HOLLYWOOD: March 2011

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Kia Soul commercial wins PETA's GOODY Award

The Kia Soul is a compact car designed at Kia's design center in California, unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, manufactured in South Korea and marketed globally beginning with model year 2010
The Soul uses Kia's new corporate grille, known as the Tiger Nose, as designed by Kia's design chief, Peter Schreyer.* 1 Features
* 2 Specifications
o 2.1 Engine
o 2.2 Safety
o 2.3 Flex-fuel
* 3 Concepts
o 3.1 Kia Soul concept (2006)
o 3.2 Kia Soul Hybrid (2008)
o 3.3 Kia Soul'ster Concept (2009)
o 3.4 Kia SOUL Burner, Diva, Searcher (2008)
o 3.5 Kia Soul Denim (2009-)
* 4 Marketing
o 4.1 "Hamster" commercials
o 4.2 Kia Aero Soul APRIL System
* 5 Reviews and awards
* 6 References
* 7 External linksThe interior features two semi-bucket seats in the front. In the rear there are flat-folding seats that can be moved in order to increase storage space

The Kia Soul is sold with a four-speaker stereo system that includes a CD player, a USB port and Sirius Satellite Radio. Additional features available for upgrade include additional speakers, steering-wheel-mounted audio controls and Bluetooth for hands-free connectivity

There are many custom upgrades for the Kia Soul. These include 18" alloy wheels, cruise control, leather wrapped steering wheel, racing stripes, "dragon" and "houndstooth" graphics, and LED turn indicators
2011 Kia Soul Plus (US)
For 2011, the Kia Soul gets more conventional pull-out door handles, standard metallic interior trim, redesigned instrument cluster, leather boot shifter, and switchblade style fold-in integrated
The North American version of the Soul is initially available with one of two inline four-cylinder gasoline engines. The base model is powered by a 1.6 litre unit producing 122 bhp (91 kW) and mated exclusively with a five-speed manual transmission. Higher trims feature a 2.0 litre unit producing 142 bhp (106 kW) connected to a standard five-speed manual transmission with a four-speed automatic available as a stand-alone option.[4] A 1.6 litre diesel engine producing 126 bhp (94 kW) and 260 N·m (190 lb·ft) torque is offered in European models instead of the 2.0 liter gas, mated to a five-speed manual gearbox
Have you seen the Kia Soul commercial? Apparently, the automaker's use of computer-generated hamsters as they rode the compact crossover won points with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.Per the PETA Media Center:

Kia's new ad is hitting on all four cylinders with PETA because creative alternatives to the use of live animals in advertising spare real animals from experiencing the confusion, fear, and risk of injury that go along with being on a film set. Animals used in the entertainment industry are often subjected to rigorous and abusive handling and training methods--including electric shocks--to force them to perform tricks that are confusing and even frightening to them. Kia has pulled in front of the competition by recognizing that consumers are increasingly concerned about what happens to animals onscreen as well as off.

"Animals used as 'actors' are invariably scared and confused and deprived of everything that's normal, natural, and important to them," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Kia's animatronic hamster ad is a winner."Read more: http://blogs.automotive.com/6502567/opinion/kia-soul-commercial-wins-petas-goody-award/index.html#ixzz1HVZmtRJt

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ksa-girls photos 2010 best top gallery

"I came back once again to Saudi only to noticed it is harder to wear your hijab here than abroad. Your shunned due to your beliefs because of the movement that "everything needs to be more modern and open". I noticed as well, that due to lack of modest clothing other than a particular style of black abaya women are growing more restless and are opting to remove the veil. I was furious and so sad. Rather than get disheartened, I ♥ Hishma was created. I would like to reach every Muslimah and offer her ways to feel like hijab is not a hinderance."

Friend, today we are going to publish a special profile of one of cute readers from Saudi Arabia. Yes friend your eyes are at Mishel Kaysan. Mishel belongs to Riyadh and has sent her photo through our contact form. She write in her email that in the picture she is sitting in Marriott Hotel a 5 star Luxury hotel of Riyadh city. Riyadh Marriott Hotel is superbly situated in the heart of Riyadh’s corporate, financial and governmental sectors, just minutes from Riyadh’s major shopping malls and down town district.

