11.30.2009

betsy_rusell_00She lived in La Jolla until her parents divorced when she was 11. She moved to Pacific Beach and attended Mission Bay High School. After graduating from high school early she headed to Los Angeles to audition for acting roles. She started out modeling and waiting tables.

San Diego native Betsy Russell acted in school projects in high school and successfully auditioned for a Pepsi commercial that was taped locally. Betsy Russell’s big acting break came when she won the part of Jordan Leigh-Jensen, Phoebe Cates’ rival in the film Private School (1983).
Her other film credits include Tomboy (1985), Out of Control (1985), Avenging Angel (1985) and Cheerleader Camp (1988). Betsy Russell’s televison guest appearances include “Family Ties” (1982), “The A-Team” (1983) and “Murder, She Wrote” (1984).
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11.27.2009

clea_duvall_001Clea DuVall was born in Los Angeles on September 25, 1977.

DuVall’s teenage years presented her with many challenges. Her parents divorced when she was twelve, and, when her mother remarried, DuVall moved out because she did not feel at home in the newly-reconstituted family, dropping out of high school and getting her own apartment.

An only child, she sought entertainment in movies and television programs, which she consumed voraciously, memorizing entire scenes from movies.

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11.26.2009

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margo_stilley_01According to the Guardian, 9 Songs was the most sexually explicit mainstream film to date, largely because it includes several scenes of real sexual acts between the two lead actors. Her role is highly unusual in that she had unsimulated and very graphic sex with her co-star Kieran O’Brien, including genital fondling, female masturbation, with and without a vibrator, penetrative vaginal sex, cunnilingus and fellatio. During a scene in which Stilley masturbates his penis with her hand after performing fellatio on him, he became the only actor who has been shown ejaculating in a mainstream, UK produced feature. Due to the controversy, Stilley asked that director Michael Winterbottom refer to her simply by her character’s name in interviews about the film.

After the controversy surrounding 9 Songs Stilley originally planned to leave acting, however she has played a few small roles since then. In 2006 she guest-starred as Roma Sheraton in an episode of the British television comedy series Mayo. In 2007 she appeared in the horror film Reverb.

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11.25.2009

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debra_messing_01Adored by many because of her Grace Adler character in “Will and Grace,” Debra Lynn Messing is one of TV’s most talented actresses.
She is often compared to Lucille Ball by critics because of her excellent knack for physical comic relief.

Even before “Will and Grace,” Debra is already a regular sight on the boob tube. She previously did a number of episodes for NYPD Blue, co-starred in FOX’s “Ned and Stacy,” and appeared in the 90’s hit sitcom “Seinfeld.”

A genuinely gifted actress, Debra also managed to break into the silver screen, landing several supporting roles before lead-starring in a movie of her own entitled “The Wedding Date.” As of 2007, Debra is set to star in a new TV series entitled “The Starter Wife.”

When not doing movies and TV series, Debra spends a lot of time with screenwriter husband Daniel Zelman and son Roman Walker.

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11.23.2009

alison_pill_02Canadian cutie Alison Pill starred in nearly thirty film and television productions by her eighteenth birthday, but you probably didn’t notice her, as she stuck to mostly family fare and the skin-shunning confines of made-for-TV movies before she was of legal ogle-worthy age.

Since then she’s grown into a ravishing redhead who can hold her own as an adult but is still youthful.

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11.20.2009

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olga_kurylenko_01Olga Kurylenko, a Ukrainian-born actress and model who grew up in poverty sharing a Soviet flat with her aunt, uncle, grandparents and cousin, is now starring as Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig.

She was born Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko on November 14, 1979, in Berdyansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union. Her mother, Marina Alyabysheva, divorced her father, Konstantin Kurylenko, soon after her birth.

After the divorce, her mother struggled to survive as an art teacher. Young Olga Kurylenko was brought up by her mother and her grandmother, Raisa.

During her youth, Olga had a humbling experience of living in poverty; she had no choice but to wear rags and had to darn the holes on her sweater. During the years in Ukraine she studied art, languages, did 7 years of musical school studying piano and went to a ballet studio until 13.

Olga’s cinematic roles have been notably steamy, and her natural beauty and explicit nudity attracted the attention of the male audiences. She appeared opposite Elijah Wood in Paris, je t’aime (2006) and as Sofia in Le serpent (2006), then co-starred as Russian beauty Nika Boronina opposite Timothy Olyphant in Hitman (2007/I).

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She also appears as Mina Harud in the indy surveillance-thriller “Tyranny” (2008) and is billed as Camille, the Bond girl in Quantum of Solace (2008), a sequel to Casino Royale (2006).

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11.19.2009

You may not know her name but if you’ve been to the movies in the last few years, you probably know her face.

Elizabeth Banks, who recently starred in the made-in-Toronto thriller Slither, popped up at the end of last season’s Scrubs and has a recurring role in the Spider-Man movies as J. Jonah Jameson’s secretary, Betty Brant.

She’s currently starring in Invincible as Mark Wahlberg’s love interest.

“I play a real life character – Janet, who’s Vince Papale’s wife,” she explains. “The woman of his dreams, the mother of his children, is this woman Janet, and she’s a total spitfire and she really keeps him on his toes.”

Born Elizabeth Mitchell 32 years ago in a small town in Massachusetts (she changed her surname to avoid confusion with another actress), Banks graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and then studied at the prestigious American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.
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Not long after moving to Los Angeles, she started getting small roles opposite some big talents – Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can, Madonna in Swept Away and Steve Carell in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Not to mention Jeff Bridges and a really fast horse in Seabiscuit.

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11.17.2009

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Cindy Crawford is known to the world as one of the original supermodels who defined that pivotal moment when fashion models became stars in their own right.

Crawford used her fame as a springboard to launch a career that has spanned over two decades and resulted in an exceedingly successful and trusted brand representing beauty, fashion, fitness and home. The DeKalb, Illinois native’s staying power in a notoriously fickle industry can be credited to her consummate professionalism, keen business savvy and dedicated approach to every endeavor.
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11.16.2009

amanda_peet_01Amanda continued to find steady work but also found herself appearing in a depressingly large number of indie films that were never picked up for distribution. She did, however, meet her boyfriend Brian Van Holt on the set of indie movie Whipped (2000). Her turn as the ditzy hit-woman with the heart of gold in the hit comedy The Whole Nine Yards (2000), opposite Bruce Willis, took her from supporting role status to leading lady. That same year she was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by “People” Magazine.
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11.10.2009

hayden_panettiere_09Panettiere began dating Stephen Colletti, the former Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, star. The couple broke up in September 2007.

In December 2007, it was widely reported that she was dating her Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia, though Panettiere denied these reports in an interview with GQ. These reports continued through the early part of 2008, and several sources had reported that she asked Ventimiglia to move in with her.

In April 2008, during an interview on the BBC’s The Chris Moyles Show to promote the second season of Heroes, Ventimiglia confirmed that he was dating Panettiere. They ended their relationship in February 2009.

Hayden has a tattoo of the Italian words Vivere senza rimipianti running down the length of her left flank. The word rimpianti is misspelled in what otherwise would have meant “To Live Without Regrets.”

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