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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977),known professionally as Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English and Portuguese as well as some Italian, French and Arabic.After commercial flops with local producers on her first two albums, and being little-known outside Colombia, Shakira decided to produce her own brand of music. In 1995 she released Pies Descalzos, which brought her great fame in Latin America and Spain, and her 1998 album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? was a critical success selling over 7 million copies worldwide.In 2001, aided by the worldwide success of her first English single "Whenever, Wherever" that became the best selling single of 2002, she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over 13 million copies worldwide.Four years later, Shakira released two album projects called Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2. Both reinforced her success, particularly with the best selling song of the 2000s, "Hips Don't Lie".

In 1995, Shakira founded the Pies Descalzos Foundation. It is a Colombian charity with special schools for poor children all around Colombia. During her career, Shakira has performed at a large number of benefit concerts. Among the most famous are the Live 8 benefit concert in July 2005, the Live Earth concert, Hamburg where she headlined the show, as well as the "Clinton Global Initiative" created by former US President Bill Clinton. She was also invited to the Oval Office by President Barack Obama in February 2010 to discuss early childhood development.

Shakira was raised as a Roman CatholicShe met personally the pope John Paul II in 1998, who nominated her a Goodwill Ambassador.She is interested in world history and frequently studies the history and languages of the countries she visits. After her Oral Fixation tour ended in summer 2007, Shakira attended a class in Los Angeles at UCLA, on the History of Western Civilization. She used her middle and last names, Isabel Mebarak, and told the professor she was visiting from Colombia so as to avoid being recognized as a celebrity. Shakira is a cousin of model and 2005–2006 Miss Colombia, Valerie Domínguez.Shakira is known to have adopted many genres, including folk, mainstream pop and rock. In an interview with Rolling Stone she said: "My music, I think, is a fusion of many different elements. And I'm always experimenting. So I try not to limit myself, or put myself in a category, or... be the architect of my own jail". Her earlier Spanish albums, including Pies Descalzos and ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones? were a mix of folk music and Latin rock, while her cross-over English album, Laundry Service and her later albums were influenced by pop rock and pop Latino.Her 2009 album, She Wolf is more like electropop and dance music. Her 2010 album, Sale el Sol, is a return to her beginnings containing ballads such as "Lo Que Más" and "Antes de las Seis", rock songs like "Tu Boca" and "Devoción", and Latin dance songs like "Loca".

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James Franco

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, author, painter, and performance artist. He left college in order to pursue acting and started off his career by making guest appearances on television series in the 1990s. Franco landed a lead part on the short-lived cult hit television program Freaks and Geeks and later achieved recognition for playing the titular character in the TV biopic James Dean (2001), for which he was awarded a Golden Globe Award. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.
Franco has been acclaimed for both dramatic and comedic work in projects and has appeared in an eclectic range of projects since the 2000s. Ranging from period to contemporary pieces, and from major Hollywood productions to less publicized indie films, as well as fantasy movies to biopics and soap operas. Other notable films include Pineapple Express, a stoner comedy that earned him his second Golden Globes nomination, the Harvey Milk-biopic Milk (both 2008) as well as Danny Boyle's 2010 movie 127 Hours, about real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston's struggle to free his hand from a boulder. His performance in 127 Hours earned him nominations for many high-profile awards, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globe and SAG Awards.
Franco has hosted Saturday Night Live twice as well as the 83rd Academy Awards with Anne Hathaway. He volunteers for the Art of Elysium charity.

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Early life and family

Nicknamed "Ted", James Edward Franco was born in Palo Alto, California. His mother, Betsy Lou (née Verne), is a poet, author, and editor, and his father, Douglas Eugene Franco, runs a non-profit agency and a shipping container company; the two met as students at Stanford University.[1][2][3] Franco's father is of Portuguese and Swedish descent[4] and Franco's mother is Jewish, a descendant of immigrants from Russia (her family's surname had been changed from "Verovitz" to "Verne").[5][6] His paternal grandmother, Marjorie (Peterson) Franco, is a published author of young adult books;[3][7] his maternal grandmother, Mitzie (Levine) Verne, owns the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland, and was an active member in the National Council of Jewish Women.[8][9][10]
Franco's family upbringing was "academic, liberal and largely secular."[11] He grew up in California with his two younger brothers, Tom and Dave ("Davy"), the latter of whom is also an actor.[12] Talented at mathematics, Franco interned at Lockheed Martin.[1] Franco was often encouraged by his father to get good grades and did exceptionally well on his SATs.[11] He graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1996, where he acted in plays.[1][13] In his high school years, Franco was arrested for underage drinking, graffiti and for being a part of a group that stole designer fragrances from department stores and sold them to classmates.[14] These arrests led to him briefly becoming a ward of the state. Facing the possibility of juvenile hall, a judge decided to give Franco a second chance.[15] "It was teen angst. I was uncomfortable in my own skin. I was shy. I changed my ways just in time to get good grades", he recalled of his troubles with the law.[11]
Although the idea of becoming a marine zoologist interested him, Franco had always secretly wanted to become an actor but feared rejection.[15] He enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as an English major,[16] but dropped out after his freshman year against his parents' wishes[1] to pursue a career as an actor, since he would have to have waited two years to audition for their acting program.[15] Franco instead chose to take acting lessons with Robert Carnegie at the Playhouse West.[13] Around this time, Franco took up a late-night job at McDonald's to support himself since his parents refused to do so. He was a vegetarian until working there.[14] While working at the establishment, for his acting classes, he would practice accents on customers.[15] Knowing that the aspiring actor was doing his best to follow his passion, Carnegie poignantly told Franco to pay him what he could and later on pay him back.


Acting career

[edit]Early work
After 15 months of training, he began auditioning in Los Angeles, and started professionally acting in 1997 with guest roles on television shows. His first break came in 1999, after he was cast in a leading role on the short-lived but well-reviewed television series Freaks and Geeks.[17] The program, which ran for 18 episodes and was canceled due to low viewership, later became a cult hit among audiences.[18] He has since described the series as "one of the most fun" work experiences that he has had.[19] In another interview, Franco said: "When we were doing Freaks and Geeks, I didn’t quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn’t on me ... So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way."[20] Franco made his film debut in a brief role in the 1999 Drew Barrymore-starring Never Been Kissed and his first major movie was the romantic teen comedy Whatever It Takes (2000), in which he played popular jock Chris. The latter is a modern day remake of the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac.[21][22]
He was subsequently cast as the title role in director Mark Rydell's 2001 TV biopic James Dean.[23][24] To immerse himself in the role, Franco went from being a non-smoker to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, dyed his dark brown hair blond, and learned to ride a motorcycle as well as play guitar and the bongos.[23] To have a greater understanding of Dean, Franco spent hours with two of Dean's associates. Other research included reading books on Dean and studying his movies.[23] While filming James Dean, the actor, to get into character, cut off communication with his family and friends, as well as his then-girlfriend. "It was a very lonely existence," he notes. "If I wasn't on a set, I was watching James Dean. That was my whole thinking. James Dean. James Dean."[23] Despite already being a fan of Dean, Franco feared he might be typecast if he'd captured the actor too convincingly. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Franco could have walked through the role and done a passable Dean, but instead gets under the skin of this insecure, rootless young man."[25] He received a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG).[26][27][28]
[edit]2002–2007


