Mega Star:Jennifer Lopez

Mini Bio

Jennifer Lynn Lopez born July 24, 1969 nickname J.Lo

Is the richest person of Latin American descent in Hollywood according to Forbes, and the most influential Hispanic entertainer in the U.S. according to People en Español's list of "100 Most Influential Hispanics".She parlayed her media fame into a fashion line and various perfumes with her celebrity endorsement. Outside of her work in the entertainment industry, Lopez advocates human rights, vaccinations and is a supporter of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. She subsequently ventured into acting and gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller Money Train. Lopez's first leading role was in the biographical film Selena (1997), in which she earned an ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress. She earned her second ALMA Award for her performance in the 1998 film Out of Sight. She then starred in the romantic comedies such as The Wedding Planner (2001) and Maid in Manhattan (2002). Lopez had bigger commercial successes with Shall We Dance? (2004) and Monster-in-Law (2005).

In 1999, Lopez released her debut studio album On the 6, which spawned the number one hit single, "If You Had My Love". Her second studio album, J.Lo (2001), was a commercial success, selling eight million copies worldwide. J to tha L-O!: The Remixes (2002), became her second consecutive album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. Her third and fourth studio albums—This Is Me... Then (2002) and Rebirth (2005)—peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. In 2007, Lopez released two albums, including her first full Spanish-language album, Como Ama una Mujer, and her fifth English studio album, Brave. She won the 2003 American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and the 2007 American Music Award for Favorite Latin Artist. To date, Lopez has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Lopez was ranked the 27th Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard.

Reports circulated in mid-2010 that Lopez would join the judging panel of American Idol.In September 2010, the program's producers officially confirmed that Lopez had joined the series.


From her 2007 pregnancy Lopez had been writing her then-confirmed seventh studio album, Love? due for release in Summer 2011. It features productions from Danja, Jim Jonsin, Darkchild, Chris n Teeb (from Dropzone), Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, D'Mile Mike Caren, Jean Baptiste and The Neptunes. A song titled "Fresh Out The Oven" featuring Miami rapper Pitbull surfaced online in October 2009 but her record label said that it was simply a buzz single.It has since topped the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The project's official lead single, "Louboutins", had its radio debut on November 23, 2009, following the song's premiere and performance at the 2009 American Music Awards. The song only managed to enter the Hot Dance Club Play chart six weeks after release and reaching number 1, however, it failed to enter any other chart, including the Billboard Hot 100. In late February 2010, it was confirmed that Lopez and Epic Records have parted ways.

Lopez's manager, Benny Medina confirmed the news saying "Jennifer had a wonderful relationship with the Sony Music Group, and they have shared many successes together, but the time was right to make a change that best serves the direction of her career as an actress and recording artist, she is grateful and appreciative to everyone at Sony for all that they accomplished together."Lopez later released a statement to the media where she said that she had already completed her contractual obligations with Sony Music Entertainment and Epic Records and decided it was for the best to end the partnership on amicable terms. She added that she found a new "home" [record label] for the album 'Love?' and it will be coming out Summer 2010.Shortly after being spotted talking to Island Def Jam Music Group's chairman and CEO L.A. Reid, it was confirmed on March 19, 2010 that Lopez signed with Def Jam Recordings, and is working on new material for Love? with RedZone Entertainment (Kuk Harrell, The-Dream and Tricky Stewart).




Philanthropy


Lopez is an avid supporter of Children's Hospital Los Angeles and was presented with the Children's Humanitarian Award at the hospital's inaugural Noche de Niños gala in September 2004. Lopez continues to attend the annual red carpet event and is a regular visitor to the hospital. The singer participated in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon benefiting the hospital in 2008. In May 2009, Lopez formed The Maribel Foundation, with the goal of supporting Children's Hospital Los Angeles and improving health care internationally.

On February 14, 2007, Lopez received the Artists for Amnesty International award "in recognition of her work as producer and star of Bordertown, a film exposing the ongoing murders of hundreds of women in the border city of Juárez, Mexico". Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta presented the award to Lopez at the Berlin International Film Festival. She also received special recognition and thanks from Norma Andrade, co-founder of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa A.C. ("May Our Daughters Return Home, Civil Association"), an organization consisting of mothers and families of the murdered women of Juárez.

