Andrew John Hansen

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Andrew John Hansen (born 18 September 1974)  is an Australian comedian and musician, best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser. As a member of The Chaser, Hansen’s television work includes co-writing and appearing in ABC Television shows CNNNN (2002–2003), The Chaser Decides (2004, 2007), Chaser News Alert (2005), The Chaser’s War On Everything (2006–07, 2009), Yes We Canberra! (2010), and The Hamster Wheel (2011). He has also co-written and performed in The Chaser’s stage shows, Cirque du Chaser (2005) and The Chaser’s Age of Terror Variety Hour (2008). With Chaser colleague Chris Taylor, Hansen starred in a scripted radio comedy series on triple j titled The Blow Parade, which was released on CD and through iTunes Store Australia. Hansen starred in The Chaser’s satirical American news show CNNNN as the leader of the “newsband”. He was also characters Rudi J Blass, director of “Newstainment”, and Simon Target, an English reporter. Hansen’s performance in the first season of CNNNN earned him the Australian Comedy Award for Outstanding Television Newcomer. Hansen co-wrote and appeared in the live show Cirque du Chaser, which toured Australia in 2005. Hansen composed and performed the music for the Sydney Theatre Company’s 2007 musical comedy Dead Caesar, which was written by Chaser colleague Chris Taylor. He also played the roles of Marc Antony and Lucius. The Eulogy Song was originally written for and performed during this play. In 2008, Hansen toured Australia with The Chaser’s second stage show, The Chaser’s Age of Terror Variety Hour.  In October 2009, Hansen hosted The Goodies: Before, During and After, a live show by British comedy trio The Goodies at Sydney’s Riverside Theatre (Parramatta) and at the World’s Funniest Island comedy festival.  The show involved Hansen interviewing Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, as well as performing a Goodies song with them. In 2011, Hansen joined various combinations of The Chaser team’s members for a series of live shows in Sydney entitled The Chaser’s Empty Vessel.

Alison Lohman

  Alison Marion Lohman (born September 18, 1979) is an American actress. She has had lead roles in the films White Oleander, Where the Truth Lies, Matchstick Men, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Flicka and Drag Me to Hell as well as smaller parts in Big Fish, Gamer, and Beowulf. She has also been on several television shows including 7th Heaven, Crusade, Tucker, and Pasadena. Lohman starred in White Oleander, an adaptation of Janet Fitch’s novel, alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright Penn and Renée Zellweger and directed by Peter Kosminsky. Though the film was unsuccessful at the box office (it opened to $5.6 million in 1,510 theaters),  it received generous reviews and Lohman’s performance met with wide critical acclaim, being described as her “breakthrough role” by media sources. The following year, she appeared in Matchstick Men, directed by Ridley Scott. She starred with Nicolas Cage and Sam Rockwell, and though it was not a box office success either, Lohman continued to receive critical praise. Later that year, she appeared in Tim Burton’s Big Fish, which continued her trend of appearing in acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful films. In 2005, she appeared in Atom Egoyan’s Where the Truth Lies. The film originally received an NC-17 rating for its graphic sexual content,  and failed at the box office afterwards. Some critics (such as Roger Ebert) felt that she was well-suited for the role. Her next feature, The Big White, featured her alongside actors Robin Williams, Holly Hunter and Tim Blake Nelson, but nevertheless went direct-to-video. In the same year, Lohman voiced the title character in the English language re-dubbing of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Lohman’s next film was the drama Flicka, which was released on October 20, 2006. At the age of 25, Lohman played a 16-year-old girl who befriends a wild mustang in the film. Lohman had never ridden a horse prior to filming and trained rigorously for a month. She said that she was “constantly thrown emotionally and physically” while working with the horses for this role.  Flicka went on to become a surprise hit in the DVD market. She then played a recovering heroin addict in Things We Lost in the Fire.

Drag Me to Hell director Sam Raimi, actors Dileep Rao, Lohman, and Justin Longdiscussing the film at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2008.

The actress was then signed to replace Ellen Page in Sam Raimi’s critically acclaimed horror film, Drag Me to Hell, which was released on May 29, 2009.

Jennifer Kelly Tisdale

Jennifer Tisdale at the Internet Movie Database Jennifer Kelly Tisdale (born September 18, 1981) is an American actress and singer who rose to fame as the sister of High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale and for roles in films like Bring It On: In It to Win It. Tisdale was born in Neptune, New Jersey, the daughter of Lisa (née Morris) and Mike Tisdale. Tisdale is Jewish on her mother’s side; her maternal grandfather is Arnold Morris, the developer of Ginsu Knives; and through her grandfather, she is also related to businessman Ron Popeil. She is also the older sister of singer/actress Ashley Tisdale. She was a cheerleader in high school and college.  Tisdale went to Cal State Northridge and graduated with a Screenwriting degree. Her acting credits include main characters in the movies The Hillside Strangler and Dark Ride. She also plays Chelsea in the movie Bring It On: In It to Win It and She also recorded a track titled “Don’t You Think I’m Hot,” which can be heard in the film. She also had a role in the MTV series Undressed. Guest star roles include Clubhouse, Raising Dad, Boston Public and others, Tisdale also appeared in her sister Ashley Tisdale’s “He Said, She Said” music video in various scenes. Tisdale is currently working on her upcoming album Sweet Kiss which will be released mid 2012.

