Name: Rihanna
Profession: Singer
Birth name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Rihanna Trivia
* Was signed to Def Jam Records
* Her musical
inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyonce Knowles, and Mariah Carey.
* Attentend Combermere which is a sixth form school similar to technical school in America
* Performed Hero at her school's talent show
* Won a Beauty Pageant contest at her school
Rihanna Detailed Biography
Robyn Rihanna Fenty born on February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian (Bajan) R&B singer with influences from Raggamuffin/Dancehall and Pop. Rihanna's musical inspirations include Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and Beyoncé Knowles.
Rihanna was born on the Caribbean island of Barbados in the parish of St. Michael. She was discovered by Music producer Evan Rogers while he was vacationing in Barbados with his wife Jackie, who is also a Bajan. Rogers, along with his partner Carl Sturken, helped Rihanna record demo material that was sent to various recording companies including Def Jam, where Rihanna auditioned for CEO Jay-Z and was signed on-the-spot. Her debut album Music of the Sun was released during the summer of 2005 and was led by the single "Pon de Replay", which peaked at number two on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK singles chart. The second single
, "If It's Lovin' That You Want", was less successful than its predecessor but stilled reached the top twenty in most regions. The album itself peaked within the top ten in Australia, Canada, and the U.S., and within the top forty in the UK. Music of the Sun has received several Platinum certifications around the world since its release, and has helped solidify Rihanna's presence on the music scene. In 2006, Rihanna landed several endorsement deals, including ones for Nike and J.C. Penney. In addition to a cameo role in Bring It On 3, she is also releasing her next album, titled A Girl Like Me, this spring. The lead single off the album "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)" was recorded for her recent endorsement deal with Nike. Rihanna is an Arabic name.
Album information Music of the Sun Released: August 30, 2005 (U.S.) W.W. Sales: 2,500,000 (est.) Chart positions: #7 AUS, #8 CAN, #35 UK, #10 U.S. Certifications: Platinum (CAN), 2�— Platinum (JPN), Gold (UK), Gold (US) Singles: 2005: "Pon de Replay" #6 AUS, #2 UK, #2 U.S. 2005: "If It's Lovin' That You Want" #9 AUS, #11 UK, #36 U.S. 2006: "Let Me" #48 JPN - never officially released in the US A Girl Like Me Released: April 11, 2006 (U.S.) Chart positions: TBD Certifications: TBD Singles: 2006: "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)" #56 U.S. 2006: "Unfaithful"
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Maret 18, 2009
Kabar Tokoh Dunia - Profile Rihanna
Kabar Tokoh Dunia - Profile Angelina Jolie
Name: Angelina Jolie
Full Name: Angelina Jolie Voight
Date Of Birth: 4 June 1975
Place Of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Sign: Gemini
Height: 5'7
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Father: Jon Voight
Mother: Marcheline Bertrand
Brother: James Haven Voight
Spouse: Billy Bob Thornton (May 2000-present)(actor, director, writer)
Jonny Lee Miller (1996-1999)(actor), Brad Pitt (now)
Profession: Actress
Angelina Jolie Detailed Biography
Angelina Jolie is the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight, and former actress/model Marcheline Bertrand. Jon Voight separated from Bertrand when Jolie was 1, remained in California while the family lived on the East coast. ''He was the perfect example of an artist who couldn't be married,'' she says. ''He had the perfect family, but there's something for him that's very scary about that.'' Jolie, is her middle name. Ultimately, she decided to use it because, she says, ''I love my father, but I'm not him''.
Angelina began training and performing at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute at around 12. She was seen in several stage productions at the Institute. She worked as a professional model in London, New York
and Los Angeles, and has also appeared in music videos for such artists as the Rolling Stones, Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz, Antonello Venditti and The Lemonheads. In addition, she has acted in five student films for the USC School of Cinema, all directed by her brother, James Haven. She landed her first feature film starring part in HACKERS, about a group of high school computer hackers. Previously, she had roles in independent features Gathering Evidence and Oh No, Not Her.Angelina was married to her co-star from Hackers, Jonny Lee Miller. The marriage took place in May of 1996 where she wore black rubber clothes (although they are now divorced). She has a extensive dagger collection (likes knives) and has several tattoos (one is the Japanese word for death on her shoulder). Today Angelina splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.
