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Which stars do you want to hear more about in 2009?
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Will Smith: Life in Pictures
The prince of Philly
Though many stars claim they were once nerds, outcasts, or ugly ducklings, Will Smith was cool from the start so cool, in fact, that his nickname was Prince. (AFP/Getty Images)
Though many stars claim they were once nerds, outcasts, or ugly ducklings, Will Smith was cool from the start so cool, in fact, that his nickname was Prince. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Top 10 albums of 2008 on Last.fm
The #1 album on Last FM's Best of 2008 list goes to Coldplay's "Viva La Vida". (coldplay.com)
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Year in celebrity news
MARIAH AND NICK: Mariah Carey found love again with Nick Cannon, an actor 11 years her junior. And Mimi wasted no time when it comes to affairs of the heart: She married the "Drumline" star at her Bahamian estate in April after just weeks of dating. Like many celebrity couples, they shared (ahem, sold) their wedding album in People magazine, where they talked about tattooing their love for each other. Carey, who sports a "Mrs. Cannon" tattoo on her back, has said that she and her so-called soul mate didn't consummate their relationship before tying the knot. (Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images for AMA)
The 'OMG!' fashion felonies of the year
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Wiped out
Even the usually super-stylish Anne Hathaway wiped out in 2008, wrapped in what appears to be a loose roll of toilet paper. So not Charmin. (Alexandra Wyman / WireImage.com)
Wiped out
Even the usually super-stylish Anne Hathaway wiped out in 2008, wrapped in what appears to be a loose roll of toilet paper. So not Charmin. (Alexandra Wyman / WireImage.com)
John Travolta: Life in pictures
John Travolta and Son, Jett in Ireland in 2004
Celebrity Birthdays for January 7th
Break out the Ray-Bans and hug your favorite ginger kid today - it's David Carruso's birthday today! Perhaps the most over-dramatic actor of all time, this spectacular deliverer of one-liners is 53 today. (Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage)
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The Dish Rag
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Actress Victoria Principal in 2007. (Getty photo by Vince Bucci)
Faces to watch 2009: film, TV, music and Web
DANIELLE DE NIESE
The hot young soprano isn't exactly the newest kid on the block. Born in Australia to Sri Lankan parents, Danielle de Niese grew up in Los Angeles. As a teenager, she won an Emmy for a television program on the arts that she hosted for young people. In 2001, she appeared in the L.A. Opera production of Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi."
Her recital at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Feb. 10, however, will be her first time back as an opera star. And you can forget all the innocent teenage stuff right now. De Niese's fame has been, at least to some extent, as a femme fatale.
She drew wide attention for her perkily alluring Cleopatra in a production of Handel's "Julius Caesar" at England's Glyndebourne Festival in 2005 and returned there last summer as the sexy lead in Monteverdi's "Coronation of Poppea." Next month, she will star in the Mark Morris production of Gluck's "Orfeo and Euridice" at the Metropolitan Opera, and it will hit movie theaters in an HD broadcast on Jan. 24.
--Mark Swed (Decca / Lorenzo Aguis / Vanessa Arts Marketing)
The hot young soprano isn't exactly the newest kid on the block. Born in Australia to Sri Lankan parents, Danielle de Niese grew up in Los Angeles. As a teenager, she won an Emmy for a television program on the arts that she hosted for young people. In 2001, she appeared in the L.A. Opera production of Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi."
Her recital at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Feb. 10, however, will be her first time back as an opera star. And you can forget all the innocent teenage stuff right now. De Niese's fame has been, at least to some extent, as a femme fatale.
She drew wide attention for her perkily alluring Cleopatra in a production of Handel's "Julius Caesar" at England's Glyndebourne Festival in 2005 and returned there last summer as the sexy lead in Monteverdi's "Coronation of Poppea." Next month, she will star in the Mark Morris production of Gluck's "Orfeo and Euridice" at the Metropolitan Opera, and it will hit movie theaters in an HD broadcast on Jan. 24.
--Mark Swed (Decca / Lorenzo Aguis / Vanessa Arts Marketing)