Penelope Cruz

BIOGRAPHY FOR PENELOPE CRUZ

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born Apr. 28, 1974 (37 years ago)), better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress. She gathered critical acclaim as a young actress for movies such as Jamón, Jamón, La Niña de tus ojos, and Belle époque. She has also starred in several American movies such as Blow, Vanilla Sky, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is perhaps best known for her work with acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, in Volver and Todo sobre mi madre. Cruz has been awarded three Goyas, two European movie Awards, and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes movie Festival. In 2009 (2 years ago), she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Goya, and a BAFTA for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is Spain's first female Oscar winner and also becomes the sixth Hispanic person to win an Oscar after José Ferrer, Rita Moreno and Benicio Del Toro (Puerto Rico), Anthony Quinn (Mexico), plus fellow Spaniard Javier Bardem.

EARLY YEARS

Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser and personal manager, and Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and auto mechanic. As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement. Initially, Cruz decided to focus on dance. After studying classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. She received three years of Spanish Ballet training with Ángela Garrido. She also had jazz dance training with Raúl Caballero and studied at Cristina Rota (mother of Juan Diego Botto) school in Madrid. At 15, however, she followed another calling after beating more than 300 other girls at a talent agency audition.



CAREER

Cruz first achieved fame when she appeared in the video for "La fuerza del destino" for the Spanish synthpop group Mecano. She later started a relationship with Nacho Cano, a member of the group. A TV presenter for the teen-oriented program La Quinta Marcha, she also had early exposure in Série Rose, an erotic French TV serial. In one episode she played the role of a blind prostitute and in another played a young noblewoman pretending to be a young nobleman in a comedy of errors. She also directed Nacho Cano's video of "El waltz de los locos", in 1994 (17 years ago).



Cruz's first major movies were Jamón, jamón and Belle Époque, a movie which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 1997 (14 years ago), she starred as Sofía Pangia, alongside Eduardo Noriega, in Abre los ojos, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, while in 1999 (12 years ago) she appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother), which also won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 2000 (11 years ago) she appeared with Matt Damon (4 walls) in All the Pretty Horses.



For Cruz, the early 2000 (11 years ago) were a period of mediocre reviews and mixed commercial success. In late 2001 (10 years ago), she appeared in the movie Vanilla Sky, the Hollywood remake of Abre los ojos. Returning to Europe, in 2004 (7 years ago), Cruz learned Italian (she already spoke Spanish, French, and English) to star in the movie Don't Move. She earned critical praise for her role and earned the coveted David di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.



In 2006 (5 years ago), she co-starred with her best friend, Salma Hayek (21 walls), in the movie Bandidas. That same year, Cruz received highly favourable reviews for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver. She shared a Best Actress award at the Cannes movie Festival with five of her co-stars, and was nominated for the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role. The latter of these nominations made her the first Spanish actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.



In May 2007 (4 years ago), it was announced that Penélope and her sister Mónica would be designing a 25-piece collection for the Barcelona-based fashion chain Mango. On Jul. 7, 2007 (4 years ago), Cruz presented at Live Earth. In late 2007 (4 years ago), she starred in the Jaume de Laiguana-directed video for her brother's first single, named "Cosas que contar", along with her friend Mía Maestro and her sister Mónica. Cruz had previously shown a keen interest in fashion and is a model for L'Oréal and its "Telescopic" mascara.



In 2008 (3 years ago), Cruz appeared with Sir Ben Kingsley in fellow Spaniard Isabel Coixet's movie Elegy, earning her critical praise for an English-speaking role. The movie was based on the Philip Roth story The Dying Animal. She was nominated for a Golden Satellite award for her performance.



In 2008 (3 years ago), she starred in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena, Javier Bardem's mentally unstable ex-wife. Her performance received wide critical praise. For the role, Cruz received her second Academy Award Nomination, and later won for Best Supporting Actress, making her only the second Spanish actor to win an Academy Award, a year after her boyfriend, Javier Bardem, won for No Country for Old Men. She became the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award, and one of the only actors besides Robert De Niro (6 walls) and Ingrid Bergman to win the Oscar for a role speaking two different languages. Besides the Oscar, Cruz won the BAFTA, the Independent Spirit Award, the National Board of Review Award, and the New York movie Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She also earned Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for her role.



