slam Dunk champion.[11]

Boston Celtics

2010

On February 18, 2010, Robinson was traded to the Boston Celtics along with Marcus Landry in exchange for Eddie House, Bill Walker, and J. R. Giddens.[12] Robinson played in 26 games with the Celtics averaging 6.5 points per game in 14.7 minutes per game.
Despite his limited playing time during the playoffs with the Boston Celtics, Robinson made key contributions in the series clinching Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals where he scored all of his 13 points in the second quarter.

Oklahoma City Thunder

2011

On February 24, 2011, Robinson was traded, along with Kendrick Perkins, to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Jeff Green and Nenad Krstić.[13]
On December 24, 2011, the Thunder waived Robinson.[14]

Golden State Warriors

2012

On January 4, 2012, Robinson signed with the Golden State Warriors.[15] On January 10, 2012, with the absence of Stephen Curry, Robinson led the Warriors with 24 points in a 111–106 overtime victory over the Miami Heat.[16] In the 2011–2012 season he averaged 11.2 points, 4.5 assists and 2 rebounds in 51 games played.

Chicago Bulls

2012–2013

On July 31, 2012, Robinson signed a contract with the Chicago Bulls.[17] On February 4, 2013, Robinson was announced as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week, after averaging 17.8 points, 6.8 assists, and 2.5 steals in a 4 game span.[18] Robinson averaged 13.1 points per game with the Bulls during the regular





season. Due to injuries to Bulls point guards Derrick Rose and Kirk Hinrich, Robinson had 23 starts for the Bulls. On April 27, 2013, Robinson scored 34 points in Game 4 of a first round series against the Brooklyn Nets, including a personal 12-0 run over a period of 1:42 late in regulation, nearly erasing a 14-point deficit. The Bulls eventually won the game in triple overtime.

Denver Nuggets

On July 26, 2013, Robinson signed a multiyear deal with the Denver Nuggets.[19] He announced that he would wear number 10 to honor soccer player Lionel Messi; his preferred number 2 was already retired for Alex English.[20]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 New York 72 26 21.4 .407 .397 .752 2.3 2.0 .8 .0 9.3
2006–07 New York 64 5 21.2 .434 .390 .777 2.4 1.4 .8 .1 10.1
2007–08 New York 72 17 26.2 .423 .332 .786 3.1 2.9 .8 .0 12.7
2008–09 New York 74 11 29.9 .437 .325 .841 3.9 4.1 1.3 .1 17.2
2009–10 New York 30 2 24.4 .452 .375 .778 2.4 3.7 .9 .2 13.2
2009–10 Boston 26 0 14.7 .401 .414 .615 1.5 2.0 .8 .0 6.5
2010–11 Boston 55 11 17.9 .404 .328 .825 1.6 1.9 .5 .1 7.1
2010–11 Oklahoma City 4 0 7.5 .267 .250 .750 .3 1.5 .0 .0 3.3
2011–12 Golden State 51 9 23.4 .424 .365 .832 2.0 4.5 1.2 .0 11.2
2012–13 Chicago 82 23 25.4 .433 .405 .799 2.2 4.4 1.0 .1 13.1
Career
530 104 23.4 .427 .363 .798 2.5 3.0 .9 .1 11.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010 Boston 17 0 7.5 .375 .333 .800 .8 1.1 .4 .1 4.2
2011 Oklahoma City 3 0 4.0 .286 .333 1.000 .0 .3 .0 .0 2.7
2013 Chicago 12 8 33.7 .436 .338 .756 2.7 4.4 1.0 .2 16.3
Career
32 8 17.0 .415 .337 .776 1.4 2.3 .6 .1 8.6

Career highs

Stat High Opponent Date
Points 45 vs. Portland March 8, 2008
Offensive Rebounds 5 3 times
Defensive Rebounds 8 vs. Milwaukee November 21, 2008
Total Rebounds 10 3 times
Assists 15 vs. LA Clippers February 11, 2009
3-pointers made 8 vs. Portland March 22, 2007
3-pointers attempted 13 vs. Milwaukee April 7, 2007
Free throws made 15 vs. Indiana February 23, 2009
Free throws attempted 19 vs. Indiana February 23, 2009
Blocks 3 vs. Charlotte January 28, 2013

Personal

Robinson's father, Jacque Robinson, played American football for the Huskies and earned MVP honors in both the 1982 Rose Bowl and 1985 Orange Bowl. His mother, Renee Busch, operates a beauty salon in Seattle.[21] He is also the cousin of Philadelphia 76ers point guard Tony Wroten.[22] Robinson's great-great-grandfather on his maternal side was Filipino.[23][24]






Monday, November 18, 2013

Who is George Michael Zimmerman?