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Kabar Tokoh Dunia - Profile Michelle Obama
Name: Michelle Obama
Birth name: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson
Date of Birth: January 17, 1964
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Nationality: American
Proffession: Lawyer
Religion: Protestant (UCC)
Spouse: Barack Obama
Children: Malia Ann and Sasha (Daughters)
Height: 5'10"
Michelle Obama Trivia
* Graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Sociology, and went on to earn a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
* The movie she saw on her first date with Barack Obama was "Do the Right Thing (1989).
* Her brother is the head coach of the Oregon State basketball team.
* She has two daughters, Malia Ann (born in 1998) and Natasha (known as Sasha) (born in 2001).
Michelle Obama Detailed Biography
Michelle Obama, whose birth name is Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, was born on January 17, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father, Frasier Robinson, is a city water plant employee and Democratic precinct captain. Her mother, Marian Robinson, is a secretary at Spiegel's catalog store. She grew up in the South Shore community area of Chicago. Michelle graduated from Whitney Young High School in 1981 and went on to major in sociology and minor in African American studies at Princeton University, where she graduated 'cum laude' with a Bachelor of Arts in 1985. She mostly traces her roots to pre-Revolutionary War African Americans in the American South; much of her family still resides in the state of South Carolina.
At Princeton, Michelle challenged the teaching methodology for French because she felt that it should be more conversational. As part of her requirements for graduation, she wrote a thesis entitled, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community". She obtained her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Harvard Law School in 1988. While at Harvard, she participated in political demonstrations advocating the hiring of professors who are members of minorities.
After graduating from Harvard, Michelle accepted a position at a downtown Chicago law firm. In 1989 she was asked to mentor a summer associate from Harvard name Barack Obama. Their relationship started with a business lunch and then a community organization meeting where he first impressed her. The couple married in October 1992. They have only two daughters.
Michelle's professional relationships were helpful when her husband in 2004, then a state senator, ran for the United States Senate, where he faced a primary dominated by some of the Democratic Party's most powerful political families. In this 2004 race, Obama had the support of influential black business leaders, some of whom had closer ties to his wife than they did to him. According to Newsweek, a former boss of Michelle Obama's, a powerful black woman Valerie Jarrett, chair of the Chicago Stock Exchange, served as finance
chair of Barack Obama's U.S. Senate campaign.
After Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate, Barack and Michelle choose to keep their children in Chicago, where Michelle continued her career as well.
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Kabar Tokoh Dunia - Profile Kristen Stewart
Name: Kristen Stewart
Birth Name: Kristen Jaymes Stewart
Height: 5' 6"
Sex: Female
Nationality: American
Birth Date: April 9, 1990
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Profession: Actress
Father: John Stewart (a TV Producer)
Brother: Cameron Stewart (older)
Claim to fame: Her role oppositing Jodie Foster in David Fincher's atmospheric thriller Panic Room (2002)
Kristen Stewart Detailed Biography
Kristen Stewart was born on April 9, 1990 in Colorado. Her father is John Stewart, a TV Producer who works at FOX TV. Currently co-producing the Ryan Seacrest Show, On-Air. A fervent surfer who bears a striking resemblance to the young Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart was poised to become a preteen star with her role opposite Foster in David Fincher's atmospheric thriller Panic Room (2002). A resident of Los Angeles, Stewart's nascent acting career got off to a promising start when she was cast in two vastly different films. Eschewing fluffy kids' movies, Stewart played troubled single mother Patricia Clarkson's tomboy daughter in independent film darling Rose Troche's tough examination of suburban angst, The Safety of Objects (2002). Stewart subsequently got her first taste of major Hollywood success with Panic Room. Replacing the original child actress cast as divorc�e Meg's sullen, diabetic
daughter Sarah, Stewart became an even more felicitous choice when original star Nicole Kidman dropped out and Foster stepped in. Though critics were less than ecstatic about the film, Stewart still garnered positive notice for her believable presence as Foster's offspring.
Following a supporting performance as the daughter of a couple who unknowingly move into a seemingly haunted house in the 2003 chiller Cold Creek Manor, Stewart took top billing in the emotionally charged drama Speak in 2004. Cast as a traumatized high school freshman whose status as a selective mute draws the concern of friends and family, Stewart's handling of the remarkably intimate material drew praise from critics and Sundance audiences. A subsequent role in Catch That Kid (a remake of the Danish blockbuster Klatretosen) found Stewart in super-spy mode as a scheming twelve-year-old who recruits a pair of friends to rob a high tech bank in hopes of paying for a life saving operation for her dying father.
