jojobanews: Χριστουγεννιατικη essence

jojobanews: Χριστουγεννιατικη essence: Αχ.....Χριστούγεννα ερχονται και καθε χρονια,την ιδια μερα,την ιδια ωρα με πιανει κατι το ανεξηγητο,κατι παρεμφερες με την καταθλιψη.... ...

Χριστουγεννιατικη essence

Αχ.....Χριστούγεννα ερχονται και καθε χρονια,την ιδια μερα,την ιδια ωρα με πιανει κατι το ανεξηγητο,κατι παρεμφερες με την καταθλιψη....

Όμως δεν ειναι ειναι η καταθλιψη,ειναι κατι πιο γλυκο πιο ρομαντικο αλλα και συγχρονως μελαγχολικο,καλο και πολλες φορες βασανιστικο για ποικιλους λογους!Λιγο το ο,τι καθε Χριστουγεννα βρισκονται ολοι με τις παρεες τους,δεν νιωθουν μονοι ποτε μα ποτε,γι αυτο και παντα ο φοβος της μοναξιας ειναι κατι το οποιο ολοι συχαινομαστε και δεν θελουμε να μας συμβει.....
Εκτος απο ολα τα προαναφερθεντα,παντοτε το θεμα του καιρου ειναι ενας καθοριστικος παραγοντας στην ψυχολογια του καθε ατομου οπως εχει υποστηριξει ο γνωστος ψυχολογος Cornwell.....Και απο προσφατη εμπειρια διαπιστωσαμε πως παντοτε απο τις αρχες Δεκεμβριου η θερμοκρασια φτανει στο ναδιρ της!

Επιπροσθετα,ρολο βαρυνουσας σημασιας διαδραματιζει και το γεγονος πως ολοι συσχετιζουν τα Χριστουγεννα με την πιο ρομαντικη περιοδο της χρονιας!Ενας πιθανος "φλεγομενος" ερωτας δεν θα εβλαπτε σε τιποτα.....το ακριβως αντιθετο θα ελεγα...Συμφωνειτε;


Τελος,ειδικα αν βρισκεστε σε μια ηλικια οπου οι πολλες σχολικες υποχρεωσεις και τα αγχη σας βαραινουν,η προ-Χριστουγεννιατικη περιοδος ειναι η χειροτερη!!!!!!!!!ΒΑΘΜΟΙ!Αλλοι φοβουνται την αντιδραση των γονιων τους,αλλοι εχουν αγχος διοτι βλεπουν τους ελεγχους ως τη γραπτη αποδειξη της ανταμοιβης των κοπων τους!Και για τους φοιτητες.....Εξεταστικη!Η 25η Δεκεμβριου αποτελει το εφαλτηριο χτυπημα για να ξεκινησουν το διαβασμα!


Ας μην ξεχναμε οτι μια ζεστη σοκολατα διπλα στο τζακι,με καλη παρεα ειναι το καλυτερο αντιδοτο σε αυτην την μελαγχολια,και αν δεν εχετε τζακι,απλα πηγαιντε σε εναν φιλος σας...

Στειλτε μου τα σχολια σας στο twitter/GeorgeAskitas

Anne Hathaway

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress.

After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. She played Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries (2001) and its 2004 sequel. Hathaway is an Emmy Award-winning actress for her voice-over performance on The Simpsons. Hathaway had dramatic roles in Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, in 2005. She starred in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and in Becoming Jane (2007) as Jane Austen.

In 2008, she won awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her lead role in Rachel Getting Married. In 2010, she starred in the box office hits Valentine's Day, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and Love and Other Drugs. In 2011, she had a voice role in the animated film Rio, and starred in Lone Scherfig's adaptation of One Day. She portrayed Selina Kyle in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, and will play Fantine in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables. People magazine named her one of its breakthrough stars of 2001,[1] and she appeared on its list of the world's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2006.[2]
Anne Hathaway was born November 12, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York.[3] Her father, Gerald Thomas Hathaway, is a lawyer, and her mother, Kathleen Ann (née McCauley), is an actress who inspired Hathaway to follow in her footsteps.[4] The family moved to Millburn, New Jersey, when she was six years old.[5] Hathaway has an older brother, Michael, and a younger brother, Thomas. She is of mostly Irish and French ancestry, with distant Native American and German roots.[6]

Hathaway was raised Catholic with what she considered "really strong values," and has stated she wanted to be a nun during her childhood.[5][7] However, she decided against it at the age of 15, after learning her brother, Michael, was gay.[7] "I realised my older brother was gay, and I couldn't support a religion that didn't support my brother. Now I call myself a nondenominational Christian, because I haven't found the religion for me."[8] In 2009, Hathaway stated that her religious beliefs are "a work in progress."[7][9]

As a preschooler, Hathaway attended Brooklyn Heights Montessori School. She entered first grade at the Wyoming Elementary School in Millburn while she was technically still a kindergartner.[10] Hathaway graduated from Millburn High School, where she participated in many school plays; her high school performance as Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress garnered her a Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award nomination for Best Performance by a High School Actress. During this time, Hathaway was in plays including Jane Eyre and Gigi at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse (which is located in Millburn, across the street from Hathaway's middle school).[11] She spent several semesters studying as an English major and Women's Studies minor at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York before transferring to New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, referring to her college enrollment as one of her best decisions, because she enjoyed being with others who were trying to "grow up."[12] Hathaway was the first teenager admitted into The Barrow Group Theater Company's acting program.[13]

A soprano, Hathaway performed in 1998 and 1999 with the All-Eastern U.S. High School Honors Chorus at Carnegie Hall and has performed in plays at Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey. Three days after her 1999 performance at Carnegie Hall, she was cast in the short-lived Fox television series Get Real at the age of 16.[11]

Hathaway is a trained stage actress and has stated that she prefers performing on stage to film roles.[5] Her acting style has been compared with those of Judy Garland and Audrey Hepburn.[14] She cites Garland as one of her favorite actresses[10] and Meryl Streep as her idol.[15]

jojobanews: O Ροναλντο απατησε την Ιρινα!

jojobanews: O Ροναλντο απατησε την Ιρινα!: ΕΕΕ! Τι να πω; Ο Ροναλντο αποτελει την ξευτιλα του ανδρικου πλυθησμου!Να εχει διπλα του μια τετοια γυναικα και να να παει με αλλη;Μα αυτο...

O Ροναλντο απατησε την Ιρινα!

ΕΕΕ!
Τι να πω;
Ο Ροναλντο αποτελει την ξευτιλα του ανδρικου πλυθησμου!Να εχει διπλα του μια τετοια γυναικα και να να παει με αλλη;Μα αυτο ειναι αδιανοητο!Δεν πιστευω πως η Ιρινα εχει ελλειψη απο κατι!
Καλη νοικοκυρα ειναι κατα τα λεγομενα της.Φιλικη με τα παιδια -ναι(αρα θα τα πηγαινε καλα με το παιδι αυτουνου του κρετινου).Απο οτι εχω μαθει και καλη διακοσμητρια!Για να μην μιλησουμε και για τα αλλα της προσοντα γιατι δεν θα μας μαζευουν απο τις οθονες του υπολογιστη!

Αραγε υπαρχει καποια που να ειναι εστω λιγο περισσοτερο ομορφη απ αυτην!Ποσο τουμπανιαρες ειναι οι γυναικες εκει δηλαδη!Και εγω διερωτωμαι...
Γιατι ειμαστε εμεις εδω και δεν παμε εκει!τοσα μεταφορικα μεσα υπαρχουν!Αεροπλανα,τρενα,πλοια...Αντε αμαλλαχι και με τα ποδια!(ααα!επειδη συμπεριλαμβανετε και λιγο κολυμπι,παρτε και κανα μπρατσακι μαζι σας!)

Καημενη Ιρινα!Τοσοι ωραιοι(σαν κι εμενα)υπαρχουν,τοσοι εξυπνοι(σαν κι εμενα)......





E ψιτ εσυ της φωτογραφιας..Εχεις δει τα μουτρα σου στον καθρεφτη;



Σχολια;

Ανοιγουν τα σχολεια!

Καθε μερα τετοιον καιρο με πιανει μια ανεξηγητη στενοχωρια!μια περιερη θλιψη που κατα την γνωμη μου ειναι απολυτως φυσιολογικη!Ανοιγουν τα σχολεια!Ωρα για κλαμα!

Το ξερω!Ειναι για ολους δυσκολο!Αλλη μια χρονια που πρεπει να υποστεις ολους τους ηλιθιους και εγωπαθεστατους καθηγητες σου αλλα και τους ενοχλητικους και υπεροπτικους συμμαθητες σου που σου σπανε τα νευρα και σου κανουν την μερα ακομα πιο δυσκολη!Εγω εχω μια"παλια τις ελεγαν πουτ@νες"(Ελπιζω αυτο να τα περιγραφει ολα)η οποια πραγματικα αν ειχα πραγματικα ενα περιστροφο θα τη σκοτωνα!Νομιζω πως και εσεις εχετε καποιους στο μυαλο σας!Αυτοι ανθρωποι μου ξυπνουν τα δολοφονικα μου ενστικτα!Μακαρι να αλλαζα σχολειο!

