Saturday, February 11, 2012

Number 3- Cam Gigandet

Cam Joslin Gigandet was born on August 16, 1982. He is an American actor who has appeared Twilight, The O.C., Never Back Down, The Roommate, Burlesque, and Priest.
Cam Gigandet was born in Tacoma, Washington. After graduating from Auburn Senior High School in Auburn, Washington, he moved to California, where he attended Santa Monica College, a community college, and took an acting class.
Cam made his acting debut making a guest appearance in the crime television series CSI. He continued his television career making noticeable recurring roles in television shows such as The Young and The Restless and Jack and Bobby. 
Cam Gigandet successfully auditioned for the role of Kevin Volchok, on the Fox teen drama television series The O.C. He portrayed the role of Kevin, a bad boy and rebellious competitive surfer who develops a causal relationship with the rich socialite Marissa Cooper portrayed by Mischa Barton.
Cam became a major recurring character throughout the series' third season and his performance was complimented by critics. Gigandet returned at the start of the series' fourth and final season. Gigandet guest starred in 15 episodes.
In December 2007, Summit Entertainment cast Gigandet in the planned film adaptation of the best-selling vampire book series Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. He signed on to portray the role of the film's "tracker" vampire James and its antagonist.
Cam Gigandet did not reprise his role as his character is destroyed at the end of the first film. He received his second "Best Fight" award win at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards with Robert Pattinson.  
In 2010, Gigandet portrayed a supporting role in the Screen Gems comedy film Easy A: a 22-year-old Christian high school student named Micah. The film was a box office success earning $76,639,272 worldwide and unanimous critical praise from critics worldwide.
That same year Screen Gems cast Gigandet in the film Burlesque.  The film was written and directed by first-time Director Steve Antin and starred Cher, Christina Aguilera and Stanley Tucci. The film is a musical which follows Christina Aguilera's character who moves to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of singing and ends up in a burlesque bar. Gigandet portrays Christina's love interest, Jack, a bartender who works at the club.
In 2009, Gigandet was cast alongside Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly in the thriller film The Roommate.The film followed a college freshman who is randomly assigned to the roommate from hell who soon becomes obsessed. He played Stephen, a university student and love interest of Kelly's character. The film received numerous pushbacks and was released on February 4, 2011.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Number 4- Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the youngest of four children. His father, Jim, was a Vancouver food wholesaler. His mother, Tammy, was a retail-store saleswoman.
Between 1991-1993, Ryan appeared in “Fifteen,” a Nickelodeon series taped in Florida with many other Canadian actors. After the series ended, he returned to Vancouver where he played in a series of forgettable TV movies. He did small roles in Glenn Close’s Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story and CBS's update of “In Cold Blood.” However, his run of luck had led him to decide to quit acting.

One night, he ran into fellow Vancouver actor and native Chris William Martin. Chris found Ryan rather despondent and told him to pack everything: they were going to head to Los Angeles, California. The two stayed in a cheap LA motel.
On the first night of their stay, Ryan’s jeep was rolled downhill and stripped. For the next four months, Ryan drove it without doors. In 1997, he landed the role of Berg in “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.” Initially, the show was reviled by critics and seemed desperate for any type of ratings success.
However, it was renewed for a second season but with a provision for a makeover by former “Roseanne” writer Kevin Abbott. The show became a minor success and has led to additional film roles for Ryan, most notably in the last-ever MGM film, a remake of The Amityville Horror. Ryan was engaged to Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, another Nickelodeon veteran, between 2004-2006.
Number 5- Ian Harding


Ian Harding stars in "Pretty Little Liars”  on ABC Family as Ezra Fitz, the English teacher who has more than a scholarly interest in Aria, one of his students.

Harding was born in Heidelberg, Germany, the youngest child of a military family. The family moved back to northern Virginia a few years later, where he excelled in soccer and basketball. In high school, he joined the drama club (because it was the only coed activity at his all-male preparatory school) and discovered a new passion, something he continued to pursue at Carnegie Mellon University. While there, he took Master Classes with Phylicia Rashad, Brooks Ashmanskas, Dana Ivey and Mark Rylance.

