Name	Picardy
Native name	Picardie
Map	Picardie in France.svg
Capital	Amiens
Area	19399
Population	1890000
Pop date	2007-01-01
Pop rank	12th
Website	cr-picardie.fr
Leader	Claude Gewerc
Leader party	PS
Departments	3
Dept1	Aisne
Dept2	Oise
Dept3	Somme
Nuts	FR2
Iso region	}}

Picardy (, ) is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.

History

The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department. The province of Artois (Arras area) separated Picardy from French Flanders.

Today, the modern region of Picardy no longer includes the coastline from Berck to Calais, via Boulogne (Boulonais), that is now in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, but does incorporate the ''pays'' of Beauvaisis, Valois, Noyonnais, Laonnois, Soissonnais, Omois, to name only the most prominent) in the south of the Aisne department and Oise department.

Geography

The region of Picardy has a strong and proud cultural identity. The Picard (inhabitant and traditionally Picard language speakers) cultural heritage includes some of the most extraordinary Gothic churches (Amiens and Beauvais cathedrals or Saint-Quentin basilica), distinctive local cuisine (including ''ficelle picarde'', ''flamiche aux poireaux'', ''tarte au maroilles''), beer (including from Péronne's brewery) and traditional games and sports, such as the ''longue paume'' (ancestor of tennis), as well as ''danses picardes'' and its own bagpipes, called the ''pipasso''.

Between the 1990 and 1999 censuses, the population of Oise increased 0.61% per year (almost twice as fast as France as a whole), while the Aisne department lost inhabitants, and the Somme barely grew with a 0.16% growth per year. Today, 41.3% of the population of Picardy live inside the Oise department.

Picardy stretches from the long sand beaches of the Somme estuary in the west to the vast forests and pastures of the Thiérache in the east and down to the chateaux of Chantilly or Pierrefonds near the Paris Area and vineyards of the border with Champagne (''Champagne picarde'') to the south.

Administration

The president of the regional council is Claude Gewerc, a Socialist in office since 2004. That year he defeated longtime UDF incumbent Gilles de Robien.

Since 2008, the mayor of the city of Amiens, the regional capital, has been Socialist Gilles Demailly. He defeated longtime mayor Gilles de Robien of the New Centre party.

Major communities

Abbeville

Amiens

Beauvais

Compiègne

Creil

Laon

Saint-Quentin

Soissons

External links

Official regional council website Picardy, brief guide to the region and attractions Pictures of Picardy photos from Southern Picardy

Category:Regions of France Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union

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name	Taio Cruz
background	solo_singer
born	April 23, 1983)
birth name	Jacob Taio Cruz
birth place	London, England, UK
genre	Electropop, R&B;, hip hop soul
occupation	Singer-songwriter, record producer, rapper, entrepreneur
years active	2002–present
label	Rokstarr Entertainment Division, Island, Republic, Mercury (US)
associated acts	Luciana Caporaso, Ludacris, David Guetta, Cheryl Cole, McFly
website	}}

Taio Cruz (born Jacob Taio Cruz on April 23, 1983) is a English singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album ''Departure'', which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination. In June 2010, Cruz released his follow-up album ''Rokstarr'', which includes the number one singles "Break Your Heart" and "Dynamite". In November 2010, Cruz collaborated with Kylie Minogue and Travie McCoy on his single "Higher". Additionally, Cruz penned and recorded the song "Telling the World" as the lead single from the soundtrack to the 2011 animated film ''Rio''.

Early life

Cruz was born in London, to a Nigerian father and a Brazilian mother. He attended Christ's Hospital, a boarding school in West Sussex.

Music career

Career beginnings

Cruz began writing songs when he was 12. His songwriting career began at age 19 as part of Tricky Stewart's writing collective, RedZone Entertainment. Cruz achieved notability in 2005 when he was awarded a BRIT Award for co-writing Will Young's 2004 single, "Your Game".

Cruz is the founder and chief executive of Rokstarr Music London, which in 2006 released his debut single "I Just Wanna Know". The single attracted significant attention from radio, and also from music industry insiders, who were already well aware of the artist's potential; manager Jamie Binns, who began representing Cruz at this time, later told HitQuarters: "He was a guy that everyone had earmarked to do damage in the future." Although the single received a reasonable amount of radio airplay, it did not perform as well as expected in either territory. However, rather than lose faith in Cruz, the labels were eager to negotiate an album deal, as by this time they had listened to his other songs and were ever more convinced by his capability.