Και εχεις ολους αυτους που απο τις αρχες Ιουλιου σου λενε!Αντε παιδι μου "Καλο χειμωνα"Καλη σχολικη χρονια",Ολα τελεια να σου πανε!!!!

Ελεος!Παντως για να κλεισω!Καλη σχολικη χρονια να εχουμε(ενοχλητικο,ετσι δεν ειναι)

Angry Birds!

Angry Birds is a strategy puzzle video game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Entertainment. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apple's iOS in December 2009.[3] Since that time, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from Apple's App Store,[4] which has prompted the company to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphones, such as those using the Android operating system, among others.

In the game, players use a slingshot to launch birds at pigs stationed on or within various structures, with the intent of destroying all the pigs on the playing field. As players advance through the game, new birds appear, some with special abilities that can be activated by the player. Rovio Mobile has supported Angry Birds with numerous free updates that add additional game content, and the company has also released stand-alone holiday and promotional versions of the game.

Angry Birds has been praised for its successful combination of addictive gameplay, comical style, and low price. Its popularity led to versions of Angry Birds being created for personal computers and gaming consoles, a market for merchandise featuring its characters and even long-term plans for a feature film or television series. With a combined 1 billion downloads across all platforms and including both regular and special editions,[5] the game has been called "one of the most mainstream games out right now",[6] "one of the great runaway hits of 2010",[7] and "the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far".[8]Contents [hide]
1 Gameplay
2 Development
3 Release
4 Reception
4.1 Awards
5 Ports
6 Special editions
6.1 Angry Birds Seasons
6.2 Angry Birds Rio
6.3 Angry Birds Space
6.4 Angry Birds Magic
7 Other media
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

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Gameplay

A bird collapses a structure onto several pigs.

In Angry Birds, the player controls a flock of multi-colored birds that are attempting to retrieve their eggs, which have been stolen by a group of green pigs.[9] On each level, the pigs are sheltered by structures made of various materials such as wood, ice[10] and stone, and the objective of the game is to eliminate all the pigs on the level. Using a slingshot, players launch the birds with the intent of either hitting the pigs directly or damaging the structures, causing them to collapse and eliminate the pigs.[11] In various stages of the game, additional objects such as explosive crates and rocks are found in the structures, and may be used in conjunction with the birds to destroy hard-to-reach pigs.

There are several different types of birds used in the game. In the earliest levels, the basic red bird is the only one available.[9] As the player advances through the game, additional types of birds become available. Some birds are effective against particular materials, and some have special abilities that may be activated by the player while the bird is airborne.[11] For example, a blue bird can separate into three small birds,[9] a black bird explodes,[11] and a white bird can drop explosive eggs.[9] The pigs themselves also appear in different sizes. While small pigs are relatively weak and are easily destroyed either by direct hits or by debris from the damaged structures, larger pigs are able to sustain more damage. In addition, some pigs wear helmets as armor, making them even more resistant to damage; pigs with crowns or moustaches can take the most damage.

Each level starts with the number, types, and order of birds pre-determined.[9][11] If all of the pigs are defeated by the time the last bird is used, the level is completed and the next level is unlocked.[9] Points are scored for each pig defeated as well as for damage to, or destruction of, structures, and bonus points are awarded for any unused birds. Upon completing each level, players receive one, two, or three stars, depending on the score received. Players may re-attempt unlocked levels as many times as they wish in order to complete them successfully or to earn additional points or stars.
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Development

Senior game designer of Angry Birds Jaakko Iisalo at Game Design Expo 2011

In early 2009, Rovio staff began reviewing proposals for potential games. One such proposal came from senior game designer Jaakko Iisalo[12] in the form of a simulated screenshot featuring some angry-looking birds with no visible legs or wings.[13] While the picture gave no clue as to what type of game was being played, the staff liked the characters,[13] and the team elected to design a game around them.[14] As the concept of Angry Birds was developed, the staff realized the birds needed an enemy.[12] At the time, the "swine flu" epidemic was in the news, so the staff made the birds' enemies pigs.[12] The initial cost to develop Angry Birds was estimated to exceed €100,000, not including money spent on the subsequent updates.[13] For the iOS version, Rovio partnered with distributor Chillingo to publish the game to the App Store.[15] Since then Rovio has self-published almost all of the later ports of the game, with the exception of the PlayStation Portable version, which was produced under license by Abstraction Games and then distributed by Chillingo.[16]

Prior to this meeting we had set up strict criteria to determine which game we would go with, but we threw that out for the angry bird character.
–Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Mobile[14]

When Rovio began writing new versions of the game for other devices, new issues came to light. As the team began working on a version for Android systems, they observed the large number of configurations of device types and versions of the Android software.[12] The number of combinations of software version, processor speed and even user interfaces was significantly larger than that for the earlier iOS version.[17] Ultimately, the team settled on a minimum set of requirements,[12] even though that left nearly 30 types of Android phones unable to run the game, including some newly released phones.[17] One month after the initial release on Android, Rovio Mobile began designing a simpler version of the game for these other devices.[17]

In early 2010, Rovio began developing a variant of Angry Birds for Facebook.[18] The project became one of the company's largest, with development taking over a year.[18] The company understood the challenges of transplanting a game concept between social platforms and mobile/gaming systems. In a March 2011 interview, Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka said, "you can’t take an experience that works in one environment and one ecosystem and force-feed it onto another. It's like Zynga. They can’t just take FarmVille and throw it on mobile and see what sticks. The titles that have been successful for them on mobile are the ones they’ve built from the ground up for the platform.”[18] The Facebook version was expected to incorporate social-gaming concepts and in-game purchases and was scheduled to enter beta-testing in April 2011;[18] the game became officially available on Facebook in February 2012.[19]

Future improvements planned for the game include the ability to synchronize the player's progress across multiple devices; for example, a player who completes a level on an iOS device could log into their copy of the game on an Android device and see the same statistics and level of progress.[20]
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Release

The initial iOS version of the game included a single episode entitled "Poached Eggs", which contained three themed chapters, each with 21 levels. From time to time, Rovio has released free upgrades that include additional content, such as new levels, new in-game objects and even new birds. As updates have been released, they have been incorporated into the game's full version offered for download from each platform's application store.[21]

The first update, released in February 2010, added a new episode called "Mighty Hoax", containing two new chapters with 21 levels each. Updates released in April 2010 added the "Golden Eggs" feature, which placed hidden golden eggs throughout the game that would unlock bonus content when found, and a new episode called "Danger Above", which initially contained a single chapter of 15 levels. Two later updates added two more chapters to "Danger Above", each with 15 levels. "The Big Setup" episode, released in June 2010, added a new chapter with 15 levels and additional Golden Egg levels.[22] "The Big Setup" was later given two more chapters of 15 levels each.

A fifth episode, called "Ham 'Em High", launched in December 2010, in celebration of the game's first year in the iOS App Store.[21][23] "Ham 'Em High" contained 15 Wild West-themed levels in a single chapter;[24] updates in February 2011 and March 2011 each added one new 15-level chapter.[25][26] "Ham 'Em High" also introduced the Mighty Eagle, a new bird that may be used once per hour to clear any uncompleted levels.[24] The Mighty Eagle can also be used in previously completed levels, without the once-per-hour limit, to play a mini-game called "Total Destruction" in which the player attempts to destroy as much of the scenery as possible, both with the standard birds and the Mighty Eagle; achieving 100% destruction earns the player a Mighty Eagle feather for the level.[24]

The Mighty Eagle is offered as a one-time, in-game purchase,[21] and was initially only available for iOS, as its App Store customers have iTunes accounts with pre-linked credit cards.[27] In late 2011, Rovio also added the Mighty Eagle to the Chrome App version of the game. Rovio has begun testing an Android update called the "Bad Piggy Bank" with the Elisa wireless service in Finland and T-Mobile, which allows users to charge in-app purchases, such as the Mighty Eagle, to their mobile phone bills; the service is expected to become available to other Android users in the second quarter of 2011.[27]

The sixth episode, "Mine and Dine", was released on June 16, 2011 with 15 new mining-themed levels and a new Golden Egg.[28] An August 2011 update expanded "Mine and Dine" with two more 15-level chapters.[29]

The seventh update, "Birdday Party", was released on December 11, 2011 to commemorate the second anniversary of the first release of the iOS version into the iTunes App Store.[30] It included 15 new birthday cake-theme levels, as well as updated graphics and the addition of elements from the spin-off games, such as the scoring graphic seen in Angry Birds Rio and the introduction of the orange bird that first appeared in Angry Bird Seasons.[31] The update was later released for Android and Microsoft Windows. The eighth update was released initially to iOS on March 20, 2012 in a lead-up to the release of Angry Birds Space. The new update included an animated tutorial, enhanced gameplay, all new UI graphics, and the first 15 levels of "Surf and Turf," the Angry Birds Facebook-exclusive episode (see below); another 15 levels were added later, with the iOS version receiving the power-ups first seen in the Facebook version.[32][33]
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Reception[hide]
Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
Metacritic iOS: 80% (based on 13 reviews)[34]
PSP: 77% (based on 13 reviews)[35]
Review scores
Publication Score
GameZone iOS: 8.0/10[36]
IGN iOS: 8.0/10[3]
PSP: 7.5/10[37]
Android: 8.0/10[38]
Official PlayStation Magazine (UK) PSP: 90/100[35][39]
MacWorld iOS: [9]
Pocket Gamer iOS: 8.0/10[11]