Cruz again collaborated with Pedro Almodóvar in his movie Los Abrazos Rotos, which is slated to be released in the U.S. in Nov. 2009 (2 years ago). She will also be featured in the movie version of the musical Nine along with other Oscar winners Sophia Loren, Judi Dench, Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman (24 walls) and Marion Cotillard.



PERSONAL LIFE

Cruz has a younger brother, Eduardo, a singer, and a younger sister, Mónica.



Cruz claims to be a vegetarian since 2000 (11 years ago). She speaks four languages: Spanish, Italian, French and English. Cruz has also donated a considerable amount of money and time to charity; in 1997 (14 years ago) she volunteered in Uganda for two months.



Cruz was raised as a Roman Catholic, but the religion she feels closest to is Buddhism. After appearing in Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise (12 walls), they had a three-year relationship which ended in Jan. 2004 (7 years ago). During that time, she and Cruise were seen visiting several Church of Scientology locations in Hollywood, and there was published speculation that Cruise had convinced Cruz to join the church.



After filming Sahara in Feb. 2005 (6 years ago), she began dating actor Matthew McConaughey. In May 2006 (5 years ago), they released a joint statement to People, saying that they "have decided to take time off as a couple." Later that year they announced that they were "no longer intimate and separating was the best thing to do at this time". She has been dating actor Javier Bardem since 2007; the two appeared together in Jamón, Jamón, Live Flesh and 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.



In Apr. 2007 (4 years ago) Cruz, who was single at the time, stated that she would like to have children one day and she feels the need to adopt. "Of course I want to have kids," Cruz, told the Spanish edition of Marie Claire in its Apr. issue. "I want to have my own kids, but also adopt. For a while I've had the feeling that my life won't be complete if I don't adopt".



FILMOGRAPHY

Jamón, jamón

Belle Époque

For Love, Only for Love

The Greek Labyrinth

The Rebel

Alegre ma non troppo

Todo es mentira

Entre rojas

El Efecto mariposa

La Celestina

Brujas

Más que amor, frenesí

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

Open Your Eyes

Live Flesh

Hjørne af paradis, Et

The Girl of Your Dreams

"The Hi-Lo Country"

Don Juan

All About My Mother

All the Pretty Horses

Woman on Top

Blow

Don't Tempt Me

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Vanilla Sky

Waking up in Reno

Fanfan la tulipe

Gothika

Head in the Clouds

Don't Move

Noel

Sahara

Chromophobia

Bandidas

Volver

The Good Night

Manolete

Elegy

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

G-Force

Broken Embraces

Nine



AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

Imagen Foundation Awards

MTV Movie Awards

NAACP image (wallpaper) Awards

Ondas Awards

Peñíscola Comedy movie Festival





Source: en.wikipedia.org

January Jones

BIOGRAPHY FOR JANUARY JONES

January Kristen Jones (born Jan. 5, 1978 (33 years ago)) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Betty Draper on Mad Men and for her role as Cadence Flaherty in American Wedding.

CAREER

She currently appears in the AMC original TV drama series Mad Men as young suburban housewife and mother Betty Draper. She is also well known for her role as Cadence Flaherty in American Wedding (2003, 8 years ago), from the American Pie comedy movie series.



She had the lead female role in the movie Love's Enduring Promise as a pioneer family's oldest child. Her character fell in love with a mysterious man who saved her father's life.



Jones has had supporting roles in Anger Management (2003, 8 years ago), Love Actually, and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. In 2005 (6 years ago) she appeared as a U.S. border guard's frustrated wife in the movie The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones. In We Are Marshall (2006, 5 years ago), she played the role of Carol Dawson, wife of football coach William "Red" Dawson.



She appeared in the Season 18 Law & Order episode "Quit Claim", playing a con artist who matches wits with Assistant District Attorney Michael Cutter, in which she is the lone surviving suspect connected to a real estate scam involving organized crime.



She also appeared in The Boat That Rocked, a British movie about offshore pirate radio in the 1960s, renamed Pirate Radio for North American release in 2009 (2 years ago).



Jones was ranked #82 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002 (9 years ago). She appeared on the cover of "The Hot Issue" of British GQ magazine in May 2009 (2 years ago).