Who is George Michael Zimmerman? The world knows him as George Zimmerman, he is an American known for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. On July 13, 2013, his trial for second-degree murder and manslaughter ended in acquittal.



Biography

Zimmerman was born on October 5, 1983, in Manassas, Virginia, and is the son of Gladys (née Mesa) Zimmerman and Robert Zimmerman, Sr.[2] Zimmerman is the third of four children and his siblings include a brother, Robert Jr., and two sisters, Grace and Dawn.[3][4] Gladys Zimmerman was born in Peru and has some black ancestry through her Afro-Peruvian maternal grandfather.[3] Robert Zimmerman, Sr. is an American of German descent and served 22 years in the military working for the Department of Defense for the last 10 years of his military career. Before retiring to Florida in 2002, Zimmerman, Sr. had served as a magistrate in Fairfax County's 19th Judicial District.[5][3][6][7] George Zimmerman's voter registration record lists him as a Democrat and a Hispanic.[8][9]
Zimmerman was raised as a Catholic and served as an altar boy from age 7 to 17. Zimmerman attended All Saints Catholic School in Manassas before going to public high school.[6] At age 14, Zimmerman joined an after-school Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program because he had wanted to become a Marine.[3] When Zimmerman was 15 years old, he held three part-time jobs on nights and weekends to save up for a car. Zimmerman graduated from Osbourn High School in 2001.[3][6]

Move to Florida

After graduating from high school, Zimmerman moved to Lake Mary, Florida where he got a job at an insurance agency. Zimmerman took classes at night to obtain a license to sell insurance. It was during this time when he became friends with Lee Ann Benjamin, a real estate agent, and her husband John Donnelly, a Sanford attorney.[3] Benjamin and Donnelly would both later testify on his behalf at his trial in the death of Martin.[10] [11] According to Donnelly, in 2004 Zimmerman and an African-American friend opened a satellite office of Allstate insurance which eventually failed a year later. In July of 2005, when he was 21, Zimmerman was arrested and charged after shoving an "undercover alcohol-control agent" while a friend of Zimmerman's was being arrested for underage drinking. The charges were subsequently dropped when Zimmerman entered a pre-trial diversion program that included anger-management classes.[3][12] Also in 2005, Zimmerman's ex-fiancée filed a restraining order against him, alleging domestic violence. Zimmerman requested a reciprocal restraining order. Both orders were granted.[3][13] These incidents were raised by prosecutors at Zimmerman's initial bond hearing. The judge described the arrests as "run of the mill." [3][14][15]

Move to Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford

Zimmerman married Shellie Dean, a licensed cosmetologist in 2007 and, two years later, they rented a townhouse in the Retreat at Twin Lakes. Zimmerman had also previously been employed at a car dealership and a mortgage audit firm.[3][4] Zimmerman enrolled in Seminole State College in 2009 and was working on an associate degree in criminal justice. In December 2011 he was allowed to participate in a school graduation ceremony, even though he was a course credit shy of his degree. He was completing that credit at the time of the shooting. Zimmerman was employed as an insurance underwriter at that time also.[3][4][16]
In early 2011, Zimmerman participated in a citizen forum at the Sanford City Hall, to protest the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white Sanford police officer. During the meeting, Zimmerman claimed he witnessed "disgusting behavior" while in ride-along program with local police; however the police department said it did not know when, if ever, Zimmerman was in that program.[17][18]