Keeley Rebecca M. Hazell

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Keeley Rebecca M. Hazell (born 18 September 1986) is an English actress, glamour model and former Page Three girl. At 16 years of age, Hazell left school to work as a hairdresser. Her work colleagues persuaded her to try her luck at modelling. At 17, she competed in The Daily Star‘s “Search for a Beach Babe” contest and won. Still not old enough to pose on Page 3, she went to study fashion at Lewisham College.  But later, a friend told her about The Sun‘s Page 3 Idol competition. Despite some initial uncertainty about entering the contest, she submitted some photos. She was eventually chosen the winner in December 2004. She won £10,000 worth of “sexy clothes” and “a one-year membership of the Rex cinema and bar”. Another part of Hazell’s Page 3 Idol win was a one-year exclusive glamour modelling contract with The Sun.  Hazell was regularly featured in Nuts and Zoo. She has been on the cover of The Sun‘s 2006 and 2007 Page 3 calendars, in addition to her own wall calendars, the 2007 edition selling 30,000 copies in its first few days of release. In 2008, Hazell and agent Ginny Mettrick co-founded a modelling agency called Muse Management. In 2009, according to the August edition of Loaded, Peta Todd states that Keeley has given modelling up to pursue a career in acting and was in America receiving acting lessons. Her last appearance on Page 3 of The Sun was on 30 September 2009. In 2012 Keeley made her return to modelling and appeared on the front cover of the July issue of FHM.

Kyle Martin Chandler

  Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965) is an American film and television actor best known for his roles in the television shows Early Edition as Gary Hobson, Deputy Jackson Lamb in the film Super 8, and as Coach Eric Taylor in Friday Night Lights, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011. Chandler was signed by an ABC scout in 1988 on a talent search. His first major role on television was as Army Sergeant William Griner as a member of a special operations squad fighting in Vietnam in the series Tour of Duty. After that, he went on to play Cleveland Indians rightfielder Jeff Metcalf in the ABC show Homefront, a drama set in the mid 1940s after World War II in the fictional town of River Run, Ohio. In his next television role, Kyle moved from the past to play a man who had the ability to change future disasters as the central character in the CBS television series Early Edition. He portrayed bar owner Gary Hobson, a stockbroker turned hero who received “tomorrow’s newspaper today”, delivered to his door by a mysterious cat. In 1996 he received the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Televisionfor his portrayal of Gary. Subsequently, Chandler appeared opposite Joan Cusack as investment banker Jake Evans in the short-lived ABC comedy series What About Joan. He also played scheming lawyer Grant Rashton in the short-lived series The Lyon’s Den. Other roles on Chandler’s resume include: the 1930s film star Bruce Baxter (who was based on romantic film star Bruce Cabot, the actor who played Jack Driscoll in the original King Kong) in the 2005 film King Kong. Coincidentally he would later go on to play John Driscoll in The Day the Earth Stood Still. In February 2006, Chandler appeared as the ill-fated bomb squad leader Dylan Young in “It’s The End of The World” and “As We Know It”, a two-part episode of the ABC series Grey’s Anatomy that followed the 2006 Super Bowl. He received substantial notice and press for the appearance as a result and subsequently received a nomination in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series category at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. He appeared again in the February 15, 2007 episode of Grey’s Anatomy: “Drowning On Dry Land”, and the February 22, 2007 episode: “Some Kind of Miracle”. Following his Emmy-nominated guest role in Grey’s Anatomy, Kyle Chandler starred as Coach Eric Taylor in the NBC/DirecTV drama series Friday Night Lights, which followed the lives of a high-school football coach, his family and players in a smallTexas town. The series was inspired by the book and movie of the same name. The show’s pilot aired on October 3, 2006. The last show of the final season aired in February 2011. In 2007, he appeared in the big screen movie The Kingdom. In December 2008, he appeared in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still. In 2011, he appeared in a lead role in the science fiction movie Super 8. On September 18, Chandler won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Coach Eric Taylor in the television series Friday Night Lights..

