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Adele

The US Trends | Adele | Adele is an English singer and songwriter. Adele was the 1st recipient of theBrit Awards Critics'Choice and was named the No.#1 predicted breakthrough act of2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics,Sound of2008.Since her debut album19, Adele has received much recognition both commercially and critically.The album debuted at No.#1,and has been certified 4x platinum in theUK.Her career in the US was boosted by a viewer record breakingSaturday NightLive episode in late2008.At the2009 Grammy Awards, Adele won the awards forBest New Artist andBest Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Adele released her 2nd album 21 on24 January2011 in theUK,and 22February in theUS.The album was well received critically and catapulted Adele to record breaking success,selling 208,000copies in its 1st week in theUK and debuting at No.#1 on theUK Albums Chart,a position it managed to hold for 16weeks.In theUnited Kingdom,21 has been certified 12times platinum for shipment of 3,600,000 units.The album debuted at No.#1 on theBillboard 200in the US,selling 352,000copies in its 1st week.The album has charted at No.#1 in 17countries,including several charts across Europe,Australia and the United States.

After being performed at the 2011 BRIT Awards, the album track "Someone Like You" reached number one in the United Kingdom, while the album also remained at number one. "Someone Like You" held the number one position for four consecutive weeks. The song has also spent 2 weeks at number one in New Zealand 5 weeks at number one in Australia and following her performance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards it became Adele's second number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

The Official Charts Company announced that Adele is the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. 21 has spent eleven consecutive weeks at number one in the UK, the longest ever by a female solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, surpassing Madonna's nine weeks at number one in 1990 with her greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection. She made an appearance in the 2012 Guinness Book Of World Records. In the US the album has spent a total of thirteen weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, the longest an album has held the top position since 1998. The album has also broken the record for the most UK digital downloads. As of May 2011 the singer was worth £6 million, tying her with Lily Allen and Duffy for 9th place on the list of the richest British and Irish music stars under age 30.

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on 5 May 1988 in Tottenham, London, England, to a single teenage mother on 5 May 1988. She began singing at age four and asserts that she became obsessed with voices. Adele has cited the Spice Girls as a major influence in regard to her love and passion for music, stating that "they made me what I am today." Adele would also impersonate the Spice Girls at dinner parties as a young girl. To make her look like singer Gabrielle, her mother made an eye patch with sequins, which Adele said was embarrassing. At the age of 9, Adele and her mother, a furniture-maker and adult learning activities organiser, relocated to Brighton.

At the age of 11, Adele and her mother moved to Brixton, and then to neighbouring district West Norwood, in South London. West Norwood is the subject for Adele's first record, "Hometown Glory", written when she was 16. After moving to South London, she became interested in R&B artists such as Aaliyah, Destiny's Child and Mary J. Blige.

Adele claims that one of the most defining moments in her life was when she watched Pink perform at Brixton Academy. "It was the Missundaztood record, so I was about 13 or 14. I had never heard, being in the room, someone sing like that live. I remember sort of feeling like I was in a wind tunnel, her voice just hitting me. It was incredible."

Adele graduated from The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon in May 2006, where she was a classmate of Leona Lewis and Jessie J. Adele credits the school with nurturing her talent. In school, she was more interested in going into A&R, and hoped to launch other people's careers. Four months later, she published two songs on the fourth issue of the online arts publication PlatformsMagazine.com. She had recorded a three-song demo for a class project and gave it to a friend who posted it on Myspace where it became very successful and led to a phone call from music label XL Recordings. She doubted if the offer was real because the only record company she knew was Virgin Records, and she took a friend with her to the meeting.

Nick Huggett at XL recommended Adele to manager Jonathan Dickins at September Management and in June 2006 Dickins became her official representative. September was managing Jamie T at the time and this proved a major attraction for Adele who was a big fan of the British singer-songwriter. Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2006. Adele provided vocals for Jack Peñate's song, "My Yvonne", from his debut album. Adele's breakthrough song, "Hometown Glory", was released in October 2007. Adele supported Will Young at the 2007 MENCAP Little Noise Sessions, a charity concert at London's Union Chapel. In 2008 she was the headliner and performed a stripped down acoustic and was supported by Damien Rice. She became the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008.

