Monte Carlo is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Thomas Bezucha. Nicole Kidman, Denise Di Novi, Arnon Milchan and Alison Greenspan produced the film for Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises. It began production in Harghita, Romania on May 5, 2010.

Monte Carlo stars Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy as three friends posing as wealthy socialites in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The film was released on July 1, 2011. It features the song "Who Says" by Selena Gomez & the Scene and numerous songs by British singer Mika.

Plot[link]

Grace Bennett (Selena Gomez) has spent several years waiting tables at a small town Texas diner to raise money for her and her best friend Emma (Katie Cassidy) to travel to Paris after Grace’s graduation. On the night before they leave, her mother and stepfather bombard Grace and Emma with news that Meg (Leighton Meester), Grace’s stepsister, is to accompany them. The girls are not happy with the arrangement. Upon arriving in Paris, the trip gets off to a rough start. Their tour is speedy, preventing them from enjoying the surroundings and their hotel proves to be just shy of inhabitable. But Grace is determined to make the best of things.

The next day they visit the Eiffel Tower where Meg has a second encounter with Riley (Luke Bracey), a boy she met the day before. The girls are left behind by their tour bus and Grace finally breaks down in disappointment.

That night, the girls seek shelter from the rain in a posh hotel where haughty English heiress Cordelia Winthrop Scott argues with the manager and concierge about a mistake regarding her traveling accommodations to Monte Carlo. Grace flees to the bathroom and hides in a stall before Cordelia enters. Emma and Meg are stunned by the similarity and the hotel manager mistakes Grace for Cordelia. Exhausted and wet, the girls spend the night in Cordelia’s suite.

The girls wake the next morning to a car waiting to take them to the airport. The manager hands Grace a package on the way out containing plane tickets. Emma excitedly accepts the car ride and tickets, while Meg is cautious.

After flying to Monte Carlo, the girls are taken to the Hotel de Paris and greeted by kindhearted Bernard Marchand (Christophe Malavoy) and his son Theo (Pierre Boulanger), who thinks very little of Cordelia. The girls learn there is to be a ball thrown in Cordelia’s honor that night and Theo is to escort her.

The girls get ready for the evening, with Grace wearing a multi-million dollar Bulgari necklace. Grace learns from Theo the necklace is Cordelia’s donation for an auction taking place Friday with proceeds going to help build schools. Theo begins taking a liking to Grace’s character, even noticing her cowboy boots from under her dress. Theo introduces Grace and the girls to Prince Domenico de Silvano (Giulio Berruti) and Grace successfully fools Cordelia’s aunt Alicia (Catherine Tate) into believing she is Cordelia.

Back in Texas, Emma’s boyfriend Owen (Cory Monteith) grows impatient from not hearing from her. Even though they broke up, Owen flies to Paris.

Meg and Emma quarrel at first with Grace struggling to play peacekeeper. But as their stay progresses, the two begin to get along. By chance, Meg meets Riley again and they spend a day together while Grace goes with Theo to a polo game and Emma gets ready for a date with Domenico.

At the polo match, Aunt Alicia figures Grace out after noticing she is riding Western saddle, as Cordelia rides English. Alicia promises to keep the secret as long as Grace continues to pose as Cordelia.

Emma runs into Meg on her way out with Domenico and gives her the necklace. Meg puts it in Riley’s backpack. Dinner with Domenico doesn’t turn out like Emma expected, and she spends the rest of the night in the hotel room watching To Catch a Thief. Trying to impress her, Theo takes Grace to a secluded place overlooking the Mediterranean where they watch fireworks go off.

Meanwhile in Paris, Owen sees a newspaper article of Grace, Emma and Meg and boards a train to Monte Carlo.

Riley takes Meg back to her hotel the next morning before leaving for Tuscany. Later, Meg realizes she forgot the necklace. In addition, Cordelia arrives and is greeted with a kiss from Theo. Cordelia slaps him. The girls hurriedly repack Cordelia’s luggage and manage to sneak out via the balcony, but are too late to catch Riley at the train station.

While they are gone, Cordelia sees the newspaper article, finds the necklace case empty and calls the police. In fact, Riley had found the necklace and came to return it. In the lobby, the girls are met by Theo who is irritated by Grace’s greeting. Before she leaves, Grace kisses a confused Theo who admits to the concierge “I just don’t understand women”.

Meg stops Riley in the hallway. He gives her the necklace and waits for her downstairs where Owen has now arrived, as have the police. The girls try to reason with Cordelia, but she threatens to have them arrested and call off the auction. They tie her up so Grace can attend the auction.

Owen sees Grace (as Cordelia) in the lobby and goes upstairs to find Emma. Cordelia breaks free and rushes to the auction where Grace interrupts the bidding to come clean. Theo leaves the room, hurt, and Grace begs the crowd not to let her actions interfere with their bidding. Alicia bids € 6 million to help Grace. Afterwards, Meg decides to go to Italy with Riley and Bernard has his driver take Grace, Emma and Owen to the airport.

The film ends with Meg and Riley climbing Machu Picchu. Emma and Owen settle into their new home in Texas and Grace goes to Romania to assist in the completion of a school. Theo happens to be there looking in on the progress, having decided to get more involved with his family’s work. He sees Grace from a window and chases her down by whistling for her. The two properly reintroduce themselves before the credits roll.

Cast[link]

• Selena Gomez as Grace Ann Bennett/Cordelia Winthrop Scott
• Leighton Meester as Marie Margaret "Meg" Kelly
• Katie Cassidy as Emma Danielle Perkins^[3]
• Pierre Boulanger as Theo Marchand^[4]
• Catherine Tate as Alicia Winthrop Scott
• Luke Bracey as Riley^[3]
• Cory Monteith as Owen Andrews^[5]
• Andie MacDowell as Pamela Bennett-Kelly^[6]
• Brett Cullen as Robert Kelly^[7]
• Giulio Berruti as Prince Domenico Da Silvano

Production[link]

Monte Carlo is loosely based on the novel Headhunters by Jules Bass. The novel tells the story of four young Texas women who pretend to be wealthy heiresses while searching for rich potential husbands in Monte Carlo. There, they meet four gigolos posing as wealthy playboys. Fox bought the film rights to the novel in 1999, three years prior to the novel's publication.^[8] In 2005, Hollywood trade magazine Variety announced that siblings Jez and John Henry Butterworth would be writing the script. It also reported that actress Nicole Kidman had signed on to play the lead as well as produce the film with Rick Schwartz.^[8]

