Showing posts with label history in america. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history in america. Show all posts

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Derek Jeter - baseball player

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Derek Jeter is an American professional baseball player who is at present with the New York Yankees. He is a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop who has played his whole career for the New York Yankees. He has serve as the Yankees' team leader since 2003. Jeter's presence in the Yankees' lineup, tinted by his hitting prowess, played an active role in the team's late 1990s dynasty. Jeter debuted in the main Leagues in 1995, and the subsequent year he won the Rookie of the Year Award and help the Yankees win the 1996 World Series.

In 2000, Jeter become the only player in history to win together the All Star Game MVP Award and the World Series MVP Award in the similar year. He has been selected as an All-Star eleven times, won the Silver Slugger award four times, and he has won the Gold Glove award on five time. He is the all-time hits head among shortstops and his .317 career batting average during the 2009 season ranks as the fifth highest with active players. He has been among the American League (AL) leaders in hits and runs scored for the past ten years. He is the every time Yankees hit leader, transitory Hall of Fame member Lou Gehrig in 2009.

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Date Of Birth

June 26, 1974

Place Of Birth

Pequannock, New Jersey

Bats

Right

Throws

Right

Batting average

.314

Hits

2,926

Runs

1,685

Home runs

234

Runs batted in

1,135

On-base plus slugging

.837

Teams

New York Yankees

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Mark Wahlberg - Rapper, Actor, producer, television

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Mark Wahlberg is the former rapper, American actor, and producer of film and television. He was recognized as Marky Mark in his earlier years, and become well-known for his 1991 debut as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He was ranked #1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90's. He is well recognized for his role in films such as Boogie Nights (1997), Three Kings (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), The Italian Job, I Heart Huckabees, etc.

He has also serve as the managerial producer of the TV series Entourage and Boardwalk Empire. Wahlberg is a dedicated Catholic who attend daily Mass, credits his faith and a priest from his childhood for helping him twist his life around, and know the seriousness of his faith. He dated actresses Jordana Brewster and China Chow, his co-star in the movie The Big Hit. Actively concerned in charity, Wahlberg recognized the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation in May 2001 for the reason of raising and distribute funds to youth service and enrichment programs.

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Birth Name

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg

Date Of Birth

June 5, 1971

Place Of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Other names

Marky Mark, Monk D

Occupation

Actor, Producer, Rapper

Spouse

Rhea Durham

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Kelly Clarkson - actress, pop rock singer and songwriter

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Kelly Clarkson is an American actress, pop rock singer and songwriter. Clarkson rose to celebrity after winning the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later symbolize the United States in the World Idol competition in 2003. She has out four albums to date under RCA Records, her latest album All I Ever Wanted (2009) (which was chosen for a Grammy Award). Her album have sold above 10.5 million copies in the United States. Clarkson is the only American Idol competitor to have reach number one in the UK.

She claim number one on March 1, 2009, while "My Life Would Suck Without You" debuted number one on downloads by yourself. Clarkson is ranked on the top 200 album seller of the Nielsen SoundScan era at number 187. Eleven of Clarkson's singles become Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Her single, "My Life Would Suck Without You", higher from No. 97 to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in its primary week of release, breaking the record for the major leap to the top position in chart history. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Clarkson is the maximum selling Idol winner worldwide, with approximately 36 million singles and 23 million albums sold around the world.

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Birth name

Kelly Brianne Clarkson

Date Of Birth

April 24, 1982

Place Of Birth

Fort Worth, Texas

Origin

Burleson, Texas, United States

Occupations

Singer-songwriter, actress

Genres

Pop rock, adult contemporary

Instruments

Vocal

Monday, December 27, 2010

Miley Cyrus - American actress and pop singer

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Miley Cyrus is an famous American actress and pop singer. She attain wide fame for her position as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana. Cyrus proof music for the soundtracks, Hannah Montana (2006) and Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), out by Walt Disney Records. With the success of the Hannah Montana franchise she recognized herself as a teen idol. In 2007, Cyrus sign to Hollywood Records to follow a solo career. She go on the Best of Both Worlds Tour the same year, in which she achieve as both herself and in character as Hannah Montana. In July 2008, Cyrus released her initial solo album, Breakout (2008), which was commercially successful.

Cyrus receive a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her presentation of Bolt's theme song, "I Thought I Lost You". She also reprised her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). She initiate to cultivate an adult image in 2009 with the release of The Time of Our Lives (2009), an comprehensive play which presented a more normal pop sound, and by filming The Last Song (2010), a coming of age drama film. The music video and words of the album's lead single, "Can't Be Tamed", portrays a additional sexualized image for the entertainer. Cyrus ranked figure thirteen on Forbes' 2010 famous person 100.

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Birth name

Destiny Hope Cyrus

Date Of Birth

November 23, 1992

Place Of Birth

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Genres

Pop, pop rock, teen pop, country pop

Occupations

Actress, author, entrepreneur, fashion designer, singer, songwriter, model, musician, dancer

Instruments

Vocals, guitar, piano