19, named for her age at the time she started recording it, entered the British charts at number one. The Times Encyclopedia of Modern Music would name 19 an "essential" Blue Eyed Soul recording. She released her second single "Chasing Pavements" on 14 January 2008, two weeks ahead of her debut album, 19. The song reached number two on the UK Chart, and stayed there for four weeks. Adele was nominated for a 2008 Mercury Prize award for 19. She also won an Urban Music Award for "Best Jazz Act". She also received a Q Awards nomination in the category of Breakthrough Act and a Music of Black Origin nomination in the category of Best UK Female. In March 2008, Adele signed a deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her foray into the US. She embarked on a short North American tour in the same month. The An Evening with Adele world tour began in May 2008 and ended in June 2009. She later cancelled the 2008 US tour dates to be with a former boyfriend. She said in Nylon magazine in June 2009, "I was drinking far too much and that was kind of the basis of my relationship with this boy. I couldn't bear to be without him, so I was like, 'Well, OK, I'll just cancel my stuff then… I can't believe I did that… It seems so ungrateful". In November 2008 Adele moved to Notting Hill after leaving her mother's house, a move that prompted her to give up drinking. 19 was released in the US in June, but by October 2008, it was apparent that Adele's attempt to break into America had failed. She would be the musical guest on the 18 October episode of Saturday Night Live. The episode was hotly anticipated because of an expected appearance by then US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The programme earned its best ratings in 14 years with 17 million viewers. Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" and "Cold Shoulder", and the following day, 19 topped the iTunes charts and ranked at number five at Amazon.com while "Chasing Pavements" rose into the top 25. The album reached number 11 on the Billboard 200 as a result, a jump of 35 places over the previous week. The album was certified as gold in February 2009 by the Recording Industry Association of America. By July 2009, the album had sold 2.2 million copies worldwide.

In July 2008, Adele paid £8,000 for a commissioned painting by Stella Vine in a charity auction in aid of Keep a Child Alive, a charity that helps African children and their families living with HIV/AIDS. Adele said she planned to ask Vine to paint a portrait of "my mum and me." At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele won awards in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. She was also nominated in the categories of Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Adele was also nominated for three Brit Awards in the categories of Best British Female, Best British Single and Best British Breakthrough Act. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent a thank-you letter to Adele that stated "with the troubles that the country's in financially, you're a light at the end of the tunnel." On 17 September 2009, Adele performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for the VH1 "Divas" event, a concert to raise money for the Save The Music Foundation charity. On 6 December, Adele opened with a 40-minute set at John Mayer's 2nd Annual Holiday Charity Revue held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

In 2010, Adele received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Hometown Glory". In April her song "My Same" entered the German Singles Chart after it had been performed by Lena Meyer-Landrut in the talent show contest Unser Star für Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), in which the German entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was determined. In late September, after being featured on The X Factor, Adele's version of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" re-entered the UK singles chart at number 4. During the 2010 CMT Artists of the Year special, Adele performed a widely publicized duet of Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" with Darius Rucker. This performance would later be nominated for a CMT Music Award.

Adele released her second studio album, 21, on 24 January 2011 in the UK and 22 February in the U.S. The album's sound is described as classic and contemporary roots and country music. The change in sound from her first album was the result of her bus driver playing contemporary Nashville music when she was touring the American South. Adele told Spin Magazine "It was really exciting for me because I never grew up around." The title choice reflects the growth she has experienced in the last two years. 21 hit number 1 in 18 countries, including the United States. In the United Kingdom, it sold 208,000 copies in its first week making it the biggest-selling January release in five years. In mid-February 2011, after a performance at the Brit Awards, the album track "Someone Like You" went straight to number 1 on the UK singles chart, while the album 21 also remained at number 1. According to the Official Charts Company, Adele is the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. It is the first time that one act has held the top two places in the UK albums chart since The Corrs in 1999. The album spent 11 consecutive weeks at number one, before being knocked off the top spot by Wasting Light by the Foo Fighters. Next week, though, she regained the number one spot and was holding in for five more weeks in a row. In July "Someone Like You" single set another record, having become the first song to sell over a million copies in the UK this decade. In September the album sold over 3 million units and Adele became the first artist in UK music history to hit 3 million sales of an album in one calendar year. In November 2011, Adele became the first artist to sell more than one million copies of an album on the European iTunes store with her second album 21.

