HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!!!
my lovely and simple vanilla cupcakes
18 Dec
you should try my new recipe. It’s yummy, and easy..
I made the creme on top, it consists of cheese.. just one cube 
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup of flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 3/4 cup of white sugar
- 2 medium sized eggs
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup of milk
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REALLY EASY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ::
1) preheat oven to 180c`, prepare the cupcakes batter
2) sift flour, add baking powder and add salt.
3) in other bowl, add the sugar and the butter, mix them well, until it appears creamy and yellow.
4) add one egg, and beat until it dissolves, then add the other and beat well.
5) add the vanilla extract and beat well.
6) finally: add the milk and the flour, mix and beat well. Place it in the oven for 22 minutes.
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the topping and the creme (( optional ))
but mine was:
whipped creme and 1 cube of creamed cheese. mix them well until it becomes fluffy.
then decorate it.
——————— HAVE FUN <3
This set is dedicated to my Dear; one & only " 2amooret Lebnan "
13 Dec
Kate Winslet
19 Nov(( my mom’s favorite ))
Date of Birth
5 October 1975, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Birth Name
Kate Elizabeth Winslet
Nickname
English Rose
Corset Kate
Height
5′ 6½” (1.69 m)
Mini Biography
Ask Kate Winslet what she liked about any of her characters, and the word “ballsy” is bound to pop up at least once. The British actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she’s built an eclectic resume; that runs the gamut from Shakespearean tragedy to modern-day mysticism and erotica.
Born into a family of thespians — parents Roger Winslet and Sally Bridges-Winslet were both stage actors, maternal grandparents Oliver and Linda Bridges ran the Reading Repertory Theatre, and uncle Robert Bridges was a fixture in London’s West End theatre district — Kate came into her talent at an early age. She scored her first professional gig at 11, dancing opposite the Honey Monster in a commercial for a kids’ cereal. She started acting lessons around the same time, which led to formal training at a performing arts high school. Over the next few years she appeared on stage regularly and landed a few bit parts in sitcoms. Her first big break came at age 17, when she was cast as an obsessive adolescent in Heavenly Creatures (1994). The film, based on the true story of two fantasy-gripped girls who commit a brutal murder, received modest distribution but was roundly praised by critics.
Still a relative unknown, Winslet attended a cattle call audition the next year for Ang Lee‘s Sense and Sensibility (1995). She made an immediate impression on the film’s star, Emma Thompson, and beat out more than a hundred other hopefuls for the part of plucky Marianne Dashwood. Her efforts were rewarded with both a British Academy Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Winslet followed up with two more period pieces, playing the rebellious heroine in Jude (1996) and Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh‘s Hamlet (1996).
The role that transformed Winslet from art house attraction to international star was Rose DeWitt Bukater, the passionate, rosy-cheeked aristocrat in James Cameron‘s Titanic (1997). Young girls the world over both idolized and identified with Winslet, swooning over all that face time opposite heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio and noting her refreshingly healthy, un-emaciated physique. Winslet’s performance also garnered a Best Actress nomination, making her the youngest actress to ever receive two Academy nods.
After the swell of unexpected attention surrounding Titanic (1997), Winslet was eager to retreat into independent projects. Rumor has it that she turned down the lead roles in both Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Anna and the King (1999) in order to play adventurous soul searchers inHideous Kinky (1998) and Holy Smoke (1999). The former cast her as a young single mother traveling through 1960s Morocco with her daughters in tow; the latter, as a zealous follower of a guru tricked into a “deprogramming” session in the Australian outback. The next year found her back in period dress as the Marquis de Sade’s chambermaid and accomplice in Quills (2000). Kate holds the distinction of being the youngest actor ever honored with four Academy Award nominations (she received her fourth at age 29.)
Off camera, Winslet is known for her mischievous pranks and familial devotion. She has two sisters, Anna Winslet and Beth Winslet (both actresses), and a brother, Joss.
In 1998, she married assistant director Jim Threapleton. They had a daughter, Mia Honey Threapleton, in October 2000. They divorced in 2001. She later married director Sam Mendes in 2003 and gave birth to their son, Joe Alfie Winslet-Mendes, later that year. After seven years of marriage, Kate announced that she and Sam amicably separated in February 2010.
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Trivia
Daughter Mia Honey Threapleton was born (in England) on the 12th October 2000, weighing in at 8 pounds 9 ounces.
Kate met husband Jim Threapleton on the set of her movie Hideous Kinky (1998), where he was working as an assistant director.
