Blake Lively

The US Trends | Blake Lively | Blake Lively is an American actress and model who stars as Serena van derWoodsen in the television teen drama series Gossip Girl. Lively has also starred in movies,including Accepted,The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,The Private Lives ofPippa Lee,The Town and Green Lantern.

Blake Lively was born into a Los Angeles show business family onAugust 25,1987. Her father,Ernie,was an actor and director,and her mother,Elaine,was a talent scout. Blake Lively is the youngest of 5children,and all four of her older siblings are also actors.Before moving toLosAngeles to pursue their show business careers,Lively\\\'s parents lived inGeorgia,and the household always maintained itsSouthern influences."I have a tight-knitSouthern family,"she says."So whenever I tell people I///'m from L.A.,they say,'Yeah,but you don///'t count,'I guess because of theSouthern values I was raised with,and the way I eat — the more sugary and cheesy and fried,the better."

Blake Lively began the 1st grade when she was only three years old.Her six-year-old brother was so nervous about beginning 1st grade alone that her mother told the school that Blake(who was extremely tall for her age)was also six years old so that she could accompany him."After a few weeks,"Lively remembers,"they said they would have to put me in mentally disabled classes because I wasn\\\'t up to pace with the rest of the kids.They thought that I was slow because all I wanted to do was sleep while the other kids were doing their projects."After getting that early,if perhaps ill advised,jump on her primary education, Lively attended a staggering 13different schools by the time she graduated from 12th grade.She finally settled at Burbank High School,where she stood out in both her academics and her extracurricular activities.Besides receiving stellar grades in her AP coursework,Lively was a cheerleader,class president,and member of her school\\\'s show choir.

Despite strong pressure from her older siblings to ditch school and embark on an acting career, Blake Lively initially expressed no interest in acting.Instead,she had her own dreams of attending Stanford University. Nevertheless,sensing her star potential,her older brotherEric relentlessly pushed Blake Lively to try auditioning."He was trying to get me to make life decisions at15!"she recalls.He then began contacting agents and telling them about his beautiful,talented younger sister."I was really busy at school,"Lively remembers,"and I would have these agents calling and saying,'We have an appointment for you.'It was really hard to say no,because I didn't want to make my brother upset."

During her junior year of high school,at the age of17, Blake Lively finally consented to attend a few auditions.She found nearly instant success.After only a few months of auditioning, Lively landed a major role in the2005 blockbuster"chick flick"TheSisterhood of the Traveling Pants,which filmed during the summer between her junior and senior years atBurbank High School. Her performance earned her aTeenChoice Award nomination forBreakout Movie Star.

After filming Traveling Pants, Blake Lively returned to Burbank for her senior year and graduated in2005.After finishing her diploma,she immediately returned to acting,starring oppositeJustin Long andJonahHill in the2006 comedy Accepted.A year later,in2007, Lively landed her most famous role to date on the CW\\\'s hit teen drama Gossip Girl.The show follows a cohort of privileged teenagers on New York\\\'sUpper East Side, with Lively playing the lead role of Serena van der Woodsen, a stylish blonde and(somewhat)reformed party girl.

Bolstered by intense media coverage,including a provocative and controversial photo shoot inRollingStone magazine,GossipGirl quickly developed a cult like fan base.Its young and beautiful cast became nearly ubiquitous on celebrity magazine covers and websites.The fashion forward show,and Lively\\\'s character in particular,also had enormous influence over style trends.Any outfit Lively wears as Serena in an episode ofGossipGirl sells out of stores the day after the episode airs.GossipGirl is currently in its fourth season,and Lively won the2008 TeenChoice Award for TV Actress andTV BreakoutStar for her performance.

With her dazzling good looks,natural acting talent,and devoted backing from devoted GossipGirl fans, Blake Lively appears on the verge of breaking out as a top flight movie star.In aJanuary 2010profile,Esquire called Lively"the most promising and interesting and talented young actress of the year."In2010,she displayed a grittier side in her role as a young mother in Ben Affleck\\\'s crime thrillerThe Town.Both the film and Lively\\\'s performance drew widespread critical acclaim.