The Butterworths were later fired and Tom Bezucha was hired to direct and co-write Monte Carlo. Bezucha and Maria Maggenti turned in a draft of the screenplay by July 2007; it starred Kidman as "one of three Midwestern schoolteachers who decide to ditch a disappointing no-frills holiday in Paris and pose as wealthy women vacationing in Monaco".^[9] However, in 2010, executives had the film rewritten again after deciding that the film should be made more youthful. The updated script was co-written by Bezucha and April Blair, and changed the three school teachers to two college students and a recent high-school graduate.^[10] Monte Carlo was shot in Romania, Paris, France, and Monte Carlo, Monaco.^[9] It began filming in Budapest on May 5, 2010, and wrapped on July 7, 2010.^[11] It is the first film to use the film studio, Raleigh Studios Budapest.^[12]

In March 2010, it was announced that Selena Gomez had been cast as one of the film's leads following the script's rewrite.^[13] For the role, Gomez spent several weeks learning to play polo, and practicing how to fake an English accent.^[11] Leighton Meester also negotiated a deal to one of the leads that month, and Katie Cassidy was cast as Emma in April.^[6] French actor Pierre Boulanger is made his English-speaking feature debut in the film.^[4]

Reception[link]

Monte Carlo has received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 38% of 88 reviews were positive, as well as a 43 metascore at Metacritic. Ben Sachs of Chicago Reader claimed that "the movie hits a surprising range of emotional grace notes, including several moments of genuine regret, and concludes with an understated moral lesson about the value of self-respect over social status." Sandie Chen of Common Sense Media said the film was "silly but sweet".

Accolades[link]

Home media[link]

Fox Home Entertainment released Monte Carlo on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 18, 2011. The DVD extras will include deleted scenes, a feature titled "Ding Dang Delicious: The Boys of Monte Carlo", a "Backstage Pass" and a theatrical trailer. The Blu-ray Disc will feature all the DVD features plus the addition of "Monte Carlo Couture", "Jet Setter's Dream", "Gossip With the Girls" and a digital copy of the film.^[15]

Varèse Sarabande soundtrack album (score composed by Michael Giacchino)[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Monte Carlo at the Internet Movie Database
• Monte Carlo at Rotten Tomatoes
• Monte Carlo at Box Office Mojo
• Monte Carlo at Metacritic

Frederico Gil

File:Frederico Gil at Apia International, Sydney 2012.jpg
Country	Portugal
Residence	Sintra, Portugal
Born	(1985-03-24) March 24, 1985 (age 27) Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,341,973
Singles
Career record	65–73[1] (47%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 62 (April 25, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 107 (May 21, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2012)
French Open	1R (2008, 2009, 2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
US Open	1R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	24–32[2] (43%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 105 (September 20, 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2012)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	3R (2010)
Last updated on: May 21, 2012.

Frederico Gil (born March 24, 1985) is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In April 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 62, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held until September when Rui Machado placed 61st in the rankings. He was the first Portuguese to reach an ATP Tour final at the 2010 Estoril Open, and the first to achieve a career prize money over one million dollars. His coach is Juan Manuel Esparcia.

Family and early life[link]

Frederico Gil was born in Lisbon, Portugal to Rui and Carlota Gil. He has a younger sister named Ana. Gil began to play tennis at the age of five and considers clay his favorite surface. During his junior career he won three titles (in Bolivia in 2002 and Argentina and Portugal in 2003) and reached three other finals (twice in Portugal in 2002 and once in Brazil in 2003). In his last junior tournament he reached the quarterfinals at the Orange Bowl, which led him to finish at no. 10 in the world junior rankings in 2003.^[3]

Career[link]

2003–2007[link]

Gil turned professional in 2003 and spent several years on the Futures and Challenger circuits. Until his ATP debut in May 2006, at the Estoril Open, he had won five singles and two doubles Futures titles. He entered Estoril as a wildcard and reached the quarterfinals, surprisingly defeating fifth seed and no. 33 Dmitry Tursunov 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 along the way, before losing to eventual champion and first seed and no. 4 David Nalbandian 6–1, 6–2. He then captured his first Challenger title in June, at Sassuolo.

The year 2007 proved to be equally successful, as Gil qualified for the Casablanca Open in April. However, he lost to no. 39 Julien Benneteau 7–6(2), 2–6, 7–6(5) in the first round. He later reached the second round at Estoril the following week, losing to no. 15 Richard Gasquet 6–1, 6–2, but finally won the Seville Challenger in September.

2008[link]

In April, Gil added more success to his career by again reaching the quarterfinals at Estoril, before losing to world no. 1 and eventual champion Roger Federer 6–4, 6–1. After winning his first Challenger doubles title, in May at Marrakech, he qualified for the first time to a Grand Slam tournament, the French Open, but lost in the first round against no. 145 Jérémy Chardy 6–3, 6–2, 7–6(1). After taking the Sassuolo Challenger title for a second time, he qualified for the Wimbledon Championships. In the singles, he lost once again to Chardy 7–5, 6–7(1), 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the first round, and in the doubles he reached the second round partnering with Dick Norman. Adding the Turin Challenger doubles title and the Istanbul Challenger singles title that summer to his curriculum, he entered the top-100 ranking for the first time, becoming only the second Portuguese player to do so, after the 86th place of Nuno Marques in 1995. Gil was then able to enter automatically at the US Open, however he would play and lose a third time with Chardy 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 in the first round.

2009[link]

Skipping the first Grand Slam of the year, Gil made his season's debut in February, at the inaugural Johannesburg tournament. He reached the semifinals at the hard-court event, before losing to eventual champion and first seed and no. 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–3, 6–4. In doing this, Gil was the second Portuguese player to reach the semifinals of an ATP tournament, after his coach João Cunha Silva (in 1992 at Tel-Aviv). The following week, in a different continent and in a different surface (clay), he repeated the feat. At the Brasil Open, in Costa do Sauípe, he upset the defending champion and top seed and no. 18 Nicolás Almagro in two tiebreak sets, 7–6(5), 7–6(4), but ended up losing in the semifinals to home player no. 84 Thomaz Bellucci in two tiebreak sets, 6–7(3), 6–7(4). After this, he broke the previous Portuguese singles ranking record by reaching the 83rd position at the ATP rankings table.

