Danielle Panabaker Biography

Danielle Panabaker is recognized by adults for her television roles on CBS, NBC, and HBO, by teens for her starring roles in Disney and Paramount big-screen comedies, and by tweens and younger (as well as their parents) for her appearances on The Disney Channel. An award-winning actress herself, Danielle has worked with more than a dozen Oscar and Emmy winners in just 5 years of professional work. A recent graduate of UCLA, Danielle is currently seen each week on the CBS drama "Shark" playing James Woods' daughter, who he refers to as "the white teen Oprah".

On the big screen, Danielle was seen most recently in "Mr. Brooks" where she played the daughter of Kevin Costner and Marg Helgenberger. Prior to that she was seen in Disney's feature film "Sky High," where she played Layla, the socially conscious best friend of main character Will Stronghold, and in "Yours, Mine & Ours" as the oldest daughter in a blended family with 18 kids. She will soon be seen in "Home of the Giants" which stars Haley Joel Osment and Ryan Merriman.

Prior to her leading role on "Shark", Danielle's most recent television performance was in the HBO miniseries "Empire Falls" opposite Paul Newman, Ed Harris and Helen Hunt. USA Today called her an "angelic adolescent" who gives "a terrific performance" in the film, which was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name, and won the Golden Globe for best mini-series in 2005. Panabaker herself is the recipient of the 2005 Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Leading Young Actress in a TV movie, miniseries or special for her role in ABC Family's "Searching for David's Heart". She is a repeat winner, as the prior year she took home the 2004 Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Guest Starring Young Actress in a Television Series, for her portrayal of a blind victim on "The Guardian".


Panabaker also starred in the telefilms "Mom at Sixteen" for Lifetime and the Disney Channel Original Films "Stuck in the Suburbs" and "Read It and Weep". Other television credits include "Law & Order:SVU," "CSI," "Malcolm in the Middle," and a recurring role on "Summerland" opposite her real-life sister, Kay.

Extraordinarily focused, Danielle completed her high school education early, graduating as valedictorian at age 14. She enrolled in college classes the same year, earning grades that secured her a spot on the National Dean's List. She graduated from the University of California - Los Angeles in June 2007 with a degree in English.

Dawn Olivieri Biography

Dawn Olivieri's first experiences with acting came during preschool games when she would frequently pick a dog as her preferred character of choice. While she would blossom into quite the babe later on, Dawn's popularity went to the dogs early on. Because she was a late bloomer with a short haircut, she earned the unflattering nickname "Dan" in middle school, which stayed with her all the way into high school. During this time, she joined the school band as a bassoon player, but remained friendless when it came to lunch hours in the school cafeteria.

Despite Dawn Olivieri's interesting choices in homemade fashion (she would choose the styles and her mother would sew them) and her lack of friends, Dawn still found ways to get into trouble. Her parents sealed her bedroom windows so she wouldn't climb out, but she found ways to continually get what she wanted, and even ran away from home. Dawn fondly recalled this phase as a time when she was "that daughter every parent is so terrified to have." By high school's end, Dawn Oliveri was a full-blown babe and was chosen by a modeling agency to journey to Milan. Just 17, she went there with no chaperon and enjoyed a series of work overseas, only to be stiffed by her modeling company, who backed out on paying her. Disenchanted, Dawn Olivieri returned home and started taking biology at the University of South Florida, but kept her eye on the entertainment world.

Dawn Olivieri is an actress/model who has appeared in a number of television shows and feature films. She most recently has been cast as "Lydia" in the fourth season of the NBC science fiction drama Heroes. She has also completed guest stars for TBS's My Boys, NBC's Knight Rider, TNT's Trust Me, and SyFy's Stargate: Atlantis, and recurred on CBS's How I Met Your Mother. Dawn is a lead in the SyFy movie HYDRA, and she is the voice of Pepper Potts in the new Avengers animated series.

Dawn recently appeared on HBO's Entourage on September 13, 2009, and as of October 1, 2009, she is hosting a contest on Scripped.

On Heroes, she may be covered in a large crop of magical tattoos, but Dawn Olivieri is a thing of beauty who is worthy of much male adoration. An early example of this adoration came in Dawn Olivieri's high school years when a fellow classmate walked for five straight hours in the Florida heat all the way to her house just to hang out with her. Is that too extreme? Well, truth be told, we probably would've pulled the same stunt.

Diana Hayden Biography

Diana Hayden was born in Hyderabad, India in a Anglo-Indian family. As a teenager, she was a tomboy, tall and gangly. She went to St.Anns High School, Secunderabad but dropped out in the 8th standard, due to circumstances.

She continued her studies through open schooling and correspondence and graduated from Osmania University in English.

Before modeling, she used to work for an Event management company called Encore. She then worked as a Public relations officer at BMG Crescendo where she managed careers for models Anaida and Mehnaz. After Anaida's recommendation, she filled in for the Miss India contest. After winning Miss India she proceeded to win the coveted Miss World title.

Career
Diana Hayden became popular after the 1997 Miss World pageant at 24. She became the third Indian woman to win the Miss World pageant. She entered Bollywood acting career in the Indian film industry.

Following her tenure as the global representative for the prestigious Miss World organization, Diana moved to the UK and studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She also studied at Drama Studio London, where she concentrated on the works of Shakespeare and earned a Best Actress nomination from the studio. In 2001, she made her screen debut in the film version of Shakespeare’s Othello in South Africa.

In 2006, Diana was signed by the Avalon Academy as the face of the Academy and currently serves as a celebrity guest lecturer for airline personnel training programs.

After failing to make a mark in Bollywood, Hayden moved to Los Angeles and devoted herself to social causes. In 2008, Diana Hayden became a wild card entry on the popular Indian show, Bigg Boss, which is based on the original Dutch show, Big Brother. She was voted out from Bigg Boss 2 house on the episode that aired on Nov 7th 2008.

How Did Brittany Murphy Really Die?

The body of actress Brittany Murphy has been released to a storied Hollywood memorial park where a private service is reportedly scheduled for Christmas Eve.

A coroner source told the Daily News that Murphy's body was released to Forest Lawn after Monday's autopsy - the same memorial park where Bette Davis, Lucille Ball and John Ritter are buried.

Tomorrow's daytime memorial service will be "strictly private," RadarOnline.com reported.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, Murphy's husband Simon Monjack said he and Murphy's mom Sharon are devastated by the "Clueless" star's untimely death from cardiac arrest Sunday morning.

"I haven't slept," he said Tuesday. "Sharon and I are getting each other through, taking turns crying."

The exact cause of Murphy's death is deferred pending toxicology and tissue tests that could take four to six weeks. Investigators have ruled out foul play but booked several prescriptions in Murphy's name into evidence.

Monjack, 39, adamantly denied reports that Murphy, 32, may have overdosed or suffered from an eating disorder.

"My wife did not take anything on the morning of her death that would have caused her to be sick or ill, let alone die. It's beyond even the sickest speculation," he told the News.

"The attacks on me, the attacks on my wife and suggestions that she was anorexic and drug addicted, it's like, look at the (recent) photographs," he said. "Look at that smile. That's not the smile of an anorexic or drug addict or someone in a bad marriage. That's someone who was content with her life."

Murphy weighed 115 pounds at her autopsy, Chief Coroner Investigator Craig Harvey told the News.

That's within medical recommendations for her height of 5-feet 5-inches.

"He has lost the love of his life," Monjack's mom Linda Monjack told The Jewish Chronicle.

A source told People.com that a larger memorial service is expected to follow the smaller private ceremony sometime in the new year.