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Alyson Hannigan

The US Trends | Alyson Hannigan | Alyson Hannigan is an American actress.She is known for her roles asWillowRosenberg in the cult classic television seriesBuffy theVampire Slayer,MichelleFlaherty in 3AmericanPie films,and LilyAldrin on the CBSsitcom How IMetYourMother.

Alyson Hannigan, born Alyson Lee Hannigan onMarch 24,1974 in Washington,D.C.She is the only child of EmiliePosner,a real estate agent,and AlbertHannigan,a truck driver.Hannigan is of Irish descent on her father\\\'s side and Jewish on her mother's.Her parents divorced when she was two and she was raised mostly by her mother in Atlanta.

Hannigan's parents divorced when she was only two years old,and Hannigan and her mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Hannigan got her start in show business at a very young age,appearing in her 1st film —an instructional video for new parents calledActive Parenting —before her 1st birthday.While still a toddler,she appeared in dozens of print advertisements and developed a love for posing before the camera."Whenever they needed a baby,they would put me in front of the camera,and I loved it,"she says. Alyson then moved into commercial acting.At the age of 4,she appeared in her 1st commercial forDuncan Hines,and she later appeared in national TV commercials forOreos andMcDonald///'s as well.

Alyson Hannigan attended theNorthside School of thePerforming Arts in Atlanta,where she played clarinet in the band and also featured for the soccer team.At the age of eleven,she and her mother moved to LA so she could pursue her budding acting career more seriously.Three years later,in 1988,a fourteen-year-old Hannigan made her film debut in the sci_fi comedy MyStepmother is an Alien.For the next 2years,she had a small but recurring role on the ABC fantasy sitcomFree Spirit.Still,at this point in her career parts were hard to come by,and Hannigan worked at a video store and as a babysitter to supplement her acting work.For a time she babysat the real life daughters ofBob Saget,the legendary comedian and TV dad who would become her future costar onHow I MetYour Mother.Hannigan graduated fromNorth Hollywood High School in1992 and enrolled at California State University,Northridge to study psychology.While taking classes at Northridge, Hannigan also continued to act,appearing in TV series such asAlmost Home(1993) andTouched by anAngel(1994).

Although Alyson Hannigan had appeared in an industrial film for"Active Parenting"as a baby,as well as having starred in a commercial for the DuncanHines cookie mix in1978,it was not until1985,when she moved to Los Angeles, California,that she formally began her acting career.Living with her mother and attendingNorth Hollywood High School,she successfully auditioned for agents while visiting her father in Santa Barbara.After attendingNorth Hollywood High School,she attended California State University,Northridge.

Hannigan\\\'s 1st major film role was in MyStepmother Is anAlien,a science fiction comedy released in 1988; one of her co-stars in the film was actor Seth Green,who would later join her in the regular cast ofBuffy as her on-screen boyfriend.Then in 1989,her first regular role on a TV series came when she was cast in the short-lived ABC sitcomFree Spirit.

In1997,at23 Alyson Hannigan was cast to playWillow Rosenberg,Buffy\\\'s best friend,on the television seriesBuffy theVampire Slayer.The show became a success,and Hannigan gained recognition,subsequently appearing in several notable films aimed at teenage audiences,including American Pie,American Pie2,Boys and Girls,and American Wedding.By the timeBuffy had ended in2003,Hannigan was earning aUS$ 250000 salary for each episode.She also had a guest spot on theBuffy spin off,Angel,reprising her role ofWillow in a few episodes(including most notably"Orpheus,"during the 4th season of Angel and the 7th season of Buffy),but none afterBuffy finished production.

In early2004, Alyson Hannigan made her West End debut,starring in a stage adaptation ofWhen HarryMet Sally...at theTheatre Royal Haymarket,oppositeLuke Perry.

In2005, Alyson Hannigan returned to starring in a regular television series,appearing in the hit comedy,How I MetYour Mother,as Lily,and also playing a recurring guest role onVeronica Mars asTrina Echolls.

InFebruary2006, Alyson Hannigan starred asJulia Jones inDate Movie,a parody of romantic comedies.Hannigan was also a guest star on the ABC animated sitcomTheGoode Family in2009.