Cruz's admirers included Island Records's Darcus Beese and Universal Republic's Monte Lipman, whom, according to Binns: "Both believed 'I Just Wanna Know' fitted the format on both sides of the Atlantic." In 2006, Cruz signed a split single deal with Universal Music Group companies, Republic Records and the UK branch of Island Records.

''Departure'' (2006–2008)

Taio Cruz released his second single "Moving On" in September 2007 which made the top 30 in the UK. In March 2008 his next single, "Come On Girl," featuring Luciana, peaked at No. 5 on the UK charts. The related album ''Departure'' appeared on 17 March and peaked at No. 17. This was followed by the single "I Can Be," which reached No. 18 in May. On 18 August, "She's Like a Star" was released, which was a remix of the previous single and featured American rapper Busta Rhymes and girl-group Sugababes. The remix later appeared on the Sugababes studio album ''Catfights & Spotlights'', which peaked at No. 20. It was later revealed that Cruz narrowly missed out on the chance to record the song "Umbrella" which was eventually recorded by Rihanna and ended up topping charts around the world.

''Rokstarr'' and International breakthrough'' (2009)

Cruz was featured on Tinchy Stryder's breakout single "Take Me Back" which peaked at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. According to Cruz's official Myspace blog, as of 1 January 2009, Rokstarr Music London officially changed its name to Rokstarr Entertainment Division and abbreviated to R.E.D Inc.

During 2009, he worked on his follow-up album which was originally titled ''T.W.O. (This Way Out)'' but later changed to ''Rokstarr''. It was released on 12 October through R.E.D Inc/Island Records and is entirely written and produced by Cruz, with co-writes and co-productions predominantly with UK producer Fraser T Smith. The album's lead single "Break Your Heart" was released on 14 September and reached number one in the UK, where it stayed for three weeks. The success of the song attracted the attention of David Massey and Daniel Werner from Mercury/Island Def Jam who were excited and aggressive about releasing "Break Your Heart" in the US on their label. According to Cruz's manager Jamie Binns, the relationship with Monte Lipman at Universal Republic had "gone a bit quiet" by this point and as Taio wanted to be with the label that was most enthusiastic about his music, a move from Universal Republic to Mercury/Island Def Jam was engineered.

The single reached the top spot in the US for one week on the ''Billboard'' charts. In an interview for ''The Guardian'' it was stated that "Cruz was clever to have hooked up with a US rapper Ludacris on his breakthrough hit". In order to introduce Cruz into the US market, David Massey had suggested that the single feature an American rapper with chart credibility. The album spawned two other UK singles, "No Other One", and the top-ten hit "Dirty Picture" featuring American electropop singer Kesha. The album's fourth single (second in the US) titled "Dynamite" debuted at 26 and despite peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, "Dynamite" peaked at number 1 on US top 40 earning Cruz his second US number 1 record.

''The Rokstarr Collection''

''Rokstarr'' was followed by the compilation album ''The Rokstarr Collection'' which includes songs both from ''Departure'' and the international version of ''Rokstarr''. Cruz later released three versions of his single "Higher" - one featuring Kylie Minogue, one featuring Travie McCoy and with just himself.

Cruz has also been featured on the soundtrack of American reality TV series ''Jersey Shore''.

Cruz is the main featured artist on David Guetta's 2011 single 'Little Bad Girl' which also features US rapper Ludacris.

Troublemaker

On 13 January 2011, Cruz used social networking website Twitter to tells fans that his upcoming third album would be titled ''Troublemaker''. In June 2011, a music video for the title song was put into production, directed by Martin Weisz. It is expected to be unveiled in July 2011 as the lead single from the album. The album is due for release on October 17.