Franco at the Spider-Man 3 premiere, April 2007
In the 2002 superhero film Spider-Man, Franco played Harry Osborn, the son of the villainous Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe) and best friend of the title character (Tobey Maguire). Originally, Franco was considered for the lead role of Spider-Man/Peter Parker in the film,[29] though the lead went to Maguire. Todd McCarthy of Variety noted that there are "good moments" between Maguire and Franco in the film.[30] Spider-Man was a commercial and critical success.[31] The movie grossed $114 million during its opening weekend in North America and went on to earn $822 million worldwide.[32] He next starred in Sonny, a 2002 release in which he was directed by fellow actor Nicolas Cage. It was Cage's involvement that had attracted Franco to the film.[33] Set in 1980s New Orleans, Sonny follows the titular character (Franco) returning home after just being discharged from the Army. To prepare for his role, he met with sex workers or people who had previously been prostitutes.[33] The movie was panned by critics, with the New York Posts Lou Lumenick calling it an "instant candidate for worst movie of the year."[34] Franco was cast as a homeless drug addict in the drama City by the Sea (2002) after co-star Robert De Niro saw a snippet of his work in James Dean.[23] He lived on the streets for several days to better understand the subject of the matter[35] as well as talk to former or still using drug addicts.[33] Both projects were released in September.
Following City by the Sea, he co-starred alongside Neve Campbell in Robert Altman's ballet movie The Company (2003).[11] The success of the first Spider-Man film led Franco to reprise the role in the 2004 sequel, Spider-Man 2. The movie was well received by critics,[31] and it proved to be a big financial success, setting a new opening weekend box office record for North America.[36] With revenue of $783 million worldwide, it became the second highest grossing film in 2004.[32] The following year he made and starred in the black comedy The Ape[11] and the 2005 war film The Great Raid, in which he portrayed Robert Prince, a captain in the United States Army's elite Sixth Ranger Battalion. In 2006, Franco co-starred with Tyrese Gibson in Annapolis and played legendary hero Tristan in Tristan & Isolde, a period piece dramatization of the Tristan and Iseult story also starring English actress Sophia Myles. For the former, he did eight months of boxing training and for the latter, he practiced horseback riding and sword fighting.[37] He then completed training for his Private Pilot Licence in preparation for his role in Flyboys,[14] which was released in September 2006; the same month, Franco appeared briefly in The Wicker Man, the remake of the seminal horror film. Also in 2006, he made a cameo appearance in the romantic comedy The Holiday.[24]
He again played Harry Osborn in Spider-Man 3 (2007). In contrast to the previous two films' positive reviews, Spider-Man 3 was met with a mixed reception by critics.[31] Nonetheless, with a total worldwide gross of $891 million, it stands as the most successful film in the series, and Franco's highest grossing film to date.[32] In this same year, Franco made a cameo appearance as himself in the Apatow-directed comedy Knocked Up, which starred Freaks and Geeks alumni Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and Martin Starr.[14] Franco co-starred with Sienna Miller in the low-budget independent films Camille, a dark fantasy dramedy about a young newly wed couple and Interview, where he appears in a voice only role, both 2007 movies that were ignored by audiences and critics alike. Among his other 2007 projects were Good Time Max, which Franco wrote, directed and starred in. The movie premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and centers around two talented brothers who take very diverse paths in life, one going on to become a doctor whilst the other sibling (Franco) experiences unemployment and uses drugs. The actor choose to cast himself in that role because, "It was really just a process of elimination. I was better suited for this role than the responsible surgeon."[38]
[edit]2008–2010
He next starred in Pineapple Express (2008), a stoner comedy co-starring and co-written by Rogen and produced by Apatow.[19][39] Of Franco's character, Apatow said, "You tell him, 'Okay, you're going to play a pot dealer,' and he comes back with a three-dimensional character you totally believe exists. He takes it very seriously, even when it's comedy."[40] In her New York Times review, critic Manohla Dargis wrote: "He’s delightful as Saul, loosey-goosey and goofy yet irrepressibly sexy, despite that greasy curtain of hair and a crash pad with a zero WAF (Woman Acceptance Factor). It’s an unshowy, generous performance and it greatly humanizes a movie that, as it shifts genre gears and cranks up the noise, becomes disappointingly sober and self-serious."[41] His performance earned him a second Golden Globe nomination, for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.[26] He has stated in some interviews that he no longer uses cannabis (although he has occasionally alluded to his smoking marijuana, most notably during an extended segment on The Colbert Report[42]) he was awarded High Times magazine Stoner of the Year Award for his work in Pineapple Express.[43] In 2008 he also appeared in two films by American artist Carter exhibited at the Yvon Lambert gallery in Paris.[44] On September 20, 2008, he hosted the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL),[45] and a second time on December 19, 2009.[46]
Franco starred opposite Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, and Emile Hirsch in Gus Van Sant's Milk (2008).[47] In the film, he played Scott Smith, the boyfriend of Harvey Milk (Penn). Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times, in review of the film, wrote: "Franco is a nice match for him [Penn] as the lover who finally has enough of political life."[48] For his performance in the film, Franco won the Independent Spirit Award in the category for Best Supporting Actor.[49] In late 2009, he joined the cast of the daytime soap opera General Hospital on a recurring basis. He plays Franco, a multimedia artist much like himself,[1] who comes to Port Charles with unfinished business with mob enforcer Jason Morgan (Steve Burton).[50] Franco has called his General Hospital role performance art. In March 2011, he will reprise his role in two episodes of General Hospital.[51] In September 2011, Franco will repirse his role as Robert "Franco" Frank for an extened stay.[52]
In 2010 was a prolific year for Franco. He kicked off the year by making an appearance on the sitcom 30 Rock where he played himself and carried on a fake romance with Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) in a scheme concocted by their respective agents.[53] After appearing in the commercial successes Date Night, an action comedy, and Eat Pray Love, an adaption of a self help novel, Franco played poet Allen Ginsberg in the drama Howl, released on September 24.[6] The latter, about his most known poem and the trial about the work, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and earned modest reviews.[31]
"I didn't have many actors to act opposite with. So the crew and the director and the writer, they all became my co-stars in a way and we all had this one character to share in. I, it was my body but we were all kinda jammed in there [the gully].
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Franco on filming 127 Hours[54]
His next project was 127 Hours, where he portrayed real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston and was directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle. It was given a limited release starting on November 5, 2010.[55] 127 Hours centered on Ralston trying to free his hand after it became trapped under a boulder in a ravine while canyoneering alone in Utah and resorting to desperate measures in order to survive, eventually amputating his arm. During the 5 week, 12 hours per day shoot, Franco would only leave the gully set to use the lavatory and would read books such as academic textbooks to keep busy.[56] Franco later called making 127 Hours a once in a life time experience.[54] To date, 127 Hours is one of his most well-reviewed movies[31] and was also a commercial success, commissioning $57.5 million against an $18 million budget.[55] His performance earned him universal acclaim from critics. Subsequently, he was nominated for most of the high-profile awards, notably an Academy Award, Golden Globe and SAG as well as winning an Independent Spirit Award.
[edit]2011–present
On February 23, Franco made a cameo appearance on NBC's Minute to Win It where the real-life Ralston was participating as a contestant playing for charity.[57] After having an uncredited cameo in the opening scene of The Green Hornet (2011),[58] he starred opposite Natalie Portman and Danny McBride in the Medieval fantasy comedy Your Highness[59] on April 8. In it he plays Fabious, a prince who teams up with his brother (McBride) to rescue Fabious' soon to be bride (played by Zooey Deschanel). In May 2010, he was cast to star in Rupert Wyatt's $90 million budgeted Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a reboot of the Planet of the Apes series[60] which will be released on August 5. Franco has also announced that in the fall of 2011, he will appear on Broadway with Nicole Kidman in the upcoming revival of Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams, which will be directed by David Cromer.[61] Franco will star alongside Winona Ryder in a film entitled The Stare, which is to be directed by Jay Anania. Production is expected to begin in New York on May 6, 2011. He was cast as a drug-addicted lawyer in Cherry, which will start shooting the following month in California and also star Heather Graham.[62] He dropped out of the indie While We're Young[63] to star in Oz: The Great and Powerful, a Disney prequel to L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), as the Wizard, superseding Johnny Depp. Filming began in July.
At the end of September 2010, the actor acquired the rights to Stephen Elliott's The Adderall Diaries, with the intentions to adapt, direct and star in it.[64] It was announced in January 2011 that the actor has planned to not only star in but direct himself in The Night Stalker, a film version of author Philip Carlo's book about the 1980s serial killer, Richard Ramirez. Co-screenwriter to the screenplay, Nicholas Constantine, was initially unconvinced that Franco would be right for the movie, until he learned of Franco's desire to be a director and later watched three of his short films, one of which featured a serial killer, ultimately confirming to the writer that the actor had a darker side.[65] One of his other upcoming projects, The Iceman, with reunite Franco with Michael Shannon, after the two worked together on the short film Herbert White. The movie is based upon real-life contract murderer Richard Kuklinski, who notoriously froze his victims.[66] The actor also has plans to direct a film version of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.[67]
[edit]Other projects

