Sandra Bullock Picture from the Movie

Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California) is an American actress, primarily on soap operas, movies and television, probably best known for her roles as William Shatner's sexy, young partner and Richard Herd's daughter, Officer Stacy Sheridan in the successful 1980s crime drama T.J. Hooker, as John Forsythe's and Linda Evans's no angelic, selfish niece, Sammy Jo Carrington on the popular 1980s soap, Dynasty (a role she played from 1981 to 1989), as another bad girl Amanda Woodward on the popular 1990s soap opera Melrose Place (a role she played from 1993 until the show ended in 1999), and as Caitlin Moore on Spin City (a role she played from 1999 until the show ended in 2002).

[edit] Personal life

Heather is the daughter of Bill and Diane Locklear. Her father was the dean at the UCLA School of Engineering. She is the youngest of four children and a cousin of Donald Trump's second wife, Marla Maples. She is of Scottish and Lumbee descent. She dated Tom Cruise and Scott Baio. Later, Heather was married to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee from May 1986 to August 1993. After their divorce, she married Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora on December 17, 1994 in Paris. On October 4, 1997 she gave birth to their daughter, Ava Elizabeth. Locklear's representative announced on February 2, 2006 that divorce papers had been filed to dissolve the couple's marriage. In further papers filed by Sambora, it has been revealed that the couple has been separated since December 26, 2005, and that Sambora will be seeking joint custody of Ava. Lockear's divorce from Sambora was finalized on April 11, 2007.

[edit] Career

While attending the University of California, Los Angeles, Heather Locklear began modeling and working in commercials for the school store. In 1979, Locklear landed her first TV role in a TV movie and then on an episode of CHiPs a year later. She landed a few more bit parts in shows, including Eight Is Enough, before Aaron Spelling cast her in the role of Sammy Jo Dean in his new TV series Dynasty. Locklear proved a popular addition to the cast in the show's second season, in the fall of 1981. Spelling immediately cast her opposite William Shatner in the cop show T.J. Hooker. The show's 1982 premiere significantly enhanced Locklear's Hollywood career. Throughout the 1980's, she continued to work on these two shows, plus numerous television specials and films.

In the 1990's (after a failed sitcom Going Places), Locklear played perhaps her best known part, the vixen Amanda Woodward on the series Melrose Place from 1993 to 1999. She was originally brought on as a guest star in an attempt to boost the ratings, and her billing in the credits reflected this. Despite eventually becoming a regular cast member, she continued to be listed as a "Special Guest Star" through the entire series. Locklear also won First Americans in the Arts: Best Actress in a TV series for her role on Melrose Place. After her run on the show, she was immediately on another TV sitcom, Spin City, opposite Michael J. Fox. She was similarly brought in as a successful ratings boost for this show.^{[citation needed]} She was also one of the candidates for the lead role as single mother Susan Mayer on the popular dramedy series, Desperate Housewives, but had lost the role to Teri Hatcher, hence, Locklear starred in the airport drama LAX, which ran from 2004 to 2005. Locklear also served for 6 years as the spokesperson for the Health and Tennis Corporation of America^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Filmography

• Firestarter (1984)
• The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
• The Big Slice (1991)
• Wayne's World 2 (1993) (Cameo)
• The First Wives Club (1996) (Cameo)
• Money Talks (1997)
• Double Tap (1997)
• Uptown Girls (2003)
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
• The Perfect Man (2005)
• Nora Roberts' Angels Fall (2007)
• Oranges (2007)

[edit] Television work

• Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
• The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
• Twirl (1981)
• Dynasty (1981-1989)
• T.J. Hooker (1982-1986)
• City Killer (1984)
• T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport (1986)
• Rock 'n' Roll Mom (1988)
• Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990)
• Rich Men, Single Women (1990)
• Going Places (1990-1991)
• Her Wicked Ways (1991)
• Dynasty: The Reunion (1991)
• Illusions (1992)
• Highway Heartbreaker (1992)
• Melrose Place (cast member from 1993-1999)
• Body Language (1992)
• Fade to Black (1993)
• Texas Justice (1995)
• Shattered Mind (1996)
• Spin City (cast member from 1999-2002)
• Once Around the Park (2003)
• Scrubs (2003)
• Two and a Half Men (2004)
• LAX (2004-2005)
• Boston Legal (2005)

Madonna, cuyo nombre completo es: " Madonna Louis Veronica Fortin "

 Nació el 16 de Agosto de 1958

en Bay City Michigan, Detroit, en Estados Unidos

 de padre italiano y madre canadiense.

Cuando contaba seis años, su madre murió de cáncer, a los treinta, y este hecho marcó su vida.  Siendo aún niña, Madonna comenzó a dar clases de baile, gracias a las cuales obtuvo una beca para la Universidad de Michigan. Posteriormente se fue a Nueva York a ampliar sus estudios de arte, a la vez que trabajaba en lo que salía.
Madonna trabajó como modelo fotográfica y poco después crea un grupo con un amigo: 'The Breakfast Club', en el que Madonna toca la guitarra y la batería.

