Monday, May 31, 2010

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress.
Paltrow made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. She gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en (1995), Emma (1996), in which she played the title role, and Sliding Doors (1998). She garnered worldwide recognition through her performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Outstanding Lead Actress and as a member of the Outstanding Cast. Since then, Paltrow has portrayed supporting as well as lead roles in films such as The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Shallow Hal (2001) and Proof (2005), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in Motion Picture Drama.


In 2008, she appeared in the highest grossing movie of her career, the superhero film Iron Man, and then reprised her role as Pepper Potts in its sequel, Iron Man 2 (2010). Paltrow has been the face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume since 2005.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born 28 December 1970) is a Dutch tennis player. Primarily known for her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April 1995 and adopted his surname.Schultz is known for her fast serve,holding the record for the fastest serve in the WTA Tour qualifications, tied with Venus Williams. As of July 2009, she the second oldest active player on the WTA Tour after Kimiko Date Krumm.
Schultz' career high was in 1996 when she reached World No. 9. She reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1995. She retired from tennis in 1999 with longstanding injuries. She came out of retirement in 2005, playing Fed Cup and WTA tournaments in 2006. The best result of her comeback came in June 2006 at the Tier III Ordina Open in the Netherlands, reaching the quarterfinals with wins over two players ranked in the top 70 on the WTA Tour.

In July 2006, Schultz-McCarthy claimed her place as the fastest server in WTA history, recording a 130 mph (209 km/h) serve in the first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open qualifying tournament, held in Cincinnati, Ohio. Venus Williams previously held the women's record set in 1998 of 127 mph (204 km/h) in a match in a quarter-finals win against Mary Pierce in Zurich. Williams would tie the record in 2008. In June 2007, Schultz-McCarthy won a challenger tournament in Surbiton.

statics
Country : Netherlands
Residence : United States Juno Beach, Florida
Date of birth : 28 December 1970 (1970-12-28)
Height : 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight : 77.1 kg (170 lb)
Turned pro : September 1986
Plays : Right-handed

Singles
Career record : 403–293
Career titles : 7 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking : No. 9 (20 May 1996)

Grand Slam results
Australian Open : 4R (1989, 1995, 1996)
French Open : 4R (1988, 1993)
Wimbledon : QF (1995)
US Open : QF (1995)

Doubles
Career record : 147–162
Career titles : 9 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking : No. 7 (2 October 1995)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron is a South African actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She became an American citizen in 2007.

She rose to fame in the late 1990s following her roles in 2 Days in the Valley, Mighty Joe Young, The Devil's Advocate, and The Cider House Rules. She received critical acclaim and an Academy Award for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster, for which she became the first person from any African country to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for her performance in North Country.

Personal life
Theron still resides in her Los Angeles home, though her ex-boyfriend Stuart Townsend, with whom she starred in the 2004 film Head in the Clouds, as well as in the 2002 film Trapped and 2005 Æon Flux has moved to their co-owned property in Malibu. The couple split up in January 2010.

Theron became a naturalized citizen of the United States in May 2007.

Theron signed with William Morris Endeavour in 2009 and is represented by CEO Ari Emanuel.

Athena Annis

Athena (Annis) an old fbb, one of the most beautiful women to compete in bodybuilding, with particularly good size and shape in her arms and legs.

She was an easy winner of the lightweight class at the 1988 Jr. USA's,and probably would have won the overall, but unfortunately, she was disqualified for hitting an illegal moon pose.
It's hard to believe that she was really a lightweight - she looks much bigger, particularly in the arms and legs and her excellent biceps.

Athena poses in many different swimsuits and dresses, and again, we find in her the unreal combination of beauty and physique on one so young. For a long, long time, 'Athena' (Annis) was considered to have the best physique ever for a teenager,when she was 18 years old.

best performance
1988
Nationals - NPC, MiddleWeight, 9th
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