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Monday, April 30, 2007

Nude Paris Hilton Autopsy to Warn Teens


A naked and outstretched Paris Hilton autopsy sculpture will now warn teens about the dangers of underage drinking.
A public service announcement featuring a tiara-wearing and provocatively posed yet dead Paris Hilton has been created by Capla Kesting Fine Art to caution teenagers about the hazards of underage drinking.
The display, which also features a very creepy looking Tinkerbell, Hilton's forlorn pet Chihuahua wearing a matching tiara and climbing over Hilton’s breast, will be unveiled in the trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, neighborhood, which is a favourite hangout place for prom-oers.
"Campaign to Rescue Women of Youth" featuring "The Paris Hilton Autopsy" features Hilton’s internals, which include her small intestines, and other elements.
These body parts are removable in order to assist teens with an empathetic view of drunk driving tragedy from the coroner’s perspective.
The sculpture was created to counter “the disturbingly glamourized trend of Hollywood’s ‘girls gone wild,’” according to gallery director David Kesting.
Paris Hilton, arrested for a DUI last year, previously released a slightly effective PSA pertaining to drunk driving. This newest PSA consists of a website by Capla Kesting, which offers high school educators an opening for discussing drunk driving's consequences.
The PSA also looks into the teen pregnancy problem related with alcohol impaired decision.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Bridget Jones tops favourite bed scene poll


A bedroom scene from 2001 hit 'Bridget Jones Diary' has topped a poll of the UK’s ten favourite bed scenes.
The moment where the hapless singleton, played by Renee Zellwegger, answers the phone, saying "Bridget Jones, wanton sex goddess, with very bad man between her thighs... Dad . . . Hi . . . ” has been voted the best bed scene, beating other memorable favourites from films such as 'Basic Instinct' and 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory'.
Second place went to Basic Instinct’s ice-pick murder scene, while the portrayal of a possessed teenager lying on a bed in the 1970s horror film The Exorcist came in third.
Fourth in the poll, commissioned by bed manufacturer Silentnight on over 3,000 people, was all four grandparents in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lying top-to-toe in bed, followed by the Pink Ladies sleep over and the rendition of Sandra Dee in 1960s hit flick Grease.
“The survey results were surprising as none of the bed scenes actually involved sleeping. That goes to show that people are starting to associate their beds with a lot of other activities,” The Sun quoted a Silentnight spokesman, as saying.

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Saturday, April 28, 2007

Love Scene Costs Jessica Alba Her Tooth



If there’s one thing that Jessica Alba is regretting these days, it would be the rough love scenes in her upcoming flick, for they resulted in her not only chipping a tooth, but also losing a pearly white.
The ‘Sin City’ star showed off the gaps at an event for BeMoreYou.com, an organization which helps empower and improve the self esteem of teenage girls, and revealed that she had lost her tooth while filming love scenes with her ‘Good Luck Chuck’ co-star Dane Cook.
“We did all of our love scenes in one day and I chipped a tooth and I lost a tooth, isn't that disgusting? We're smashing our faces together, it's not the slowest, most romantic love scene,” TMZ.com quoted her, as saying. But Alba's publicist Brad Cafarelli is playing down the incident, stating, "She chipped a tooth and it was easily fixed."

Friday, April 27, 2007

Pakistan gets its first 'Miss Bikini'