Won Best Spoken Word Album for Children, Grammy Awards, shared with Graham Greene. [2000]
Turned down the Gwyneth Paltrow role in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and the Jodie Foster role in Anna and the King (1999).
Wears size 9 shoes.
At age 11, she began attending the acting school Redroofs in Maidenhead, England, UK.
Sister of Anna Winslet, Joss Winslet and Beth Winslet. Kate is the second child.
The youngest actress ever to be nominated for two Academy Awards (for Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Titanic (1997)) (Aged 20 and 22 respectively). [1998]
Her first acting job was dancing with the Honey Monster in a commercial for Sugar Puffs cereal.
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Manchester Evening News Award for her theatre role in “What the Butler Saw” as Geraldine Barclay. [1994]
Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1996]
She has a younger brother, Joss.
Parents: Roger Winslet (actor) and Sally Bridges-Winslet.
After her first success in the film Heavenly Creatures (1994), a reviewer predicted that she would always be associated with that character and would never be a big star.
Recorded a song for the soundtrack for the movie Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001). Producers were so impressed at her efforts they have decided to release the ballad – called “What If?” – as a single. It reached the top ten in the UK, peaking at number six. [June 2001]
Announced that she and husband Jim Threapleton are splitting up. [3 September 2001]
[November 2001] Confirms that she is dating director Sam Mendes.
Purchased a $3 million (US) home in London with boyfriend (later husband) Sam Mendes. They also bought a home in New York City.
She holds a unique position in Academy Awards history: Only twice have two actresses been nominated for playing the same character in the same film. The first two were Gloria Stuart and Kate in Titanic (1997). The second two were Judi Dench and Kate in Iris (2001/I).
Married director Sam Mendes in a private ceremony whilst on holiday in the West Indies in May, 2003.
Daughter Mia’s name is Italian for “my”.
Has sung in 5 of her films.
Prefers to wear boots rather than ordinary shoes because it makes her feel that her feet are “firmly on the ground.”
Missed the premiere of Titanic (1997) because she was attending the funeral of close friend and former boyfriend, Stephen Tredre.
Son, Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, was born on December 22, 2003, in New York, and weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces.
Resides in both London, England, and New York City, America. Her main home, however, is in Cotswolds, England.
Has a nephew, George. His mother is Beth Winslet.
Sprained her ankle on the set of Romance & Cigarettes (2005) in May 2004.
She sold her North London home in Belsize Park to Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin.
Was considered for the role of Bridget in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) but it was then decided she was too young to portray the role.
On the day she had to film the straitjacket scene in Hamlet (1996), she learned she had won the role of Rose in Titanic (1997).
While serving as host of “Saturday Night Live” (1975) one week after Ashlee Simpson‘s “recorded song malfunction,” she opened the show by singing and dancing live.
Bust size 1996 – 34C.
Born in the same year and on the same day as Parminder Nagra.
Was born in the same hospital as her husband, Sam Mendes.
Filmed her 2005 American Express commercial in Camden Town, London, England.
First screen kiss was with Melanie Lynskey in Heavenly Creatures (1994).
Her performance as Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is ranked #81 on Premiere Magazine’s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
Her daughter Mia had to be delivered by Cesarean section, which made Kate feel she hadn’t given birth properly. She admitted to it only after giving birth to her son Joe (who had been delivered naturally).
Was offered the role of Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
Kate married Sam Mendes, who was a childhood friend of Tom Hollander, with whom he went to Cambridge University and whom he directed in several plays. Tom and Kate were both in the film Enigma (2001).
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Premiere Magazine for Sense and Sensibility (1995)). [1995]
Won Best Film Actress, Smash Hits Magazine. [1998]
Won Sexiest Actress, Entertainment Insider Awards. [1998]
Won Film Actress of the Year, Variety Club of Great Britain. [1999]
Nominated for Best Actress, Roughcut.com Internet Movie Award for Holy Smoke (1999). [2000]
When interviewed on “Good Morning America” (1975) to promote her film The Holiday (2006), they surprised her by showing a clip which was supposedly Winslet on the Sugar Puff Commercial in 1987. However, the girl in the clip shown was not her. Winslet did not point out the error because she did not want to embarrass the researcher and get the person fired. She was then praised by the media for her caring and consideration of other people. [2006]
Her performance in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is her personal favorite.
Along with Claude Rains (for Mr. Skeffington (1944)), Vanessa Redgrave (for Julia (1977)) and Mare Winningham (for Georgia (1995)), she is the only performer to be nominated for an Supporting Oscar (for Iris (2000)) for playing the title role in a movie. As of 2006, Redgrave is the only one to win.