Mishel has come in Marriott Hotel for dinner with her family. She tells that whatever you are from any part of the world if you go in Marriott Hotel you will absolutely find your favorite dishes of your own country.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Glee Star Darren Criss Out and About In Calfornia - USA - 16.12.10

Darren Everett Criss (born February 5, 1987 is an American television actor, singer-songwriter, and internet personality. He is best known for his portrayals of Harry Potter in the musicals A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel, as well as playing the role of Blaine Anderson, an openly gay student, in the second season of Glee.
* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Acting
o 2.2 Music
* 3 Filmography
o 3.1 Theater
o 3.2 Web Series
o 3.3 Music Videos
* 4 Discography
o 4.1 Team StarKid
o 4.2 Independent
o 4.3 Solo
o 4.4 Glee
+ 4.4.1 Singles
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Criss was born in San Francisco, California. His mother, a native of Cebu, Philippines is a Filipina and his father has Irish ancestry. He was raised Roman Catholic and attended Stuart Hall for Boys and Saint Ignatius College Preparatory. a child, Criss played a variety of instruments, some of which include violin, guitar, piano, cello,[not in citation given] mandolin,[not in citation given] and drums. During this time, he played drums in a band with his brother, Chuck, until Chuck moved to New York City to develop his music career (and subsequently joined the indie rock group Freelance Whales

Criss made his professional stage debut at the age of ten, in 42nd Street Moon's 1997 production of Fanny in the role of Cesario.[citation needed] The next year, Criss played Mauro in the same company's production of the Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim musical Do I Hear a Waltz?, followed by Babes in Arms in 1999, in which he played Beauregard Calhoun.
Criss went on to attend the University of Michigan, graduating in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance, Acting.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Scarlett Johansson new gallery

Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Johansson made her film debut in the 1994 film North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in 1996's Manny & Lo. Johansson rose to fame with her roles in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and 2001's Ghost World.

She transitioned to adult roles with her performances in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, for which she won a BAFTA Award, and Girl with a Pearl Earring, both of which earned her Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003. A role in A Love Song for Bobby Long earned her a third Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination. Following an appearance in The Island, Johansson garnered a fourth Golden Globe nomination, for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Woody Allen's Match Point. She followed that with another Allen film, Scoop, with Hugh Jackman. A role in Brian De Palma's film noir The Black Dahlia was followed by a second role opposite Hugh Jackman in The Prestige, also starring Christian Bale.

On May 20, 2008, Johansson debuted as a vocalist on her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, which included cover versions of Tom Waits songs. Her second album, Break Up, with Pete Yorn, was released in September 2009.* 1 Early life
* 2 Acting career
o 2.1 Early roles
o 2.2 Transition to adult roles
o 2.3 2005–07
o 2.4 2008–present
o 2.5 Theatre
* 3 Endorsements
* 4 Music career
* 5 Regarded as sex symbol
* 6 Personal life
o 6.1 Political advocacy
* 7 Filmography
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Johansson was born in New York City on November 22, 1984. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and director. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from the Bronx. has an older sister, Vanessa, who is an actress; an older brother, Adrian; a twin brother, Hunter (who appeared in the film Manny & Lo with Scarlett);]and an older half-brother, Christian, from her father's first marriage.
Johansson grew up in a household with "little money, with a mother who was a "film buff. and her brother, Hunter, attended P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village in elementary school. Johansson began her theatrical training by attending and graduating from Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 2002.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar 2010 best

Sarah Michelle Prinze(born April 14, 1977), known professionally by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar, is an American film and television actress. She became widely known for her role as Buffy Summers on the WB/UPN television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she won six Teen Choice Awards and the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actress and received a Golden Globe Award nomination. She originated the role of Kendall Hart on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children, winning the 1995 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series.

Her film work includes starring roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Cruel Intentions (1999); Scooby-Doo (2002); the American remake of Japanese horror film The Grudge (2004); and The Return (2006). Gellar also played an ex-porn star in Richard Kelly's Southland Tales (2007) and was part of an ensemble cast in The Air I Breathe (2008). Gellar also stars in Veronika Decides to Die (2009).
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early career
o 2.2 Breakthrough (1997–2003)
o 2.3 Later career (2004–present)
* 3 Box office status
* 4 In the media
* 5 Personal life
* 6 Films
* 7 Television
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Gellar was born in New York City, as the only child of Rosellen (née Greenfield), a nursery school teacher, and Arthur Gellar, a garment worker. Both of her parents were Jewish, though Gellar's family had a Christmas tree during the holidays while she was growing up. In 1984, when she was 7 years old, her parents divorced and she was brought up solely by her mother on the Upper East Side. She graduated from Fiorello LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts in 1995. Gellar was estranged from her father until his death from liver cancer on October 9, 2001.