Posts from — June 2010

    Michael Jordan’s son, Jeff, has left the University of Illinois basketball team, saying in a statement that he wanted to focus on his studies.

    He said he loved playing for the Fighting Illinois and appreciate the support he was given by teammates, coaches and the great fans here, But he has come to the point where he is ready to focus on life after basketball.

     Jordan came to Illinois as a walk-on, but was put on scholarship for the spring semester this year. He played in 59 games over two seasons, scoring 58 points. Only a few months ago, Illini Coach Bruce Weber praised Jordan’s defense and said the 6-foot-1 guard had a chance to earn more playing time next season.

      Zac Efron shot to fame in the hit Disney Channel movie High School Musical in 2006 as Troy Bolton. Now at the age of twenty Zac has become the biggest teen idol winning the hearts of young girls everywhere.
      As a child Efron was encouraged to take up acting by his father and began appearing in productions at school.  After graduating from the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, the young actor began his career with small parts in a number of television series including ER, The Guardian and Firefly before becoming a cast member on Summerland. 
     Popular basketball team captain Troy and smart, stunning academic Gabriella. Both shock the members of the social cliques to which they belong when they each decide to audition for the high school’s musical. By proving themselves to be brilliant performers, can these two teens lead their peers towards more open-minded thinking and acceptance of one another?
       The film became the Disney Channel’s most successful, at the time, with 7.7 million viewers. The soundtrack which accompanied the film was the biggest selling album in America in 2006.
      In 2007, Efron returned to the role of Troy Bolton for High School Musical 2 with the Disney Channel. The premier brought 17.3 million viewers making it the highest rated basic cable broadcast in U.S. History.
      The young star has a busy twelve months ahead of his as he stars in 17 Again this summer alongside Leslie Mann and Matthew Perry.
A “silly” boy at school
      Once Zac’s Spanish teacher gave him a week to write an essay about himself. Zac wrote in the essay that he was raised by wolves and brought to earth by a spaceship. His teacher got really angry and kept him after school. Zac once accidentally cut off one his eyebrows in fifth grade while he was working with scissors. He then cut the other one to make them match. His classmates laughed at him a lot. Zac played in both basketball and baseball leagues at school. However, he was bad at both.
New role for Zac?
       Orlando Bloom and Zac Efron are battling it out for the lead role in the new Disney action film. The heartthrobs are both eager to play the Persian prince in the adaptation of the video game Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time. Pirates Of The Caribbean star Orlando, 31, and High School Musical actor Zac, 20, are both hoping to impress director Jerry Bruckheimer.

Efron saved Perry from stampeding fans
       Former Friends star Matthew Perry was all thanks for his 17 Again co-star Zac Efron for unknowingly saving him from stampeding female fans.Perry was asked to sign his autograph on their most intimate parts, but he was spared the embarrassment when the 20-year-old Efron walked by. He said, the minute they saw Zac, all those lovely girls in front of me vanished as they ran off screaming over to him. “Good luck to Zac—I don’t think I could handle all that adulation at my age.”

     Lady Gaga is inspired by glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Queen, as well as pop musicians such as Madonna and Michael Jackson. She has also stated fashion is a source of inspiration for her songwriting and performances. As of May 2010, Gaga has sold over 15 million albums and over 40 million singles worldwide.

      Lady Gaga is an American recording artist. She began performing in the rock music scene of New York City’s Lower East Side in 2003 and enrolled at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Its first two singles, “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”, co-written and co-produced with RedOne, became international number-one hits, topping the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States as well as the charts of other countries.

      Now, Lady Gaga is set to storm the Lollapalooza stage this August. It’ll be the pop princess’s first appearance at the festival in three years, and this time around Gaga is upping the performance ante. She wants everyone to know that she’s graduated from side-stage performer to accomplished headlining act.

     Gaga will be joined by fellow headliners including Green Day, the recently reunited Soundgarden, the re-formed Strokes, the Arcade Fire and Phoenix when the festival kicks off on August 6 in Chicago’s Grant Park.

Ricky Martin is no longer denying the rumors: He’s gay.

In a statement posted via Twitter in both Spanish and English, and later confirmed with his representative, Martin said: “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.”

For many, Monday’s announcement will come as no surprise; the “Livin’ La Vida Loca” singer’s sexuality has been speculated about for years. But the Puerto Rican star, who got his start as a child in the teen groupMenudo, never directly addressed it and was usually seen at events with beautiful women on his arm.

Martin, 38, said he decided to reveal the truth after working on his memoirs helped him realize that he had to be free with himself, and not keep any more secrets.

“From the moment I wrote the first phrase I was sure the book was the tool that was going to help me free myself from things I was carrying within me for a long time. Things that were too heavy for me to keep inside,” he said. “Writing this account of my life, I got very close to my truth. And this is something worth celebrating.”

Martin said one of the reasons why he kept his homosexuality hidden was because he was told by some that it would hurt his career. While his U.S. career peaked after the release of his 1999 self-titled English album, a multiplatinum success that included the hits “Livin’ La Vida Loca” and “Shake Your Bon-Bon,” he is still a hugely successful Latin artist.

“Because all this advice came from people who I love dearly, I decided to move on with my life not sharing with the world my entire truth,” he said in his statement. “Allowing myself to be seduced by fear and insecurity became a self-fulfilling prophecy of sabotage. Today I take full responsibility for my decisions and my actions.”

Martin, who is the father of two boys born via surrogate in 2008, said he couldn’t continue to hide his sexuality now that he is a father: “Enough is enough. This has to change.”

Martin’s book is still a work in progress.

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