Bruno Mars is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, voice actor, and choreographer. He signed with Atlantic Records in 2009. His first album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans had 3 worldwide number one hit singles, includes: Just the Way You Are, Grenade, and The Lazy Song. His first debut album was nominated for seven Grammy Awards. His next album, Unorthodox Jukebox, released in 2012, won Best Pop Vocal Album in the Grammy Awards. He was nominated as Top Artist of the Year at the Billboards Music Awards in May 2014. He is known for his stage performance and retro showmanship. He is one of the most successful solo artists of the world.
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Mike Nichols (1931-2014)
Mike Nichols was a German-born American television, stage and film director, writer, producer, and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for the movie The Graduate in 1968. He directed other films which are: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Catch-22, Carnal Knowledge, Silkwood, Working Girl, The Bird Cage, and Charlie Wilson’s War. Charlie Wilson’s War was his final film. He also directed the HBO mini-series Angels in America. He died of cardiac arrest on November 19, 2014. He was 83 years old. R.I.P. Mike Nichols. My condolences to his family, and friends.
Amy Poehler (1971-Present)
Amy Poehler is an American actress, comedian, voice artist, and writer. She was one of the cast members of NBC’s sitcom Saturday Night Live from 2001-2008. She was co-anchor of the Weekend Update sketch, alongside Tina Fey. She was in the sitcom Parks & Recreation as Leslie Knope. She is currently as an executive producer on the new Swedish-American sitcom Welcome to Sweden, which is still broadcasting on NBC.
Taylor Swift (1989-Present)
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She pursued a singing career in country music with an independent label called Big Machine Records at the young age of 14. Her first self-titled album, Taylor Swift (2008) established her as a country music star. Her second album Fearless (2009) became successful and has won 4 Grammy awards. Her third album Speak Now (2010) became a huge success. Her fifth album named 1989, which is a pop album was released in 2014. Her new album 1989 is out in stores now worldwide. She has appeared in the comedy film Valentine’s Day (2010). She was in the animated film The Lorax (2012).
Jennifer Lawrence (1990-Present)
Jennifer Lawrence is an American actress. She appeared in the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show (2007-2009). She won an Academy award for the film Silver Linings Playbook (2012). She was awarded the Golden Globe award for the comedy drama film American Hustle (2013). Her role as Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games series established her as the highest-grossing action heroine of all-time. She gained international fame as the role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games series.
Naya Rivera (1987-Present)
Naya Rivera Dorsey is an American actress and singer. She is famously known for her role as Santana Lopez on the fox channel’s musical-comedy-drama television series Glee. On September 17, 2013 she released her first solo single, “Sorry” featuring rapper Big Sean.
J.K. Rowling (1965-Present)
Joanne “Jo” Rowling pen names J.K. Rowling, and Robert Galbraith is a British novelist. She is best known for the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Harry Potter novels have become the best-selling book series in history. The movies based on the Harry Potter fantasy novels became the highest-grossing film series in history. Under another pen name, Robert Galbraith she wrote 3 novels including: The Casual Vacancy (2012), The Cuckoo’s Calling (2013), and The Silkworm (2014). She was named the “Most Influential Woman in Britain” by leading magazine editors.
Suzanne Collins (1962-Present)
Suzanne Collins is an American television writer and novelist. She is best known for her successful novels of The Hunger Games Trilogy, which are: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. Her novels are The New York Times Best Selling series. The Hunger Games, and Catching Fire were made into movies. which appeared in the silver screen. Mockingjay is set to be released in films of two parts. Mockingjay, part 1 will come this year in 2014, and part 2 next year of 2015. The two movie parts will appear in the silver screen.
Bill Murray (1950-Present)
William James “Bill” Murray is an American actor and comedian. His first gained success was on the comedy sitcom show Saturday Night Live. He starred in comedy films such as: Meatballs (1979), Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), What About Bob? (1991), and Groundhog Day (1993). He earned an Academy award for Best Actor in Lost in Translation (2003). He was in a series of films directed by Wes Anderson.
Anne Hathaway (1982-Present)
Anne Hathaway is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was portraying Mia Thermopolis in the Disney film The Princess Diaries (2001), and then played in its 2004 sequel. She starred in a drama film named Brokeback Mountain (2005). She was in the movie Becoming Jane (2007) as Jane Austen. She earned an Academy award nomination for Best Actress in the film Rachel Getting Married in 2008. She was in Christopher Nolan’s film The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Selina Kyle (a.k.a., Catwoman). She won an Academy award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Les Miserables (2012). She is on the list of the world’s 50 Most Beautiful People in 2006.
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