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Krista Allen was born on 5th April 1972 in Ventura, California, USA. She is an American actress. She is best known for her work in the television series Days of Our Lives, Baywatch Hawaii, and What About Brian; and in the Hollywood films Liar Liar, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and The Final Destination.

Allen has also appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and the Project Greenlight horror film Feast. Allen is also well known for playing a sexy virtual reality character Maitreya/Jade Blue Afterglow in an episode of The X-Files, and is remembered for her brief appearance as the "Elevator Girl" in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar Liar.

In 2001, Krista guest starred in supernatural TV series Charmed as "The Oracle" for three episodes, She also appeared in Toby Keith's video "A Little Too Late", and had a small role in CSI as Kristy Hopkins, a hooker who caught the eye of Nick Stokes, in the pilot episode on October 6, 2000. She returned later in the first season as a murder victim.

She appeared in the television shows Baywatch and Days of Our Lives and in films like Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Anger Management. She is perhaps most well-known for headlining the Emmanuelle in Space series of soft core films.

Carey Mulligan was born on 28th May 1985 in London, England. The British actress won global acclaim for her Oscar-nominated portrayal of teenage wild child Jenny Miller in the coming-of age-drama An Education.She landed the role, based on the autobiographic memoir of British journalist Lynn Barber, after praise for her acting debut as Kitty Bennett in Pride & Prejudice in 2005.

For the following eight years she and her brother lived in a series of upmarket hotels and was educated at the International School of Düsseldorf in Germany before returning to the UK where she went to Woldingham School in Surrey.After an early interest in the academic side of school, Mulligan - who admits she had been quite "strait-laced" - became more interested in acting after seeing her brother perform in a school production of The King.

Her mother, who had taken her from the age of fourteen to see Broadway shows while in New York, enouraged her to study at Reading University in England.However, Mulligan claims that, before she began professionally acting, she had once "secretly" applied to and been rejected by three drama schools on her university application form.Passing up on the opportunity to go to university, she met screenwriter and producer Julian Fellowes who introduced her to a casting agent who was looking for an unknown to star in Pride & Prejudice.

Less successfully, she appeared in The Greatest starring alongside Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon, playing a pregnant girlfriend, but the film struggled to get a distributor.However, it was the role of 16-year-old Jenny in An Education - given to the actress when she was 22 - that got her noticed with Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar nominations for best actress.Subsequent appearances have included the widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan in the US remake of the Scandinavian drama Brothers.

Lea Michele was born on 29th August 1986, in Bronx, New York.Sarfati discovered her passion for performing at an early age. Growing up in Tenafly, New Jersey, she was drawn to nearby New York City's vibrant theater scene. At the age of 8, Michele landed the role of young Cosette in the Broadway production of Les Miserables.

Michele moved on to another Broadway production, Ragtime, in 1995. She played the Little Girl, the quiet daughter of a Jewish immigrant. The cast included such well-known Broadway talents as Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell. She landed another break in 2004 with a role in a revival of Fiddler on the Roof starring Alfred Molina.

The production depicts a group of German teenagers who explore their sexuality. Michele had to handle some serious and sometimes explicit material in her role as Wendla. "I'm in a see-through nightgown and in a beating scene," she explained to WWD. Wendla becomes involved with Melchoir (played by Jonathan Groff) with disastrous results. Off stage, the two performers became best friends.

The role of an ambitious teenager who dreams of stardom appears to be a good fit for the actress. "Rachel is me when I was that age. She knows what she loves and who she is. She doesn't get caught up in what other people think is important," Michele told New York magazine. Her portrayal of Rachel earned Michele her first Emmy Award nomination in 2010.

Mary Helgenberger was born on 16th November 1958 in Fremont, Nebraska, USA.After making her feature debut as an all-night answering service operator in the mediocre anthology thriller "After Midnight", Helgenberger had a small role in Steven Spielberg's engaging fantasy "Always" (both 1989). But her bread-and-butter through the 90s were TV-movies and miniseries, many of which were made for the Lifetime Channel.

In Sickness and in Health" (1992) offered her the plum role of Mickey, the lusty caretaker who befriends her charge (Lesley Ann Warren) suffering from multiple sclerosis, only to betray that trust by sleeping with her husband (Tom Skerritt). Her leading role in "The Cowboy Way" (1994) offered Helgenberger some feature exposure, as did "Species" (1995) and its regrettable 1998 sequel "Species II", "My Fellow American" (1996) and "Fire Down Below" (1997), but nothing about her work in these films would erase perceptions of her as a TV actress.