In March, as world no. 74, Gil surpassed the qualifying round in Miami, his first ATP Masters 1000 event. He defeated no. 77 Mischa Zverev 7–6(7), 6–2, and no. 27 Ivo Karlović 6–4, 6–4, in the first two rounds, respectively. The draw placed Gil in the path of the first seed and world number one Rafael Nadal. After closing a hard-fought first set in his favor, Nadal replied to a 2–0 game advantage for Gil with a sequence of service breaks and ended up winning the match by 7–5, 6–3. On April 6, he rose to the 70th place of the revised ATP Tour ranking.

In April, competing in Casablanca, Gil reached the quarterfinals of an ATP 250 Series event for the third time this year, where he was defeated 7–6(5), 6–4 by Albert Montañés, ranked 35th. He then qualified to the Barcelona Open and after getting past no. 63 Yen-hsun Lu 6–2, 6–1 in the first round, he again faced and lost to no. 1 Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–2.

In May, in Estoril, as the first Portuguese player to enter directly the main round via ranking, he lost in the first round to fourth seed and eventual finalist and no. 16 James Blake by 5–7, 6–4, 6–2. He then played second seed and no. 26 Jürgen Melzer in the first round of the Kitzbühel Open, losing 6–3, 6–0. At the French Open, he lost in the first round to no. 14 David Ferrer 6–2, 6–4, 6–4. After an early exit from the Czech Open at the hands of no. 113 Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6–3, 6–3, Gil defeated the Spanish player in the first round of the Queen's Club 6–1, 6–3; in the second round, former world no. 1 and four-time Queen's Club champion and no. 49 Lleyton Hewitt recovered from a first-set loss to defeat Gil by 3–6, 6–2, 6–2.

At Wimbledon, he faced no. 38 Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round and lost 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2. In July, Gil played the Båstad and Umag tournaments losing in the first and second rounds respectively. In August, during the US hardcourt season, Gil reached the first round in Washington and the third round in New Haven before losing in the first round at the US Open against qualifier no. 162 Somdev Devvarman 6–3, 6–4, 6–3. Gil then lost in the first round in Bucharest. In late September, Gil participated in the Tennislife Cup Challenger event, in Napoli, as the world's number 100. He reached the singles final, where he defeated home player Potito Starace (86th) by 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, to win his first tournament of 2009—more than a year after his last in the 2008 Istambul Challenger and his fifth career ATP Challenger Tour title. Hours later, he would also win the doubles title, partnering with Ivan Dodig. On October 5, Gil climbed back to the 83rd rank. Gil closed the year as the world no. 69th with a second round effort in Vienna and qualifying losses in Basel and Paris.

2010[link]

Gil began the year with a 6–2, 6–0 first round loss to Starace in Doha. The following week, after qualifying for the main draw in Sydney, Gil again faced no. 62 Potito Starace in the first round, losing 6–1, 6–4. At the Australian Open, he retired in the first round after trailing 6–0, 6–0, 2–0 to no. 18 David Ferrer. His poor run of form continued throughout the first part of the season with successive early round exits at Costa do Sauípe, Buenos Aires, Acapulco and Indian Wells. By the end of March, Gil had fallen off the top-100 and began playing in the tour's qualifying draws, most notably in Casablanca, where he lost 6–2, 7–6(1) to no. 212 Martin Kližan in the third qualifying round, an event where he had reached the quarterfinals in the previous year. Not getting past the qualifying rounds of both Miami and Monte-Carlo's Masters, Gil finally reached a good result at the Tunis Challenger, where he lost only in the semifinal to 89th-ranked Daniel Brands by 6–7(6), 1–6.

Gil was initially entering the Estoril Open as a wildcard, in virtue of his low ranking, but he eventually qualified directly, for the second time, because of pre-tournament drop-outs by seeded players such as Nikolay Davydenko and Ivan Ljubičić. Gil achieved his career's best result by becoming the first Portuguese player to reach an ATP World Tour final. He paved his way to the last match by defeating better ranked players: Florian Mayer (49th; 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–3), Santiago Giraldo (61st; 6–4, 6–4), Rui Machado (114th; 4–6, 7–6(1), 6–3), and Guillermo García López (40th; 6–2, 5–7, 6–3). In the final, Gil met defending champion and fourth-seed and no. 34 Albert Montañés who had eliminated first-seed and world no. 1 Roger Federer in two sets. The Spanish won the first set, 6–2, and had two match points in the second, but Gil recovered and closed the set in his favour on tie-break, 7–6(4). Gil had a 3–0 advantage in the final set and when it looked like he would grab his first ATP World Tour title, Montañés came from behind and ended the Portuguese's hopes with a 7–5 finish, revalidating his title. With this successful campaign, on May 10, Gil climbed 31 places in the world rankings to become no. 102.

After that, Gil went back to the Challenger tour capturing the Milan tournament in June. The rest of the year was played between the Challenger and World tours, with the only significant victory coming in July against no. 38 Tommy Robredo in the first round in Gstaad where he beat the fifth seed 4–6, 7–5, 6–1. He lost in the second round against no. 147 Yuri Schukin 6–3, 6–3. He also reached the semi-finals in the Istanbul and Tarragona Challengers. In Grand Slams is losing streak continued losing in the Wimbledon and US Open first rounds and the qualifying tournament in Roland Garros. In October, at Montpellier in the Open Sud de France he beat no. 128 Édouard Roger-Vasselin by 6–4, 2–6, 7–5. He lost in the second round against no. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–3, 6–4. He finished the year placed in the 103rd position in the world and losing his Portuguese no. 1 status to his friend Rui Machado.

2011[link]

Gil began the season losing in the Aircel Chennai Open in the first round to Tomáš Berdych (6th) by 6–0, 6–1. A week later, at Medibank International Sydney, he defeated world number 39 Jarkko Nieminen by 6–2 ret, reaching the second round where he lost to no. 41 Gilles Simon by 6–1, 6–3. At the Australian Open, he wins for the first time in the first round of a Grand Slam by 6–4, 6–7(7), 4–6, 6–3, 9–7 to Pablo Cuevas (63rd) in a four-hours-and-23-minutes five-setter thrilling match. He lost in the second round to world number 12 Gaël Monfils by 4–6, 3–6, 6–1, 2–6.

