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Eve Biography

Eve Eve Biography

Eve was one of a new breed of tough, talented, commercially viable female MCs to hit the rap scene during the late ’90s. Though she could be sexy when she chose, she wasn’t as over the top as Lil’ Kim or Foxy Brown, and as part of the Ruff Ryders posse, her production was harder than Da Brat’s early work with Jermaine Dupri. In the end, Eve came off as her own person; a strong, no-nonsense street MC who could hold her own with most anyone on the mic; and was finding success on her own terms. She was born Eve Jihan Jeffers in Philadelphia on November 10, 1978, and started out as a singer in her early teens, performing with an all-female vocal quintet. She was also honing her skills as a rapper in impromptu battles with friends, and before she left high school, she formed a female rap duo called EDGP (pronounced “Egypt”), adopting the name Gangsta. EDGP performed at local talent shows and club gigs, often to the detriment of Eve’s dedication to school. When the group broke up, she went solo and changed her name to Eve of Destruction; she also moved to the Bronx in the wake of her mother’s remarriage, and worked for a time as a table dancer at a strip club. Unhappy with this direction, she decided to give rap another shot after being encouraged by Mase.

Linda Evangelista Biography

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Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian supermodel.

Linda was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working class, traditional Catholic family .[1] She is 5’9Â½” (1.77 m) tall and her natural hair colour is dark brown. She knew she wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. She got into the modeling industry when she was discovered by a talent agent at the 1978 Miss Teen Niagara Contest. She later moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management there. She then moved to Paris, France to further her career. She has also appeared in music videos with George Michael.

Along with Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell, Linda is regarded as one of the few, true supermodels that changed the face of fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Evangelista is a part of the triumvirate of model friends that includes Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington. These three women were affectionately dubbed the “trinity” and are commonly credited as the ones responsible for sparking supermodel mania. The Trinity pushed for better wages for models and for better projects and subsequently Evangelista was called the founder of the supermodel “union”.

Melissa Etheridge Biography

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Melissa Etheridge became one of the ’90s most popular recording artists due to her mixture of confessional lyrics; pop-based folk-rock; and raspy, Janis Joplin/Rod Stewart-esque vocals. But the road to stardom was not all smooth sailing for Etheridge as she debated behind the scenes whether or not to disclose to the public that she was gay early on in her career. Born May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, KS, Etheridge first picked up the guitar at the age of eight and began penning her own songs shortly thereafter. Playing in local bands throughout her teens, Etheridge then attended the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. The up-and-coming singer/songwriter and guitarist dropped out after a year before making her way to Los Angeles in the early ’80s to give a shot at a career in music. Etheridge’s music at this point was slightly more bluesy than her subsequently renowned folk-pop style, as a demo of original compositions caught the attention of Bill Leopold, who signed on as Etheridge’s manager. Soon after, steady gigs began coming her way, including a five-night-a-week residency at the Executive Suite in Long Beach, which led to a bidding war between such major record labels as A&M, Capitol, EMI, and Warner Bros., but it was Island Records that Etheridge decided to go with.

Jennifer Esposito Biography

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When the producers of the ABC sitcom “Spin City” were casting the spunky Brooklyn-born, Italian-American mayoral secretary, they found their actress in Brooklyn-born, Italian-American actress Jennifer Esposito. The sultry beauty, who isn’t afraid to project what one of the show’s executive producers called “New York attitude”, trained at the Actors Studio and put in the requisite stint as a waitress before finding success. She landed her first TV role on the ABC soap opera “The City” in 1995 and after that brief stint marked time on stage and in occasional guest appearances before landing supporting roles in several independent films, including “Kiss Me, Guido” (1997) and “No Looking Back” (1998). When she was hired to play Stacey Paterno, the mayor’s feisty right hand, Esposito was filming a recurring role as a gangster’s daughter on Fox’s “New York Undercover”. The actress had decidedly pointed opinions about her sitcom character should dress and behave and gradually the writers and producers allowed her to make some modifications in her character. Still, Esposito felt unchallenged and after little more than a season and a half, opted to quit the show in favor of concentrating on a big screen career. By that time, she had played a bartender in the summer sequel “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” (1998) and had twice worked with Spike Lee, most notably in her breakthrough role as Ruby, an aspiring punk singer whose boyfriend (Adrien Brody) is suspected of being the notorious Son of Sam killer in “Summer of Sam” (1999). Additionally, she had a prominent part in “Side Streets” and made a cameo appearance in the Chris O’Donnell vehicle “The Bachelor” (both 1999).

Enya Biography

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Enya (born 17 May 1961), birth name Eithne NÃ BhraonÃ¡in (sometimes seen as the Anglicized Enya Brennan), is Ireland’s best-selling solo musician. As a musical group, Enya is really three people: Enya herself composes and performs the music; Nicky Ryan, who produces the records; and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics, often in several languages. Enya is a phonetic approximation of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish Gaelic.

Eithne was born in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland in 1961 to a musical family. Her grandparents were in a band that traveled and played throughout Ireland, her father was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band before opening a pub, and her mother played in a dance band and later taught music at the Gweedore Comprehensive School. Eithne has four brothers and four sisters, several of whom formed the band An Clann As Dobhair in 1968 (they renamed the band Clannad in the 1970s).

Emilie De Ravin Biography

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Emilie de Ravin (born December 27, 1981) is an Australian actress currently starring in the hit ABC drama Lost as the character Claire Littleton. She resides in Los Angeles, California and spends most of the year commuting back and forth between Oahu, Hawaii where the show is filmed.

De Ravin was born in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. Having studied ballet since the age of nine, she was accepted into the highly selective Australian Ballet School at fifteen. There, she performed in productions with the Australian Ballet Company as well as Danceworld 301. De Ravin studied acting at Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art, and with the Prime Time Actors Studio in Los Angeles.

De Ravin, whose first name is pronounced like “Emily”, was previously best known for her role as alien/human hybrid Tess Harding on the teen drama Roswell. She landed this role one month after moving to Los Angeles at the age of 18.

On 1 January 2005 de Ravin became engaged to actor Josh Janowicz while they visited her family in Australia for the holidays.

Jennifer Ellison Biography

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Jennifer Ellison (born May 30, 1983 in Liverpool, England) is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003 when she became a pop singer.

Ellison is a constant feature in British magazines in sexy outfits. Her cleavage (32DD) is often the subject of much speculation â€“ Jennifer herself strenuously denies the implants, stating that as she grew up on camera due to her Brookside role, she was also a dancer, and when she stopped dancing she put on weight all over, resulting in her curvy figure.