Helgenberger began an association with Showtime which would include Peter Weller's "Partners" (1994, from the "Directed By" series), "Conundrum" (1996), "Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast" (1997), "Thanks of a Grateful Nation" (1998) and "Happy Face Murders" (1999). Excellent as the sex-starved widow of "Gold Coast", in which she rejoined Weller, she delivered arguably her best performance as the sister of a veteran felled by Gulf War Syndrome in the critically-acclaimed "Thanks of a Grateful Nation".

She was equally terrific in NBC's "Murder Live!" (1997) as shallow talk-show host Pia Postman and "Perfect Town, Perfect Murder" (2000), a thoughtful CBS miniseries look into the killing of JonBenet Ramsey. That year also found her in her biggest feature success to date, playing the woman whose medical condition leads Julia Roberts to uncover evidence of corporate wrongdoing in Steven Soderbergh's "Erin Brockovich". She appeared next in the critically acclaimed comedy-drama by PaulWeitz.

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are having the time of their lives in Hawaii. With Theroux's 40th birthday on August 10, the couple touched down in paradise on Sunday on a trip that Aniston's Wanderlust costar originally planned with Heidi Bivens, his former longtime girlfriend.

On Monday evening, they shopped for gifts and checked out antique artifacts and jewelry for half an hour at the Lotus Gallery. "They were the only people in the store and seemed extremely relaxed and happy," a source says of the giggling pair. "Jennifer was hugging Justin from behind.When they left the store, Jennifer was massaging Justin's shoulders from behind, and he turned around and said something that made her laugh hysterically," the insider says. "They seemed giddy in love and genuinely happy together."Later that night, wrapped Buddha statue in hand, they headed to Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor's estate for Taylor's 40th birthday bash.

Jennifer hung out with Christine but never got too far from Justin. They seemed to have a good time but didn't stay too long before they headed back to their house for the night," the source adds.On Tuesday, they left their rented house in a Jeep for a lunchtime treat -- buying a roadside coconut from a local woman, according to a source. Later in the day, Theroux went for a brisk half-hour jog through the fields surrounding their posh vacation digs.

Leighton Meester's life these days isn't that unlike a storyline on an episode of her hit show. The actress and singer is suing her mother, Constance, for spending the money Meester sent for the care of her younger siblings.The "Country Strong" actress is now suing her mother, alleging that her mother is using the $7,500 she sent a month "... to pay for cosmetic procedures for herself, including plastic surgery on her face and stomach, botox injections for her face.

Her mother countersued, alleging that her daughter broke a contract to pay her mother $30,000 plus an additional $10,000 a month for health insurance premiums and other expenses.Her mother has somewhat of a shady past: the 25-year-old actress was born in a federal prison, thanks to her mother's involvement in an international drug smuggling ring.Meester can take peace in the fact that the addition of money has complicated many relationships -- and plenty of celebrities have sued their parents before her.

LeAnn Rimes might be a happy wife now, but her family life was far from peaceful back in 2000. During that time, the singer and actress filed suit against her father, Wilbur Rimes, and her former manager, Lyle Walker, for stealing her cash."It would appear that her father didn't always act in a fatherly way to her," her attorney Tom Rhodus told The Dallas Morning News after the suit was filed. Rimes alleged that her father and manager stole millions of her hard-earned dollars; her father counter-sued, alleging that she overspent her money.

"I go by the saying, 'Money's the root of all evil.' And I definitely believe that the love for money is the root of all evil, because it changes people," Rimes told ABC News in 2005. "I was being called a spoiled brat by some people. But, you know, people don't know me."Eventually father and daughter fixed their relationship -- and he even walked her down the aisle when she got married to her first husband, Dean Sheremet."I've never hated my dad. I just wanted a dad. I guess I just really disliked where he was in my life. I just wanted him to be my father," she said at the time.



Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is making millions as a star of MTV's "Jersey Shore." Of course, people start to come out of the woodwork when there's money -- and Sorrentino's estranged father is that person in his life.The reality star filed a suit against his father in May to keep Frank Sorrentino from using his name and likeness on his person website. The elder Sorrentino posted negative videos of his son after the ab-flasher refused to give his dad money.