Alyson Hannigan joined forces with Emily Deschanel,Jaime King, Minka Kelly,and KatharineMcPhee in a"video slumber party"featured on FunnyorDie.com to promote regular breast cancer screenings for the organizationStand Up2 Cancer. Alyson Hannigan recently became the new face of Head and Shoulders Shampoo.

Alyson Hannigan has datedGinger Fish of Marilyn Manson.She married actor AlexisDenisof atTwo BunchPalms Resort inDesert HotSprings, California, onOctober 11,2003. They bought a house together in Santa Monica, California.Their daughter,Satyana MarieDenisof,was born at home 5-and-a-half years later onMarch 24,2009,Hannigan///'s 35th birthday.InDecember 2011,Hannigan\\\'s representative announced that the couple is expecting their 2nd child.

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Alison Lohman

The US Trends | Alison Lohman | Alison Lohman is an American actress. Lohman has had lead roles in the filmsWhite Oleander,Where the Truth Lies,Nausicaa of theValley of the Wind,Flicka and Drag Me toHell as well as smaller parts inMatchstick Men,Big Fish,Gamer,and Beowulf. Lohman has also been on several television shows including 7th Heaven,Crusade,Tucker,and Pasadena.

In1997,after graduating from high school, Alison Lohman moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her acting career.For the next few years,her work consisted of science fiction B movies(such as Kraa!The Sea Monster andPlanet Patrol), television productions (including the made-for TV movie Sharing the Secret)and children///'s films(such as DeliveringMilo andThe Million Dollar Kid).Also included was the dark urban drama WhiteBoy.

Alison Lohman starred in White Oleander,an adaptation of Janet Fitch///’s novel,alongside Michelle Pfeiffer,Robin WrightPenn and RenéeZellweger and directed byPeter Kosminsky.Though the film was unsuccessful at the box office(it opened to $ 5.6million in1,510 theaters),it received generous reviews and Lohman///'s performance met with wide critical acclaim,being described as her"breakthrough role"by media sources.

The following year, Alison Lohman she appeared inMatchstick Men,directed byRidley Scott. Lohman starred withNicolas Cage andSam Rockwell,and though it was not a box office success either, Lohman continued to receive critical praise.Later that year,she appeared inTim Burton///’s Big Fish,which continued her trend of appearing in acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful films.

In2005, Alison Lohman appeared inAtom Egoyan///'s Where theTruth Lies.The film originally received anNC-17rating for its graphic sexual content,and failed at the box office afterwards.Some critics(such as Roger Ebert)felt that she was well-suited for the role.Her next feature,The Big White,featured her alongside actorsRobin Williams,HollyHunter andTim Blake Nelson,but nevertheless went direct-to-video.In the same year, Lohman voiced the title character in the English language redubbing ofNausicaä of the Valley of theWind.

Lohman///'s next film was the dramaFlicka, which was released onOctober 20,2006.At the age of25, Lohman played a 16-year-old girl who befriends a wild mustang in the film.Lohman had never ridden a horse prior to filming and trained rigorously for a month.She said that she was"constantly thrown emotionally and physically"while working with the horses for this role.Flicka went on to become a surprise hit in the DVD market.

Alison Lohman then played a recovering heroin addict in Things WeLost in the Fire.Drag Me toHell director SamRaimi,actors DileepRao, Lohman,and Justin Long discussing the film at San Diego Comic Con International in2008.

The actress was then signed to replace Oscar nomineeEllen Page in Sam Raimi///'s critically acclaimed horror film,Drag Me toHell,which was released onMay 29,2009.

Alison Lohman , who is frequently cast as a teenager,has said that she believes she"look younger and act younger"than her age.

Alison Lohman,was born Alison Marion Lohman inSeptember 18,1979 and raised in Palm Springs, California,the daughter of Diane,a patisserie owner,andGary Lohman,a Minnesota-born architect.She has one younger brother,Robert.She has 2cats, Monk andClint.Her family had no industry connections,but at age 9,she played Gretyl inThe Sound of Music at the Palm Desert///'sMcCallum Theater.Two years later, Lohman won theDesert Theater League///'s award for"Most Outstanding Actress in a Musical"for the title role in Annie.By the age of17, Lohman had appeared in 12different major productions and had been a backing singer for the likes ofFrank Sinatra,Bob Hope and theDesert Symphony.