In February, at the Movistar Open, he lost in First Round to no. 52 Tommy Robredo by 2–6, 6–3, 6–4. Later, he lost in the first round of Copa Claro to no. 55 Fabio Fognini by 1–6, 6–2, 6–2. A week later, at Abierto Mexicano Telcel he suffer his third consecutive lost in a first round of a tournament to no. 86 Filippo Volandri by 6–1, 3–6, 6–4.

In March, at the Miami Open Gil defeated no. 146 Paul Capdeville 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(6) in the first round. He then lost to no. 12 Nicolás Almagro by 6–4, 3–6, 6–2.

In April, competing in Casablanca, Gil reached the Second Round where he was defeated 6–3, 6–4 by Gilles Simon, ranked 27th. At the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, he defeated world number 10 and 8th seed Gaël Monfils, reaching the quarterfinals of an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event for the first time. Despite the 6–2, 6–1 loss to world number 4 Andy Murray, Gil collected 205 points which allowed him to reach a career-high world ranking number 64. A week later, after achieving the quarter-finals in a challenger in Naples, defeated by Ivo Minář (122nd), by 6–7(5), 6–3, 3–6, where he reached a new career-high world ranking number 62, a week before is favorite tournament in Estoril, Portugal where he has many points to defend after losing in the final in the previous year. Gil was initially invited for the Estoril Open as a wildcard, in virtue of his low ranking, but he eventually qualified directly, because of pre-tournament drop-outs. He defeated in the first round world no. 159 Flavio Cipolla by 6–3, 6–2, but lost in the second round to the second-seed and world no. 15 Fernando Verdasco by 6–1, 7–6(5).

In May, he failed to pass the qualifying rounds of Internazionali BNL d'Italia, losing to no. 143 Łukasz Kubot by 6–3, 7–6(2). At the 2011 French Open he was eliminated in first round, losing to no. 29 Marcos Baghdatis by 7–6(4), 6–2, 6–2.

In June, he lost in Eastbourne in the first round to no. 106 Illya Marchenko by 6–1, 6–3. At Wimbledon, he faced no. 84 Dudi Sela in the first round and lost 6–4, 6–1, 6–4.

In July, in the first round in Gstaad he beat the qualifier João Souza world no. 112 by 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. He lost in the second round to the world no. 20 Fernando Verdasco by 6–3, 6–2.

In August, in the first round in Winston-Salem Open he lost to the world no. 102 Steve Darcis by 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. A week later, at the US Open, he lost in First Round to world no. 23 Alexandr Dolgopolov by 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 in 1h58m.

In September, he reached the semi-final in the Genova Challenger. In the first round in Bucharest he beat world no. 106 Jeremy Chardy by 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 in 2h14m. He lost in the second round to the world no. 183 Alessandro Giannessi by 7–6(2), 0–6, 6–3 in 2h25m.

In October, he reached the quarter-finals in the Palermo Challenger.

In November, he reached the quarter-finals in the Buenos Aires Challenger in his last tournament of the season losing to his friend Gastão Elias by 1–6, 7–5, 7–5 in 2h57m after his opponent saved 2 match points when Gil was leading by 6–1, 5–4. Gil finished the year placed in the 102nd position in the world once again behind Rui Machado.

2012[link]

Gil began the season losing in the Aircel Chennai Open in the first round to Go Soeda (120th) by 6–2, 6–7(4), 7–5 in 2h38m. A week later, at Apia International Sydney, he won the first round in the qualifying where he defeated world number 1099 Sadik Kadir by 6–4, 6–4 in 1h15m, in the second round he lost to no. 105 Stephane Robert by 6–4, 6–1 in 1h5m, losing the 16 points he had achieved last year by reaching the second round. At the Australian Open, he won for the second time in the first round of a Grand Slam by defeating Ivan Dodig (36th) 2–6, 6–1, 6–1, 4–1, ret in 2h1m. Gil then made history by becoming the first Portuguese tennis player to reach the 3rd Round of a Grand Slam tournament after downing Spain's Marcel Granollers (28th) in 4 sets by 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, in 2h48m. In the third round, Gil lost to the world no. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga by 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 in 1h31m. Tsonga saved all six break points faced on serve and capitalised on six of his seven opportunities. After the Open, Gil reentered in top-100.

He then won the first round of VTR Open in Viña del Mar against world no. 106 Paolo Lorenzi. After splitting sets, Gil took command of the match in the third set, breaking the Italian four times to win the hard-fought encounter 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 in two hours and 26 minutes. Gil finished the match eight for 22 on his break point opportunities. In the second round, Gil ousted fourth seed and world no. 44 Pablo Andujar by 6–2, 6–1. Gil dominated with his return game, breaking the Spaniard six times, winning 66 per cent of his return points to clinch the upset in 57 minutes. In the quarter-finals, Gil lost to world no. 82 Jeremy Chardy by 6–2, 7–6(5) in 1h36m. At the Brasil Open, in São Paulo, he lost to the Spanish wild card and world no. 184 Javier Marti, who is the youngest player in the main draw and converted four of 11 break point opportunities, by 6–2, 6–4 in 1h26m. A week later, he lost in the first round of Copa Claro to no. 150 Federico Delbonis by 6–2, 6–2 in only 53m.

In March, at Indian Wells, Gil he won the first round in the qualifying where he defeated world number 193 Alex Kuznetsov by 6–1, 6–1 in only 56m, in the second round he lost to no. 165 Ruben Bemelmans by 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in 2h5m, but he entered in the main draw as a lucky looser. He then defeated no. 427 Rhyne Williams by 6–3, 6–7(6), 6–4 in the first round in 2h26m. In the second round, he lost to world no. 11 John Isner by 7–5, 6–3 in 1h18m. At the Miami Open Gil defeated no. 45 Thomaz Bellucci 6–3, 6–4 in the first round in 1h32m. In the second round, he lost to world no. 35 and 32nd seed Philipp Kohlschreiber who won 78 per cent of his service points by 6–2, 7–5 in 1h12m.