Mariah Carey was born on 27th March 1970, in Long Island, New York to Alfred Roy Carey, a Venezuelan aeronautical engineer; and Patricia Carey, a voice coach and opera singer. Has two older siblings: a brother, Morgan, and a sister, Alison. Carey is known as one of the top “pop divas” of the 1990s, having sold more than eighty million albums worldwide.

She stunned her mother by imitating her operatic singing as early as age two, and was given singing lessons starting at age four. After graduating in 1987 from Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York, Carey moved to Manhattan where she worked as a waitress, coat check girl, and studied cosmetology while writing songs and actively pursuing a music career at night.

Her next album Music Box (1993) cut back a bit on the lavish studio production techniques heard in her previous albums, and included the No. 1 singles, “Dreamlover” and “Hero.” Her November 1994 release Merry Christmas combined traditional Christian hymns with new songs. In 1995 she released Daydream; the first single “Fantasy” debuted at No. 1. It also included collaborations with R&B and hip-hop artists, such as Wu-Tang Clan and Boyz II Men (“One Sweet Day”).

Her continued interest in hip-hop and R&B, including the Sean “Puffy” Combs produced “Honey,” her twelfth No. 1 hit. #1’s (1998) featured her thirteen previous chart-topping singles as well as the Academy Award-nominated “The Prince of Egypt (When You Believe),” a duet with fellow pop diva, Whitney Houston. Carey is also rumored to be pursuing an acting career.

Jessica Alba was born on 28th April 1981 in Pomona, California, USA. She was the daughter of a Mexican-American father and a French-Danish mother. Alba's early life was marked by a series of unfortunate physical maladies. In addition to asthma, Alba twice suffered from collapsed lungs, a burst appendix and had to endure pneumonia several times a year.

Luckily, her health eventually took a dramatically positive turn a few years later; an improvement Alba credited to her growing interest in acting. Signed by an agent by the age of 12, Alba made her screen debut with "Camp Nowhere." Alba went on to appear in two national TV commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney, which led to her landing a recurring role as the young snob, Jessica, in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series, "The Secret World of Alex Mack."

She then performed the role of Maya Graham in the first two seasons of the TV series, "Flipper" (also known as "The New Adventures of Flipper"). Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk and was a PADI-certified scuba diver - skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia. As the fresh-faced, enthusiastic and sweet Maya, the part would provide Alba a nice departure from her previous "mean girl" TV efforts.

Alba played Joyce Lakeland, a prostitute and sometime-lover of Affleck's, whom he brutally beats to death on screen. The scene - and a similar one later in the film with Kate Hudson - was so graphic that the film inspired numerous walkouts and angry verbal responses at Sundance, and colored almost every one of the film's mixed reviews. Reports hit the Internet that Alba herself walked out of a screening halfway through, although her rep told the press later that the actress stood by her work and the film, and merely had to catch a flight.

Leonardo DiCaprio topped it for the first time, flying past last year's winner, Johnny Depp. DiCaprio, 36, landed huge paydays for blockbusters Inception and Shutter Island, reportedly earning over $50 million for the former thanks to a contract guaranteeing him a percentage of the profits. It brought Forbes' grand total of the actor's earnings to $77 million between May 2010 and May 2011.

His earnings last year were approximately $75 million, dropped to number two with $50 million. He was trailed by comedian, actor, singer, producer Adam Sandler. The 44-year-old funnyman earned an estimated $40 million last year.

Will Smith and Tom Hanks rounded out the top five with $36 million and $35 million, respectively.On the actresses list, which was released last month, Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker tied for first, both earning $30 million.

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon also tied for a close spot behind Jolie, 36, and Parker, 46, earning $28 million each. And even though her career has been in a downswing, Julia Roberts came in fifth with $20 million thanks to her mega-hit Eat, Pray, Love.

In evidence that there's still a huge divide between men and women in Hollywood, the highest-earning actresses raked in less than half of DiCaprio's pay.Each year, Forbes compiles data from agents, lawyers, producers and other industry insiders to estimate actors' earnings.

Bryce Dallas Howard is expecting her second child, described her ordeal in a recent interview and wrote about her experience on actress Gwyneth Paltrow's blog, GOOP.com.After she and her husband, actor Seth Gabel, welcomed their son Theodore in 2007, Bryce fell into severe postpartum depression. Referring to her child as an "it" and feeling disconnected and overwhelmed.