Franco produced and directed a documentary titled Saturday Night documenting a week in the production of an episode of SNL.[68] The film began as a short for an NYU class but grew due to his two episodes as host, while short stories he wrote for other classes appeared in Esquire and McSweeney's.[1] In summer 2010, the fictional Franco from General Hospital held an exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, while the real Franco held an exhibit at the museum based on his experiences on the soap opera.[1] One of his short movies, The Clerk's Tale, was screened in competition at the Hamptons Film Festival at the end of 2010.[64]
On October 19, 2010 Scribner published a collection of short stories called Palo Alto: Stories by Franco.[69] The book is named after the California city where Franco grew up and is dedicated to many of the writers he worked with at Brooklyn College. Inspired by some of Franco's own teenage memories,[37] Palo Alto consists of life in Palo Alto as experienced by a series of teenagers who spend most of their time indulging in driving drunk, using drugs and taking part in unplanned acts of violence. Each passage is told by a young narrator.[70] The book has received mixed reviews; Los Angeles Times called it "the work of an ambitious young man who clearly loves to read, who has a good eye for detail, but who has spent way too much time on style and virtually none on substance."[69] The Guardian said that Franco's "foray into the literary world may be met with cynicism in some quarters, but this is a promising debut from a most unlikely source."[71] Writing in the New York Times, reviewer and fellow author Joshua Mohr praised Franco for how, in the story "American History", he juxtaposed historical parts with a present-day social commentary that "makes the we wonder how much we’ve actually evolved in post-bellum America."[72]
In January, the actor screened his multimedia project entitled Three's Company The Drama, in which he merges video and art to update the former sitcom, at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.[73] Franco reunited with Milk director Van Sant to make Unfinished, a project that features two movies: Endless Idaho and My Own Private River. Endless Idaho showcases edited outtakes, deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes footage from the 1991 movie My Own Private Idaho, while My Own Private River focuses on the late actor River Phoenix.[74] The idea for the exhibition was conceived after Van Sant introduced unused footage from the 1991 film to Franco, inspiring him to turn it into something more. Unfinished opened from February 26 to April 9 at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills.[74]
On February 27, 2011, he and Anne Hathaway hosted the 83rd Academy Awards. The two were selected to help the awards show achieve its goal of attracting a younger audience.[75] Franco had previously said that he accepted the job for the experience and because it was like a once in a lifetime opportunity.[76] Numerous media viewers criticized Franco for his discontent and lack of energy on stage and the show was widely panned, with some reviewers dubbing it the worst telecast in its history.[77][78][79] The actor later spoke about his hosting in an interview on The Late Show with David Letterman. He explained that when accepting the job he never had high hopes, adding “It was never on my list of things to do. It doesn’t mean I didn’t care and it doesn’t mean I didn’t try, right?” Regarding allegations that he was under the influence of marijuana while hosting, Franco commented "I think the Tasmanian Devil would look stoned standing next to Anne Hathaway. She has a lot of energy!" He concluded that he tried his best and could have had "low energy" during the telecast.[80]
In May, Franco made his dance-theater directorial debut at New York's Stella Adler studios, where he narrated all the performances. Entitled "Collage" and described as a "mixed-media piece", the show featured live dance, theater, music, and poetry. Tickets were free but were be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.[81] The actor will also direct two short films for songs ("Blue" and "That Someone Is You") by R.E.M. from their album Collapse Into Now (2011).[82] Franco continued his career as a filmmaker with The Broken Tower, a 90-minute docudrama shot in black and white about poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.[83] It originally started out as his maters thesis.[84] After being screened at 2011's Los Angeles Film Festival – among more than 200 feature films, short projects, and music videos from more than 30 countries to be selected – [85] it is slated for a 2012 theatrical release.
[edit]In the media



Franco being interviewed in 2011
He has been described as having "an unusually high metabolism for productivity...a superhuman ability to focus".[1] Viewed as a sex symbol, Franco was named the Sexiest Man Living in 2009 by Salon.com.[86]
There has often been frequent media coverage of Franco, particularly regarding his interest in going to colleges. In addition to that, Franco has also claimed to have been strongly misquoted by reports in the media[87] and news outlets reporting erroneous information about him.[88] This led to the actor being parodied in an episode of SNL's Weekend Update segment, which an Entertainment Weekly writer deemed "clever".[89] In a 2011 interview, he stated:
"I’ve been perceived as this guy yelling, 'Hey, look at me. I want attention.' I’m not going to school to get articles written about me. I’m just going to school. But the fact that I’m going to school or that someone takes a picture of me sleeping is like, 'We’re gonna jump on that and criticize him for his antics.' What antics? I write. I make movies. I’m going to school. I hosted the Oscars. I take these projects seriously."[87]
In response to questions regarding his sexuality now that he has portrayed three gay characters during his acting career, he insists he finds plenty more dimensions to the characters than their bedroom proclivities. "Or, you know what," he quipped, "maybe I’m just gay."[90] Those rumors led to a Gawker article linking him to a New York Post Page Six blind item about a closeted gay actor, nicknamed "the Gay Rapist". Despite the victim of the alleged attack denying that it was Franco, two magazines then contacted Franco's lawyer to alert them that they might run stories suggesting his involvement, but were unable to as at least part of their stories were fabricated.[87] However, Gawker refused to take their article down as they were simply reporting what another outlet published and instead offered him a chance to make a comment about the speculation on its website. He declined, hoping it would die down. The actor later called the episode very offensive because he has friends who have been raped.[87]
[edit]Personal life

In 2008, he was named as the new face of Gucci's men's fragrance line.[91][92] Regarding his secular upbringing, Franco told The Guardian that he feels as if he has "missed out on the Jewish experience", but has been told not to worry about that by his Jewish friends. He said in the same interview that he likes "the idea of religion as a source of community." When asked if he was a "believer", he responded "In God? I don't know. Yes. To a certain extent. It's a complicated question."[11] After meeting on the set of Whatever It Takes, Franco dated co-star Marla Sokoloff for five years.[93] He was in a relationship with actress Ahna O'Reilly for several years since around 2006. [93][94] He confirmed their separation in an interview for Playboy magazine's August 2011 issue, saying that his interest in education got between them.[87]
[edit]Education

Dissatisfied with his career's direction,[1] Franco reenrolled at UCLA in the fall of 2006 as an English major with a creative writing concentration. He received permission to take as many as 62 course credits per quarter compared to the normal limit of 19,[95] while still continuing to act. He received his undergraduate degree in June 2008 with a GPA over 3.5.[95][1][96] For his degree, Franco prepared his departmental honors thesis as a novel under the supervision of Mona Simpson.[1][97] While at the university, the actor studied French, the Holocaust, philosophy of science, and American literature among other things. To continue acting, he would study on film sets.[11]
He was selected as the commencement speaker at his alma mater, UCLA, and was to speak at the ceremony on June 12, 2009. On June 3, however, a press release announced Franco's cancellation due to a scheduling conflict, making it the second cancellation in a row, after commencement speaker Bill Clinton had canceled the appearance.[98] On January 26, 2011, Franco and the Harvard Lampoon released a satirical video on prominent comedy website Funny or Die mocking his last-minute cancellation.[99]


Franco, just before he gets a ride in the Blue Angels No. 7, a two-seat FA-18B, in August 2006
He moved to New York to simultaneously attend graduate school at Columbia University's MFA writing program, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for filmmaking (NYU),[91][100][101][102] and Brooklyn College for fiction writing,[95] while occasionally commuting to North Carolina's Warren Wilson College for poetry.[1] He received his MFA from Columbia in 2010.[103] Franco is a PhD student in English at Yale University[104] and will also attend the Rhode Island School of Design.[1] The actor opted against watching the 2011 Academy Award nominees be announced (where he was a top contender) in favor of attending class. "I’m not gonna miss class to go and presume that I’m going to be nominated, but if you want to bring out a camera crew to Yale and wait and see if I get nominated, I’d be happy to step out of class and say I’m very grateful", he commented.[105]
He has been accepted to the University of Houston for the doctoral (PhD) program in literature and creative writing and plans to enroll in fall 2012. Franco—who was one of 20 people to be selected out of 400 applicants—originally planned to enroll for fall 2011, but has asked to defer for a year.[106] Having previously shown a desire to teach, in March 2011, it was announced that Franco will teach a fall semester course on modifying poetry into short films to ten to twelve third-year graduate film students at NYU. The course will focus mainly on production, meaning that the students will be in charge of creating their own film based on poetry. At the time of the announcement the actor had yet to put together a syllabus, but has until the summertime to do so.[107]
When asked about his education, Franco said that he loves school and that it keeps him focused as well as grounded. "I go to school because I love being around people who are interested in what I’m interested in and I’m having a great experience… I’m studying things that I love so it’s not like it’s a chore", he told the Washington Post, according to a New York Magazine article.[108] Franco has also credited his education for helping him "take acting seriously" when his parents did not see it as a successful post-college career.[15] Franco developed an aptitude for art—painting in particular—during his high school years while attending the California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA).[13] Franco has said painting was the "outlet" he needed in high school, and he "has actually been painting longer than he has been acting."[109] His paintings were displayed publicly for the first time at the Glü Gallery in Los Angeles, from January 7, through February 11, 2006.[13][110] He launched his first European art exhibition in 2011 at Peres Projects in Berlin.[70]
He enjoys reading on the set of his films. Pineapple Express producer Judd Apatow has said of him: "He's a very education-minded person. We used to laugh because in between takes he'd be reading The Iliad on set. We still haven't read The Iliad. It was a very difficult book. With him, it was always James Joyce or something."[111]
[edit]Charitable work