On Nov. 14, 2009 (2 years ago), Jones hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live which featured the musical guest Black Eyed Peas.



In 2010 (last year) she is slated to star alongside Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger (25 walls) in the thriller movie Unknown White Male, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.



PERSONAL LIFE

Jones was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is named after Jan. Wayne, a character in Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough. She graduated from Edison Middle School and Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls. She is currently dating Saturday Night Live's Jason Sudeikis.



FILMOGRAPHY

1999 (12 years ago): Sorority as Number One

1999 (12 years ago): It's the Rage as Janice Taylor

1999 (12 years ago): Get Real as Jane Cohen (1 episode)

2001 (10 years ago): The Glass House as Girl

2001 (10 years ago): Bandits as Claire/Pink Boots

2002 (9 years ago): In My Life as Diane St. Croix

2002 (9 years ago): Taboo as Elizabeth

2002 (9 years ago): Full Frontal as Tracy

2003 (8 years ago): Anger Management as Gina

2003 (8 years ago): American Wedding as Cadence Flaherty

2004 (7 years ago): Love Actually as Jeannie, American Angel

2004 (7 years ago): Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights as Eve

2004 (7 years ago): Love's Enduring Promise as Missie Davis

2005 (6 years ago): Huff as Marissa Wells (2 episodes)

2005 (6 years ago): The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada as Lou Ann Norton

2006 (5 years ago): Swedish Auto as Darla

2006 (5 years ago): We Are Marshall as Carole Dawson

2007 - present: Mad Men as Betty Draper

2008 (3 years ago): Law & Order as Kim Brody (1 episode)

2009 (2 years ago): The Boat That Rocked as Elenore

2009 (2 years ago): Saturday Night Live as Herself/Host

2010 (last year): The Hungry Rabbit Jumps as Laura Gerard (post-production)

2011 (this year): Unknown White Male as Elizabeth Harris (post-production)





Source: en.wikipedia.org

Kristian Bell

FACTS ABOUT KRISTEN BELL

Date of Birth:	18 July 1980
Birthplace:	Huntington Wood, Michigan
Age:	29
First Name:	Kristen
Middle Name:	Anne
Last Name:	Bell
Build:	Slim
Height:	5' 1" (155 cm)
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Blonde
Star Sign:	Cancer
Claim to Fame:	Veronica Mars
Occupation:	Actress
Occupation Category:	Actress
Nationality:	American
Alternative Names:	K-Bell, Annie, KB, Veronica Mars

BIOGRAPHY FOR KRISTEN BELL

Kristen Anne Bell (born Jul. 18, 1980 (31 years ago)) is an American actress. Although her first movie role was an uncredited appearance in Polish Wedding, Bell previously acted in stage and musical productions. In 2001 (10 years ago), she made her Broadway debut as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. After re-locating to Los Angeles, Bell landed various TV guest appearances and small movie parts, before she gained fame as the title role on the critically acclaimed TV series, Veronica Mars from sep. 2004 (7 years ago) to May 2007 (4 years ago). 





During her time on Veronica Mars, Bell reprised her role as Mary Lane in the movie version of Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, a stage production she had taken part in. She also portrayed the lead role in Pulse, a remake of a J-Horror film. In 2007 (4 years ago), she joined the cast of Heroes playing the character Elle Bishop, and Gossip Girl as the offscreen titular narrator. Additionally, she played the title character in the comedy movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Bell has received a Satellite Award and Saturn Award, and has been nominated several times for TV Critics Association Awards and Teen Choice Awards. 

EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY

Bell was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. She is the daughter of Tom Bell, a TV news director, and Lorelei "Lori" Bell, a registered nurse. Bell is of Polish and Scottish descent. Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and she has two half sisters, Sara and Jody, from her father's second marriage. Bell has a lazy eye which affects her right eye. She inherited it from her mother, who had it corrected as a child. Bell claims that if she does not get enough sleep, it furthers the ailment. She nicknames her right eye "Wonky". 





At the age of four, Bell claimed she did not like her first name and opted to change it to "Smurfette" after the character in the The Smurfs. However, her mother convinced Bell to go by her middle name of Anne instead; she used the name Annie until high school. She attended Burton Elementary school in Huntington Woods where she studied singing and tap dancing. 