Lopez has also been involved in promoting vaccination for whooping cough. Lopez is working with Sounds of Pertussis and March of Dimes to promote awareness about the disease and encourage vaccination of adults to prevent spread of disease to infants.





Career Highlights

Has sold over 55 million copies of her Cd's.

Has made half a million dollars in the box office alone.

Has earned over 150 nominations for her acting & singing career.

Has won over 50 awards for both singing & acting.





Singles

"If You Had My Love"-May 11, 1999

"No Me Ames"-June 27, 1999

"Waiting for Tonight"-November 16, 1999

"Feelin' So Good"-March 17, 2000

"Let's Get Loud"-August 8, 2000

"Love Don't Cost a Thing"-December 1, 2000

"Play"-April 24, 2001

"Ain't It Funny"-July 3, 2001

"I'm Real"-October 16, 2001

"Cariño (promo only)"-2001

"Si Ya Se Acabó (Spain only)"-2001

"Jenny from the Block"-September 26, 2002

"All I Have"-February 11, 2003

"I'm Glad"-July 1, 2003

"Baby I Love U!"-March 23, 2004

"Get Right"-January 4, 2005

"Hold You Down"-Feb 15, 2005

"Qué Hiciste"-March 12, 2007

"Me Haces Falta"-June, 2007

"Por Arriesgarnos"-December, 2007

"Mi Gente"-June 2007

"Aguanilé"-October 2007

"El Dia de Suerte"-2008

"Escándalo"-September 2008

"Do It Well"-September 18, 2007

"Hold It, Don't Drop It"-January 14, 2008

"Louboutins"-December 21, 2009

"On the Floor"-January 18, 2011





Fun Facts

Lopez is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and the highest-paid Latin actress in Hollywood history, though she's never had a film grossing over $100 million in the USA.

In 2007, Lopez made the Forbes magazine's list of "The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment," ranking ninth. Her wealth was estimated to be $110 million in 2007.

Lopez launched a clothing line in 2003. Named JLO by Jennifer Lopez, the line included different types of clothing for young women, including jeans, T-shirts, coats, belts, purses, and lingerie, a jewelry line,and an accessory line that includes hats, gloves, and scarves.

In the gyms she was called "La Guitarra" because her body curved like guitar.





Perfume Empire

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Future Projects

On January 18, 2011, Lopez released her first single with Def Jam Records. The track is named "On The Floor" featuring Pitbull (rapper). It is produced by RedOne.

She is one of the new American Idol judges.

She'll be releasing her 7th album mid-2011.


Fun Stuff

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Her first music video





Her last music video

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Mega Star:Britney Spears

Mini Bio


Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981, the second child of Lynne Irene and James Parnell Spears.

She is of English heritage through her maternal grandmother, who was born in London, and of distant Maltese descent.

Her siblings are Bryan James and Jamie Lynn-(Zoey 101).

At age three, she started to attend dance lessons in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, and was selected to perform a solo at the annual recital. During her childhood, she also attended gymnastics and voice lessons, and won many state-level competitions and children's talent shows. Spears made her local stage debut at age five, singing "What Child Is This?" at her kindergarten graduation. She said about her ambition as a child, "I was in my own world, [...] I found out what I'm supposed to do at an early age". At age eight, Spears and her mother Lynne traveled to Atlanta for an audition in the 1990s revival of The Mickey Mouse Club. Casting director Matt Cassella rejected her for being too young to join the series at the time, but introduced her to Nancy Carson, a New York City talent agent. Carson was impressed with Spears's vocals and suggested enrolling her at the Professional Performing Arts School; shortly after, Lynne and her daughters moved to a sublet apartment in New York. Spears was hired for her first professional role, as the understudy for the lead role of Tina Denmark in the Off-Broadway musical Ruthless!. She also appeared as a contestant on the popular television show Star Search, as well as being cast in a number of commercials. In December 1992, she was finally cast in The Mickey Mouse Club, but returned to Kentwood after the show was cancelled. She enrolled at Parklane Academy in nearby McComb, Mississippi. Although she made friends with most of her classmates, she compared the school to "the opening scene in Clueless with all the cliques. [...] I was so bored. I was the point guard on the basketball team. I had my boyfriend, and I went to homecoming and Christmas formal. But I wanted more."

