Antony Costa

Antony Daniel Costa (born 23 June 1981) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the boyband Blue. Costa is a member of the boy band Blue, who went their own ways in 2005, but reformed to perform at Capital FM’s Summertime Ball in 2009. In 2004, Costa, along with singer Peter André, was given the opportunity to meet with Prime Minister Tony Blair at the celebrations on the arrival of ten new members into the European Union which included Cyprus. He was a contestant on the 2005 series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and was evicted from the programme on 3 December 2005 after fourteen days.   Costa released his debut solo single called “Do You Ever Think of Me” in February 2006. The single made its debut and peaked at number nineteen on the UK Singles Chart. He went on to compete in the 2006 Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up programme to find a competitor to represent the UK in theEurovision Song Contest 2006, but did not win the honour, with “It’s a Beautiful Thing”. In June 2006 Costa posed naked for Cosmopolitan magazine’s 10 Years of Naked Male Centrefolds, alongside other stars including singer Ronan Keating, actor Danny Dyer, Labour MP Jim Devine, and TV presenter Craig Doyle. Costa’s debut album, Heart Full of Soul was released on 3 July 2006 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The album failed to chart and he was subsequently dropped by his record label, Globe Records. On 28 April 2009, Blue announced that they had reformed and would soon return to the stage that summer. In 2011 Blue represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 held in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Miles Fisher

Miles Fisher (born June 23, 1983) is an American film and television actor and musician. Born as James Leslie Miles Fisher, he was raised in Dallas, Texas until his family moved to Washington, D.C. He was educated at the St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. and attended Harvard University. He had a role in the 1997 CBS adaptation of the book True Women and had a starring role in the 2000 film Lone Star Struck. In 2001, he won Best Actor at the International Teen Movie Festival (ITMF) in Vaughan, Canada for his role in his short film Head Shot. He also received praise in 2001 in an article in Newsday, and this helped further his career. He appeared as a member of the First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers in the 2003 Civil War film Gods and Generals, which starred Robert Duvall. Fisher parodied actor Tom Cruise in the 2008 film Superhero Movie; a clip of Fisher from the film became popular on the Internet. He had a recurring role as a rookie police officer in 2008 on the television series The Cleaner on A&E Network. Fisher appeared in 2009 on Gossip Girl. On the third season of the television series Mad Men, Fisher portrayed a friend of character Paul Kinsey.

Aimee Ann Duffy

Aimee Ann Duffy (born 23 June 1984), known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008[5] with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum[7] and sold over 6 million copies worldwide, spawning the hits “Mercy” and “Warwick Avenue”. With “Mercy”, Duffy became the first Welsh woman to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart since Bonnie Tyler topped the charts with “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in 1983. In 2009, Duffy won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry, and she was nominated for two other Grammys at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009 she won three Brit Awards: British Breakthrough, Best Female Solo and Best British Album. In 2010 she completed recording of her second album Endlessly that was released on 29 November and made her acting debut in the film Patagonia. In February 2011 it was announced that Duffy would take an extended hiatus from music before beginning work on her third album

David Walsh

David Walsh (born June 23, 1984, grew up in Grandville, Michigan) is a professional gamer and entrepreneur. His career inElectronic sports began in March 2003, originally under the pseudonym Hotshy, and later under the name Walshy. He graduated from Grandville High School in 2003.

Walsh co-led teams including FFA, DtO and 3D, eventually becoming the team captain of the Major League Gaming four-on-four teamFinal Boss from the 2004 season until July 23, 2008, when it was announced that Final Boss had released him from the team.  In June, 2006, he signed a contract with Major League Gaming worth one million dollars over three years. Walsh has been featured in Electronic Gaming Monthly, BPM, WZZM news station, Lansing State Journal, Game Informer Monthly, MTV, and The Grand Rapids Press. Walsh is the second runner-up in MLG one-on-one championship and has also been shown on all of MLG’s shows on USA Network in 2006. After his former team, Final Boss, placed poorly at two of MLG’s 2008 tournaments, (San Diego [7th], Orlando [5th]) his teammates (Ogre2, Ogre1, andStrongside) decided to drop him from the team for fellow MLG Pro Player Neighbor, formerly of Str8 Rippin. He then played for Team Instinct with whom he placed second with at MLG Toronto ahead of his former team, Final Boss, who finished 3rd. When asked how it felt to beat his former team, he replied, “It was like taking candy from a baby, but I think the baby would have put up a better fight.”   Then soon after in MLG Dallas his new team Instinct placed 5th behind Final Boss, who placed 3rd once again. In 2009, Walsh and Team Instinct dropped Soviet from the group and added Neighbor to their roster, with this new line-up they placed 2nd at MLG Meadowlands, ahead of Walsh’s old team Final Boss. He was then dropped by Instinct and went into Dallas with his new team, Carbon, which placed 2nd. Following their 2nd place finish in Dallas, in Anaheim 2009, Instinct placed 3rd.He also serves as a board member of Gamers Outreach Foundation – a charity that uses video games for various community projects.