As of January 2009, she is the youngest actress to rack up 6 Oscar nominations.
Won Best Actress, Toronto Film Festival for Heavenly Creatures (1994), shared with Melanie Lynskey. [1995]
Runner-Up for Best Actress, New York Film Critics Circle for Holy Smoke (1999). [1999]
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Rec.Arts.Movies.* Critics Circle for Quills (2000). [2000]
Runner-Up for Best Actress, National Society of Film Critics for Holy Smoke (1999). [2000]
Runner-Up for Best Actress, New York Film Critics Circle for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). [2004]
Chris Tookey, of the British newspaper “Daily Mail,” chose her as Best Actress of the Year for her roles in The Holiday (2006) and Little Children(2006). [2006]
Is a fan of Rufus Wainwright‘s CD, “Poses” (mentioned in one of her ads for AmEx).
Nominated for Best Actress in a Dramatic Performance, Excellent Dynamic Activism (EDA) Awards/The Alliance of Women Journalists for Little Children (2006). [2006]
In an interview for the London Evening Standard, she revealed she has taken a year off (from April 2006 to April 2007) from her career, to spend more time with her family. [2007]
Official Celebrity Spokesperson for Lancôme. [2007]
Her children refer to very close friend Leonardo DiCaprio as “Uncle Leo. ” He also bought Kate an inscribed gold ring, after they filmedRevolutionary Road (2008). However, Winslet keeps the inscription a secret.
Was named one of ’50 Most Beautiful’ by People Magazine in 2005.
Auditioned for the role of “Elizabeth” in Kenneth Branagh‘s Frankenstein (1994). Helena Bonham Carter got the role, but Branagh was so impressed by Winslet that he offered her the part of “Ophelia” in Hamlet (1996).
Involved, along with Sherilyn Fenn, Rufus Sewell, Miranda Richardson and Paul McGann in the 1998 film project “Johnny Hit and Run Pauline”. The film was to be executive produced by Emma Thompson, and written and directed by Fay Efrosini Lellios. The shooting was set to start in June 1998 in New Hampshire. The film was canceled due to financial withdrawal. [1998]
Lives in New York City. She also owns a home in Gloucestershire, England.
Placed third equal (with Anne Hathaway) for Best Actress, New York Film Critics Circle for Revolutionary Road (2008). [2008]
The Holiday (2006) was the first movie that Kate used her own accent and didn’t develop a special voice for her character.
Sister-in-law of Edmund Harcourt.
Only the third person in history to win two acting Golden Globes in the same year (Best Actress, Drama for Revolutionary Road (2008) and Best Supporting Actress for The Reader (2008)).
As of 2009, she is only one of six performers who won a Golden Globe Award as Best Lead Actor/Actress in a Motion Picture Drama without being nominated for an Oscar for that same role (hers for Revolutionary Road (2008)). The others are Spencer Tracy in The Actress (1953),Anthony Franciosa in Career (1959), Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago (1965), ‘Shirley Maclaine’ in Madame Sousatzka (1988), Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (1998). However, of those six performers, Winslet is the only one to be nominated and win an Academy Award for a leading role but for a different role, in a same year.
The producers of the The Reader (2008) tried to promote Winslet as Supporting Actress during the Oscar race 2009 in order to enhance her chances to get nominated twice (for Best Supporting Actress for The Reader (2008) and Best Lead Actress for her role in Revolutionary Road(2008)). The Academy overthrew this plan by nominating Winslet for Best Lead Actress for her performance in The Reader (2008), leaving aside her performance in Revolutionary Road (2008), although she won several other award nominations in both categories for the respective movies. According to Academy rules, an actor is eligible for only one nomination in a single category.
Is one of eight actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics’ Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance. The others in chronological order are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003),Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Mo’Nique for Precious(2009) and Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010).
Was originally cast as Nola Rice in Woody Allen’s Match Point (2005), but dropped out at the last minute, so she could spend her time with her child. The role went to Scarlett Johansson .
Was in consideration for the part of Satine in Moulin Rouge! (2001) but Nicole Kidman, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.
Returned to work eleven months after giving birth to her daughter Mia in order to begin filming The Life of David Gale (2003).
Returned to work five months after giving birth to her son Joe in order to begin filming Romance & Cigarettes (2005).
Born at 7:15 am-BST.
Announced that she had separated amicably from husband Sam Mendes two months previously (15 March 2010).