In June 1997, Spears was in talks with manager Lou Pearlman to join female pop group Innosense. Lynne asked family friend and entertainment lawyer Larry Rudolph for his opinion and submitted a tape of Spears singing over a Whitney Houston karaoke song along with some pictures. Rudolph decided he wanted to pitch her to record labels, therefore she needed a professional demo. He sent Spears an unused song from Toni Braxton; she rehearsed for a week and recorded her vocals in a studio with a sound engineer. Spears travelled to New York with the demo and met with executives from four labels, returning to Kentwood the same day. Three of the labels rejected her, arguing audiences wanted pop bands such as The Backstreet Boys and The Spice Girls, and "there wasn't going to be another Madonna, another Debbie Gibson, or another Tiffany." Two weeks later, executives from Jive Records returned calls to Rudolph. Senior vice president of A&R Jeff Fenster stated about Spears's audition that "It's very rare to hear someone that age who can deliver emotional content and commercial appeal. [...] For any artist, the motivation—the 'eye of the tiger'— is extremely important. And Britney had that." They appointed her to work with producer Eric Foster White for a month, who reportedly shaped her voice from "lower and less poppy" delivery to "distinctively, unmistakably Britney." After hearing the recorded material, president Clive Calder ordered a full album. Spears had originally envisioned "Sheryl Crow music, but younger more adult contemporary" but felt alright with her label's appointment of producers, since "It made more sense to go pop, because I can dance to it—it's more me." She flew to Cheiron Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, where half of the album was recorded from March to April 1998, with producers Max Martin, Denniz PoP and Rami, among others.



Legacy

Spears became an international pop culture icon immediately after launching her recording career. Rolling Stone magazine wrote: "One of the most controversial and successful female vocalists of the 21st century," she "spearheaded the rise of post-millennial teen pop ... Spears early on cultivated a mixture of innocence and experience that broke the bank".[154] She is listed by the Guinness World Records as having the "Best-selling album by a teenage solo artist" for her debut album ...Baby One More Time which sold over thirteen million copies in the United States.[155] Melissa Ruggieri of the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported, "She's also marked for being the best-selling teenage artist. Before she turned 20 in 2001, Spears sold more than 37 million albums worldwide".

Barbara Ellen of The Observer has reported: "Spears is famously one of the 'oldest' teenagers pop has ever produced, almost middle aged in terms of focus and determination. Many 19-year-olds haven't even started working by that age, whereas Britney, a former Mouseketeer, was that most unusual and volatile of American phenomena — a child with a full-time career. While other little girls were putting posters on their walls, Britney was wanting to be the poster on the wall. Whereas other children develop at their own pace, Britney was developing at a pace set by the ferociously competitive American entertainment industry". 'Britney Spears' has been Yahoo!'s most popular search term for the last four consecutive years, seven times in total. Spears was named as Most Searched Person in the Guinness World Records book edition 2007 and 2009. Spears has also become a major influence among many new artists, including Kristinia DeBarge, Lady Gaga, Little Boots, Selena Gomez & The Scene, Pixie Lott and Miley Cyrus who has cited Spears as one of her biggest inspirations and has also referenced Spears in her hit song "Party in the U.S.A.".

Bebo Norman wrote a song about Spears, called "Britney", which was released as a single. Boy band Busted also wrote a song about Spears called "Britney", which was on their debut album. She is also mentioned in P!nk's song "Don't Let Me Get Me". Richard Cheese called Britney Spears "a remarkable recording artist" and also went on to say that she was "versatile" and what the industry calls an "artist". People magazine and MTV reported that October 1, 2008, the Bronx's John Philip Sousa Middle School, named their music studio in honor of Britney Spears.Spears herself was present during the ceremony and donated $10,000 to the school's music program.




Career Highlights

She has earned 292 nominations in her illustrious twelve year career & won 182 of them.

She is also one of the most awarded artists of all time.

She starred in the movie Crossroads as Lucy Wagner

Most critics actually praised Spears's acting.

she also released her first book in 2000, Britney Spears' Heart-to-Heart, co-written with her mother.

