tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40950301671421277762024-03-18T19:52:33.375-07:00Celebritys Picturesestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053840879479870260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095030167142127776.post-55621659316422452342013-02-12T03:01:00.003-08:002013-02-12T03:01:33.753-08:00Richard Grieco Richard Grieco was a rising star in Hollywood in the late 1980s starring in <span style="font-style: italic;">21 Jump Street</span> and a spin-off show, <span style="font-style: italic;">Booker</span>, until his career suddenly derailed and began a rapid descent into obscurity.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705560440976883378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2ih2eT1PE-mZhUFUtqXMzQnlMBJ_V53-_U-AI5HQx4UDL2smlIGkwGkcaa9FA9bUKKhWFsJEGb7ZfmyNXZczB83KV9M8kXzv8w9CCsO73uTXorh03PywBCc-yPN45F0insW4i1s52CQ/s320/Greico5.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 232px;" />Grieco
was born
on March 23, 1965 in Waterton, New York to an Italian father and Irish
mother. He was an athlete during his youth and played football for
Central Connecticut State University. As a young man, Grieco modeled
for Armani, Calvin Klein and Chanel before studying acting.<br />
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Grieco broke into acting in the mid-1980s with minor non-recurring roles on popular television shows such as <span style="font-style: italic;">One Life to Live</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Rags to Riches</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Who's the Boss</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Facts of Life</span>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bronx Zoo</span>. His break-through role that propelled him to stardom was his role as <span style="font-style: italic;">Booker</span> on <span style="font-style: italic;">21 Jump Street</span>.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705560655807658098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCn3BvOwf9CAAlQYTYwdkB_Zh_KGD9miptTzLrNFKVqW1imBxQOjZ09pfG2o5ybY70DH-X0SMLlS-xO1BVk7NXeQEJNPqzgOjSQIVz0n0SB89N9jW7PSMT8WFjSTLeTJhFxbZV9FyGRUQ/s200/Greico8.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 197px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705560578855535170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEify7oaSIIjPaYO7tVx-glqXoiQY-R9mJke0oDeoqCqwPLCk78N0qLQ2fa6ei8XpW_u_6CbuMHQn6ESBEp-Qy9NbRScL4uYAtYVqZoukRHF77zg3MiRPRCc0HrxAHXHmdnVWE3sKWU42B0/s200/21+Jump+Street+DVD.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /><span style="font-style: italic;">21 Jump Street</span>
was a police procedural crime drama television series that aired
between April 1987 and April 1991. The series focused on a squad of
squad of young undercover police officers investigating crimes in high
schools, colleges, and other locations where youths congregate. The
series was one of the Fox network's more popular shows during the
network's early years. Although co-star Johnny Depp was the biggest
star on the show, Grieco's character was probably a close second.<br />
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Grieco
was known as a sex symbol among young women during the late 1980s for
his looks and his popularity led to the Fox network offering him a
starring role on the spin-off show, <span style="font-style: italic;">Booker</span>,
where he continued to play Detective Booker. Unfortunately for Grieco,
however, his new show was poorly received and was cancelled after only
one season.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705560804670109554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83b3ZJVp8jwHkyh035iaq0kzctBY2bNYqkwGSggcvp3pdW0Fg9ArNTunkw4wEEE8JO2MoQ4OLoh4NPS0a_CM1Jjp5Zwq3EHVfFBG3tu-bsGlrXn9JAH9XySqfSWWf7lCjJXj6mudaGvE/s320/Greico3.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 306px;" />Grieco
had a guido-like appearance during the height of his stardom, much like
the people who currently appear on the MTV reality show, <span style="font-style: italic;">Jersey Shore</span>.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705556990840650290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySQ3ispmC3UdqaJVFvfPy_HpLARhNTb-wuKTNBPaKDtHQUlVF7mAw2PqTxPkDgyqIu6FjYpWaNjVxo6ySWuyyGqYT7IgZRYlY45lXEqAcEVWHqtCIJ8zEmhGw_moH-LcUPW2PnCkNuiM/s320/guido.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 275px;" /><br />
Grieco attempted to parlay his burgeoning stardom into a singing career. In 1994 Grieco joined the Dunmore Band.