Other ventures

Writing and producing

Cruz has written songs on albums by Cheryl Cole, JLS, The Saturdays, The Wanted and David Guetta. Cruz wrote and featured on Tinchy Stryder's hit single "Take Me Back". Boyband McFly recorded "Shine a Light" which not only features, but was also was penned and produced by Cruz for their fifth studio album. 2011 will see him writing for Justin Bieber's next album. Jennifer Lopez's 2011 single "I'm Into You", featuring Lil Wayne, is also penned by Cruz. On 13 April 2011, Cruz confirmed that he had written and contributed vocals to a Guetta track called "Little Bad Girl" which is the second single from Guetta's fifth album, ''Nothing But the Beat''. Additionally, a track dubbed "Troublemaker (Believe In Me Now)" with Cruz's vocals and said to be produced by Swedish House Mafia was leaked in early May and is most probably featured on Cruz's coming album.

Rokstarr brand

On 1 September 2009, Cruz launched the brand Rokstarr; the fashion and accessories brand has a focus on sunglasses. Musicians such as Kanye West, Shontelle, Keri Hilson and Kelly Rowland have been seen wearing them. Speaking in October to R&B; writer Pete Lewis, Cruz stated: "There's a load of US celebrities that are all rocking the sunglasses already – Kid Cudi, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West... Then in the UK we have The Saturdays, JLS, Daniel Merriweather – who've all been twittering and writing on their blogs how much they love them. So yeah, it's definitely my new album 'Rokstarr' and the fashion brand that are my two main focuses at the moment."

Meanwhile, speaking again to Lewis in April 2010, Cruz revealed: "We're currently looking to expand the brand and possibly go into things like watches. I've also got a new subsidiary of Rokstarr called 'Rok By Rokstarr'. And we've just started doing things like jeans and T-shirts, and stuff that more of the fans of Taio Cruz can buy. Because with Rokstarr in itself being so expensive, a lot of the kids out there who want to buy Rokstarr things can't. So we're bringing in stuff that's a little bit more High Street and more affordable."

Discography

''Departure'' (2008)

''Rokstarr'' (2009)

''Troublemaker'' (2011)

Awards and nominations

Best British Song MOBO AwardsAmerican Music Awards BRIT Awards iTunes Best Album & Song Ascap Vanguard Award BRIT Awards rowspan=3>Virgin Media Awards Best Collaboration rowspan=6>2011 Billboard Music Awards Top Hot 100 Song rowspan=1>2011 MuchMusic Video Awards

Year
2004	Brit Awards>BRIT Awards	|	Your Game
2008	|	Best UK Male
2010	|	Breakthrough Artist
2010	|	Best British Song	Break Your Heart
2010	|	Best Song	Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)>Dynamite
2010	|	Recognition of Album	Departure (Taio Cruz album)>Departure
2011	|	Best British Song	Dynamite
2011	|	Best Male		<
2011	|	Dirty Picture
2011	Best Video
2011	Billboard Awards ||	Top New Artist		<
2011	|	Dynamite
2011	Top Digital Song
2011	Top Radio Song
2011	Top Streaming Song
2011	Top Pop Song
2011	|	MuchMusic.com Most Watched Video	Dynamite

References

External links

Taio Cruz on justRHYMES.com

Taio Cruz 'Blues & Soul' interview by Pete Lewis February 2008

Taio Cruz at Billboard.com

Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Black British musicians Category:Christ's Hospital Old Blues Category:English rhythm and blues singers Category:English pop singers Category:English male singers Category:English people of Nigerian descent Category:British people of Brazilian descent Category:Musicians from London Category:Island Records artists

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name	Ashley Tisdale
Alt	Head and shoulders of Tisdale in her twenties. Her dark brown, straight hair is parted in her left, and falls over her right ear.
background	solo_singer
birth name	Ashley Michelle Tisdale
birth date	July 02, 1985
birth place	Deal, New Jersey, U.S.
instrument	Vocals
genre	Pop, dance pop, teen pop, pop rock
occupation	Actress, singer, songwriter, spokesperson, voice actress, executive producer
years active	1997–present
label	Warner Bros.
website	ashleytisdale.com }}

Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the ''High School Musical'' film series. The ''High School Musical'' series became a successful franchise which included two television films, a feature movie, a spin-off and numerous soundtrack albums. The popularity earned by Tisdale in ''High School Musical'' led her to sign a solo record deal with Warner Bros. Records in 2006. Her debut album ''Headstrong'', was released in February 2007, and debuted at number five in the U.S. chart and sold 64,000 copies in the first week. It was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. A second studio album, ''Guilty Pleasure'', was released in 2009.