Looking back on her experience, she says, "I still mourn the loss of what could have been, but I also feel deep gratitude for those who stood by me, for the lesson that we must never be afraid to ask for help, and for the feeling of summer that still remains.The red-haired actress is not the first celebrity to share her story of the "baby blues" in hopes that others might be helped. In fact, Howard says "the danger of being silent means only that others will suffer in silence and may never be able to feel whole because of it.

Expecting the elation she felt after the birth of her daughter Apple, Paltrow says she was instead "confronted with one of the darkest and most painfully debilitating chapters of my life.My Journey Through Postpartum Depression, which Bryce Dallas Howard read and called "a revelation." Initially assuming she'd "bounce back" from her difficult labor in a few days, Shields soon recognized her worsening condition, saying "This was sadness of a shockingly different magnitude.

Nolin recalls that her first experience was difficult partly because she didn't expect to feel depressed. The 39-year-old said, "I couldn't figure out why I was so sad when I had this beautiful, healthy baby. I thought I was nuts." The second pregnancy was even worse. Crying uncontrollably for no reason."Dancing with the Stars" contestant Lisa Rinna's postpartum depression was so severe she feared she might unwillingly harm her family. Rinna says after the births of her two daughters she "had visions of knives and guns.

My Journey out of Postpartum Depression, details the suffering she went through after the birth of her seventh child (four were adopted). In an interview, the "Dancing with the Stars" contestant described depression, saying "you don't function anymore. You shut down. You feel like you are in a void. You are in the back of your head somewhere and you want to close your eyes and go away.According to Gwyneth's blog, about 1 in 10 women suffer from postpartum depression after giving birth.

Pamela Anderson was born on 1st July 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. As the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day,the newborn Pamela Anderson won fame as the nation's "Centennial Baby". After her birth, her parents Barry and Carol Anderson moved to the town of Comox with Pamela, who was still a baby.

In her high school yearbook, she wrote that she wanted to be a California beach bum. In 1988, Pamela Anderson moved to the city of Vancouver, where she got the taste of a city life and worked as a fitness instructor. During the summer of 1989, Pamela Anderson and her friends went to a Canadian football game.

Her wore a Labatt's t-shirt. The beer company offered Anderson a modeling contract and she agreed. Soon, Pamela Anderson was on posters in every bar in Canada. In late 1989, Pamela decided to model for Playboy magazine. She appeared on the October 1989 cover and decided to move to Los Angeles to continue her modeling career.

Pamela Anderson has become engaged to Marcus Schenkenberg and Kid Rock, since her divorce. She broke up with Schenkenberg in 2001, and broke up with Kid Rock in 2003.Pamela Anderson has also had relationships with Scott Baio, "Baywatch" co-star David Charvet, and musician Bret Michaels of the band Poison.

Margaret Grace was born on 21th September 1983 in Columbus, Ohio is a American actress, who lives in Los Angeles.Maggie Grace launched her acting career in 2002, starring in Murder in Greenwich and Shop Club. In 2003, Grace played the Goth-influenced, estranged daughter of Tom Selleck and Wendy Crewson in the drama 12 Mile Road.

Maggie Grace is just the girl many men would like to get lost on a desert island with, so it came as no surprise that she was cast into stardom as the spoiled, pouty castaway Shannon Rutherford on ABC’s hit drama “Lost” (2004- ) after just two years of acting professionally.

The Midwesterner quickly developed an enviable resume, appearing in two USA TV movies, as the real-life murder victim Martha Moxley at the center of a mystery involving a member of the Kennedy clan in “Murder in Greenwich” (USA 2002), and opposite Tom Selleck in “12 Mile Road USA” (2003).

Grace has also made appearances on a variety of hit shows. In 2003 alone, she had recurring appearances on Fox’s “Oliver Beene” and guest spots on ABC’s “Miracles,” CBS’ “CSI Miami,” on Rob Lowe’s short-lived vehicle,The Lyon’s Den.

Christina Aguilera was born on 18th December 1980 in Staten Island New York. A leader in the parade of Mickey Mouse Club veterans who stormed pop at the turn of the millennium, Christina Aguilera was the sexy, brassy diva of the bunch -- the Rolling Stones to Britney Spears’Beatles, as it were.

While revealing a vocalist with considerably more power and range than her erstwhile rival. Soon, Aguilera distanced herself from the rest of the teen pop pack beginning with her carnal sophomore set, Stripped, a heavy R&B album from 2002 that found its greatest success with the ballad “Beautiful.”