As of June 2011, Adele had sold 2.5 million copies and 992,000 digital copies of 21 in the United States, making it the best-selling album in both categories in the first half of 2011. The first single, "Rolling in the Deep" reached number 1 in 8 countries including the Billboard Hot 100. The song has sold 5.567 million digital copies in the US by 24 November 2011, the most digital copies of a song ever sold in a single year in the US, and the best-selling song by a British artist in the digital era. "Someone Like You" became her second consecutive number-one single on the Hot 100 making Adele the first ever British female singer to spawn two consecutive number one singles from the same album. It also made Hot 100 history by achieving "the biggest jump to No. 1 in the chart's 53-year history that wasn't spurred by the release of a single." The song became the first strictly voice-and-piano ballad to top the Billboard Hot 100. At the 2011 American Music Awards on 20 November, Adele won three awards; Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album for 21. On November 30, 2011, Adele received six Grammy Award nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards which take place on 12 February 2012. She was nominated in the categories; Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 21, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video for "Rolling In the Deep", and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Someone Like You".

To promote the album, Adele embarked upon Adele Live tour,which sold out itsNorth American leg.Her audience at aMay 2011concert at theBeacon Theater inNew Yorkwas described as a"varied blend as they shuffle to the exitssome are tearstained,some are whistling" with "snatches of regretful conversation between women,missing one man,still resenting another".In October2011, Adele was forced to cancel 2tours because of a vocal cord hemorrhage. Adele released a statement saying she needed an extended period of rest in order to avoid permanent damage to her voice.On 28October, Adele released a further statement that she was undergoing surgery to"alleviate the current issues with her throat",adding;"I have absolutely no choice but to recuperate properly and fully,or I risk damaging my voice forever".The singer underwent laser microsurgery inUS on the 1st week ofNovember.

In theAugust 2011issue of Q Adele revealed that she was already working on a new album and has written 7songs for it. Adele promised would be more intimate and strippeddown than her first 2."It won\\'t be a big production.I want it to be quite acoustic and piano-led",the singer said."\\I want to write it all, record it all,produce it all and master it on my own.I think it'll take a lot longer because I want to do it this way",she added.

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David Beckham

The US Trends | David Beckham | David Beckham is anEnglish footballer who today plays in the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer as a mid-field player, who previously played for the club Preston North End, Manchester United (MU), national team of England,Real Madrid and A.C. Milan and which has an all-time record appearance out-field player .

Beckham 's professional Career started asHe Signed Acontract with MU,making his debut in1992 aged17.During this time,the MU won Premier League title 6times,the FA Cup twice and theUEFA Champions League in1999. Beckham left MU to sign for Real Madrid in2003,where he remained for 4seasons,clinching theLa LigaChampionship in his final season with theClub.

InJanuary2007,it was announced that David Beckham would leave Real Madrid for theMajor LeagueSoccer ClubLos AngelesGalaxy,signing a 5-year contract with them on July1,2007.While the Galaxy players, Beckham spent 2loan spells inItaly withMilan in2009 and2010.On 20November2011, Beckham joined an elite group of players that won 3league titles in 3different countries,when LosAngeles won their thirdMLS Cup .

In football, David Beckham made his debut in England on1-September-1996,at the age of21. Beckham was appointed Captain: 15November2000 until the2006 FIFA World Cup Final,in which he played 58 times. Beckham gained a lot of published the 100th Cap againstFrance on 26March2008,becoming the record holder appearances all-time outfield players onMarch28,2009when he beat Bobby Moore\\\'s total 108caps.With 115career appearances to date Beckham has stated that he didn't intend to retire from football,having missed the2010 World Cup through injury and not featuring in the post-World Cup plans of England managers, Fabio Capello.

David Beckham has twice been runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year and in2004 was the world\\\'s highest paid footballer when taking into account salary and advertising deals.Beckham was the firstBritish footballer to play 100 Champions League matches.He is 3rd in the Premier League\\\'s all time time assist provider chart,with 152 assists in 265 appearances. David Beckham was Google\\\'s most searched of all sports topics in both2003 and2004.With such global recognition he has become an elite advertising brand and a top fashion icon.When joining the MLS in2007 he was given the highest player salary in the league\\\'s history,with his playing contract with the Galaxy over the next 3years being worth US $ 6.5 m per year.