Tisdale owns a production company and has worked as an executive producer in movies which included the ABC Family television film ''Picture This''. Tisdale has a prominent voice role as Candace Flynn in Disney Channel's ''Phineas & Ferb'', a cartoon which became television's most-watched animated series among kids and tweens and had been met with acclaim by critics. In 2009, she was cast in her first major broadcast role in The CW's television series ''Hellcats'' as Savannah Monroe, an intense and very religious cheerleader.

Early life

Tisdale was born in West Deal, New Jersey on July 2, 1985, to Lisa (née Morris) and Mike Tisdale, the manager of a construction company. Her elder sister, Jennifer Tisdale, is an actress. Through her grandfather, Tisdale is related to businessman Ron Popeil. She grew up in Ocean Township. She is Jewish on her mother's side and was raised with "a little bit of both" of her parents' religions.

At the age of three, Tisdale met her current manager, Bill Perlman, at a New Jersey mall. He sent her to numerous auditions for commercials, resulting in her placement in more than 100 national network TV ads as a kid. She began her theatrical career by appearing in ''Gypsy: A Musical Fable'' and ''The Sound of Music'' at Monmouth County's Jewish Community Center.

At the age of eight, she was cast to play the part of Cosette in a national touring production of the musical ''Les Misérables''. "When I was little, I saw the play Les Misérables on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen so I went to my manager and told him I wanted to be in it", said Tisdale in an interview to ''Newsday'' in 2007. She also claims to have had only a single singing lesson before landing the role. Tisdale toured for two years on ''Les Misérables'' before landing a role in an international touring production of ''Annie'' in Korea. At the age of twelve, Tisdale sang at the White House for President Bill Clinton.

Career

1997–2006

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tisdale had minor roles in several television shows such as ''The Hughleys'', ''Smart Guy'', ''7th Heaven'', ''Boston Public'' and ''Bette'' and in the feature films ''A Bug's Life'' and ''Donnie Darko''. During this time, she simultaneously worked as a Ford Model. For her role in ''Boston Public'', she received a 2000 Young Artist Award nomination for "Best Guest Performance In a TV drama".

In 2004, she was cast as the teenage candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in the Disney Channel series ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'', which premiered in March 2005 and ended in 2008. She later won her first award at the UK Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for "Best TV Actress", due to her performance as Fitzpatrick.

Although the producers of the Disney Channel Original Movie ''High School Musical'' did not initially consider her because of her "good-girl image" on ''The Suite Life'', Tisdale was eventually cast as the popular, narcissistic high school student Sharpay Evans in the 2006 film. ''High School Musical'' became Disney Channel's most watched movie that year, with 7.7 million viewers in its US premiere broadcast. The soundtrack, in which Tisdale lent her vocals for several songs, became the top-selling album in the United States that year. Tisdale became the first female artist to debut with two songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top", both tracks from the film's soundtrack. Due to the popularity earned by Tisdale through her performance in ''High School Musical'', Warner Bros. Records signed her for a recording contract in July 2006 and she started working on her debut album.

2007–09

''Headstrong'' is Tisdale's US Gold-certified debut album, released in February 2007 via Warner Bros, which debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, with 64,000 copies sold in that week. "Be Good to Me" was released as the album's first single in the December, 2006 and "He Said She Said" was released as the second, in September, 2007. In 2008, "Not Like That" and "Suddenly" were released as singles in a selective number of countries that did not include North America. A music DVD entitled ''There's Something About Ashley'' followed the release of her debut album, with a three-song trilogy comprising music videos and a documentary about the creation of ''Headstrong''. The success of the first ''High School Musical'' film led Tisdale to reprise the role in the 2007 sequel ''High School Musical 2''. She lent vocals for several tracks in the film's soundtrack and her performance in ''High School Musical 2'' was critically acclaimed by many media outlets such as ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Even more successful than the first film, ''High School Musical 2'' became the most-watched cable-television movie, receiving 17 million viewers on its premiere night. Also in 2007, Tisdale was given the voice role of Candace Flynn, the series' secondary antagonist, in ''Phineas and Ferb'', which became television's most-watched animated series among kids and tweens and had very positive reviews.