Harding's feature credits include Greg Mottola’s “Adventureland" and the upcoming Ed Zwick film "Love and Other Drugs." He also recently appeared in an episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles.”

Harding is skilled in several disciplines of dance and enjoys yoga, soccer, football and basketball.
When I first start watching “Pretty Little Liars” I instantly liked it. Ian Harding does a phenominal job playing Ezra Fitz. He is very attractive and really intelligent. His love affair with one of his students turns disastrous in season 3. Arias parents find out she has been dating Ezra and they threaten to tell the school so Ezra can get fired. Luckily, Arias dad left Ezra off with a warning and told him he won’t say anything as long as he backs off.
Ezra listens to Arias dad and cuts off all communication with her for a couple weeks. But it didn’t last, Aria convinced Ezra to stay with her even with the consequence of her parents finding out.
Number 6- Channing Tatum


Channing Matthew Tatum was born on April 26, 1980 in Cullman, Alabama. His ancestry includes Irish, French, and Native American. Tatum's family moved to Mississippi when he was six, and he grew up in the bayou near the Mississippi River, where he enjoyed a rural existence.

Channing was athletic while growing up, playing football, soccer, track, baseball, and performing martial arts; he has said that "girls were always [his] biggest distraction in school." As a child, he practiced kung fu. Tatum spent most of his teenage years in the Tampa, Florida area and initially attended Gaither High School before going to Tampa Catholic High School.

He graduated in 1998 and was voted most athletic. Afterward, Channing was awarded a football scholarship to Glenville State College in Glenville, West Virginia, but he turned it down. He returned home and started working odd jobs.

US Weekly reported that around this time Channing began working as an exotic dancer at a local nightclub, under the name "Chan Crawford." In 2010, he told an Australian newspaper that he would like to make a movie about his experiences as a stripper, saying, "I've already got the director picked out. I'd like Nicolas Refn, who did the movie Bronson, to do it because he's insane for it." He later moved to Miami, where he was discovered on the street by a model talent scout.

He is now an American actor and film producer. He began his career as a fashion model and appearing in television commercials for Pepsi and Mountain Dew before turning to film roles. He made his feature film debut in the sports drama, Coach Carter, and had a supporting role in She’s the Man, before landing a leading role in Step Up. He has also appeared in Fighting, Public Enemies, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and Dear John.
Number 7- David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham was born on May 2, 1975 in Leytonstone, London, England, UK.He is one of Britain's most iconic athletes whose name is also an elite global advertising brand. He was captain of the English national team from 2000 to 2006, scored in three different FIFA World Cups, and played midfield for clubs in Manchester, England, Madrid, Spain, and Milan, Italy; he also won the MLS Cup playing for Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011.

He was brought up by his parents, supporters of Manchester United, attended Bobby Charlton’s football school in Manchester, and won a spot in a training session at FC Barcelona as a child. In 1986 he was a Manchester United's mascot for a match against West Ham United. From 1992 - 2003 Beckham made almost 400 appearances for Manchester United and scored 85 goals, although his official record counts only 62 goals in 265 official senior team's matches.

He had a good season in 1999 - 2000 and helped Manchester United to win the Premier League. At that time, he married singer Victoria Beckham from the popular musical group The Spice Girls, and the couple had their first son, Brooklyn, born in 1999.

David Beckham has been a good scorer and a major attraction for public. On the field he has been demonstrating his consistent ability to see a big picture even under severe pressure during the most rapidly changing and unpredictable games.

He signed a four-year contract with Real Madrid, beginning on July 1, 2003, and worth a potential 40 million dollars. He immediately became popular with the Real Madrid fans, but the team did not perform well enough to win either the Spanish League or the Champions League.
However, Beckham remained a reliable scorer and his performances attracted more public. His shirts sales and other merchandising deals remained lucrative for the club, which continued to under-perform, regardless of the Real's management's higher expectations.

