Friday, July 23, 2010

Katy Perry


Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Perry was born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents; she grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in church as a child. After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a music career. She released a self-titled gospel album in 2001 as Katy Hudson which failed with the closing of its record label that year. She recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed most of a solo album from 2004–2005, neither of which were released.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Angel Rosie Huntington


Rosie Huntington Whiteley is usually seen strutting on the catwalks for lingerie label, Victoria's Secret. Now she can also be seen modelling for Dolce & Gabanna underwear. The model who has been haled as "the next Kate Moss" , has landed some major campaigns this past year, including Burberry, VS and a British Vogue cover.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Scout Taylor Compton


Desariee Starr Compton (born February 21, 1989) is an American actress and singer, who goes professionally by the name Scout Taylor-Compton. She has appeared in numerous small television roles and in feature films that range from dramas to those in the horror genre. Recently, Taylor-Compton has gained notoriety in the horror genre, which has garnered her the title of "scream queen".

Taylor-Compton began her career with small film roles and recurring television roles in Gilmore Girls, Ally McBeal, Charmed and Unfabulous. She had her first large Hollywood role in Sleepover (2004), a comedy aimed at teenage audiences. The cast of the film was nominated for "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast" at the Young Artists Award. In 2006, Taylor-Compton starred in the films Tomorrow is Today, a drama film, and Wicked Little Things, a horror film. Tomorrow is Today won over 6 awards at various festivals and Taylor-Compton was awarded "Best Actress" at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival for her performance in the film. 2007 saw Taylor-Compton with her most prominent role to date, Rob Zombie's Halloween, a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name. She portrayed Laurie Strode, a role originally made famous by Jamie Lee Curtis. She also had a role in the horror film April Fool's Day, a remake of the 1986 film of the same name. This premiered on DVD on March 25th 2008.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Scarlett Johansson


Scarlett I. Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Johansson rose to fame with her role in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation (for which she won a BAFTA), and Girl with a Pearl Earring, the latter two earning her Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003.

On May 20, 2008, Johansson debuted as a vocalist on her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, with cover versions of Tom Waits songs.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Rebecca Gayheart


Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky and raised in Pine Top, Kentucky, the daughter of Floneva (née Slone), who worked as a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant, and Curtis Gayheart, a miner and coal truck driver. She has Irish, Italian, German and Cherokee Indian ancestry. She moved to New York City at the age of 15 where she completed her education at New York's Professional Children's School and the Lee Strasberg Institute.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Rachelle Lefevre


Rachelle Marie Lefevre (born February 1, 1979 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role of Victoria in the 2008 film Twilight, based on the novel written by Stephenie Meyer.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Patricia Heaton


Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress best known for playing Ray Barone's wife Debra Barone on the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. In 2007, she made a return to sitcom television opposite Kelsey Grammer in the Fox comedy series Back to You, which was cancelled in 2008.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Kourtni Lind


Kourtni Josephine Lind (born November 9, 1989) is from Forest Lake, Minnesota. She started dancing at age 3[citation needed], focusing on contemporary, jazz, ballet, and tap. She also trained in musical theatre, pointe, and hip-hop. She auditioned at Milwaukee. She was paired with Matt Dorame and was eliminated on July 3, 2008.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Kherington Payne


Kherington Taylor Payne (born January 26, 1990) is a dancer from Placentia, California.

She was born in Whittier, California, and has been taking formal dance lessons since she was 2 years old at Dance Precisions, located in Placentia, Ca. She graduated from El Dorado High School on June 10, 2008 and now lives in Placentia, California while pursuing her dancing career. Kherington is also the cousin of The Bolts brothers Addam, Heath, and Austin Farmer. Kherington played Alice in the remake of the movie Fame, which opened in theaters in September, 2009. Kherington also made the top ten of Season 4 So You Think You Can Dance.

Katee Shean


Katee Taira Shean (born May 14, 1988) is a contemporary dancer from San Jose, California. She has been taking formal dance lessons since she was 4 years old and trained at the Teen Dance Company and Atlas School of Dance. She has been teaching at South County Classical Ballet for just over a year now with fellow finalist, Stephen "Twitch" Boss.

Shean was born in San Jose, California and graduated from Pioneer High School in 2006. She currently attends Chapman University, where she is pursuing a double major in leadership and dance and is active in many volunteer organizations. Sometime after the So You Think You Can Dance tour, Katee moved to Los Angeles along with Comfort Fedoke and Courtney Galiano.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Jessica King


Jessica Careen King is a dancer from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. An injury forced her to prematurely leave the competition.

King previously auditioned for So You Think You Can Danc in the third season, but did not make the top 20. She re-auditioned and ultimately made the top 20 for Season 4, where she was paired with contemporary dancer William Wingfield. On July 14, 2008, King suffered a major injury and was forced to bow out of the competition. Her spot was given to Comfort Fedoke, who had been eliminated the previous week.

King is a Visual Arts Major at Coastal Carolina University and has been taking formal dance lessons within various styles including tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop and contemporary since the age of three. On July 30th, 2009, King returned to the show with her former So You Think You Can Dance partner William Wingfield to perform their Emmy nominated routine "Adam and Eve" choreographed by Tyce DiOrio.

She is also backup dancing for Lady Gaga, which can be seen on the 2009 VMA's.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Courtney Galiano


Courtney Ann Galiano (born June 12, 1988) is a contemporary dancer from Commack, New York. A Knicks City Dancer, she started dancing as Little Bo Peep at the age of 3. She has trained in lyrical dance, tap, jazz, ballet and hip hop. Galiano attended Manhattan College before transferring to St. Joseph's College and now studies childhood education. She appeared in the music video for Kat Deluna's single Whine Up. She is also appearing in a Clearasil/America's Best Dance Crew Sweepstakes commercial. Courtney also appeared on a dance video for the Hannah Montana movie called "Hoedown Throwdown" with Katee Shean. Galiano, along with fellow Season 4 contestants Chelsie Hightower and Katee Shean modelled for Cliche Cosmetics, an online make-up website directed towards dancers. She is now a dancer in the movie Camp Rock 2