As a producer, Tisdale formed her own production company in 2008 and named it ''Blondie Girl Productions''. The 2008 ABC Family Original Movie ''Picture This'' marked Tisdale's debut as an executive producer and also in a leading role, in which she played Mandy Gilbert, an unpopular and bullied teenager. The film captured 4.3 million total viewers in its debut night.

Tisdale reprised her role as Sharpay Evans in the 2008 Walt Disney Pictures feature film ''High School Musical 3: Senior Year''. Her performance in the film earned her an MTV Movie Award for "Breakthrough Performance Female" in 2009. and acclaim by critics including Owen Gleiberman of ''Entertainment Weekly'', who labeled her one of film's breakout stars and said her portrayal of Evans makes "narcissism a goofy, bedazzled pleasure", and Mark Kermode, who said Tisdale is 2008's "best supporting actress". ''High School Musical 3'' earned $42 million in its domestic opening weekend, which became the biggest opening for a musical film.

Her second studio album, ''Guilty Pleasure'', was released in 2009. Described by Tisdale as a "rocker and edgier" album, it generated mixed reviews, with a 54% rating on Metacritic, and ''Billboard'' claimed the album "doesn't give the singer room to comfortably let loose". ''Guilty Pleasure'' debuted at number twelve on the ''Billboard 200'', selling 25,000 copies in its first week, archiving a low commercial performance in comparison with her debut album. The song "It's Alright, It's OK" was released as the album's lead single in April in airplay and digital formats and a second single, "Crank It Up", was later released in October.

Tisdale starred in the 2009 20th Century Fox family feature film ''Aliens in the Attic'' as Bethany Pearson, the elder sister of the family and although she is credited as one of the main characters, ''The New York Times'' said Tisdale "spends much of the film off screen". The film was a minor success in box office, grossing $60 million worldwide.

2010–present

Tisdale's return into broadcast television occurred in 2010 when her involvement in The CW Television Network drama series ''Hellcats'' was announced in March by ''The Hollywood Reporter'', that reported Tisdale had signed on to co-star on her first major broadcast series role as Savannah Monroe, the peppy and fiercely intense captain of the Hellcats. The series had its script based on the book ''Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders'' by journalist Kate Torgovnick and was described as "''Election'' meets ''Bring It On''" by critics. ''Hellcats'', however, had only one full season as it was cancelled by The CW in 2011. She had vocal roles in several TV cartoons, during 2010, including ''The Cleveland Show'', ''Family Guy'' and ''Glenn Martin, DDS''. and a cameo appearance in 2012 Valentine's Day episode of ''Raising Hope''.

A ''High School Musical'' spin-off entitled ''Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure'', released directly in DVD, featured Tisdale reprising her role as Sharpay Evans and also serving as the executive producer. The Disney Channel Original Movie captured 5 million viewers on its premiere night on Disney Channel. Tisdale voiced Candance Flynn in the 2011's ''Phineas and Ferb'' movie that premiered on Disney Channel with 7.6 million viewers on its debut night.

During 2011, Tisdale started focusing on her career as a television and film producer. Her production company ''Blondie Girl Productions'' signed a multiyear production deal with Relativity Media in 2010, to create, develop and executive produce a series. Tisdale has been working in a film for Disney Channel titled ''Adventure Quest'', a project for Nickelodeon, a Bravo TV reality show titled ''Miss Advised'', an upcoming television series based on Laurie Faria Stolarz's book ''Blue Is for Nightmares'', and an upcoming ABC sitcom inspired by Tisdale's life called ''Under Construction'', in which she is also starring.

In 2012, Tisdale has been confirmed in the upcoming movie ''Jonah & the Whale''.

Musical style

Her music is predominantly pop and has included ballads and pop rock. Love and heartbreak are major themes in Tisdale's songs and her output makes use of electronic instruments such as drum machines and electric guitars. She co-wrote several songs on her studio albums. Her musical influences include Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Lindsay Lohan, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, The Used, Boys Like Girls, Michael Jackson, My Chemical Romance, Lady Gaga, and Fergie and in an AOL interview, Tisdale said, "I’ve been a big fan of Pink ever since she started. I love Katy Perry’s sense of humor and her pop/rock feel. I love Pat Benatar's music. I’m inspired by all these women when I’m going into the studio, but almost anything inspires me."