Reviews for Angry Birds have been mostly positive. Chris Holt of Macworld called the game "an addictive, clever, and challenging puzzler",[9] and Pocket Gamer's Keith Andrew said Angry Birds is "a nugget of puzzling purity dished out with relish aplenty".[11] Jonathan Liu of Wired News wrote that "going for the maximum number of stars certainly adds a lot of replay value to a fairly extensive game".[40]

Reviews for the first versions of the game that did not use a touch-screen, the PlayStation 3/PSP version and the Windows version, have also been positive, but with some disagreement over the different interfaces. Will Greenwald of PC Magazine, in his review of the PlayStation Network version, said that the control scheme on these platforms is good, "but they're not nearly as satisfying as the touch-screen controls found on smartphone versions", and that the PlayStation 3 version appeared "blocky and unpleasant, like a smartphone screen blown up to HDTV size".[41] Conversely, Greg Miller of IGN preferred the analog control setup of the PSP version, saying it "offered me tiny variances in control that I don't feel like I get with my fat finger on a screen".[37] While giving the game a positive review, Miller concluded, "There's no denying that Angry Birds is fun, but it could use polish – such as sharper visuals, a better price and smoother action."[37] Damien McFerrin of British website Electric Pig reviewed the PC version, saying "the mouse-driven control method showcases many distinct advantages over its finger-focused counterpart".[42]

Angry Birds has also been described critically as impossible to understand the playing rules criteria by game critic Chris Schiller of Eurogamer.net, which has 'a contemptuous attitude towards its players, keeping them just frustrated enough not to switch off and play something else instead.'[43]

Angry Birds became the top-selling paid application on Apple's UK App Store in February 2010, and reached the top spot on the US App Store a few weeks later,[44] where it remained until October 2010.[45] Since release, the free, limited version of Angry Birds has been downloaded more than 11 million times for Apple's iOS, and the full-featured paid version has been downloaded nearly 7 million times as of September 2010.[13] The Android version of the game was downloaded more than 1 million times within the first 24 hours of release,[46] even though the site crashed at one point due to the load,[47] and over 2 million downloads in its first weekend.[48] Rovio receives approximately US$1 million per month in revenue from the advertising that appears in the free Android version.[4]

According to Rovio, players log more than 5 million hours of game time each day across all platforms, along with 200 million monthly active users.[5] In November 2010, digitaltrends.com stated that "with 36 million downloads, Angry Birds is one of the most mainstream games out right now".[6] MSNBC's video game news blog has written that "[n]o other game app comes close" to having such a following.[49] The Christian Science Monitor has remarked, "Angry Birds has been one of the great runaway hits of 2010".[7] In December 2010, in honor of the one-year anniversary of the release of Angry Birds, Rovio Mobile announced that the game had been downloaded 50 million times, with more than 12 million on iOS devices[4] and 10 million on Android.[50] By May 2012, the game had reached 1 billion downloads, including Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Space.[5] On Christmas Day 2011 alone, 6.5 million copies of the various Angry Birds games were downloaded across all supported platforms.[51]

In the history of the Apple App Store, Angry Birds holds the record for most days at the top of the Paid Apps chart, having spent a total of 275 days at the No.1 position; Angry Birds Rio has been No.1 for a total of 23 days, ranking ninth on the list.[52] In Apple's "iTunes Rewind" list of the most popular iTunes Store media for 2011, Angry Birds was the top-selling paid iPhone/iPod app on the App Store and its free version was the fourth-most downloaded.[53] The game's two special-edition versions, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio, were also ranked in the top 10 for paid iPhone/iPod apps, while its iPad-exclusive Angry Birds HD versions were the top-selling and top-downloaded iPad apps for the year.[53]
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Awards

In February 2010, Angry Birds was a nominee for the "Best Casual Game" award at the 6th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards in Barcelona, Spain.[54] In September 2010, IGN named Angry Birds as the fourth best iPhone game of all time.[55] In April 2011, Angry Birds won both the "Best Game App" and "App of the Year" at the UK Appy Awards.[56] At the 15th edition of the Webby Awards, Angry Birds was awarded "Best Game for Handheld Devices".[57]
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Ports

Since its initial release for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, Rovio has released versions of Angry Birds for a number of additional devices. One of the first was for Nokia's N900 handset,[44] through its Ovi Store. An iPad-exclusive version, Angry Birds HD, was released at the same time the iPad itself was released in April 2010.[58] In August 2010, Angry Birds was made available to the Palm Pre phone running Palm's webOS operating system through its App Catalog online store.[59] Symbian^3 phones received a version of the game in October 2010,[60] which initially includes only the "Poached Eggs" and "Mighty Hoax" episodes.[61]

In May 2010, Rovio announced plans for a version for devices using Google's Android operating system,[62] with a beta version being released through the Android Market (now Google Play) in September 2010.[63] The full Android version of the game was first released instead on GetJar in October 2010,[45] though it was subsequently released on Android Market within days.[46] Rovio officials noted that GetJar had a more global reach than Android Market, and GetJar's availability on other smartphone platforms (including Symbian) would make cross-platform promotion of the game easier.[45] Unlike the previous versions, Angry Birds for Android is a free, ad-supported application, as paid applications aren't available on Android in some nations.[46] An update called "Bad Piggy Bank" enabled players to buy out the in-game ads.[50]

In October 2010, Microsoft suggested on one of its websites that a Windows Phone 7 version of Angry Birds was in development. Rovio complained that Microsoft had not asked permission to make such a statement, noting that at that time it had not committed to design a Windows Phone version. Although Rovio asked Microsoft to revise its site to remove references to the game,[45][64] a Windows Phone 7 version was ultimately released in June 2011.[65]

Near the end of 2010, Rovio stated that it was developing new ports of the game, this time for devices outside of the mobile phone market. In January 2011, three of those ports launched. First, Sony announced the release of Angry Birds for its PlayStation Portable handheld system in the form of a PlayStation mini game that includes nearly 200 levels from the original game; the version is also playable on the PlayStation 3.[37][66] Next, Rovio announced the release of a Windows version of the game[67] on January 4, 2011, available for sale exclusively from the Intel AppUp center, which included 195 levels at launch and plans for exclusive features not available on the smartphone versions.[68] One day after the Windows version was released, the Mac App Store launched, with one of the first offerings being its own version of Angry Birds.[69] Ports of Angry Birds have also been proposed for the Wii[4] and Nintendo DS systems,[70] and a 3D-enhanced version of the game was proposed for release on the LG Optimus 3D in October 2011.[71][72]

The popularity of Angry Birds has helped spread the game to other devices that were not initially designed as gaming machines. Barnes & Noble announced that a future update for its Nook Color e-reader will let the Android-based device run applications, including a port of Angry Birds.[73] In June 2011, Rovio announced plans to partner with Roku to include a version of Angry Birds on a new model of its Internet-connected set-top box, the Roku 2 XS.[74]

In May 2011, an in-browser version of Angry Birds was released in beta form. The game uses WebGL or Canvas and is distributed through the Chrome Web Store for use with Google's Chrome web browser. It runs on any WebGL- or Canvas-enabled browser, and features exclusive content when played on Chrome, such as exclusive levels[75] and the so-called "Chrome Bombs". The version includes offline playability and features 60 FPS gameplay with a selection of graphics settings to accommodate a variety of hardware capabilities.[76]

In October 2011, during Nokia World 2011, it was announced that Angry Birds would come preloaded in Nokia's Asha series of Series 40 touch handsets, aimed at emerging markets such as India, China and South Africa.[77] In December 2011, Rovio released Angry Birds HD, Angry Birds Seasons HD and Angry Birds Rio HD on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet from Research In Motion.[78] In January 2012, Angry Birds was released for devices using Bada OS.[79]

In February 2012, Angry Birds made its official debut on Facebook.[19] It is known as Angry Birds Friends since May 23, 2012.[80] The version launched with two chapters from the original game, along with an exclusive "Surf and Turf" chapter. The Facebook version adds a number of new power-up items, with a maximum of two in use per level.[19] For example, the Super Seeds power-up will make the launched bird larger and thus more powerful, while the King Sling power-up makes the slingshot stronger and able to launch birds higher and faster.[19] Power-ups can be purchased in-game or gifted by friends who also play the game.[19] "Surf and Turf" would later be included in the original mobile versions of the game, starting with iOS.[33]

At the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, Rovio and distribution partner Activision announced plans to bring Angry Birds and two of its spin-off games, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo 3DS systems.[81] Bundled together as Angry Birds Trilogy, the games will be built specifically for their respective consoles, taking advantage of their unique features, such as support for PlayStation Move, Kinect, high-definition displays and glasses-free 3D visuals.[81]
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Special editions
Main article: List of Angry Birds games
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Angry Birds Seasons
Main article: Angry Birds Seasons

