Maria Ashley Eckstein

Maria Ashley Eckstein (born September 22, 1981), credited as Ashley Eckstein or Ashley Drane, is an American film and television actress known to audiences of Blue Collar TV and as the voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. She also plays a small role as Allicia in the movie Sydney White and plays the teacher Ms. Cole in the movie Alice Upside Down. To younger audiences, she played a minor character named Muffy on Disney Channel’s That’s So Raven. Eckstein also had a small role on one episode of Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh portraying Susan, Drake’s girlfriend. She often plays an antagonist on television programs. Eckstein was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in Orlando, Florida. She married former Major League Baseball player and 2006 World Series MVP David Eckstein on November 26, 2005, in his hometown of Sanford, Florida, followed by a reception at Walt Disney World. In 2006 it was announced that Ashley would be playing the role of Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano for the Clone Wars film as well as the TV series and since then for the past four Seasons she’s played the voice of this character. In 2012 for the series fifth Season she’ll continue to play as Ahsoka. Since 2008 Ashley has been at Star Wars Weekends as the host for the show “Behind The Force” which is a behind the scenes show of the making of each Season of the Clone Wars series. Eckstein attended the Clone Wars Season 5 Premier along with Supervising Director Dave Filoni and her co-stars Matt Lanter,James Arnold Taylor,Dee Bradley Baker and Sam Witwer during Celebration VI in Orlando Florida on August 24 2012.

Kate French

Kate Lauren French (born September 23, 1984) is an American television and film actress and model. She is perhaps best known for her role as Niki Stevens on The L Word. She first appeared on the big screen in 2006 with a small role in the film Accepted, and later had a starring role as Brooke Crawford in the prime-time soap opera Wicked Wicked Games, an Americanized telenovela, which was French’s first appearance on the small screen. In 2007 she landed her breakout role when she joined the cast of The L Word playing closeted lesbian actress, and girlfriend of Jenny Schecter, Niki Stevens, appearing in seasons 5 and 6. French also had a role in South of Nowhere as Sasha Miller, a love interest of Aiden Dennison. French then appeared in two episodes of the teen drama Gossip Girl as Elle, a mysterious nanny. In 2010 French had a recurring role as Renee on One Tree Hill and later had a recurring guest role as Riley Westlake in the Hawaii-set teen drama Beyond The Break. In 2009 French played a supporting role in the independent horror film Sutures and then had a leading role in the independent romantic comedy Language of a Broken Heart, which was selected for the Hollywood Film Festival in 2011. French featured in the rock musical film Girltrash: All Night Long, which is due to be released in 2012. In 2011, French starred alongside Jason Ritter in the short film, Atlantis, a romance film centered around two strangers who fall in love in the lead up to the final launch of the NASA space shuttle Atlantis. and had a leading role in the independent thriller The Red House. French also had a guest role on the television series Up All Night. In 2012, it was announced that French had a supporting role in the independent thriller Channeling. French is attached to the indie feminist film Farah Goes Bang directed by Meera Menon. %%wppa%% %%album=253%%

Rimi Sin

Rimi Sen at the Internet Movie Database Rimi Sen (born Shubhomitra Sen on 21 September 1981) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Sen was born as Shubhomitra Sen in Kolkata, West Bengal. She completed her schooling from Bidya Bharati Girls’ High School in the year 1998.[citation needed] She completed her graduation in Commerce from University of Calcutta. She trained in Odissi dance under eminent Kolkata-based Odissi exponent, Guru Aloka Kanungo. Since childhood Sen nursed the dream of becoming an actress. After completing her studies, she persuaded her mother to accompany her to Mumbai. She later said that she wasn’t encouraged by anyone in her family except for her grandfather. After doing the rounds, she got into ads including one Coca-Cola ad with Aamir Khan. She was instantly noticed and her first offer for films started rollin in. Rimi made her debut as a lead actress in Telugu movie Nee Thodu Kavali. Her debut Hindi film, Vijay Galani’sHungama, released in 2003. It was a comedy film, in which she co-starred with Akshay Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, Paresh Rawal, as well as other actors. She followed it with appearance in big budget movies like Dhoom (2004), Garam Masala (2005) and Golmaal (2006). She also did a cameo in 2006 film Dhoom 2, and followed it with Johnny Gaddaar alongside newcomer actor Neil Nitin Mukesh. In 2008, she appeared in De Taali and in Sankat City in 2009. Rimi is currently going by the screen name Rimmi. She explains the name change as a career move: there are many other Sens working in Bollywood right now, and a single name may help her stand out from the crowd and stay apart from others.

Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC LLD (hc) (born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed “The Great One”, he is generally regarded as the best player in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL), and has been called “the greatest hockey player ever”  by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself. Upon his retirement on April 18, 1999, he held forty regular-season records, fifteen playoff records, and six All-Star records. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season  a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, he tallied over 100 points in 16 professional seasons, 14 of them consecutive. Gretzky’s jersey number, 99, has been retired by all teams in the National Hockey League. He was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries. Born and raised in Brantford, Ontario, Gretzky honed his skills at a backyard rink and regularly played minor hockey at a level far above his peers. Despite his unimpressive stature, strength and speed, Gretzky’s intelligence and reading of the game were unrivaled. He was adept at dodging checks from opposing players, and he could consistently anticipate where the puck was going to be and execute the right move at the right time. Gretzky also became known for setting up behind the net, an area that was nicknamed “Gretzky’s office” because of his skills there. In 1978, he signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association (WHA), where he briefly played before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers. When the WHA folded, the Oilers joined the NHL, where he established many scoring records and led his team to four Stanley Cup championships. His trade to the Los Angeles Kings on August 9, 1988, had an immediate impact on the team’s performance, eventually leading them to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, and is credited with popularizing hockey in California. Gretzky played briefly for the St. Louis Blues and finished his career with the New York Rangers. In his career, Gretzky captured nine Hart Trophies as the most valuable player, ten Art Ross Trophies for most points in a season, five Lady Byng Trophies for sportsmanship and performance, five Lester B. Pearson Awards, and two Conn Smythe Trophies as playoff MVP. After his retirement in 1999, he was immediately inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and is the most recent player to have the waiting period waived. He became Executive Director for the Canadian national men’s hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics, in which the team won a gold medal. In 2000 he became part owner of the Phoenix Coyotes, and following the 2004–05 NHL lockout he became the team’s head coach.

Shontelle, Chantal, Chantel, Schantelle, Chantell,Shontell

Chantel Local Origin of Name: France From the French name Chantal Meaning: ‘Stony place’; a place name Emotional Spectrum • Even tempered, most of the time! Personal Integrity • Parents of Chantel brought her up on firm moral ground. Personality • Optimism is the key word in her life. Relationships • Likes her friends to be prompt! Travel & Leisure • A fondness for the ocean will emerge. Career & Money • A career in medicine would suit Chantel. Life’s Opportunities • Not taken in by scams, people will seek Chantel’s advice. Chantel’s Lucky Numbers: 30 • 39 • 17 • 23 • 50 • 27 %%wppa%% %%album=404%%

Go soo

• Go Soo HB Entertainment (Korean)
• Go Soo Official Website (Japanese)

Go Soo (born October 4, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He has appeared in SBS television series Piano, Green Rose and Will It Snow On Christmas?. He has also starred in the 2004 Some and 2009 White Night. He recently started Front Line with Shin Ha Kyun. Go had his first movie hit in 2004 as a drug crime officer in Some, the first film in which he performed his own stunts. In 2005, he starred in action-packed TV series Green Rose, playing a simple man who fell in love with a rich woman and was accused of a crime he did not commit. Green Rose was shot in both China and South Korea, next to KBS television series Full House and Beijing My Love. In 2005, Go was awarded the New Star Award at the 42nd Daejong Festival. His new project in late 2005 is a drama-comedy Marry A Millionaire, where he plays a delivery man who was asked by a TV producer to act like a rich man to attract several women by his handsome looks. After playing wholesome and simple roles in dramas and while Marry A Millionaire is playing, he appeared topless in a cellphone television advertisement. He is macho in his appearance as he takes care of his body by working out and playing sports. Go Soo started his military service on March 2, 2006 and he had been assigned as a Civil Service Personnel in Gang Nam District, Seoul. Go joined co-actor Ji Sung, Suh Ji Suk, and shortly, Song Seung-hun. In 2009, he worked in a movie, White Night, based on a Japanese novel of the same title. Go also completed his very first photo diary, “24 Hours with Go Soo”, which was produced by co-actor and singer Ryu Shi-won, who used him as a muse. It spans approximately 100 shots, which will be produced as a DVD. Ryu also supports Go’s career. He made comeback to television in a melodrama, under the production of his home network SBS, titled Will It Snow For Christmas? which began airing December 2, 2009. Go starred in Psychic, which was released in May 2010.  Go is now working on his upcoming movie, Highland Battle, which was released the summer of 2011. Go is now a talent of an artist agency owned by All In star Lee Byung-hun, which was named BH Entertainment, that also manages Han Hyo-joo and Han Chae-young.