Public image and personal life

Tisdale is represented by Creative Artists Agency. In 2007, Tisdale appeared in a promotional campaign for Staples Inc.'s "Geared 4 School" sweepstakes and appeared in promotional campaigns for Eckō Red clothing brand, that included a mall tour in the US which performances in fashion shows hosted at each. She appeared in commercials for T-Mobile and Toys "R" Us. She was ranked #10 in ''Maxim'''s 2008 Hot 100 list and was ranked #94 on ''Forbes''' 2008 Celebrity 100 list. In 2008, Tisdale was ranked #17 in "Forbes' High Earners Under 30" list and earned $2.8 million from ''High School Musical 3''. She also teamed up with Huckleberry Toys to produce a limited quantity of dolls modeled after her. She was the face of ''Degree Girl'' in the U.S. and recorded several commercials and songs to promote the product. In 2009, Tisdale signed a five-year endorsement contract with Italian clothes line, ''Puerco Espin'' and became a volunteer for the 2009 "Get on the Bus" charity campaign. In 2011, she joined Got Milk? campaign.

Tisdale was romantically involved with Jared Murillo and ended their relationship in March 2009. In March 2007, Tisdale told ''Blender'' she was drug and alcohol-free, and does not smoke and went on to add, "my mom really instilled confidence in me, so I'm not somebody who'd be under peer pressure".

Tisdale underwent a septoplasty procedure in November 2007 to correct her partially deviated septum. According to Tisdale, this was done for "health-related reasons and not out of a belief in plastic surgery". The procedure corrected two small fractures in her nose which were interfering with her breathing. She spoke to ''People'' magazine about the surgery, saying that it was important to her to be honest with her fans.

From 2009 to 2011, Tisdale was in a relationship with the music video director Scott Speer. Tisdale posed nude for the May 2011 issue of ''Allure'' magazine. She was quoted as saying that "being in this shoot was me saying, ‘I’m not just the young girl everybody thinks I am. I’m actually a woman.’”

Filmography

Films

Billboard Music Awards

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1998	''''	(voice)	Direct-to-video film
1998	''''	Blueberry Scout (voice)
2001	''Donnie Darko''	Kim
2002	'' Nathan's Choice ''	Stephanie
2002	''''	Jennifer	Television movie
2006	''High School Musical''	Sharpay Evans	Disney Channel Original Movie	Billboard Music Award for Soundtrack Album of the Year (shared with ''High School Musical'' cast)Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program (shared with ''High School Musical'' cast) Nominated—American Music Award for Best Pop Album (shared with ''High School Musical'' cast) Nominated—Billboard Music Award for Album of the Year (shared with ''High School Musical'' cast)
2006		Yuko Harada (voice)
2007	''High School Musical 2''	Sharpay Evans	Disney Channel Original Movie
2007	''Bring It On: In It to Win It''	Herself	Direct-to-DVD film
2008		Mandy Gilbert	ABC Family Original Movie Also executive producer
2008	''High School Musical 3: Senior Year''	Sharpay Evans	MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
2009	''[[Aliens in the Attic''	Bethany Pearson
2011		Sharpay Evans	Disney Channel Original Movie Also executive producer
2011	''Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension''	Candace Flynn (voice)	Disney Channel Original Movie, TV Movie
2012	''Jonah & the Whale''	Mason