The Golden Stag International Festival. Her first big break arrived in 1998, when she recorded “Reflection” for the soundtrack of Disney’s Mulan, a performance that lead to a contract with RCA Records. RCA released Christina Aguilera late in the summer of 1999, several months after Britney’s “Baby One More Time” began the teen pop boom. Christina’s debut reached the top of the U.S.

Its lead single, “Ain’t No Other Man,” was another blockbuster and Grammy winner for Christina, and the tour was her most ambitious to date. In 2008, Aguilera released her first hits collection, Keeps Gettin' Better, which was available exclusively via Target in the U.S. After a four-year break, Aguilera returned with her fourth album, Bionic, in the spring of 2010.

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are first romantically linked a mere two months ago. But now it seems that Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are already taking their relationship to another next level.The pair have been house-hunting for a new love nest, according to People magazine.

Who are said to have been dating since May, 'are looking for a new house to move into together,' a source told the publication.Big Apple-based Justin is understood to have been staying in Aniston's recently-sold Beverly Hills abode whenever he has been in town.Real-estate savvy Jennifer sold the LA property for a whopping $38 million after buying a New York penthouse.She spent more than two years renovating the 9,000 square foot West Coast property after purchasing it in 2006 for $13.5 million.She decided to sell the property after deciding it was 'too much' for her.But while many assumed that the move meant that she would make a new home in Manhattan, looking for a new house in California, is a sign that Jennifer and Justin will now be living bi-coastal.


In the backseat of their chauffeured car, the couple couldn't hide their affection for one another when they were spotted at LAX.The giddy actress giggled like a teenager as she sat in the vehicle alongside her new beau.The sighting comes after the pair were seen glued to each other earlier in the day when they arrived at London's Heathrow Airport to catch their flight back to the U.S.While holding a black leather bag under one arm, she held on tightly to Justin with her other hand.The first sign that the pair had officially come out as a couple was when they were pictured the night before, once again holding hands as they left Shoreditch House in London, following the premiere of Jen's new movie Horrible Bosses.The new developments in the couple's relationship is a step forward from the the start of the month when Jennifer was inducted into the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and Justin was front row to support his leading lady.And although she kept him hidden while she walked the red carpet at the Horrible Bosses premiere in LA, Justin was pride of place at the drinks later that night - thought there were no PDAs.
After meeting up inside the premiere, the couple spent an hour and a half at the after-party before heading to the Chateau Marmont to meet friends, including Friends co-star Courteney Cox - and then got cosy away from prying eyes.The magazine said the party enjoyed a long lunch, sharing lobster bisque, Manhattan clam chowder, a crab dish and a four pound lobster washed down with a bottle of red wine.

Sophie Monk was born in England, but her parents moved to Australia's Gold Coast in Queensland. She also spent time at Somerset College and MacGregor State High School . Whilst at MacGregor State High School, she was a School Captain in her senior year (1997), and was enlisted in the school's CAD (Center of Artistic Development) Program. Prior to, during and after her experience as a member of Popstars, Monk dated Chris Cooper from Tasmania, with whom she split shortly before moving to the United States.

Her professional music career began in 1999 when she responded to an advertisement at the recommendation of her mother which requested girls with vocal and dance experience. The advertisement was for the Australian television series, Popstars, a TV talent show which aimed to create a successful new girl group. Monk, who has been trained in classical and pop singing and has been performing since she was eight years old, drove all night to audition.

She began work on her solo career, re-signing a solo contract with Warner Music. She travelled overseas to work with some well-known producers including hit maker Rob Davis (famous for co-writing Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head") and this resulted in two tracks, "Inside Outside", Monk's debut solo single and the album track "Don't Push It". Sophie performed her new single for the very first time in September on the grand final edition of the AFL Footy Show at Rod Laver Arena.

Sophie Monk has since established herself in Hollywood. Although most of her roles have been reasonably small, she did play Marilyn Monroe for a high-budget telemovie The Mystery Of Natalie Wood (2004) and starred in the music video "Always" for rock group blink-182.

Alicia Keys was born on 25th January 1981, in New York, New York. Blending pop, gospel, R&B and soul, Keys burst onto the music scene in 2001 with her debut album Songs in A Minor.She was raised by her mother, Nikki Augello, a part-time actress and paralegal.

