Cheryl Ann Cole (née Tweedy; born 30 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, and model.
Rising to fame in late 2002, Cole was selected to become a member of girl group Girls Aloud on ITV’s reality television programme Popstars The Rivals.[2] With the group, Cole has marked much success by achieving twenty consecutive top ten singles (including four number ones) in the UK; five studio albums which have all been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), two of which went to number one in the UK; and accumulating a total of five BRIT Award nominations from 2005 to 2010. Since Girls Aloud have pursued separate careers, she has released two consecutive number one albums in the UK: 3 Words and Messy Little Raindrops; scoring two number one singles in the UK (“Fight for This Love” and “Promise This”).
Cole became a judge on the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2008.[3][4][5] Cole has become a recognised and photographed style icon;[6][7][8] referred to as a fashionista by the press.[9] Her picture has been on the covers of British Vogue,[8] Elle[10] and Harper’s Bazaar, while also becoming the new face of cosmetic company L’Oréal.[11] Cole was married to England footballer Ashley Cole from July 2006[12] until she divorced him in September 2010.[13][14]
Cheryl Cole
Andrew Garfield
Garfield started taking acting classes in Guildford when he was fifteen, and appeared in a youth theatre production of Bugsy Malone.[8] He also joined a small youth theatre workshop group in Epsom, and began working primarily as a stage actor. In 2004, he won a MEN Theatre Award for his performance in Kes at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre (where he also played Romeo the year after), and won the outstanding newcomer award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2006.[10]
Garfield made his British television debut in 2005, appearing in the Channel 4 teenage drama Sugar Rush.[10] In October 2007, he was named one of Variety’s “10 Actors to Watch”,[11] and in November 2007, appeared in the ensemble drama Lions for Lambs, playing an American university student. Also that month, he starred in the Channel 4 drama Boy A, for which he won the 2008 BAFTA for Best Actor. In 2008, he had a minor role in the film The Other Boleyn Girl,[11] and was named one of the shooting stars at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Garfield at the premiere of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, September 18, 2009
Garfield appeared in Vogue’s December 2009 issue, modeling alongside Lily Cole, in a photographed retelling of Hansel and Gretel. Also that year, Garfield had a supporting role in the Terry Gilliam film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus[7] and the Red Riding television trilogy. In 2010 he co-starred in the British film based on the novel by Japanese-born British author Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go,[12] as well as in David Fincher’s The Social Network, alongside Brenda Song, Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg, about the founders of Facebook.
On August 5, 2010, Garfield appeared briefly as Terry Gilliam’s assistant in the Arcade Fire webcast pre-show at Madison Square Garden. On September 12, 2010, he co-presented at the 2010 MTV VMAs with Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake.[13]
Garfield has been chosen to play Spider-Man opposite Emma Stone in Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot.[14][15][16] Filming began in December 2010, and the film is scheduled for a July 3, 2012 release date.
On December 14, 2010, The Social Network received six nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards, four of which it won, including Best Motion Picture-Drama, on January 16, 2011. Garfield was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.[17]
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Diana Agron
Agron has appeared on television shows such as Shark, Close to Home, CSI: NY, Numb3rs and a recurring role on Veronica Mars. She then appeared as Harper on a 13-episode series of short films called It’s a Mall World, directed by Milo Ventimiglia, and airing on MTV, and then on the second season of Heroes as Debbie Marshall, the head cheerleader/captain of the cheer squad at Costa Verde High School, also with Ventimiglia. Dianna has also hosted a mini Music Festival for 826LA in Los Angeles called Chickens in Love.[11]
She was among many young Hollywood stars selected to be in Wal-Mart’s Ocean Pacific spring 2010 marketing campaign. The national campaign debuted in fashion, lifestyle and entertainment magazines such as Elle, Teen Vogue, Seventeen and Cosmopolitan, outdoor and online at the official Ocean Pacific website. In addition, the celebrities hosted an Ocean Pacific party in Los Angeles in late April and made personal appearances on behalf of the brand.[12]
Agron’s most notable role to date is as Lucy Quinn Fabray, a high school cheerleader, on the FOX series Glee, which has received high ratings and critical acclaim, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe, since the series began in May 2009.[citation needed]
In 2010, Agron directed the music video for “Body” by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down.[13]
In 2010, Agron played the small role of Natalie, girlfriend to main character Ali’s love interest Jack, in the movie Burlesque alongside Christina Aguilera, Cher, and Stanley Tucci.