Television

! Year	! Title	! Role	Episodes and notes
1997	''Smart Guy''	Amy	"A Little Knowledge" (Season 1, episode 6)
1997	''7th Heaven''	Janice	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Season 2, episode 6)
2000	''Beverly Hills, 90210''	Nicole Loomis	"Fertile Ground" (Season 10, episode 15)
2000		Female student	"Stand By Me" (Season 2, episode 10)
2000	''''	Audience memberAmanda fanCold-Curer	"Episode #2.16" (Season 2, episode 16) "Episode #2.17" (Season 2, episode 17) "Vitamin C" (Season 4, episode 1)
2000	''''	Tracy	"Motherly Advice" (Season 1, episode 5)
2000	''Boston Public''	Carol Prader	"Chapter Five" (Season 1, episode 5)
2001		Jessica	"The Invisible Mom" (Season 1, episode 14)
2001	''100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd''	Wendy	"Matchmaking Mutt" (Season 2, episode 6)
2001	''Once and Again''	Marni	"Best of Enemies" (Season 2, episode 18)
2001	''Kate Brasher''	Winona	"Georgia" (Season 1, episode 6)
2001	''Charmed''	Runaway Teen	"Look Who's Barking" (Season 3, episode 21)
2002	''''	Stephanie	"I Have a Scheme" (Season 4, episode 13)"Bored of the Rings" (Season 4, episode 16)"You've Got Male" (Season 4, episode 18)
2002	''Malcolm in the Middle''	Girl	"Jury Duty" (Season 3, episode 20)
2003	''Strong Medicine''	Sherry Lowenstein	"Addicted to Love" (Season 3, episode 20)
2003	''Grounded for Life''	Leah	"Just Like a Woman" (Season 3, episode5)
2003		Olivia	"I Only Have Eyes for You" (Season 2, episode 21)
2003		Bonnie	"Still Romancing" (Season 1, episode 15)"Still Hairdressing" (Season 1, episode 16)"Still the Bad Parents" (Season 2, episode 3)"Still Interfering" (Season 2, episode 8)
2005–2008	''''	Maddie Fitzpatrick	Main role (75 episodes)
2006	''Hannah Montana''	Maddie Fitzpatrick
2007	''Kim Possible''	Camille LeonAdditional voices(voice)	"Trading Faces" (Season 4, episode 3)"Fashion Victim" (Season 4, episode 10)"Chasing Rufus" (Season 4, episode 19a)
2007–present	''Phineas and Ferb''	Candace Flynn (voice)	Main role (all episodes to date)
2009	''''	Maddie Fitzpatrick	"Maddie on Deck" (Season 1, episode 13)
2010	''''	Lacey Stapleton (voice)	"The Curious Case of Jr. Working at The Stool" (Season 1, episode 14)
2010	''Family Guy''	Priscilla / Kelly (voice)	"And Then There Were Fewer" (Season 9, episode 1) "Brian Writes a Bestseller" (Season 9, episode 6)
2010	''Glenn Martin, DDS''	Katie (voice)	"Dad News Bears" (Season 2, episode 11)
2010	''Fish Hooks''	Clamantha (voice)	"Bea Stays in the Picture" (Season 1, episode 1)
2010–2011	''Hellcats''	Savannah Monroe	Main role (22 episodes)
2012	''Raising Hope''	Mary Louise	"Jimmy’s Fake Girlfriend" (Season 2, episode 14)

Discography

''Headstrong'' (2007)

''Guilty Pleasure'' (2009)

Awards and nominations

Young Artist AwardPremios Oye!Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2008#Fave International TV Stars UK Kermode Awards rowspan=2 Best New International Artist

style="background:#bcbcbc;"	Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Link
2000		|	Best Performance in a Television Drama Series	''Boston Public''
rowspan=2	2007	|	Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards	Best TV Actress	''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''
rowspan=2	|	International Breakthrough Artist	Headstrong (Ashley Tisdale album)>Headstrong''
	2008	Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards ||	Fave International TV Star	''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''
rowspan=6	2009	|	2009 MTV Movie Awards>MTV Movie Awards	Breakthrough Performance Female	''High School Musical 3: Senior Year''
	|	Best Supporting Actress
rowspan=4	Teen Choice Awards||	Choice Best Actress: Music/Dance
Summer: Movie Star-Female	''Aliens in the Attic''
rowspan=2	Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica	|	Guilty Pleasure (Ashley Tisdale album)>Guilty Pleasure''
Best Live Performance	"It's Alright, It's OK"

References

External links

Official website

Ashley Tisdale at TV.com

Ashley Tisdale at YouTube

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name	Richard Roeper
birth date	October 17, 1959
birth place	Chicago, Illinois
occupation	Film critic, journalist
nationality	American
subject	Film
website	http://www.richardroeper.com/ }}

Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is an American columnist and film critic for ''The Chicago Sun-Times'' and now a co-host on ''The Roe Conn Show'' on WLS-AM. He co-hosted the television series ''At the Movies'' with Roger Ebert from 2000–2008, as the late Gene Siskel's replacement.

