http://www.famous-people.us A place to view famous people and see why they are en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:51:10 CST Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:51:10 CST http://www.famous-people.ushttp://www.famous-people.us/My_Account/cgi-bin/tools/logos/famous-people.us.jpg http://www.famous-people.us/ A place to view famous people and see why they are Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:51:10 CST http://www.famous-people.us/articles/148383/Hope-Solo... Maksim Chmerkovskiy's temper gets the best of him sometimes. During last week's Dancing with the Stars rehearsals, the 31-year-old pro placed a firm hand on partner Hope Solo's shoulder in an effort to make a point. The soccer star, 30, told Ryan Seacrest's KIIS FM show Monday that she almost quit after the incident. VIDEO: Watch Maks lash ou... 2011-11-08 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/136516/cameron-diaz... Cameron Diaz Cameron Diaz at Tribeca Film Festival 2010. Born Cameron Michelle DiazAugust 30, 1972 (1972-08-30) (age38)San Diego, California, U.S. Occupation Actress, model Years active 1988–1993 (model)1993–present (actress) Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress ... 2011-04-13 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/133856/Adriana-Lima-... Adriana Lima (born June 12, 1981, Salvador, Bahia) is a Brazilian model, best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000, and as a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009. At age 15, Lima finished first in Ford's Supermodel of Brazil competition, and took second place the following year in the Ford Supermodel of the World co... 2011-03-14 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/133553/Natalie-Portman... Natalie Portman was born in Jerusalem, Israel, as the only child of a doctor father (from Israel) and an artist mother (from Cincinnati, Ohio), who also acts as Natalie's agent. She left Israel for Washington, DC, when she was still very young. After a few more moves, her family finally settled in New York, where she still lives to this day. She ... 2011-03-09 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/132687/Nastia-Liukin... Anastasia Valeryevna Nastia Lyukina is a Russian-American creative gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic particular person all-around Champion, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars. With nine World Championships medals, seven of them particular person, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller... 2011-02-28 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/132089/Natalie-Coughlin... Natalie Anne Coughlin (born August 23, 1982) is an American swimmer identified for successful eleven Olympic medals. On the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American feminine athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in a single Olympics and the primary lady ever to win a one hundred m backstroke gold in two consecutive ... 2011-02-22 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/131540/Jennifer-Capriati... Jennifer Marie Capriati (born March 29, 1976, in New York City) is a former professional tennis player, ranked primary on this planet for a short while, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments. Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the onerous court tou... 2011-02-14 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/130966/Arnold-Schwarzenegger... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, model businessman and politician who served because the 38th Governor of California. Schwarzenegger began weight coaching at 15. He was awarded the title of Mr. Universe at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest a complete of seven times.... 2011-02-06 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/130439/Elizabeth-Hurley-... ElizabethHurley (born 10 June 1965) is an English model and actress who turned often called a girlfriend of Hugh Grant within the 1990s. In 1994, as Grant became the focus of worldwide media consideration because of the global field office success of his film 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Hurley accompanied him to the film's Los Angeles premier... 2011-01-30 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/129448/Yasmine-Bleeth... Bleeth was born in New York Metropolis, the daughter of Carina, a model, and Philip Bleeth, a enterprise proprietor. Her father Philip is Jewish of Russian and German extraction, her late mom Carina was of French and Algerian descent. Her earliest recognized acting role was in a Johnson & Johnson's No Extra Tears baby shampoo tv industrial at... 2011-01-25 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/128852/Michelle-Trachtenberg... Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (born October eleven, 1985) is an American tv and film actress. She is well-known for her roles as Dawn Summers in the television sequence Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000-03) and as Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl (2008-10) and within the movies Harriet the Spy (1996); Inspector Gadget (1999); EuroTrip (2004); Ice Pr... 2011-01-19 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/128303/Caroline-Wozniacki... Wozniacki is the daughter of Polish immigrants, Piotr and Anna Wozniacki. Her mom having performed on the Polish girls's national volleyball crew, and her father performed professional football. The couple moved to Denmark when Piotr signed for the Danish football club Boldklubben 1909 Wozniacki's older brother Patrik is a professional footballer... 