Big Brother 9 : Dale Howard

Big Brother 9 is well underway, with the housemates failing their first shopping task the fun and games have started.

 

Age: 21     From: Liverpool        Occupation: PE Teaching student       Status: In a relationship

Dale is a super-confident part-time DJ from Liverpool. He is desperate to be rich and famous and have girls screaming his name. He rates himself 10/10 for looks and believes his peers are often jealous of him. Dale is described by his friends and family as friendly, funny but mostly arrogant, big-headed and over-confident.

Dale is currently studying to be a PE teacher, although deep down he dreams of being a pro- footballer. In his youth, he had trials with Manchester United and Wigan Athletic but didn’t get through, which he now regrets. He likes to keep his body in good shape by daily visits to the gym and playing football for his university.

Dale’s first love is now music and he loves to DJ in his spare time. He says that dj’ing is the second thing in the world that makes him happy, after money. A party animal, Dale loves to go clubbing in Liverpool at the weekend with his mates.
Dale loves “fit” girls and has a thing about women with funny noses! His dream celebrity dates would be Mischa Barton and Abbey Clancy.

To Dale, winning Big Brother means everything. He says: "F*** taking part? No one remembers the losers." He believes he should be on the show because of his good looks and says he gets on with everyone, especially girls. He claims that he is mentally and physically strong and ready to take on any challenge Big Brother throws at him.

James Tanner

James Tanner (born 1976 in Kent) is a British chef and television personality. He currently appears on the BBC cookery programme Ready Steady Cook.

After studying hotel management he worked in the kitchens of several well-known restaurants, often with his older brother Chris. He worked his way up through the ranks until he was invited by the Roux brothers to move to the US and work in upstate New York, where he was Chef de Partie at the Lake Placid Lodge. Within four months he was promoted to junior sous chef.

He worked his way up the ranks and on returning to England took a job under Martin Blunos at the two Michelin-starred restaurant Lettonie in Bath before a head-chef role at Right on the Green in Kent.    In 1999, aged 23, James and his brother Chris opened Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth.

James' television career began in 2002 when he and brother Chris made their first TV appearance on a competition called 'Chef Stars', a promotion run by UKTV Food and broadcast predominantly on their flagship show Good Food Live (more recently known as Great Food Live). The brothers didn't make it through to the final, but they made an impression.   James became a semi-regular guest on Great Food Live which was shot at the same studios as Ready Steady Cook. He was recommended to audition for the show and duly became a regular. At the heart of his style during his TV appearances is the repetition of his catchphrase "Like so", used in order to make various culinary techniques seem easy, encouraging members of the public to give them a try, and also to assuage viewers' fears of unfamiliar ingredients, as well as "dig down deep". Many feel that his influence on the Great British Public's attitude towards cuisine rivals that of his peers Jamie Oliver and Ainsley Harriott.

James also continues to appear on Saturday Kitchen and Great Food Live (now cancelled).

Prince William

I was having a discussion with someone about whether Prince William or Prince Harry is the hottest.  I still can't decide.  So here's the first part of a two part comparison.  I will feature Prince Harry shortly.

Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, he is also the elder brother of Prince Harry. He is second in the line of succession to the British throne and those of each of the other Commonwealth Realms. As the son of the Prince of Wales and the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William is a member of the British Royal Family. He was the first prince to be born into the immediate royal family since the birth of Prince Edward in 1964.

The prince served as a Cornet in the Blues and Royals regiment of the British Army's Household Cavalry in 2007, together with his younger brother, Prince Harry. Within his regiment, he was known as Cornet William Wales. In April 2008 William earned his wings by completing pilot training at RAF Cranwell. His rank was Flying Officer but he was given the callsign Billy the Fish by his fellow pilots, a pun on his name William Wales which also uses a part of his father's title for his surname.

David Goodwillie

On March 4, 2006, Goodwillie became the youngest ever player to score an SPL goal when he came off the bench to score for United against Hibernian at Easter Road.

A product of the Dundee United youth system, Goodwillie initially joined the club from Stirling-based boys' club Carse Thistle, he was spotted whilst playing with the Scottish Youth FA Development Squads. He signed as a professional for Dundee United in March 2005, and made his debut for the first team just four months later in the final of the pre-season Discovery Cup tournament against Sheffield Wednesday. His first appearance in a major competitive fixture was against Rangers in December 2005, with his record-breaking goal following in his fifth outing, all having been as a substitute. Goodwillie signed a new contract in October 2006, extending his stay until the end of the 2009-10 season.

Goodwillie has represented Scotland at several youth international levels, and is currently a member of the national Under-19 squad, scoring a first half hat-trick in February 2007 against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

On 1 November 2007, Goodwillie joined Raith on a two-month loan, which was subsequently extended until the end of the season.

