Showing posts with label Celebrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrity. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
4185. Kevin Richardson
Kevin Scott Richardson (born October 3, 1971) is an American singer, model, actor, composer, and member of the Backstreet Boys. Kevin Richardson was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He is the youngest of three brothers. As a youth, he was a chess club member and acted in school plays such as "Bye, Bye Birdie" at his school in Kentucky, Estill County High School. He was also a football captain. In Florida, he worked as a cast member in Walt Disney World. He was a backstage tour guide and costume characters, most notably as "Aladdin" and one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There he also met his future wife Kristin Willits, who was playing the character of "Belle" from "Beauty and the Beast." He worked at Walt Disney World until he joined the Backstreet Boys in 1993.
Solo career
Richardson composed the soundtrack of an animated movie, The Spirit Bear, which was due out in 2010. On December 18, 2011, he headlined a Christmas concert titled "Home for the Holidays" with Rob Gonzalez. The concert was hosted by Montage Beverly Hills luxury hotel and it benefited The Angeles Clinic Foundation of Los Angeles. In 2012, Richardson began working on his first solo album. The album will include songs that have influenced him over the years, and it will be released later in 2012.
Modeling career
He has been a model for Versace.[ He also modeled for Vogue and is a brand ambassador for TAG Heuer.
Acting career
Richardson had made appearances with the Backstreet Boys on Arthur, Sesame Street, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. In 2002, during Backstreet Boys' hiatus, Richardson played the role of "Billy Flynn" in the Broadway production of Chicago. and in 2003, he made a appearance on Punk'd where he got punked by Ashton Kutcher. On November 14, 2006, several months after he left the Backstreet Boys, he returned to New York City with many Chicago alumni for the 10th anniversary of the show. From late November to December 3, 2006 Richardson played the role of Billy Flynn in Toronto, and from February 4 to March 4, 2007 he played the role in Japan. Richardson starred in his first TV movie in the 2009 Christian drama Love Takes Wing, based on the Janette Oke book. He played the role of Cyrus. In 2010, Richardson starred in "The Bloody Indulgent", a vampire themed musical film.In the same year he also starred opposite Susan Traylor, Daniela Sea, Pleasant Gehman, Garrett Swann and Michael Maize in Steve Balderson's feature film drama "The Casserole Club". Richardson received an Independent Vision Award for Best Actor for his performance in "The Casserole Club" at Vision Fest in New York City in 2011. Also in 2011, he starred in a short film "Unwound". It's an entry for Producers Guild of America premiere Weekend Shorts Event contest to benefit the Debra Hill Foundation. The film only took 51 hours from script to final cut.
4183. A.J McLean
Alexander James "A.J." McLean (born January 9, 1978[1]) is an American musician, singer, dancer, actor, and entertainer. He is a member of the Backstreet Boys. McLean was born in West Palm Beach, Florida to Bob and Denise (née Fernandez) McLean. He is of Latino and German ancestry on his mother's side and Scottish, Irish and English on his father's side. His parents divorced when A.J. was four years old.[1] In January 1986 at 8 years old, he acted in his first role as Little Mike in the 1986 film Truth or Dare.[2] In 1990, he moved to Orlando, Florida with his mother and grandparents to concentrate on his acting and singing career. In early 1990s he appeared on various Nickelodeon and Disney projects, including the Nickelodeon show GUTS, Welcome Freshmen, and a comedy series called Hi Honey, I'm Home! on which he played a character named "Skunk". He later quit high school to pursue his show business career.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
4092. Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez
Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez (born 28 November 1983 in Caaguazú, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan football striker who currently plays for Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan and the Paraguayan national team. Valdez started his career with Atlético Tembetary, progressing through their youth system to the first-team squad where he made his debut at the age of 16 in Paraguayan División Intermedia in 2000. He finished his career with the club having scored 11 goals in 22 league appearances. In 2001, he was scouted to Germany's Werder Bremen II where he scored 15 goals in 30 Regionalliga Nord appearances in his second season before joining the club's first-team. In 2003, Valdez was selected for the Paraguay under-20 national team where he scored 1 goal in 4 appearances at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. In his second season with Werder Bremen, he claimed the 2003–04 Fußball-Bundesliga and 2003–04 DFB-Pokal, having scored 5 goals in 21 league appearances that season. Valdez debuted in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League on 14 September 2004 and scored his first two Champions League goals in a 2–0 victory against Valencia in December. During his years at Werder Bremen, Valdez had his appearances limited due to competition from team mates Aílton Gonçalves da Silva, Angelos Charisteas, and both Miroslav Klose and Ivan Klasnić, who were the Bundesliga's top striking duo at the time. Valdez left Werdern Bremen in August 2006 to join fellow Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund for a fee of €4.7million on a four-year contract, where he was given the number 9 shirt. Within that four years, Valdez scored 16 goals in 113 Bundesliga appearances, and helped Borrussia Dortmunt to qualify for the 2010–11 Europa League. After an impressive performance at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Valdez joined La Liga side Hércules for €3.5million on a three-year contract where he partnered up with French striker David Trezeguet. He became the most expensive signing in the club's history and scored a double on his debut in a 2–0 win at the Nou Camp against Barcelona on 11 September. After 8 goals in 25 league appearances in the 2010-11 La Liga season, Hércules were regelated to the Segunda División and Valdez was then transferred to Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan for €4million, where he competed in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. Valdez has represented Paraguay at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup tournaments, he also participated at the 2004 Copa América and the 2011 Copa América, where Paraguay finished runners-up.
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