Melissa Molinaro: April 2011

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Darren Criss Out Magazine7 From 2008 best Next Regular

Darren Everett Criss (born February 5, 1987is an American television actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, internet personality, and one of the founding members of Team StarKid, a theater production company. He is best known for his portrayals of Harry Potter in the musicals A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel, as well as playing the role of Blaine Anderson, an openly gay student, in the second season of Glee
2 Career
2.1 Acting
2.2 Team StarKid
2.3 Glee
2.4 Life of Leopold
2.5 Music
3 Filmography
3.1 Theater
3.2 Web Series
3.3 Music Videos
4 Discography
4.1 Team StarKid
4.2 Independent
4.3 Solo
4.4 Glee
5 References
6 External links
Criss was born in San Francisco, California. His mother, a native of Cebu, is a Filipina of Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino descentand his father has Irish ancestry He attended Stuart Hall for Boys and then later graduated from Saint Ignatius College Preparatory In 2009, Criss obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance degree from the University of Michigan

Criss is a classically trained violinist who began playing at the age of five. He later taught himself guitar, piano, cello, mandolin, and drums. He played drums in a band with his brother, Chuck, until Chuck moved to New York City to develop his music career (and subsequently joined the indie rock group Freelance Whales

Criss made his professional stage debut at the age of ten, in 42nd Street Moon's 1997 production of Fanny in the role of Cesario.[citation needed] The next year, Criss played Mauro in the same company's production of the Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim musical Do I Hear a Waltz followed by Babes in Arms in 1999, in which he played Beauregard Calhoun
Career
Criss in November 2010

Criss started out as the host of That Media Show, a San Francisco production which discussed Hollywood, filmmaking and visual effects.
ActingCriss's early acting career includes roles on the television series Eastwick and Cold Case
Team StarKid

Criss is part of the theater company Team StarKid, formed by theater students at the University of Michigan. His most popular role with Team StarKid was as Harry Potter in the YouTube viral musicals A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel. Both productions are musical-comedies based on the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Darren Criss

Zooey Deschanel troubled older sister Anita in

Zooey Claire Deschanel (pronounced /ˈzoʊ.iː ˌdeɪʃəˈnɛl/ ZOE-ee day-shə-NEL; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter. In 1999, Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford, followed by her breakout role as young protagonist William Miller's troubled older sister Anita in Cameron Crowe's 2000 semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous. Deschanel soon became known for her deadpan or "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" supporting roles in films such as Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) and Failure to Launch (2006). She then began playing lead roles in films, including Yes Man (2008) and (500) Days of Summer (2009)

For a few years starting in 2001, Deschanel performed in the jazz cabaret act If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies with fellow actress Samantha Shelton She plays keyboards, percussion, banjo and ukulele, and has sung in several of her films. Deschanel teamed up with M. Ward to release their debut album Volume One (recorded with M. Ward under the moniker She & Him) which was released in March 2008. The follow-up album Volume Two was released in the U.S. in March 2010. She is married to Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard.
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Acting
2.2 Film-related music
2.3 Non-film music
2.4 Other work
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
5 Discography
5.1 Solo & duets
5.2 Munchausen By Proxy
5.3 She & Him
5.4 Tired Pony
6 References
7 External links

Zooey Deschanel, born in Los Angeles, California, is the daughter of cinematographer/director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). She is of French (from her paternal grandfather) and Irish descent and is the great granddaughter of Paul Deschanel, the 11th President of France She was named after Zooey Glass, the male protagonist of J. D. Salinger's 1961 novella Franny and Zooey Her older sister, Emily Deschanel, is also an actress and stars in the TV series Bones.

Deschanel lived in lower Los Angeles, but spent much of her childhood traveling because her father shot films on location; she later said that she "hated all the traveling I'm really happy now that I had the experience, but at the time I was just so miserable to have to leave my friends in Los Angeles and go to places where they didn't have any food I liked or things I was used to.She grew up in Canada, Yugoslavia, England and South Africa. She attended Crossroads, a private preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, where she befriended future co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate HudsonShe sang throughout high school, planning to pursue a career in musical theatreShe attended Northwestern University for seven months before dropping out to work as an actress

Zooey Deschanel

Dianna Agron Beautiful 2009 news top

Dianna Charlotte Agron (pronounced eɪɡrɒnborn April 30, 1986) is an American actress, singer, producer, director and screenwriter, best known for her portrayal of Lucy Quinn Fabray on the television series Glee
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
5 Discography
6 References
7 External links

Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia, the daughter of Mary (née Barnes) and Ronald S. Agron, a general manager of Hyatt hotelsShe was raised in San Francisco and also lived in Texas for several years.'s father's family is originally from Russia, and their original surname, "Agronsky", was altered by Ellis Island officials.Her father is Jewish and her mother converted to Judaism Agron attended Hebrew school and had a bat mitzvah. attended Burlingame High School in California She has been dancing since the age of three and began teaching dance as a teenager.

Agron has appeared on television shows such as Shark, Close to Home, CSI: NY, Numb3rs and a recurring role on Veronica Mars. She then appeared as Harper on a 13-episode series of short films called It's a Mall World, directed by Milo Ventimiglia, and airing on MTV, and then on the second season of Heroes as Debbie Marshall, the head cheerleader/captain of the cheer squad at Costa Verde High School, also with Ventimiglia. Dianna has also hosted a mini Music Festival for 826LA in Los Angeles called Chickens in Love.

She was among many young Hollywood stars selected to be in Wal-Mart's Ocean Pacific spring 2010 marketing campaign. The national campaign debuted in fashion, lifestyle and entertainment magazines such as Elle, Teen Vogue, Seventeen and Cosmopolitan, outdoor and online at the official Ocean Pacific website. In addition, the celebrities hosted an Ocean Pacific party in Los Angeles in late April and made personal appearances on behalf of the brand.

Agron's most notable role to date is as Lucy Quinn Fabray, a high school cheerleader, on the FOX series Glee, which has received high ratings and critical acclaim, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe, since the series began in May 2009.

In 2010, Agron directed the music video for "Body" by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down

In 2010, Agron played the small role of Natalie, girlfriend to main character Ali's love interest Jack, in the movie Burlesque alongside Christina Aguilera, Cher, and Stanley Tucci.

Agron was chosen by People to be part of their Most Beautiful 2010. She also came 26th in the 2010 Afterellen.com top Hot 100 listAgron appeared alongside Alex Pettyfer and Timothy Olyphant in the 2011 science-fiction action thriller I Am Number Four, directed by D. J. Caruso.