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Sunday, July 3, 2011

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Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 1974) is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992), to critical acclaim. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in Vanilla Sky and Blow. Both films were released in 2001 and were commercially successful worldwide.

In the 2000s she has appeared in films from a wide range of genres, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller Gothika (2003), the Christmas movie Noel (2004), the action adventure Sahara (2005), the animated G-Force and the musical drama Nine. Her most notable films to date are Volver (2006), for which she earned Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), for which she received an Academy Award. She was the first Spanish actress in history to receive an Academy Award and the first Spanish actress to receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Cruz has modeled for companies such as Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal. Cruz and her younger sister Mónica Cruz have designed items for Mango. She has donated both her time and money to charities. Cruz has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working for Mother Teresa; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission.
1 Early life
2 Acting career
2.1 Early work, 1989–1996
2.2 Early critical success, 1997–2000
2.3 Breakthrough, 2001–2005
2.4 Worldwide recognition, 2006–present
3 Public image
4 Philanthropy
5 Personal life
6 Filmography
7 References
8 External links
Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser and personal manager, and Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and auto mechanic She was raised Roman CatholicThroughout her childhood, Cruz lived in Alcobendas, a working-class town, although she spent "a lot" of time at her grandmother's apartment Cruz is the oldest of three siblings she has a younger brother, Eduardo, who is a singer, and a younger sister, Mónica, who is an actressShe has said that she had a happy childhood, and Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes described Cruz's childhood as a "simple life In a foreshadowing way, Cruz remembers when she was four years old, "playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with themI would think of a character and pretend to be someone else In 2000, Cruz stated that as a child she would throw herself on the floor and "start kicking and breaking things" when she did not get her way

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Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Middleton (born 6 September 1983) is an English party planner, socialite and sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. On 29 April 2011, she was the maid of honour at her sister's wedding to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in the line of succession to Queen Elizabeth II.
1 Early life
2 Adult life
3 Royal wedding
4 Ancestry
5 Film
6 References
Middleton was born in 1983, the second of the three children of Michael Middleton, who was then a British Airways flight dispatcher, and his wife Carole (née Goldsmith), who was a former flight attendant Her father's family came from Leeds, now in West Yorkshire and one of her great-grandmothers, called Olivia Lupton, belonged to a business family active in Leeds for many generations.Carole Middleton's mother's family were labourers and miners from County Durham. The third child of the family is James Middleton (born 1987), who is now a businessman

In the mid 1980s, when her two eldest children were at a Nursery school and the family was living at Bradfield Southend, Middleton's mother set up 'Party Pieces', a company which began by making party bags and went on to sell party supplies and decorations by mail order. By 1995 the firm, run by both parents, was so successful that it moved into a range of farm buildings at Ashampstead Commonand since then the Middleton parents are reported to have become millionaires.

In 1995, the Middletons moved to Bucklebury, Berkshire.Like her sister, Middleton was first educated at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne, then at Downe House, a girls' boarding school in Cold Ash, and finally at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, which she attended on a sports/all-rounder scholarship She then followed her sister to higher education in Scotland, attending the University of Edinburgh to study English literature There she shared a house with Lord Edward Innes-Ker, a son of the Duke of Roxburghe, and with Earl Percy, heir of the Duke of Northumberland
Adult life

Following graduation, in 2008 Middleton worked for a short time for a public relations firm promoting luxury products, then she took on an events management job with Table Talk, a company based in London which organises corporate events and parties Also in 2008, Tatler magazine named Middleton "the Number 1 Society Singleton", beating singer-songwriter James Blunt and Princess Eugenie.Since then, she has often been described as a socialiteAs part of a duo with her older sister, Middleton has received wide press coverage, focusing on her social life and her lifestyle
Pippa Middleton (far right) on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after her sister's wedding

Middleton currently works two days a week for her parents' company Party Pieces, editing the web magazine Party Times