David Beckham, born David Robert Joseph Beckham,on May2,1975,in Leytonstone,Greater London, UK.A midfield player,he joined Manchester United in1993,and theEngland team in1996. Beckham was a member of the1998 World Cup team and the Euro 2000squad,and was made captain in the lead-up to the2002 World Cup.ByJune2003 he had won 61 caps for his country. His many honors with United include the treble of FA Cup, Premier League Championship,and Euro Cup in the 1998-1999season,the firstBritish side to achieve this feat.

David Beckham signed for Real Madrid at the start of the2003 - 2003 4season.Amid much media interest,Beckham signed with theL.A.Galaxy in2007 for a league high base salary of $ 5.5million with additional funding coming in the way of endorsement deals,profitsharing and marketing opportunities.In2001 he was voted BBC Sports Personality ofTheYear.

David Beckham married Victoria Adams ("\\\Posh Spice\\\" from the pop group "Spice Girls")in1999.The couple has 3boys, Brooklyn,Cruz andRomeo.

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Alicia Silverstone

The US Trends | Alicia Silverstone | Alicia Silverstone is an American actress, author,and former fashion model. Silverstone 1st came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith,and is perhaps best known for her rolesIn Hollywood films such as Clueless(1995)and her portrayal of BATGIRL in Batman & Robin(1997). Alicia Silverstone was born in SanFrancisco,California,the daughter of Deirdre"Didi", a Scottish-born former Pan Am flight attendant,and Monty Silverstone,an English-born real-estate investor and part-time actor.

Alicia Silverstone was raised in a"\\traditional Jewish household\\";her father,a native of east London,is Jewish,and her mother converted to Conservative Judaism before marriage.Silverstone is the youngest of three children and also has a half-sister,London based rock singer Kezi Silverstone,and a half-brother, David Silverstone,both from her father\\'s previous marriage.Silverstone attended Crocker Middle School and then San Mateo High School,but did not complete her high school studies.When she was six years old, she began modeling and was subsequently cast in television commercials,the 1st being for Domino//'s Pizza.She acquired some early modeling and advertising work and was eventually cast as"\\dream girl"Jessica on the episode"\\Road Test"of TheWonder Years.

Alicia Silverstone won several awards for her film performances,including MTV Movie Awards,National Board of Review,Young Artist Awards,and an American Comedy Award.She has been nominated for an Emmy award and a Golden Globe Award.During her career,she turned down several key roles in films,including DedeTruitt inThe Opposite of Sex and a role in Scream3.She was also considered for roles in Scream2,Bewitched,Little Women and Heartbreakers.She turned down the role of Valerie Malone on Beverly Hills,90210 in1994;Tiffani Thiessen was cast instead.

Alicia Silverstone won a leading part in the1993 film The Crush,playing a teenaged girl who sets out to ruin an older man after he spurns her affections;she won 2 awards at the1994 MTV Movie Awards for the role—Best Breakthrough Performance and BestVillain.Silverstone became legally emancipated at the age of 16 in order to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of the film.Also in1993, Silverstone auditioned for the lead role of AngelaChase inthe ABC TV series My SoCalled Life,but Claire Danes was chosen for the role instead. Alicia Silverstone made some television movies in her early career including Torch Song, Cool and the Crazy andScattered Dreams.

After seeing her in The Crush,Marty Callner decided Silverstone would be perfect for a role in a music video he was directing for the band Aerosmith,called "Cryin'";she was subsequently cast in 2 more videos,"Amazing"and"Crazy".These were hugely successful for both the band and Silverstone,making her a household name(and also gaining her the nickname,"\\the Aerosmith chick").They also got her noticed by filmmaker AmyHeckerling,who,after seeing them,decided to cast her inClueless.

Clueless became a sleeper hit and critical darling during the summer of1995.Silverstone\\'s performance was well received,and she was branded the spokeswoman for an emerging young generation.As a result,she signed a deal with Columbia TriStar worth $ 10 million.As part of the package, she got a 3-year first look deal for her own production company,First Kiss Productions. Alicia Silverstone also won"\\Best Female Performance" and"\\Most Desirable Female" at the1996 MTV Movie Awards for her performance in the film.In the same year Silverstone starred in the erotic thriller,The Babysitter, film adaptation of the novel by Dean Koontz,Hideaway,and the French drama about Americans,New World.

