Megan Abrigo: Sexy Poker Hostess

Megan Abrigo was born and reared on the island of Oahu where she originated her career as a model. Hawaii’s lifestyle and customs has had a profound impact on this island girl. It illustrates in her simple headed personality and it is very fitting that she frays a swimming suit to labor since she has been surfing and swimming her complete life.

Megan later shifted to Los Angeles where she graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a grade in Studio Art and Computer Science. Hollywood didn’t have to wait lengthy for this natural exotic beauty to parlay her successful modeling career into film and television. She can be perceived on NBC’s top-ranked game illustrate “Deal or No Deal” as briefcase girl figure six on every episode since the pilot of the illustrate, and produces regular arrivals as the web cam girl on Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0”.

Megan has hosted an extreme sports illustrate paged “Dialed In,” obtaining to interview the riders and also illustrate her possess athleticism via attempting the sport. She has been perceived in People’s 100 majority lovely citizens in May 2006 with the relax of the “Deal or No Deal” models and does other various print campaigns. She has the starring role in Chris Brown’s “Forever” music movie and has freshly done commercials for Spike television, LA Inc., L’Oreal, Cover Girl, Planters Peanuts and Coors Light.

When Megan is not planting her passion of traveling the world, she enjoys photography, reading, spending time with her dog, and surfing. Gambling has admittedly never been something she was hopeful with so it must be fun to melody in this descent to perceive Megan as a Hostess for “Face The Ace,” NBC’s latest primetime poker show.

Celebrity Poker: Ethan Hawke

The poker industry tries to include celebrities in some of their events to attract serious attention all over the world. Celebrities constitute a large following in the international poker scene. It is indeed a rising segment in poker. Among the most popular celebrity poker player today is Ethan Hawke!

According to the nymag.com, the celebrity poker player Ethan Hawke headed back to his apartment, where his friend Josh Charles, a buddy from all the way back to Dead Poets Society, was crashing in Hawke’s office–slash–guest room for the duration of his run in Neil LaBute’s The Distance From Here. They listened to the new Wilco album and played some poker.

About Ethan Hawke: Actor, director, screenwriter, novelist. Born November 6, 1970, in Austin, Texas. Ethan Green Hawke (a.k.a Ethan Hawke) made his feature film debut in Joe Dante's Explorers (1985). Hawke studied acting at the British Theatre Association in England and at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He has twice enrolled in New York University's English program and is one of the founding fathers and artistic director of Malaparte, a former New York City theatre company. Malaparte productions included A Joke!; Wild Dogs; Good Evening; Sons and Fathers; It Changes Every Year; Veins and Thumbtacks; Hesh; and The Great Unwashed.

Ethan Hawke's role as the scruffy, philosophical slacker who pines for Winona Ryder in Reality Bites in 1994, directed by Ben Stiller and also featuring Janeane Garofalo and Zahn, made Hawke a heartthrob for the so-called Generation X. He expanded his moody romantic lead portfolio in Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise in 1995, costarring Julie Delpy. Meanwhile, Hawke remained active with Malaparte, making his theatrical directorial debut with the company's production of Wild Dogs! in 1994. He also appeared onstage in Chicago, playing opposite Sinise in the Steppenwolf production of the Sam Shepard play Buried Child.

In 1988, Hawke was cast in a role in director Peter Weir's Dead Poets Society; the film's success was considered Hawke's breakthrough. He left school and appeared in A Midnight Clear, Alive, Reality Bites, Before Sunrise, Gattaca, The Newton Boys, Great Expectations and many other movies.

In 1996, during a two-year hiatus from fillmaking, Ethan Hawke published his first novel, The Hottest State, which made him the object of some ridicule by the media despite garnering some positive reviews. In 2001, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Training Day. Ethan Hawke withstood the criticism and would go on to publish a second novel, Ash Wednesday, in 2002.

In 2005, he received his first screenwriting Oscar nomination for co-writing the 2004 film, Before Sunset which is a sequel to Before Sunrise. On March 26, 2006 Ethan Hawke's personal business office in New York City was destroyed by a fast-moving fire. He was in the middle of directing and starring in a movie version of his first novel, The Hottest State. The fire broke out in a newly renovated office on the second floor of the office building and the blaze quickly spread to the fifth floor. It destroyed Hawke's fourth-floor office and his post-production studio. Master tapes and negatives from Hawke's film were being stored off-site and were reportedly not destroyed by the fire.