The official announcement of her sister's engagement came on 16 November 2010. After being widely expected, Pippa's appointment as maid of honour was confirmed on 14 February 2011 At the wedding, Middleton's white figure-hugging dress, which like the bride's was created by Sarah Burton, was highly praised in the media. Made of ivory crape fabric, it was styled with a cowl at the front and organza-covered buttons at the back.
Ancestry
Pippa Middleton's coat of arms, based on those of her father. This lozenge shaped version, supported by a blue ribbon, denotes a spinster and can be used by no one else

Middleton's ancestors include Sir Thomas Fairfax (1475-1520Her later ancestors include The Rev. Thomas Davis, a Church of England hymn-writer, whose grand-daughter Olive Christiana Lupton was one of the grandmothers of Michael Middleton
FilmIn William & Kate, a television movie released on 18 April 2011 about her sister's romance, the part of Pippa Middleton was played by Mary Elise Hayden

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Friday, July 1, 2011

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Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on Disney Channel, and also airs Saturday mornings on ABC as part of the ABC Kids block.

The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus) by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real identity from the public, other than her close friends and family.

The series has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program from 2007 through 2010. Hannah Montana: The Movie was released in theaters on April 10, 2009. The third season of the series premiered on November 2, 2008 and ended on March 14, 2010. The show was renewed for the fourth and final season, which started production on January 18, 2010, and ended production on May 14, 2010.The final season premiered on July 11, 2010 and became the last Disney Channel sitcom to transition from standard definition to high definition in the process. The fourth season of Hannah Montana was promoted as Hannah Montana Forever one-hour series finale aired on January 16, 2011.

1 Production
1.1 Conception
1.2 Opening sequence
1.3 Lawsuits
2 Cast
2.1 Main
2.2 Recurring
2.3 Minor
3 Episodes
4 Films
4.1 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
4.2 Hannah Montana: The Movie
5 Discography
6 Awards and nominations
7 DVD releases
8 Series novelizations
8.1 Other novelizations
9 International release
10 References
11 External links

Michael Poryes, who is credited as co-creator, also co-created the hit Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven. The show is produced by It's a Laugh Productions, Inc. and Michael Poryes Productions, in association with Disney Channel Original Productions. It is filmed at Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood, California.

The original idea for this show was based on the That's So Raven episode "Goin' Hollywood", which served as the backdoor pilot for a sitcom tentatively called Better Days to star Alyson Stoner, in which a child star of a popular TV show of the same name was to try her hand at going to a normal school. The episode "New Kid in School" has the basic premise as that aforementioned episode. Former American Juniors finalist Jordan McCoy, future Gossip Girl actress Taylor Momsen and pop and R&B singer JoJo (who rejected the rolewere considered for the role of Chloe Stewart. Miley Cyrus originally auditioned for the role of the "best friend Lilly Romero, later changed to Lilly Truscott, but they thought she would be better for the main character, so she tried out for Chloe Stewart/Hannah Montana. Chloe Stewart was later changed to Miley Stewart when Cyrus got the partThe names of Hannah Montana were changed a few times. Three of the previous names were Anna Cabana, Samantha York, and Alexis Texas.

In December 2006, Disney announced plans to release Hannah Montana products, including clothing, jewelry, apparel, and dolls, at selected stores Play Along Toys released the Hannah Montana fashion dolls, singing dolls, Miley Stewart doll, and other merchandise in August 2007. More Hannah dolls were released in November, along with Oliver, Lilly, and later Jake Ryan dolls. They became one of the most popular Christmas toys in 2007

According to the Daily Dispatch, the TV series held a global audience of 200 million viewers in 2008. "If Miley’s viewers were a country, they would be the fifth largest population in the world – just ahead of BrazilBy February 2008, the Hannah Montana franchise had become so important that Disney convened an "80-person, all-platform international meeting to discuss Hannah Montana's future All Disney business segments were represented at the meeting.

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