Just before her freshman year of high school, Bell's parents decided to pull her from the public school system. She then attended Shrine Catholic High School in nearby Royal Oak, where she took part in the drama and music club. During her time at the school, she won the starring role in the school's 1997 (14 years ago) production of The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy Gale and also appeared in productions of Fiddler on the Roof (1995, 16 years ago), Lady Be Good (1996, 15 years ago), and Li'l Abner (1998, 13 years ago). In 1998 (13 years ago), the year she graduated, Bell was named the yearbook's "Best Looking Girl" by senior class vote. 





When Bell was 17, her best friend Jenny DeRita, whom she met at age 11 during a Detroit community theater production, was killed in an automobile accident. Bell said that it was "both the best and worst thing that has ever happened to me....Once you learn not to take people for granted, you live a lot happier life." 





Shortly after her high school graduation, Bell moved to New York and attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, majoring in musical theater. In 2001 (10 years ago), during her senior year at New York University, Bell left a few credits shy of graduating to take a role in the Broadway musical version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 





PERSONAL LIFE





Bell signing in Jan. 2005 (6 years ago) at San Francisco's Metreon.At age 11, Bell became a vegetarian. In an interview with PETA, Bell stated, "I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with — dogs and cats, for example — from the animals on my plate, and I never really cared for the taste of meat. I always loved my Brussel sprouts!" During her time in Michigan, Bell fostered animals from Michigan Humane Society and she now supports the San Diego-based Helen Woodward Animal Center. Bell often attends fund raisers for the ASPCA and other non-profit organizations dedicated to protecting animals. She owns a Welsh Corgi-Chow Chow mix named Lola, a Welsh Corgi-Chihuahua mix named Shakey, and a black Labrador Retriever named Sadie, who was 11 years old when she was rescued from Hurricane Katrina and adopted by Bell in 2005 (6 years ago). She and many of those who worked on Veronica Mars, including friend Ryan Hansen, are involved with the charity organization Invisible Children Inc. The goal of the organization is to create awareness regarding the plight of Northern Ugandans who are caught in the midst of a civil war between the government and Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. Bell has shown her support for the Writers Guild of America in the writer's strike, appearing in the picket lines in dec. 2007 (4 years ago) stating, "the writers are just looking for some fairness." 





Bell has also done a public service announcement for Do Something's great Healthy Living Campaign. 





In 2007 (4 years ago), Bell ended a five-year relationship with former fiancé Kevin Mann, and went on to date actor Dax Shepard. She told Complex magazine that dating "makes me want to vomit. And not out of grossness — OK, a little bit out of grossness, but just nerves." Bell explains, "I’ve always been a serial monogamist." 





As she is a Detroit native, she is also an avid fan of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team.





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YANGSEKU

Profil biodata YANGSEKU duo vocal YANGSEKU Fenty Febrianti dan Putri Anne Istinuary

YANGSEKU merupakan Duo Vocal wanita pendatang baru yang di produksi oleh INZPIRE MUSIC,Duo Vocal ini bernama Putri Anne and Fenty Febriyanti mereka adalah adik dari PASHA UNGU yang sekaligus menjadi sebagai PRODUSER.

Yah Duo Yangseku terdiri dari Fenty Febrianti dan Putri Anne Istinuary , keduanya adalah adik dari vokalis beken, Pasha ‘Ungu’. Selaku jadi produser, Pasha tak menargetkan grup itu sukses layaknya Ungu.

“Gue tidak bilang sama adik-adik gue, kalau mereka harus sukses seperti ungu. Tapi gue punya impian untuk mereka seperti itu (Ungu),” tutur Pasha kepada Okezone, disela syuting video klip Yangseku berjudul Pujaan Hati, di kawasan Cibubur, Jakarta Timur, Kamis (27/1/2011).

Yangseku memang membawa nama besar Pasha, namun bukan berarti hal itu mudah baginya untuk mengangkat karir duo cewek cantik itu di industri musik.

“Industry sekarang gak bisa gitu ya. Makanya gue butuh label kan, untuk bantu gue promosikan mereka di media-media yang mereka punya,” tukasnya.