As a senior,she was an awardee of theNational Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and was offered the chance to attend theTisch School of the Arts,but declined.

Alison Lohman married directorMark Neveldine inWatertown, New York onAugust 19,2009,at St. Anthony///'sCatholic Church.

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Liv Tyler

The US Trends | Liv Tyler | Liv Tyler is an American actress and model. Tyler is the daughter of Aerosmith\\\'s lead singer,Steven Tyler,and BebeBuell,model and singer. Tyler began a career in modeling at the age of14,but after less than a year she decided to focus on acting. Tyler made her film debut in the1994 film Silent Fall.She then appeared in supporting roles in EmpireRecords(1995),Heavy(1996)andThat ThingYou Do!(1996).Tyler later achieved critical recognition in the leading roleStealing Beauty(1996). Tyler followed this by starring in supporting roles includingInventing theAbbotts(1997)and Cookie\\\'s Fortune(1999).

Liv Tyler achieved international recognition as a result of her portrayal ofElf maiden ArwenUndómiel in theLord of theRings film trilogy. Tyler has appeared in an eclectic range of films,including the2004 comedyJersey Girl,the indie film LonesomeJim(2005),the dramaReign OverMe(2007)and big budget studio films such asArmageddon(1998),The Strangers(2008)andTheIncredible Hulk(2008).

Since2003, Liv Tyler has served as a United Nations Children\\\'s Fund (UNICEF)Goodwill Ambassador for the United States,and as a spokesperson for Givenchy\\\'s line of perfume and cosmetics.

Liv Tyler, born Liv Rundgren Tyler onJuly 1,1977,in New York City, New York.Liv Tyler,often praised for her beauty and natural acting abilities,is perhaps best known for her work in theLord of the Rings film trilogy.She grew up in Portland,Maine,with her mother,Bebe Buell.Until she was about 11years old,she believed that rocker ToddRundgren was her father.It was while at an Aerosmith concert that she discovered that her biological father was the band\\??s lead singer Steven Tyler.

Liv Tyler moved to New York to pursue a modeling career as a teenager.She later began acting and had her 1st film role in 1994\\\??s SilentFall.While that film received mixed reviews,Tyler received a huge career boost from her appearance in Aerosmith music video for the song??Crazy??around this time.Playing a waitress namedCallie,she earned praise for her performance in the1995 independent film Heavy.Tyler also found box office success with the nostalgic1960s rock filmThat Thing You Do(1996) with Tom Hanks and Armageddon(1998)with Bruce Willis andBen Affleck.

Perhaps the most magical performance of her career so far has been asArwen,an elf who falls in love with a human,Aragon, played byViggo Mortensen,in theLord of the Rings film trilogy:The Fellowship of the Rings(2001),The Two Towers(2002),andThe Return of the King(2003).Based on the books by J.R.R.Tolkien,the film series scored at the box office and became an international phenomenon.

In2003, Liv Tyler married English musician singer RoystonLangdon.The next year,the couple welcomed a son namedMilo.Tyler kept a low profile for a while,spending most of her time with her family.In2007,she resurfaced with several new projects,includingReign OverMe withAdam Sandler and DonCheadle.

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Mischa Barton

The US Trends | Mischa Barton | Mischa Barton is a British-American fashion model, film, television, and stage actress, best known for her role as MarissaCooper in the American television series TheO.C..Barton began her acting career on the stage,appearing in Tony Kushner\\'s Slavs!and took the lead in James Lapine\\\'s Twelve Dreams at New York\\\'s Lincoln Center. Barton made her screen debut,making a guest appearance on the American soap opera AllMy Children(1996). Barton then voiced a character on KaBlam!(1996 - 1997),an animated television series on Nickelodeon.Her 1st major film role was as the protagonist ofLawn Dogs(1997),an acclaimed drama co-starring Sam Rockwell.In1997,she also landed a Calvin Klein campaign. Barton continued acting,appearing in major box office pictures such as the romantic comedy,Notting Hill(1999)and M.Night Shyamalan\\\'s psychological thriller,The Sixth Sense(1999).