In October 2010, Rovio released a special Halloween edition of game.[82] Angry Birds Halloween, exclusive to iOS at the time and a separate application from the main game, included new levels with Halloween-themed music and graphics.[82] In December 2010, Rovio released Angry Birds Seasons to iOS, Android and Symbian^3 devices.[83][84] Seasons introduced 25 Christmas-themed levels, one for each day leading to the holiday, similar to an Advent calendar.[83][84] All versions include the previously-exclusive Halloween levels and are offered as separate, stand-alone paid applications, with the exception of the free, ad-supported Android version;[85] Angry Birds Halloween users on iOS received the Seasons levels as a free upgrade.[83] The Halloween version was given the episode title "Trick or Treat", while the Christmas episode was entitled "Season's Greedings". In February 2011, Rovio released a new Valentine's Day update to Angry Birds Seasons, entitled "Hogs and Kisses", complete with new themed levels and graphics, as well as the option to send Angry Birds-themed Valentine's Day messages through Facebook.[86] In March 2011, Rovio released a new St. Patrick's Day update, entitled "Go Green, Get Lucky",[87] followed by an Easter update, entitled "Easter Eggs", in April 2011[88] and a summer update, "Summer Pignic", in June 2011.[89] In September 2011, "Mooncake Festival" was released in conjunction with the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.[90] On October 20, 2011, "Ham'O'Ween" was released and introduced a new orange bird, known as the globe bird.[91] In December 2011, "Wreck the Halls" was released with 25 Christmas-theme levels also arranged in an Advent calendar setting. "Year of the Dragon," a Chinese New Year-themed update, was released on January 20, 2012 (around midnight China Standard Time or January 19, 4:00 p.m. GMT).[92] The update includes an episode-exclusive Mighty Dragon. Its function is the same as the Mighty Eagle, but it can be used even by iOS users who have not purchased the Mighty Eagle, as well as Android and Symbian^3 users, whose versions do not carry the Mighty Eagle.[93] Another new update came on March 7, 2012 with the Japanese/Hanami-themed episode "Cherry Blossom".[94] This was announced earlier by Rovio Entertainment's Antti Sonninen in the ADC Meetup Sound event on February 29.[95] In June 2012, Angry Birds Seasons added their twelfth season, Piglantis.[96] It was launched on June 14, and is the second summer based episode (the first episode being Summer Pignic). The main new feature in Angry Birds Piglantis[97] is fluid physics: the birds, wood, and glass are buoyant in the water levels, however the pigs and stone are too heavy to rise to the surface and sink down until they are defeated.
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Angry Birds Rio
Main article: Angry Birds Rio

Rovio launched Angry Birds Rio in March 2011.[98] In this version, based on the 20th Century Fox animated film Rio, the Angry Birds characters appear in Rio de Janeiro and interact with characters from the film.[98] Angry Birds Rio initially included two chapters including a warehouse chapter entitled "Smuggler's Den" and a jungle chapter entitled "Jungle Escape", but it has been updated with additional chapters and levels including a beach chapter entitled "Beach Volley", a carnival chapter entitled "Carnival Upheaval", an airfield chapter entitled "Airfield Chase", and one more chapter as "Smuggler's Plane." Since release, Angry Birds Rio has been downloaded more than 10 million times.[99]
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Angry Birds Space
Main article: Angry Birds Space

In February 2012, Rovio announced a new game in the Angry Birds franchise to be called Angry Birds Space.[100] Angry Birds Space launched on March 22, 2012,[101] and features elements from the preceding Angry Birds games as well as new gameplay mechanics.[101] The game contains 60 initial levels with extra levels available as free updates and in-app purchases.[102] Angry Birds Space launched on iOS, Android, PC, and Mac, with a Windows phone release to follow.[100] For the launch of the game, Rovio partnered with wireless carrier T-Mobile to erect a 300-foot tall contraption, with a 35-foot tall red bird resting in it at the Seattle Space Needle to make it look like a giant slingshot.[103]

Pettit demonstrates microgravity using characters from 'Angry Birds.'

On March 8, 2012, new footage of Angry Birds Space, presented by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on board the International Space Station, was released. The video shows that the game's stage is no longer flat, instead comprising several different planets, each of which has its own gravitational field that affects the trajectory of the birds after launch.[104]

NASA states that such collaboration with Rovio Mobile may share the excitement of space with the Angry Birds community, educate users on NASA’s programs, and create interactive educational experiences for the public.[105]

The game also features new bird characters that carry their own unique abilities.[106] As of March 26, 2012 Angry Birds Space has been downloaded a total of 10 million times since launching on iOS, Android, PC and Mac.
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Angry Birds Magic

A special version of the game, called Angry Birds Magic, will be developed exclusively for Nokia's NFC-enabled Symbian devices. This version of the game will include functionality that will unlock game levels upon contact with another NFC-enabled phone running the game. A free version of Angry Birds Magic came preinstalled with all NFC Symbian devices to be sold in 2011, starting with the Nokia C7. [107]
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Other media

The Angry Birds characters have been referenced in television programs throughout the world. The Israeli comedy show Eretz Nehederet (in English: a Wonderful Country), one of the nation's most popular TV programs, satirized recent failed Israeli-Palestinian peace attempts by featuring the Angry Birds in peace negotiations with the pigs. Clips of the segment went viral, getting viewers from all around the world. The sketch received favorable coverage from a variety of independent blogs such as digitaltrends.com,[6] hotair.com[108] and intomobile.com,[109] as well as from online news media agencies such as Haaretz,[110] The Christian Science Monitor,[7] The Guardian,[111] and MSNBC.[49] American television hosts Conan O' Brien, Jon Stewart and Daniel Tosh have referenced the game in comedy sketches on their respective series, Conan, The Daily Show, and Tosh.0.[112][113][114] In the 30 Rock episode "Plan B", guest star Aaron Sorkin laments to Liz Lemon, "Our craft is dying while people are playing Angry Birds and poking each other on Facebook". He then provides a tip for Liz to improve her score in the game. In February 2011, American journalist Jake Tapper mockingly introduced U.S. Senator Chris Coons as the "Angry Birds champion of the Senate" during the National Press Club's annual dinner.[115] Some of the game's more notable fans include Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, who plays the iPad version of the game, and author Salman Rushdie, who claims he is "something of a master at Angry Birds".[116] Basketball star Kevin Durant is an avid fan of Angry Birds, and regularly plays other NBA stars in matches, although he is weary of cheating.[117]

A screenshot from the T-Mobile advertisement

Angry Birds and its characters have been featured in advertisements for other products. In March 2011, the characters began appearing in a series of advertisements for Microsoft's Bing search engine.[118] At the 2011 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, Nokia used scrims on a downtown building to project an advertisement for its new N8 handset that included the game's characters.[119] A June 2011 T-Mobile advertisement filmed in Barcelona, Spain included a real-life mock-up of the game in a city plaza,[120] while Nokia used the game in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to promote an attempt to set a world record for the largest number of people playing a single mobile game.[121] Finnair has also used Angry Birds in their advertising, including taping an Airbus A340 airliner with the Angry Birds figures and holding an Angry Birds tournament on board a flight to Singapore.[122] Rovio has also prepared a number of web-based promotional variants of Angry Birds themed around creations of other companies, such as Finnish snack company Fazer,[123] Spanish pizza delivery chain Telepizza,[124] and Japanese television network Fuji TV,[125] as well as promotions of American brands including Cheetos,[126] Wonderful Pistachios[127] and Coca-Cola.[128]

The game's characters have been used, officially or otherwise, in amusement park attractions. In September 2011, the Window of the World theme park in Changsha, China opened an unlicensed Angry Birds attraction.[129] Visitors to the park use a large slingshot to launch stuffed versions of the bird characters at green balloons representing the pigs.[129] Upon learning of the attraction, Rovio Mobile was reported to be considering working with the theme park to officially license it.[130] In March 2012, Rovio announced plans for an official Angry Birds land (opened April 28, 2012) at the Särkänniemi adventure park in Finland.[131]

Also in March 2012, Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen unveiled an Angry Birds crash helmet that he will use in the 2012 season, following sponsorship from Rovio. Kimi Räikkönen has also a Angry Birds Space logo on his cap. Angry Birds has teamed up with the Lotus F1 Team for the upcoming 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, with its logo on the top of each Lotus Renault F1 car's nosecone,[132] as well as a promotional web-based version of Angry Birds in honor of Kovalainen.[133]

HockeyBird, an angry hockey playing bird, was the official mascot of the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships. It was designed by Toni Kysenius and Rovio Entertainment.[134]

Angry Birds Land in Särkänniemi, Finland.