Single Yangseku berjudul Pujaan Hati sudah diperdengarkan melalui radio-radio beberapa minggu lalu.

Vino G Bastian Tolak Nyanyi

Berita Gosip Vino G Bastian Terbaru 2011 - Bintang film menyeberang ke dunia nyanyi sudah menjadi hal lumrah dalam industri hiburan. Lebih-lebih bagi artis yang tengah berada di puncak popularitas. Bagaimana dengan Vino G Bastian? Menyadari suaranya jelek, Vino tak mau ikut-ikut menggunakan "aji mumpung" untuk menyanyi.


Koleksi Foto Vino G Bastian


"Nggak ah. Aduh, suara gue kan jelek banget. Sadar diri deh gue. Tapi kalau nge-band gue masih berjalan sampai sekarang," ungkapnya saat ditemui di SCTV Tower, Lantai 19, Jakarta Pusat, Rabu (15/6/2011) malam.

Posisi pemain film 'Radit dan Jani' itu dalam grup band-nya adalah menjadi drummer. Vino memang sudah lama lihai dalam bermain drum. "Iya sebenarnya iseng eh tapi lama-lama asyik juga, ya sudah mau gimana lagi dong? Aku lanjutkan sampai sekarang," ujarnya seraya tersenyum.

Tawaran untuk bernyanyi bukan tidak ada. Namun, Vino merasa sudah puas dengan apa yang digelutinya saat ini. "Gue sudah sangat puas dengan bermain drum saja. Banyak sih yang nawarin untuk jadi vokalis tapi aku nggak mau ah, daripada hasilnya jelek," imbuhnya.

Meski begitu, pemain film 'Catatan Akhir Sekolah' itu enggan memilih antara berakting dengan musik. Baginya, kedua kegiatan itu memiliki keasyikan masing-masing.

"Aku senang di film bukan masalah materi tapi aku ingin berusaha mengembangkan akting aku sejauh mana. Kalau bermusik aku hanya menyalurkan hobi saja agar jangan dipendam-pendam," tutupnya.

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Inilah 28 Rahasia Perempuan Yang Harus diketahui Pria

1. Perempuan adalah makhluk yang senang sekali “jajan”. Sebab, dalam nggapan mereka, toko, warung, mall, supermarket, atau pasar adalah tempat di mana mereka seolah merasa terkontrol (padahal buktina mereka sangat “lost control” di tempat itu).

2. Perempuan sangat menyukai segala hal yang bersifat “tawar-menawar”. Jadi, pertanyaan tentang ‘apakah itu dibutuhkan’ tidaklah relevan. Bagi mereka, segala sesuatu yang dijual dan ditawarkan ibarat sebuah permainan yang mengasyikkan dan adil.

3. Perempuan pada dasarnya tidak punya sesuatu untuk dipakai. jadi, jangan bertanya tentang rak baju di dalam kloset, kamu “hanya harus tidak mengerti kenapa”.

4. Perempuan butuh menangis. Dan mereka tidak akan menangis kecuali mereka tahu bahwa kamu bisa mendengarnya.

5. Perempuan akan selalu bertanya tentang sesuatu yang tidak mempunyai jawaban pasti. Ini adalah upaya mereka untuk membuatmu merasa bersalah.

6. Perempuan butuh berbicara. Jadi, mereka akan selalu ngobrol, ngomong, alis ngacapruk, karena berdiam diri atau menutup mulut sangat menyiksa bagi mereka, walaupun mereka sebenarnya tidak ada yang ingin dibicarakan.

7. Perempuan butuh untuk merasa bahwa ada orang lain yang lebih ‘buruk’ dari mereka. Itu kenapa acara-acara seperti Oprah Winfrey Show sangat sukses.

8. Perempuan tidak menginginkan seks sebesar keinginan laki-laki. Ini dikarenakan seks lebih bersifat fisik bagi laki-laki, dan bersifat emosional bagi mereka. Jadi, hanya dengan mengetahui bahwa laki-laki menginginkan seks dengan mereka, kebutuhan atau hasrat seksual mereka sudah terpenuhi.

9. Perempuan tidak menyukai serangga. Bahkan perempuan terkuat pun selalu membutuhkan laki-laki di samping mereka jika ada serangga yang muncul.

