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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Chris Chelios

BornJanuary 25, 1962 (age 47),
Chicago, IL, USA
Height
Weight
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
PositionDefense
ShootsRight
AHL team
F. teams
Chicago Wolves
Montreal Canadiens
Chicago Blackhawks
Detroit Red Wings
Ntl. team United States
NHL Draft40th overall, 1981
Montreal Canadiens
Pro career1983 – present
Chris Chelios (born Christos Kostas Tselios on January 25, 1962) is an American professional ice hockey defensemancurrently with the Chicago Wolves of the AHL. Chelios has played in the NHL for the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings. He played in the NHL from the 1983–84 to 2008-09 seasons, and earned many awards during his long career. In 2008-09, Chelios was the oldest active player in the NHL, had played the most games of any active player in the NHL, and had the most career penalty minutes of any active player. On November 24, 2006, he played in his 1,496th NHL game, the most of any American-born player, passing the record total of Phil Housley. In the 2008–09 season, he appeared in the playoffs for an NHL record 24th time, having missed the playoffs only once (1997–98) in his entire career. Chelios is of Greek heritage. His cousin, Nikos Tselios, also played professional hockey and was a former first round draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes.

[from wikipedia]



Thursday, October 15, 2009

Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis performing in 2009
Background information
Birth nameLeona Louise Lewis
Born3 April 1985 (age 24)
Islington, London, England
GenresPop, R&B
OccupationsSinger, songwriter
Years active2006–present
LabelsSyco (2006–present)
J (2007–present)
Websitewww.leonalewismusic.co.uk

Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is an Englishpop/R&B singer and songwriter. Lewis rose to fame in 2006 as the winner of the third series of the British television series The X Factor.

Lewis has become a multi-platinum selling artist and three time Grammy Award nominee. She has released one album to date, Spirit, in 2007. It became the fastest-selling debut album and the biggest seller of 2007 in both the UK andRepublic of Ireland, and made Lewis the first British solo artist to top the Billboard 200 with a debut album. Her second album, Echo, is due for release in November 2009.

Lewis's debut single "A Moment Like This" became the fastest selling UK single after being downloaded over 50,000 times within thirty minutes of its release. Her second single, "Bleeding Love", reached number one positions in over thirty singles charts around the world. In November 2008 she set a record in the UK for the fastest selling download-only release with her cover version of the Snow Patrol song "Run" which sold 69,244 copies in two days.

Lewis has sold over 6.5 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.


[from wikipedia]





Monday, October 12, 2009

Katrina Halili


Katrina Halili
BornMaria Katrina Irene Pe Halili
January 4, 1986 (age 23)
Quezon City, Philippines
OccupationActress, Commercial model
Years active2003-present
Official website
Katrina Halili
(born Maria Katrina Irene Pe Halili on January 4, 1986) is a Filipina actress, commercial modeland music producer. She made her screen debut viaStarStruck, but did not gain popularity until playing the antagonist roles in Darna, Majika and MariMar and becoming the protagonist in One Night Only, Gagambinoand Magdusa Ka.

Katrina Halili is an alumna of the StarStruck talent search and the cover girl of leading magazines such as FHM and Maxim Philippines. She was voted as FHM Philippines' sexiest woman for the year 2006 and bagged the title yet again in 2007. She is the first StarStruck contestant to top the FHM Philippines' 100 Sexiest list and the only Filipina celebrity to have won the title twice in a row. She is a three-timeFHM Philippines covergirl.[1] With 123,000 votes, she placed 2nd in 2008 next to Marian Rivera.

In May 2009, videos that show compromising encounters between Halili and Dr. Hayden Kho were distributed over the internet without her consent.[2] It was supposed that the person behind the leak of the videos to Internet was a certain Eric Johnson Chua, a close friend and fraternity brother of Hayden Kho.[3] Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr., in his privilege speech, denounced Kho's acts and would file a case for the removal of Dr. Kho's license.[4] She is also consulting with the women's rights group GABRIELAregarding the legal actions that will be placed against Kho.[5] She has since attended a Senate Hearing where she denounced Hayden Kho.Recently she filed a criminal case against the mother of Hayden Kho for libel before the Quezon City Prosecutors Office alleging that the latter made malicious remarks against her.[6] She has also filed against Dr. Kho for violation of Republic 9262 (Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children).

[from Wikipedia]