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Lauren Dukoff
Lauren Dukoff (born 1984) is an American photographer noted for her portraiture and documentary work of celebrities and musicians, including the cover of the Adele album, '' 21''. Photography career Dukoff briefly studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography but left after one year. She learned photography from her father who was a commercial director and still photographer. Dukoff got her start by documenting the musical career of long-time friend Devendra Banhart. Dukoff was also mentored by music photographer Autumn de Wilde. Dukoff has photographed Beyoncé, Adele, Lady Gaga, Charlene, Princess of Monaco, Sting, Katy Perry, Devendra Banhart, M.I.A., Kim Gordon, Beck, Justin Bieber, Mary J. Blige, Morrissey, Neil Young, Joanna Newsom, Lil Wayne, Alicia Keys, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, The Strokes, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Olivia Wilde, Zooey Deschanel, the cast of True Blood, Mad Men and Glee as well as a number of other musicians and ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Dukoff, July 2009
Lauren is mostly a feminine given name. The name's meaning may be "laurel tree", "sweet of honor", or "wisdom". It is derived from the French name Laurence, a feminine version of Laurent, which is in turn derived from the Roman surname Laurentius. Although originally a male name, the name's popularity with females has been widely attributed to actress Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske). It is a popular name in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. In the U.S. the name ranked #170 in 2018 and #148 in 2017. The name was most popular in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s. Given name * Lauren (Cameroonian footballer) (Laureano Bisan-Etame Mayer; born 1977), Cameroonian men's footballer * Lauren (Brazilian footballer) (Lauren Eduarda Leal Costa; born 2002), Brazilian women's footballer * Lauren Ackerman (1905–1993), American physician and pathologist * Lauren Adams (actress) (born 1982), American actress * Lauren Adamson (1948–2021), American developmental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the beginning of his solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse (band), Crazy Horse, he released critically acclaimed albums such as ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'' (1969), ''After the Gold Rush'' (1970), ''Harvest (Neil Young album), Harvest'' (1972), ''On the Beach (Neil Young album), On the Beach'' (1974), and ''Rust Never Sleeps'' (1979). He was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album ''Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album), Déjà Vu''. Young's guitar work, deeply personal lyrics and signature high tenor singing voice define his long career. He also plays piano and harmonica on many albums, which frequently combine folk music, folk, rock music, rock, count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glee (TV Series)
''Glee'' (stylized as ''glee'') is an American jukebox musical Comedy drama, comedy-drama television series created by Ryan Murphy (producer), Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan (writer), Ian Brennan for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Taking place at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, the series focuses on the New Directions, a glee club competing in the show choir circuit, as its disparate members deal with social issues regarding sexuality, gender, Race (human classification), race, family, relationships, and teamwork. The initial twelve-member cast included Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester, Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester, Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury, and Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester. The remaining cast portrayed students, with Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray, Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel, Kevin McHale (actor), Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams, Lea Michele as Rachel Berry, Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson, Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones, Mark Salling as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Men
''Mad Men'' is an American historical drama, period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on cable network AMC (TV channel), AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, with seven seasons and 92 episodes. It is set during the period of March 1960 to November 1970. ''Mad Men'' begins at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, and continues at the new firm of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (later named Sterling Cooper & Partners) in the Time-Life Building at 1271 Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Sixth Avenue. According to the pilot episode, the term "Mad men" was coined in the 1950s by Madison Avenue#Advertising industry, advertisers working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves, "Mad" being short for "Madison". The only documented use of the phrase from that time, however, may be the late-1950s writings of James Kelly, an advertising executive and writer. The series's main c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy Horror fiction, horror Drama (film and television), drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball (screenwriter), Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress living in the fictional rural town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. It is set two years after the invention of a synthetic blood product branded "Tru Blood" that has allowed vampires to "come out of the coffin" and let their presence be known to mankind. It chronicles the vampires' struggle for equal rights and assimilation while anti-vampire organizations begin to gain power. Sookie's world is turned upside down when she falls in love with 174-year-old vampire Bill Compton (The Southern Vampire Mysteries), Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), and for the first time, she must navigate the trials and terrors of intimacy and relationships. The show was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Claire Deschanel ( ; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She made her film debut in ''Mumford (film), Mumford'' (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film ''Almost Famous'' (2000). Deschanel is known for her deadpan roles in comedy films such as ''The Good Girl'' (2002), ''The New