Trayvon Martin shooting and trial

Trayvon Martin
On February 26, 2012, Zimmerman fatally shot 17-year-old African American high school student Trayvon Martin in The Retreat at Twin Lakes community in Sanford, Florida.[3] Zimmerman was the neighborhood watch coordinator for the gated community where Martin was temporarily staying and where the shooting occurred.[19][20][21] The National Sheriff's Association issued a statement that said that the program in the neighborhood where the altercation between Zimmerman and Martin transpired was not associated with the national organization and that Zimmerman ignored everything the program stands for. Their statement also said that Zimmerman was self-appointed, and it describes the shooting of Trayvon as a tragedy.[22] The Twin Lakes Neighborhood Watch program was administered by the local police department. Following an earlier call from Zimmerman, police arrived within two minutes of a gunshot during an altercation in which Zimmerman fatally shot Martin, who did not possess any weapons. Zimmerman was subsequently taken into custody, treated for head injuries, then questioned for five hours. The police chief said that Zimmerman was released because there was no evidence to refute Zimmerman's claim of having acted in self-defense, and that under Florida's Stand Your Ground statute, the police were prohibited by law from making an arrest.[23] The police chief also said that Zimmerman had had a right to defend himself with lethal force.[24] As news of the case spread, thousands of protestors across the country called for Zimmerman's arrest and a full investigation.[25] Six weeks after the shooting, amid widespread, intense, and in some cases misleading media coverage,[26][27] Zimmerman was charged with murder by a special prosecutor appointed by Governor Rick Scott.[28]
Zimmerman's trial began on June 10, 2013, in Sanford. On July 13, 2013, a jury acquitted Zimmerman of the charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter.[29]

Other encounters with police

On September 9, 2013, in Lake Mary, Florida, police responded to a 911 call by Zimmerman's estranged wife, who reported that Zimmerman had threatened her and her father with a gun and had punched her father in the face. Zimmerman was briefly detained and questioned by police.[30] No gun was found at the scene. Police were investigating a broken iPad for video to determine if they would press charges, and if they would be against Zimmerman or his wife.[31] His wife declined to press charges and said that she had not actually seen a gun but had assumed Zimmerman had had a gun from his stance and the way he was putting his hand in his shirt. She said, in a subsequent interview on the Today show, "In hindsight I should've [pressed charges], and I really regret that, but I'm on probation and the officers made it very clear that day if I pressed charges we were all going to go to jail and I would've been the only one to stay there."[32]
On November 18, 2013, Zimmerman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a weapon - a felony; domestic violence battery; and criminal mischief, after allegedly pointing a shotgun at his girlfriend.[33][34][35]


Who is Behati Prinsloo?

Who is Behati Prinsloo? The  entertainment and modeling wNamibian model.[6] In 2008, she became the face of the Victoria's Secret sub-brand Pink and moved on to become a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2009.[7]
orld knows her as Behati Prinsloo, she is a

Early life and career

Prinsloo was born 16 May 1989 in Grootfontein, Namibia, where her father is a minister and her mother runs a bed and breakfast.[8]
While on holiday in Cape Town, South Africa, at the age of 16, Prinsloo was discovered by model [8]
Sarah Doukas
scout Sarah Doukas.
Prinsloo has walked in fashion shows for Chanel, Prada, and Miu Miu. She has been on the covers of Vogue, The Daily Telegraph magazine, Italy's Muse, Russian Vogue, French, Swedish & Italian Elle, and American Velvet. Her ad campaigns include Adore, Aquascutum, Chanel, H&M, Hugo Boss, Kurt Geiger, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Max Studio, Nina Ricci, Tommy Hilfiger, Gap, DKNY Jeans and Nine West as well as a Vogue Italia editorial.[1][8]
On her resume are appearances in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.[1] In 2009, Prinsloo was made a Victoria's Secret Angel.[9] She has been doing print work for the company as the face for their sub-brand "Pink". Prinsloo ranked 14th on 'The Top Sexiest Models' list by models.com.[10]
She was announced as the face of Australian swimwear brand Seafolly for summer 2012.[11]
She played the rich girl in the "Rich Girls" music video by The Virgins.[8]
The night before the 4 December 2012 airing of the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Prinsloo and fellow Victoria's Secret models Jacquelyn Jablonski and Jasmine Tookes guest starred on the 3 December "Ha'awe Make Loa" episode of CBS' Hawaii Five-0 playing themselves.[12]

Personal life

Prinsloo is close friends with Canadian model Coco Rocha and fellow Victoria's Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel.[8]
Prinsloo dated Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine from May of 2012 until March 2013.[13][14] They reunited after a brief split, and in July 2013, it was reported that the two are engaged.[15]

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