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 Mariah Carey 

Mariah Carey

Biography
Born: Mar 27, 1970
Occupation: Actor
Active: '90s-2000s
Major Genres: Music, Comedy
Career Highlights: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire, Wisegirls, Tennessee
First Major Screen Credit: Saturday Night Live: Patrick Swayze (1990)A songstress possessing a remarkable eight-octave vocal range who in the early '90s excelled to become one of the top female vocalists of the decade, Mariah Carey's rocky transition from musician to actress played a key role in fueling a much-publicized nervous breakdown in late 2001. And though her cinematic debut in Glitter (2001) may have not been quite the crossover success the aspiring actress had hoped for, as a remarkably talented vocalist Carey continues to maintain her supportive fan base as a result of her dynamic voice and exceptional songwriting abilities. Born the daughter of a former opera singer and vocal coach in Long Island, NY, in 1970, and named after the song "They Call the Wind Mariah" from the popular Lerner and Loewe musical Paint Your Wagon (1969), Carey began singing at the age of four, and writing her own songs by the time she was attending Oldfield Middle School. Moving to New York to pursue a career as a vocalist a day after her graduation from Greenlawn's Harborfields High School, the ambitious singer soon teamed with keyboardist Ben Margulies and landed a job as a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr. Aided by Starr in ensuring her demo tape found its way into the hands of Columbia Records head Tommy Matola (the man whom Carey would later wed and eventually divorce) at a party, Carey was soon signed to the label and with the release of her massively successful eponymous debut in 1990, achieved overnight success. With strong follow-up efforts establishing Carey as one of the premier vocalists of the decade (she had a number one single each year of the 1990s, her songs spending more time at the Billboard top spot than any recording artist in history) it was only a matter of time before the established singer attempted to expand her career. Suffering a physical and emotional breakdown months before the release of her big-screen debut in Glitter, Carey's "lambs" (her slang term for her loyal fans) rallied to her side in support upon the release of numerous scathing reviews. Inspired by such musical dramas as Fame (1980) and Purple Rain (1984), the semi-autobiographical retro tale of a young singer rising to fame despite the odds stacked against her was dismissed as cliché and laughably bad, with reviews specifically targeting the vulnerable singer's sub-par performance and the films unintentionally campy tone. Public appearances in which her behavior grew increasingly bizarre coupled with distressing messages on her website and fan phone line underscored the onetime pop diva's increasing mental collapse, making her admission into a Connecticut mental hospital seem almost inevitable to all who bore witness to her multiple public meltdowns. Following the failure of the accompanying album of the same name, Virgin Records bought out her 100-million-dollar contract for a mere 28 million dollars, and it appeared as if the one-time megastar had reached her nadir. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Daniel Craig early life and career.

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Craig was born in Chester, Cheshire, England. His mother, Carol Olivia (née Williams), was an art teacher, and his father, Timothy John Wroughton Craig, was the landlord of the pubs "Ring o' Bells"  and "The Boot Inn", and also served as a midshipman in the Merchant Navy.[4][5][6] Both of Craig's parents were of half Welsh descent.[7] He was brought up in Liverpool and on the Wirral, Merseyside,[8] and began acting in school plays at age six. Craig went to a primary school in Frodsham and Hoylake called Holy Trinity Primary School[citation needed]. He moved to London when he was sixteen to join the National Youth Theatre after a stay at Calday.[6] He and his older sister, Lea, attended Hilbre High School and Calday Grange Grammar School in West Kirby. He played for Hoylake Rugby Club.[9] He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican and graduated in 1991 after three years of study under Colin McCormack.
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Career

Craig appeared as Joe in the Royal National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America in November 1993. An early starring role was as 'Geordie' in the BBC's 1996 drama Our Friends in the North, with early film roles being as Angelina Jolie's rival and love interest in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), before appearing in Sam Mendes's movie Road to Perdition (2002), with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. Other leading film roles include Sword of Honour (2001), The Mother (2003) with Anne Reid, Sylvia (2003) with Gwyneth Paltrow, Layer Cake (2004) with Sienna Miller, Enduring Love (2004) with Rhys Ifans, Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005) with Eric Bana, Infamous (2006), and The Golden Compass (2007). He recently starred in Defiance.

Christina Aguilera and husband separate

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 Christina Aguilera and husband separate

LOS ANGELES – Christina Aguilera and her husband of nearly five years have separated. The "Beautiful" singer says in a statement released Tuesday that she and husband Jordan Bratman's commitment to their 2-year-old son remains "as strong as ever."

The Grammy Award winner's statement did not indicate when the couple split or whether either would file for divorce.

Court records in Los Angeles do not show any filing by either Aguilera or Bratman.

The couple married in November 2005. Their split was first reported by US Weekly.

Cancer treatment significant advance

Treatment of cancer
Re: "Prostate cancer progress. The recent review on advances in the treatment of prostate cancer does not adequately capture the the significant advance that the Provenge vaccine represents for men suffering from metastatic (advanced) prostate cancer. This is the first vaccine ever approved by the FDA for the treatment of active cancer. While it is not a cure for the disease, it does offer men a safe, immune-based method to control the cancer that has spread to their bones and lymph nodes.

