Jessica Biel

Full name: Jessica Biel

DOB:  March 03, 1982

Place of birth: Ely Minnesota .

Occupation: Actress.





Jessica Biel is a Hollywood sex symbol and actress, known for her work in the series 7th Heaven and films like The Illusionist and Total Recall.
IN THESE GROUPS


“I had a mission as a kid. I was just one of those kids who begged and begged. 'Take me to this commercial-acting class.' 'Take me to this play.' 'Take me to this audition.' And my parents just supported it.”
—Jessica Biel
Synopsis

Born on March 3, 1982 in Ely, Minnesota, Jessica Biel starred in the TV series 7th Heaven as a teen. She caused a stir with sexy photos for Gear magazine before turning to a film career. She’s had roles in a range of work, including the comedy Valentine’s Day, the drama Elizabethtown and the sci-fi thrillers Blade: Trinity and Total Recall, while gracing many other magazine covers as well.

'7th Heaven'

An actress and activist, Jessica Claire Biel was born on March 3, 1982, in Ely, Minnesota. Growing up, Biel moved around a lot with her family, eventually settling in Boulder, Colorado. With an early interest in all things theatrical, Biel took dance and voice lessons as a child. "I had a mission as a kid," she explained to Harper's Bazaar magazine. "I was just one of those kids who begged and begged. 'Take me to this commercial-acting class.' 'Take me to this play.' 'Take me to this audition.' And my parents just supported it." She was especially interested in the musical Annie, the rags-to-riches story of an orphaned girl. When she was 8, Biel served as an understudy for a production of the show in Connecticut.

Biel branched out into modeling around the age of 11. During a modeling convention in 1994, she won an acting scholarship to a program in Los Angeles. Biel studied her craft for several years, eventually landing her breakthrough role on the family drama 7th Heaven. In the series, she played Mary Camden, the oldest daughter of a minister (played by Stephen Collins) and his wife (played by Catherine Hicks). The couple had five children at the start of the show and each episode featured the moral challenges and misadventures experienced by the sizable brood. Launched in 1996, the show became very popular, especially with families.

Changing Image

While on the series, Biel looked for opportunities to show that she was more than just the wholesome teenager she portrayed on television. She showed great dramatic range as Peter Fonda's troubled granddaughter in the critically acclaimed 1997 drama Ulee's Gold. Biel then co-starred in the 1998 family comedy I'll Be Home for Christmas with Jonathan Taylor Thomas.

In 1999, People magazine named her as one its "50 Most Beautiful People." It was another magazine, however, that provided the most dramatic shake-up to her image; Gear magazine put Biel on its March 2000 cover, wearing next to nothing. The sexy images contained inside, along with several negative comments about her role on the WB, incensed some 7th Heaven fans, as well as the show's producers. Biel later admitted that she agreed to the shoot in order to get out of her contract with the network. The WB forced Biel to honor the duration of her contract. She did manage to appear in fewer episodes of the show due to her schedule at Tufts University. She finally left the show in its sixth season.

Recent Roles

After completing her first year at college, Biel returned to Los Angeles to focus on feature films. She starred opposite Freddie Prinze Jr. in the 2001 romantic comedy Summer Catch. The film failed to attract much of an audience, bringing more than $19 million at the box office. Biel took a supporting role in the 2002 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's Rules of Attraction, and then turned to the horror genre with the 2003 remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Rules of Attraction proved to be a commercial and critical dud, but Texas Chainsaw Massacre became a box office hit.

Moving into action films, Biel had a role in Blade: Trinity (2004), the latest addition to the vampire-hunting saga starring Wesley Snipes. She took to the skies as a fighter pilot in the military action thriller Stealth (2005) with Jamie Foxx and Josh Lucas, which proved to be another box office disappointment. Her next effort, the drama London (2005), also received mediocre reviews.

After a string of lackluster projects, Biel earned positive reviews for her role in The Illusionist (2006), a romantic historical drama starring Edward Norton. The film helped establish Biel as a dramatic actress.

Turning to lighter fare for her next project, Biel played a lawyer in the 2007 comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry with Adam Sandler and Kevin James. Sandler and James play firefighters who pretend to be in a same-sex relationship so that James' character can receive health benefits. That same year, Biel appeared in the thriller Next (2007) with Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore.