The game's popularity has spawned knock-off and parody games that utilize the same basic mechanics as Angry Birds. For example, Angry Turds features monkeys hurling feces and other objects at hunters who have stolen their babies.[135] Another game, entitled Chicks'n'Vixens and released in beta form on Windows Phone 7 devices, replaces the birds and pigs with chickens and foxes, respectively.[136] The developer of Chicks'n'Vixens intended the game as a challenge to Rovio Mobile, which stated at the time that a Windows Phone port of Angry Birds would not be ready until later in 2011.[136]

Angry Birds has inspired works of religious analogy. A five-part essay entitled "Angry Birds™ Yoga – How to Eliminate the Green Pigs in Your Life" was written by Giridhari Dasa of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (i.e. Hare Krishna) of Brazil, utilizing the characters and gameplay mechanics to explain various concepts of yoga in Gaudiya Vaishnavism as understood and interpreted by the Hare Krishna.[137][138][139][140][141] The piece attracted much media attention, in Brazil and abroad, for its unique method of philosophico-religious presentation.[142][143][144][145] The piece was also recognized and appreciated by Rovio Mobile's Peter Vesterbacka, who was prompted to comment on Twitter, "Very cool! I can see Angry Birds Yoga becoming a worldwide craze;-)".[137]

Rovio is investigating ways to expand the Angry Birds brand, including merchandise, television shows and movies.[146] The game's official website offers plush versions of the birds and pigs for sale, along with T-shirts featuring the game's logo and characters.[147] In May 2011, Mattel released an Angry Birds board game, entitled "Angry Birds: Knock on Wood".[148] Over 10 million Angry Birds toys have been sold thus far.[149] Rovio opened the first official Angry Birds retail store in Helsinki on November 11, 2011 at 11:11am local time.[130] It expects to open its next retail store somewhere in China, considered the game's fastest-growing market.[130]

Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Mobile, has envisioned a feature film in the stop-motion animation style of Aardman Animation.[146] To that end, Rovio has purchased a Helsinki-based animation studio to prepare Angry Birds short cartoons on Nickelodeon,[149] the first of which was a Christmas special named "Wreck the Halls" that debuted in December 2011.[150] Rovio also hired David Maisel, former executive producer of Marvel Studios films such as Iron Man and Thor, to head up production of feature-length films.[149] Hed acknowledges that such a film would be years away, and that Rovio must keep the characters relevant until then, by producing sequels or new ports of the original game.[146] Rovio officials have hinted that one such "sequel" will be told from the pigs' point of view.[151]

A TV series based on the game is expected to make its debut in the second quarter of 2012. Initially it will consist of 52 episodes, with a duration between two and a half and three minutes each.[152]

On March 20, 2012, National Geographic published a paperback book titled Angry Birds Space: A Furious Flight Into The Final Frontier[153][154] shortly before the release of Angry Birds Space which became available on March 22, 2012.

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Amy Adams

 Amy Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy to American parents, and began her performing career on stage in dinner theaters, before making her screen debut in the 1999 black comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous. After a series of television guest appearances and roles in B movies, she was cast in the role of Brenda Strong in 2002's Catch Me If You Can, but her breakthrough role was in the 2005 independent film Junebug, playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Adams subsequently starred in Disney's 2007 film Enchanted, a critical and commercial success, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Princess Giselle. She received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations the following year for her role as a young nun, Sister James, in Doubt. Though she has appeared in a range of dramatic and comedic roles, Adams originally gained a reputation for playing characters with cheerful and sunny dispositions but has since played a wider variety of roles.[2][3]

Adams starred in Sunshine Cleaning with Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin, and the following year appeared as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. She appeared in Julie & Julia in 2009 portraying writer Julie Powell followed by Leap Year in 2010. Her recent role as Charlene Fleming in The Fighter earned Adams her third Academy Award nomination, her third Golden Globe Award, second BAFTA Award, and fifth Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In 2011, Adams appeared in the critically acclaimed musical film The Muppets alongside Jason Segel. She will soon play Lois Lane in the upcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel in 2013.Contents [hide]


Early life

Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy,[4] the fourth of seven children of American parents Kathryn (née Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams.[1] She has four brothers and two sisters.[5][6] Her ancestry includes English, as well as Danish, Swiss, and Norwegian.[6] Her father, a US serviceman, was stationed at Caserma Ederle at the time of her birth,[7] and took the family from base to base before settling in Castle Rock, Colorado, when she was eight or nine years old.[8] Thereafter, her father sang professionally in restaurants, while her mother was a semi-professional bodybuilder.[8][9] Adams was raised as a Mormon, although her family left the church after her parents' divorce when she was 11 years old.[10] She said her religious upbringing "... instilled in me a value system I still hold true. The basic 'Do unto others...', that was what was hammered into me. And love."[11]

Throughout her years at Douglas County High School, she sang in the school choir and trained as an apprentice at a local dance company with ambitions of becoming a ballerina.[12] Her parents had hoped that she would continue her athletic training, which she gave up to pursue dance, as it would have given her a chance to obtain a college scholarship. Adams later reflected on her decision not to go to college: "I wasn't one of those people who enjoyed being in school. I regret not getting an education, though."[13] After graduating from high school, she moved to Atlanta with her mother.[8] Deciding that she was not gifted enough to be a professional ballerina, she entered musical theater, which she found was "much better suited to [her] personality".[11] She said that ballet was "too disciplined and too restrained and I was always told off in the chorus lines"[14] and her body at the time was "just wrecked from dancing all these years."[11] Upon turning 18, Adams supported herself by working as a greeter at a Gap store while performing in community theater.[12] For a few weeks after graduating high school,[15] she took her first full-time job as a hostess at Hooters, a fact that became her "entire press career" for a while.[16] Adams left the job three weeks later after having saved enough money to buy her first car. She admitted: "... there was definitely an innocence to my interpretation of what Hooters was about. Though I did learn, quickly, that short shorts and beer don't mix!"[8]


Adams began working professionally as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse. There, she was spotted by a Minneapolis dinner theater director, Michael Brindisi, in 1995.[17] Adams relocated to Chanhassen, Minnesota, and worked at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for the next three years. While she was off work nursing a pulled muscle, she auditioned for the satirical 1999 comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous, which was being filmed in Minnesota, and was cast in her first film role. Persuaded by her Drop Dead Gorgeous co-star Kirstie Alley, Adams moved to Los Angeles, California, in January 1999.[9][17] Describing her first year there as her "dark year" and "bleak",[11] she recalled that she would "pine for that time" at Chanhassen because she "really loved that security and schedule", and said, "The people I worked with there were also a great family to me."[18] Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, she was cast in Fox Network's television series spin-off of Cruel Intentions, Manchester Prep, in the role of Kathryn Merteuil. The series did not live up to the network's expectations and following numerous script revisions and two production shutdowns, it was canceled.[19] The filmed episodes were then re-edited to be released as the direct-to-video film, Cruel Intentions 2.

From 2000 to 2002, Adams appeared in a series of small films like Psycho Beach Party while guest-starring on television series such as That '70s Show, Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville and The West Wing. She then appeared in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can as Brenda Strong, a nurse with whom Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) falls in love. It was, in Spielberg's words, "the part that should have launched her career" but she was unemployed for a year after that.[5][20] However, Adams said, "It was the first time I knew I could act at that level with those people. To be believed in by Steven Spielberg... it was a huge confidence booster."[21] In 2004, she starred in The Last Run as well as voicing characters on the animated television series King of the Hill. She was also cast as a regular in the television series, Dr. Vegas, in the role of Alice Doherty but was later fired after a contract dispute.[22]
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2005–2007: Critical success and breakthrough

Prior to leaving Dr. Vegas, she had received the script for the low-budget independent film Junebug and auditioned for the role of Ashley Johnsten, a young, cheerful and talkative pregnant woman.[8] Director Phil Morrison explains his decision to cast Adams: "Lots of people looked at Ashley and thought, 'What's the sorrow she's masking?' To me, the fact that Amy didn't approach it from the angle of 'What's she covering up?' was key."[23] The film was shot in 21 days in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[24] During that time, Adams turned 30 and was worried about her film career: "I thought maybe I should move to New York, maybe I should do something else. It wasn't that I was quitting or making a dramatic statement. It was more like maybe this just wasn't a good fit."[25] On the experience of making Junebug, Adams said, "It was really empowering. At the end of the summer I was unemployed but I was happy and I was proud. I was like, you know what, I'm done with being pushed around."[24] Junebug premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival with Adams winning a Special Jury Prize for her performance.[26]

After the theatrical release of The Wedding Date, in which Adams appeared alongside Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, Junebug was released in theaters by Sony Pictures Classics. Adams earned critical accolades for her work in Junebug; Carina Chocano of Los Angeles Times noted, "Adams' performance in a role that could have easily devolved into caricature is complex and nuanced."[27] Joe Leydon of Variety commented, "Partly due to her character's generosity of spirit, but mostly due to her own charisma, Adams dominates pic with her appealing portrayal of a nonjudgmental optimist savvy enough to recognize the shortcomings of others, but sweet enough to offer encouragement, not condemnation".[28] She received several awards for Best Supporting Actress including the National Society of Film Critics award and the Independent Spirit Award. She was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited Adams to become a member in 2006.[29]

Adams as Giselle in Enchanted, 2007

Although Junebug had a limited audience, Adams' critically acclaimed performance in the film helped to increase interest in her acting career. Adams went on to appear in films like Standing Still and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and played the recurring guest role of Katy on the television series The Office. After providing the voice for Polly Purebred in Walt Disney Pictures' Underdog, Adams starred in Disney's 2007 big-budget animated/live-action feature film, Enchanted. The film, which co-stars Patrick Dempsey, Idina Menzel, Susan Sarandon and James Marsden, revolves around Giselle, who is forced from her 2D-animated world to real-life New York City. Adams was amongst 300 or so actresses who auditioned for the role of Giselle,[30] but she stood out to director Kevin Lima because her "commitment to the character, her ability to escape into the character's being without ever judging the character was overwhelming".[31]

