Top Stars: 2011

Sunday, August 14, 2011

claudia schiffer-over 500 magazine covers

Claudia Schiffer German pronunciation: born 25 August 1970 is a German model and occasional actress, who reached the peak of her popularity during the 1990s, initially due to her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. is one of the world's most successful models, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers. Forbes estimated her net worth at about $55 million (£38 million).
Contents
* 1 Background
* 2 Modeling and fashion
* 3 Media appearances
* 4 Personal life
* 5 Filmography
o 5.1 Appearances in documentaries
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Background
Schiffer was born in Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, a small town 15 km northwest of Duisburg. She is the daughter of Gudrun and Heinz Schiffer, a lawyer. She has two brothers, Stefan and Andreas, and one sister, Ann Carolin.
Schiffer said that she was popular in high school, but felt socially overshadowed by the other girls in her class. She has revealed that because she was so tall, she became very shy and did not want to be noticed. She was also subjected to jealousy by others as she came from a wealthy family that was well-known locally.Schiffer became fluent in English and French.
She originally wanted to become a lawyer and used to work in her father's law firm. She later dropped these aspirations when, in October 1987 at seventeen, she was spotted in a nightclub in Düsseldorf by Michel Levaton, the boss of Metropolitan Model Agency who signed her up to become a model.

claudia schiffer

Julia Allison journalist, television commentator, and co-creator

Julia Allison born February 28, 1981 is an American journalist, television commentator, and co-creator of lifecasting portal NonSociety.com. A Georgetown University alumna, Allison is originally from Wilmette, a northern suburb of Chicago.
On graduating from college, she moved to New York and began working as a columnist for amNewYork, after which she became editor-at-large for Star magazine. In 2007, she went on to join Time Out New York as a columnist, a position held until Summer 2009. Her freelance writing has featured in numerous magazines including Cosmopolitan and Men's Health.
She has appeared as a guest commentator on television networks such as MSNBC, Fox News, plus Headline News, CNN, and MTV, and co-hosts New York Nonstop lifestyle show TMI Weekly.
As of 2009, her work includes speaking engagements on new media and marketing, as well as assisting various companies as brand spokesperson.
Contents
* 1 Collegiate life
* 2 Writing and media appearances
* 3 References
* 4 External links
Collegiate life
Allison attended Georgetown University, majoring in political science. While in college, she penned a dating column for the campus newspaper, The Hoya. During her studies she worked as a legislative correspondent for Illinois Republican congressman Mark Kirk in the 107th Congress, later, during the 2004 election, contributing political commentary for Comcast TV. In 2004, Allison graduated from Georgetown University with a Political Science degree.
Writing and media appearances
In addition to her 2 year employment (2007–2009) as a Time Out New York columnist, she had a monthly column in COED magazine and has written for a variety of publications, including Cosmopolitan, Maxim, New York, Teen Vogue, Men's Health, Seventeen, and Capitol File. She also did party coverage for the Huffington Post.
Allison's public speaking focuses on new media and marketing; engagements include DLD (Digital, Lifestyle, Design) conference in Munich, at MIT and, in fall 2009 at Wharton business school on women entrepreneurs. Additionally, she works with various brands, including Sony through to early 2010, as a spokesperson.
As a television pundit, Allison has made occasional appearances on Fox Business's Happy Hour and Fox News' Red Eye show, plus regular appearances as a commentator on Fox News segments, CNN's Reliable Sources, and Headline News' Showbiz Tonight and Glenn Beck news-commentary show. Other appearances include E!, MSNBC's Scarborough Country; Montel Williams, NY Residential, and MTV's It's On with Alexa Chung. Locally, media appearances include New York City's Fox 5, and Sirius radio. She co-hosts NBC New York Nonstop's TMI Weekly, joint owned by Next New Networks. Allison was also pictured by renowned photographer Platon on Wired magazine's cover in August, 2008.

Julia Allison

jessica alba a Golden Globe nomination for

Jessica Marie Alba born April 28, 1981 is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002). Alba later appeared in various films including Honey (2003), Sin City (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), Into the Blue (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck both in 2007.
Alba is considered a sex symbol[citation needed] and often generates media attention for her looks. She appears on the "Hot 100" section of Maxim and was voted number one on AskMen.com's list of "99 Most Desirable Women" in 2006, as well as "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007. The use of her image on the cover of the March 2006 Playboy sparked a lawsuit by her, which was later dropped. She has also won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in the television series Dark Angel.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Public image
* 4 Personal life
o 4.1 Religion
o 4.2 Relationships and family
o 4.3 Charity and politics
* 5 Filmography
o 5.1 Film
o 5.2 Television
* 6 Awards
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Early life
Alba was born in Pomona, California to Catherine (née Jensen) and Mark Alba. Her mother is of Danish and French Canadian descent and her father is Mexican American. She has a younger brother, Joshua. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi and Del Rio, Texas, before settling back in California when she was nine years old. Alba described her family as being a "very conservative family – a traditional, Catholic, Latin American family" and herself as very liberal; she says she had identified herself as a "feminist" as early as age five.
Alba's early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies. During childhood, she suffered from collapsed lungs twice, had pneumonia 4–5 times a year, as well as a ruptured appendix and a tonsillar cyst. Alba became isolated from other children at school, because she was in the hospital so often due to her illnesses that no one knew her well enough to befriend her. Alba has also had asthma since she was a child. Alba has said that her family's frequent moving also contributed to her isolation from her peers. She has acknowledged that she has suffered from obsessive–compulsive disorder during her childhood. Alba graduated from high school at age 16,and she subsequently attended the Atlantic Theater Company.