Grieco later signed a contract with a German label and released the
album, Waiting for the Sky to Fall, in 1995. A decade later, in 2004,
Grieco collaborated with music manager Cheryl Bogart to form the band Wasteland Park.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705561253143878770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3kKx_oioegLSXPM2W-G66yLxAVJogWv6CreagAYxtOgYSS4k-SHNpVqJ1hpvxlhCVnm8C1xuvWtx_afm6GQSJ5ZMJmQTKEY-hV3aniAV_kglCwpr6d_Cp6IJryaP0zte0m282VM5XAw/s200/Album1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 174px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705561188605779986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXW8Sp7micf6VJerQpez15d09xF_sUvd8vsSypTj9WKlYjBVfJP1y5pHXtCzUCsFBtAIKhjn6J1tkAbLLSxk4Di4YtaOw2Q5dG2GhgJlwiA2hAVVdOBvTMlmN0JF5PRPGkECuyLEZjD3s/s200/Album2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" />Grieco's acting career, however, practically ended with the cancellation of <span style="font-style: italic;">Booker</span>
in 1990 as he nearly fell off the Hollywood radar. (While still a
star, he was referenced in this hilarious early-1990s skit on <span style="font-style: italic;">Saturday Night Live</span>
where a group of weight-lifters were in agreement that he needed to
receive a beating.) Grieco did have a starring role in short-lived
series such as <span style="font-style: italic;">Marker</span>
on the UPN network in 1995, but that series was cancelled after only 13
episodes had aired. He did have a fairly prominent role in the 1998 <span style="font-style: italic;">Saturday Night Live</span> vehicle, <span style="font-style: italic;">A Night At The Roxbury</span>, but his appearance didn't seem to help his career.<br />
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During the past decade, Grieco has had starring roles in minor straight-to-video flicks such as <span style="font-style: italic;">Final Payback</span> in 2001 and <span style="font-style: italic;">Fish Don't Blink</span> in 2002. He has also appeared in several made-for-TV movies over the years, such as <span style="font-style: italic;">Phantom Force</span> in 2004 and <span style="font-style: italic;">Almighty Thor</span> in 2011.<br />
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Grieco
must have looked at the stardom of former co-star, Johnny Depp, with
incredible envy. Perhaps he also thought that given the success of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Jersey Shore</span>
show, the time was ripe for a Grieco comeback. It appears as though
Grieco may gone under the knife to get some plastic surgery in an effort
to revive his floundering acting career as shown in the photos below.
It appears as thought Grieco may have gotten a nose job
to thin out the bridge of his nose. As a result of this apparent
plastic surgery, Richard Grieco's face looks somewhat feminine and the
long hair certainly isn't helping his cause!<br />
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Grieco was briefly in the news in early 2011 when it was reported that
he was practically begging to take over Charlie Sheen's role on <span style="font-style: italic;">Two and a Half Men </span>after Sheen was fired in 2011. He also recently produced the Showtime reality series entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Gigolos</span>,
about male prostitutes and claims that he was offered up to $10k a
night for gay sex back in the 1980s. Grieco may have resort to male
prostitution to raise some cash now, as he reportedly owes over $44,000
in back taxes to the IRS.<br />
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Richard
Grieco was one one Hollywood's rising stars in the late 1980s.
However, his career suddenly and inexplicably derailed, leaving him by
the wayside. In an apparent effort to jump-start his career he may have
gotten some bad plastic surgery. Accordingly, there can be no doubt
that Richard Grieco is one washed-up celebrity!<br />
estehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053840879479870260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095030167142127776.post-35987182911604539092013-02-12T02:49:00.001-08:002013-02-12T02:49:09.531-08:00Jake Lloyd
Jake Lloyd is a former child star best known for his role as the young Anakin Skywalker in <i>Star Wars: The Phantom Menace</i>. <i>Star Wars</i> fans generally disliked <i>The Phantom Menace</i> and cast much of the blame on Lloyd, effectively killing Lloyd's acting career and causing him to grow up to become incredibility bitter young man.<br /><br />
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Lloyd was born March 5, 1989 in Fort Collins, Colorado and broke into
acting in 1996, when he had a recurring role on the TV show <i>ER</i> and appeared in the TV movie <i>Apollo 11</i> and the motion picture <i>Unhook the Stars</i>.