Is just 12 years older than Evan Rachel Wood, who played her daughter on “Mildred Pierce” (2011).
Virgin Group billionaire Richard Branson credited Kate with ‘helping to carry’ his 90-year-old mother out of his burning Caribbean-island house, where Winslet and her two children were staying (August 2011).
Ranked as having one of the “Most Beautiful Famous Faces” by “The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World” for 14 consecutive years. She was ranked #31 in 2010, #22 in 2009, #12 in 2008, #15 in 2007, #18 in 2006, #21 in 2005, #13 in 2004, #11 in 2003, #14 in 2002, #4 in 2001, #11 in 2000, #20 in 1999, #17 in 1998, and #27 in 1997.
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Vin Diesel
7 Nov
Date of Birth
18 July 1967, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name
Mark Sinclair Vincent
Height
6′ (1.83 m)
Mini Biography
Vin’s father taught theatre. His mother was a psychologist and astrologist. Other than revealing that Vincent is his real last name, he won’t talk about much of the rest of his early life. Vin dropped out of college to make _Multi-Facial (1994)_, a short about a struggling actor that played in Cannes in 1995, which eventually got Steven Spielberg‘s attention. Spielberg then cast him in Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Vin’s career was launched.
IMDb Mini Biography By: John Sacksteder <jsack@ka.net>
Mini Biography
Vin Diesel was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother and adoptive father in an artist’s housing project in New York’s Greenwich Village, never knowing his biological father. His first break in acting happened by chance, when at the age of seven he and his friends broke into a theatre to vandalize it. A woman stopped them and offered them each a script and $20, on the condition that they would attend everyday after school. From there, Vin’s fledgling career progressed from the New York repertory company run by his father, to the Off-Off-Broadway circuit. At 17 and already sporting a well-honed physique, he became a bouncer at some of New York’s hippest clubs to earn himself some extra cash. It was at this time that he changed his name to Vin Diesel.
Following high school, Vin enrolled as an English major at Hunter College, but dropped out after three years to go to Hollywood to further his acting career. Being an experienced theatre actor did not make any impression in Hollywood and after a year of struggling to make his mark, he returned to New York. His mother then gave him a book called “Feature Films at used Car Prices” by Rick Schmidt. The book showed him that he could take control of his career and make his own movies. He wrote a short film based on his own experiences as an actor, called Multi-Facial (1995), which was shot in less than three days at a cost of $3,000. Multi-Facial (1995) was eventually accepted for the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it got a tumultuous reception.
Afterwards, Vin returned to Los Angeles and raised almost $50,000 through telemarketing to fund the making of his first feature, Strays (1997). Six months after shooting, the film was accepted for the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, and although it received a good reception, it didn’t sell as well as hoped. Yet again Vin returned disappointed to New York only to receive a dream phone call. Steven Spielberg was impressed by Multi-Facial (1995) and wanted to meet Vin, leading him to be cast in Saving Private Ryan (1998). Multi-Facial (1995) earned Vin more work, when the director of The Iron Giant (1999) saw it and decided to cast Vin in the title role. From there, Vin’s career has steadily grown, with him securing his first lead role as ‘Richard B Riddick’ in the sci-fi film Pitch Black (2000). That role has earned him a legion of devoted fans and the public recognition he deserves.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Lilith <webmistress@vindiesel.co.uk>
Trade Mark
Shaves his head
Muscular physique
Deep voice
Big, lanky boots
Trivia
He worked as a bouncer in New York at the famous nightclubs Tunnel (which has since closed) and Mars.
Has a fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent, who is a film editor.
Has an Italian Mastiff named “Roman”.
Has a younger sister, Samantha and a younger brother in addition to his fraternal twin, Paul.
Ranked #46 in Premiere’s 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #95 in 2002.
He’s an admitted fan of “Dungeons and Dragons”, and, according to an interview on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” (1993) that he played for 24 years.
Was offered the role of Matt Murdock/Daredevil in Daredevil (2003) that eventually went to Ben Affleck.
He is bi-racial, being half African-American and half Italian American
Producing partner with George Zakk. Their company is called One Race Productions.
Wrote an original screenplay titled “Doormen” (based on his experiences as a bouncer) as a follow-up to Strays (1997), his directorial debut. However, his acting career exploded and his plans to direct the film have fallen by the wayside.
During his teens, he performed breakdancing in an instructional video on the subject.