Franco has said aiding others is "the key to life, the key to happiness" and, "as an actor, you can get wrapped up in yourself and your career...A little secret is one of the greatest ways to break that is to stop thinking about yourself for a second."[112] When Franco was at a point in his life where he wanted to give back but was unsure how, he asked his Spider-Man co-star Kirsten Dunst for advice. At the suggestion of Dunst, he started volunteering at the charity Art of Elysium, where she also volunteers, which helps kids with serious medical conditions. He said the experience helped save his life. In January 2011, at the Art of Elysium Heaven Gala in Los Angeles, Franco was honored for his work at the hospital, receiving the Spirit of Elysium accolade.[113]
On March 31, 2011, the actor took part in "An Evening with James Franco", a Washington DC dinner benefit for 826DC, a non-profit foundation created to help neighborhood students reach their goals, as well as provide after-school literature programs and workshops which encourage them to improve their writing skills. Franco became involved with Dave Egger's 826 National after Eggers asked him to do a conceptual idea for the program, and he directed a documentary for them and has since been a supporter of them. At the event, Franco spoke about how he thought schools needed to be more original with their literature programs. "Writing can do things that video cannot", he added.[114]
In April, Franco autographed a T-shirt that will be auctioned-off through the Yoshiki Foundation, with the proceeds being donated for the Japanese tsunami relief occurring in 2011.[115] On June 14, he was honored by amfAR, the foundation for AIDS research, at the Museum of Modern Art. Franco received the Piaget Award of Inspiration for his humanitarian work and contributions to men’s style.[116]
[edit]Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1998 1973 Greg TV film
1999 To Serve and Protect Matt Carr TV film
1999 Never Been Kissed Jason Way
2000 At Any Cost Mike
2000 If Tomorrow Comes Devin
2000 Whatever It Takes Chris
2001 Mean People Suck Casey
2001 Some Body Apartment guy 3 Uncredited
2001 James Dean James Dean TV film
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in Television Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2002 Blind Spot Danny
2002 Mother Ghost Skateboarder guy
2002 Sonny Sonny Phillips limited release
2002 City by the Sea Joey Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
2002 Spider-Man Harry Osborn
2002 Deuces Wild Tino
2003 The Company Josh
2004 Spider-Man 2 Harry Osborn
2005 The Ape Harry Walker Direct-to-video
2005 The Great Raid Captain Prince
2005 Fool's Gold Brent Also writer and director
2006 Grasshopper Travis Short film
2006 Tristan & Isolde Tristan
2006 Annapolis Jake Huard
2006 The Wicker Man Bar guy No.1
2006 Flyboys Blaine Rawlings
2006 The Dead Girl Derek
2006 The Holiday Himself Uncredited
2007 Spider-Man 3 Harry Osborn / New Goblin Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (with Tobey Maguire)
2007 Knocked Up Himself Uncredited
2007 In the Valley of Elah Sergeant Dan Carnelli
2007 Finishing the Game Dean Silo/"Rob Force"
2007 An American Crime Andy
2007 Interview Boyfriend on phone
2007 Camille Silas Parker
2007 Good Time Max Max Verbinski Also writer and director
2008 Pineapple Express Saul Silver Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
2008 Nights in Rodanthe Dr. Mark Flanner Uncredited
2008 Milk Scott Smith Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2010 Shadows & Lies William Vincent
2010 Date Night Thomas Tripplehorn/ Felton
2010 Eat Pray Love David
2010 Howl Allen Ginsberg
2010 127 Hours Aron Ralston Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Actor
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance
Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
2011 The Green Hornet Danny "Crystal" Clear Cameo uncredited
2011 Your Highness Fabious
2011 The Broken Tower Hart Crane Also director, writer, editor and producer
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Will Rodman post-production
2011 In Praise of Shadows[117] William Vincent post-production
2012 The Stare Tyrone post-production.
Franco is also producing
2012 Cherry Filming
2013 Oz: The Great and Powerful Oz Filming starts in July
Series television
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Pacific Blue Brian
1999 Profiler Stevie
1999–2000 Freaks and Geeks Daniel Desario
2001 The X-Files Officer No.2
2009–2011 General Hospital Franco
2010 30 Rock Himself Episode: "Klaus and Greta"
[edit]Selected works

Franco, James. "A Star, a Soap and the Meaning of Art." The Wall Street Journal, December 4, 2009.
Franco, James. "Just Before the Black." Esquire, March 24, 2010.
Franco, James (2010). Palo Alto: Stories. Scribner. ISBN 978-1439163146.

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Kelly Ripa

Kelly Maria Ripa Consuelos (born October 2, 1970) is an American television host and actress. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly, along with Regis Philbin. Earlier in her career, Ripa played Hayley Vaughan Santos for 12 years on the soap opera All My Children; she also played Faith Fairfield on Hope & Faith. Both were television series on ABC.

Kelly Ripa on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1


Kelly Ripa - Late Show with David Letterman 5-19-11


KELLY RIPA FUNNY MOMENTS



Early life

Kelly Ripa was born in Stratford, New Jersey, the daughter of Esther, a homemaker, and Joseph Ripa, a labor union president and bus driver. She has a younger sister, Linda Ripa, who is a children's author.[4] Ripa's father has been the Democratic County Clerk for Camden County, New Jersey since June 2009.[5] She is believed to be a Democrat and has appeared at Democratic fundraisers for her father.
Ripa went to Berlin Community School in Berlin, New Jersey, later attending Eastern High School in Voorhees Township, New Jersey.[6]
She performed in high school plays and was discovered while performing in a play during her senior year of high school, The Ugly Duckling (play).[6] Ripa acted in local theater and was a featured regular on WPHL's Dancin' On Air – an afternoon teen music program.
[edit]Career

Ripa's first television exposure came when she appeared as a regular dancer first in local Philadelphia dance party show, Dancin' On Air. Later she appeared on a nationally syndicated dance show, Dance Party USA before she acquired her first major acting role in 1990 as goth teen turned suffering heroine Hayley Vaughan on the soap opera All My Children. While there, the character would become a popular fixture.


Ripa talks to the audience during a taping of Live with Regis and Kelly.
Later, Ripa was selected to work alongside Regis Philbin for the long-running talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, replacing Kathie Lee Gifford. Ripa was on double duty, but the following year in 2002, Ripa left All My Children. A few months before Ripa hosted Live, she appeared on a celebrity version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and walked away with $250,000 for charity.
In 2003, Ripa and her husband sold their home in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and moved to Manhattan to make easier for her to accommodate her multiple television roles.[7]
In September 2003, she was back on double duty when she co-starred (with Faith Ford) on Hope & Faith, a situation comedy. She portrayed Faith Fairfield, a former soap star whose character is killed off and who moves in with (and subsequently wreaks havoc on) her sister Hope's family. Hope & Faith survived for three seasons before a ratings decline led to its cancellation.[citation needed]
In June 2004, Ripa agreed to continue as Live co-host for at least five more years, at a salary that the tabloid television show Extra reported was $8 million/year.[1] In October 2006, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos, also an actor, were partnering with producers from Hope & Faith on a sitcom for The CW Television Network that would be loosely based on the couple's experiences as soap opera actors.[8]
On November 17, 2006, Clay Aiken filled in for Regis on Live- during an interview, Aiken covered Ripa's mouth with his hand.[9] The incident drew considerable media reaction after Ripa complained at length about the incident on her show the following Monday.[10]
In April 2007, Ripa hosted the 2007 TV Land Awards.[11] In May 2007, Ripa stated that she most likely is done with acting for the time being.[12]
In 2009, Ripa appeared on the PBS children's series Electric Company in the role of Wednesday Jones, a private investigator.
On April 2, 2009, the TLC network announced they picked up two shows coming out of Kelly Ripa and her husband, Mark Consuelos's production company Milojo Productions. They will executive produce Mom Inc. and Eat, Drink and Be Married. Ripa will star in Mom, Inc. as the host. On October 16, 2009, Ripa and Consuelos returned to the show All My Children for two episodes for All My Children's 40th anniversary on January 4 and 5, 2010.
[edit]Personal life

In 1995, Ripa met Mark Consuelos, her co-star on All My Children. The two eloped on May 1, 1996. The couple have three children: Michael Joseph Consuelos (born June 2, 1997), Lola Grace Consuelos (born June 16, 2001) and Joaquin Alexander Consuelos (born February 24, 2003).
[edit]Awards