Ethan Hawke's latest movie is the “Daybreakers”, a vampire flick but, vampires are all the rage these days, but who’s got the best bite? Since Robert Pattinson's Edward Cullen slays his Bella (Kristen Stewart) only metaphorically, with love, and Ethan’s character is more of bite’em and leave’em type, Daybreakers producers Sean Furst and Bryan Furs.

Ethan Hawke played as Edward Dalton – a vampire hematologist with human-friendly goals and a weary-undertaker wardrobe. Written and directed by the Spierig Brothers; director of photography, Ben Nott; edited by Matt Villa; music by Christopher Gordon; production designer, George Liddle; visual effects by Postmodern Sydney, Kanuka Studio and the Spierig Brothers; produced by Sean Furst, Bryan Furst and Chris Brown; released by Lionsgate.

Celebrity Poker: Emile Hirsch

When you're young, good-looking and already have a plethora of blockbusters under your belt, we imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to find a girl to legitimately grind on Emile Hirsch now.

Emile Hirsch play poker together with other celebrity poker players put up a funds for charity. Hosting the The Wilhelm and Karl Maybach Foundation and the Sunflower Children Foundation yoked together at Cannes Film Festival. The winner of the event will win a seat in the 2009 World Series Of Poker, flights to Las Vegas, and hotel accommodation. They will also receive private coaching from Jamie Gold before and during the event and $10,000 Main Event Buyin!.

About Emile Hirsch: Emile Hirsch is one prodigy who actually has his head screwed on straight. The son of an industrial consultant and a pop-up book artist, Emile Hirsh began acting at the age of 8 and by the time he was 14 he had appeared in more than a dozen television shows, including 3rd Rock from the Sun, NYPD Blue and ER.

Emile Hirsch began acting in the late 1990s, appearing in many minor roles on television shows or made-for-television films, including Kindred: the Embraced, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. He made his film debut with the 2002 drama, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, where he starred opposite Kieran Culkin in the story of two Catholic school boys. His next role was in the prep school drama, The Emperor's Club, which was released later in 2002. Both films received generally positive reviews, but performed only moderately at the box office.




In 2005, Hirsch starred in Lords of Dogtown; the film, about a number of well-known skaters of the 1970s, was released on June 3, 2005, but it ultimately performed poorly at the box office. Hirsch's next role will be in Alpha Dog with Justin Timberlake , a dark drama about drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood; the film is scheduled to be released on January 12, 2007. Hirsch has also been cast as adventurer Christopher McCandless in the Sean Penn-directed drama Into the Wild.





And just a month ago, Emile Hirsch with celebrity poker player Jessica Biel and Isabel Lucas trudged through a blizzard Monday on the fifth day of their hike with other entertainers and activists up 19,340-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro. The celeb-powered Summit on the Summit climb—which also included Lupe Fiasco, Robert Kennedy's granddaughter, Kick, and Jacques Cousteau's granddaughter, Alexandra—reached its goal today at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa.




The six-day trek up the 19,341-foot peak was organized by Grammy-nominated musician Kenna to raise money on behalf of water-conservation issues. "The last 48 hours have been the most intense and physically grueling experience of my life, miraculously we all made it to the top together," Emile Hirsch, best known for his outdoorsy role in Into the Wild, texted upon summiting.





The climbers battled a variety of obstacles, including altitude sickness, nausea, stomach ailments, knee problems and yesterday's intense snowstorm at 16,000 feet, which fellow climber and United Nations Foundation exec Elizabeth Gore called "pretty gnarly."



Overture Films is developing a modern-day adaptation of "Hamlet" to star Emile Hirsch. "Twilight" helmer Catherine Hardwicke is on board to direct, with Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen producing. Jinks and Cohen credited Emile Hirsch with coming up with the idea for the modernized version.

The producers noted that there hasn't been a movie version with an appropriately aged actor playing the role. Overture said it hopes to have a finished script in the coming months, with principal photography commencing soon thereafter.