Agron was chosen by People to be part of their Most Beautiful 2010.[14] She also came 26th in the 2010 Afterellen.com top Hot 100 list.[15]
Agron appeared alongside Alex Pettyfer and Timothy Olyphant in the 2011 science-fiction action thriller I Am Number Four, directed by D. J. Caruso.
Rick Malambri
Rick Malambri (born November 7, 1982) is an American actor and model.[1] He is the star of the movie Step Up 3D, released in theaters on August 6, 2010.
Malambri was born in Florida, to Jeannie Deckert and Tim Malambri.[2] He began his career as a model, having been featured in Abercrombie and Fitch ads in 2004.[3] Having moved to New York, Malambri was a featured model in clothing as well as a dancer. His acting career began with small roles in television episodes in 2007, and he moved to movies in 2010. Despite his nascent career, Rick has been selective of project roles taken on, noting that he strives to pick roles that will not pigeonhole him.[4]
For the roll-out of Step Up 3D, Malambri has been featured in magazines such as Da Man (August/September 2010), and is now associated with K-Swiss sneakers.
Malambri married model/actress Lisa Mae in 2010.[5]
Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Michelle Seyfried (pronounced /ˈsaɪfrɪd/ SY-frid; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress, singer-songwriter and former child model. She began her career as a child model when she was 11 and at 15 she began her career as an actress, starting off with uncredited roles and moving on to recurring roles on As the World Turns and All My Children.
In 2004, Seyfried made her film debut in Mean Girls playing Karen Smith, the ditziest of the so-called “Plastics”. Her subsequent roles as a supporting character were in independent films like Nine Lives (2005) and Alpha Dog (2006). She also had a recurring role in the UPN TV show Veronica Mars (2004-2006). Between 2006 and 2010, she landed a lead role on HBO’s popular television series Big Love. After that, Seyfried appeared in her breakthrough and first leading role as Sophie Sheridan in the 2008 musical feature film Mamma Mia!. Other recent appearances include successful leading roles in Jennifer’s Body (2009), Chloe (2010), Dear John (2010), Letters to Juliet (2010), and Red Riding Hood (2011).
The Notebook
This is a love story, plain and simple. You’ll either be moved or be annoyed depending on your opinion of said love story.
The Notebook opens in a rest home. An elderly resident is telling us his story. He spends his days visiting a woman that often does not remember him. Each morning, he enters her room with a notebook containing memories of his life and love. He hopes that sharing these past events will jog her memory, but it is not to be. Yet, he tries each day and does not give up.
The second scene of the book takes place in October of 1946. Noah Calhoun has returned from the war and purchased his dream house in New Bern. He came into a windfall, bought the 1772 house, and restored it in an attempt to forget his past. We find out that his past includes a long lost love. This lady was his first and only love and she went away when they were teenagers. He has never forgotten her.
The Notebook then flashes back to Noah Calhoun and Allie Nelson meeting and falling in love in the summer of 1935. Fifteen year-old Allie is visiting North Carolina. She is introduced to seventeen year-old Noah and likes him immediately. They spend the summer together sharing everything including their first sexual experiences. By the end of the season, it is clear that these two are in love and meant for each other.
However, Allie returns home and loses touch with Noah. Her parents have implied that Noah is not right for their daughter because he is of a different class. Noah writes to Allie often, but his letters go unanswered. He moves on with his life as best he can by enlisting in the service and going to war.
Once she meets Noah face to face again, it is clear that the passion they shared so long ago is still there. They spend two wonderful evenings together sharing magical experiences. However, Allie must soon return to her other life and the man she is about to marry. Will Allie return home to a safe, comfortable life? Will she leave Noah a second time? Or will she stay in New Bern, where her heart belongs?
The Last Song
Description
Seventeen year-old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father… until her mother decides it would be in everyone’s best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie’s father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story about love in its myriad forms – first love, the love between parents and children – that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that deeply felt relationships can break our hearts… and heal them.
Did You Know
The Last Song debuted as #1 on both the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists?
Miley Cyrus chose the name Ronnie for the main character?
Nicholas wrote the screenplay before he wrote the novel?
The Last Song is the longest novel that Nicholas has written?
The Last Song is both a love story and a coming of age novel?
Source: http://www.nicholassparks.com/LearnMore.asp?BookID=15
Beautiful Creatures Book Review & Summary
Shakespeare did it right with Romeo & Juliet, and in the past decade authors have been expanding on his vision. Instead of opposing families, we see opposing species—one human and one paranormal being—fighting to be together. In Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, there is no shortage of irresistible, addictive and forbidden love.