2011-01-12 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/127768/-Penelope-Cruz... Eva Longoria isn't relationship Penelope Cruz's little brother Eduardo in the wake of her cut up with basketball player (and alleged cheating) hubby Tony Parker! OK! stories that the pair spent time collectively at Longoria's residence on Christmas Eve. Though Longoria and Cruz have been spending lots of time together, her rep insisted that the ... 2011-01-07 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/127278/Kelly-Ripa... Kelly Maria Ripa (born October 2, 1970) is an American television host and actress. Since February 2001,[1] she has served as the co-host of Stay with Regis and Kelly, together with Regis Philbin. Earlier in her profession, Ripa played Hayley Vaughan Santos for 12 years on the cleaning soap opera All My Kids; she also played Religion Fairfield on... 2011-01-02 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/126467/Nicole-Scherzinger... X FACTOR'S Nicole Scherzinger has solely revealed to OK.co.uk how she maintains her attractive figure, and it's got NOTHING to do with some fad diet. Beauty Nicole Scherzinger, who struck a chord with the nation (and Louis Walsh) when she stuffed in for Cheryl Cole as a decide on The X Factor 2010, has opened up about how she maintains her famou... 2010-12-27 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/126093/Christina-Ricci... Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress. Ricci received initial recognition and praise as a child star for her performance as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993), and her role as Kat Harvey in Casper (1995). Ricci made a transition into more adult-oriented roles with The Ice Storm (... 2010-12-23 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/125182/Erin-Andrews... Andrews was born in Lewiston, Maine to Stephen Steve Andrews and Paula Paul Andrews. She moved to Tampa, Florida as a young girl when her father, a six-time Emmy Award-winner, began working as an investigative journalist for WFLA-TV.[7] After attending Bloomingdale High School near Tampa, Andrews graduated in 2000 from the University of Flori... 2010-12-18 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/123766/Vanessa-Hudgens... Here’s what this high school retooling of “Beauty and the Beast” has going for it. Vanessa Hudgens, who’ll have heat thanks to “Sucker Punch” being in theaters at the same time.The “Beastly” beast to be transformed by the non-judgmental love of Vanessa H. is the hunky blond Alex Pettyfer.And... 2010-12-07 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/122827/Molly-Sims... Molly Sims (born May 25, 1973) is an American model and actress. Sims is best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her role as Delinda Deline in the NBC drama Las Vegas. She is also an ambassador for Operation Smile. Sims was born in Mayfield, Kentucky, the daughter of Dottie and Jim Sims.she was raised i... 2010-11-30 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/121437/Jessica-Alba... Jessica Alba Born in Pomona, California, on April 28, 1981, Jessica Alba and her family moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, when she was an infant. Three years later, her Air Force father brought the family back to California, then to Del Rio, Texas, before finally settling in Southern California when Jessica was nine. In love with the idea of becomin... 2010-11-23 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/120091/Beyonce-Knowles... Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981), often known simply as Beyoncé (pronounced /biˈjɒnseɪ/ bee-YON-say), is an American Pop/R&B singer, songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competit... 2010-11-18 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/119321/Gabrielle-Union... Gabrielle Monique Union (born October 29, 1972) is an American actress and former model. Among her notable roles is as the cheerleader opposite Kirsten Dunst in the film Bring it On. Union starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the blockbuster film Bad Boys II and played a medical doctor in the CBS drama series City of Angels. She sta... 2010-11-13 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/118556/Alizee... French singer, launched by Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat after she was discovered in the show 'Graines de stars' in 2000. Daughter, with Chatelain, Annily born on April 29th, 2005. Alizée's dance from J'en Ai Marre was the influence for the Night Elf female dance in Blizzard Entertainment's best-selling game World of Warcr... 2010-11-03 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/118199/Jaime-Pressly-... Jaime Elizabeth Pressly (born July 30, 1977) is an American actress and model, best known for playing Joy on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl. She was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series in 2006 and 2007, winning the award in 2007. She has also been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2006; and for a... 2010-10-29 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/117429/Elisha-Cuthbert-... Trivia While trotting the globe as a correspondent for the award-winning series Popular Mechanics for Kids (1997), she caught the eye of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and was invited to Washington for a meeting with her. Was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada but later moved and grew up in the Greenfield Park district, in Longueuil ... 2010-10-24 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/116828/Laetitia-Casta... \ She was born in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France. Casta's mother, Line Blin, is from Normandy. Her father, Dominique Casta, is from Corsica. She has an older brother, Jean-Baptiste, and a younger sister, Marie-Ange. She spent her childhood in Normandy and Noisy-le-Grand (93 - France). On October 19, 2001, she gave birth to her daughter, Sahtee... 