Rachael Leigh Cook

 

• Rachael Leigh Cook at the Internet Movie Database
• Rachael Leigh Cook at AllRovi

Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress, model, voice artist and producer, who is best known for her starring role in films She’s All That (1999), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), and the television series Into the West and Perception, as well as being the voice behind various characters in Robot Chicken and Tifa Lockhart in the English version of Final Fantasy VII. Cook provided the voice for Chelsea Cunningham on the Kids’ WB animated series Batman Beyond in the episode “Last Resort” and in the animated film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. Cook voiced Tifa Lockhart in the video games Kingdom Hearts II, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, as well as the CG movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. Cook’s latest voice-over role is for the video game Yakuza where she voices the role of Reina. Cook owns her own production company, Ben’s Sister Productions (in reference to her younger brother Ben Cook, an aspiring filmmaker). Cook eventually stepped away from the spotlight to focus on spending time with friends and family. She later returned to mainstream films when she signed on to a new casting agency. Cook was cast in a role in the big screen adaptation of Nancy Drew, the female lead in the independent sports drama The Final Season, and playing a small supporting lead in Blonde Ambition starring Jessica Simpson and Luke Wilson. She has appeared in numerous episodes of the Seth Green comedies Titan Maximum and Robot Chicken. On the latter she parodied the “This Is Your Brain on Drugs” role she made famous, by destroying everything she encounters with her frying pan. In 2008, she guest-starred in an episode of the USA Network series Psych as Abigail Lytar, an old flame of Shawn Spencer. She returned in the season finale where Abigail and Shawn start dating and appeared in many more episodes the following season. In February 2010, Cook signed on as the female lead in Fox TV’s comedy pilot Nirvana. She will star in the Western horror film Vampire, which is the English-language feature debut of Japanese director Iwai Shunji.  In 2011, she voiced the character of Jaesa Willsaam in the MMO game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. In 2012, Cook signed on as the female lead role in the TNT crime drama series Perception opposite Eric McCormack.

Shontelle Layne

• Official website
• Fan website
• Shontelle at Allmusic

Shontelle Layne (born 4 October 1985), known professionally as Shontelle, is a Barbadian singer, and songwriter. She released her debut album Shontelligence in November 2008. Her second album, No Gravity, was released in September 2010. Her singles, “T-Shirt”, and “Impossible”, achieved modest international success. 200,  selling 6,200 records in its first week, and reached number twenty-four on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.  It was re-released on 10 March 2009, and has since sold 30,000 records in the US. The second single from the album, “Stuck with Each Other”, featuring Akon, was released in February 2009 in the US and May 2009 in the UK. The single failed to chart in the US, but reached number twenty-three in the United Kingdom. Shontelle toured as a supporting act for the UK leg of the New Kids on the Block World Tour in January 2009. Shontelle was also Beyoncé Knowles’ opening act for her I Am… Tour from May to June 2009 during the British leg. Shontelle was also the host of My Prom Style! and Universal Motown’s 2009 Ultimate Prom fashion reality series. She performed at a high school prom in New York City in June 2009, but first she led three students in a competition to design the dress that singer Kat DeLuna, the headliner, wore at the Ultimate Prom concert. As of 2012, Shontelligence has sold 50,000 copies in the US. Shontelle’s second album, No Gravity, was released in the US on 21 September 2010. Shontelle stated that the album would be experimental and that she wanted to change her original sound for the record. While the title ‘No Gravity’ symbolises a mantra, Shontelle states she has adapted to her life and to her career, to motivate herself to keep climbing higher and to have nothing hold her down or hold her back.[10] Shontelle collaborated with Bruno Mars, Tony Kanal and Darkchild among others for the record. In the first week of release, No Gravity placed at number eighty-one on the Billboard 200, selling 7,000 copies.  Later that year Shontelle would co-write Rihanna’s song “Man Down” from her fifth studio album, Loud (2010). Shontelle played at GUMBO @ The Canal Room in New York City on 15 July 2011, where she revealed news about an upcoming single and third studio album. It was also revealed that she had departed from Universal Motown and had joined Republic. The lead single from the upcoming album is called “Reflection” and it premiered on SoundCloud in September 2011. Songs from the album are expected to be previewed at Shontelle’s birthday bash. On 24 July, a two-minute preview of a new song, “Ready to Go”, was uploaded online. According to some websites, it is not to appear on Shontelle’s third studio album but will be played in clubs. Rockwilder, Tony Kanal, and The Runners are confirmed to be working with her. %%wppa%% %%album=404%%