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Kabar Tokoh Dunia - Profile Robert Pattinson
Name: Robert Pattinson
Birth name: Robert Thomas-Pattinson
Nickname: Rob, Rpattz
Date of birth: May 13, 1986
Place of birth: London, England
Profession: Actor, model
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Trade Mark: Messy hair
Robert Pattinson Trivia
* He is an excellent musician playing guitar and keyboards.
* He attended Harrodian private school in London.
* He has two older sisters, Lizzy and Victoria.
* Was taught how to scuba dive for his role in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire" in 2005.
* He takes interest in Football(soccer), Skiing, Snowboarding, and more.
* His acting inspiration is Jack Nicholson.
* He was ranked #23 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).
* He was chosen by the Hollywood Film Festival
Award Committee as the recipient of the 2008 New Hollywood Award.
* He was awarded Best Actor 2008 at the Strasbourg
Film festival for his performance as Art in the film How To Be.
* He beat 3,000 people to play Edward in the movie 'Twilight'.
* He was named as Yahoo's Top Movie Heart Throb of 2008.
* He was named as Rolling Stone Magazine's Hottest Actor of 2008
* He was named by Entertainment Tonight (ET) as their top hunk of 2008.
* He was named as one of the LA Times Breakout Stars of 2008.
* He was named as one of Forbes Breakout Stars of 2008.
Robert Pattinson Detailed Biography
Robert "Rob" Pattinson born 13 May 1986) is an English actor and former model, best known for playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
He became involved in amateur theatre through the Barnes Theatre Club. After some backstage experience there, he took on acting roles. He caught the attention of an acting agent in a production of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and began looking for professional roles.
Since then he has performed in an amateur version of Macbeth at the Old Sorting Office Arts Centre (also in West London), as well as trying his hand at modelling, for which he was sometimes credited as Robert Thomas-Pattinson.
He had supporting roles in the made for television film Ring of the Nibelungs (2004), and in director Mira Nair’s 2004 Vanity Fair, although his scenes in the latter were deleted, and only appear on the DVD version.
He was slated to appear in a stage production of The Woman Before in May 2005, but was fired shortly before the opening night. He was replaced by Tom Riley.
In late 2005, Pattinson appeared as the character Cedric Diggory in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Consequently, he was named that year's British Star of Tomorrow by Times Online and has more than once been touted as the next Jude Law, and was considered for the 2007 membership list for The Coterie as an honorary member.. He names Jack Nicholson as his acting inspiration.
He has a role in the as-yet unreleased short film The Summer House, the film How To Be and will next work on the vampire film After Dark.
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Kabar Tokoh Dunia - Profile Will Smith
Name: Will Smith
Birth Date: September 25, 1968
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: William Christopher Smith Jr.
Height: 6' 2
Education: Overbrook High School in Winfield, Pennsylvania
Profession: Actor, musician
Nationality: American
Claim to fame: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air television series
Will Smith Detailed Biography
Will Smith was one of the biggest superstars of his time not only a pop music sensation, he also conquered television and eventually feature films, starring in a string of box-office megahits. Born September 25, 1968, in Philadelphia, he was 16 when he met aspiring DJ Jeff Townes; joining forces as DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, the duo immediately became local favorites, but their continued existence was threatened when Smith graduated high school and was offered a scholarship to MIT. Ultimately, he chose to pursue a career in music, and in 1987 he and Townes issued their debut record, Rock the House, scoring a hit with the single
"Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble."
Propelled by the smash "Parents Just Don't Understand," DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince broke into the mainstream a year later with He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper, one of the first hip-hop LPs to achieve double-platinum status. And soon Hollywood began taking notice of Smith's success; in 1990, he was tapped to star in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, a sitcom for NBC. An immediate hit, it made Smith a household name, and continued in production through 1996.
Smith also continued his music career, and in 1991 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince scored their biggest chart hit to date with the excellent "Summertime," from the album Homebase. The year following, he made his feature film debut in the drama Where the Day Takes You; in 1993, his supporting turn in Six Degrees of Separation was the subject of much critical acclaim. That same year, the final Jazzy Jeff/Fresh Prince record, the disappointing Code Red, was released. In 1995, Smith co-starred in the action film Bad Boys, a major box-office hit; it set the stage for his leading role in 1996's Independence Day, the summer's biggest smash. A year later, he starred in Men in Black, again the box-office champ of the summer season; recording for the first time under his given name, he also scored a smash with the movie's rap theme. Smith's debut solo LP, Big Willie Style, also appeared in 1997, notching the hits "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," "Just the Two of Us," and "Miami." Shortly on the heels of his first box-office disappointment, 1999's Wild Wild West, he returned with the album Willennium.