Michelle Orpe: The Face of Online Poker

Sponsored by an operators of online poker rooms and online casino, have went into into an affirmation with poker player/model Michelle Orpe. Under the periods come to, Purple Lounge will sponsor Orpe's appearances and applications into top-dollar poker tournaments round the world; in come back, Orpe will become the face of Purple Lounge.

Orpe is a certified competitor and player and has taken part in the European Poker Tour as well as worked as a commentator on Poker Night Live. The British native had attempted a type of unusual trades, embracing playing in a explode band called "Frenzz", when Poker News proposed her a standard slot, and coached her for 2 1/2 years with seven divergent poker skilled population as tutors.

Purple Lounge is aware to the item that a growing part of their constituents is female someone, and run extraordinary women-only tournaments and engagements of the sexes, pitting men against women.

Orpe's website offers private tutoring in poker, as well as her services as a dealer for hire, for either public or private events. On her blog she dreams wistfully that someone might understand her talent and send her playing round object the world, so Purple Lounge is a image come true for Orpe.

Purple Lounge, across a partnership with Quintessentially, bids lifestyle facilities and else features beyond online gaming, so as towards be a finalize package for players.

Michelle is a acknowledged face on the poker outlook and has been included in the development for 5 years now. She ascertained poker while submitting the cult video present Poker Night Live and encountered she had a natural flare for the game. If you have monitored poker on the video it is most in all likelihood Michelle was included somehow. She loves playing the game inhabit and confirmed she could retain her own at the desks when she won her first ever sponsored poker tournament, a qualifier into the European Poker Tour in London at the Victoria Casino. She won her stool out of a paddock of over 200 players. Since then she has noted a years sponsorship deal to Purple Lounge, with who she employed to work for as an Affiliate Manager, giving her an insight into the world of poker behind the scenes as well.

She is an adaptable player who is not intimidated by the large male dominance at the tables, if anything she knows how to use this to her advantage.

Since her sponsorship she has played in various tournaments across the globe including, of course, Las Vegas and has had much success. She also writes regularly for poker magazines, compères at poker events and deals at tournaments around Europe.

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Celebrity Bet: Kristen Stewart On 2010 Baftas Award

As one of the preeminent young stars in Hollywood, Kristen Stewart embodies a casual grace that is reflected in the characters she portrays. She hasn't won any Oscars yet, but she was nominated for the Young Artist Award 3 times in a row. She has also appeared in some big-screen blockbusters alongside a few Hollywood giants.

A sports betting site, SkyBet have installed Twilight star Kristen Stewart has a favorable betting odds of 4.7 to win as the Orange Rising Star Award which was voted for by the public, nominations announced earlier this month. Sky Bet’s entertainment betting spokeswoman Helen Jacob said: “Golden Globe nominee Carey Mulligan would arguably be the critics’ choice but given that this award is voted by the public, Twilight star Kristen Stewart can rely on the support of hoards of ‘Twi-hards’, which makes her a worthy frontrunner.”

To entice you more with Baftas 2010 Awards, here are the nominations for the Orange British Academy Awards:

Best Film

Avatar

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Precious

Up In The Air

Leading Actor

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart

George Clooney for Up In The Air

Colin Firth for A Single Man

Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker

Andy Serkis for Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Leading Actress

Carey Mulligan for An Education

Saoirse Ronan for The Lovely Bones

Gabourey Sidibe for Precious

Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia

Audrey Tautou for Coco Before Chanel

Supproting Actor

Alec Baldwin (It's Complicated)

Christian McKay (Me And Orson Welles)

Alfred Molina (An Education)

Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)

Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Supporting Actress

Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy)

Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air)

Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air)

Mo'Nique (Precious)

Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy)

Outstanding British Film

An Education

Fish Tank

In The Loop

Moon

Nowhere Boy

Outstanding Debut By A British Director Or Producer

Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson (directors, producers - Mugabe And The White African)

Eran Creevy (writer/director - Shifty)

Stuart Hazeldine (writer/director - Exam)

Duncan Jones (director - Moon)

Sam Taylor-Wood (director - Nowhere Boy)

Director

James Cameron (Avatar)

Neill Blomkamp (District 9)

