Celebrity World

Monday, June 12, 2006

Nia Long


Nia Long was born on 30th October, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parent’s names are Doc and Talita Long. She is an American actress.

She attended Catholic school and studied ballet, tap, jazz, gymnastics, guitar and acting. Due to the lack of employment opportunities in the Arts in Los Angeles when Nia and Talita first arrived there, Talita took various low-paying jobs, despite having two master's degrees that resulted in financial struggle for them. Nia's motivation to be successful was driven by her desire to help ease her mother's financial burden.

For 15 years, Nia was instructed by acting coach Betty Bridges, better known as the mother of Diff'rent Strokes child star Todd Bridges. Her first notable role was a three-year stint as Kathryn "Kat" Speakes on the soap opera Guiding Light (1991-1994).

She has appeared in leading roles in films such as Soul Food, Boiler Room, and Big Momma's House. In 2003, she joined the cast of the drama Third Watch where she played Officer Sasha Monroe until the series ended in 2005. She has currently picked up a recurring role on Everwood as Cassie, daughter of Irv Harper.

She was married with Massai Z. Dorsey on June 2001 and has 1 child.

Sonia Gandhi


Sonia Gandhi was born on 9th December, 1946 in Itali. Her parents name are Stefano and Paola Maino. She was named the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine.

She was the Chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance in the Lok Sabha, until she resigned on the 23rd of March 2006.

She is a widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, who was the grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India.

On 28th May 2005 Smt. Sonia Gandhi was elected as President of the Indian National Congress by overwhelming support from across the country from all states.

Mrs Gandhi spent most of her life largely as a private citizen, except for the years, 1984 to 1991, when her husband, Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister and leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. In response to widespread demands from the Congress Party, Mrs Gandhi entered public life before the 1998 Lok Sabha election, when she campaigned vigorously on behalf of the Party. She was elected as its Party President in April 1998.

Following her husband's assassination on 21st May, 1991, there were calls for her to enter politics by members of the Congress Party. After her refusal, the party settled on the choice of P V Narsimha Rao as leader and, subsequently, Prime Minister. She finally entered politics just before the 1998 national election.

In the Indian general election, 2004, when the ruling National Democration Alliance (NDA) was set to win a majority, Sonia launched an aggressive campaign, criss-crossing the country on the 'Aam Aadmi' slogan in contrast to the 'India Shining' slogan of the BJP-led NDA alliance.

Her son, Rahul Gandhi had also won election to the Parliament from Amethi constituency in 2004. Sonia Gandhi has written two books: Rajiv and Rajiv's World. In addition, she has also edited Freedom's Daughter and Two Alone, Two Together.

Monica Potter


Monica Potter was born on 30th June, 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio. She is an American actress.

She was a part of the St. Jerome Parish in Cleveland, and attended the local elementary school, as well as Villa Angela Catholic School for Girls, before graduating from Euclid High School.

Miss Potter first dipped her toe in the ocean of show business back in Cleveland. Her father sent a blossoming 12-year-old Monica's photograph to a local modeling agency, which hired her immediately. When she was 18, she moved to Miami, Florida, and landed a job on a children's show that shot in Peru, which she described as the "disaster of disasters."

At the age of twelve, Potter started modeling and appearing in commercials in Chicago and Miami, before deciding to pursue an acting career. Her first role was on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless.

In 2001, she had two major roles, co-starring with Freddie Prinze Jr. in Head Over Heels, and with Morgan Freeman in the thriller Along Came a Spider. She had a recurring role on the television series Boston Legal from 2004 to 2005.

Potter was married to Tom Potter, with whom she has two sons, from 1990 to 1998. She married Daniel Christopher Allison, an orthopedic surgeon, in June of 2005.

Isla Lang Fisher


Isla Lang Fisher was born on 3rd February, 1976 in Muscat, Oman. She is an Australian actress, model and author.

She played Shannon Reed, a fiery, opinionated teenager, on Australian soap Home and Away from 1994 - 1997.

Since arriving in Britain she has appeared in many magazines and TV programs while also attending drama school in Paris. She has had two top selling novels. Recently voted 24th sexist woman of 99 by leading men's magazine FHM and previously voted 11th in 1998, Isla has no problem in finding a man.

Most recently, she starred in Wedding Crashers with Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Rachel McAdams, and won praise for her comedic performance in the movie. In 2006 she starred as Becca, a Manhattan party host in the offbeat relationship drama London alongside Jessica Biel, Chris Evans and Jason Statham.

She was officially crowned 1000th guest on Rove Live, a popular Australian talk show, on 2nd August, 2005. She was visiting the show to promote the film Wedding Crashers with co-star Owen Wilson. She entered the set ahead of Wilson, thereby winning the title by a mere two metres.

Ali Landry


Ali Landry was born on 21st July, 1973 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. She is a model and actress best known as the 1996 Miss USA.

Her first foray into pageantry came in 1990 when she was crowned Miss Lousiana Teen USA. In 1996 Landry became Miss Louisiana USA and went on to win the Miss USA pageant. She competed in the 1996 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas and finished in the top six. In later years she has been a hostess for Miss USA.

Her first major appearance into the celebrity world was as a child actress in the TV series, "The Bold and the Beautiful". This hot Cajun vixen was raised in seaside Breaux Bridge.

Ali is probably best known to most of us as the "Doritos Girl", the beautiful woman who walks through a quiet library room, and activates the sprinkler system because she is so hot. Ali is a hot sexy woman, guys love her, and she probably wouldn't be in the ads otherwise. The advertisement would have us believe the chips are responsible for setting off the fire alarm.

Landry married longtime boyfriend Mario Lopez on 24th April, 2004, but two weeks later she had the marriage annulled because of allegations that he cheated on her during his bachelor party. She became engaged to film director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde on Memorial Day, 2005. They were married on 8th April, 2006 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Landry has participated in the show Fear Factor, and was runner up. She is an avid athlete and also participated in the Boston Marathon.

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Liv Tyler


Liv Tyler was born on 1st July, 1977 in Portland, Maine, USA. She is the daughter of Steven Tyler and Bebe Buell. Liv has a unique natural sultry sophistication about her.

Liv is presently starring as Arwen in the mega-box-office hit "Lord of the Rings- Trilogy", and the smell of an Academy Award lingers in the air.

She began a modeling career at the age of 14, though she soon soured on that profession. While shooting a commercial on location in the stifling Amazon the following year, Liv decided she wanted to pursue acting. Ironically, a cinema agent read about the intriguing Liv in an article by The New York Times concerning children of the rich and famous, and officially "discovered" her. Liv's first feature role was as the older sister of an autistic boy in the Bruce Beresford straight-to-video drama "Silent Fall".

Liv's next acting triumphs came in Tom Hanks's directorial debut, That Thing You Do!, in which she played the groupie-girlfriend of a small-town band circa 1964, and in Pat O'Connor's Inventing the Abbotts, in which she played another small-town sweetheart.

She gamely entered the big-budget arena in 1998, co-starring with Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck in Disney's Armageddon. 1999 brought roles in Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune, in which she engaged in small-town slapstick romance with Chris O'Donnell, and in Plunkett & MaCleane, which positioned her as the aristocratic inamorata of a highwayman.

She got married to Royston Langdon in Barbados on March 25, 2003 and has one child.