Enchanted was a commercial success, grossing more than $340 million worldwide.[32] Her performance was well received by the critics, with Todd McCarthy of Variety describing Enchanted as a star-making vehicle for Adams the way Mary Poppins was for Julie Andrews.[33] Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times commented that Adams was "fresh and winning",[34] while Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe stated that she "demonstrates a real performer's ingenuity for comic timing and physical eloquence".[35] Adams garnered a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, a Critics' Choice Award nomination for Best Actress, and the Saturn Award for Best Actress. Three of the film's songs were nominated for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards. Adams performed one of the songs, "Happy Working Song", live on stage during the Oscar ceremony. "That's How You Know", originally performed by Adams in the film, was sung by Kristin Chenoweth at the ceremony. In an interview, Adams remarked that the song was "perfect" for Chenoweth since Chenoweth "was a huge inspiration for how [she] approached Giselle".[21]

The success of Enchanted increased Adams' media exposure during the 2007–08 film awards season. As well as appearing on the covers of Interview, Elle and the Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair, which named her as one of the "10 fresh faces of 2008",[36] Adams hosted the seventh episode of the 33rd season of Saturday Night Live in March 2008. In the episode, she played various characters, including Heidi Klum, as well as singing "What is this Feeling" from Wicked in a mock battle with SNL cast member Kristen Wiig during the opening monologue. Adams appeared in Charlie Wilson's War, co-starring with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Adams portrayed Bonnie Bach, the title character's administrative assistant. On the experience of making the film, Adams said, "It was so much fun. Just to be on that set and learn from these people and get to watch Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tom Hanks do these amazing scenes together, directed by Mike Nichols, it was for me like going to school."[37] Adams' next project was Sunshine Cleaning playing a single mother who starts her own crime scene clean-up business in order to make enough money to send her son to a private school. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and received mixed reviews.[38] When it received a limited theatrical release in March 2009, it was generally well received.[39] Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle gave the film a positive review, saying: "The play of emotion on Amy Adams' face is the main reason to see Sunshine Cleaning."[40]
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2008–present

Adams at 81st Academy Awards in 2009

Her first theatrically released film of 2008 was the 1939-set film Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, in which she plays Delysia Lafosse, an aspiring American actress living in London whose life is changed after meeting a governess named Miss Pettigrew, played by Frances McDormand. While the film received generally favorable reviews,[41] Adams' role was noted to be similar to her joyful and naïve characters in Junebug and Enchanted. Carina Chocano of Los Angeles Times stated that "Adams is amazingly adept at playing smart playing dumb".[42] Similarly, Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "Adams more or less reprises her princess from Enchanted, only with a beguiling touch of ditzy naughtiness".[43] When asked whether she is in danger of being typecast, Adams responded, "Not at this point... Right now I'm just doing what I enjoy and I've done some different films, I've done some different types of roles. I've done drama this year, we had a film at Sundance (Sunshine Cleaning), but I enjoy playing upbeat characters, I really do because you take your characters home with you whether you intend to or not."[44] In another interview, Adams said, "I think I just respond to those kinds of characters... They're so layered, and I love the fact that they've made this choice to be joyful... I really identify with that sense of hope."[45] She also noted that before dyeing her naturally blonde hair red, she mostly played the role of "the bitchy girl".[2]

In late 2008, Adams starred in Doubt, an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's play of the same name, as the young and innocent Sister James alongside Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis. After being informed of the project by her Sunshine Cleaning co-star, Emily Blunt, Adams pursued the role of Sister James but was told that it had already been offered to another actor.[46] Shanley eventually cast Adams in the role because "she's got this Ingrid Bergman thing going on, this luminosity. You see a good person struggling in this complicated world. She's fiercely intelligent but has this peculiar innocence about her. She has a beautiful face of light."[47] On acting alongside Streep and Hoffman, Adams revealed that there was "a sense of uncertainty, a sense of doubt, a sense of wanting to please these amazing actors".[48] The film was well received by the critics, while Adams' role was noted to be the "least-showy" among the four major parts.[49] Though her performance was criticized by Manohla Dargis of The New York Times as "unsteady",[50] Todd McCarthy of Variety commented that "Adams does all anyone could with the role of a nice young nun."[51] Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "Adams provides one of the film's singular advantages. She takes the role of Sister James, which onstage seemed little more than a sounding board for Sister Aloysius, and turns the young nun into someone quite specific and lovely."[52] Adams was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 81st Academy Awards, the 66th Golden Globe Awards, the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the 62nd British Academy Film Awards.

Adams' next role was Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian, opposite Ben Stiller. The film premiered over the 2009 Memorial Day weekend and topped the U.S. box office with a gross of $15.3 million on its first day, beating Terminator Salvation.[53] Although the film received "mixed or average reviews", Adams' performance was praised by most critics.[54] Among those to give it a positive review, Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune thought that the film "radically improves whenever Amy Adams pops up as aviatrix Amelia Earhart... she's terrific —a sparkling screen presence"; and Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Battle of the Smithsonian has plenty of life. But it's Adams who gives it zing."[55][56] On the other hand, Ty Burr of The Boston Globe disliked the film, describing Adams' Earhart as "a flighty pill with no resemblance to the woman herself".[57] While Lael Loewenstein of Variety thought Adams was "trying a bit too hard", Roger Ebert commented that she was the only actor who surpassed the material.[58][59] The film's director, Shawn Levy, says of her: "I don't know that there's a better actress in her generation... I mean, there are other big female actors, but someone who can do Doubt and Julie & Julia, and Night at the Museum 2, all in the same year? Her range is almost unparalleled. It's a huge part of why we feel that this movie is even better than the first."[60] That same year Adams starred in Julie & Julia alongside her Doubt co-star Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Adams as government secretary, Julie Powell, who decides to cook all of the recipes in Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

Adams with Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller while promoting Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian in May 2009

In 2010, Adams appeared in two films, the romantic comedy, Leap Year, and as Charlene Fleming, the aggressive and gritty girlfriend of Irish Micky Ward, in The Fighter. The Best Picture nominated-film received critical praise for its actors in which Adams starred alongside Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. Adams received acclaim for her work and was praised for taking on such a volatile and aggressive character. This was noted to be Adams' definitive performance because of the rough edges and darkness mixed with authenticity that she brought to the role. For her role in The Fighter, Adams was nominated for the BAFTA Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress losing the latter three awards to her co-star Leo. In 2011, she again worked with Disney, starring in the acclaimed film The Muppets alongside Jason Segel and The Muppets;[61] in the film, she returned to singing.

Her upcoming projects include Daughter of the Queen of Sheba[62] and an adaptation of Adena Halpern's novel The Ten Best Days of My Life, which she will also be producing.[63] Adams is also set to appear in the film On the Road opposite Viggo Mortensen. It was recently announced that Adams will portray Lois Lane opposite Henry Cavill as Superman in the upcoming comic book reboot film, Man of Steel. Produced by The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, director Zack Snyder said in statement, "We are excited to announce the casting of Amy Adams, one of the most versatile and respected actresses in films today. Amy has the talent to capture all of the qualities we love about Lois: smart, tough, funny, warm, ambitious and, of course, beautiful." Adams had previously worked in Superman-related media in 2001 on the series Smallville.[64] She is also set to star in the upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson 2012 film, The Master as the wife of Philip Seymour Hoffman's character.[65]

In March 2012, it was announced that Adams will play the role of the Baker's Wife in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods to be staged by The Public Theater as part of their annual Shakespeare in the Park summer festival at their outdoor home, The Delacorte Theater in Central Park.[66] The production begins July 23rd, 2012 and runs through the end of August.
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Personal life

As of April 2008, Adams is engaged to actor and artist Darren Le Gallo,[8] whom she met in 2001 in an acting class.[67] In May 2010, Adams gave birth to the couple's first child,[68] a girl named Aviana Olea Le Gallo.[69]

Kρυφο υπογειο ανακαλυψε η αστυνομια!

Η αστυνομία ανακάλυψε ενα κρυφό υπόγειο χωρις να έχουν κάνει σχετικές έρευνες αλλά την ώρα που έκαναν περιπολία οι  Αστυνομικοί που το ανακάλυψαν!Για αυτο τον λ΄πγο δεν γνώριζαν το περιεχομενο αυτοι του υπογείου στο οποίο κάποιος μπαίνει μέσα από μία μικροσκοπική πόρτα(όπως φαίνεται και στην εικόνα)
Προς μεγάλη έκπληξη των αστυνομικών και προς κακά τύχη των εμπόρων μέσα στο υπόγειο υπήρχαν εκατοντάδες γλάστρες με χασίς!!!

Emma Watson

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress and model. Watson rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. She was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays.[2] From 2001 to 2011, she starred in all eight Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.[3] Watson's work on the Harry Potter series has earned her several awards and more than £10 million.[4] She made her modelling debut for Burberry's Autumn/Winter campaign in 2009.

In 2007, Watson announced her involvement in two productions: the television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and an animated film, The Tale of Despereaux. Ballet Shoes was broadcast on 26 December 2007 to an audience of 5.2 million, and The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo, was released in 2008 and grossed over US $86 million in worldwide sales.[5] In 2012, she was confirmed for the role of Ila in Darren Aronofsky's biblical epic Noah.