Although most people know Lloyd as "the kid who ruined Star Wars,"
more astute movie buffs may also remember Lloyd as "the kid who ruined <i>Jingle All The Way</i>." In <i>Jingle All The Way</i>, Lloyd played Jamie Langston, the incredibly bratty son of Arnold Schwarzenegger's
Howard Langston character. Perhaps Lloyd was instructed to be a little
brat in the movie, although even if he was following directions, his
character was nevertheless very grating and annoying and generally
detracted from the overall movie experience of the casual viewer.<br /><br />
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Notwithstanding his performance in
<i> Jingle All The Way</i>, Lloyd
continued to receive choice role and appeared to be heading for
stardom. Lloyd appeared in several episodes of the moderately
successful NBC drama, <i>The Pretender</i>,
between 1996 and 1998. In 1999, Lloyd really hit the big time when he
was cast as the young Anakin Skywalker in the first movie of the
long-awaited Star Wars prequels, entitled <i>Star Wars: The Phantom Menace</i>.<br /><br />
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Lloyd played the young boy who would become the Jedi knight who turned
to the Dark Side of the Force and later became the evil Darth Vader.
Lloyd seems to have been horribly miscast as Anakin Skywalker in large
part because he seemed to be far too young for the role. The start of a
romance with the much older Padmé Amidala (played by
Natalie Portman)
was difficult to believe, as Lloyd was only 10 years old when the movie
was released, whereas Portman was 18 years old. Fans also complained
about Lloyd's inability to deliver his lines in a believable manner and
with realistic emotions.<br /><br />
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Lloyd also had to give up to 60 interviews a day, which is a lot of ask of a 10-year-old boy. Lloyd quickly grew to resent Hollywood in general and blamed George Lucas for putting him through the ordeal. Lloyd effectively stopped acting after <i>The Phantom Menace</i>, although he did lend his voice to several <i>Star Wars</i> video games.<br /><br />
Lloyd claims that all of the criticism from his appearance in
<i>The Phantom Menace</i> made his life a living hell. He says that his classmates would tease him by making light saber sounds
whenever they would see him. Here is an itnerview where Lloyd
complains about treatment by his former high school and college
classmates:<br /><br /><br /><br />
Lloyd became so angry and bitter that eventually destroyed all of his
<i>Star Wars </i>memorabilia.
I bet that Lloyd is also angry because he appears to have stopped
growing at age 10. Lloyd looks pretty shrimpy in this photo:<br /><br />
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Even though more than 10 years have passed since <i>The Phantom Menace</i>
was released, Lloyd is still very angry, as is evident in this 2009
interview at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo held in Perth, Australia.
Lloyd apparently traveled to Australia to meet <i>Star Wars</i> fans, yet he came across as a complete jerk in this interview:<br /><br /><br /><br />
Despite having little apparent acting talent and ability, Jake Lloyd was
a successful young actor who received choice roles. However, fairly or
unfairly, Lloyd received much of the criticism from fans unhappy with
<i>The Phantom Menace</i>.