In June 2002, Spears opened her first restaurant, Nyla, in New York City, but terminated her relationship in November, citing mismanagement and "management's failure to keep her fully apprised".

On February 2001, Spears got a promotional deal for $7–8 million dollars with Pepsi, and released another book co-written with her mother, entitled A Mother’s Gift.



Singles


"...Baby One More Time"-October 23, 1998

"Sometimes"-April 30, 1999

"(You Drive Me) Crazy"-August 23, 1999

"Born to Make You Happy"-November 27, 1999

"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"-December 15, 1999

"Oops!...I Did It Again"-March 27, 2000

"Lucky"-July 7, 2000

"Stronger"-November 13, 2000

"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"-March 26, 2001

"I'm a Slave 4 U"-September 24, 2001

"Overprotected"-December 23, 2001

"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"-February 5, 2002

"Anticipating"-May 21, 2002 (France only)

"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"-June 1, 2002

"Boys"-July 29, 2002

"That's Where You Take Me"-2003 (Philippines only)

"Me Against the Music"-October 20, 2003

"Toxic"-January 12, 2004

"Everytime"-May 17, 2004

"Outrageous"-July 13, 2004

"Breathe on Me"-2004 (promo)

"Gimme More"-September 25, 2007

"Piece of Me"-November 27, 2007

"Break the Ice"-March 3, 2008

"Radar"-June 21, 2008 (promo)

"Womanizer"-September 29, 2008

"Circus"-December 2, 2008

"If U Seek Amy"-March 10, 2009

"Radar"-July 22, 2009

"3" 2009

"Hold it against me" 2011



Fun Facts


In June 2010, Spears was ranked sixth on Forbes list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world; she is also ranked as the third most powerful musician in the world.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States, with 32 million certified albums.

Spears is also recognized as the best-selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century, as well as the fifth overall.She was ranked the 8th Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard.

In 1999, she performed her song, "Drive Me Crazy", on "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch".

Before the shaving head episode, Britney's aunt Sandra Bridges Covington, died of ovarian cancer, this was January 21, 2007. She is said to have been very close to her aunt.



Perfume Empire

Britney competed against other celebrities such as Céline Dion, Jennifer Lopez, P. Diddy, Paris Hilton, and Hilary Duff and succeeded in becoming the number 1 celebrity perfume endorser of all-time with global sales of 1 billion and gross revenue of US$2 billion.

To date Spears has grossed over US$1.5 billion from perfume sales across the globe selling an astonishing 1 billion bottles in 5 years.


Curious-September 2004

Number one fragrance of 2004

Honored Best Woman's Fragrance in 2005

Tagline: "Do you dare?"

Fantasy-September 15, 2005

Tagline: "Everybody has one."

Curious In Control-April 16, 2006

Tagline: "Are you?"

Midnight Fantasy-December 2006

Tagline: "Magic Begins at Midnight."

Believe-September 24, 2007

Tagline: "The greatest freedom is to believe in yourself."

Curious Heart-January 2008

Tagline: "Live yours to the fullest."

Hidden Fantasy-January 2009

Tagline: "What do you have to hide?"

Circus Fantasy-September 2009

Tagline: "Do you make it hot?"

Radiance-September 2010

Tagline: "Choose your own destiny



Future Projects

The lead single "Hold It Against Me" was released on January 11, 2011.

She will be releasing her 7Th album in mid 2011.

A music video for "Hold It Against Me" is set to be filmed in the third week of January 2011, with Brian Friedman as the choreographer.Open auditions were held on December 22, 2010, and the dancers had to learn a routine set to Robyn's "Criminal Intent" (2010).

Fun Stuff

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Her first music video



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Mega Star:Lady Gaga

First & foremost I'd like to say Happy New Year! This is my first blog posting for 2011 :) So i thought of a cool idea. I should write about some top celebrities. I'm going to call them Mega Stars. First up...Lady Gaga! Love her or hate her you can't deny the fact that she is a Mega Star! So enough about that. Now on to the story.




Mini Bio

Lady Gaga, (Real Name:Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta)was born in New York City on March 28, 1986

She is of Italian descent.

The eldest child of Joseph Germanotta, an internet entrepreneur, and Cynthia Germanotta

She learned to play piano from the age of four, went on to write her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing at open mike nights by age 14.