10. Perempuan tidak bisa menjaga rahasia. Sebab itu seolah mengerat mereka dari dalam. Imbasnya, mereka merasa bahwa bukanlah sebuah ‘dosa’ bila membicarakan rahasia tersebut kepada satu atau dua orang.

11. Perempuan selalu ingin tampil berkelompok di depan umum. Sebab, ini memberikan mereka kesempatan untuk menggosip.

12. Perempuan tidak pernah tahan untuk tidak menjawab telpon, apapun yang sedang mereka lakukan. Sebab mereka menganggap telpon itu sebagai pengumuman lotre dan mereka adalah pemenangnya (haha…).

13. Perempuan tidak pernah mengerti kenapa laki-laki menyukai mainan. Sedang laki-laki sangat paham bahwa mereka tidak membutuhkan ‘mainan’ lain bila perempuan punya tombol ‘on/off’.

14. Perempuan akan berpikir bahwa semua rasa ‘bir’ itu sama.

15. Perempuan akan menyimpan tiga jenis shampo yang berbeda dan dua jenis kondisioner di kamar mandi mereka.

16. Setelah perempuan mandi, jangan heran bila kamar mandi akan berbau seperti ‘hutan tropis’.

17. Perempuan tidak mengerti ‘daya tarik’ olahraga. Laki-laki akan mencari hiburan sebagai kesempatan untuk lari dari kenyataan. Sedang perempuan mencari hiburan untuk mengingatkan mereka bagaimana ’segala sesuatu’ bisa berbahaya.

18. Bila laki-laki pergi untuk 7 hari perjalanan, maka mereka akan membawa pakaian untuk lima hari dan akan memakai pakaian yang sama untuk beberapa hari. Tapi bila perempuan pergi untuk 7 hari perjalanan, maka mereka akan membawa pakaian untuk 21 hari. Ini karena mereka tidak tahu yang akan mereka rasakan apa yang mereka pakai setiap harinya.

19. Perempuan akan merapikan rambut mereka bila mau tidur.

20. Perhatikan bagaimana perempuan makan es krim, maka kamu akan tahu bagaimana mereka di tempat tidur.

21. Perempuan akan digaji (dibayar) lebih murah dibandingkan laki-laki, kecuali dalam dunia model.

22. Perempuan tidak pernah ’salah’. Dan meminta maaf adalah tugas laki-laki. Hmm.. siapa sebenarnya yang merayu adam memakan buah apel..?

23. Perempuan tidak tahu apapun soal mobil, kecuali dibutuhkan pabrik mobil untuk iklan.

24. Perempuan punya tempat tidur yang lebih baik dan tertata dibanding laki-laki. Sebab mereka berpikir dalam mimpi pun mereka akan dipuja.

25. Jumlah rata-rata barang di kamar mandi perempuan adalah 437. Laki-laki tidak akan dapat mengerti brang-barang tersebut.

26. Perempuan akan bilang bahwa mereka menyukai binatang yang lucu seperti kucing. Laki-laki juga berkata yang sama, tapi bila tidak berada di depan perempuan, ia akan menendangnya.

27. Perempuan sangat suka berbicara di telpon. Mereka bisa menginap di tempat teman selama dua minggu, lalu ketika kembali ke rumah, mereka akan menelpon teman tersebut selama 3 jam.

28. Perempuan akan merapikan stelan mereka (bersolek) bila mau keluar untuk berbelanja, menyiram tanaman, membersihkan garasi, menjawab telpon, membaca buku, atau bahkan membuka surat.

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Yui Yoshioka 2

Early life

Yui Yoshioka was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She grew up in a single-parent family; her father left her mother before she was born. She stated that she had always been close to music; she would remember the beats from music she heard on the radio, and could sing it. By the time she was in elementary school she thought she would like to become a singer.