In 2005 Beckham became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was also involved in promoting London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. His third season in Madrid was unremarkable, and he was criticized a lot, mainly because the team finished second to Barcelona in Spanish "La Liga" and lost to Arsenal in the European Champions League.
However, during that season, he expanded his international presence by establishing football academies in Los Angeles and East London. During the FIFA World Cup 2006, he played for England, and became the first ever English player to score in three World Cups.

In 2011, after winning his first MLS Cup, his five-year deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy ended. At that time, Beckham was invited to play for Paris Saint-Germain.
But the 36-year-old player said "My family and I are incredibly happy and settled in America and we look forward to spending many more years here... I am still passionate about playing in America and winning trophies with the Galaxy" he stated after signing another two-year contract with the Los Angeles club.

Beckham's jersey No 23 is the best-selling in the MLS and one of the best in the world, as he expands his image as one of sport's leading icons.

The Beckhams have three sons: Brooklyn Joseph Beckham (born 1999), Romeo James Beckham (born 2002), and Cruz David Beckham (born 2005) who was named "Cruz" in honor of their friend Tom Cruise.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Number 8- Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper was born on January 5, 1975, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Immediately after Bradley Cooper graduated from the Honors English program at Georgetown University in 1997, he moved to New York City to enroll in the Masters of Fine Arts program at the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University.


There, he developed his stage work, culminating with his thesis performance as "John Merrick" in Bernard Pomerance’s. "The Elephant Man", performed in New York's Circle in the Square. While still in school, Bradley began his professional career, appearing opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City and in the series, “The Beat.”


His weekends were spent with LEAP (Learning through the Expanded Arts Program), a non-profit organization that teaches acting and movement to inner city school children. The summers took him all across the globe, from kayaking in British Columbia with Orca Whales to ice-climbing in the Peruvian Andes, while hosting Lonely Planets “Treks in a Wild World” for the Discovery Channel.


Bradley had to skip his graduation ceremony from the Actor's Studio in order to star in his first feature film, Wet Hot American Summer in 2001. After finishing his second feature Bending all the Rules, his plans to relocate to Los Angeles were delayed when Darren Star hired him to star in the series “The $treet.”


Bradley went on to win the role of young law student "Gordon Pinella" in the film Changing Lanes starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson and also stars as "Travis Paterson" in My Little Eye. He finally decided that it was time to forgo his other New York projects and move to Los Angeles when he was cast in “Alias.” 
Number 9- Brandon Beemer


Brandon Richard Beemer was born on February 27, 1980 and is an American Soap Opera actor and model.  He is best known for his role as Shawn-Douglas Brady on the American soap Days of Our Lives from 2006 to 2008 and currently plays Owen Knight on The Bold and the Beautiful (2008–present).

Brandon is currently part of the cast in the docu-reality show Dirty Soap, a new reality series following the real-lives of 5 fellow soap stars that documents both their personal and professional lives. Dirty Soap debuted on September 25, 2011 on the E! Network.

Beemer was born in Eugene Oregon. He is of German and Irish ancestry. His first job was as a driver at the local Coca-Cola bottling plant. After high school, he moved to New York City and briefly modeled. There, he began taking acting classes, and soon decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting full-time.

Beemer played Shawn-Douglas Brady on Days of our Lives and made his debut in the role on September 29, 2006. He replaced Jason Cook, who had played the role since October 1999. On January 21, 2008, it was reported that Brandon and his co-star Martha Madison had been fired from the show. Their last airdate was March 24, 2008.

It was announced in May 2008 that Beemer would be joining the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful. Beemer made his debut on B&B, July 2, 2008. On September 25, 2011, Beemer and Bjorlin will starred on Dirty Soap together.

I never heard of Brandon Beemer until I watched Dirty Soap. I immediately became attracted to him because he was funny and sweet. Of course, his looks added to the attraction.