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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Fun Facts About Emmy Rossum

MISC:

- Her real name is Emmanuelle Grey Rossum.

- She was born in New York City in September 12, 1986.

- Her father is a banker and her mother is a corporate photographer.

- Has celiac disease, an autoimmune disease in which the body can't tolerate any foods containing gluten or wheat.

- Rossum married music executive Justin Siegel in February 2008. They filed for divorce on September 2009.

- One of her best friends are actress Leighton Meester from Gossip Girl and singer/actress Ashlee Simpson.

- Her favorite actors are Sean Penn (her Mystic River (2003) co-star) and Miranda Richardson (her The Phantom of the Opera (2004) co-star).

- Her hobbies include reading, horseback riding, and ballet.

- Her favorite book is John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".

- Her favorite designer is Ralph Lauren.

- She is a fan of Audrey Hepburn.

- Studied acting with Flo Salant Greenberg of the Actor's Workshop in New York City for several years.

- She prays every day.

- She was named after her grandfather, whose first name was Emanuel, using the feminine spelling Emmanuelle.^[4]

- She is the niece of Vera Wang, to whom she is related by marriage.

- Her mother is Jewish and her father is Protestant.

- Her parents divorced before she was born.

- She was raised by her mother and only met her father twice while growing up.

- Always kisses someone at least once

- Dies or has a near death experience in each film

- Took cooking classes at Le Cordon Bleu in London.

- She attended the Spence School in Manhattan, an elite private girls' school that was also attended by Gwyneth Paltrow and Kerry Washington.

- She graduated from high school at 15 by taking online extension courses offered by Stanford University (Education Program for Gifted Youth).

- She later enrolled at Columbia University and studied Art History and French.

MUSIC CAREER:

- She is a singer-songwriter.

- She passed her first audition at the Metropolitan Opera when she was 7 years old, upon singing "Happy Birthday" in all 12 keys.

- She performed in more than 20 operas in six different languages.

- She performed alongside such figures as Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti.

- She left the opera when she entered her teenage years, as she had grown too tall to perform as a child.

- After six months of filming her role in The Day After Tomorrow (2004), she screen-tested for the role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (2004) in full costume and makeup, and was finally selected for the part by Andrew Lloyd Webber after singing for him at his home.

- Her performance in the The Phantom of the Opera (2004) gained her a Golden Globe nomination.
- She describes herself as a lyric soprano, though she admits her voice is still developing.^[30]

- She joined Counting Crows, Augustana, and Michael Franti & Spearhead as a "special guest" for select performances of the "Traveling Circus and Medicine Show" tour in the summer of 2009.

- In 2007, she released her debut album, Inside Out.

ACTING:

- Rossum's television debut was in 1997, making a guest appearance on Law & Order.

- Her first major studio film was in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003).
- Sean Penn told her when making Mystic River (2003) that she should be picky and only accept roles that are fun to do.

- She had never seen the stage version of The Phantom of the Opera (2004) prior to filming the screen version.

- In preparation for her role in The Phantom of the Opera (2004), she attended a séance at the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain, where a medium talked to her about her late grandmother.

- She won Best Young Actress in 2004 Critic's Choice Awards

- She said that her best act was in Genius (1999) (TV)

- She currently stars on the Showtime drama Shameless, as Fiona Gallagher.

CHARITY WORK:

- Rossum is a YouthAIDS ambassador.

- She is also the official spokesperson for "PiNKiTUDE" - a campaign to help raise breast cancer awareness.

- She has appeared in several Public Service Announcements for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Action Fund.

- She also works with Global Green USA to raise money for environmental protection and awareness of ecological issues.

- On May 26, 2009, Emmy Rossum attended a march in West Hollywood California protesting the California Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Proposition 8.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

What Happened to the Actors of Six Feet Under?

Peter Krause, aka Nate Fisher, studied Fine Arts at NYU. Before SFU, he appeared in many TV series, such as Seinfeld, Beverly Hills 90210, Ellen, Party of Five, 3rd Rock from the Sun and a few movies, like the Truman Show. He originally auditioned for the part of David Fisher, but the creator who couldn't find an actor for the part of Nate thought that he had a great chemistry with Rachel Griffith (Brenda) and gave him the part. He later was the main character in a new TV serie that he produced called Dirty Sexy Money, but the show was cancelled in 2008. He is now making a new serie, Parenthood, and the movie Beastly, with actors Neil Patrick Harris, Vanessa Hudgens and Mary-Kate Olsen. He is dating Christine King, and they had a son Roman in 2001.

Michael C. Hall (David Fisher) was a theater actor and played in many major Broadway plays before doing SFU. He is mostly known now for his main character as Dexter Morgan in the TV series Dexter, that he co-produces. He was married to Amy Spanger from 2002 to 2006 and recently married his co-star Jennifer Carpenter who plays his sister in Dexter.