Mariyah Moten, a 22-year-old US-based Pakistani, is being billed as "Pakistan's first Miss Bikini" after she topped the 'Best in Media' category at the Miss Bikini Universe pageant in China last week. Having won the title at Beihai resort in southern China, wowing crowds there and alarming conservatives in Pakistan, Moten is currently in Mumbai for a "special interview" assignment with a major Indian newspaper chain.
The News International newspaper reported with the comment: "A few Pakistani women in the past have ventured to compete in beauty pageants but none has gone this far in terms of unsheltered territory." The Houston girl has "created a frenzy by participating in an international bikini contest and even landed a prize - even if not exactly for skin", the newspaper said. Mariyah represented Pakistan at the pageant.
She received a trophy, plus cash in the 'Best in Media' section for being "the most photographed and interviewed girl in the entire pageant". Since the pageant, Mariyah has created a splash on television channels like Zee News as well as Khaleej Times, China Daily, Hangzhou Newspaper and various other newspapers in China and elsewhere.
Born and brought up in Karachi, Mariyah moved to the US with her family eight years ago, the newspaper said. "It's the first time that Pakistan is participating in the bikini pageant, as we're an Islamic country," Moten was quoted as excitedly telling China Daily. "Now, there's less reproach in Pakistan on women's participation in such beauty contests," she said. "All my family supports me and I'm excited to have the chance to participate in the event."
She is studying hotel management at the University of Houston, Texas, where she did her high schooling. Mariyah was among 47 other participants who paraded at the Great Hall of The People. The candidates, all aged between 18 and 25, paraded before the cameras representing their countries. India did not participate.
Mariyah was crowned Queen Pearl and received $5,000 in prize money. The second and third place earned the title Miss Pearl and received $3,000 and $2,000 respectively, according to the pageant's organising committee. This is the second award Mariyah has received in her pageant career after she was titled Miss Charity at the Miss Tourism Queen International pageant in July 2006.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Britney’s Breasts under shrinking transformation

It seems that Britney Spears’ post rehab vigorous exercise regime has had a little extra effect on her breasts.

It was clear that Spears’ formally buxom cleavage had reduced, after she was spotted in a lavender sundress with a plunging neckline.

A source told the American magazine Star that with Britney already eyeing the revival of her flagging career, the first thing she wants to get back in shape is her figure.

"Britney wants to look better than she ever has in her life. She has a plan and has already started working on it.She is a size 6 (UK size 10) and wants to be a size 2 (UK size 6) when she is done in three months," the Daily Mail quoted the source, as telling Star.

However, her smaller frame has already fuelled rumours that her weight loss could be due to cosmetic surgery.

The singer was spotted a week ago emerging from a cosmetic surgery clinic showing signs of losing some of the weight she has put on due to her back to back pregnancies.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Abi Titmuss


Abigail Evelyn Titmuss, best known as Abi Titmuss, (born 8 February 1976 in Ruskington near Sleaford, Lincolnshire), is an English television personality, glamour model and occasional actress.Titmuss was born on 8 February 1976 and graduated from City University in St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1998 and became a staff nurse at London's University College Hospital.

Titmuss met TV presenter
John Leslie at a party in 1998. The pair quickly formed a relationship, and Titmuss lived between her student nurse accommodation at the hospital and Leslie's home in Barnes, south-west London.

In
2002 presenter Ulrika Jonsson released her autobiography, suggesting she had been raped earlier in her career by a now well-known TV presenter. Weeks later the News of the World ran front page pictures of John Leslie snorting cocaine in a cafe. The following week, pictures appeared in the paper of Leslie, Titmuss and other women taking part in sex-sessions at Leslie's home, including Lanre Onabowale, posing as basketball player Jayson Blayde, and his girlfriend.







Sunday, April 22, 2007

Longoria too sexy to be a politician

EVA LONGORIA

Despite being actively involved in politics, ‘Desperate Housewives’ star Eva Longoria insists that she will never be able to make the shift from actress to politician, for she’s sure that people will always think of her as her character on the hit show.

Speaking to a group of Latin political leaders at a lunch in Washington on Wednesday (15 Nov) Longoria, who plays the seductive Gabrielle Solis on the show, joked that though she wanted to run for President of the United States, her past on the show, which included an affair with a teenage gardener, faking a paternity test, and having a husband who was imprisoned, would be just too chequered for the American people.

However, one place where Longoria was confident she would win, was California, which also voted to make ‘Terminator’ Arnold Schwarzenegger the Governor.

"I'm here today to announce my candidacy for president. Oh, wrong speech! In the last two years, I've had an affair with the gardener and a teenager, I've faked a paternity test, my husband went to prison, and I threw him out of a window. I would probably win in California," Femalefirst quoted her, as saying.