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Maret 17, 2009
Kabar Tokoh Dunia - Profile Jason Mraz
Name: Jason Mraz
Profession: Singer
Birth Details: born June 23, 1977
Birth name: Jason Thomas Mraz
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Spouse: Sheridan Edley Mraz (2001 - ?) (divorced)
Trade mark: Red hat tipped to the right. Frequently ad-libs and improvises lines in his songs when singing them live
Jason Mraz Trivia
* His last name is of Czech origin, it means "frost".
* Former cheerleader
* Used to play weekly shows at the world-famous Java Joe's in Ocean Beach, CA.
* Lives in northern San Diego, California, with girlfriend and fellow musician
Tristan Prettyman. She is sometimes the opening act on his tour.
Jason Mraz Full Biography
Jason Mraz (born June 23, 1977) is an American singer, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia, which is a suburb of Richmond. He went to Chickahominy Middle School (grades 6-8) and Lee Davis High School (grades 9-12). His last name is Czech for "frost". Though he did not pick up the guitar until the age of 18, his musical appetite was strong. After a brief stint studying musical theater in New York, he moved to San Diego. There he became a hit on the Southern California club scene, playing with percussionist Toca Rivera and his brother, latin-pop guitarist Carlos Olmeda. He was briefly married to a woman named Sheridan; however, they divorced amicably and still remain good friends. Mraz is mostly popular in the United States, Japan, and Australia. His clear, strong tenor voice and easygoing, optimistic lyrics gained popular acclaim in 2003 when his first single, "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)," began to receive regular play on radio, MTV, and VH1. Co-written by music production team The Matrix, the popularity of "The Remedy" boosted the sales of his debut release, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which has been certified platinum by the RIAA. Mraz has played with the likes of Bob Dylan, Dave Matthews Band, Paula Cole, and Jewel Jason Mraz performs at Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego, California on November 26, 2005 Mraz's stylistic influences seem multiple and varied, a mixture of pop, rock, jazz, folksy country, and even hip-hop/rap. He is nothing if not eclectic. Mraz was most recently on tour with Alanis Morissette and the Rolling Stones. His follow up to his major label debut, Mr. A-Z (which reads as "Mraz") was released on July 26, 2005. It entered the Billboard 200 album chart at No.5 selling nearly 90,000 copies in its first week, later on in December 2005 the album earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, while producer Steve Lillywhite recieved a nomination for Producer of the Year for his work on the LP. He began touring in support of the album on September 12, 2005 in San Diego. Also in 2005, he was one of many singers featured in the new fall advertisement campaign for The Gap entitled "Favorites." The music-themed campaign also featured other singers including Joss Stone, Keith Urban, Alanis Morisette, and Michelle Williams. In January of 2006 he had two concerts in Manila
, Philippines, as to promote his album Mr. A-Z. In 2006, he will be touring the U.K. with James Blunt. Mraz has recently ended a serious relationship with singer-songwriter and former Roxy model Tristan Prettyman, whom he met at Java Joe's in San Diego, CA. Mraz has often collaborated and performed with funk-hip-hop-folk artist Billy "Bushwalla" Galewood, a friend from New York who studied musical theater with Jason. Together, they have written and recorded several songs, including "Curbside Prophet" Jason's 3rd single off his major label debut Waiting for My Rocket to Come. Most recently, Bushwalla has toured with Jason during his fall 2005 tour. They both describe eachother as one of their biggest influences, and they perfected their skills by jamming and freestyle rapping for hours on while living in New York.
Albums Live at Java Joe's (2001) - independent release Sold Out (In Stereo) (2002) - independent release The E Minor EP in F (2002) - independent release Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002) #55 US Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom (2004) Mr. A-Z (2005) #5 US Geekin' Out Across the Galaxy
(2006) - digital live EP Guest contributions I Melt With You, from the album 50 First Dates Soundtrack (2004) Summer Breeze, from the album Everwood: Original TV Soundtrack (2004) Rainbow Connection, from the album For The Kids Too! (2004) Shy That Way, with Tristan Prettyman from the album twentythree (2005) Good Old Fashioned Loverboy, from the album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (2005) Keep on Hoping, with Raul Midon from the album State of Mind (2005)
Year Award 2002 San Diego Music Award win for Best Acoustic 2003 San Diego Music Award win for Artist of the Year 2003 San Diego Music Award win for Song of the Year 2005 Grammy Award nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Mr. A-Z.
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