Lil Mama

 

• Lil Mama at MTV
• Lil Mama at the Internet Movie Database

Niatia Jessica Kirkland (born October 4, 1989) professionally known as Lil Mama, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. She is currently a judge on America’s Best Dance Crew. Lil Mama was born in Harlem in 1989. She was raised in Brooklyn, New York where she attended Edward R. Murrow High School. In 2006, Kirkland signed a recording contract with Jive Records. Her mother Tara died on December 15, 2007 following a four-year battle with colon cancer. Her father died before she was born. Kirkland faced personal and financial struggles at an early age. As one of eight brothers and sisters, she started to express herself artistically through poetry and dance. Her first studio album VYP (Voice of the Young People) was released in late April 2008. The album spawned four singles: “Lip Gloss”, “G-Slide (Tour Bus)”, “Shawty Get Loose” and “What It Is (Strike a Pose)”. The album sold 19,000 copies in the first week, debuting at number 25 on the Billboard 200. Since the release of her first album, Lil Mama has been in the studio working on new music. She released the singles “Dough Boy” featuring Mishon, “On & On & On”, and “NYNYLALA” featuring Snoop Dogg, all of which failed to chart. She has since released two singles entitled “Scrawberry” and “Hustler Girl” featuring Clyde McKnight. In 2009 she announced the title of her proposed new album as ‘Voice Of The Young People: I Am That’, although this has not been released. On October 7, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records. With the shutdown, Lil Mama (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release her future material on the RCA Records brand. ‘Voice Of The Young People: I Am That’ will have guest appearances including Soulja Boy, Khalil, Vanessa Hudgens, LoLa Monroe, Teyana Taylor, Trina, OMG Girlz, Nas, Chris Brown among others.

Seth Gabel

Seth Gabel at the Internet Movie Database Seth Gabel (born Seth Cosentino; October 3, 1981) is an American actor. Gabel played the role of agent Lincoln Lee on Fox’s television series Fringe. Gabel drew attention for his portrayal of Adrian Moore, the sexually confused adopted son of Ava Moore (portrayed by Famke Janssen) on the FX series Nip/Tuck. The story arc garnered much attention for their incestuous and emotionally abusive relationship.

On the big screen Gabel completed production on the Universal Pictures coming-of-age drama, Take Me Home Tonight, starring Topher Grace. He appeared in the 2006 film version of Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code, directed by his father-in-law Ron Howard. Additional television credits include recurring and guest starring roles on United States of Tara, The Closer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Sex and the City and 100 Centre Street, directed by Sidney Lumet. He also starred in Dirty Sexy Money as Jeremy Darling, the charming, rebellious and exceedingly idiosyncratic son of the privileged and powerful Darling family, and the fraternal twin of socialite Juliet Darling, played by Samaire Armstrong. During the 2010–11 TV season, Gabel appeared on the FOX series Fringe as Lincoln Lee, a supporting character who is a visiting agent drawn into an FBI investigation with the main cast. He also appeared more frequently on “Fringe” in a supporting role as “the other” Lincoln Lee, who in an alternate universe is a team leader of the Fringe Division, a special-cases investigative unit of what (in that world) was previously known as the FBI. Gabel was a full-time series regular for Fringe’s fourth season.