The feisty Latina also joked that their wild sex lives on the show had left the cast of the hit series extremely confused about their political leanings.

"I think everybody on Wisteria Lane has the money of a Republican, but the sex life of a Democrat so it's a really political show," she added.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן), born Natalie Hershlag (Hebrew: נטלי הרשלג) on June 9, 1981, is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress.
As a young child, Portman spent her school holidays
attending theater camps where she developed her love of acting. After some experience in an off-broadway musical, she was cast in Leon (aka The Professional) at age 12. During the mid-1990s, Portman had roles in the films Heat, Everyone Says I Love You and Mars Attacks!, as well as a major role in Beautiful Girls.
In the late 1990s
, she was cast as Padme Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. She placed a priority on her education, and pursued tertiary studies at Harvard University as a psychology major, despite the chance it might conflict with her acting career. Her recent roles include Garden State, Closer, and V for vendetta. For Closer, she received a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA.

Friday, April 20, 2007

The Big Fat Ash-Abhishek wedding

The Big Fat Ash-Abhishek wedding

With Abhi-Ash's not-so-ordinary wedding just around the corner, the buzz outside Prateeksha, the famous Bachchan residence, has reached a fever pitch. From excited fans to the media, everybody is snooping outside the main gate to get a glimpse of what's happening inside.
Abhishek Bachchan, the scion of Bollywood's first family, and Aishwarya Rai, one of the most beautiful women in the world, who got engaged in January following the premiere of their film "Guru", are set to tie the knot in the presence of close family members and friends at the Bachchan bungalow in the posh locality of Juhu, Mumbai.
No stone is being left unturned by the Bachchans for the upcoming nuptials. From the 16-page gold-embossed wedding card to the Z-grade security ring with 300 guards and rumoured swipe cards for entry, the minutiae of the celebrity event have plunged all into a tizzy.
Though the April 20 wedding date has neither been confirmed nor denied by the two families concerned, ongoing hectic preparations are proof that the mega wedding is going to take place as scheduled.
The two Bachchan bungalows - Prateeksha and Jalsa - now resemble well-guarded fortresses and workers can be seen constructing the mandap (dais) within the bungalow premises. The ceremonies are set to start from April 18 with mehndi (henna), followed by sangeet (music) the next day.
According to reliable sources, a special kind of mehndi has been ordered for the ceremony, like the one brought by Liz Hurley for her marriage with Arun Nayar last month. Aishwarya will wear a traditional hand-embroidered sari with intricate gold work on her wedding day, said the actor's favorite designer in an interview published on Tuesday.
Neeta Lulla said, she designed the sari and a red and gold embroidered flowing skirt and cropped blouse for the actor to wear at a "mehendi'' ceremony on Wednesday. In Indian weddings, mehendi, or henna, is applied in elaborate tattoos on the bride's hands and legs.
Lulla told Mumbai-based newspaper that while she had designed some of Rai's outfits, the actor would also wear a sari created by famous Indian designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.

A red and blue air-conditioned tent with huge mirrors is being readied in a garden adjoining the Bachchan's suburban family home for what is billed as India's "wedding of the year.''
The sangeet preparations are apparently entrusted to Abhishek's sister Shweta Nanda. Shweta's friends are queuing up to her, as they want to perform to the song "Kajra-re" from "Bunty Aur Babli" for the ceremony.. Ace choreographer Sandeep Soparker has been roped in to teach dance steps to Abhishek's friends for the occasion Both Rai and Bachchan have been practicing a dance routine they plan to perform before a selected group of relatives and friends during a musical ceremony on Thursday, the daily said.
Security has been beefed up to 'Z' grade and over 300 guards are deployed to tackle any eventuality, like gatecrashers or crazy fans breaking in.
Rumour has it that the guests will have to use swipe cards for entry. Some last-minute invitees are being included in the guest list, this time from the bride's side. The wedding card along with boxes of cookies-chocolates is now being dashed off to the bride's filmmaker-friends along with a personal request from the bride to be, her mother or her secretary.
The wedding is going to be a close-knit affair as Amitabh's mother Teji Bachchan is ailing. Invitees have been sworn to secrecy about the wedding details and also about the contents and look of the wedding card, the dress code etc.
"The fact is every guest is under an unwritten oath of secrecy. We aren't even allowed to talk about the wedding among ourselves. I'm not even discussing it with my wife. We're being offered money by sections of the media to divulge details.
One newspaper, which wanted to be shown the wedding card, even offered me the equivalent of what I make for five days of shooting. I naturally refused," said an invitee.
Among those invited are director Yash Chopra, filmmaker Karan Johar, industrialist Anil Ambani and influential politician friends of the Bachchan family.