Early life

Emma Watson was born in Paris to Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both British lawyers.[7][8][9] Watson lived in Paris until the age of five. Following her parents' divorce, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Oxfordshire.[7] Watson has stated that she speaks some French, though "not as well" as she used to.[10]

From the age of six, Watson had wanted to become an actress,[11] and for a number of years she trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school where she studied singing, dancing and acting.[12] By the age of ten, she had performed in various Stagecoach productions and school plays, including Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince,[13] but she had never acted professionally before the Harry Potter series. "I had no idea of the scale of the film series," she stated in a 2007 interview with Parade; "If I had I would have been completely overwhelmed."
Career
Harry Potter

Handprints, footprints and wand prints of (from left to right) Watson, Radcliffe, Grint

In 1999, casting began for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), the film adaptation of British author J. K. Rowling's best-selling novel. Casting agents found Watson through her Oxford theatre teacher,[11] and producers were impressed by her confidence. After eight auditions, producer David Heyman told Watson and fellow applicants Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint that they had been cast for the roles of the schoolfriends Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley respectively. Rowling supported Watson from her first screen test.[11]

The release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001 was Watson's debut screen performance. The film broke records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and was the highest-grossing film of 2001.[14][15] Critics praised the performances of the three leads, often singling out Watson for particular acclaim; The Daily Telegraph called her performance "admirable",[16] and IGN said she "stole the show".[17] Watson was nominated for five awards for her performance in Philosopher's Stone, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress.[18]

A year later, Watson again starred as Hermione in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second instalment of the series. Reviewers praised the lead actors' performances. The Los Angeles Times said Watson and her peers had matured between films,[19] while The Times criticised director Chris Columbus for "under-employing" Watson's hugely popular character.[20] Watson received an Otto Award from the German magazine Bravo for her performance.[21]

Watson at the premiere of Goblet of Fire in November 2005

In 2004, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released. Watson was appreciative of the more assertive role Hermione played, calling her character "charismatic" and "a fantastic role to play".[22] Although critics panned Radcliffe's performance, labelling him "wooden", they praised Watson; The New York Times lauded her performance, saying "Luckily Mr. Radcliffe's blandness is offset by Ms. Watson's spiky impatience. Harry may show off his expanding wizardly skills ... but Hermione ... earns the loudest applause with a decidedly unmagical punch to Draco Malfoy's deserving nose."[23] Although Prisoner of Azkaban remains the lowest-grossing Harry Potter film as of April 2009, Watson's personal performance won her two Otto Awards and the Child Performance of the Year award from Total Film.[24][25][26]

With Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), both Watson and the Harry Potter film series reached new milestones. The film set records for a Harry Potter opening weekend, a non-May opening weekend in the US, and an opening weekend in the UK. Critics praised the increasing maturity of Watson and her teenage co-stars; the New York Times called her performance "touchingly earnest".[27] For Watson, much of the humour of the film sprang from the tension among the three lead characters as they matured. She said, "I loved all the arguing. ... I think it's much more realistic that they would argue and that there would be problems."[28] Nominated for three awards for Goblet of Fire, Watson won a bronze Otto Award.[29][30][31] Later that year, Watson became the youngest person to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue,[32] an appearance she reprised in August 2009.[33] In 2006, Watson played Hermione in The Queen's Handbag, a special mini-episode of Harry Potter in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday.[34]

Watson at the premiere of Half-Blood Prince in July 2009

The fifth film in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, was released in 2007. A huge financial success, the film set a record worldwide opening-weekend gross of $332.7 million.[35] Watson won the inaugural National Movie Award for Best Female Performance.[36] As the fame of the actress and the series continued, Watson and fellow Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint left imprints of their hands, feet and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on 9 July 2007.[37]

By July 2007, Watson's work in the Harry Potter series was said to have earned her more than £10 million, and she acknowledged she would never have to work for money again.[4] In March 2009, she was ranked 6th on the Forbes list of "Most Valuable Young Stars",[38] and in February 2010, she was named as Hollywood's highest paid female star, having earned an estimated £19 million in 2009.[39]

Despite the success of Order of the Phoenix, the future of the Harry Potter franchise became surrounded in doubt, as all three lead actors were hesitant to sign on to continue their roles for the final two episodes.[40] Radcliffe eventually signed for the final films on 2 March 2007,[40] but Watson was considerably more hesitant.[41] She explained that the decision was significant, as the films represented a further four-year commitment to the role, but eventually conceded that she "could never let [the role of] Hermione go",[42] signing for the role on 23 March 2007.[43]

Watson with Daniel Radcliffe (left) and Rupert Grint at the London premiere of Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in July 2011

In return for committing to the final films, Watson's pay was doubled to £2 million per film;[44] she concluded that "in the end, the pluses outweighed the minuses". Principal photography for the sixth film began in late 2007, with Watson's part being filmed from 18 December to 17 May 2008.[45][46]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiered on 15 July 2009,[47] having been delayed from November 2008.[48] With the lead actors now in their late teens, critics were increasingly willing to review them on the same level as the rest of the film's all-star cast, which the Los Angeles Times described as "a comprehensive guide to contemporary UK acting".[49] The Washington Post felt Watson to have given "[her] most charming performance to date",[50] while The Daily Telegraph described the lead actors as "newly-liberated and energised, eager to give all they have to what's left of the series".[51]

Watson's filming for the final instalment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, began on 18 February 2009[52] and ended on 12 June 2010.[53] For financial and scripting reasons, the original book has been divided into two films which were shot consecutively.[54][55] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 was released in November 2010 while the second film was released in July 2011.
Other acting work

Watson's first non-Potter role was the 2007 BBC film Ballet Shoes, an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Noel Streatfeild.[56][57] The film's director Sandra Goldbacher commented that Watson was "perfect" for the starring role of aspiring actress Pauline Fossil: "She has a piercing, delicate aura that makes you want to gaze and gaze at her."[58] Ballet Shoes was broadcast in the UK on Boxing Day 2007 to an audience of 5.7 million viewers, to mixed reviews.[59][60][61][62][63] Watson also lent her voice to the role of Princess Pea in the animated film The Tale of Despereaux, a children's comedy starring Matthew Broderick with Harry Potter co-star Robbie Coltrane (playing the character of Rubeus Hagrid) also starring in the film.[64] The Tale of Despereaux was released in December 2008 and grossed $87 million worldwide.[5] In December 2008, Watson stated she wanted to go to university after she completed the Potter series.[65]

In May 2010, Watson was reported to be in talks to star in a film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.[66] Filming began in summer 2011.[67] Also that month, she announced that she would appear in a music video for One Night Only after meeting lead singer George Craig at the 2010 Winter/Summer Burberry advertising campaign. The video, "Say You Don't Want It", was screened on Channel 4 on 26 June 2010 and released on 16 August.[68] In her first post-Harry Potter film, Watson appeared in 2011's My Week with Marilyn as Lucy, a wardrobe assistant who has a few dates with the main character, Colin Clark.[69][70] Watson has also expressed interest in being in a musical film.

In June 2012, Watson was confirmed for the role of Ila in Darren Aronofsky's Noah.[6]
Modelling

Watson at the U.S. premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 in November 2010

In 2008, the British press reported that Watson was to replace Keira Knightley as the face of the fashion house Chanel, but this was denied by both parties.[71][72] In June 2009, following several months of rumours, Watson confirmed that she would be partnering with Burberry as the face of their Autumn/Winter 2009 campaign, for which she received an estimated six-figure fee.[73][74][75] She also appeared in Burberry's 2010 Spring/Summer campaign alongside her brother Alex, musicians George Craig and Matt Gilmour, and model Max Hurd.[76] In February 2011, Watson was awarded the Style Icon award from British Elle by Dame Vivienne Westwood.[77][78] Watson continued her involvement in fashion advertising when she announced she had been chosen as the face of Lancôme in March 2011.[79]

In September 2009, Watson announced her involvement with People Tree, a Fair Trade fashion brand.[80] Watson worked as a creative advisor for People Tree to create a spring line of clothing, which was released in February 2010;[80][81] the range featured styles inspired by southern France and London.[81][82] The collection, described by The Times as "very clever" despite their "quiet hope that [she] would become tangled at the first hemp-woven hurdle",[83] was widely publicised in magazines such as Teen Vogue,[84] Cosmopolitan, and People. Watson, who was not paid for the collaboration,[85] admitted that competition for the range was minimal,[83] but argued that "Fashion is a great way to empower people and give them skills; rather than give cash to charity you can help people by buying the clothes they make and supporting things they take pride in";[86] adding, "I think young people like me are becoming increasingly aware of the humanitarian issues surrounding fast fashion and want to make good choices but there aren't many options out there."[83] Watson continued her involvement with People Tree, resulting in the release of a 2010 Autumn/Winter collection.[87]
Personal life

After moving to Oxford with her mother and brother, Watson attended The Dragon School until June 2003 and then moved to Headington School, also in Oxford.[7] While on film sets, Watson and her peers were tutored for up to five hours a day.[88] In June 2006, Watson took GCSE examinations in 10 subjects, achieving eight A* and two A grades.[7][89] After leaving school, Watson took a gap year[90] to film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows beginning in February 2009,[55] but said she "definitely want[ed] to go to university".[65] Watson has stated she is a Christian but hasn't stated which denomination and she views Barrack Obama as one of her "heroes".[91]

The Providence Journal reported that Watson had confirmed that she had chosen Brown University, located in Providence, Rhode Island.[92] In March 2011, after 18 months at the university, Watson announced that she was deferring her course for "a semester or two",[93] to give her more time to participate in the advertising buildup for the release of the second Deathly Hallows film, and other projects.[94] Watson will complete her final year at Brown University in 2012.[95]
Filmography

Θεσσαλονίκη: Σύλληψη 45χρονου για ανθρωποκτονία

Αιματηρό επεισόδιο μεταξύ δύο ομογενών σημειώθηκε... το απόγευμα της Πέμπτης στη Νεάπολη Θεσσαλονίκης, με αποτέλεσμα να χάσει τη ζωή του ο ένας από τους δύο.

