People Places Taylor Swift Among Most Intriguing

LOS ANGELES: People places Taylor Swift among most intriguing,  “Fearless” singer Taylor Swift graces the cover of People’s “most intriguing of 2009,” on a list that names mom-of-eight Kate Gosselin the “mother of all reality stars” and British singer Susan Boyle as “the surprise hit,” the magazine said on Wednesday.

Oprah Winfrey, who announced she would end her influential TV talk show in 2011, was honored as “the departing diva”, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as “the power pair” and President Barack Obama and wife Michelle as “the first couple.”

The list is not ranked.

Swift, 20, whose country/pop crossover album is the biggest selling of 2009 and who won five American Music Awards and the coveted Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year, was named the “golden girl” in the People double-issue.

Swift said her success “feels like this ongoing dream,” but told People she hoped to remain grounded.

“You can stay the same person, even if everything around you changes,” she said, regarding her fame. “I would like to think everybody out there isn’t just waiting for me to trip and fall and stumble out of a club drunk. People know I’m not a party girl. I’m not hiding some dying urge to be out clubbing right now.”

In a new category marking the fall of a number of male celebrities in 2009, golfer Tiger Woods, rapper Kanye West, singer Chris Brown, reality star Jon Gosselin, and TV talk show host David Letterman, who admitted affairs with his staffers, were named “Men in the Doghouse.”

Rihanna, who was attacked in February by then boyfriend Brown, was named the “resilient star” after a series of frank interviews in November and a new album.

Michael Jackson’s three young children, suddenly thrust into the spotlight after the singer’s death in June, were named “the descendants”; actor John Travolta “the heartbroken dad” after the death in January of his 16 year-old autistic son; and singer Lady Gaga the “shock star.”

The special double-issue of People hits news stands on Friday.

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People Places Taylor Swift Among Most Intriguing was first posted on December 17, 2009 at 1:17 pm.

Who Is Regina King Dating

Who Is Regina King Dating,  Regina King dating? According to various reports and rumors unconfirmed, Regina King is dating Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner was rumored that he married Karen Malina White but has shot down those claims.

As of right recently, 38-year-old Regina King has also been linked to be seeing Brian White.

She was formerly married to Ian Alexander, Sr from 11997 to 2006 before filing for divorce. Her reasons for divorce were never disclosed. They have one child together.

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Who Is Regina King Dating was first posted on December 17, 2009 at 1:43 pm.

Regina King

Regina King, With her everyday beauty and winning personality, actress Regina King could have made a career out of playing wives of leading men Eddie Murphy, Will Smith and Cuba Gooding Jr., as she did in films like “Daddy Day Care” (2003), “Enemy of the State” (1998) and “Jerry Maguire” (1996). But her talents and outsized personality were destined to break out sooner or later. And sure enough, King stole the show from her leading ladies with memorable supporting roles in “Legally Blond 2” (2003) and “Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Dangerous” (2005). But it was her turn as R&B legend Ray Charles’ backup singer and lover, Margie Hendricks, in the acclaimed “Ray” (2005) that earned the actress considerable praise and recognition, leading to higher profile work and a regular role on the sixth season of “24” (Fox, 2001- ).

Born Jan. 15, 1971, King grew up in Los Angeles, CA, where she would later say that she did not find stardom – stardom found her. Certain that performing was her future, King took acting lessons as a child from coach Betty Bridges, mother of “Diff’rent Strokes” star Todd Bridges. By the time she was a teenager, she landed a role in the saucy sitcom “227” (NBC, 1985-1990), playing Brenda, daughter of series lead Marla Gibbs. After graduating from Westchester High School in 1988, she enrolled at the University of Southern California, before making the leap to more mature roles with parts in “Boyz in the Hood” (1991) and “Poetic Justice” (1993). She appeared in guest starring roles on “Northern Exposure” (CBS, 1990-95), “New York Undercover” (Fox, 1994-98) and the sitcom “Living Single” (Fox, 1993-98), then later appeared in “High Learning” (1995) as well as the cult comedy hit, “Friday” (1995).

After playing the girlfriend of Martin Lawrence in “A Thin Line Between Love and Hate” (1996), she moved on to a breakout role as the wife of Cuba Gooding Jr. in the 1996 smash hit, “Jerry Maguire.” With her memorable scolding look at her son for using a profanity while watching a football game, the part captured the attention of mainstream audiences and put King squarely on the map. She went on to appear as the wife of Will Smith in the action thriller, “Enemy of the State” (1998), then took roles in “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” (1998) and “Mighty Joe Young” (1998). On television, she appeared in “Where the Truth Lies” (Lifetime, 1999) and “If These Walls Could Talk 2” (HBO, 2000), before landing a regular role on the short-lived sitcom, “Leap of Faith” (NBC, 2002).

King continued her steady climb up the Hollywood food chain move with a series of supporting roles in blockbusters such as “Daddy Day Care,” (2003) playing the wife of star Eddie Murphy, and in “Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde,” (2003) in the part of Grace, the whip-smart chief of staff to Congresswoman Sally Field and arch rival of bubbly, pink-loving law school grad, Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon). King next had a memorable comedic turn as a feisty FBI agent in the surprise hit sequel, “Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Dangerous” (2005), opposite Sandra Bullock. The two took pride in performing many of their own stunts, though King suffered a twisted ankle during a climactic fight scene after tripping over her own wig.

It was during the shooting of “Miss Congeniality” that King heard the news that she won the role of Margie Hendricks, mistress and backup singer for Ray Charles (Jaime Foxx), in Taylor Hackford’s biopic, “Ray.” Excited by the meaty role, which she insisted upon playing over the role of Charles’ wife, Della Bea Robinson (Kerry Washington), King set out to learn as much as she could about the real-life “Raelette,” who only appeared in a handful of film clips and photographs. King relied heavily on word-of-mouth accounts and information director Taylor Hackford gleaned from Charles himself before his passing just prior to the movie’s release. King was recognized for her stellar performance with Image and BET awards.

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Regina King was first posted on December 16, 2009 at 10:57 pm.