The cost of the treatment is covered by most major insurance companies, including Medicare. Men with advanced prostate cancer should consider their suitability for the vaccine before beginning chemotherapy.

Christina Ricci.s biography

• Born: Feb 12, 1980 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '90s-2000s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Children's/Family
• Career Highlights: The Opposite of Sex, The Ice Storm, Buffalo '66
• First Major Screen Credit: Mermaids (1990)

• Biography

• One of the most celebrated actresses of her generation, as well as one of the few child stars to make a successful transition to adult roles, Christina Ricci has been impressing audiences and critics with her unnervingly accurate performances since debuting in1990
• The daughter of a lawyer and a former Ford model and the youngest of four children, Ricci was born in Santa Monica, CA, on February 12, 1980. Following her family's move to New York when she was eight, Ricci got her start acting in commercials. Her big screen debut came shortly after, when director  cast her as  younger daughter Although much attention went to  who played Ricci's older sister, the young actress made enough of an impression to land more work: The following year, she starred as the morbidly precocious Wednesday Addams in the hit film adaptation of  The role would help to establish Ricci as an actress known for playing dark, unconventional characters; she went on to play Wednesday again in the film's 1993 sequel
• Following a series of films both good and bad, including , in which she played the young , and the critically panned but commercially successful , Ricci starred as the troubled, sexually precocious Wendy Hood in widely praised  The actress handled the part with uncanny maturity, leading many observers to conclude that she was truly beginning to come into her own. This assessment was solidified with Ricci's subsequent roles in films like  (in which she played  unwitting abductee-turned-girlfriend), John Waters' and the last of which cast her as Dedee, a delightfully loathsome girl who wreaks tabloid-style havoc on everyone she encounters, whether they be dead or alive. For her performance as Dedee, Ricci was nominated for a Golden Globe and attained the unofficial title of the Sundance Film Festival's 1998 "It" Girl.
• Now riding high as an indie teen queen, Ricci went on in 1999 to headline the much-anticipated but ultimately disappointing  the same year, she could be seen in which featured  co-stars  and  and  in which she played Gothic princess Katrina Van Tassel opposite  Ichabod Crane in s adaptation of Washington Irving's ghostly tale.
• In 2000, Ricci starred in , in which she played a young Jewish woman who flees from Germany to Paris during World War II, and  a supernatural thriller that also starred  and
• Though rumors of a stateside release date for Ricci's 2001 drama continued to linger, the dark young starlet would move on to such unconventional efforts as (2002) and the offbeat romantic comedy  which found her as a popular sorority girl who risks becoming a social outcast after falling for a mentally disabled young athlete whom she has volunteered to help train. Though subsequent efforts as and  (both 2002) fell beneath the radar at the box office, Ricci was a hit with Ally McBeal fans when she appeared in a recurring role in the Foxs 2003 comedy  found her as charming as ever (despite her sometimes shrill characterization in the film). At festivals that year, Ricci could be seen in supporting roles in actor s dark drama , as well as in director  Aileen Wuornos biopic
• She next appeared in the werewolf film  before moving on to  with  and  with Samuel L. Jackson. In 2006 Ricci turned in a memorable guest appearance on the popular medical drama Grey's Anatomy as an EMT put in the difficult position of keeping a bomb stuck inside a patient from
• show that same year. Audiences who caught

Miley Cyrus biography.

• Born: Nov 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: 2000s
• Major Genres: Children's/Family, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Bolt, The Last Song, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
• First Major Screen Credit: Hannah Montana: Season 01 (2006)

  Miley Cyrus

Biography

The daughter of country-music superstar Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus got her start in the entertainment industry on an episode of her father's PAX TV medical series Doc before appearing in Tim Burton's fantastical 2003 adventure Big Fish. A fateful appearance as the character Hannah Montana in the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody followed in 2006, and her character proved so popular that a spin-off series called Hannah Montana was launched shortly thereafter. In the series, Cyrus portrayed a fun-loving California teen who just happens to be moonlighting as a world-famous pop star. Only Hannah's family (which includes her real-life father on the series) and her two closest friends, Lilly (Emily Osment) and Oliver (Mitchel Musso), know the truth about Hannah's remarkable secret life. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Derek Hough

Derek Hough has revealed why his sister, Julianne Hough, did not return to "Dancing with the Stars" ("DWTS") for Season 11.

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"Julianne was gonna be back this season, but there were conflicts with the movie 'Footloose' that she's doing right now," Derek told Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson on Monday night at "DWTS."
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com in May, Julianne had planned to return to the show for Season 11, but on Monday night, Derek explained that the timing of her movie filming schedule got in the way.
"There was a short overlap and it just couldn't work it out," he said. "But she's doing great, so I'm excited for her."