Silverstone//'s next role was as Batgirl in Batman & Robin,and while it was not a critical success,the film grossed $ 238,207,122 worldwide.Silverstone\\'s turn as Batgirl was not well received,and won her a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress.She also, however, won a BlimpAward at the Kid\\'s Choice Awards for the role. She suffered further bad press for allegedly striking a pedestrian with her vehicle in a crosswalk.In addition to Batman & Robin, Silverstone also starred alongside Benicio del Toro and ChristopherWalken in 1997//'s dark comedy Excess Baggage,which was the first movie to be released by her production company,First Kiss Productions.

Alicia Silverstone ended the1990s with the Saturn Award nominated romance / comedy film Blast from thePast which also stars Brendan Fraser,Christopher Walken andSissy Spacek.In40 Hottest Hotties of the '\\90s she was ranked No.#5. Topsocialite.com listed her as the Third Sexiest woman of the '\\90s.

In2000, Alicia Silverstone appeared in Kenneth Branagh//'s film adaptation of the Shakespeare play Love///'s Labour//'s Lost,in which she was required to sing and dance. In 2001, Silverstone provided the voice of Sharon Spitz,the lead character in the Canadian animated television Braceface. During this time she also made the films GlobalHeresy andScorched. In2002,she made her Broadway debut alongside Kathleen Turner and Jason Biggs in The Graduate. After removing herself from the public eye for a few years, she resurfaced in the short-lived 2003 NBC television show Miss Match,which was canceled after 11 episodes.Silverstone later acknowledged that she hates the trappings of fame,saying,"Fame is not anything I wish on anyone.You start acting because you love it.Then success arrives,and suddenly you're on show".

After the cancellation of Miss Match in2003, Alicia Silverstone did a pilot with Fox called Queen B,in which she played a former high school prom queen named Beatrice(Bea)who has discovered that the real world is nothing like high school.It was not picked up for production.In 2005,she costarred with QueenLatifah in Beauty Shop,a spin-off of the Barber-Shop films,as one of the stylists in the beauty shop.In the same year, she played a reporter alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie PrinzeJr. inScooby Doo-2:Monsters Unleashed,which did well financially,and appeared in the direct to video film Silence BecomesYou.

In2006, Alicia Silverstone starred in anABC pilot called Pink Collar,in which her character worked in a law firm.Like Queen B,this pilot was not picked up for syndication.That year she also starred alongside Alex Pettyfer,Ewan McGregor andMickey Rourke in the film Stormbreaker,and appeared in theHallmark Hall of Fame made for TV movie Candles on Bay Street,based on the book by CathiePelletier.Silverstone continued her theatre work,next appearing in David Mamet//'s Boston Marriage and Speed the Plow.In2008,Alicia Silverstone filmed anotherABC pilot alongside Megan Mullally calledBad Mother//'s Handbook and made a cameo appearance in the comedy film Tropic Thunder.

In early2009,Alicia Silverstone starred in the world premiere of Donald Margulies//'sTime StandsStill at theGeffen Playhouse LA.The play focuses on a longtime couple and journalistic team who return to NewYork from an extended stint in the war-torn Middle East.In a review, Alicia Silverstone was described as"\\a formidable stage presence who creates sparks whenever she performs\\".

Alicia Silverstone filmed a small segment inElektra Luxx,a sequel toWomen InTrouble. Director SebastianGutierrez cut her segment but will possibly use it for a 3rd installment,tentatively titledWomen InEcstasy.She also starred in the music video for Rob Thomas//'s 2009single "\\Her Diamonds\\".

Alicia Silverstone reprised her role inTime Stands Still alongside LauraLinney in theNew York production of the play onBroadway,which premiered onJanuary 28,2010,directed byDaniel Sullivan,who described Silverstone as"\\a breath of fresh air ."The play received good reviews withThe New York Times praising Silverstone,saying she"\\brings warmth,actorly intelligence and delicate humour.\\"

Alicia Silverstone next appeared in the teen romanceThe Art of Getting By,which premiered at the2011Sundance Film Festival.

Alicia Silverstone will appear in Butter as the adoptive mother of a twelve year old African American girl who enters a local butter sculpture competition in a small Iowa town,alongside JenniferGarner,HughJackman, Olivia Wilde andAshley Greene.The movie is said to be inspired byHillary Clinton and Barack Obama//'s battle to secure the Democratic nomination for president.Rob Corddry, who plays her husband, invited her to appear in an episode of his showChildrens Hospital.