"I have not been invited to the wedding. Regardless, I wish the couple best," Shah Rukh Khan told Mumbai tabloid . "The Bachchans have asked us to keep this wedding a private issue and therefore we are maintaining silence," said actor Suniel Shetty, who has been invited to the exclusive function.
Media reports said that jewellery for the Ash had been specially brought from eastern Kolkata city, while henna used to decorate the bride's hands came from Rajasthan state.
The bride will also receive famed silk saris from the city of Varanasi, in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
The wedding card is embossed in gold and personally signed by the groom's father Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya's parents. Gregarious pals of the Bachchans, like Karan Johar, have retreated into a shell, pretending to be immersed in work or shooting to avoid talking about the wedding.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Gillian Anderson (Celebrity of the day)

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, best known for her roles as FBI Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files and Lady Dedlock in the BBC TV series Bleak House.

Early life
Anderson was born in Chicago to Edward and Rosemary Anderson. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Puerto Rico for fifteen months and then to Crouch End in London so her father could attend the London Film School. When she was eleven, her family moved again, this time to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she attended Fountain Elementary and then City Middle/High School, a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the humanities; she graduated in 1986. With her English accent and background, she felt out of place in the American Midwest, and developed a reputation as a strong-willed and rebellious teenager. Anderson, mocked because of her British accent, soon developed a Midwest dialect. In addition, she had her nose pierced in the early 1980s, and dyed her hair various colors.

She found an outlet for her talents when she began acting in high school and community theater productions. She had wanted to be a marine biologist, but at 17 after a couple of auditions for the Grand Rapids Community Theater, she gained a few roles and never looked back. She attended Goodman Theater School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990, and a few summer schools with the National Theatre of Great Britain at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Career
Anderson moved to New York when she was twenty-two, and started her career in Alan Ayckbourn's play Absent Friends at the Manhattan Theatre Club where she played alongside Brenda Blethyn. For this role she won a 1990-91 Theatre World "Newcomer" Award. Her next theatrical role was in Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT. To support herself when she started out, she worked as a waitress.

She moved to Los Angeles in 1992, spending a year auditioning. Although she had once vowed she would never do TV, being out of work for a year changed her mind. Anderson did Home Fires Burning for a cable station as well as the audio book version of Exit to Eden. She broke into mainstream television in 1993, with a guest appearance on the collegiate drama Class of '96 on the fledgling Fox Network.

As a result of her guest appearance in Class of 96, Anderson was sent the script for The X Files at the age of 24. She decided to audition because "for the first time in a long time the script involved a strong, independent intelligent woman as a lead character." Producer Chris Carter wanted to employ her, but FOX wanted someone with previous TV exposure who was more "bimbo-like". Fox sent in more actresses, but Carter stood by Anderson, and she was cast as Special Agent Dana Scully. She got the part assuming it would run for thirteen episodes, the standard run for American TV networks. Filmed in Vancouver, the series eventually ran for nine seasons, and included one film. During her time on The X Files, Anderson won several awards for her portrayal of Agent Scully, including an Emmy Award, Golden Globe, and two SAG awards for Best Actress in a Drama Series. While filming she met assistant art director Clyde Klotz, whom she married. She had roles in a handful of films during the run of The X-Files and starred in The House of Mirth, an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel of the same name.