Jaclyn Marielle Jaffe

  Marielle Jaffe at the Internet Movie Database Jaclyn Marielle Jaffe (born June 23, 1989) is an American actress. Jaffe was born in Valencia, California. She made her feature film debut as Aphrodite Girl in the 2010 film, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. In April 2011, she was the supporting character Olivia Morris[3] in the slasher film Scream 4. She also appeared in Funny or Die’s “Field of Dreams 2: Lockout”  

Title Year Role Notes
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2010 Aphrodite Girl
Locked Away 2010 Nikki
10 Things I Hate About You 2010 Justine
  • Episode: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”
Scream 4 2011 Olivia Morris Supporting Role
Field of Dreams 2: Lockout 2011 Iowa Farmer’s Wife Short film

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Emmanuelle Grey "Emmy" Rossum

Emmanuelle Grey “Emmy” Rossum (born September 12, 1986) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She first starred in a string of movies including Songcatcher (2000), An American Rhapsody, (2001) and Passionada (2002). However, it was her role in Mystic River (2003) that garnered her wider recognition. She then starred in the blockbuster film The Day After Tomorrow (2004). She has since starred in Poseidon (2006), Dragonball: Evolution, (2009) and Dare (2009). In 2010, Rossum joined the cast of the Showtime television drama series Shameless in a leading role. The series, which stars William H. Macy, premiered in January 2011. In 2007, Rossum released her debut album, Inside Out. She also released a Christmas EP the same year titled Carol of the Bells. In 2006, Rossum appeared in Poseidon – Wolfgang Petersen’s high-budget remake of the disaster film The Poseidon Adventure. She played Jennifer Ramsey, the daughter of Kurt Russell’s character, Robert Ramsey. As Jennifer, she is described as a 19-year-old heroine because she is not a damsel in distress, and is very proactive and strong in all situations. Rossum also appeared as Juliet Capulet in a 2006 Williamstown Theatre Festival production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In early 2009, Rossum appeared in Dragonball Evolution. Rossum described her action role in Dragonball as the hardest thing she’s ever done. Her next big screen venture was the indie Dare  which was an official selection of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. In November 2009, Rossum appeared in Broadway’s 24 Hour Plays in which actors, writers, and directors collaborate to produce, and perform six one act plays within 24 hours to benefit the Urban Arts Partnership. Rossum appeared in Warren Leight’s “Daily Bread”, directed by Lucie Tiberghien. In December 2009, Rossum joined the cast of the Showtime drama series pilot Shameless, based on the hit British series of the same name. The pilot costars William H. Macy, Joan Cusack and Justin Chatwin. In April 2010, Showtime announced that they would be picking up the series for a full season of twelve episodes. Production began in September 2010 and continued through the fall with shooting taking place in Los Angeles and Chicago. The show was renewed for a second season on February 28, 2011.and began shooting in Chicago on August 22, 2011. In the summer of 2011 Rossum starred in DJ Caruso’s social film, Inside. Sponsored by Intel and Toshiba, the online film aired in several segments, incorporating multiple social media platforms including Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter. Inside used the ideas from the fans to shape the plot, as well as have contests to have fans make cameo appearances through via Facebook video. Rossum describes herself as a lyric soprano, though she admits her voice is still developing. In the summer of 2008, Rossum announced that she was in the process of writing and recording her second studio album. She joined Counting Crows, Augustana, and Michael Franti & Spearhead as a “special guest” for select performances of the “Traveling Circus and Medicine Show” tour in the summer of 2009. In 2010, Rossum sang a song called “Cruel One” on singer Alex Band’s debut solo album We’ve All Been There. On the track she sings with Band, and Chantal Kreviazuk. The song is available on the album’s deluxe edition %%wppa%% %%album=228%%