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  1. Thanks for the great pics!
  2. no Is it true that you're 5'11?
  3. Compassionate_Conservative replied to a post in a topic in Music
    It's My Life-Bon Jovi
  4. HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  5. Is this Julia?
  6. Great pictures! I'm starting to like Julia.
  7. Giada De Laurentiis (IPA: ['dʒaːda 'de lau'reːntis]) (born August 22, 1970) is an Italian-American chef and the current host of the Food Network programs Everyday Italian, Behind the Bash and Giada's Weekend Getaways. In addition to her regular shows, De Laurentiis has appeared on several Food Network specials and is the founder of a catering business called GDL Foods. Personal life De Laurentiis was born in Rome, Italy, the daughter of Veronica De Laurentiis and Alex De Benedetti, and moved to Southern California when she was seven. She is the granddaughter of film producer Dino De Laurentiis and Silvana Mangano, a noted Italian actress of her day. She graduated from Marymount High School and holds a bachelor's degree in social anthropology from UCLA (1996). In 2003, she married Todd Thompson, a clothing designer for the Anthropologie company. The two had been dating since 1991. Career De Laurentiis, a self-proclaimed chocoholic, studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France with aspirations of becoming a pastry chef. After returning to the United States, she became a professional chef working in several Los Angeles restaurants, notably the Wolfgang Puck-owned Spago. She later worked in food styling and was contacted by the Food Network after doing a piece in Food & Wine Magazine in 2001. Her cooking program, Everyday Italian, has been broadcast on the Food Network since 2003. She admitted that she did not feel comfortable in front of the camera when she started hosting Everyday Italian, but now enjoys being a television personality. When the show first aired, the Food Network received emails accusing the network of hiring a model or actress pretending to cook instead of a real chef. De Laurentiis began hosting Behind The Bash, in October 2005, which explores the catering process behind big event extravaganzas such as the Grammys. On a November 2006 episode of Iron Chef America, she and Bobby Flay faced off against, and were defeated by, Rachael Ray and Mario Batali. In January 2007, a third De Laurentiis-hosted show, the travelogue Giada's Weekend Getaways debuted on the Food Network. On this show, she travels to a featured locale (such as Seattle, South Beach, San Francisco, Napa or Jackson Hole, Wyoming) and visits her favorite culinary finds. De Laurentiis is the current spokesperson for the pasta manufacturer Barilla. Publications She wrote her first cookbook, Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes, in 2005 to accompany her similarly titled Food Network show, Everyday Italian. Her second cookbook, Giada's Family Dinners, was released on April 4, 2006. She is releasing a third cookbook, Everyday Pasta on April 3, 2007. Source:Wikipedia
  8. Sandra "Sandy" Mölling (born April 27, 1981 in Wuppertal), known professionally as Sandy, is a German pop singer, who rose to fame as a member of the girl group No Angels. In 2004 she launched a successful career as a solo artist. Early life Mölling was born in Wuppertal, Germany to Lothar Mölling and Dagmar Sprenger. She has three brothers, Brian, Kevin and Dustin and a half sister, Melina. After her parents divorce Sandy, her mother, and her siblings moved to Koblenz where she trained as a retail saleswoman after her secondary school graduation. Encouraged by several of her friends, Mölling decided to audition for the 2000 debut of the German reality television program Popstars. She entered the competition with thousands of other women, and the judges Simone Angel, Rainer Moslener and Mario M. Mendryzcki were impressed with her performance. She earned a position in the top thirty finalists and immediately travelled to Mallorca, Spain to join her competitors for a workshop there. In the end Mölling made it to the final ten on the show, and during a special episode in November 2000, jury member Moslener disclosed that Sandy was chosen to become part of the final girl group, later called No Angels. With the final five members of the band in place, Popstars continued tracking the development and struggles of the No Angels. However, it took another four months until the band released "Daylight (In Your Eyes)", a partial cover of Victoria Faiella's unreleased 2000 single, which would subsequently appear on the band's debut album Elle'ments. Both the single and the album became an unexpected but major success, beating new records, when both peaked at #1 on the German, Austrian, and Swiss singles, airplay and albums charts - all at the same time. In the following years the band released another two #1 studio albums (Now ... Us! and Pure), a Live album and a successful Swing album (When The Angels Swing). Altogether the albums spawned twelve singles - including four number 1 singles and ten Top 10 hits -, making the No Angels the most successful European girl group of their era with a final amount of more than 5 million sold copies. On September 5, 2003 the four resting members (now without Jessica) announced that they would no longer be performing together after three years of continual touring and increasing cases of illness. The release of The Best of No Angels in November of the same year marked the end of the band, whose members each went their separate ways. While some decided to go for motherhood or television careers, Sandy was the only member with concrete plans for a musical solo career then. In May 2004 Mölling was the second Ex-No Angel (after Vanessa) to launch a solo career. After months of intensive recording sessions in Sweden and Great Britain Sandy released her first solo single "Unnatural Blonde", which became a Top 10 success and the highest charting single of all solo releases by all former band members. The summer-laid follow-up "Tell Me", a ballad, saw similar success in August of the same year, becoming another Top 10 hit. Following the successful release of the singles, Mölling's full-length debut album Unexpected was released on September 13, 2004. It debuted at number 13 on the German albums chart. A third single, "Unexpected" (featuring German rapper Manuellsen), was released when Sandy was chosen to represent Rhineland-Palatinate on the 1st Bundesvision Song Contest. The singer eventually finished last with 10 points, while the single entered a moderate number 29 on the German singles chart. Around the same time Sandy received an ECHO nomination for "Female Artist National (2005)". After a few hosting jobs and a sudden label change Sandy released her minor succeeded sophomore album, Frame of Mind, in May 2006 via Starwatch Music. The album's first single, "Crash", was a cover version of the same-titled 1988 UK hit (released by The Primitives) and peaked at number 24 on the German singles chart. Additionally Sandy was seen as a competitor in TV contest Let's Dance, eventually ending third. The album's second single, "Living without You" was released in November 2003 and entered the German single chart at number 36. Though Mölling was expected to continue promoting Frame of mind, the singer decided to shelve upcoming plans for her solo career in favour of a reunion of the No Angels in early 2007. However, all band members have affirmed that they will continue to pursue individual careers as solo artists at suitable opportunities. Source:Wikipedia
  9. 1. Ali Larter (9) 2. Salma Hayek (7) 3. Hayden Panettiere (5) 4. Mandy Moore (7) 6. Kate Beckinsale (5) 8. Monica Bellucci (6) 9. Reese Witherspoon (6) 10. Scarlett Johansson (3)
  10. Compassionate_Conservative replied to a post in a topic in Music
    Walk Away-Kelly Clarkson
  11. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *running away*
  12. I don't like Danielle. (The one with one of the frat boys)
  13. ^ Who's your favorite this year?
  14. I think Renee DeWitt is my favorite so far.