Guy'' (2002), ''Elf (film), Elf'' (2003), ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005), ''Failure to Launch'' (2006), ''Yes Man (film), Yes Man'' (2008), ''500 Days of Summer'' (2009), and ''Our Idiot Brother'' (2011). She has also ventured into dramatic film territory with ''Manic (2001 film), Manic'' (2001), ''All the Real Girls'' (2003), ''Winter Passing'' (2005), ''Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film), Bridge to Terabithia'' (2007), ''The Happening (2008 film), The Happening'' (2008), and ''The Driftless Area'' (2015). From 2011 to 2018, she starred as Jess Day (character), Jess Day on the Fox Broadcasting Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn, , March 10, 1984) is an American actress and director. She played Thirteen (House), Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the medical-drama television series ''House (TV series), House'' (2007–2012), and appeared in the action films ''Tron: Legacy'' (2010) and ''Cowboys & Aliens'' (2011), the romantic drama film Her (2013 film), ''Her'' (2013), the comedy film ''The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'' (2013), and the horror film ''The Lazarus Effect (2015 film), The Lazarus Effect'' (2015). She made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut playing Julia (Nineteen Eighty-Four), Julia in ''1984 (play), 1984'' (2017). Wilde made her directorial debut with the teen comedy film ''Booksmart'' (2019), which received critical acclaim and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. She directed the thriller film ''Don't Worry Darling'' (2022), which she also starred in. Early life Wilde was born Olivia Jane Cockburn in New York City on March 10, 1984. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British and French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress and singer Jane Birkin and French singer Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemon Incest" at the age of 12, she released an album with her father at the age of 15. More than 20 years passed before Gainsbourg released albums as an adult ('' 5:55'', '' IRM'', '' Stage Whisper'' and ''Rest'') to commercial and critical success. She has acted in many films, including collaborations with Lars von Trier, and received two César Awards and Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award, among many nominations. Background Gainsbourg was born on 21 July 1971 in the Marylebone area of Central London. Her mother was English actress and singer Jane Birkin. Her father was Jewish French musician Serge Gainsbourg. Gainsbourg was born at the height of her parents' fame; they had made headlines three years earlier with the sex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Portman
Natalie Hershlag{{efn, Some Hebrew sources claim that her birth name was "Neta-Lee Hershleg" ({{langx, he, נטע-לי הרשלג) and later, her first name was Americanized to "Natalie". {{Cite news , last=Shamir , first=Oron , date=August 31, 2015 , title=החלום הישראלי: מנטע-לי הרשלג לכוכבת , trans-title=The Israeli Dream: From Neta-Li Harshleg to Star , url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/cinema/2015-08-31/ty-article/0000017f-f86a-d460-afff-fb6ee2fa0000 , access-date=February 11, 2025 , work=Haaretz{{{cite web , date=July 7, 2022 , title=18 Things to Know About Jewish Actress Natalie Portman , website= Hey Alma , url=https://www.heyalma.com/18-things-you-didnt-know-about-natalie-portman/ However, Portman herself has stated that her name has "always been Natalie" and that she doesn't know where "Neta-Lee" came from. (born {{birth date, 1981, 6, 9), known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an actress, film producer and director with dual Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mila Kunis
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and raised in Los Angeles, she was Jackie Burkhart on ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006) and has voiced Meg Griffin on ''Family Guy'' since 1999. Kunis's breakout film role was in the 2008 romantic comedy ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall''. She gained critical acclaim for her performance in the psychological thriller ''Black Swan (film), Black Swan'' (2010), receiving nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, SAG Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other major films include the action films ''Max Payne (film), Max Payne'' (2008) and ''The Book of Eli'' (2010), the romantic comedy ''Friends with Benefits (film), Friends with Benefits'' (2011), the fantasy film ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013)—as the Wicke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strokes
The Strokes are an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1998. The band is composed of lead singer and primary songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond, Jr., Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti. They were a leading group of the early-2000s garage rock revival and post-punk revival movements. The release of their debut EP ''The Modern Age'' in early 2001 sparked a bidding war among minor labels, with the band eventually signing to RCA Records. That summer, they released their debut album, ''Is This It'', to widespread critical acclaim and strong sales. It has since appeared on numerous "greatest albums" lists. It was followed by ''Room on Fire'' (2003) and ''First Impressions of Earth'' (2005), both of which sold well but failed to match ''Is This It'' in immediate critical success, despite positive reviews nonetheless. Following a five-year hiatus, they released ''Angles (The Strokes albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Diddy, and formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, record producer, and record executive. Born in Harlem and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, Mount Vernon, Combs worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists including Mary J. Blige, Usher (musician), Usher and the Notorious B.I.G., for whom he served as manager and hype man. Combs's debut studio album, ''No Way Out (Puff Daddy album), No Way Out'' (1997), peaked atop the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and has sold over 7 million copies in the US. Two of its singles, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and "I'll Be Missing You", topped the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100—the latter was the first hip hop music, hip hop song to debut atop the chart. With a feature on "Mo Money Mo Problems", Combs became t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