Alicia Silverstone is also set to appear alongside Sigourney Weaver and Krysten Ritter in director Amy Heckerling//'s vampire film,Vamps,playing one of two vampires who fall in love and face a choice that could jeopardise their immortality.Alicia Silverstone was offered the role afterHeckerling came to see her in Time StandsStill.

Alicia Silverstone married her longtime boyfriend, rock musician (\\for the band STUN)and basketball coach Christopher Jarecki,in a beachfront ceremony at Lake Tahoe,on June11, 2005.After meeting outside a movie theater in 1997, the couple dated for eight years prior to their marriage.They got engaged about a year before their marriage and Jarecki presented Silverstone with an engagement ring that had belonged to his grandmother.

Alicia Silverstone and Jarecki live in an eco-friendly Los Angeles house complete with solar panels and an organic vegetable garden.She bought the house,shared with a "\\menagerie of rescued dogs,"in1996.

In2009, Alicia Silverstone releasedThe Kind Diet,a guide to vegan nutrition,and launched its associated website The Kind Life.The Kind Diet has topped The New York Times best sellers list.The book was mostly ghostwritten by nutritionist Jessica Porter.

OnJanuary 14,2011,it was announced thatSilverstone andJarecki were expecting their first child together.On May 5,2011, Alicia Silverstone gave birth to a boy,who they named Bear BluJarecki.

Alicia Silverstone is noted for being an animal rights and environmental activist.She became a vegan in1998 after attending an animal rights meeting." \\I realized that I was the problem,"she told InStyle Home,in Spring 2007." \\I was an animal lover who was eating animals."She has revealed she struggled with childhood vegetarianism stating "There were times when I would get selfish and eat meat—at eight years old it's hard to stick to your guns—and so through the years I was always starting and stopping trying to be a vegetarian."In2004, Silverstone was voted" \\Sexiest Female Vegetarian"by PETA.In2007,Silverstone appeared nude in a print advertisement and 30-second commercial forPETA championing vegetarianism;the TV spot was subsequently pulled from theHouston, Texas, market by Comcast Cable.Alicia Silverstone has set up a sanctuary for rescued pets in LosAngeles.

Federal campaign contribution records also reveal that Silverstone contributed US$500 to Dennis Kucinich//'s 2004presidential campaign. Alicia Silverstone also supported Barack Obama//'s presidential candidacy.

In2009, Alicia Silverstone appeared in" The Gaythering Storm ,"a Funny or Die spoof internet video parodying anti-same-sex marriage commercial" The Gathering Storm. "Alicia Silverstone also appeared in" My Mother//'s Red Hat "with Alanis Morissette parodying indie movies.

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Bruno Mars

The US Trends | Bruno Mars | Bruno Mars is a FilipinoAmerican singer,songwriter and record producer.Raised inHonolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Bruno began making music at a young age.After performing in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood, Mars decided to pursue a musical career and moved to LosAngeles after graduating from high school.He began producing songs for other artists,joining production team TheSmeezingtons.

AfterAn unsuccessful stint with Motown Records,Bruno Mars signed with Atlantic Records in2009. Mars became recognized as a solo artist after lending his vocals and cowriting the hooks for the songs"\\Nothin'on You"by B.o.B,and"\\Billionaire" by \Travie McCoy.\He also co-wrote the hits"Right Round"by Flo Rida featuring Kesha,and "\Wavin' Flag"by K'naan.InOctober 2010, Mars released his debut album,Doo-Wops &Hooligans.Anchored by the worldwide number one singles"\Just the Way You Are"and"Grenade",the album peaked at No.#3 on the Billboard200. Mars was nominated for 7 Grammys at the 53rd Grammy Awards,winning Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for"Just the Way You Are\".