At age 17,Gaga gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and lived in a NYU dorm on 11th Street. There she studied music and improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art,religion,social issues and politics.

Gaga had initially signed with Def Jam Recordings at the age of 19,although she was dropped by the label after only three months.Shortly after, her former management company introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne, whom they also managed.The first song she produced with RedOne was "Boys Boys Boys",a mash-up inspired by Mötley Crüe's "Girls, Girls, Girls" and AC/DC's "T.N.T.".

Music producer Rob Fusari,who helped her write some of her earlier songs,compared some of her vocal harmonies to that of Freddie Mercury.Fusari helped create the moniker Gaga,after the Queen song "Radio Ga Ga".Gaga was in the process of trying to come up with a stage name when she received a text message from Fusari that read "Lady Gaga."
He explained,

Every day,when Stef came to the studio,instead of saying hello,I would start singing 'Radio Ga Ga'. That was her entrance song.Lady Gaga was actually a glitch; I typed 'Radio Ga Ga' in a text and it did an autocorrect so somehow 'Radio' got changed to 'Lady'. She texted me back, "That's it." After that day, she was Lady Gaga. She’s like, "Don't ever call me Stefani again." She was known thereafter as Lady Gaga!


Philanthropy

Besides her career in music, Gaga has enhanced her repertoire as a philanthropist who has contributed to various charities and humanitarianism works.

Gaga held a concert of The Monster Ball Tour following the 2010 Haiti earthquake and dedicated it to the country’s reconstruction relief fund. This concert, held at the Radio City Music Hall, New York, on January 24, 2010, donated any received revenue to the relief fund while, in addition, all profits from sales of products on Gaga’s official online store on that same day were donated. Gaga announced that an estimated total of $500,000 was collected for the fund.

Gaga also contributes in the fight against HIV and AIDS with the focus upon educating young women about the risks of the disease. In collaboration with Cyndi Lauper, Gaga joined forces with MAC Cosmetics to launch a line of lipstick under their supplementary cosmetic line, Viva Glam. Titled Viva Glam Gaga and Viva Glam Cyndi for each contributor respectively, all net proceeds of the lipstick line were donated to the cosmetic company’s campaign to prevent HIV and AIDS worldwide.

She proclaimed that the October 11, 2009, National Equality March rally on the national mall was "the single most important event of her career." As she exited, she left with an exultant "Bless God and bless the gays," similar to her 2009 MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech for Best New Artist a month earlier. At the rally, she performed a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" declaring that "I'm not going to play one of my songs tonight because tonight is not about me, it's about you." She changed the original lyrics of the song to reflect the death of Matthew Shepard, a college student murdered because of his sexuality. In September 2010, she spoke at a rally in favor of repealing the US military's Don't ask, don't tell policy, which prohibits lesbian, gay and bisexual people from serving openly,and released an online video urging her fans to contact their Senators in an effort to get the policy overturned. Editors of The Advocate commented that she had become the "fierce advocate" for gays and lesbians that future president Barack Obama had promised to be during his campaign.



Career Highlights

The Fame was on the Billboard top 40 for 2 years straight.

In the United States the album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and topped Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Worldwide, the album has sold over 12 million copies.


She has earned 200 nominations & has won 90 of them.



Singles

"Just Dance"-April 8, 2008

"Poker Face"-September 23, 2008 3.

"Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"-January 31, 2009

"LoveGame"-March 24, 2009

"Paparazzi"-July 6, 2009

"Bad Romance"-October 26, 2009

"Telephone"-January 26, 2010

"Alejandro"-April 20, 2010





Fun Facts

She is left handed

She knows how to play the piano,synthesizer & keytar.

She made 62 mil. from 2009-2010 accorfing to Forbes



Future Projects

Gaga's third album release Born This Way will be released on May 23,2011

Her first single will be released on February 13,2011


Lending her vocal talent elsewhere, Gaga also paired with Elton John to record an original duet for the soundtrack to the forthcoming animated Disney feature film Gnomeo and Juliet. The song, titled "Hello, Hello", is scheduled for release in February 2011.

Fun Stuff

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Her First Single "Just Dance"



Her Last Single "Alejandro"




Lady Gaga's website

Lady Gaga's Street Team


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