Since The X-Files ended, she has performed in several stage productions and worked on various film projects. She has also done narrative work for documentaries on scientific topics. In 2005, she appeared as Lady Dedlock in a BBC television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House, had a starring role in the Irish film The Mighty Celt (for which she won an IFTA award for Best International Actress) and performed in A Cock and Bull Story, a film version of the novel Tristram Shandy.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

The sexiest bodies in the world



Participants of yet another poll -- there seem to be a great many these days -- have spoken. Glamour magazine chose to rank the world's hottest bodies. And, of all the women of Hollywood, these are the goddesses people chose. Leading the pack is the talented Scarlett Johansson, and for very good reason.

Jessica Alba, long a favourite pin-up on walls around the world, comes in at second position.

The lovely, leggy, lively Gisele Bundchen is third on the list.

Years of living under constant scrutiny have done nothing to diminish Jennifer Aniston's loveliness.
Will we ever get enough of the stunning Angelina Jolie? Nope.
Expect a lot more of the young Mischa Barton in future.

Rachel Bilson has the kind of look that few men would manage to resist.

Beyonce -- the eighth most bootylicious bod!
Rumours of Jennifer Lopez getting parts of her body insured still make perfect sense.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Brooke Hogan

Brooke Hogan

Brooke Ellen Bollea (born May 5 1988) better known by her stage name, Brooke Hogan, is a singer and reality television star. Brooke Hogan was born in Tampa, Florida), and is the oldest child of Terrence Gene "Terry" Bollea (professional wrestler Hulk Hogan) and his wife Linda. Brooke gained fame from her appearance on the reality television series Hogan Knows Best, which spotlights her family, and which premiered on July 10,2005 on VH1. In addition to Brooke and her parents, the Bollea family includes her brother Nick. Hogan is currently pursuing a pop music career with her parents acting as her managers.

Both Hogan and her brother Nick were home-schooled. While in high school, she took dance classes, voice lessons, gymnastics, and cheerleading. She joined the squad of her St. Petersburg school, Admiral Farragut Academy, in her freshman year. Brooke graduated from high school at the age of sixteen.When Brooke Hogan was thirteen, her parents arranged for her to meet with record executive Lou Pearlman. Pearlman, who had worked with such artists as Britney Spears, the Backstreet boys and 'N Sync, was impressed by the thirteen-year-old singer, but thought she could use a few years to mature and improve. In early 2002, she returned to Lou Pearlman, and proceeded to sing for him again and perform a piano medley. Pearlman was impressed, and Hogan was immediately signed as a Trans Continental Records artist. At one time she was handled by the management services of Larry Rudolph, well-known for representing famous clients like Britney Spears and Nick Lachey. Her first song in the United States singles charts was "Everything to Me". Hogan was the first artist signed to Scott Storch's record label Storchaveli. Hogan's video premiered on the season two finale of Hogan Knows Best.

Hogan has also found success alongside her father. The two teamed up for an hour-long profile on VH1, (Inside) Out: Hulk Hogan, Stage Dad. The success of this special spawned an entire series: Hogan Knows Best debuted in July 2005 and was the highest-rated series premiere in VH1's network history. The series, which helped her become a household name, was according to Hulk Hogan intended in part to promote Brooke's music career

Her father is extremely strict on dating. He enjoys enforcing stringent restrictions on prospective suitors, as seen on Hogan Knows Best. According to an interview with Hulk Hogan in Maxim magazine, he threw Aaron Carter out of his house after less than an hour after finding Carter to be arrogant and disrespectful. On Hogan Knows Best, Hulk placed a GPS tracker on her vehicle that enables him to track her whereabouts and can even remotely shut down the engine of Brooke's car if he feels the need to do so. However, in a later interview, she reveals, among other things, that her father has loosened up a bit upon her 18th birthday.Hogan appeared in FMM November 2006 editon becoming the first ever FHM Cover Model under twenty-one. As a result, the November issue had no liquor advertising: "In the very rare instance that you might have a cover star under the age of 21, they don't want to be in the position of seeming to market to anyone under age".

Sunday, April 15, 2007

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Saturday, April 14, 2007

Holly Valance

Holly Rachel Vukadinović (born 11 May 1983), who is better known by her stage name of Holly Valance, is an Australian-born actress and ARIA nominated singer.