In 2009, Biel starred in Easy Virtue with Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas. She played Larita, an American who impulsively marries a young British man and then must deal with her new upper-crust in-laws. For her work on the film, Biel earned rave reviews, with Variety calling her a "spirited, sharp-witted comedienne."

Biel continued to showcase her comedic talents with the romantic comedy Valentine's Day, an ensemble film with Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, and many others. Biel also appeared in the upcoming action movie The A-Team with Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson, which is based on the popular television series.

Biel took on a physically challenging role in the 2012 remake Total Recall starring Colin Farrell. In the film, she had battle it out with co-star Kate Beckinsale. That same year, she gave a dramatic performance in the biographical film Hitchcock about the legendary director. Anthony Hopkins starred as Alfred Hitchcock and Biel played Vera Miles, one of Hitchcock's favorite actresses, in the film.

Off Camera

A supporter of numerous social causes, Biel recently used her celebrity to help turn the spotlight on an important issue. In January 2010, she participated in Summit on the Summit, a climb up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about the global water crisis. "This is a basic human necessity that needs to be addressed now," the actress said in a statement on the program's website. Biel has also established the Make the Difference Network, a social networking website for charitable efforts.

Biel's personal life has also made headlines. For years, her relationship with Justin Timberlake was the subject of intense media attention. The pair finally tied the knot in Puglia, Italy, in October 2012. Biel and Timberlake issued a statement to People magazine, following their wedding: "It's great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends." The couple welcomed their first child, son Silas Randall Timberlake, in April 2015.

RIHANNA

Full name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty

DOB:  February 20, 1988

Place of birth: Saint Michael , Barbados.

Occupation: Singer and Songwriter.



Robyn Rihanna Fenty  known professionally as Rihanna is a Barbadian singer and songwriter,born February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown Barbados. Her mother, Monica (Braithwaite), is a retired accountant of Afro-Guyanese background, and her father, Ronald Fenty, is a warehouse supervisor of Barbadian and Irish descent. Rihanna has two brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty, and two half-sisters and a half-brother from her father's side, each born to different mothers from his previous relationships.She grew up in a three-bedroom bungalow in Bridgetown and sold clothes with her father in a stall on the street. Rihanna's childhood was deeply affected by her father's addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol which contributed to her parents' rocky marriage. As a child, she went through a lot of CT scans for the excruciating headaches she suffered: "The doctors even thought it was a tumor, because it was that intense." By the time she was fourteen, Rihanna’s parents had divorced and her health began to improve. Rihanna grew up listening to reggae music and began singing at around the age of seven. She attended Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School and Combermere High School, where she studied alongside future England cricketer Chris Jordan and future West Indies cricketer Kraigg Brathwaite.Rihanna was an army cadet in a sub-military programme; the singer-songwriter Shontelle was her drill sergeant.[13] Although she initially wanted to graduate from high school, she chose to pursue a musical career instead.


She first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003
She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings afer auditioning for its then-president, hip-hop producer and rapper Jay Z. Rihanna's first two studio albums Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl like Me (2006) charted on the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard 200 and respectively produced the singles "Pon de Replay" and "SOS".

She assumed creative control of her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and became a household name following the release of its international successful lead single "Umbrella". She followed it with five Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) platinum-certified albums, including the Grammy Award winning Unapologetic (2012) and her second Billboard 200 number-one album Anti (2016). Many of her songs rank among the world's best-selling singles of all time, including the singles "Umbrella", "Take a Bow", "Disturbia", "Only Girl (In the World)", "S&M", "We Found Love", "Diamonds", and "Stay" in which she is the lead artist, and her collaborations "Live Your Life" (with T.I.), "Love the Way You Lie" and "The Monster" (both with Eminem).


With sales exceeding 200 million records worldwide, Rihanna is one of the best-selling artists of all time. Rihanna is the youngest and fastest solo artist to earn fourteen number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and was named the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade and the top Hot 100 artist of the 2010s decade by Billboard.[3][4][5] Among numerous awards and accolades, Rihanna has won eight Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, 23 Billboard Music Awards, two BRIT Awards, and the inaugural Icon Award at the American Music Awards of 2013. Widely recognized for frequently reinventing her style and image, she received the Fashion Icon lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2014. Forbes ranked Rihanna the fourth most powerful celebrity of 2012, and was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People in the World" later that year.

ATLANTA DREAMS AND STRIP CLUB CULTURE by IVAR WIGAN’S - THE GODS

British photographer Ivar Wigan captures the high life of the hustlers and strippers in Miami, Atlanta and New Orleans.