During her third year in middle school, at her mother's suggestion, Yui began writing a journal of her feelings and tried to compose them into poems. By the time she was in high school, she began to write songs. While in high school, she worked part-time to help pay for tuition. She thought that, being so busy, she no longer had the time to realize her dreams of a music career. Eventually she got ill.While in hospital, she was overwhelmed with the desire to make music. She decided that school and music could not coexist. Upon leaving the hospital, she encountered a live street performance and expressed her desire to pursue a musical career to the band, Bianco Nero, at the end of the concert. Bianco Nero advised Yui to join a private music school. Yui soon dropped out of high school and began to study guitar and songwriting at a juku in her hometown of Fukuoka.[1] Aspiring to become a professional, she took to street performing at Fukuoka's Tenjin Station. These street performances helped Yui to overcome her shyness.

 Initial career

Her professional career began in March 2004 when, at the recommendation of her juku instructors, she applied for an audition hosted by Sony Music Japan. Despite the audition rule that a participant could only perform two songs, Yui was allowed to sing three. She first sang "Why Me" (a song later included in her debut single), followed by "It's Happy Line" and "I Know". The judges gave her the maximum score, causing a fierce scramble among record labels to sign her.[citation needed] Because "I Know" was incomplete at the time, the judges were able to get a glimpse of what would later be dubbed "Yui-go", or Yui-speak (Yui語 in Japanese), nonsensical English hummed to a tune during her songwriting process — an example of Yui-go can be found in the film Song of the Sun when Yui is working on the song "Goodbye Days".

On December 24, 2004, she released her debut single "It's Happy Line" under the indie label Leaflet Records, coupled with the track "I Know". The pressing was limited to only 2,000 copies in her home area.

 From Me to You (2005–2006)

Upon leaving her hometown in Fukuoka for Tokyo, Yui wrote the song "Feel My Soul" as a tribute to her hometown. She initially had planned its release on an indie label. However, when the song caught the ears of Fuji TV producer Mr. Yamaguchi, who saw the demo video clip, he claimed that Yui's voice touched him so much that he went out of his way to visit the recording studio.[citation needed] Fuji Television's primetime drama Fukigen na Gene used Yui's debut track as an insert song.

On February 23, Yui released her first major debut single, "Feel My Soul". The music in Fukigen na Gene was based on her songs "Feel My Soul" and "It's Happy Line". With the publicity the drama tie-in drew in, "Feel My Soul" managed to sell over 100,000 copies and managed to chart at number 8 on Oricon Weekly Charts in its first week. Her next three singles, "Tomorrow's Way" (theme song for the Japanese movie, "Hinokio"), "Life" (5th ending theme for the anime series Bleach), and "Tokyo" did not chart as high as Feel My Soul did and were only moderately successful in comparison.

After the release of four singles, Yui released her debut album, titled From Me to You, a moderate success with sales of more than 200,000 copies.

 Can't Buy My Love (2006–2007)

Yui made her acting debut in the full-length Japanese feature film Song of the Sun (Taiyou no uta, タイヨウのうた),[4] which opened on June 17, 2006. The film was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[5] Yui attended the Japan Academy Prize and received the Best Newcomer Award for Midnight Sun. Prior to the release of the movie, Yui released her fifth single "Good-bye Days" written specifically for the film. The single is by far her highest selling at more than 200,000 copies sold. All three tracks on the single are featured in the "Midnight Sun." The single also re-released the track "It's Happy Line," originally released on her debut single.

Her next single, "I Remember You", did well in terms of sales, riding on the wave of the popularity of "Good-bye Days." Yui's seventh single "Rolling Star" was chosen as the 5th opening theme for the anime series Bleach. Her eighth single, "Cherry" was featured in commercial promoting KDDI au Listen Mobile Service.

She released her second album Can't Buy My Love on April 4, 2007. The album spending two weeks at number 1 on the Oricon charts, shattering her entire previous album's record sales in one week. Can't Buy My Love managed to sell over 680,000 copies. Due to the success of Can't Buy My Love, Yui's previous album, From Me to You charted once again, adding another 9,000 copies to the Oricon counting

  Loved Yesterday (2007–2008)

Yui released her 9th single "My Generation/Understand" on June 13, 2007. It was her first double A-side single. "My Generation" was selected as the ending theme for the drama Seito Shokun!, and "Understand" was chosen as the theme song for the movie Dog in a Sidecar (サイドカーに犬),[6] (starring her senpai at Stardust Promotion, Yūko Takeuchi). The single charted at number 1 on the Oricon Weekly Charts the first week of its release.