William Moseley / Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian

With the release of The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian I am going to focus on the star.  William Moseley

Prince Caspian, like the first Chronicles of Narnia, is visually stunning – from the locations where the movie was filmed, to the sets, to the costuming.  The actors and actresses, musical scores, and Aslan's voice all contribute to the continuity.  The four Pevensie children have been back in London a year in the story-line, and while the younger two children have matured, you get the sense you've just left them at the end of the last movie.

Andrew Adamson, the writer and director said in an interview, “This film is probably a little darker and grittier than the last one, partly because the children are older, making the story more adult in nature.”  This also comes through in the movie dialogue where the dwarf Trumpkin warns Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy “You may find Narnia a more savage place than you remember.”

William Peter Moseley (born April 27, 1987) is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Peter Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Previously, he played a small role as Forrester in a 2002 television version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

Moseley was born in Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire, England in the Cotswolds. He has wanted to become an actor since he was ten years old. William is the oldest of three children. He has two younger siblings called Ben 1992 and Daisy 1989.William attended Wycliffe College and Marling School in Stroud.

David Beckham

I haven't actually covered David Beckham yet, probably because everyone else does and I don't follow the crowd.  However by request, here's David Beckham.

David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for and captains Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy and is also a member of the England national team. He earned his 100th cap for England against France in March 2008.

He has twice been runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year, and in 2004 was the world's highest-paid footballer. He was Google's most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004. Such global recognition has made him an elite advertising brand and a top fashion icon.

Beckham was captain of England from 15 November 2000 to 2 July 2006. He made 58 appearances as captain, and ended his tenure in that role after the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. He continued to make contributions for the England national team in 2007 competitions. Beckham captained Manchester United for the first time on October 21st 2000 in a Premiership match against Leeds United. He came on as a substitute for regular captain Roy Keane, who was injured. Beckham went on to score a free-kick in this match, which finished 3-0.

Ben Barnes

    Ben Barnes (born August 20, 1981) is an English actor. He has appeared in such television series as Doctors and Split Decision. He appeared in the 2007 films Stardust and Bigga than Ben.

In February 2007, it was announced Barnes would play the role of Caspian in the forthcoming film adaption of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, directed by Andrew Adamson.^[1] To take up the offer of playing Caspian, Barnes left his role as Dakin in the Royal National Theatre production of The History Boys ahead of the end of his contract.

Barnes is an alumnus of King's College School, where he was a contemporary of film actor Khalid Abdalla and comedian Tom Basden.

Johnny Escobar

Johnny is an Actor and a Model.  He has appeared in various TV programs including Hollyoaks / In The City and also fashion shoots.  He was also a contestant on ITV's Model Behaviour.

height: 6'1" | Waist: 32" | Chest: 40" | Leg: 32" | Collar: 16'5" | Suit: 40R | Shoes: 10 | Hair: Black | Eyes: Dark Brown

His photographic modelling in the past has included

JD Sports,  Covent Garden Fruit Juice,  Nestle Orbitors Mints,  BAA Stansted Airport, Brother Printers

He has also appeared in : Cosmopolitan - Yates Advert,  Traveller - Lexus Car Advert,  Littlewoods Catalogue,  Empire Catalogue,  Tibard Catalogue.

More information on his official website

Aaron Sidwell

Aaron Michael Sidwell (born 12 September 1988 in Maidstone, Kent)) is a British actor, who currently plays Steven Beale in the British soap opera EastEnders. He made his first appearance on 21 September 2007. Sidwell took over the role from Edward Savage who last appeared in 2002.

 

EastEnders is Sidwell's first television acting role, but he has done a lot of stage work prior to his work on the soap.

 

He grew up in the village of Kingswood, Kent, and was given a drama scholarship when he was eleven years old. He is lead singer in a metal band called Bitter Conflict.

 

Sidwell has announced his plans to marry his long-term girlfriend Grace in September 2008.  It was revealed on 22 February 2008 that Aaron Sidwell will be leaving Eastenders when his contract ends in May.

Jonathan Ansell

I watched Celebrity Come Dine With Me the other night and noticed Jonathan.  I remember him from G4 but haven't seen him about for a while.   Jonathan Mark Ansell (born 10 March 1982) is an English singer, formally the high tenor of the vocal group G4.

Jonathan Ansell was born in Bognor Regis in 1982. At the age of eight, he joined The West Sussex Boys' Choir, conducted by Arthur Robson, and stayed until his voice broke when he lost the ability to sing treble at the age of 15. He toured with the choir to Florida, Germany, and France, and sang in the Royal Festival Hall. After puberty Ansell found out he had developed a high tenor voice instead.