Taking us on a candid journey across the most effervescent parts of the Dirty South, British photographer Ivar Wigan's latest exhibition The Gods, is a darkly glamorous peek into a world that's seen by outsiders as a place of crime, poverty and broken dreams. In reality, Miami, Atlanta and New Orleans are thriving with subcultures that are evolving their own styles, music and customs, where strip clubs have no stigma attached and "dancers" are respected.

Tell us a bit about the places you documented in The Gods…
The first image in the series was taken in Miami. When I heard about the strip club culture of Atlanta that became my next focus. I lived in Atlanta for several months to immerse myself in the culture. For me the most important city in the South is New Orleans. It's from there that much of the slang, the style and the music spring.

Why did you title the series The Gods?
Most of the people featured in the series do not have jobs in the conventional sense. They hustle to get by, in the street in the day or in the club at night. Some of the stories I heard whilst making friends "on the corner" reminded me of ancient mythology. Money is made fast and once that is out of the way life is dedicated to looking good, love affairs and the occasional ruckus. The first parallel lifestyle that occurred to me was those gods of ancient Rome. The term 'Gods' is also a slang term used to describe veteran hustlers who've survived the street life.



What's your favourite image and what is the story behind it?
The key image to the series is The Gods. I took the picture in an Atlanta club, named Queen City but I revisited last month to find it has closed down. The large girl in the front is a dancer called Juicy. On slow nights, normally Tuesday or Wedsnesday, the strip clubs of Atlanta have 'amateur' contests where anyone can take the stage and compete for prize money. Popular amateurs can graduate to become dancers at the clubs. I saw Juicy dance a few times and decided I had to include her in my series. We chatted and soon made friends. I went to her house and photographed her Ma and gave her pictures of herself and her boyfriend. Although the image in the club is so somber she is actually full of jokes and giggles. A real cool chick.

What draws you to document the realities of urban poverty?

It never really occurred to me that this was an area of poverty. The girls who dance in the clubs mostly start young and do it by choice. They make extraordinary money on good nights and are respected in their communities so there is really no stigma attached. In a city like Atlanta, the clubs are so accepted it's considered cool to be a dancer. The guys who choose to go into ganglife generally don't do so well. When I was in Atlanta last month I revisited all the spots where I had made friends, and taken pictures, a lot of the guys have vanished. It may be to prison. None of them were in poverty when I knew them though, all of them knew how to get money. That is not to say that cities like New Orleans and Atlanta aren't home to terrible poverty but I wouldn't say that the stars of this show are victim to it.

How immersed into these worlds do you get?
I only shoot when I'm welcomed to, so you really have to get to know everybody first. When I arrived in Atlanta the camera stayed in my suitcase for the first eight weeks. Photography is prohibited in strip clubs so I had to get to know all the managers and security first. The dancers knew I was a photographer and they are all proud of their performance - so once I was cool with the security they were delighted to be photographed. Last week I was in Miami to shoot a couple of parties and ran into the boys in the picture named "Python". They love the picture and are excited to be part of the show. We drank tequila on a wall and partied all night in the street. I made a lot of good friends shooting this series.


How are these communities viewed by the outside world?
There are a lot of misconceptions about poverty and violence. I was saying earlier, girls dancing in a club aren't necessarily poor, men with tattoos and muscles aren't necessarily aggressive. For me, travels in America have been a positive experience. These neighbourhoods on the fringes can be dangerous places to grow up in, but as a visitor I was never threatened. There is of course conflict. People talk a lot about gang war and such, but from my experience most of the shooting is either at or from the police. I had to hit the deck when the guns started popping on a couple of occasions but no one was shooting at me.

Do you ever worry about crossing the line between documenting and exploiting?
No. If you look at the compositions of the images this is a very full frontal series. Mostly I shoot very intimately - you can see how close I am to my subjects. However spontaneous the pictures feel, all the subjects were conscious of being photographed. All of them are responding in some way to me and to the camera. Most people featured in the series looked at the shots and received them either by email or as 6x4 prints. With the big group images like "Pool Party" and "Venice" I didn't get to share the final image with everyone but they were all conscious that I was there taking pictures. To take these kind of pictures you have to be completely accepted. When I'm shooting there is mutual respect.