Ripa won five Soap Opera Digest Awards for playing Hayley Vaughn on All My Children in 1996, 1998 & 2000. She has been nominated for eight Daytime Emmy Awards. Three of these nominations were for playing Hayley on All My Children, and 5 were for performing hosting duties alongside Regis.
On April 23, 2006, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special for co-hosting the 2005 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade along with co-hosts Regis Philbin and Ryan Seacrest.
On September 15, 2006, Ripa broke the Guinness World Record as 24 banana cream pies were tossed at her mouth in one minute, as part of a Guinness World Record Breaker theme week on Live with Regis and Kelly. She beat the record set by NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth on the previous day, when he threw 17 pies at Ripa herself.[13]
On June 19, 2011, Ripa won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host along with her co-host Regis Philbin.
[edit]Film/TV



Ripa on the set of Live with Regis and Kelly
Year Film Role Notes
1986–1992 Dancin' On Air Herself-Dancer unknown episodes
1990–2002, 2010 All My Children Hayley Vaughan Santos Role from: November 22, 1990 – December 27, 2002, January 4, 2010 – January 5, 2010
1996 Marvin's Room Coral
1999 The Stand-In Jennifer
2001 Someone to Love Michelle
Live with Regis and Kelly Host Role from: February 5, 2001 – present
2002 Ed Jennifer Bradley 4 episodes
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie herself
2003 Hope & Faith Faith Fairfield Role from: 2003–2006, 73 episodes
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time Future Bonnie voice
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Dr. Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine voice, direct-to-video
Cheaper by the Dozen Herself Cameo
2005 Missing Melody
2006 Kelly Ripa's E! True Hollywood Story Herself
Go, Diego, Go! Guest appearance
2007 50 Funniest Women Alive Herself Host
"Ugly Betty" Herself 1 episode
The Knights of Prosperity Herself 1 episode
2008 Delgo Kurrin voice
Fly Me to the Moon Nat's mom voice
2010 True Jackson, VP Herself
The Marriage Ref Herself Guest panelist
2011 Hannah Montana Forever Herself Guest star, episode "I Am Mamaw, Hear Me Roar!"
[edit]Influence

New Orleans rock band Cowboy Mouth wrote a song in tribute titled Kelly Ripa that appeared on their 2008 album Fearless. They performed the song on Live with Regis and Kelly on March 13, 2008.

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Abby Elliott

Abigail "Abby" Elliott (born June 16, 1987) is an American actress and comedian currently appearing as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.

Abby Elliott on David Letterman ( Feb/17/10 ) Ewan McGregor, Mumford & Sons


ABBY ELLIOT


Abby Elliott - Saturday Night Live - Coming Up With The Skits


David Letterman - Abby Elliott & Her Stage Father






eye and consequently given her conjunctivitus.[2]
She is the third generation of her family to have been featured on the show (and the second to be hired as a cast member). Her father is actor and comedian Chris Elliott, who was an SNL cast member during the 1994-1995 season (season 20) and her grandfather is Bob Elliott of the popular comedy duo Bob & Ray, who co-starred on a Christmas episode in the 1978-1979 season (fourth season).[3][2]
Before joining SNL, Elliott took comedy classes at The Groundlings and eventually began training and performing sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT) in Los Angeles. In 2006, Elliott appeared with small roles in the comedy pilots "You've Reached The Elliotts" and "Chrissy: Plain & Simple", both pilots starring her father, Chris Elliott.[4] While at UCBT, she frequently performed with The Midnight Show sketch troupe. She has also occasionally performed comedy with her younger sister Bridey. Elliott joined the cast of SNL midway through the 2008–2009 season, in November 2008, to replace the departing Amy Poehler. Before joining SNL, Elliott had also done guest voices roles on King of The Hill and Minoriteam. She has also been featured in a number of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon sketches such as Jersey Floor and 6-Bee.
In 2011, she made her film debut with a small role in No Strings Attached, and appears with a supporting role in the upcoming indie-comedy High Road.
[edit]Saturday Night Live

[edit]Recurring characters
Shirley, one of the singing sisters on The Lawrence Welk Show
One of the French Girls in "Les Jeunes de Paris"
Paula, one of the students in the Gilly sketches

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Soulja Boy

DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper and record producer.
In September 2007, his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was initially self-published on the internet, and it later became a number-one hit in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks starting in September 2007. On August 17 Way was listed at #18 on the Forbes list of hip hop cash kings of 2010.
Way has currently released three studio albums and one independent album: his debut studio album Souljaboytellem.com (2007) was certified platinum by the RIAA. However, his next two albums, iSouljaBoyTellem (2008) and The DeAndre Way (2010) did not match the commercial success of his debut, the latter only selling 56,000 copies, despite the success of several singles across both albums, such as "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" and "Turn My Swag On" (iSouljaBoyTellem) and "Pretty Boy Swag" (The DeAndre Way), the latter later being certified gold by the RIAA.

Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)


Soulja Boy Tell'em - Kiss Me Thru The Phone ft. Sammie


Soulja Boy - How To Crank That (twitter.com/souljaboy)

Soulja Boy Tell'em - Turn My Swag On


Soulja Boy Tell'em - Pretty Boy Swag


Soulja Boy: The Movie - Official Trailer






Early life

DeAndre Way was born in Chicago and moved to Atlanta at age six,[6] where he became interested in rap music.
Career beginnings

At age 14, he moved to Batesville, Mississippi, with his father, who provided a recording studio for Way to explore his musical ambitions.[6] Way founded his record label "Stacks on Deck Entertainment" in 2004. While Way was signed under Interscope and Collipark Music, he claimed that his label had distribution deals with Interscope, Universal Records, and Koch.[8] In November 2005, Way posted his songs on the website SoundClick. Following positive reviews on the site, he then established his own web pages on YouTube and MySpace.[9][10] In March 2007, he recorded "Crank That" and released his first independent album Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before da Album, followed by a low-budget video filmed demonstrating the "Crank That" dance. By the end of May 2007, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" received its first airplay and Way met with Mr. Collipark to sign a deal with Interscope Records.
Music career

2007-08: souljaboytellem.com


Soulja Boy performing "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" in February 2008.
On August 12, 2007, the song appeared on the Emmy-award winning HBO series Entourage, and by September 1, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot RingMasters charts.[11] Way's major label debut album Souljaboytellem.com, which was reportedly recorded using just the demo version of FL Studio,[7][12] was released in the United States on October 2,[13] peaking at #4 on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.[14]
For the 50th Grammy Awards, Way was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song with "Crank That (Soulja Boy)". He lost to Kanye West's and T-Pain's "Good Life".
Souljaboytellem.com received a favorable review from Allmusic,[13] but received mainly negative reviews from other sources such as Entertainment Weekly.[15] Several reviewers credited Soulja Boy with spearheading a new trend in hip-hop, while speculating he will likely be a one-hit wonder.[16][17][18]
2008-09: iSouljaBoyTellem
The follow-up to souljaboytellem.com, iSouljaBoyTellem, was released on December 16, 2008, to negative critical reception.[19] The first single from the album, "Bird Walk", peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and the top 20 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart it was performed on the first YouTube Live on November 22, 2008, with an introduction from MC Hammer.[20] "Kiss Me Thru the Phone", with Sammie, followed, peaking at #3 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Rap Tracks charts.[21] Chris Brown was originally Way's first choice to sing the hook, but respectfully turned down the offer. Way then tried to do it on his own with Auto-Tune but he found it unacceptable.[22] It sold over 2,000,000 digital copies in the United States, becoming his second song to reach the two million mark in downloads.[23][24]
On January 26, 2009 Way released his third single "Turn My Swag On". it topped the US Rap Charts and peaked at #19 on the Hot 100. it has so far sold over 1,000,000 digital downloads in the US. It became Soulja Boy's third song to sell 1 million or more downloads.[25]
2009-present: The DeAndre Way
The DeAndre Way[26] is Way's third studio album, Way has stated that the album is intended to be his most personal and successful album thus far. When speaking on possible collaborations, he stated he wished to work with artists such as Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West,[27] Eminem,[28] among others. The lead single from the album, "POW", was released in January 2009 but failed to garner success and was dubbed a promo single. On October 30, 2009 Way released three mixtapes Paranormal Activity, Dat Piff & Cortez.[29] Then it was announced on February 18, 2010 that the first single from the album was gone be "All Black Everything" but it was cancelled & was just put on his promotional mixtape Legendary.[30] The album was titled "The DeAndre Way" but was changed in early 2010 to Dre with a commercial video snippet for "Do It Big" as the first single but it was cancelled as well.[31] However it was reverted back to The DeAndre Way in July 2010.
But on June 8, 2010, the official lead single from the album was "Pretty Boy Swag". The single has reached number thirty-four on the Billboard Hot 100, number six on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number five on the Billboard Rap Songs chart.[32] The album's second single was due to be "Digital" but it was just used on his promotional mixtape Best Rapper.[33] Then it was announced that "Speakers Going Hammer" was gone be the second single, but "Blowing Me Kisses" was released on August 31, 2010 as the second single instead.[34] On October 13 Soulja Boy performed "Pretty Boy Swag" & a snippet of his third single "Speakers Going Hammer". On October 19, 2010 Way finally released "Speakers Going Hammer" on iTunes the single peaked at #48 on the Hot R&B & Hip Hop tracks Billboard.[35] The DeAndre Way was released on November 30, 2010 it has so far has only sold 70,000 copies making this Way's lowest selling album. Soulja Boy was to be part of the Summerbeatz tour held in Australia alongside Flo Rida, Jay Sean and Travie McCoy in November 2010, but in lieu of his current album release date Soulja Boy had declined the offer & just embarked on his Who They Want tour.
On January 22, Way released his first mixtape of 2011 Smooky which cover featured a cartoon version of Way on a bicycle doing a 360.[36] Then On March 17, 2011 Way released the mixtape 1up which cover was based on the Naruto anime Way stated "If I was in a video game, this mixtape would advance me to the next level with an extra life. Power up with the new offering".[37] On April 20, 2011 Way released his mixtape Juice which cover was based on the Juice the movie Way stated he would also released a mini movie of his own to go along with the mixtape Way stated that he was headed to greatness with the mixtape.[38]
Musical style