Credits the book “Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices” by Rick Schmidt as the one resource above all upon which he built his career. This book, according to Diesel, gave him the tools, knowledge, and most importantly, the inspiration to develop his short film Multi-Facial (1995), which he wrote, produced, directed and starred in.
He was cast opposite Ben Affleck in Reindeer Games (2000), but left the production shortly after filming began over concerns with the quality of Ehren Kruger‘s screenplay and creative differences with director John Frankenheimer.
Revolution Studios wanted him for the title role in Hellboy (2004), but director Guillermo del Toro thought that Ron Perlman was the perfect choice for the role, and wouldn’t direct the movie if he wasn’t cast.
Was listed as a potential nominee on both the 2003 and 2004 Razzie Award nominating ballots. He was listed as a suggestion for the Worst Actor category on the 2003 ballot for his performances in the films Knockaround Guys (2001) and xXx (2002). And was listed as a suggestion again on the nominating ballot in the Worst Actor category the next year for his role in A Man Apart (2003). He did not receive either nomination. The following year though, he finally received his first Razzie nomination for Worst Actor in the film The Chronicles of Riddick (2004). However he didn’t “win”.
Is the cousin of rapper/producer Kwame “The Boy Genius”. Kwame says if you watch his old videos, you’ll see Vin in a few of them.
Once worked as a telemarketer, selling light bulbs.
In addition to being considered for the role of Hellboy in 2004, he was also considered for the part of Abe Sapien.
He gained 35 pounds so he could portray “Fat Jackie” in Find Me Guilty (2006).
Attended Hunter College and got his jump start by Steven Spielberg just like fellow actors Sam Feuer and Edward Burns.
He and his girlfriend, Paloma Jiménez, welcomed their first child, a girl, on April 2nd, 2008.
Started the video game company Tigon Studios in 2002. They in turn worked on the movie based game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) (VG). Tigon Studios is now working on more next gen games as well as having a hand in all Vin Diesel-based games.
Revealed that the daughter he welcomed in April 2008, is named Hania Riley. [September 2008].
Wrote a three-page letter to director Steven Spielberg expressing his admiration for his work, particularly Schindler’s List (1993). Spielberg was impressed with the heartfelt prose, prompting him to invite Diesel into the star-studded cast of Saving Private Ryan (1998).
Lives in Los Angeles, California.
Personal Quotes
Well, I’ve worked out for years. For a long time it was my only sense of gratification.
I would get into fights with other bouncers when a guy was already on the floor and the other guys thought it was alright to jump up in the air and land on the guy’s head.
why he didn’t do the “Fast and the Furious” sequel] I was being offered three franchises at the same time – Pitch Black (2000), xXx (2002) and The Fast and the Furious (2001) — and I had to choose. I couldn’t do all three. [he has since appeared in sequels to all three franchises]
[on the xXx (2002) poster and what it means for his career] This isn’t a poster. This is a declaration of war!
[on his mysterious ethnicity] I am definitely a person of color.
[on the planned "Chronicles of Riddick" trilogy] We gave the script to the studio, I bought three leather binders. One said C1, one said C2 and one said C3. They all had locks on them and we only gave the key to C1 to the studio”
In the next film, Riddick is going to go to the underverse. Riddick will act with new elementals. Not air elementals [as Judi Dench's character is] but fire and water. It’ll come full circle in C3 when he must return to Furia.
[on The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)] The concept behind switching genres was to create a film that you could continue exploring. In the ending of this movie, it’s not just something that says we’re opening it up so we can tell another story, it’s very specific. A very daring ending because it’s left open-ended.
From the very very beginning, when everyone thought it was crazy, I was thinking of The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) as a trilogy. That would start with the movie you saw, and Pitch Black (2000) would act as a prequel that introduced you to the character. So in simple terms, in Chronicles 2 we venture to the Underverse. We knew we could get away with a PG-13 on the first one, but once you go to the Underverse it’s rated R, because it’s a place where war is the norm and there is constant, constant battling. Then on Chronicles 3 we will see Riddick return to Furia, to deal with the homeland.
I was a bouncer for nine years – it was all I knew how to do – and my training was not to talk loosely . . . That’s still my thought process: Shut your mouth, watch your back and keep working ’til your ass falls off.
With age, you get to a place where you don’t want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
Salary
| Fast Five (2011) | $15,000,000 (including producer fee) |
| The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) | $11,500,000 |
| A Man Apart (2003) | $2,500,000 |
| xXx (2002) | $10,000,000 |
| The Fast and the Furious (2001) | $2,000,000 |
| Saving Private Ryan (1998) | $100,000 |
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