How do you feel about comparisons between your work and Nan Goldin's?
It was after seeing her work at Frieze that I knew I would spend my life making pictures. Compositionally, colouristically and thematically I don't see any connection, but the impetus to photograph did come from looking at Nan's work. There is something very dark in Nan, which I probably don't have. While we both point in the direction of lesser documented lifestyles, I look more for positive or at least poignant moments. For Nan's subjects one can't help feeling there might be no way out. I only photograph where I see strength and beauty whereas she is quite comfortable with wounds and despair. She generally uses a natural desaturated palette and available light where possible. I prefer to make my pictures pop with colour and contrast. I want it to feel slightly dreamlike, slightly like a heightened reality.

EMILIA CLARKE best known as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones

Full name: Emilia Clarke

DOB: 26-10-1986

Place of birth: London,United Kindom

Occupation: Actress



Emilia Clarke is a British actress.She is best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen , She grew up in Berkshire, England. Her father is a theatre sound engineer and her mother is a businesswoman. Her father was working on a theatre production of "Show Boat" and her mother took her along to the performance. This is when, at the age of 3, her passion for drama began. From 2000 to 2005, she attended St. Edward's School of Oxford, where she appeared in two school plays. She went on to study at the prestigious Drama Centre London, where she took part in 10 plays. During this time Emilia first appeared on television with a guest role in the BBC's Doctors (2000).

In 2010, after graduating from the Drama Centre London, Emilia got her first film role in the TV movie Triassic Attack (2010). Her breakthrough role came in 2011 when she replaced fellow newcomer Tamzin Merchant in Game of Thrones (2011) after the filming of the initial pilot. Emilia won the 2011 EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for her role.

Emilia Clarke may have an amazing body, but she isn’t necessarily looking for a man with a perfect physique to be her boyfriend!

I know, they are so dreamy!” Emilia told People when her on-screen men Jason Momoa, Michiel Huisman, and Sam Claflin were brought up. “Every character I’ve been with has been too perfect.”

“Genuinely my ideal man is someone who, I know every woman says this but I mean this from the bottom of my heart, someone whose brain is as big as their funny bone,” Emilia added. “I want someone who is super smart, can make me laugh, has like a dad bod. I don’t need no six-pack. Like, I ain’t kicking it out of bed for sure, but every character I’ve been with has been too perfect.”

So, why is an amazing catch like Emilia still single? “Ain’t nobody proposing,” she said. “If Leonardo DiCaprio decides to stop dating supermodels!”

Jennifer Lawrence

Full name: Jennifer Lawrence

DOB: 15-08-1990

Place of birth: Louisville,Kentucky, USA

Occupation: Actress

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990, in a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. She has two older brothers, Blaine and Ben, and her parents, Karen and Gary, owned a farm just outside the city.
Lawrence was an athletic child, involved in cheerleading, field hockey and softball, and thought she might be a doctor when she grew up. She did some modeling and community theater, but never dreamed that she’d become an actress.
Lawrence’s big break came when she was discovered at 14 while on spring break in New York with her family. A stranger asked to take her picture and took her mother’s phone number, then called the next day to ask her to do a screen test. Things happened quickly after that: Lawrence stayed in New York City for the summer, acting in commercials for MTV and filming the thriller Devil You Know with Lena Olin. Soon after, she and her family moved to Los Angeles, where she had small roles on the series Medium, Monk andCold Case, before landing a part on the TBS series The Bill Engvall Show. While working on the series, she also appeared in feature films like The Poker House and The Burning Plain alongsideCharlize Theron and Kim Basinger.

After The Bill Engvall Show was canceled after three seasons, Lawrence went on to appear in the critically acclaimed Winter’s Bone in 2010, which earned her nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Opportunities continued to pour in, and in 2011 Lawrence appeared in The Beaver with Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin, and played Mystique in X-Men: First Class.

In 2012, Lawrence played Katniss Everdeen, the lead in The Hunger Games, the film adaptation of a novel by Suzanne Collins. Set in a post-apocalyptic state, Lawrence's character must participate in an event in which 24 teens fight to the death as televised entertainment. The film broke box-office records on opening weekend, and Lawrence was asked to reprise her role for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in 2013. Other 2012 releases include the thriller House at the End of the Street, co-starring Elisabeth Shue, and two dramas with Bradley Cooper: The Falling and Silver Linings Playbook, which has garnered several award nominations, including a Golden Globe nomination (best actress in a comedy or musical) for Lawrence. She took home the Academy Award for best actress in February 2013. Lawrence seemed overcome with emotion as she accepted the honor.