http://movies.msn.com/movies/topcelebs?affid=100055 Top Celebrities on MSN Entertainment en-US ©2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT 1440 http://entimg.msn.com/i/ms/msn_entertainment_logo.gif http://movies.msn.com/?affid=100055 http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=1342571&affid=100055 The daughter of country-music superstar Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus got her start in the entertainment industry on an episode of her father's PAX TV medical series Doc before appearing in Tim Burton's fantastical 2003 adventure Big Fish. A fateful appearance as the character Hannah Montana in the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody followed in 2006, and her character proved so popular that a spin-off series called Hannah Montana was launched shortly thereafter. In the series, Cyrus portrayed... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/artist/?artist=16117745&affid=100055 The best-selling female performer of the 1990s, Mariah Carey rose to superstardom on the strength of her stunning five-octave voice; an elastic talent who moved easily from glossy ballads to hip-hop-inspired dance-pop, she earned frequent comparison to rivals Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, but did them both one better by composing all of her own material. Born in Long Island, NY, on March 27, 1970, Carey moved to New York City at the age of 17 -- just one day after graduating high school -- to pursue a music... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/artist/?artist=16584030&affid=100055 Once "Nick Cannon" firmly established himself on television and then in Hollywood, he expanded his reach into music, signing to Jive Records. The young multi-talent made his smash debut in late 2001 with a remake of "DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince"'s 1988 hit, "Parents Just Don't Understand," which appeared on the Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius soundtrack and also featured "Lil' Romeo" and "3LW". "Cannon" returned in early 2003 with his self-titled debut album for Jive and its leadoff single, "Your Pops Don't... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=1394383&affid=100055 Kim Kardashian, the wealthy daughter of the high-powered defense attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Kardashian (and the stepdaughter of Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner), grew up in Beverly Hills, CA, and attended an exclusive all-girls Catholic high school in the City of Angels. As a young woman, Kardashian worked at her father's music marketing firm, Movie Tunes, then parlayed her entrepreneurial instincts into a successful career as a wardrobe stylist for television programs, magazine photo layouts, and... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=370888&affid=100055 An athlete practically from birth, Patrick Swayze was a football player in high school and then earned a gymnastics scholarship to pay for college. His father had been a dancer/choreographer, and Swayze began to study dance early on, eventually working with the prestigious Harkness and Joffrey Ballet companies. He made his professional debut as a dancer with the lead role of Prince Charming in a traveling company of Disney on Parade, but an old knee injury from his football days threatened to cut his... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=179648&affid=100055 Priscilla Beaulieu was the 14-year-old daughter of an American air force officer when, in 1959, she first met Army sergeant "Elvis Presley". It was love at first sight, but the ever-gentlemanly Elvis courted Priscilla for a respectable eight years, waiting until she came of age before escorting her to the altar. Presley tried to make the marriage work, but a combination of drugs, liquor and too many female hangers-on virtually foredoomed the union. Still respectful of Priscilla, Elvis saw to it that she and... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=191804&affid=100055 Bleached blonde, buxom, but slender bombshell "Pamela Anderson" stands out in any crowd as one of the sex symbols of the mid-'90s. Known first as a spokesmodel for Labatt beer, then as one of Playboy magazine's most popular models, "Anderson" gained international recognition after she was cast as C.J., the sweet but tough lifeguard in the impossibly tight red bathing suit in the phenomenally popular syndicated television series "Baywatch". Her popularity has led to several film roles, notably that of... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=178011&affid=100055 Child actress "Lindsay Lohan" was already an experienced performer when she made her feature debut in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. Born in New York City, Lohan began modeling at age three. After appearing in numerous TV commercials, Lohan moved to series TV with a role on the soap operaAnother World from 1996 to 1997. Cast as The Parent Trap's scheming twin sisters after a six month search for just the right girl, Lohan succeeded in filling "Hayley Mills"' shoes, winning over audiences with her pert... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=488412&affid=100055 At one point, it would have been hard to define Paris Hilton. "Career heiress" doesn't cut it; nor does "party girl" or "high-ranking socialite-cum-model-cum-actress," and "American royalty" was arguably too dramatic a label for a woman whose true breakout role cost less to film than a night in a budget room at the neighborhood Hilton hotel. Luckily, as lackluster economies are wont to do, the early 2000s looked toward the financial elite and borrowed heavily from Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in hopes of... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=201301&affid=100055 Getting her start in a comedy team called "My Mother's Fleabag" while studying at Boston College, the frantically energized Amy Poehler has become an improv queen of sorts on the comedy circuit. After graduation, Poehler got involved with Second City and ImprovOlympic in Chicago, where she worked with improv guru Del Close and began touring. After joining up with the sketch comedy group The Upright Citizens Brigade, she moved to New York City with them in 1996. The group had a show on Comedy Central for three... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=510051&affid=100055 The younger sister (by ten years) of pop diva and glitterati icon Britney Spears -- to whom she bears more than a passing resemblance -- Jamie Lynn Spears first entered the national spotlight by joining her famous sibling on a Pepsi commercial and appearing in Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas and Britney's movie Crossroads (2002). Jamie Lynn struck out on her own at age ten by trying out for the Nickelodeon channel's sketch comedy series All That; one particular characterization from that audition -- that... [more]
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09:38 GMT MSN Entertainment MSN Entertainment http://movies.msn.com/artist/?artist=16360935&affid=100055 More than any other single artist, "Britney Spears" was the driving force behind the return of teen pop in the late '90s. The blockbuster success of "the Spice Girls" and "Backstreet Boys" certainly paved the way for her own commercial breakthrough, but "Spears" didn't just become a star -- she was a bona fide pop phenomenon. Not only did she sell millions of records, she was a media fixture regardless of what she was (or wasn't) doing; among female singers of the era (many of whom followed in her footsteps),... [more]
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