Valance was born in Melbourne, Australia to a Serbian father and a British mother. She is related to the late British comedian Benny Hill — Hill's cousin was her grandfather (cousins twice removed). Holly was educated at the Star of the Sea College, a Roman Catholic high school located in Melbourne.

Music career
Holly's first single as a recording artist was
Kiss Kiss, released in 2002. Kiss Kiss is her version of the original song Şımarık by Turkish superstar Tarkan.[citation needed] The video for Kiss Kiss was notable in that Valance appeared to be dancing naked. In fact, she was dancing whilst wearing flesh colored underwear; the footage was then digitally retouched adding strategically placed lighting effects. Her début album Footprints was released on October 14, 2002.

Kiss Kiss debuted at #1 in both the Australia ARIA charts and UK Singles Charts in (April-May 2002). Kiss Kiss scored Holly 4 ARIA nominations. Her next single, Down Boy peaked at #2 in the UK and at #3 in Australia, while her album Footprints debuted and peaked at #9 in the UK and at #15 in Australia. Her third single Naughty Girl peaked at #3 in Australia and at #16 in the UK. The first single State of Mind from her next album of the same name debuted and peaked at #8 in the UK and at #14 in Australia, but the album didn't get into the top 50 of either country.

Desire was, according to some rumors, to be the 2nd official single coming out of Holly's third album and she even made a few performances for the promotion but it would get cancelled due to poor album sales. Although "Somebody Out There," "Ricochets," "Desire" and "Everything I Hate" were all scheduled to be released as singles, with "Please Please Please Me" to be the lead-off single for a third album; following legal problems with her manager/boyfriend, and poor sales from the album "State of Mind," Valance was dropped from her recording company.

She signed a £3 million deal with the hair products company Schwarzkopf Live to front the new line aimed at an early teen to early 20s market. Valance was seen modeling Cosmic Blue, Sahara True Blonde, Hypnotic Red as well as XXL dresses and XXL hats (each colour has a strapline which referenced other popular culture artists). The adverts could be seen across the United Kingdom at bus stops, shopping malls, on buses and in magazines.During this time, Valance appeared on Har Mar Superstar's album "The Handler" singing on tracks "Body Request" and "Back the Camel up".There have been several rumors since Holly's latest musical release that she was preparing and working on a third album, most of which ended up being false.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Katherine Paltrow (born September 27, 1972) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. She lives in the United Kingdom with her husband Chris Martin, lead singer from the UK band Coldplay and the rest of her family.

Paltrow was born to the late film and television director Bruce Paltrow (who was Jewish) and Blythe Danner (who was raised a Quaker and of Pennsylvania Dutch descent). Raised in Santa Monica, she attended Crossroads School before moving and attending Spence School, a private girls' school in New York City. Later she briefly studied art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before dropping out and committing herself to acting. Paltrow has a younger brother, Jake Paltrow, and is a cousin of actress Katherine Moennig. She is an "adopted daughter" of Talavera de la Reina (Spain), where she lived as an exchange student and learned Spanish.

Paltrow is a descendant of a famous 17th-century Polish rabbi, David HaLevi Segal of Cracow, through the Russian rabbinical family Paltrowitch, which produced thirty-three rabbis over several generations. The actress has said she is very proud of being Jewish, and has attributed her father's warmth to his Jewish heritage:

"My father had that incredible Jewish warmth, really bolstering us [his children] all the time. And when you're nine years old and you're hearing that you are the best person, it gets in there, and you think, 'OK, I'm not going to be afraid to try things, because I'm always loved no matter what.' That kills me, when I think about it. It totally breaks my heart, how lucky I am." Paltrow attended Brown Ledge Summer Camp, an all-girl's camp in Vermont.

Paltrow made her professional stage debut in 1990. Her most recent stage appearance was in Proof at London's Donmar Warehouse. Her debut film was Shout (1991), and later the same year she had a small role in family friendly Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991). She later starred in Se7en (1995). Her performance in Emma (1996) received much praise, particularly in Europe and Asia.