In April, at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Gil won the first round in the qualifying where he defeated world number 167 Arnau Brugues-Davi by 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 in 2h16m, in the second round he won no. 67 Steve Darcis by 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(5) in 2h6m. He then defeated no. 35 Mikhail Youzhny by 6–1, 6–3 in the first round in 1h4m. In the second round, he lost to world no. 15 Gilles Simon by 6–3, 6–0 in 1h3m. A week later, at Barcelona Open Gil knocked out in the first round local resident and 12th seed and world no. 26 Marcel Granollers by 6–2, 6–2 in 1h13m. In the second round, he won over countryman world no. 140 João Sousa by 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 in 2h12m. In the third round, Gil lost to world no. 8 and 5th seed Janko Tipsarevic by 6–2, 6–2 in only 1h9m.

In May, at the Estoril Open Gil lost in the first round to the german no. 87 Bjorn Phau, the oldest player in the draw at 32, by 6–4, 6–2 in 1h21m on Central Court. Phau converted five of seven break point opportunities in the pair's first tour-level meeting. A week later in the Madrid Open, Gil won the first round in the qualifying where he defeated world number 72 Matthew Ebden by 6-2 7-6(3) in 1h25m, in the second round he lost to no. 107 Daniel Gimeno Traver by 7-5, 6–4 in 1h33m. At the 2012 French Open he couldn't past the first round of the qualifying, he lost to no. 151 Jerzy Janowicz by 7–5 4–6 6–2.

ATP Career Finals[link]

Singles: 1 (0–1)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 9, 2010	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Albert Montañés	2–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1–0)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	February 5, 2012	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	Pablo Andújar Carlos Berlocq	1–6, 7–5, [12–10]

Challengers and Futures[link]

Singles: 13 (11–2)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	March 7, 2005	Portugal F1, Faro, Portugal	Hard	Marcel Granollers	6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Winner	2.	March 21, 2005	Portugal F3, Lagos, Portugal	Hard	Marcel Granollers	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	October 17, 2005	Venezuela F5, Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Piero Luisi	7–5, 6–2
Winner	4.	March 6, 2006	Nigeria F1, Benin City, Nigeria	Hard	Valentin Sanon	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
Winner	5.	April 10, 2006	Portugal F3, Faro, Portugal	Hard	Rui Machado	7–6(7–4), 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	May 1, 2006	Morocco F5, Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	June 5, 2006	Sassuolo, Italy	Clay	Gorka Fraile	6–3, 7–5
Winner	7.	September 10, 2007	Seville, Spain	Clay	Pablo Andújar	6–1, 6–3
Winner	8.	June 2, 2008	Sassuolo, Italy (2)	Clay	Santiago Ventura	6–2, 6–3
Winner	9.	August 11, 2008	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Benedikt Dorsch	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	May 3, 2009	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Gastón Gaudio	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Winner	10.	October 4, 2009	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Potito Starace	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	11.	June 20, 2010	Milan, Italy	Clay	Máximo González	6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 23 (9–14)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	March 22, 2004	Portugal F2, Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Leonardo Tavares	Juan Ignacio Cerda & Jasper Smit	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1.	April 5, 2004	Portugal F3, Lagos, Portugal	Hard	Bernardo Mota	Juan Ignacio Cerda & Jasper Smit	7–6(7–1), 6–1
Runner-up	2.	July 5, 2004	Romania F8, Galați, Romania	Clay	Felipe Lemos	Cătălin Gârd & Andrei Mlendea	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	March 21, 2005	Portugal F3, Lagos, Portugal	Hard	Leonardo Tavares	Richard Holstrom & Christian Johansson	Walkover
Runner-up	4.	October 17, 2005	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Marcos Daniel & Santiago González	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	March 6, 2006	Nigeria F1, Benin City, Nigeria	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	Abdul-Mumin Babalola & Jonathan Igbinovia	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Runner-up	6.	April 3, 2006	France F4, Lille, France	Hard (i)	Filip Urban	Stéphane Bohli & Artem Sitak	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	April 10, 2006	Portugal F3, Faro, Portugal	Hard	Gonçalo Nicau	Sebastian Fitz & Jasper Smit	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	May 6, 2006	Morocco F5, Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Walid Jallali	Enrico Burzi & Dušan Karol	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	June 19, 2006	Milan, Italy	Clay	Joan Albert Viloca	Giorgio Galimberti & Harel Levy	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	March 12, 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Dick Norman	Martín García & Diego Hartfield	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	May 28, 2007	Karlsruhe, Germany	Clay	Michael Berrer	Alex Kuznetsov & Mischa Zverev	6–4, 6–7(6–7), [10–4]
Runner-up	11.	June 4, 2007	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Bruno Echagaray & André Ghem	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [13–11]
Runner-up	12.	August 20, 2007	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Alberto Martín	Antal Van Der Duim & Boy Westerhof	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	13.	March 31, 2008	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Luis Horna	Tomáš Cibulec & Jaroslav Levinský	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	May 12, 2008	Marrakech, Morocco	Clay	Florin Mergea	James Auckland & Franko Skugor	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	July 6, 2008	Turin, Italy	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	Tomáš Cibulec & Jaroslav Levinský	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	August 15, 2009	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Filip Prpic	Grigor Dimitrov & Marsel İlhan	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Winner	6.	October 4, 2009	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Thiago Alves & Lukáš Rosol	6–1, 6–3
Winner	7.	June 12, 2010	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Christophe Rochus	Santiago González & Travis Rettenmaier	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	8.	July 4, 2010	Turin, Italy (2)	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	Potito Starace & Daniele Bracciali	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	9.	October 30, 2011	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	Franco Ferreiro & Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	November 5, 2011	São Leopoldo, Brazil	Clay	Gastão Elias	Franco Ferreiro & Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–7(7–4), 6–3, [11–9]

Exhibition[link]

Singles: 1 (0–1)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	June 18, 2011	Liverpool, United Kingdom	Grass	Fernando González	6–1, 7–6(7–6)

Singles performance timeline[link]

Key

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

Qualifying matches and Walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through 23 May, 2012.

Davis Cup[link]

Gil has played for the Portugal Davis Cup team since 2004. His singles record is 17–10 and his doubles record is 10–7 (27–17 overall).

