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American Singer, Actress and Entrepreneur Madonna

Madonna Biography:
Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone (Italian pronunciation: [tʃik̚ˈkoːne] chee-co-nay); August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna Ciccone was the eldest daughter of eight children. Exhibiting a flair for showbiz at a young age, she signed up for artistic outlets such as school shows, the cheerleading squad, piano lessons, and ballet classes. Her dancing skills earned her a scholarship to attend the University of Michigan but in 1978, she grew impatient for stardom, dropped out, and moved to New York.

A series of low-wage jobs ensued before Madonna landed some short-lived gigs with the acclaimed dance troupes of Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham. Her attention eventually wavered away from dance to music and she joined a succession of small-time bands. During the early eighties, she first tried her hand at writing songs and gradually learned to play guitar and piano. Landing gigs singing at local dance clubs, she attracted considerable attention for her boogie-inducing tunes and her enthusiastic, naughty stage presence. In 1982, a star DJ gave Madonna her big break: he created a club-scene hit from one of her demo singles, "Everybody," introduced the budding performer to Warner Bros. executives and was promptly signed.

Madonna's debut album was released in 1983 and tracks from it became must-plays in New York's nightclubs. The record's first single, "Holiday," made the leap from dance-floor turntables to airplay by inner-city radio stations and into America's Top 20 chart. In quick succession, "Lucky Star" and "Borderline" followed the debut single's trajectory. The following year, Like a Virgin's title track became the singer's first No. 1 single, and the album topped the charts. In 1985, Madonna sold more singles and albums than any other artist that year.

Success had arrived: she embarked on a sold-out tour; appeared in the feature films Vision Quest and Desperately Seeking Susan (both 1985); married actor Sean Penn; and made her theatrical debut opposite him in a 1986 production of David Rabe's Goose and Tom-Tom. The couple wed in 1985 and the partnership produced the truly dreadful film Shanghai Surprise (1986), and zillions of tabloid headlines. The marriage ended in divorce less than four years later.

Singer, Actress and Entrepreneur Madonna

Controversy became Madonna's next companion. When the music video for the title track to her 1989 album "Like a Prayer" resulted in outcry from religious groups, it prompted Pepsi to cancel its sponsorship of her tour. Realizing that scandal sells, she went on to employ similar promotional techniques to boost ticket sales for her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour, box-office figures for the documentary Truth or Dare (1991), and sales of the X-rated Sex book and the similarly-themed album Erotica (1992).

After the uproar surrounding Sex subsided, Madonna slipped out of the limelight and into a handful of low-key film roles in such indie fare as Blue in the Face and Four Rooms (both 1995). When she reemerged, she embodied two new personae: mother-to-be and serious actress. In October 1996, she and then-boyfriend Carlos Leon welcomed daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon into the world. In addition, she appeared as the titular heroine of Evita (1996), a role she seemed born to play. Or at least, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association thought so by honoring her with a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

In December 2000 she married director Guy Ritchie, the father of her son, Rocco. Ritchie directed Madonna in Swept Away (2002), a remake of an Italian classic, but the movie was a box office and critical disaster. Madonna then turned to writing children's books, releasing her first, The English Roses, in 2003.
Madonna and Ritchie adopted a boy from Malawi, David Banda (b. 2005). The adoption papers were filed on October 10, 2006 and the adoption was finalized on May 28, 2008, just months before Madonna and Ritchie divorced.

Filmography
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007)
Die Another DAy (2003) (uncredited)
Swept Away (2002)
The Next Best Thing (2000)
Evita (1996)
Girl 6 (1996)
Four Rooms (1995)
Blue in the Face (1995)
Dangerous Game (1993)
Body of Evidence (1993)
Shadows and Fog (1992)
A League of Their Own (1992)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Who's That Girl? (1987)
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Vision Quest (1985)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
A Certain Sacrifice (1985)

American Singer, Actress and Entrepreneur Madonna

Italian American Chef Giada De Laurentiis

Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (Italian pronunciation, born August 22, 1970) is an Italian American chef, writer, television personality, and the host of the current Food Network program Giada at Home. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's Today. De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods

Personal life
Giada Pamela De Laurentiis was born in Rome, Italy, the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti; De Benedetti was a close associate of Giada's grandfather, film producer Dino De Laurentiis. Her parents were married in February 1970 but were later divorced. After their parents' divorce, Giada and her siblings moved to Southern California where they took their mother's surname.