Beautiful Creatures Summary
Living in the small town of Gatlin offers no excitement for sixteen-year-old Ethan. Every day he drives passed the same three stoplights, to go to the same school, where he’ll see the same kids he has seen since he was born. Gatlin is as good as a cage. The only change he has ever faced in his life was last year when his mother passed away. His father retreated into his study, burying himself in his novel and relinquishing all his fatherly duties. With both parents virtually gone, Ethan began relying on Amma, his nanny/housekeeper who immediately took over the parental duties.
Lately Ethan has been experiencing vivid dreams about a girl he doesn’t even know, a girl that he’s completely in love with. But how do you love someone you don’t even know?
Then a mysterious new student shows up at Gatlin’s only high school, the niece of Old Man Ravenwood—the town’s looneybin. When his niece Lena arrives, the whole town begins to judge her. If she’s a Ravenwood, then she must be crazy too. Kids bully her at school, and even many of the adults want her kicked out of school. The rigid citizen’s of Gatlin won’t put up with anything or anyone who is different. Except for Ethan.
It’s her. The girl in his dreams. After a chance encounter on a stormy night, Ethan doesn’t want to leave Lena’s side. She’s different than everyone else at Gatlin. And he likes that. But Lena tries desperately to push him away. A family secret is keeping her at arm’s length, and she’s afraid that if Ethan finds out, he’ll be frightened, or worse. Lena is faced with a big decision. Should she tell Ethan her secret? Or face her sixteenth birthday—the day she has feared her entire life—all alone?
Beautiful Creatures Review
Despite its extensive length for a teen novel, Beautiful Creatures is written with such precision and intensity from page 1 to page 563. You won’t be able to put it down, particularly during the climax where everything that has been building from the first chapter slides into place. The best thing about Beautiful Creatures, aside from its vivid characterization, is that it has a sequel—Beautiful Darkness.
source: http://www.suite101.com/content/beautiful-creatures-book-review–summary-a254023
Twilight (series)
Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It charts a period in the life of Isabella “Bella” Swan, a teenage girl who moves to Forks, Washington, and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen. The series is told primarily from Bella’s point of view, with the epilogue of Eclipse and Part II of Breaking Dawn being told from the viewpoint of character Jacob Black, a werewolf. The unpublished Midnight Sun is a retelling of the first book, Twilight, from Edward Cullen’s point of view. The novella The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, which tells the story of a newborn vampire who appeared in Eclipse, was published on June 5, 2010 as a hardcover book and on June 7 as a free online ebook.[1]
Since the release of the first novel, Twilight, in 2005, the books have gained immense popularity and commercial success around the world. The series is most popular among young adults; the four books have won multiple awards, most notably the 2008 British Book Award for “Children’s Book of the Year” for Breaking Dawn,[2] while the series as a whole won the 2009 Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Book.[3]
As of March 2010, the series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide[4] with translations into at least 38 different languages around the globe.[5][6] The four Twilight books have consecutively set records as the biggest selling novels of 2008 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list[7] and have spent over 235 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children’s Series Books.[8]
Thus far, the first three books have been made into a series of motion pictures by Summit Entertainment; the film adaptation of Twilight was released in 2008 and the second, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, was released on November 20, 2009.[9] The third film, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, was released June 30, 2010.
Dear john
Dear John is trademark Nicholas Sparks–romantic, sappy, sad and redeeming. If you like Sparks’ previous novels, you will probably enjoy Dear John, a love story about an army sergeant who falls in love shortly before 9/11. Sparks’ writing is smooth and easy, but the characters and plot are not particularly memorable. Recommended for those who like sappy romantic comedies (or tragedies, in Sparks’ case), but not for those who like a little meat in their reading.
Dear John starts in the present day with John watching Savannah from afar and thinking about how much he loves her and why their relationship dissolved. He then takes the reader back in time and narrates the story of their love.
There is, unfortunately, not much more to say about the book. Dear John has a pretty formulaic plot. Although Sparks is one of the first to set the age old boy meets girl love story in the modern, post-9/11 world, he does not delve into how the war affects the characters or go very deep in this area. In Dear John, it could be any war keeping them apart. This specific war is not important.
The interactions between John and his father create a nice sub-plot, and the descriptions of North Carolina were interesting to me, but that’s probably just because I live in the state.
Overall, I would describe Dear John as light reading that is not painful to read but also not extremely enjoyable to read. If you need some beach reading, go ahead and borrow it. It will give you a few hours to escape, if nothing else.
source: http://bestsellers.about.com/od/womenslitchicklit/gr/Dear_John.htm
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