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.

Arianny Celeste

Full name: Arianny Celeste-Penelope Lopez Marquez

DOB: November 12, 1985

Place of birth: Las Vegas,Nevada, USA

Occupation: Ring girl,Model

 Arianny Celeste-Penelope Lopez Marquez, known professionally as Arianny Celeste is an American ring girl and model.Celeste was born in Las Vegas, Nevada.

She is of Mexican and Filipino descent. Arianny Celeste is recognized as one of the most consistent personalities of the UFC where she has worked as an Octagon Girl since 2006.
 She is adored around the world for her exotic beauty and great relationship with her fans.

Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Arianny booked her first modeling job when she was just four months old. Growing up as a very athletic and hardworking young woman,
 she excelled in cheer, dance and gymnastics before attending the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) to purse a degree in Fitness Management and Nutrition.

Fluent in Spanish, Arianny has quickly become one of the most sought after talents in the modeling world.

 She has appeared on the covers of some of the world’s most foremost magazines including Playboy, Maxim US, FHM, Maxim Korea, Maxim Philippines, FHM Australia and UFC Magazine.
In addition to modeling, Arianny has hosted television shows, appeared in short films and recorded some original music.
Health and fitness has always been a passion of Arianny’s. She is constantly learning and trying new exercise methods and nutritious recipes.
Arianny finds it very rewarding to help others reach their health and fitness goals.