Despite his commercial success, his music has been the subject of ridicule from his peers and critics.[39][40] Hip hop figures such as Method Man[41] have cited Soulja Boy as artistically typical of contemporary rap trends such as writing for the lucrative ringtone market, and the ascendence of "Southern hip hop", emphasizing catchy music that discards rap's traditional emphasis on message.[42][43] Soulja Boy identifies his goal as making upbeat, party-themed music that avoids the negative, violent image that he sees in most hip-hop.[42][43]
Personal life

Legal issues
On December 9, 2007, Way was sued by William Lyons (a.k.a. Souljah Boy of Mo Thugs Family) who created the stage name "Souljah Boy" in 1996.[44]
On October 7, 2009, Way was arrested on one count of obstruction, a misdemeanor, for running from police when he'd been ordered to stop. The rapper was released on $550 bond.[45]
In May 2011, Way and his labels were sued by a local Pennsylvania promoter for failing to make promised payments in connection with a rescheduled concert.[46]
Victim of robbery and assault
On December 30, 2008, Way was robbed and assaulted in his home. Initial reports indicated that the robbers were six masked men with AK-47s and pistols but on December 31, 2008, video clips surfaced on the Internet of two masked men claiming sole credit for the crime.[47] Soulja Boy described the incident to MTV News a month later: He had come home very late at night after attending an album release party and was recording songs with friends when the robbers came in pointing their guns.[48]
Family tragedies
On March 22, 2011, Way's little brother Deion Jenkins was killed in a car crash on Sunday night.[49] Then on March 24, 2011 Way's older brother threatened to committ suicide.[50]
Controversy

Way's music has been banned from some school dances for sexual and violent content or innuendo. However, he has denied these claims.[51] In the original YouTube video for "Shootout", Soulja Boy demonstrates his dance while holding a handgun in each hand and pretending to shoot into the audience.[52] On August 24, 2010, a video was posted showing hip hop groupie Kat Stacks allegedly in Way's hotel room with a couple of ounces of cocaine.[53]
Nas
On February 25, 2008, Way said in an interview that "Nas killed hip hop and his own career".[54] Way later apologized for his comments.[55]
Ice-T
In June 2008, on DJ Cisco's Urban Legend mixtape, Ice-T told Way to "eat a dick" and criticized Way for "killing hip-hop" and his song "Crank That" for being "garbage" compared to the works of other hip-hop artists such as Rakim, Das EFX, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube.[56] The two then traded videos back and forth over the Internet.[57] Rapper Kanye West defended Way by arguing that the younger artist created a new, original work for hip-hop, thus keeping the authentic meaning of the music.[58] The feud was parodied in a 2010 episode of The Boondocks.
Charles Hamilton
On December 9, 2008, Charles Hamilton commented in a interview by saying that Way was making it harder for new artists to be signed.[59] Way responded by saying "X out the Sonic and fuck with Mario, you might want to got damn eat a mushroom."[60][further explanation needed] Charles Hamilton responded with the diss song "Im You Last Year With Talent".[61] Then the diss song "Word Aight".[62]
Bow Wow
On February 2, 2009, Way challenged Bow Wow to a race in their Lamborghinis and claimed Bow Wow's Lamborghini was a rental.[63] On February 4, 2009 Bow Wow proved that he owned his Lamborghini and said "its halloween in Bankhead for you everyday nigga..you scared..you all nervous and shit". Way responded on twitter by saying "HE FUCKED UP!!!! IM BOUT TO SHITTTT ON THIS NIGGA!! LOL!!!!!".[64] On February 7, 2009 both artist sent diss songs to each other such as Way's "Fuck Bow Wow" & Bow Wow's "What I Think About You".[65] Later that day during a phone conversation both rappers settled their differences.[66]
Fabolous
On December 28, 2010, Fabolous during a radio interview commented on the claim that Way does cocaine, saying "pretty boy swag but never coke my nose though",[67] a reference to Way's song "Pretty Boy Swag" and a video of video model and popular groupie Kat Stacks video taping Way in a hotel room with cocaine. Soulja Boy went on a tirade[68] on Twitter in response, saying "I ignore dis foo like 5x before this. fuck that. If you send some niggaz to spray me @myfabolouslife at least I die I real nigga fuck you boy." 50 Cent also took to Twitter to say, "leave him the f*** alone before somebody get hurt." Way and Fabolous ended their beef on a radio interview.[69]
Discography

Main article: Soulja Boy discography
Studio albums
Souljaboytellem.com (2007)
iSouljaBoyTellem (2008)
The DeAndre Way (2010)
Tours

Americas Most Wanted (2009)
Who They Want (2011)
Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2007 YouTube Live Himself Small Role
2008 What's at Stake?' Himself Small Role
2009 School Gyrls Himself Cameo
2010 Malice N Wonderland Soulja Small Role
2011 TBA TBA Main Role/Juice Remake
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly Himself
2008 Live with Regis Himself Minor appearance
Access Granted Himself For his music video for "Bird Walk"
2010 When I Was 17 Himself
The Mo'Nique Show Himself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Himself
Lopez Tonight Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Himself
Awards and nominations

BET Awards
2007: Best New Artist (Nominated)
2008: Viewer's Choice Award: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (Nominated)
2009: Viewer's Choice Award: "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" (Nominated)
BET Hip-Hop Awards
'2007: Best Hip-Hop Dance (Won)'
Grammy Awards
2008: Best Rap Song: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (Nominated)
Ozone Awards
'2007: Patiently Waiting: Mississippi (Won)'
2008: Best Breakthrough Artist (Nominated)
2008: TJ's DJ's Tastemaker Award (Nominated)
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
2007: Favorite Male Singer (Nominated)
Teen Choice Awards
2009: Choice Music: Rap Artist (Nominated)
2009: Choice Music: R&B Track for "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" (Nominated)
2009: Choice Music: Hook Up for "Kiss Me Thru the Phone"
2009: Choice Music: Artist (Nominated)

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Petra Ecclestone

Petra Ecclestone (born in December 1988 in Westminster, London) is an English heiress, model, fashion designer and socialite, the younger daughter of Croatian former Armani model Slavica and Formula 1 billionaire Bernie Ecclestone. She has an older sister named Tamara. Petra speaks Croatian fluently and understands French and Italian.
Ecclestone attended Trevor-Roberts School then Francis Holland School, an all-girls school, in London, England. She reportedly won a place at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, but never took up the offer.
Growing up, she always wanted to be a fashion designer.[7] She decided to make menswear because it is a "bigger niche" and because "womenswear was too saturated".[7]
She contracted viral meningitis at the age of 14, and told the media that it "changed her life forever."

Petra Ecclestone In Los Angeles (What Do Heiresses Eat?)


Petra Ecclestone In California


Heiress Petra Ecclestone must enjoy making everyone realize their live




She said "I no longer take my health for granted. ... I’m now a health freak and a hypochondriac. I’m obsessed with cleanliness, I eat healthily and take my vitamins."[8] She has since become an ambassador for the Meningitis Trust.[8]
At the age of 19, Eccelstone created Genbenian menswear label FORM, which was sold into retailers including Harrods from October 2008.[7] Form collapsed into administration 14 months after start-up, before being liquidated.[9]
In April 2009 it was announced that Ecclestone had signed a contract with the Croatian clothing manufacturer Siscia.
[edit]Personal life

Petra is set to marry fiance James Stunt in August 2011 at a three-day event at Castello Orsini-Odescalchi near Rome in Italy;[11] they have been dating for four years. Singer Rihanna was reportedly paid £250,000 to perform at their engagement party in Battersea. Both Ecclestone and her fiance describe themselves as "virtually teetotal".
In July 2011 Ecclestone purchased The Manor, in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, for $85 million.[12] It had been on the market for two years with an asking price of $150 million, making it the most expensive residential real estate listing in the US. The 57,000 square feet (5,300 m2) mansion was the former home of Aaron and Candy Spelling, and is the largest residence in Los Angeles County.

