Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 March 2014

Will Smith


Willard Christopher Smith Jr. (known as Will Smith) was born on the 25th of September in 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Willard C. Smith, was a refrigeration company owner and his mother, Caroline, was a school board employee. He attended a strict Catholic high school even though his family had a Baptist faith. He had the nickname, Prince. He started rapping when he was 12 years old. When he was 16 years old he became friends with a DJ called Jeff Townes, which he met at a party. Then, the duo DJ Jeff Townes and Fresh Prince was born. They started making music and started rapping together. Their first single, Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble, was a huge hit in 1986. Their debut album, Rock the House, was on the Billboard Top 200. This huge success made Will Smith a rich millionaire before he was even 18. He soon crossed over into acting and NBC signed Smith to play a street-smart kid from Philadelphia, in sitcom.

Brenda Song


Brenda Song was born on the 27th of March 1988 in Carmichael, California. She has 2 younger brothers called Timmy and Nathan. She started acting in commercials when she was 5 years old. She had her debut film appearance in the movie, Santa with Muscles in 1996. She won 2001 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie for The Ultimate Christmas Present. She had rose to fame when she had a consisting role in the Disney series, Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Suite Life on Deck, she played the role as a spoilt rich girl, London Tipton. The series made her a familiar face on Disney Channel.

Friday, 21 March 2014

Salman Khan


Salman Khan was born on the 27th of November in 1965. He is known as Bollywood’s “Bad boy”. He is a Indian actor. He is the son of a legendary writer, Salim Khan, who wrote a lot of hits like Sholay (1975) etc. Salman had started his acting career in 1988 when he did a supported role in Biwi Ho To Aisi. The next year he was able to do a leading role in a box office hit film Maine Pyar Kiya. From then, he has become the heart of Indian Cinema. He has appeared in many Bollywood films like Anadaz Apna Apna, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Karan Arjun etc. He has a odd time of personality where he can become very aggressive and violent but most times can be very funny and sensitive. In 1998, he was arrested for killing protected wild animals while shooting for the film Hum Saath Saath Hain. In 2002, he crashed his Land Cruiser near the American Express bakery in Bandra, killing one man and injuring a few others. He tried to balance his troubled life with his career. In 2007, he launched Being Human – Salman Khan Foundation. It’s a charitable organization which helps the less fortunate for things like education and health care. He is one of the biggest actors in Bollywood, and still is unmarried. He  was also the first actor in Bollywood to start working out.

Tinie Tempah


Tinie Tempah was born on the 7th of November 1988 in London. His birth name was Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu Jr, he was born to Nigerian parents. He is a singer/rapper. In 2006, he was on a British music TV channel, Channel U. The next year he had collaborated with Agent X and Ultra. He then released his debut mix CD “Hood Economic” in 2008. in 2009, he was recruited to tour with Chipmunk. October 2010, he rose to fame with his number one debut album Disc-overy, including a single called “Pass Out”. He was on the U.K. Singles chart for 2 weeks. His second single “Frisky”  was at No. 2 on the county’s singles chart, it was released in June 2010.

JB Gill


JB Gill was born on the 7th of December 1986 in Croydon, England. He was born as Jonathon Benjamin and known as JB. He is a singer and was part  of a 4 piece boy band called JLS. He can play the flute and piano. His first passion was for rugby not singing. He spent 5 years of his life living in Antigua. He discovered his musical talent at a early age. 2006, JB decided to audition for The X Factor and there he met up with the other member of JLS. They were first named as UFO and then changed their name whilst in the X Factor to JLS. They came 2nd losing to Alexandra Burke. They didn’t win but they carried on to get to chart-topping superstardom. JLS, had won 5 number one singles, 2 BRIT awards, 2 MOBO awards, 2 best selling books and 2 double platinum selling albums. However JLS broke up almost nearly a year ago (2006-2013).

Oritse Williams


Oritse Williams was born on the 27th of November 1986 in Shepard's Bush, London, England. He was part of the 4 piece boy band, JLS, who have broken up. He was brought up by his mother in Shepard's Bush. He had to look after his mother as she was diagnosed with MS when he was 12 years old and he had a tough time growing up. He has 2 brothers and a little sister and also had to look after them. He began entering talent contests at the age of 14. 2006, he started a boy band to make a little money for his family. The band was originally called UFO and then they had entered in the X Factor and changed their name to JLS. They came 2nd losing to Alexandra Burke. They didn’t win but they carried on to get to chart-topping superstardom. JLS, had won 5 number one singles, 2 BRIT awards, 2 MOBO awards, 2 best selling books and 2 double platinum selling albums. However JLS broke up almost nearly a year ago (2006-2013).

Thursday, 20 March 2014

Jaymi Hensley


Jaymi Hensley was born on the 24th of February 1990 in England. He started singing very young. His mom was inspiration as she has been strong and always supported him. He had announced that he was homosexual whilst competing in the X Factor. He was romantically linked with Olly Marmon in 2013 and were to get married in December 2014. in 2009, he was and original member of Triple J along with Josh Cuthbert and JJ Hamblett. A fellow contestant called Rough Copy was unable to participate and he was called back for the Judges houses along with his band mates (they weren't a band at the time). They were all given a second chance. He then went on to meet 3 boys who ended up being his band mates and even best friends. Louis Walsh decided that they were one of his final three and sent them through to live shows. They came 4th in The X Factor 2012 and they got a record deal with RCA. George got added to their group in Las Vegas for the Judges Houses and they changed their name to Union J. Union J released their first single called “Carry You” in 2013 which was a big hit for them.

JJ Hamblett


JJ Hamblett was born on the 25th of May 1988 in England.. He has always had a passion for singing. His celebrity inspiration was Robbie Williams. He was into horse riding until the age of 21 and won 24 times. He has a son with girlfriend, Casteria Lopez, a model. He had met Josh and Jaymi and they had made a group called Triple J and then they met George to make Union J. A fellow contestant called Rough Copy was unable to participate and he was called back for the Judges houses along with his band mates (they weren't a band at the time). They were all given a second chance. He then went on to meet 3 boys who ended up being his band mates and even best friends. Louis Walsh decided that they were one of his final three and sent them through to live shows. They came 4th in The X Factor 2012 and they got a record deal with RCA. George got added to their group in Las Vegas for the Judges Houses and they changed their name to Union J. Union J released their first single called “Carry You” in 2013 which was a big hit for them.

Josh Cuthbert


Josh Cuthbert was born on the 28th of July 1992 in England. He started singing at the age of 12, when he had performed in his year 6 school play. He then went to Stagecoach and started to sing every week. He has a sister called Victoria Browne. His grandfather had passed away before he was born, but his grandfather had always been his inspiration for him because he always sang and Josh loved his grandfathers voice. Before the X Factor, he worked as a I.T. salesperson. He also starred in the West End rendition of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A fellow contestant called Rough Copy was unable to participate and he was called back for the Judges houses along with his band mates (they weren't a band at the time). They were all given a second chance. He then went on to meet 3 boys who ended up being his band mates and even best friends. Louis Walsh decided that they were one of his final three and sent them through to live shows. They came 4th in The X Factor 2012 and they got a record deal with RCA. He was in a band called Triple J with JJ and Jaymi. George got added to their group in Las Vegas for the Judges Houses and they changed their name to Union J. Union J released their first single called “Carry You” in 2013 which was a big hit for them.