Lloyd has grown up to become a very unhappy and bitter young man who
is still hung up a role he had when he was 10 years old. He still goes
to conventions because he presumably is paid to do so and needs money,
yet he seems angry when asked about his experience in <i>The Phantom Menace</i>. For this and the other reasons discussed above, Jake Lloyd is one washed-up celebrity.<a name='more'></a>estehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053840879479870260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095030167142127776.post-20553410555176887852013-02-12T02:47:00.000-08:002013-02-12T02:47:04.932-08:00Chris Klein Chris Klein is an actor who is best know for his role as "Oz" in <i>American Pie</i> and several of its sequels. Klein was on the verge of becoming a breakout star after the release of the popular <i>American Pie</i>
in 1999, but he never lived up to his potential, eventually becoming a
c-list actor desperate for roles, famously lost his fiancee to Tom
Cruise, and wasted precious years as an alcoholic, hitting rock bottom
when he was arrested for a DUI in 2005.<br />
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Chris Klein was born on March 14, 1979 in Hinsdale, IL,
a suburb of Chicago, IL. Klein was interested in theater at a young
age and as a child he sang "This Little Light of Mine” in a community
theater at the Sheraton Convention Center in Chicago. Klein moved with
his family to Omaha, Nebraska when he was 13 years old.<br />
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As a high school student, Klein was both an athlete and an actor,
participating in football, swimming, and acting/theater. Klein was
fortunate to be discovered by director
Alexander Payne, who was in Omaha scouting for fresh young talent for his 1999 film <i>Election</i>. Klein's first movie role was as "Paul Metzler," a polite and dumb football player in<i> Electio</i>n. Although somewhat of a box office flop, <i>Election </i>was popular among critics and performed well in the rental market.<br />
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The success of
<i>Election</i> led to Klein's breakthrough role as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher in <i>American Pie</i> and in the sequels <i>American Pie 2</i> and <i>American Reunion</i>. In <i>American Pie</i>,
Oz was a jock who was a member of his high school's lacrosse team. Oz
and his friends formed a pact to each lose their virginity by the end of
their senior year in high school.<br />
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Chris Klein was one of the most popular actors from the movie (perhaps
the second-most popular actor after Seann William Scott) and instantly
became a heartthrob. Klein was popular at the time among young women
for his good looks.<br />
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As the 1990s came to a close, Klein must have thought he was destined to
soon become a member of the upper echelon of Hollywood actors. His
career seemed to be hitting the big time and he soon started dating
popular actress
Katie Holmes, to whom he later became engaged in 2003.<br />
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Klein followed up on the success on <i>American Pie </i>by appearing in several major films, such as the 2002 flicks, <i>We Were Soldiers</i> and <i>American Pie 2</i>. However, Klein also appeared in the widely-panned box office flop <i>Rollerball</i>. <i>Rollerball </i>reportedly had a budget of at least $70 million, yet only earned about $25 million at the box office. His appearance in <i>Rollerball </i>seems to have irreparably harmed his acting career, as it one of his last major roles.<br />
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Klein's star faded so rapidly that he was not even asked to appear in the second <i>America Pie </i>sequel, <i>American Wedding</i>.
Although there were rumors floating around that Klein had turned down a
role in the movie, Klein has since set the record straight and let
everyone know that he was not offered a role but would have accepted one
if it had been offered to him.<br />
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At one point Klein became so desperate for choice roles that he actually auditioned for a role in 2008
<i>musical</i>, <i>Mamma Mia!</i> despite not having experience in musicals or singing. Here is a clip of Klein's embarrassing tone-deaf audition for the movie:<br />
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As his career crashed and burned, Klein's personal life was in
shambles. Katie Holmes famously dumped Klein while they were engaged to
be with actor Tom Cruise in 2005. Klein also started drinking heavily
around this time, becoming an admitted alcoholic and was arrested for
DUIs in
2005 and 2010. Klein was sentenced to 96 hours in prison for the 2010 DUI.<br />
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The stress of being unceremoniously dumped by Katie Holmes and the rages
of alcoholism have taken a notable toll on Klein's looks. Although he
is still fit, his face has aged to the point at which the 33-year-old
actor now looks closer to age 40, as shown in the photos below:<br />
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Although he has appeared in a number of roles over the last ten years,
most of Klein's roles have been inferior roles ever since the
<i>Rollerball </i>debacle.
Klein has, however, made a minor comeback recently by appearing in the
most recent American Pie sequel, American Reunion, and also scoring a
recurring role in the cable TV drama, <i>Wilfred</i>.
Klein is still a relatively young man, even if he does look much older
and it is possible that he may be able to resurrect his career.
However, at this point, it still seems obvious that Chris Klein is one
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