14 April, 2010

Celebrity Poker: Vin Diesel


Vin Diesel has the obvious attributes that make women weak in the knees. With his box office movies, a great body, a manly voice and a poker shark! Celebrity poker player VinDiesel was once spotted at the 2nd Annual Dewar's 12 Texas Hold 'em Poker Tournament will be held in a prime, beachfront property located on the private island of Indian Creek Village, Florida. The upscale gathering will be about more than just poker, however; the night will also include a fashion show and jewelry exhibition. 





 

And to give the night an added Vegas feel, the poker party will have its fair share of showgirls and dancers. Ther proof of this is in the list of heavyweight names slated to attend A-Rod's forthcoming charity poker tournament, which will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami. Among the over 300 players expected to compete in the tournament are Michael Jordan, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Lenny Kravitz, Vin Diesel, Gary Sheffield and, of course, Alex Rodriguez. Poker pro Phil Hellmuth will also be on hand to show the stars and other guests how the game is really played. 


 

About Vin Diesel: Vin Diesel's list of credits is still relatively short, but that is only due to the fact that he got his big break in acting well into his thirties. However, the very nature of his movies and the wide young audiences they attract, have caused him to have a huge following internationally. He is in fact more famous than his work justifies. At least movie studios have caught on to that little piece of information. He got $10 million to star in XXX, a comedy action movie The Pacifier,a sort of spy movie, after The Fast &; The Furious garnered $145 million in US domestic sales at a modest $38 million production budget. 


 

Before his name skyrocketed in the Hollywood scene, Vin Diesel's acting career occurred when he was 7. He and his friends had broken into a local theater, and rather than getting caught and reprimanded for trespassing, Vin Diesel and his buds were handed scripts and were offered $20 dollars per week, on the condition that they show up after school every day. This served as his first "real" paying job. 
 



However, his road to success wasn't paved with good luck and fortune. The closest he came to acting professionally was in a Theatre of the New City production, in addition to several very off Broadway plays. Vin Diesel had to take on jobs such as bouncer at several exclusive New York City nightclubs in order to finance his film dreams. He had taken matters into his own hands when he left Hunter College in New York in the midst of studying for an English degree, in order to get an earlier start in filmmaking.





When his mother brought home the book
Feature Films at Used Car Prices in order to encourage Vin Diesel, it pushed him to take control of his destiny and create his own movies in which to star. He did, and his filmmaking, writing, producing, and starring role in the film short Multi-Facial (based on his experiences of trying to make it as an actor) screened at Cannes Film Festival in 1995. It received positive reviews, and the extremely low-budget film -- at a cost of $3,000 in a total of three days of shooting -- led to bigger things. 




 

Despite the lackluster success of his next independent feature, Strays, which was a Sundance entry in 1997, his performance in Multi-Facial was noticed by a certain important person in Hollywood. A well-known director and producer Steven Spielberg caught his performance in Mutli-Facial and created the role of Private 1st Class Adrian Caparzo in Saving Private Ryan for Vin Diesel. He also impressed the director of the animated film, The Iron Giant, and thanks to his guttural voice, he was cast as the voice of the title character in the 1999 film.











While it took a while for
Vin Diesel to convince filmmakers to take him seriously, 2000 was a year of star-making roles for the actor. Two of his films opened on the same weekend -- the sci-fi Pitch Black and drama Boiler Room -- two roles that couldn't be more different in the acting range. Vin Diesel added yoga and pilates to his regular workout for his Pitch Black role as Riddick, while he saw his scummy role as Chris the telemarketer in Boiler Room as a way of redeeming himself for the job he once held as a telemarketer, selling overpriced tools. 

 





The Fast and Furious is the working title to an upcoming film in the The Fast and the Furious film series, the fourth produced but sequel to the first and second and prequel to the third. The film is currently in production and is scheduled for release in mid-2009. The plot connects with the original film of the series from which Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster are reprising their roles.




It was in the summer of 2001 that Vin Diesel proved he could draw in audiences as a leading man in the testosterone pumped The Fast and the Furious. With 4 sequels, the film was tops at the box office and took in millions, and served to prove Vin Diesel's star appeal even further. After a low-key role in 2001's Knockaround Guys, fans gathered to see Vin Diesel in XXX, costarring fellow intimidator Samuel L. Jackson, and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, which was released in '04 and which Vin Diesel had a hand in writing.
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Brande Roderick: Poker Hottie And Business Women

Brande Roderick Poker

The Literary Group out of NYC and Prince Marketing Group has successfully negotiated a book deal for Star of Celebrity Apprentice and former Playboy Playmate of the Year Brande Roderick is proving brains and beauty not only as being as one of the Playboy's playmate, an actress, a model but also the poker hottie this summer! And now, Brande Roderick is outwardly having a poker tournament. Spend game day of $100 poker tournament entry fee at Binion's.

Prior to her poker career, she was once spotted at Celebrity Apprentice, she was one of the Athena team with duchess of poker Annie Duke. Back then, Annie Duke, Joan Rivers, Jesse G. James and Brande Roderick were immediately called back into the boardroom the Celebrity Apprentice Season 1 winner piers Morgan interviewed them. Donald Trump fired Brande Roderick, leaving Annie Duke, Joan Rivers and Jesse G. James.

Here are some snippets of Brande Roderick's interview in Celebrity Apprentice:

So let's start with the basics: How'd you get involved in The Celebrity Apprentice?

Brande Roderick: I got involved with The Celebrity Apprentice because they had called my agent and apparently Donald Trump was a fan of mine, which was exciting, and he wanted me to be on the show so I went and met with the producers of the show. I told them all about my business skills and the businesses that I run and I got the job!

You and Annie didn't really get along in the beginning. Does that change?

Brande Roderick: You know, it's kind of funny because through everything that has happened on the show, and you guys will see a lot of ups and downs but we are like the closest out of everybody on the show.

Really?

Brande Roderick: Yeah, it's kind of funny because we were the ones that looked like we went at it the most. But, actually we ended up being very good friends.

If you've ever seen her poker tournaments, they're incredible. I'm a big fan.

Brande Roderick: I've played with her. She's amazing. Annie Duke has the whole package.

Do you think the rest of the players underestimated you initially?

Brande Roderick: Oh yeah. I think that whenever I go into a situation I think I always get underestimated. Which is always to my advantage. I use that in poker as well.

Poker hottie Brande Roderick has appeared on TV series and movies such as Jesse, Two Guys and a Girl, and Beverly Hills 90210, Starsky & Hutch, Dracula II, The Nanny Diaries, The Love Boat: The Next Wave, Life of a Gigolo as well as in numerous commercials including Dr. Pepper and Snickers.

Her fame came with the appearance in Baywatch Hawaii, she went to the cast for the role and was chosen from many other girls; soon she was chosen the Playboy Playmate of the Month in April 2000 and next year, in 2001, the Playboy Playmate of the Year. After her success on Baywatch, Brande took a bite out of reality in 2003 as one of the stars on The Surreal Life for the WB network.

What's up to her is that she recently became engaged to marry Glenn Cadrez, a former NFL linebacker who played for the New York Jets, Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs. In 2005 she was ranked on the 96th place in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.

Brande Roderick is a true work horse who not only aims to keep growing both her acting career and her businesses, but also help those in need along the way. There is no stop in sight for her as she represents The Business Woman, and a scorching hot poker playmate.


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