Mischa Barton, born Mischa Anne Marsden Barton on 24January 1986in Hammersmith,West London, to an Irish mother, Nuala,a photographer,and an English father,PaulMarsden Barton,a foreign exchange broker from Manchester. Barton has two sisters,younger Hania and elder Zoe,a barrister in London.Her father\\\'s work took the family to New York City when Barton was 6, and in2006, 10days after her twentieth birthday,she became a naturalised citizen of the United States. Barton has retained her British citizenship and,in reference to her English roots,states"I actually feel more comfortable in England a lot of the time",yet stresses that,"I like people to discern that I\\'m an English_Irish girl who grew up in New York."

Mischa Barton graduated from the Professional Children\\\'s School in Manhattan in2004,and took a summer short course called Acting Shakespeare atThe Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London,inJune and July2006,atSir Richard Attenborough\\\'s urging,after he directed her inClosing the Ring.

Mischa Barton began acting at the age of 8(as she said onThe Friday Night Project),costarring in theOff-Broadway premiere of Slavs!,written byTony Kushner. Barton appeared in several other Off Broadway productions,taking a lead role inJames Lapine\\\'s Twelve Dreams at Lincoln Center.She made her film debut inLawn Dogs,which won awards at film festivals around the world.Barton then appeared in several other films,including NottingHill andThe Sixth Sense.

Mischa Barton 1st appeared on television in1996,as youngLily Montgomery in the soap operaAll My Children,and in a modern remake of Bonnie and Clyde. Barton guest starred in 8episodes of the television seriesOnce &Again as Jessie Sammler\\'s(Evan Rachel Wood\\'s)girlfriend,Katie Singer.Other television appearances include an episode of the Fox series Fastlane,James Blunt\\\'s music video"Goodbye My Lover",and Enrique Iglesias' music video"Addicted".

InAugust 2003,Fox premiered the television seriesThe O.C.,about affluent teenagers with stormy personal lives who reside in scenic OrangeCounty, California.The show became an overnight success due to its large fanbase,and resulted in Barton\\'s fame being increased through her role asMarissa Cooper.Barton departed from the show in the 3rd-season finale inMay 2006.The O.C.dropped in ratings dramatically during its 3rd and 4th seasons,and ended in early2007.

InJuly 2006, Mischa Barton appeared on the British comedy variety showThe Friday Night Project as a guest host.In 2007,Barton appeared in the filmsThe Oh inOhio andClosing the Ring. Barton also appeared in theR-rated comedy film Virgin Territory withHayden Christensen.Later in2007,Barton was cast in the international film produced by the Russian band t.A.T.u.,called You andI.The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival inMay 2008and was released theatrically in Russia in2011.

In2008, Mischa Barton appeared on the popular show Gok\\\'s Fashion Fix on Channel 4.In the episode,Gok goes on an exclusive shopping trip in Paris with Mischa.She appeared inAssassination of a High School President,co-starring Bruce Willis, when the film premiered at the2008 Sundance Film Festival.The film was scheduled for a theatrical release inFebruary 2009but this was cancelled when the distributor,Yari,filed for bankruptcy.The film received a TV premiere in Russia on 14May 2009.Sony released the title in the US on DVD on6 October2009.

Mischa Barton also starred in the horror film WalledIn which was released straight-to-DVD inMarch 2009.It received mixed reviews,but her performance was praised,with IGN calling her performance"terrific".Her next horror project,Homecoming received a limited release inJuly 2009.Barton failed to attend the premiere of the psychological thriller due to a medical issue.She also starred in the2009 film Don\\'t Fade Away.In early2009 she starred alongside MartinSheen inBhopal:Prayer forRain a biopic of theBhopal gas tragedy.The title is currently in post production and slated for a2012 release.Finally in2009 Barton starred in StTrinians,appearing as a former head girl of that school advising current senior pupils on fashion and style.