Her maternal grandmother was Italian film star Silvana Mangano. Her siblings include sister Eloisa, a makeup artist, and brothers Dino Alexander (a Hollywood film editor who died of melanoma in 2003[3]) and Igor. Her stepfather is producer Ivan Kavalsky.

De Laurentiis graduated from Marymount High School in Los Angeles and holds a bachelor's degree in social anthropology from UCLA (1996).

On May 25, 2003, she married Todd Thompson, a fashion designer for Anthropologie. The two had been dating since July 1989. The couple's first child, Jade Marie De Laurentiis Thompson, was born on March 29, 2008.

De Laurentiis, dubbed "a petite powerhouse" by Town & Country magazine, stands "just under five foot two."

Career
De Laurentiis, a self-proclaimed chocoholic, studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France, with aspirations of becoming a pastry chef. After returning to the United States, she became a professional chef working in several Los Angeles restaurants, notably the Wolfgang Puck-owned Spago. She later worked as a food stylist and was contacted by the Food Network after styling a piece in Food & Wine Magazine in 2002.

Her cooking program, Everyday Italian, has been broadcast on the Food Network since 2003. On her Chefography (a Food Network biography program), she admitted that she never wanted to be in her "family business" of show business. She felt very uncomfortable in front of the camera when she first began hosting Everyday Italian, but has since become more relaxed and open on air. When the program first aired, the Food Network received mail accusing the network of hiring a model or actress pretending to cook instead of a real chef. Since then, she has become well known for her 'trademark' over enunciation of foreign words within English sentences.

De Laurentiis began hosting Behind the Bash in October 2006. The program examines the catering process behind big event extravaganzas such as the Grammy Awards. In January 2007, a third De Laurentiis-hosted show, Giada's Weekend Getaways, debuted on Food Network. On this show, De Laurentiis travels to a featured locale (such as Seattle, South Beach, San Francisco, Napa, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming) and visits her favorite local culinary destinations.

On a November 2006 episode of Iron Chef America, De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay competed against, and were defeated by, Rachael Ray and Mario Batali.

In 2007, De Laurentiis appeared as a presenter on the inaugural Food Network Awards. In June 2007, she hosted a two-part Food Network special entitled Giada in Paradise, featuring the two locales of Santorini, Greece and Capri, Italy. De Laurentiis also made several appearances as a guest judge on the third season of The Next Food Network Star, which aired in 2007. In 2008, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Host.

De Laurentiis is a spokesperson for the pasta manufacturer Barilla.

In early 2010, she came out with a line of kitchen supplies, exclusively for Target.

In 2010, CafeMom ranked her as #6 in their yearly "Sexiest Moms Alive" list.[11]

She is also the voice of "Paulette", a character on the animated children's show Handy Manny.

In June, 2010 De Laurentiis became a regularly appearing mentor to the finalists on the popular Food Network competition show The Next Food Network Star.

Publications
In 2005, De Laurentiis published her first cookbook, Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes, which was followed by Giada's Family Dinners, released April 4, 2006; Everyday Pasta, released April 3, 2007; Giada's Kitchen: New Italian Favorites, released September 30, 2008; and Giada at Home: Family Recipes from Italy and California, released March 30, 2010.

Products
Giada De Laurentiis has a range of products made only for Target. Her products consist of stainless steel pots and pans, a wide range of utensils and cooking tools and stainless steel counter-top appliances such as a Panini Press, Coffee Maker and Food Processor.
Source: en.wikipedia.org