Frances Conroy (Ruth Fisher) is also mostly famous for her parts in Broadway plays such as "Mother Courage and Her Children," "King Lear," "All's Well That Ends Well," "Measure for Measure", "Othello", "Our Town", "The Little Foxes", "In the Summer House", "Ring Round the Moon", "A Bright Room Called Day", "The Secret Rapture", "The Last Yankee" and "The Ride Down Mt. Morgan". She appears in more than 60 TV series or movies including Happy Town, Nip Tuck, Desperate Housewives, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Manhattan, etc. She married the actor Jan Munroe in 1992.

Lauren Ambrose (Claire Fisher) originally trained as an opera singer at the Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven's performing arts school and Tanglewood in Massachusetts. She married Sam Handel in 2001 and they have one child, Orson born in 2007. After SFU, she played in a few movies including Cold Souls, Loving Leah, A Dog Year, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Where the Wild Things Are, and more recently in Tonight at Noon and An Entire Body. She also acted in major theater plays, such as "Exit the King" with Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush.

Rachel Griffiths (Brenda) worked with a theater company until she became famous with the movie Muriel's Wedding. She also played in Blow with Johnny Depp. She married Andrew Taylor in 2002 and they have a daughter Clementine Grace born in 2009. She is now playing Sarah Parker in the TV series Brothers & Sisters alongside Calista Flockhart.

Freddy Rodriguez (Rico Diaz) began acting in High School and appeared in many plays such as "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Twelve Angry Men", "The Crucible", "A Midsummers Night's Dream" and "The Lottery". He played in many movies and TV series before his part in Six Feet Under and also after, with notable a recent recurrent part in Ugly Betty. He married his high school sweet heart Elsie and they have 2 boys, Elijah and Giancarlo, the latter playing his son in SFU.

Mathew St. Patrick is married and has a son Tommy, born in 2005. He recently appeared on the album "Mr. Mathers" by Eminem and in TV series including Reunion, Law & Order, Higglytown Heroes, Private Practice, Identity, NCIS: Los Angeles.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Fun Facts About Mickey Rourke

MISC:
- His real name is Philip Andre Rourke Jr.
- He played in more than 45 movies, mostly as a leading role.
- He has Irish and French descent.
- His father was an amateur body builder.
- His stepfather was a Miami Beach police officer.
- He has a brother and a sister and 5 stepbrothers.
- He is a practicing Roman Catholic.
- He has an Irish Republican Army symbol tattoo.

BOXING:
- At 12, Rourke won his first boxing match as Andre Rourke.
- He trained at the famous 5th Street Gym where Muhammad Ali began his career.
- In 1969, Rourke sparred with World Welterweight Champion Luis Rodríguez.
- In 1971, he got hurt during a boxing match and temporarily retired from boxing.

ACTING:
- His started acting in the play Deathwatch directed by a friend.
- He borrowed $400 from his sister and he went to NYC to take private lessons with an acting teacher from the Actors Studio, Sandra Seacat.
- His first role was a small part in 1941 (by Steven Spielberg).
- He became famous and a "sex symbol" thanks to the movie 9½ Weeks.
- His work is mostly seen as controversial in the US, but has a great success with the French audience.
- He performed on the Never Let Me Down album with David Bowie.
- Rourke is known to be a "nightmare to work with".
- He turned down many important roles: Bruce Willis' part in Pulp Fiction, Eliot Ness in The Untouchables, Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop, Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Tom Cruise's role in Rain Man, Christopher Lambert's part in Highlander and a part in Platoon.
- In 1991, he went back to boxing, and suffered many injuries which are responsible for his physical change and he underwent many reconstructive surgeries, leaving him "almost unrecognizable".
- Johnny Depp, Sean Penn and Brad Pitt have declared to be fans of his work.
- He was nominated but lost the Oscar to Sean Penn in 2008, with his leading role in the Wrestler.
- He has written 3 movies: Homeboy, The Last Ride and Bullet.

RELATIONSHIPS:
- He dated several celebrities, including Terry Farrell and Sasha Volkova.
- He has been married twice, to Debra Feuer and Carré Otis.
- His 1st marriage ended in 1989 reportedly because of the making of the film 9½ Weeks.

DOGS:
- He is a famous pet lover, particularly fond of small-breed dogs, and said that Loki, his chihuahua-terrier, was the "love of his life".
- He fights for animal rights and supports the PETA, doing campaigns for them-
- Rourke declared at his Golden Globe speech in 2009: "I'd like to thank all my dogs. The ones that are here, the ones that aren't here anymore because sometimes when a man's alone, that's all you got is your dog. And they've meant the world to me."

- He gave 45 min of mouth-to-mouth to his dog Beau Jack before he died.
- He has had as many as 7 dogs at once.