2010-10-18 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/116355/Marisa-Miller... Marisa Miller, a model forthe Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, has been named a spokesman for the league.Marisa's love for the NFL and our sport made her ideally suited for this role, Chris Parsons, vice president of NFL International told the Hollywood Reporter. We look forward to working with her.Miller, who said she is a li... 2010-10-12 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/116014/Izabel-Goulart... Goulart was born on October 23, 1984 in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. She is of Italian and French descent and has four brothers and one sister. Goulart once said the hardest part about being an Angel is I spend time away from my mom's food and away from my home with my five brothers and sister. School was a particularly rough ti... 2010-10-05 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/115586/Selita-Ebanks... \\ At 17 years old, while walking through the turnstiles at Six Flags Great Adventure, Ebanks was scouted by an agent from Elite Model Management.[3][4] Ebanks worked with some of the world's most noted photographers, including Peter Lindbergh, Bruce Weber, Steven Klein, Carter Smith and Mikael Jansson, and for some of the most quintessent... 2010-09-30 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/114769/Miranda-kerr... Miranda Kerr was born in Australia on April 20, 1983 in the town of Gunnedah. She was grown in Brisbane, Queensland to multi-ethnic parents of Serbian, Iranian, Turkish and Filipino descent. This hometown country gal, has more than what you see, when she was younger, she used to race motorbikes and ride horses on her grand-mother's farm! Little m... 2010-09-21 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/114151/Laila-Ali... Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977 in Miami Beach, Florida) is a former professional boxer. She is the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali. She was their second child and is the most famous of the nine children born to Muhammad Ali. Ali has a degree in business from Santa Monica College and previ... 2010-09-12 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/113575/Kelly-Kelly... Barbara Jean Blank (born January 15, 1987) is an American model, professional wrestler, dancer, and professional wrestling valet better known by her ring name Kelly Kelly. She is currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand. admin1998aa12... 2010-09-05 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/113159/Getchen-Bleiler... Getchen Bleiler Bleiler aspired to compete in the Winter X Games from a very young age, and found her passion in snowboarding at age 11 (1992). She has been riding ever since and became professional in 1996. Among her accomplishments, she jump-started the invert revolution for female riders as the first to land a Crippler 540 in ... 2010-09-01 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/112077/Torrie-Wilson... Torrie Anne Wilson (born July 24, 1975) is a retired American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and model. She is best known for her tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she worked on both their SmackDown and Raw brands through out her eight year run. ... 2010-08-19 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/111855/Candice-Michelle... Her ethnicity is Panamanian and German. Her Go Daddy.com commercial that aired during the Superbowl on February 6, 2005 was so controversial that the NFL pulled her second ad that was also supposed to air. Has a Maltese dog named Bam Bam. Participated in the 2004 RAW Diva Search Contest, which was ultimately won by Christy Hemme. Despite losin... 2010-08-17 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/111334/Trish-Stratus... Trish Stratus Patricia Anne Stratigias(born December 18, 1975, , better known as Trish Stratus, is a Canadian actress and television personality. She is also a former fitness model and semi-retired professional wrestler. Aside from professional wrestling, Stratus appeared on a number of magazine covers and has been involved in charity wor... 2010-08-12 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/110808/Gabrielle-Reece... i Gabrielle Reece After graduation, Reece played on professional volleyball tours for several years. That year, Reece's 4-man team took first place at the first-ever Beach Volleyball World Championships staged at the UCLA Tennis Center, in her fifth season as a team captain in the 4-person Women's Beach Volleyball League (WBVL), and fourt... 2010-08-06 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/109867/Paula-Creamer... Paula Creamer (born August 5, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She is the current U.S. Open champion, and is und... 2010-07-29 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/108625/Justine-Henin... Justine Henin (born 1 June 1982), formerly known as Justine Henin-Hardenne (2002–2007),[citation needed] is a professional Belgian tennis player, currently ranked World No. 13. Henin has won 43 WTA singles titles and seven Grand Slam singles titles, including four French Open titles, one Australian Open title, and two US Open titles. She h... 2010-07-23 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/105352/Pam-Anderson... ... 2010-07-18 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/101314/Serena--Williams-... Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 1 in both singles and doubles. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She regained this ranking for the fifth time on November 2, 2009. She became the World ... 