Lone Scherfig (An Education)

Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Original Screen Play

The Hangover (Jon Lucas, Scott Moore)

The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)

Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)

A Serious Man (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)

Up (Bob Peterson, Pete Docter)

The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public, nominations announced earlier this month)

Kristen Stewart

Tahar Rahim

Carey Mulligan

Nicholas Hoult

Jesse Eisenberg

About Kristen Stewart: Her first real taste of fame came in 2001, when she was cast opposite folks like Timothy Olyphant, Joshua Jackson and Glenn Close in the acclaimed drama The Safety of Objects. Her place as an up-and-coming performer worth watching was cemented the following year with her role in David Fincher’s electrifying thriller Panic Room, in which she spent many of her scenes working alongside no less than Jodie Foster.

Kristen Stewart spent the next several years popping up in one box office success after another, including Cold Creek Manor, Catch That Kid in 2004 and Zathura: A Space Adventure in 2005, but it wasn’t until 2007 that she was cast in the leading role of a major Hollywood motion picture -- The Messengers – underwhelming horror flick, Kristen Stewart’s fans were treated to a tantalizing glimpse of her future as an A-list star. By mid 2007, Stewart had completed work on Into the Wild, Yellow Handkerchief, and What Just Happened?

In 2008, Kristen Stewart worked on more movies than any previous year. She added Jumper, to her resume, as well as the movie that made all the ladies love to hate her, the vampire flick Twilight. Playing Bella Swan, the mortal who wins over vampire Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson, Stewart got to get hot and heavy onscreen with the guy of the moment who all the young girls and women alike are swooning for. When rumors broke that maybe the two were hooking up off-screen too, young girls everywhere furiously posted hate mail to Stewart on websites dedicated to hating the Twilight star. Nothing says success quite like that.

Kristen Stewart can currently be seen in New Moon, the sequel to Twilight. While we might not make it to the theater for the Twilight sequel, we'll definitely be checking Stewart out in her upcoming roles in Welcome to the Rileys, opposite James Gandolfini, and The Runaways, opposite Dakota Fanning.

Andrea Parker: Celebrity Poker Guest Player

Andrea Nicole Parker (born March 8, 1970 in Monterey County, California) is an American actress and former ballet dancer.
Andrea Parker: Career

Parker began ballet training at age 6 and at age 15 she joined a professional dance company. She quit her career in ballet after three years of touring and trained to become an actress while working as a bartender. Her first documented film role was at age 19 in the movie Rented Lips in which she played a dancer/nurse.

Andrea Parker appeared in Married with Children as a Go-Go Dancer in 2 episodes - Prom Queen: The Sequel (1989) and Prom Queen: Part 1 (1989). Andrea got her break in television playing a nurse on the award-winning Seinfeld episode "The Contest" in 1992. After that first speaking role, she had several other guest-starring roles in television series and movies, most notably a recurring role in ER as Linda Farrell, the love interest of Dr. Doug Ross, and as Caitlin Pike in JAG. She was a body double for Julia Roberts in the movie Pretty Woman; hers are the legs seen in the opening scene of the main character zipping up her boots. She also did several pilots before she gained a cult-following for her role as Miss Parker on the NBC television series The Pretender.

Parker says she felt compelled to play the role of the complex, cynical, powerful and intimidating yet somewhat tortured Ice Queen because her name was "all over the script." Miss Parker is a character many viewers love and others love to hate. Parker also played the minor role of Catherine Parker, Miss Parker's mother in The Pretender, a role that is in stark contrast to the character Miss Parker.

After The Pretender was canceled by NBC in 2000, Parker did another guest spot on JAG before signing on to reprise her role as Miss Parker in the telemovies for The Pretender, which aired on TNT in 2001. She then returned to series television in 2002 and starred in the ABC network comedy Less Than Perfect, playing Lydia Weston until it was cancelled in 2006. She has made several guest appearances on television talk shows and celebrity events such as the various celebrity poker tournaments.

Parker is noted for her support of various charities such as the National Hospice Palliative Care Organization, Glenn Siegel's My Good Friend charity organization, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research and Project Angel Food. Parker is also trained as a stunt-driver and can handle firearms.

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