Participations (44)[link]

Singles (27)[link]

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W–L	Result
2004 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	9–11 April 2004	Tunisia	Hard	Haithem Abid	Win	6–4, 6–3, 7–5
	QF	16–18 July 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	Clay	Janko Tipsarević	Loss	2–6, 4–6, 1–6
					Boris Pašanski	Loss	7–6(7–3), 2–6, 0–6
2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	4–6 March 2005	Estonia	Carpet	Mait Künnap	Win	7–6(9–7), 6–4, 6–2
	QF	15–17 July 2005	Algeria	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	Loss	6–7(2–7), 4–6, 3–6
					Slimane Saoudi	Win	4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–2, 6–2
	SF	23–25 September 2005	Slovenia	Clay	Bostjan Osabnik	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–1
2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	1R	10–12 February 2006	Luxembourg	Hard	Gilles Müller	Loss	2–6, 1–6 4–6
	GI Play-Offs	22–24 September 2006	Morocco	Clay	Mehdi Tahiri	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
					Rabie Chaki	Win	1–6, 7–5, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	1R	9–11 February 2007	Georgia	Carpet	Lado Chikhladze	Loss	3–6, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6
	GI Play-Offs	21–23 September 2007	Netherlands	Hard	Raemon Sluiter	Loss	2–6, 1–6, 3–6
					Robin Haase	Loss	3–6, 4–6
2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	11–13 April 2008	Tunisia	Clay	Malek Jaziri	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
	QF	18–20 July 2008	Cyprus	Clay	George Kallis	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–0
					Photos Kallias	Win	6–3, 6–2
2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	6–8 March 2009	Cyprus	Hard	Photos Kallias	Win	6–0, 6–2, 6–1
					Marcos Baghdatis	Loss	2–6, 5–7, 2–6
	GI Play-Offs	10–12 July 2009	Algeria	Clay	Abdel-Hak Hameurlaine	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	5–7 March 2010	Denmark	Clay	Martin Pedersen	Win	6–2, 7–6(9–7, 3–6, 6–3
	QF	9–11 July 2010	Cyprus	Clay	Philippos Tsangaridis	Win	6–0, 6–1, ret.
	SF	17–19 September 2010	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Amer Delić	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–7(14–16), 3–6, 9–7
					Aldin Setkic	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	1R	4–6 March 2011	Slovakia	Clay	Lukáš Lacko	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
	2R	8–10 July 2011	Switzerland	Carpet	Stanislas Wawrinka	Loss	5–7, 3–6, 4–6
2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	2R	6–8 April 2012	Israel	Hard	Dudi Sela	Loss	3–6, 4–6, 4–6
					Amir Weintraub	Win	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles (17)[link]

Edition	Round	Date	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponents	W–L	Result
2004 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	9–11 April 2004	Leonardo Tavares	Tunisia	Hard	Haithem Abid Malek Jaziri	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–2
	QF	16–18 July 2004	Leonardo Tavares	Serbia and Montenegro	Clay	Nikola Ćirić Dušan Vemić	Loss	6–1, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 1–6, 4–6
2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	4–6 March 2005	Leonardo Tavares	Estonia	Carpet	Mait Künnap Alti Vahkal	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	QF	15–17 July 2005	Leonardo Tavares	Algeria	Clay	Slimane Saoudi Abdel-Hak Hameurlaine	Win	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
	SF	23–25 September 2005	Leonardo Tavares	Slovenia	Clay	Rok Jarc Grega Žemlja	Win	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	1R	10–12 February 2006	Leonardo Tavares	Luxembourg	Hard	Gilles Müller Mike Scheidweiler	Loss	6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 1–6
	GI Play-Offs	22–24 September 2006	Gonçalo Nicau	Morocco	Clay	Mounir El Aarej Mehdi Ziadi	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–1
2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	1R	9–11 February 2007	Gastão Elias	Georgia	Carpet	Lado Chikhladze Irakli Labadze	Loss	6–7(6–7), 7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 3–6
	GI Play-Offs	21–23 September 2007	Gastão Elias	Netherlands	Hard	Jesse Huta Galung Peter Wessels	Loss	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	QF	18–20 July 2008	Leonardo Tavares	Cyprus	Clay	Photos Kallias Demetrios Leontis	Win	6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	6–8 March 2009	Leonardo Tavares	Cyprus	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis Photos Kallias	Loss	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 1–6
	GII Play-Offs	10–12 July 2009	Leonardo Tavares	Algeria	Clay	Abdel-Hak Hameurlaine Valentin Rahmine	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	5–7 March 2009	Leonardo Tavares	Denmark	Clay	Frederik Nielsen Martin Pedersen	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
	QF	9–11 July 2010	Leonardo Tavares	Cyprus	Clay	Eleftherios Christou Rares Cuzdriorean	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
	SF	17–19 September 2010	Leonardo Tavares	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Amer Delić Aldn Setkic	Win	6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	1R	4–6 March 2011	Leonardo Tavares	Slovakia	Clay	Michal Mertiňák Filip Polášek	Loss	3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 1–6
	2R	8–10 July 2011	Leonardo Tavares	Switzerland	Carpet	Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	Loss	3–6, 4–6, 4–6

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Frederico Gil at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Frederico Gil at the Davis Cup
• Gil Recent Match Results
• Gil World Ranking History

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Portuguese male singles tennis players as of May 28, 2012 Rui Machado (80 1) Frederico Gil (107 ) João Sousa (137 ) Gastão Elias (195 1) Pedro Sousa (247 1) Leonardo Tavares (844 8) Gonçalo Pereira (983 27) Gonçalo Falcão (1043 7) João Domingues (1,213 111) José-Ricardo Nunes (1,225 11)

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Selena Gomez
Gomez attending "The 6th Annual Hollywood Style Awards", Beverly Hills, CA on Oct. 10, 2009
Background information
Birth name	Selena Marie Gomez
Born	(1992-07-22) July 22, 1992 (age 19) Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Pop, dance, pop rock[1]
Occupations	Actress, singer, Fashion Designer
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar, drums
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Hollywood
Associated acts	Selena Gomez & the Scene, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift
Website	SelenaGomez.com

Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992)^[2] is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She subsequently ventured into feature films and has starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, and Princess Protection Program. She made her starring theatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus.