 

He attended the Anglican Bishop Luffa School in Chichester. "Achieved his Grade 8 as a treble at 13, he received his Grade 8 as a tenor at 17. He published a solo album in 2001 with his savings.

 

After a show-stopping performance of Love Changes Everything at a choral society concert in Littlehampton, his local MP, who was in the audience, arranged for him to have a preliminary audition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He won a place two years later, and felt he had come home.

Calvin Goldspink

Although he spends most of his time in the USA, he's still busy doing lots of things.

A little bit of information from his official site :

My new album will be released sometime later this year. I've been back in the studio working with some new producers and muscians, and I'm happy to report that it's been great getting back into my music. A lot of people are wondering what direction this new record is going to take in terms of style and sound.Well, to be honest, we haven't really settled on the sound yet but from what we are working on at the moment, you can expect that it will be a lot more grown up than the material we did in S Club 8. I'm really excited about how well the writing process is going, so you can look forward to something completely different!  Check back to the site as much as you can, and we’ll keep you up to posted with our progress. I’m so pleased with all the fan support and I want you be the first to know when the album is going to be released and to hear it when it's done. Thanks again everybody.

I don't know if the album is a US or UK release or both, but as soon as I know, you will know.

William Moseley

William Peter Moseley (born April 27, 1987) is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Peter Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Previously, he played a small role as Forrester in a 2002 television version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

Moseley was born in Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire, England in the Cotswolds. He had always wanted to become an actor ever since he was ten years old. William is the oldest of three children. William attended Wycliffe College and Marling School in Stroud.

William Moseley is the very lucky to get picked out of thousands to play Peter Pevensie from C.S. Lewis masterpiece, "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe." The first book in the epic seven series of "The Chronicles of Narnia".

  

He has had a small role in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002 TV) and in Cider with Rosie (1998 TV) as an extra.

James Baxter

James plays a character in Emmerdale, there isn't really much information on James about, so heres the information on the character he plays.

 

Jake arrived in the village for the christening of his half brother Arthur, in December 2007, where he also served a godfather. He returned to the village again in January 2008 to help his father Greg with the re-building of Annie's Cottage, which Greg had bought off Jack Sugden.

Jake didn't take to building so when Jack offered him a chance to work on the farm to help out after Andy Sugden was sent to jail, Jake agreed. Having Jake around really helped to improve Victoria Sugden's mood. She was smitten with Jake but he only thought of her as a friend.

 

With Andy in prison, Jake set his sights on his fiancée, Jo Stiles. At Jo's hen night in the Woolpack, Jake started putting shots into her champagne glass. However when Sam Dingle spotted him, he confronted Jake and told him to leave Jo alone. After an argument with Val Lambert and Louise Appleton, Jo left and Jake tried to follow but Sam wouldn't let him leave.

After the wedding, Jake spotted Jo kissing a stranger, who happened to be jailbird and Andy's enemy Charlie, in her bedroom. What Jake didn't realise is that Jo was kissing him so she could bite his tongue and run off. Jake initally didn't believe her when she told him about the blackmail.

Mark Ronson

If you in the UK you must have heard of Mark Ronson, he is a producer and co-founder of Allido Records has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry including Christina Aguilera, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Robbie Williams.

 

Ronson received a Grammy nomination in early December 2007 for Producer of the Year, Non Classical, along with Timbaland and Mike Elizondo. Ronson's work with Amy Winehouse also received substantial praise, gaining 6 nominations. Back To Black, an album mostly produced by Ronson was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. Rehab, received nods for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year and, more importantly, Record of the Year.

 

Ronson is credited as producer on a 'mixtape' album called 'Man In The Mirror', released in January 2008 by the rapper Rhymefest which is a tribute to the pop star Michael Jackson. The album features Ronson appearing to speak to Michael Jackson using archive audio from interviews with the popstar. Later in January 2008, Ronson received 3 nominations for the Brit awards, including Best Male Solo Artist, Best Album(Version) and Song of the Year (Valerie).

James Murray

James Murray (sometimes billed as 'James Scott Murray') is a British actor, possibly best known for his roles in ‘Under the Greenwood Tree,’ and ‘Cutting It.’

Born on 22 January 1975 in Manchester, England, the son of a Scottish engineer, and great grandson of Richard Hollins Murray, the inventor of the reflecting lens, James grew up in Lancashire and Herefordshire.