Tras tocar en varios grupos y cambiar continuamente de representante, edita su primer sencillo, 'Everybody' en 1983, con el que Madonna inicia su camino a la fama.
Su primer álbum, 'Madonna', fue compuesto en su mayoría por la propia Madonna. Un año después Madonna publicó el segundo disco, 'Like a virgin', con el que consigue auparse en los primeros lugares de las listas de éxitos. También realiza su primera gira.

En 1985 protagoniza la película 'Buscando a Susan desesperadamente'. En 1985 se casa con Sean Penn, un joven actor de la nueva generación.
Su tercer disco, 'True Blue' se publica en 1986 y provoca muchas discusiones, aunque es un auténtico éxito de ventas.
Junto a Sean Penn, Madonna protagoniza una nueva película, 'Shangai Surprise', que resultó ser un sonado fracaso.

En 1988 Madonna edita 'Who's that girl' y a continuación 'You can dance'. Inicia una nueva gira con gran éxito.
En 1989 se separa de Sean Penn y publica 'Like a prayer', el mejor de su carrera, con el que batió todos los records de ventas. Debido a los temas del disco y los videos tuvo varias discusiones con la iglesia.

También trabajó en Broadway con una obra de teatro titulada 'Speed the Plow', con notable éxito.  En 1990 protagoniza la película 'Dick Tracy', junto a Warren Beatty, con quien tuvo un romance. También publica la banda sonora de 'Dick Tracy'.  En 1992 publica 'Erotica' y en 1994 'Bedtime Stories', con el que da un giro a su carrera, además de lograr un gran éxito de ventas.  En 1996 protagoniza 'Evita', junto a Antonio Banderas, con la que logra el Globo de Oro a la mejor actriz. Edita el disco con la banda sonora de la película y en octubre del mismo año nace su hija Lourdes María Ciccone, fruto de su relación con el cubano Carlos Leon.

En 1998 publica un nuevo trabajo, 'Ray of Light' y en el 2000 'Music', un disco lleno de sonidos electrónicos. Tras el nacimiento de su segundo hijo, a finales del 2001 publica 'GHV2', lo que configura su segundo recopilatorio, con 15 de sus mejores temas entre 1991 y 2001, entre lo que destaca 'Erotica', 'Secret', 'Ray Of Light' o 'Music'.
A finales del 2005 aparece un nuevo álbum de Madonna, titulado "Confessions on a dance floor", en el que la artista reinventa la música de baile. Con un impresionante salto creativo hacia una nueva dimensión de la música disco, el álbum está compuesto por 12 nuevos temas que consiguen capturar la fuerza de los primeros éxitos de esta superstar.

Biography

Career

Television

Stamos began his acting career with a role on the television show General Hospital as Blackie Parrish. Then General Hospital casting director Gary Price noted that Stamos did not read for any particular parts. Later he joined Full House as Adam Cochran, but he then changed the first name to Jesse before taping the premiere. During the second season he then changed his character's last name to Katsopolis to highlight his Greek heritage, of which Stamos is very proud. As a member of the fictional band Jesse and the Rippers he performed the Beach Boys song Forever.

After the eighth season of Full House, ABC decided to drop the show from their lineup. The ninth season was to be shown on the WB Network. Because of this, Stamos announced his departure from the show. Because his influence on the show was critical, the eighth season on ABC ended up being the last one. He has subsequently appeared in numerous made-for-television films, stage productions and commercials (including advertisements for the long-distance phone call carrier 10-10-987 in 2004).

He has also had starring roles in the television series Thieves in 2001, and then in the show Jake in Progress, which debuted in 2005. However both shows ran for only a few episodes, and then were cancelled afterwards due to low ratings. In 2003, Stamos played Zach, a friend that Chandler brings home to use as a sperm donor, in the episode The One with the Donor in the popular American sitcom Friends.

In 2006 he joined the cast of ER as paramedic-turned-intern Tony Gates. The producers originally wanted him earlier, but his appearance was postponed when ABC renewed Jake in Progress.

Stamos has recently starred as the lead character, Shel, a gay wedding planner, in the A&E television romantic comedy movie, Wedding Wars, and in addition to making a voice-over cameo (as himself) in the MTV animated series Clone High in the episode, 'Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale'. He made a guest star appearance as a security guard in the animated series KABLAM. He also made voice cameo in the Bob Saget written and directed parody film Farce of the Penguins.

In 2006, Stamos agreed to play the role of John Hanlon, a very plain, very lovable-loser character based on the short story "When It Rains, It Pours," written by critically acclaimed author Jordan Mueller. The major motion picture, which is set to release in the Fall of 2008, will share the same title.

In 2007, Stamos arrived in Australia for a promotional tour. He appeared on a sketch on The Nation and an interview on Mornings with Kerri-Anne during which his behavior was erratic. A spokesperson for the network initially told reporters that it was due to jet-lag, however Stamos later states that it was in fact due to Ambien, a prescription sleeping medication.^[1] Video link

Music & Theater

Stamos also has an active music career, having occasionally toured as a drummer with The Beach Boys, and having appeared on Broadway as the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret, and also in Nine and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.

Marriage

Stamos married Rebecca Romijn on September 19, 1998; they were officially divorced on March 1, 2005.

References

1. ^ John Stamos blames it all on sleeping pill, June 26, 2007.

External links

• John Stamos official site
• John Stamos at the Internet Movie Database
• John Stamos wasted at Sydney interview

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