Rachel McAdams dating Michael Sheen

Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen photographed holding hands Sheen, a Welsh actor who starred in The Twilight Saga: New Moon and had a recurring role on the sitcom 30 Rock, has an 11-year-old daughter with ex-girlfriend and actress Kate Beckinsale. She starred with him in the 2003 vampire film Underword and in its 2006 sequel.

McAdams is known for her roles in films such as Mean Girls and Sherlock Holmes. A 2011 sequel to the hit film that starred Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as the British sleuth is in the works, although McAdams' return as Irene Adler has not been confirmed officially.

Midnight in Paris, set for release in 2011, also stars French actress Marion Cotillard and Adrien Brody and tells of a family who travel to the city for business, while an engaged couple among them must "confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better," according to its tagline.

Sarah Palin visit to San Jose Oct. 14

The event at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts does, organizers at the Liberty and Freedom Foundation said, still have tickets available..
Executive director Victor Cocchia said the group chose San Jose for a Sarah Palin event "because we thought it was important to come to the Bay Area. Conservatives stay away from the area too much. If you're going to spread a conservative message you need to go where it needs to be heard, and what better place than the Bay Area?"
Cocchia said the former Alaska governor and would-be veep will deliver "not just national message" but a "regionalized" one targeted specifically from the Bay to the Valley. Water anyone?
He said could not yet say whether Palin would weigh in for any candidates (Palin has already endorsed GOP Senate challenger Carly Fiorina), but "obviously we intend to have a number of dignitaries from the area and we are still finalizing the list."

Cocchia would not name donors to his group, which has been sponsoring Palin at events around the country. He said its focus is outreach to youth and Latinos because conservatives have indeed flopped in that area.
The non-profit group's mission is to explain conservative values and conservative solutions, he said: "It's really hard when you only hear one side of an issue, one side of a story and one answer to everything, to really make an educated choice."
He said the group is not a Tea Party and insisted that "conservatives come in all shapes and forms" and that conservative is "a broad and big term."

Katherine Heigl Katherine Heigl at the premiere of 27 Dresses
Born	Katherine Marie Heigl November 24, 1978 (1978-11-24) (age 31) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Josh Kelley (2007–present) «start: (2007)»"Marriage: Josh Kelley to Katherine Heigl" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Heigl) 1 child

Stock prices fall globally

LONDON

Stock prices on European markets were dragged lower Monday by an expected retreat on Wall Street, at the start of a major week on the economic news front that may go a long way to determining investors' views about the world economy going into the last quarter of the year.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 26.26 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,566.64 while Germany's DAX fell 62.27 points, or 1 percent, to 6,149.07. The CAC-40 in France was 38.65 points, or 1.1 percent, lower at 3,653.24.

Wall Street was poised for a fairly hefty retreat at the open later — Dow futures were down 42 points, or 0.4 percent, at 10,726 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 futures fell 5.8 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,136

Even though stocks enjoyed one of their best Septembers in years — the S&P 500 index added nearly 9 percent during the month alone, its best September performance since 1939 — sentiment remains fragile ahead of key economic data and a raft of central bank policy statements.

The key release this week comes on Friday with the monthly U.S. nonfarm payrolls report for September. The jobs data often set the market tone for a week or two after their release and investors will be closely monitoring the September data to see if the pace of job creation in the private sector is picking up, as some recent indicators have suggested.

The data could have a bearing on whether the Federal Reserve takes further action to stimulate the U.S. economy — a move likely to lower long-term interest rates.

Tiger Woods

 TIGER Woods has a potty mouth!

Sources say the golfer — who recently finalized his divorce from sexy Swedish model Elin Nordegren, whom he cheated on with a string of different women — uses foul language in front of his young children.

Woods was on a private golf course near Orlando, Fla., with daughter Sam, 3, and son Charlie, 1, and a nanny, watching a friend hit a few balls and was overheard screaming profanities!

“F**k yeah,” Tiger allegedly screamed to cheer his pal on when he made a good shot.

“And he used the word ‘mother f**ker’ a few times,” a source told American tabloid the National Enquirer. “The kids were standing right there, but Tiger didn’t care.

“Tiger handed his son a tiny club to show that the boy’s got good aim and praised him by saying, ‘Not bad for a little s*it’.”

It was recently claimed that Woods has given up his sex therapy sessions.

“The other patients at the center were expecting him to be there and were shocked when he was a no-show,” a source said last month.

“For months, Tiger had said he was planning to attend, but just a week before the sessions were to begin, he dropped out.

“The follow-up is usually a required part of therapy, and missing it almost surely means that Tiger is done with sex addiction counseling.”

“Elin never believed Tiger was a sex addict. She just believes he’s a low-down cheating dog.

“She said, ‘Tiger cheated because he wanted to cheat and thought he could get away with it.’”

Tom Brady Interview

New England's newest corps of receiving options can only be effective if Tom Brady puts them to use.
Through three games this season, Brady has had mixed results in that department, and at times he has turned the spread offense into a misnomer. Surely, wide receivers Randy Moss and Wes Welker are two of the best in the business, but the Patriots won't experience their expected level of success if they don’t do their part to incorporate tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, and wide receivers Brandon Tate and Julian Edelman.