He will appear in Ben Affleck’s drama, Argo set for a 2012 release.  In November 2011, it was reported he joined the cast of Broken City starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones

Jenifer Pena

Official Myspace Site Jennifer Marcella Peña (born September 17, 1983 in San Antonio, Texas), is an American Latin Pop/Tejano singer and actress who has sold over 3.5 million records internationally. Peña is the third and youngest daughter of Jaime and Mary Peña with other siblings Janet and Jackie. Peña is of Mexican descent native to the state of Texas raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. Peña has also ventured into film, appearing in MTV’s All You’ve Got with Ciara in 2006 and Amexicano in 2007 which was released at the Tribeca Film Festival is awaiting a release date. On February 27, 2007, Dicen que el tiempo was released which debuted at #16 on Billboard Top Latin Album, with “Como Entender” being promoted as the first single, followed by “Tuya” in late April. Since the release both the album and single has garnered lukewarm reception cracking the Top 25 positions on Billboard and selling out the initial shipment of 80,000 units. Jennifer is on hiatus after promoting the album all across the US and Puerto Rico with TV slots on MTV Tr3s as the artist of the month and extensive radio promotion. The second single “Tuya”, reached its peak position at #5 on Billboard charts as of September 2007.” Dicen Que El Tiempo” did not fare well in sales in comparison to previous efforts but won Jennifer critical acclaim and was well received by fans the album although a departure from both her Pop Ballads and Tejano Sound was produced by Jennifer and Sebastian Kyrs and also included additional songwriting and production by Obie Bermúdez. On December ’06, 2007 “Dicen Que El Tiempo” was nominated for a Grammy. In April 2007, Peña announced on her official message board that she was engaged to Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Obie Bermúdez, and that they were expecting their first child. They shared their good news again during an appearance on the April 26, 2007, edition of “Mi TRL” on MTV Tr3s. The couple was married in a private ceremony in her home state of Texas on June 3, 2007. The couple welcomed their first child, son Jobien, on November 6, 2007.   The baby was a week late. Currently Peña resides in Texas along with her husband. After the merger of Univision into Universal Latin Music, Peña’s next album was in the works but she is currently in litigation with Universal Latin Music. Under contract she is unable to record or contribute to any future recordings. Currently Jennifer is not recording any music is now part of GLO organization .

Eugenia Volodina

Eugenia Volodina’s profile @ the Fashion Model Directory Eugenia Volodina ( born September 17, 1984 in Kazan, Soviet Union) is a Russian model. Volodina’s modeling career began in 1998 when she attended an open call at a Russian casting agency. Although she didn’t win, she was invited to take part in a Parisian modeling agency in 2000. Soon after, she was sent to Paris, where Volodina began to establish her career. Increased attention came in 2002 when fashion photographer Steven Meisel featured her in Italian Vogue. That same year, Volodina took part in a Gucci ad campaign alongside fellow Russian Natalia Vodianova and opened and closed the Gucci fall/winter 2002 show in Milan. Since then, she has been featured in the editorials of magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, ID, Numero and Elle. She has also appeared in the catalogs of Bloomingdale’s, Louis Vuitton, Neiman Marcus, Kenzo, Hermes and Victoria’s Secret. Volodina’s résumé includes advertising campaigns for Escada, Bvlgari, Bill Blass, Versace, Valentino, Zac Posen, Salvatore Ferragamo, Fendi, Chanel eyewear, Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, Jean Paul Gaultier, Vittadini, Ann Taylor, Elie Tahari, Biotherm, Thierry Mugler beauty and Céline. Volodina was planned to be the newest face of J’adore Dior instead they stayed with Carmen Kass, Volodina signed with Yves Saint Laurent cosmetics that same year.[when?] Valentino chose her as the face of his fragrance Valentino V. Volodina is also the face of the underwear brand Eres. She appeared in the 2005 Pirelli Calendar alongside Julia Stegner and Adriana Lima. Volodina walked in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2007. In May 2009, she was photographed intimately with actor Mickey Rourke on two separate occasions. In a recent issue of Marie Claire Russia, Volodina has said she is studying interior design in Paris, where she lives.

Sanaya Irani

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Sanaya Irani (born on 17 September) is an Indian actress known for roles in television programmes such as Miley Jab Hum Tum and Left Right Left. Since 2011 she is seen portraying the role of Khushi in STAR Plus’s TV show Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon. Her first portfolio was taken by photographer, now actor Boman Irani,  with which she began her modelling career. She appeared in various advertisements for companies including Airtel, Reliance, and Pepsi in her early career. 

She made her performing debut with Jagjit Singh’s song “Tumko Dekha To Yeh”, then appeared in other music videos. Sanaya began her acting career in 2006 as Bobo, the friend of the lead, Zooni (Kajol) in the Yash Raj movie Fanaa. Sanaya then made her television debut in the SAB TV drama Left Right Left, as Sameera, a new joining cadet which was followed by a role in Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengion Imagine TV.

Her first role as a protagonist came in STAR One’s Miley Jab Hum Tum,  as the simple, studious and reclusive Gunjan, the younger sister of Nupur (Rati Pandey). She also briefly hosted the second series of Zara Nachke Dikha on STAR Plus with Mohit Sehgal. 

After the end of Miley Jab Hum Tum, Sanaya’s next major television role was as Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada, the female protagonist of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?. Though not initially the first choice for the role,  Sanaya has gained popularity in many different countries for her portrayal of Khushi.  The show has also consistently maintained a position as one of the top ten daily dramas on Indian general entertainment channels throughout its first year on air.