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Keira Knightley

Keira Christina Knightley ( /ˌkɪərə ˈnaɪtli/; born 26 March 1985) is an English actress and model. She began acting as a child and came to international notice in 2002 after co-starring in the film Bend It Like Beckham. From 2003 her appearances in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series took her to much greater prominence.
Knightley has appeared in several Hollywood films and earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright's 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Two years later she again was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Atonement.
In 2008, Forbes claimed Knightley to be the second highest paid actress in Hollywood, having reportedly earned $32 million in 2007, making her the only non-American on the list of highest paid actresses.

Keira Knightley - hot - Atonement (2007) - Official Trailer



Cut Movie - Keira Knightley


Keira Knightley


Keira Knightley interview (Pride and Prejudice promotion)


Keira Knightley vs Sienna Miller


Keira Knightley 2011.05.10 HD


Keira Knightley in "The Hole" (2001)





Early life

Knightley was born in Teddington, London, England, the daughter of Sharman MacDonald, an award-winning playwright, and Will Knightley, a theatre and television actor.[7] Her father is English and her Scottish mother is of half Welsh ancestry.[8] She has an elder brother, Caleb. Knightley, born Kiera, switched her name to Keira to make it easier for international audiences to pronounce. [9]
Knightley lived in Richmond, attending Stanley Junior School, Teddington School and Esher College. She was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of six, but nevertheless was successful in school and was thus permitted to acquire a talent agent and pursue an acting career. She requested an agent as early as the age of three and got one when she turned six, from her mother as a reward for studying hard.[10] Knightley has noted that she was "single-minded about acting" during her childhood.[11] She performed in a number of local amateur productions, including After Juliet (written by her mother) and United States (written by her then drama teacher, Ian McShane, no relation to the actor). She focused on art, history, and English literature while at Esher, but left after a year to focus on her acting and she also turned down her spot at the London Academy of Music and Drama.
[edit]Career

[edit]Film and television work


Knightley at the 2008 BAFTAs.
After getting an agent at 6, she did worked on mostly commercials and small TV roles. Her first role was "Little Girl" in Royal Celebration, a 1993 TV movie. A year later, she had a small role in the movie A Village Affair. She later starred in 1995's Innocent Lies and 1998's Coming Home. She was a princess in the 1996 movie The Treasure Seekers.[13] Later in 1999, she appeared as Rose in Oliver Twist.[14]
Keira Knightley appeared in several television films in the mid to late 1990s—as well as ITV1's The Bill[15]—before being cast as Sabé, Padmé Amidala's decoy, in the 1999 science fiction blockbuster Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Sabé's dialogue was dubbed over with Natalie Portman's voice. This was to hide the fact that the handmaiden Padmé (played by Natalie Portman) was actually disclosed as the real Queen Amidala at the end of the film. Knightley was cast in the role due to her close resemblance to Portman; even the two actresses' mothers had difficulty telling their daughters apart when the girls were in full makeup.[16] Knightley's first starring role followed in 2001, when she played the daughter of Robin Hood in the made-for-television Walt Disney Productions feature, Princess of Thieves. She trained for several weeks in archery, sword fighting, and horse riding.[17] During this time, Knightley also appeared in The Hole, a thriller that received a direct-to-video release in the United States. She appeared in a miniseries adaptation of Doctor Zhivago that first aired in 2002 to mixed reviews but high ratings.[citation needed] In the same year, she also was in the movie Pure, in which she portrays a pregnant teenager who is a heroin addict and had a child taken by social services.[18]
Knightley's breakthrough role was in the football-themed film, Bend It Like Beckham, which was a success in its August 2002 UK release, grossing $18 million, and in its March 2003 U.S. release, grossing $32 million.[19] After Bend It Like Beckham's UK release raised her profile, she was cast in the big budget action film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (along with Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp) which was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and opened in July 2003 to positive reviews[20] and high box office grosses,[21] becoming one of the biggest hits of summer 2003 and cementing Knightley as the new "It" girl.[citation needed]
Knightley had a role in the British romantic comedy Love Actually, which opened in November 2003, which co-starred her childhood idol Emma Thompson.[22] Her next film, King Arthur, opened in July 2004 to negative reviews,[23] however in preparation for the role she took boxing, fighting, archery, and horseback-riding lessons for four days a week for three months.[24][25] In the same month, Knightley was voted by readers of Hello! magazine as the film industry's most promising teen star.[26] Additionally, TIME magazine noted in a 2004 feature that Knightley seemed dedicated to developing herself as a serious actress rather than a film star.[27]


Knightley at a London Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest premiere in July 2006
She appeared in three films in 2005, the first of which was The Jacket, alongside Adrien Brody.[28] She next appeared in Tony Scott's Domino, an action film based on the life of bounty hunter Domino Harvey. The film has been Knightley's greatest critical flop to date.[29] Knightley's critics often suggested she was nothing more than a pretty face, which led the young starlet to comment to Elle magazine, "I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove."[10]
Pride & Prejudice rounded out 2005.[30] Knightley loved the book since she was seven, and she with her first acting paycheck she bought a dollhouse of the hero's mansion.[31] She said of her character, "The beauty of Elizabeth is that every woman who ever reads the book seems to recognize herself, with all her faults and imperfections. If you give an actress who is even remotely good the chance to play a fantastic character like that, they are going to revel in it."[32] Variety wrote about her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet: "Looking every bit a star, Knightley, who's shown more spirit than acting smarts so far in her career, really steps up to the plate here, holding her own against the more classically trained Matthew Macfadyen, as well as vets like Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Penelope Wilton, and Judi Dench with a luminous strength that recalls a young Audrey Hepburn. More than the older Jennifer Ehle in the TV series, she catches Elizabeth's essential skittishness and youthful braggadocio, making her final conversion all the more moving."[33] The film grossed more than $100 million worldwide,[34] and Knightley earned a Golden Globe nomination and an Oscar nomination (the Oscar ultimately went to Reese Witherspoon). The Academy Award nomination made her the third-youngest performer ever nominated.[35] BAFTA's decision not to nominate her drew criticism from Pride & Prejudice producer Tim Bevan.[36]
In 2006, Knightley was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[37] Her biggest financial hit thus far, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, was released in July.[38]
Knightley starred in three major films in 2007: Silk, an adaptation of the novel by Alessandro Baricco, Atonement, a feature film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel of the same name (co-starring James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave, and Brenda Blethyn),[39] and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was released in May 2007. For her performance in Atonement, Knightley was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the Best Dramatic Actress category for the role, as well as a BAFTA Award. Critic Richard Roeper was puzzled by both Knightley's and McAvoy's Academy Award snubs, stating "I thought McAvoy and Knightley were superb."[40]
In the late spring of 2007, Knightley shot The Edge of Love with Cillian Murphy as her husband, Matthew Rhys as her childhood sweetheart, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, and Sienna Miller as Thomas' wife Caitlin Macnamara. She received positive reviews for her role.[41] The 2008 release was penned by Knightley's mother, Sharman Macdonald, and directed by John Maybury. She then filmed The Duchess, based on the best-selling biography, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman,[42] in which she played Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire; the film was released in cinemas on 5 September 2008 in the U.K.
Knightley appears in the drama Last Night, in which she co-starred with Eva Mendes, Sam Worthington, and Guillaume Canet; it was directed by Massy Tadjedin.[43][44] In April 2009, Knightley began work on an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian novel, Never Let Me Go with Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan. Filming took place in Norfolk and Clevedon in Somerset.[45][46]
[edit]Theatre
Knightley made her West End debut in Martin Crimp's version of Molière's comedy, The Misanthrope, at the Comedy Theatre in London alongside Damian Lewis, Tara FitzGerald, and Dominic Rowan.[7] in December 2009.[7] Reviews for her portrayal of Jennifer in the play were generally positive. The Daily Telegraph described her performance as revealing "both power and poignancy"[47] and The Independent called her performance "not only strikingly convincing but, at times, rather thrilling in its satiric aplomb"[48] The Guardian, however, noted that due to the nature of the role "one could say that she is not unduly stretched"[49] and The Daily Mail described her as "little better than adequate" and "dull" and the Daily Express stated that "Her lack of stage experience is sometimes painfully evident."[50]
Knightley has been nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award as Best Supporting Actress as Jennifer in The Misanthrope, recognising her theatre debut.[51] Knightley also received an Evening Standard Award nomination for the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress.[52]
[edit]Upcoming roles
Knightley is filming under the direction of David Cronenberg in the feature film A Dangerous Method, where she plays the role of Sabina Spielrein, the real-life psychoanalyst who worked with Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassel will be co-starring.[53] She is slated to appear in The Emperor's Children with Eric Bana and Richard Gere. The film, a dark comedy, will be directed by Noah Baumbach.[54] Knightley will star in London Boulevard with Colin Farrell, written by William Monahan, who will also make his directing debut.[55]
[edit]Media attention