Her career has expanded into the music industry; Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which has released three RIAA Gold certified studio albums, Kiss & Tell, A Year Without Rain, and When the Sun Goes Down, spawned three RIAA Platinum certified singles, "Naturally", "Who Says" and "Love You Like a Love Song" and charted four No. 1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs.^[3] Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place, and Shake It Up after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records.

In 2008, Gomez was designated a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.^[4]

Early life[link]

Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas.^[2] She is the daughter of former stage actress Amanda Dawn "Mandy" Teefey (née Cornett) and Ricardo Joel Gomez.^[5][6][7] Her father is of Mexican ancestry, and her mother is of part Italian descent.^[8][9] Regarding her Hispanic heritage, Gomez said: "My family does have Quinceañeras, and we go to the communion church. We do everything that's Catholic, but we don't really have anything traditional except [that we] go to the park and have barbecues on Sundays after church."^[10] Her birth parents divorced when she was five years old, and she was raised as an only child by her working mother.^[5][11] In 2006, Mandy remarried Brian Teefey.^[12] She was named after Tejano singer Selena, who died almost three years after Gomez was born.^[13] In a 2009 interview with People, Gomez mentioned that she developed an early interest in acting from watching her mother prepare for and act in theater productions.^[11] She earned a high school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010.^[14]

Career[link]

[edit] 2002–06: Barney & Friends and early work

Gomez began her acting career at age seven, playing Gianna on Barney & Friends.^[15] She later had minor roles in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and the TV film Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial By Fire. Gomez also starred in the television movie Brain Zapped. (Selena Gomez also found out that she wanted to be an actress because in E Special she states that "I would also watch my mom on stage do her lines".)

In 2004, Gomez was discovered by the Disney Channel in a USA-wide scouting.^[16] Gomez appeared as a guest star on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and had a guest appearance – that later turned into a recurring role – on Hannah Montana from seasons two to three. Gomez previously taped two different pilots that were spin-offs to two previous Disney series.^[17] The first one, What's Stevie Thinking?, was the spin-off to Lizzie McGuire. Gomez played Stevie Sanchez, Miranda Sanchez's little sister. The other show was titled Arwin!, the spin-off to The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, in which she played Alexa. Neither series was picked up.

[edit] 2007–09: Wizards of Waverly Place and Selena Gomez & The Scene

Gomez on the studio set of Wizards of Waverly Place before filming an episode for the show's first season in April 2007

In early 2007 Gomez was cast in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place as one of the three main characters, Alex Russo. The show premiered to an audience of 5.9 million, becoming a hit. Many news outlets began dubbing Gomez the next 'Miley Cyrus' causing some controversy and a reported 'feud'. Gomez clarified that there was no feud and that she was flattered by the comparison, saying: "It's a little overwhelming, but I think really, it's a compliment. She's obviously extremely successful, and I think she's a wonderful performer ... So being compared to her, I was very, very flattered."^[18] Gomez recorded four songs, one of which was a cover, for theWizards of Waverly Place soundtrack, only one single (Magic) from the album was released.

In 2008, Gomez recorded a cover of "Cruella de Vil"—which included a music video—for the compilation albumDisneyMania 6. Gomez also recorded "Fly to Your Heart" for the 2008 animated film Tinker Bell. In July 2008, before Gomez' sixteenth birthday, she signed a recording deal with Hollywood Records, a music label owned by Disney.^[19] In May, of the same year, Gomez was featured, with Forever the Sickest Kids, on a duet version of the non-album song "Whoa Oh!".^[20] The same year Gomez appeared in Another Cinderella Story, the direct-to-DVD sequel to the 2004 Hilary Duff film, opposite Drew Seeley. She also had a minor voiceover role as one the Mayor's ninety-six daughters in Horton Hears a Who! which released in March of that year. In April, Lacey Rose, of Forbes ranked Gomez as being fifth on their "Eight Hot Kid Stars To Watch" list; and Rose described Gomez as having been "a multitalented teen".^[21] Gomez recorded three songs for the movie's soundtrack.

In 2009, Gomez formed the teen pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene. Kiss & Tell, the band's debut studio album and was released on September 29, 2009 by Hollywood Records. On March 5, 2010, the album was certified Gold by RIAA.^[3] The album's single, "Naturally", was certified Platinum by the RIAA on July 15, 2010.^[3] In February 2009, Gomez signed on to star as one of the two female leads in Ramona and Beezus, a film adaption of the children's novel series by Beverly Cleary.^[22][23] Gomez stated that she felt no pressure in taking more adult roles: "I think I’m fully aware of my audience and I’m still just a kid myself. I wouldn’t do a role I don’t feel comfortable doing or that my audience wouldn’t feel comfortable seeing."^[24]

In June 2009, Gomez did a guest appearance as herself in one episode of best friend Demi Lovato's Disney Channel television show, Sonny with a Chance, entitled "Battle of The Network Stars". That same month Gomez appeared alongside Lovato in the made-for-television Disney Channel movie, Princess Protection Program.^[25] The telecast garnered 8.5 million viewers becoming, at the time, the third most watched Disney Channel Original Movie.^[26] One month later, Gomez, along with two cast members of Wizards of Waverly Place appeared in a television three-way cross-over episode with Hannah Montana and The Suite Life on Deck, entitled Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana.

On August 28, 2009 two months after appearing in Princess Protection Program, Gomez starred in Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, a made-for-television film based on the show.^[27] The film premiered to an audience of 11.4 million viewers becoming cable's No. 1 scripted telecast of 2009 and Disney Channel's second most-viewed film premiere after High School Musical 2.^[28] In September 2009, Wizards of Waverly Place won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.^[29] In 2010, the film adaptation won the series its second consecutive Emmy for "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.^[29]

[edit] 2010–2011:Theatrical film debut, A Year Without Rain and When The Sun Goes Down

Gomez on location in Paris, France filming Monte Carlo in June 2010

Gomez's first theatrical film Ramona & Beezus premiered on July 23, 2010 and met with generally positive reviews.^[30] In March 2010, Variety reported that Gomez was set to star as one of the three lead roles in Monte Carlo, alongside Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy.^[31] In the film Gomez plays Grace, a girl who’s “mistaken for a socialite while on a trip to Paris.”^[32] To prepare for the role Gomez learned how to play polo and also took two weeks of vocal training to learn two different British accents.^[33][34] The same year Gomez confirmed that the fourth season of her hit Disney Channel show, Wizards of Waverly Place, would be its last.