Early life

Roeper was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in south suburban Dolton, Illinois. He attended Thornridge High School and graduated from Illinois State University in 1982.

Career

Roeper began working as a columnist for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' in 1987. The topics of his columns range from politics to media to entertainment. He has written seven books, on topics from movies to urban legends to conspiracy theories to the Chicago White Sox. In 2009 Roeper appeared on Howard Stern's show and said he had written a book on gambling, entitled ''Bet the House'', which was released in the first quarter of 2010.

Roeper also was a radio host on WLS AM 890 in Chicago. He also hosted shows on WLUP-FM, WLS-FM and WMVP-AM in Chicago. He won three Emmy awards for his news commentaries on Fox in the 1990s, and was the film critic for CBS in Chicago for three years in the early 2000s. He won the National Headliner Award as the top newspaper columnist in the country in 1992, and has been voted best columnist in Illinois by the Associated Press on numerous occasions.

His columns have been syndicated by the New York Times to publications around the world. Roeper has written for a number of magazines, including ''Esquire'', ''Spy'', ''TV Guide'', ''Playboy'', ''Maxim'' and ''Entertainment Weekly''. He was once named as one of People magazine's most eligible bachelors.

Roeper has been a frequent guest on the ''Tonight Show'', ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', ''The O'Reilly Factor'' and countless other national programs. He is currently the host of ''Starz Inside'', a monthly documentary series airing on the Starz network since the fall of 2007. Roeper appeared on the first episode of the fifth season of Entourage reviewing the fake movie ''Medellin'' starring fictional movie star Vincent Chase. In April 2008, Roeper was the central figure on an episode of ''Top Chef'', in which the contestants served up movie themed dishes to Roeper and his friends, including Aisha Tyler.

In February 2009, Roeper launched his own web site, , which features movie reviews, blog entries about politics, sports and movies, photos and Twitter entries. For most of the year Roeper was posting print reviews and blog entries. In December 2009, he launched a video section, with on-camera reviews of movies. The video segments are produced in partnership with the Starz premium cable channel. Roeper announced the reviews will appear first on his site, then on the Starz channel.

In December 2009, it was reported Roeper had signed a "six-figure" deal with ReelzChannel to be a regular contributor. He will continue to review movies online for his website and for Starz.

As of Monday, April 12, 2010, he is now the co-host of ''The Roe Conn Show'' on Chicago's WLS-AM 890 radio station from 2-6pm CST.

Work as a film critic

After Gene Siskel of ''Siskel & Ebert'' died on Saturday, February 20, 1999, Roger Ebert did the show with nearly 30 co-hosts. After 10 guest stints, Roeper was offered the opportunity to permanently co-host the popular film review show with Ebert. The series was renamed ''Ebert & Roeper at the Movies'' in 2000, and shortened to ''Ebert & Roeper'' in 2002.

Beginning in August 2006, while his co-host Roger Ebert was recovering from cancer surgery, Roeper was joined by guest critics, including ''Clerks'' director Kevin Smith and ''The Tonight Show'' host Jay Leno. On Sunday, July 20, 2008, Roeper announced he was leaving the show in mid-August and would return with a new show later in the year. He continues to write his general interest column, and also contributes reviews to the ''Sun-Times'' and to newspapers across the country.

Bibliography

''He Rents, She Rents: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Women's Films and Guy Movies'', with Laurie Viera (1999)

''Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Delightfully Persistent Myths of Films, Television, and Music '' (2001)

''Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True'' (2001)

''Ten Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed, and Other Surprising Movie Lists'' (2003)

''Schlock Value: Hollywood At Its Worst'' (2005)

''Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz'' (2006)

''Debunked!: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century'' (2008)

''Bet the House: How I Gambled Over a Grand a Day for 30 Days on Sports, Poker, and Games of Chance'' (2010)

References

External links

Biography from TV Tome

Category:American columnists Category:American film critics Category:American writers Category:1959 births Category:Film historians Category:Film theorists Category:Living people Category:People from Chicago, Illinois Category:Illinois State University alumni

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