Knightley attends the premiere of Atonement in Leicester Square, London, 2007
As a result of her rapid rise to fame, Knightley has been the focus of significant media attention. She has been described by press reports as "famously open with media,"[56] although Knightley herself has stated "I don't talk about my private life."[57]
Knightley's look has often been described in publications as gamine.[58][59][60]
Knightley has appeared many times in FHMs 100 Sexiest Women in the World list. Ranked No.79 in 2004 she climbed to No.18 in 2005, and was named "the sexiest woman in the world in 2006."[61] In 2007 she was 12th, 10th in 2008 and came 36th in 2009. The US edition ranked her No.54 in 2004, No.11 in 2005, and No.5 in 2006. In May 2006, she was No.9 on Maxim's 2006 Hot 100. She was also named "the number one beauty icon of 2007" by a poll of 2500 people conducted by British high street chain Superdrug.[62][63] Knightley appeared nude, along with Scarlett Johansson, on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's March 2006 "Hollywood" issue.
Knightley was the celebrity face for the luxury goods brand Asprey, Shiatzy Chen as well as Lux haircare products in Japanese television commercials. In April 2006, she was confirmed as the new celebrity face of Chanel's perfume Coco Mademoiselle, though the first photo from the campaign was not released until May 2007.
Knightley's Valentino gown at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards won her much acclaim and even landed her the top spot on Steven Cojocaru's "Best Dressed List" on Entertainment Tonight, while the dress she wore to the 2006 Academy Awards was donated to the charity Oxfam, where it raised £4,300.[64]
Knightley has warned children who dream of the celebrity life that it's not all what it seems to be. "It frightens me when kids go, 'I want to be famous.'"[65] In a 2007 interview with the BBC Knightley said that she feels "de-humanised."[66] She also said that when a person becomes a celebrity, the public doesn't care that the person's life is constantly watched.
While she has no current plans to leave the world of film, Knightley has said that she could not imagine subjecting a child to the media. She is quoted as saying, "I'm not planning to have children at the moment... everyone changes, and I'm sure there will be a time I will want to do something different. I could completely see myself moving away [from acting]."[67]
She has expressed concern in the past about unsolicited attention from stalkers, and a 41-year-old man was charged with harassment in February 2010 after trying to contact the actress on several occasions outside the Comedy Theatre in London, where she appeared in the play The Misanthrope.[68] The subsequent trial folded after the actress was unavailable to testify in court.[69]


Knightley at the Pirates of the Caribbean world Premiere
[edit]Charity work

Knightley is the face of an Amnesty International campaign to support human rights, marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[70] As part of the campaign, the star also made a short film. Knightley stated she wanted to help raise awareness of the UDHR and human rights abuses.[70] She said "The UDHR is something that everyone should be aware of and be proud of as a statement of our common humanity."[70]
She posed for photos for WaterAid in 2005 and also for the American Library Association's "Read" campaign (A promotional poster of Pride and Prejudice).[71]
Knightley contributed her voice to a 2007 Robbie the Reindeer animation, all profits of which will be donated to Comic Relief.[72] In 2004, she travelled to Ethiopia with a group that included Richard Curtis, who had directed her in Love, Actually, on behalf of that charity.[73]
In April 2009, Knightley appeared in a video to raise awareness of domestic abuse entitled Cut. The video was directed by Joe Wright, who directed Knightley in Pride and Prejudice and Atonement, and shot for "Women's Aid," a British women and children aid group.[74][75] The video has created controversy, with some sources calling it too graphic, while other groups support the video for showing a realistic depiction of domestic violence.[76]
In November 2010, Knightley became patron of The SMA Trust, a British charity that funds medical research into the children's disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy.[77]
In March 2011, she appeared briefly in the Smithy sketch for Red Nose Day 2011, alongside Sir Paul McCartney, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Davina McCall, Justin Bieber and JLS, amongst others.[citation needed]
[edit]Personal life

Knightley, who lives in London, had a relationship with her Pride & Prejudice co-star Rupert Friend from 2005[78][79] until the couple split in December 2010.[80] She has reportedly been dating James Righton since late February 2011.[81][82][83]
Knightley has denied rumours she is anorexic, although she did say—after her appearance at the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest premiere led to media speculation that her extremely slender figure was due to an eating disorder—that her family has a history of anorexia.[84] Knightley sued the Daily Mail after they claimed she lied about having anorexia; the article said that a teenage girl died from anorexia, indicating that Knightley's physical appearance may have influenced her in some way. She was awarded a settlement.[85]
In July 2006, Knightley said she has become a workaholic, detailing that "the last five years have blended into one. I can't tell you what was last year and what was the year before" and specifying that she was "working too much"[86] and was "quite frightened that if I continue at this rate I will start to hate what I love,"[87] suggesting that she would take a one-year break from acting to travel and focus on her personal life.[88]
[edit]Filmography

Feature films
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Innocent Lies Young Celia
1999 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Sabé (Decoy Queen)
2001 Deflation Jogger
2001 Princess of Thieves Gwyn
2001 The Hole Frances 'Frankie' Almond Smith Nominated – Empire Award for Best Debut
2002 Thunderpants Music school student Uncredited
2002 Pure Louise
2002 Bend It Like Beckham Juliette "Jules" Paxton
Golden Wave Award for Best Actress
London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Newcomer
Nominated – Empire Award for Best British Actress
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
2002 New Year's Eve Leah
2002 The Seasons Alter Helena
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Elizabeth Swann
Audience Award for Best International Actress
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Orlando Bloom)
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liplock (shared with Orlando Bloom)
Nominated – Empire Award for Best British Actress
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Breakout Performance on Screen
Nominated – Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male or Female Actor in an Effects Film
Nominated – Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female Performance
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout Movie Star - Female
2003 Love Actually Juliet
Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Breakout Performance on Screen
Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting
2004 King Arthur Guinevere
Audience Award for Best International Actress
Nominated – Empire Award for Best British Actress
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress Action Adventure/Thriller
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout Movie Star - Female
2005 The Jacket Jackie
2005 Domino Domino Harvey
2005 Pride & Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet
Character and Morality in Entertainment Award
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated – Empire Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated – London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress Drama/Action Adventure
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Elizabeth Swann
People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Match-Up (shared with Johnny Depp)
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liplock (shared with Orlando Bloom)
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scream
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Hissy Fit
Nominated – Empire Awards for Best Actress
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Performace
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress Drama/Action Adventure
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Elizabeth Swann
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Action Star
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress Action Adventure
Nominated–National Movie Award for Best Performance by a Female
Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance
2007 Silk Hélène Joncour
2007 Atonement Cecilia Tallis
Empire Award for Best Actress
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress Drama
Rembrandt Award for Best International Actress
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – Audience Award for Best International Actress
Nominated – London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year
2008 The Edge of Love Vera Phillips
2008 The Duchess Georgiana Cavendish
Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Movie Star
2009 The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers The Fairy
2010 London Boulevard Charlotte
2010 Never Let Me Go Ruth Nominated – Sarturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2010 Last Night Joanna Reed
2010 Steve Woman
2011 A Dangerous Method Sabina Spielrein post-production
2011 Seeking A Friend for the End of the World Penny filming
Television appearances
Year Title Role
1993 Screen One Little Girl
1995 A Village Affair Natasha Jordan
1995 The Bill Sheena Rose
1996 The Treasure Seekers The Princess
1998 Coming Home Young Judith Dunbar
1999 Oliver Twist Rose Fleming
2001 Princess of Thieves Gwyn (daughter of Robin Hood)
2002 Doctor Zhivago Lara Antipova
2003 Gaijin Kate
2007 Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind Em
[edit]Theatre appearances

Year Production Theatre Role Awards
2009/2010 The Misanthrope Comedy Theatre, London Jennifer (Celimene) Nominated – Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Nominated – Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress (The Natasha Richardson Award)
2011 The Children's Hour[89] Comedy Theatre, London Karen Wright

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