In a December2007 interview, Mischa Barton indicated that she would return to television for the right project;"It\\\'s not that I dislike doing television at all.It would be interesting having more creative control over where the story-lines go or the characters.But for the right thing,of course."In 2009she starred as one of the main characters onThe Beautiful Life a new series onThe CW.The series was subsequently cancelled on 25September 2009after televising 2episodes.In December2009 the technology company HP became the show\\\'s sponsor and began airing the show\\\'s 5 episodes onYouTube.

Mischa Barton guest starred on a Law &Order:Special Victims Unit episode that aired on 3March 2010.In July2010 she was cast in the horror thriller Into theDarkness.A month later she completed a short shoot on the upcoming independent comedy dramaThe Misadventures ofBen Banks. InNovember2010 Barton began filming a new reality television show pilot for the Oxygen network.She began filmingThe Sibling in December2010,a horror film alongsideMichael ClarkeDuncan andDevon Sawa.Barton plays a high school guidance counselor.

On15 June2011 Mischa Barton began filming Offline,a Lifetime television film. Barton stars as the protagonist whose parents were murdered 13years earlier by a serial killer.Her life in seclusion is interrupted when she is discovered by her parents' killer.The film is expected to air in2012. Mischa Barton has also been cast alongsideRebecca DeMornay inApartment 1303-3D,the English-language remake of the Japanese horror film, Apartment 1303.The horror is currently in production,filming in Montreal since November2011.

Mischa Barton has been in many television commercials and print advertising campaigns. Barton has modeled for companies Calvin Klein,bebe stores,Aéropostale,Monsoon Accessorize,Dooney &Bourke,JC (Jeans and Clothes),European clothing line Morgan de Toi,Jaspal,and Neutrogena skincare products. Barton became the spokesperson for Keds Sneakers,substantially increasing their sales.In Australia,she appears in commercials for teen magazine Famous and was the guest of honour at retail giant DavidJones Tahitian Summer Collection launch.She has also endorsed Chanel jewelry,appearing at a number of events for the brand.In a 2005interview,she stated that she liked the Chanel brand because they produced a large number of clip-on earrings suitable for women who did not have pierced ears,as she didnot at the time.In 2009,having had her ears pierced especially for her role inThe Beautiful Life,she modelled jewelry for the company Inspired Creations,including pierced earrings and their Waxing Poetic range of charms.

In2007, Mischa Barton also became a spokesperson for the SAFE(Skin Awareness forEveryone)campaign.In addition, Barton lent her name to theTRAID campaign(Textile Recycling forAid and International Development)in association with Visa Swap.Barton was photographed in April2007 for theFall 2007 / 2008 advertising campaign for Italian clothing brand Iceberg, modeling with NicolasBemberg.

In July2008, Mischa Barton created a 14piece handbag collection for online retailer,ASOS.com.Barton was reportedly very involved in the line which retails from £ 20 to £ 145.She told ASOS magazine that she first discovered the website through her sister.

InDecember2008, Mischa Barton premiered her line of headbands released on the StacyLapidus line.The headbands cost from $ 90 to $ 200.She also has a handbag line for London-based Ri2k,which is sold in the United Kingdom and Australia only.In early2009, Barton became the"new face"of Herbal Essences.

InJune2010 Mischa Barton was announced as the face of PhilippPlein couture.Plein revealed,“Being in the limelight for a young and beautiful girl,the looks of course always get a lot of attention, Mischa Barton got a lot and learned to live with her fame.For me it was the big challenge to again show her as a Diva,a Rock´n`Roll Goddess”.The campaign will be circulated in international editions of leading fashion magazines.

Barton\\\'s previous boyfriends have included CiscoAdler, TaylorLocke,Jamie Dornan,Brett Simon, andBrandon Davis.In December2008,there were reports that she was dating TheKooks frontmanLuke Pritchard.The reports were confirmed during the relationship byPritchard; Mischa Barton only confirmed the relationship after the pair split inMarch 2009,writing on her blog:"I think Luke is a great guy,but the type better suited as a friend.We have a surprising amount of mutual friends in England and I don\\\'t regret our time together,I just couldn\\\'t keep it going."

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