Mars\\' music is noted for displaying a wide variety of styles and influences, and contains elements of many different musical genres. Bruno Mars has worked with an assortment of artists from different genres;He acknowledges the influences that his collaborations have had on his own music.As a child, Mars was highly influenced by artists such as Little Richard,Elvis Presley and MJ and would often impersonate these artists from a young age.Mars also incorporates reggae and Motown inspired sounds into his work.JonCaramanica ofThe New York Times referred toMars as"\one of the most versatile and accessible singers in pop\"

Bruno Mars, born as Peter Gene Hernandez onOctober 8,1985,inHonolulu, Hawaii. Bruno Mars grew up in a very musical family.His father,Pete,was a Latin percussionist from Brooklyn, and his mother,Bernadette,was a singer.Mars received his nickname, Bruno,while he was still a baby."The name 'Bruno' came from baby times,"older sisterJamie explains."\Bruno was always so confident,independent,really strongwilled and kind of a brute—hence the name Bruno,and it kind of just stuck\."

In Waikiki Beach, Mars\\' family performed a Las Vegas style revue that included Motown hits,doo wop melodies and celebrity impersonations.Growing up around entertainers, Bruno Mars began picking up musical instruments from early childhood."\I've always had a drum set,a piano,a guitar ....and never got trained to play.It was just always there, Mars recalls.That\\'s just how I learned,just being surrounded by it my whole life."\At the age of 4, Mars joined the family musical act as an Elvis impersonator and quickly become one of the stars of the show. Bruno continued to perform with his family throughout his childhood,and as he approached adolescence he addedMichael Jackson to his impersonation repertoire.

Bruno Mars attendedRoosevelt High School,where he and several friends formed a band,The SchoolBoys,performing classic oldie hits alongside his family\\'s act at theIlikai Hotel in Honolulu. Bruno Mars credits his fearless stage presence to his unusual childhood."\Performing from such a young age just got me so comfortable on stage,\"he says.\"Growing up performing—that was normal for me.Everyone in my family sings,plays instruments.It\'s what we do\."

After graduating from high school in2002, Bruno Mars decided to leave Hawaii for Los Angeles at age 17.During his 1st few years in California, Mars struggled to make a breakthrough in the music industry.And especially because Mars had performed so frequently while growing up in Honolulu, he grew frustrated with waiting for his career to move forward.It was during this period thatMars 1st turned to songwriting."\I only started writing songs when I moved up to LA,because when I was inHawaii I never really needed to\,"he recalls."\But it stemmed from just learning that you have to do everything by yourself.It\'s not like what you see in movies,where you walk into a record company and you\'re given all these great songs to sing.You have to write the song the world is going to want to hear and play it over and over again.I learned that the hard way here in LA\."

A friend introduced Bruno Mars to songwriter Phillip Lawrence,who agreed to help Mars compose material.They presented a song they had written and recorded to a record label, who liked it but wanted one of their own artists to perform it.Mars recalls,"\We were so broke and struggling,we had to do what we had to do,so we ended up selling the song.\"Initially Mars was disappointed,but he says,"The light bulb went off.I decided to push the artist thing aside and get into the business this way.We can write songs and produce songs,so we just really focused our energy into writing for other artists.That\\'s how it all began.\"By the late2000s,Mars started finding success by writing songs for other popular artists such as Flo Rida\\'s smash hit"Right 'Round,"Brandy\'s"Long Distance,"Travie McCoy\'s"Billionaire"and K'Naan\'s"Wavin' Flag,"the theme song for the2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

After several years as one of the pop music industry\\'s premier songwriters, Bruno Mars finally broke out as a singer in his own right with the2010 hit "\Nothin' on You.\"The song was written for theAtlantic Records rapper B.O.B.,but the record label decided to enlist Mars himself to croon the heartfelt chorus.The track proved an enormous hit,skyrocketing to No.#1 on the Billboard singles chart,instantly transforming Bruno Mars from aBehind-theScenes composer into a pop performer.Several months later,Mars released his 1st solo single,"Just the Way You Are,"another single that landed the artist on top of theBillboard singles chart.The track served as the lead single for Mars\\' debut studio album,Doo-Wops &Hooligans,released inOctober 2010.The album reached No.#3 on Billboard\'s album charts,and its 2nd single,"Grenade,"also cracked the top 10on the singles chart.

With his formula of combining catchy pop melodies,hiphop beats and feelgood lyrics, Bruno Mars has emerged as a popular artist.And after a lifetime of striving to reach the top of the music industry,Mars is now trying to enjoy the moment."\Everything's good right now\,"he says."It\'s really paying off because now my songs are on the radio.It took me a while to finally get it,but when I got it,I think I got it right.And I\\'m very proud of how my songs are representing me as an artist.\\"

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