While she was accepted to Columbia University on a full scholarship, after a four-week stint at the school, Keys departed to devote herself fully to her music.In 1999, Clive Davis, the head of Arista Records, left the company to start J Records.

At the 2002 Grammy Awards, Keys took home awards for Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best New Artist. Keys fronted for fellow R&B sensation Maxwell in 2001. Her album "Diary" won her four Grammys in 2005.

In July 2010, Keys married Swizz Beatz (real name: Kasseem Dean) and the couple welcomed their first child together in October 2010, a baby boy named Egypt Daoud Dean.

Jennifer Aniston was joined by rumoured boyfriend Justin Theroux at a ceremony in Hollywood to mark her career achievements.

He got her hands dirty yesterday afternoon casting her famous fingers and toes into wet cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, but was careful to keep her Prada dress and nude shoes clean and dry.


Aniston told the crowd: "This is very special and I'd like to say to all actors who want to do this, it's really really fun but you have to really want to do it because there is all sorts of stuff that comes along with it.

"I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be sticking my body in cement for a good reason... This is a huge honour and I'll forever be trying to digest and be grateful, which I am."

Jennifer sat down with Chelsea last week for an interview, but it's her recent Inside the Actors Studio taping that has people talking. In a new clip Jen opens up about her real-life splits and said filming The Break-Up helped her "turn the page and move on."

Jennifer Aniston has sold her Beverly Hills estate, which had been listed for $42 million.Weeks or months can pass before a sales price appears in the public records, but area real estate agents report the Trousdale Estates home went for $35 million to $38 million. At the lower end of the price range, that's $3,500 a square foot, an area record.

Commissioned in 1955, the home is classic Neutra with walls of glass blurring the line between the interiors and the natural setting of more than 0.4 hectares.Features include a 4,200-bottle wine tasting room, an office and a swimming pool. The restored 6,674-square-foot house has four bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

The three-storey Craftsman has a treehouse-like ambience perched on a 0.2 hectares with mountain and canyon views. The 1,597-square-foot house, built in 1918, includes three bedrooms and three bathrooms, plus a detached office, according to details at Realtor.com. Among the exterior features are an outdoor living room, a three-tier waterfall and an eight-person spa.

The walled and gated Mediterranean-style compound of more than 0.2 hectares has hillside and canyon views. The multilevel home, built in 1992, includes a beamed cathedral ceiling, a fitness room, a media room, five bedrooms and 6 1 ?2 bathrooms in 7,100 square feet.

As senior vice-president of A&R at Disney's Hollywood Records, Lind has overseen recordings by Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. He has written songs for Madonna, Vanessa Williams and Cher, among others.

The Ukrainian-born defenceman, 35, helped to win the Stanley Cup in 2003 playing with the New Jersey Devils and in 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes. He now plays in the international Kontinental Hockey League.Public records show that the couple bought the property in 2007 for $2.49 million. They own another house in Bel-Air, bought last year for $5.4 million.

Jennifer Aniston, the A-list actress who shot to stardom on the hit comedy show "Friends," joined the ranks of Hollywood royalty Thursday with her handprints on a storied sidewalk.Aniston imprinted her hands and feet at a ceremony outside the iconic Grauman's Chinese Theatre -- putting her alongside legends such as Liz Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, and Fred Astaire -- ahead of the debut of her new comedy movie "Horrible Bosses."

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Selena Gomez began her career as a child actress. Born in 1992, she grew up in Texas and got her first break as a cast member on the kids TV show Barney and Friends. Gomez landed minor roles in several other TV programs.

It was her affiliation with the Disney Channel -- who discovered her during a nation0-wide talent search in 2004 -- that officially jumpstarted her acting career. Guest appearances on The Suite Life of Zach and Cody and Hannah Montana paved the way for Gomez's own show.

Dubbed "the next Miley Cyrus," Gomez began juggling her commitment to The Wizards of Waverly Place with additional projects, including movie roles and a burgeoning singing career. Gomez began branching out into pop music by recording songs for her own Disney projects.

The band's full-length debut, Kiss & Tell, was released that year and went gold, as did its 2010 follow-up, A Year Without Rain. Gomez continued filming The Wizards of Waverly Place and made her theatrical debut in the 2010 film adaptation of Ramona and Beezus, but her music gathered just as much attention, as did a highly publicized relationship with fellow teen idol Justin Bieber.