Her tenth single, "Love & Truth" was released on September 26, 2007. The title track is the theme song to the Japanese film, Closed Note (クローズド・ノート) (starring Erika Sawajiri, also of Stardust).

During this time, her previous two albums were re-released as Winter Sleeve Editions in alternative covers taken from her "Love & Truth" photoshoot. Her first live concert DVD "Thank You My Teens" was released on November 14, 2007, which contained footage of her second live concert tour. On November 19, 2007, Yui opened her first live show at Nippon Budokan. The tickets for the concert sold out.[7]

Yui started 2008 with her eleventh single, Namidairo, released on February 27, 2008.[8] Yui composed the song as a "mysterious and sad sounding" insert for the television drama 4 Shimai Tantei Dan. The chorus of the song was incidentally written by YUI long ago, during her singing debut.

A week following the release of her 11th single, the promotional video of a new song "Laugh Away", was released. The song was used in Glico's "Watering KissMint" commercial. "Laugh Away" was released as a digital single on March 10, 2008.

Her third studio album was released on April 9, 2008 titled I Loved Yesterday. It quickly charted at number 1 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and sold more than 400,000 copies, only a little behind her second album. The 10th track on the album, titled "Oh Yeah", was used as the opening theme to Mezamashi TV, a morning television show. The limited edition version of the album included a DVD which contained music videos of her previous singles and live footage of her Nippon Budokan show.

Yui's third tour, named '"Oui": I Loved Yesterday' started in May 2008 and ran until July.

 My Short Stories/Holidays in the Sun (2008–present)

Yui released "Summer Song" on July 2, 2008,[10] again charting at number 1 on Oricon Weekly Charts. "Summer Song" sold 83,440 copies in a week, making "Summer Song" second highest in first week sales after "Love & Truth."

Yui released her B-side compilation album, My Short Stories,[11] released 12 November 2008, again charted at number 1 on Oricon. The album included all the B-side tracks of all her singles to date, along with a new song "I'll Be".[12] Yui is the second female artist whose B-side compilation album topped the charts, after Seiko Matsuda's "Touch Me" in 1984. The last compilation album that reached No. 1 was Mr. Children's B-Side in May 2007. On the success of "My Short Stories", sales of her first album From Me to You rose again.

In her "Yui Diary" blog entry on August 29, 2008, Yui mentioned that she would put her career on hold, not making any public appearances after the release of the album. With this break, she would be able to fully concentrate on her plans for the next year. During this break, she co-wrote the song "I Do It" with Okinawan girl band Stereopony. It was released as Stereopony's third single on April 22, 2009.[13]

Yui announced her return from her 5-month hiatus on March 25, 2009 on her official website. The single celebrating her return is an up-tempo tune titled "Again." The track was chosen as the first opening theme of the new season of the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood anime series, premiered on April 5, 2009. The single was released on June 3, 2009.[14] "Again" debuted atop the Oricon charts, selling over 110,000 copies in its first week. It currently has the highest opening week sales for a female act in 2009.[15]

On July 27, 2009, Yui-net.com announced the release of her second double-A side single named, "It's All Too Much/Never Say Die". The two songs featured in a movie version of an anime, Kaiji as a both a theme and an insert song.[16] The single was released on October 7, 2009 and Kaiji released on October 10, 2009. The single debuted at No. 1, selling 75,000 copies in its first week of sales. This is her fifth overall number 1 single.

Yui released "Gloria" on January 20, 2010. It was another chart-topper, selling 80,000 copies in the first week. Her next single, "To Mother," was released on June 2, 2010. On July 14, 2010, Yui released her fourth studio album, Holidays in the Sun, which includes her five singles from "Summer Song" to "To Mother". Her single "Rain" was released on November 24, 2010.[17] Yui's newest addition is a double-A side of "It's My Life" and "Your Heaven," released on January 26, 2011. Yui traveled to Sweden for the shooting of the "Your Heaven" music video.

Yui's tour DVD, Holidays in the Sun will be available in Japan on March 9.

Studio albums

• 2006: From Me to You


• 2007: Can't Buy My Love


• 2008: I Loved Yesterday


• 2010: Holidays in the Sun

Compilation albums

• 2008: My Short Stories

source :en.wikipedia.org