Όπως έγινε γνωστό, ένας 45χρονος τραυμάτισε θανάσιμα έναν 44χρονο με τη χρήση αιχμηρού αντικειμένου, για προσωπικές διαφορές. Αστυνομικοί της ομάδας ΔΙ.ΑΣ. που προσέτρεξαν στο σημείο, συνέλαβαν τον 45χρονο, ο οποίος και αναμένεται να οδηγηθεί στον Εισαγγελέα Πλημμελειοδικών Θεσσαλονίκης.

Dakota Fanning

Hannah Dakota Fanning[1] (born February 23, 1994), better known as Dakota Fanning, is an American actress who rose to prominence after her breakthrough performance in the 2001 film I Am Sam. As a child actress, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, and Charlotte's Web.

In 2006, Fanning began the transition to more adult roles with Hounddog and The Secret Life of Bees. Her recent films have included The Twilight Saga, the fantasy/horror animated children's movie Coraline, and The Runaways. In 2002, she became the youngest nominee for a Screen Actors Guild Award.[2]Contents

Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia. Her mother, Heather Joy (née Arrington), played tennis professionally, and her father, Steven J. Fanning, played minor league baseball, and works as an electronics salesman in Los Angeles.[3][4] Her maternal grandfather was former American football player, Rick Arrington, and her aunt is former ESPN reporter Jill Arrington.[5] Dakota is the elder sister of Elle Fanning, also an actress.

Fanning has German and Irish ancestry (her paternal grandmother was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany).[6] She and her family are Southern Baptist.


Starting in 2000, Fanning began acting at the age of five after appearing on a Tide commercial. Her first significant acting job was a guest role in the NBC prime-time drama ER, which remains one of her favorite roles ("I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked.").[8]

Fanning subsequently had several guest roles on established television series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, and Spin City. She also portrayed the title characters of Ally McBeal and The Ellen Show as young girls. In 2001, Fanning was chosen to star opposite Sean Penn in the movie I Am Sam, the story of a mentally challenged man who fights for the custody of his daughter (played by Fanning). Her role in the film made Fanning the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, being seven years of age at the time.[9] She also won the Best Young Actor/Actress award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for her performance.[10]

In 2002, director Steven Spielberg cast Fanning in the lead child role of Allison "Allie" Clarke/Keys in the science fiction miniseries Taken. By this time, she had received positive notices by several film critics, including Tom Shales of The Washington Post, who wrote that Fanning "has the perfect sort of otherworldly look about her, an enchanting young actress called upon ... to carry a great weight."[11] In the same year, Fanning appeared in three films: as a kidnap victim who proves to be more than her abductors bargained for in Trapped, as the young version of Reese Witherspoon's character in Sweet Home Alabama, and as Katie in the movie Hansel and Gretel.

A year later, she starred in two prominent films; playing the uptight child to an immature nanny played by Brittany Murphy in Uptown Girls and as Sally in The Cat in the Hat. In addition, Fanning did voice-over work for four animated projects during this period, including voicing Satsuki in Disney's English language release of My Neighbor Totoro, a little girl in the Fox series Family Guy, and a young Wonder Woman in an episode of Cartoon Network's Justice League.

Fanning at the London premiere of War of the Worlds, June 2005

In 2004, Fanning appeared in Man on Fire as Pita, a nine-year-old who wins over the heart of a retired mercenary (Denzel Washington) hired to protect her from kidnappers. Roger Ebert wrote that Fanning "is a pro at only 10 years old, and creates a heart-winning character."[12]

Hide and Seek was her first release in 2005, opposite Robert De Niro. The film was generally panned, and critic Chuck Wilson called it "a fascinating meeting of equals – if the child star [Fanning] challenged the master [De Niro] to a game of stare-down, the legend might very well blink first."[13] Fanning voiced Lilo (succeeding Daveigh Chase) in the direct-to-video film Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch. She also had a small part in the Rodrigo García film Nine Lives (released in October 2005), in which she shared an unbroken nine-minute scene with actress Glenn Close, who had her own praise for Fanning: "She's definitely an old soul. She's one of those gifted people that come along every now and then."[14] Fanning also recorded voice work for Coraline during this time.[15]

Fanning completed filming on Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (opposite Kurt Russell) in late October 2004. Russell declared he was astonished by his co-star's performance in the film. Russell, 54, who plays her father in the movie, says, "I guarantee you, (Dakota) is the best actress I will work with in my entire career."[16] Kris Kristofferson, who plays her character's grandfather in the movie, said that she's like Bette Davis reincarnated.[17] While promoting her role in Dreamer, Fanning became a registered member of Girl Scouts of the USA at a special ceremony, which was followed by a screening of the film for members of the Girl Scouts of the San Fernando Valley Council.[18]


She then went directly to the set of War of the Worlds, starring alongside Tom Cruise. Released in reverse order (War in June 2005 and Dreamer in the following October), both films were a critical success. War director Steven Spielberg praised "how quickly she understands the situation in a sequence, how quickly she sizes it up, measures it up and how she would really react in a real situation."[19] Afterwards, Fanning moved straight to another film without a break: Charlotte's Web, which she finished filming in May 2005 in Australia. Producer Jordan Kerner said, "...when she was so caught up in War of the Worlds, we had to end up going on a search for other young actresses. They would have been nothing compared to her."[20]

Over the summer of 2006, Fanning worked on the film Hounddog, described in press reports as a "dark story of abuse, violence and Elvis Presley adulation in the rural South."[21] Fanning's parents have been criticized for allowing her to film a scene in which her character is raped. However, Fanning defended the film by saying "It's not really happening," to Reuters. "It's a movie, and it's called acting."[22] In the same year, at the age of twelve, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, becoming the youngest member in the Academy's history.[23] Later that year, she was ranked 4th in Forbes list of "Top Earning Stars Aged Under 21", having earned an estimated $4 million in 2006.[24]

In the spring of 2007, she filmed Fragments – Winged Creatures alongside Kate Beckinsale, Guy Pearce, Josh Hutcherson, and Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson. She plays Anne Hagen, a girl who witnesses her father's murder and who turns to religion in the aftermath. In July, Fanning appeared on a short film titled Cutlass, one of Glamour's "Reel Moments" based on readers' personal essays. Cutlass was directed by Kate Hudson. Then from September to the end of the year, Fanning filmed Push, which centers on a group of young American expatriates with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities who hide from a U.S. government agency in Hong Kong and band together to try to escape the control of the division.[25] Fanning played Cassie Holmes, a 13-year-old psychic.
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2008–present

International Film Festival in Toronto 2008

In January 2008, Fanning began filming the movie adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees, a novel by Sue Monk Kidd.[26] Set in South Carolina in 1964, the story centers on Lily Owens (Fanning), who escapes her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father by running away with her caregiver and only friend (played by Jennifer Hudson) to a South Carolina town where they are taken in by an eccentric trio of beekeeping sisters (played by Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, and Alicia Keys). Her movies Coraline and Push were released on the same day, February 6, 2009.

Fanning played Jane, a member of the Volturi Guard, in New Moon and reprised the role in Eclipse, based on novels by Stephenie Meyer.[27] New Moon was released on November 20, 2009, and Eclipse was released on the following June. In 2010, she starred in the movie The Runaways, alongside Kristen Stewart, Stella Maeve, and Scout Taylor-Compton, where she played Cherie Currie, the lead singer of the band. Then from the end of the year till early 2011, Fanning filmed Breaking Dawn, reprising the role of Jane.[28]

Fanning's voice was heard in Rise, a documentary film commissioned by U. S. Figure Skating to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the crash of Sabena Flight 548 which resulted in the loss of the entire American team and subsequent cancellation of the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. She read a poem written by US national champion Laurence Owen (who died in the crash) that was said to be an eerie premonition of the afterlife.[29][30]

During the summer of 2011 she played Tessa in Now Is Good. Fanning also became the face of Marc Jacobs’ Oh, Lola! perfume campaign, but the ad was banned in the U.K. as the Advertising Standards Authority judged that "the ad could be seen to sexualize a child."[31][32] In 2011, she played Annie James in The Motel Life, due to be released in mid-2012. In the fall of 2011, Fanning played the starring role in Effie, directed by Richard Laxton, written and co-starred by Emma Thompson, with Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Derek Jacobi and Claudia Cardinale.
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Personal life

In June 2011, Fanning graduated from Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California,[33] where she participated on the varsity spirit cheerleading squad and was voted homecoming queen.[34][35] She is currently studying at New York University.[36]

In January 2012, it was reported that Fanning signed to be represented by William Morris Endeavor,[37] thus ending a 10-year-plus relation with Osbrink Talent Agency.[38]