2010-07-11 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/98305/Shawn-Johnson... A Florida man was convicted Friday of stalking Olympic gold-medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson.Robert M. O'Ryan had been charged with felony stalking and commercial burglary. Authorities said he traveled across the country and scaled a fence at CBS Television City in 2009 when the Olympic gymnast was filming the dance competition Dancin... 2010-07-06 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/94813/Anna-Kournikova... The singer Enrique Iglesias will not marry his longtime girlfriend Anna Kournikova, he can not see “the point” to walk down the aisle. The couple, who have been dating since 2002, sparked rumors of a possible marriage last year. Both stars have refused to confirm the rumors, and now Kournikova has revealed that she is happy w... 2010-07-01 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/90158/Elena-Vesnina... In October 2002, aged sixteen years and two months, she gained direct entry into the qualifying draw for her first $10,000 tournament at Giza, Egypt, and succeeded in qualifying for the main draw before losing a close three-set match. The very next week, once again qualify at Al-Mansoura to enter the main draw, where she won two further ... 2010-06-24 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/85988/Amanda-Beard... Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California), is an American Olympic-level swimmer and model. Beard participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals, the most recent in the 2004 games. She held the world number one ranking of ... 2010-06-17 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/81663/Jennie-Finch... Jennie Lynn Finch(born September 3, 1980 inLa Mirada, California), or occasionally usingher husband'ssurname,Daigle, is an Americansoftballplayer who pitches for theUSA national softball team. The team won the gold medal at the2004 Summer Olympicsand a silver medal at the2008 Sum... 2010-06-10 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/77501/Dancia-Patrick... Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is an American auto racing driver, currently competing in the IndyCar Series, the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as a model and advertising spokeswoman. Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the... 2010-06-03 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/75378/allison-stokke... At age 15, Stokke won a California state championship, and broke several national records in her age division. As a senior at Newport Harbor High School, she set the second best mark in the nation for that calender year with a 13'7 vault. In the CIF State Championship finals she finished 4th after a leg injury interfered with her ability... 2010-05-27 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/75067/Michelle-Wie... Michelle Sung Wie (pronounced /ˈwiː/) (Korean: Wie Seong-mi Hangul: 위성미 Hanja: 魏聖美, born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. In 2006, she was named in a Time magazine article: one of 100 people who shape our world. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify f... 2010-05-23 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/73630/Natalie-Gulbis... Gulbis started finding interest in the game at the early age of 3-1/2 . Bythe time she reached 7 years old she had won her first tournament. In three years, at age 10, she was breaking par. She played in her first LPGA tour event as anamateurat the age of 14 (handicap of 2). She attendedGranite Bay High School&nbs... 2010-05-16 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/70533/Jelena-Jankovic... While The Family Circle Cup lost its top seed when Serena Williams pulled out with a lingering injury and lost a big draw when Maria Sharapova withdrew, former world number 1 and tournament #2 seed Jelena Jankovic is excited to be back in Charleston. Jankovic won this title back in 2007 and is off to a good start to 2010. She won the big... 2010-05-10 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/65293/Maria-Sharapova... Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ussian: Russian pronunciation:[mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapɐvə]; born April 19, 1987) is a former World No.1 Russian professional tennis player and three time Grand Slam singles champion. As of April 5, 2010, she is ranked World No. 14 . When Sharapova was six, she and her father moved from thei... 2010-04-28 http://www.famous-people.us/articles/65299/Ana-Ivanovic... Ana Ivanovic Ivanovic is an offensive baseliner who is notable for her aggressive play. Ivanović's strength is her powerful forehand which has long been considered to be one of the best forehands in the game. Her backhand, although not as big of a weapon as her forehand, has improved over the years. Ivanović's serve is a powerful weapon. 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The Hollywood veteran who oversaw special effects for science fiction classics such as Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey wants to build a next-generation movie studio in Denver, a project that could change the way films are made and put Colorado on the map for big-budget productions.... Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:27:53 -0700 http://www.famous-people.us/news/1099354/-IPads-Gain-Prominence-in-Hollywood... Whether making presentations or memorizing lines, producers and actors have grown to rely on iPads. They are even making appearances on camera.... Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:50:15 -0700 http://www.famous-people.us/news/1099355/-Hollywood-to-dim-the-lights-for-sea-turtle-nesting... City will require public, private properties to install lighting that wont interfere with nesting After years of resistance, the city of Hollywood has moved to dim the lights at the beach, where the nighttime glare from restaurants, shops and hotels interferes with sea turtle nesting.... 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