 
He made his first screen appearance aged only 4, in 1979, in the role of infant Charlie in the BBC detective drama ‘Shoestring.’ His next brush with celebrity was three years later when as a 007-obsessed youngster his wish to meet James Bond was granted on the Jim’ll Fix It show. He must therefore have been in seventh heaven when he later co-starred alongside ex Bond Timothy Dalton in the 2006 ITV Miss Marple drama, 'The Sittaford Mystery,' and describes the experience as “a big thrill.”

With the instant success of 'Primeval,' and a role in a new film, reportedly shot in Bulgaria in the spring of 2007, it appears that James' is very much on the rise, and his increasing number of fans worldwide look forward to many more screen appearances to come.

Julian Morris

Another hot british actor.  Julian Morris (born 13 January 1983) is a British actor best known for his role in Cry Wolf.

Morris began acting at the Anna Scher Theatre in London. It was there, when he was thirteen, that a director on the hit British drama The Knock spotted him and asked him to play a boy pushed into the drug trade. Morris continued his intensive training under Anna Scher for the next eight years. In this period more opportunities arose and after appearing in several TV shows, films and commercials; he went on to spend three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Working with directors such as Steven Pimlott, Tim Albery and Elijah Moshinsky, and alongside actors as diverse as Simon Russell Beale, Samuel West and Roger Allam. He credits this with being a major influence on his learning and craft.

He is currently in America enjoying a burgeoning film career after playing the lead in the NBC pilot Young Arthur (2002) (TV). Recently, he starred in his biggest film yet, Cry Wolf (2005). Recently, as of December, 2007, Morris signed a deal with Dimension Pictures to star as Dr. Kyle McRae in the remake of Hellbound: Hellraiser 2, set to be released at some moment in 2010.

Dimension is currently producing the remake of the first Hellraiser, and as soon as filming wraps, the production of Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 will start, with Julian Morris confirmed as Kyle and Brian Cox as Dr. Channard. Little is known regarding Julian's personal life, but it's a well-known fact that Julian practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Roger Gracie, at his academy in London, England. He is also best friends with actress Lindy Booth.

Jake Hendriks

Jake is currently playing ‘Father Ciaran O’Dowd’ in Hollyoaks (Channel 4), other television credits include Casualty (BBC) and Down to Earth (BBC), theatre includes The Long, The Tall and The Short (Pleasance Theatre).

Height: 6’2”    Eye Colour: Blue    Hair Colour:  Dark Brown

Skills    Vocal Range: Baritone    Dance: Jazz, ballet, contemporary,   double work, historical, social.    Accents: Native London, RP, good ear.    Other: BADC Level 2 Gold. Strong sportsman, boxing, swimming. Progress Award 2001.

Hes a cute guy and it will be nice to see how the story evolves.  Theres lots of chat about what he will get up to and who he will get it on with, but time will tell.

Lee Mead

Out of the contestants on Any Dream Will Do, he was not my first choice for hot, but theres something there.

Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July 1981, Southend-on-Sea) is a British musical theatre actor, best known for playing the male lead in the 2007 London West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The show's composer/co-producer Andrew Lloyd Webber cast Mead in the role because he won the BBC reality talent show Any Dream Will do.

Aged eight, Mead "went to see Joseph with his other gran,” his grandmother Lilian Horning, 77, told 11 June's Mirror, adding: "He saw Joseph and pointed to him and said 'That's who I want to be'. Acting and singing is all he ever wanted to do."

In September 2007, Mead won the UK male Rear of the Year competition.

Aiden Turner

Aiden John Turner (born April 2, 1977 in Hertfordshire, England) is a British actor.

He is probably best known for his Daytime Emmy-nominated role of Aidan Devane on All My Children — a role he originated in 2002. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2003 as Outstanding Younger Actor.

Turner left the role of Aidan Devane in May 2004 due to a "family emergency", during which time the role was recast with actor Tom Archdeacon. Turner returned to the show a few months later and has portrayed Aidan Devane ever since.

Turner can also be seen in a CoverGirl commercial with Molly Sims. Turner is also a model for Avon and appears regularly in their print catalogs. On April 8, 2006, he married Megan Marshall. The two met in Europe on the Eurostar train en route to London from Paris. Currently, the couple reside in New York City, NY.

Will Matthews

Will Matthews (born 14 January 1985 in Oxford) is rugby union footballer, who plays at flanker or number eight for Pertemp Bees and England Sevens.

Will went to Millfield on a football scholarship, actually being on the books at Oxford United before taking up rugby. Spotted by an England coach doing a handling session at the school, he was promptly invited to Gloucester, where he was signed.

He studies at the University of Gloucestershire, doing a degree part time.

He posed in the 2006 Dieux du Stade calendar, organized by the Stade Français; one of only a few non-French players to do so.

Heres a video of him doing the 2006 Dieux du Stade