Gomez performing at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards.

On September 17, 2010 , Selena Gomez and The Scene released their second studio album, A Year Without Rain The record debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 4, selling 66,000 copies. On January 19, 2011, the album was certified Gold by RIAA.^[3] As of April 2011, the band has sold 1,354,000 albums in the United States.^[35] To support the album, the band embarked on the mini-tour A Year Without Rain Tour. In February 2011, Deadline.com reported that Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment had acquired the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher with Gomez attached to the lead.^[36] That same month TV Guide reported that Gomez would make a cameo in the Muppets film.^[37] On March 23, 2011, Hollywood Records announced through a press release that Selena Gomez & The Scene would be embarking on their third concert tour in the United States, the We Own the Night Tour ran during the summer of 2011.^[38] Production for the final season of Wizards of Waverly Place came to a wrap on May 14, 2011.^[39] Gomez co-hosted the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards on June 19.^[40] She also hosted the 2011 MTV EMAs on November 6, 2011, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where she performed her band's single "Hit the Lights". Near the end of 2011, it was reported Gomez was in talks to star in two upcoming films. Deadline.com announced in October that Gomez would take part in the comedy Hot Mess.^[41]

In early November, Variety reported that Gomez was in talks to star in the upcoming film Spring Breakers alongside James Franco and Vanessa Hudgens.^[42] Gomez confirmed to MTV that she had signed on for the project and that production will begin in early 2012.^[43] On June 28, 2011, Selena Gomez & the scene released their third studio album, When the Sun Goes Down, previously titledOtherside,^[44] The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200, selling 78,000 copies its first week and the following week, the album rose to number 3 on the Billboard chart, becoming the band's highest charting album to date.^[45][46] On November 17, 2011, the album was certified platinum.^[3] The album's lead single, "Who Says" was certified Platinum by RIAA on June 23, 2011 and has become the band's highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 to date, peaking at number 21.^[3][47] The second single, "Love You Like a Love Song", was certified Platinum by RIAA on December 2, 2011, and became the act's first to sell over two-million copies.^[3][48]

2012–present: Focus on film[link]

In January 2012, Gomez announced that she would put her music career on hold.^[49] This was later reaffirmed as Gomez wrote on her Facebook page that she was taking a break from music in order to focus on her acting career, "my band and I are going our separate ways for a while. This year is all about films and acting and I want my band to play music wherever with whoever. We will be back but, it will be a good while."^[50] In February 2012, Gomez announced that the band would be taking a hiatus, so that she could focus on film for the year. She encouraged her band mates to work with other artists during the hiatus.^[51] The same month, it was announced that Gomez will replace Miley Cyrus in the animated comedy Hotel Transylvania playing Mavis, the daughter of Dracula who will be voiced by Adam Sandler.^[52] As of March 2012, Gomez has been cast in four upcoming films; in which three of them she has been cast as a lead role. She will first appear in Hotel Transylvania, an animated film, voicing the character of Mavis, who was originally supposed to be voiced by Miley Cyrus, however Cyrus dropped out of the film in early 2012 in order to focus on her music career.^[53] The film is scheduled to be released on September 21, 2012.^[54] Next, Gomez will appear in Spring Breakers, which is currently being filmed on location in Sarasota, Florida. The film is being written and directed by Harmony Korine.^[55] Gomez has also been cast as the main role of Hannah Baker in the film adaptation of young-adult fiction novel, 13 Reasons Why. The novel was written by Jay Asher.^[56] She will also play the lead role in a film called Hot Mess, a comedy film directed by Dave Meyers.^[56] On April 7, 2012, Gomez posted a video for fans in which she revealed that she will be filming a new movie called "The Getaway" in Bulgaria. ^[57]

Other projects[link]

Philanthropy[link]

Selena Gomez performs at the KISS 108 Jingle Ball in December 2010

Gomez was involved in the UR Votes Count campaign which encouraged teenagers to learn more about 2008 presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.^[58] In October 2008, Gomez participated in St. Jude's Children's Hospital "Runway For Life" benefit.^[59] Gomez is a spokesperson for Borden Milk; she is featured in the campaign's print and television ads.^[60] She is the ambassador of DoSomething.org after being involved with the charity Island Dog, which help dogs in Puerto Rico.^[61] She got involved while filming Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie in Puerto Rico.^[62] Gomez is a spokesperson for State Farm Insurance, and is featured in their TV commercials; which air on the Disney Channel, to raise awareness of being a safe driver.^[63] Gomez is also involved with the charity RAISE Hope For Congo, an initiative of the Enough Project, which helps raise awareness about conflict minerals and violence against Congolese women.^[64]

In October 2008, Gomez was named UNICEF's spokesperson for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign, which encouraged children to raise money on Halloween to help children around the world.^[4] She said that she was "extremely excited" to "encourage other kids to make a difference in the world."^[4]

In August 2009, a 17-year-old Gomez became the youngest UNICEF ambassador ever, passing fellow songstress Hayley Westenra, who was 18 when she was chosen. In her first official field mission, Gomez traveled to Ghana on September 4, 2009 for a week to witness first-hand the stark conditions of vulnerable children that lack vital necessities including clean water, nourishment, education and healthcare.^[65][66] Gomez explained during an interview with Associated Press that she wanted to use her star power to bring awareness to Ghana: “That’s why I feel very honored to have a voice that kids listen to and take into consideration [...] I had people on my tour asking me where IS Ghana, and they Googled it [...] and because I went there, they now know where Ghana is. So it’s pretty incredible.”^[66][67] Gomez said of her role as ambassador that: "Every day 25,000 children die from preventable causes. I stand with UNICEF in the belief that we can change that number from 25,000 to zero. I know we can achieve this because every moment, UNICEF is on the ground providing children with the lifesaving assistance needed to ensure zero becomes a reality."^[65]

Gomez was named spokesperson for UNICEF's 2009 Trick-or-Treat campaign, for the second year in a row.^[68] Gomez, who raised over $700,000 for the charity in 2008, stated that she hopes to be able to raise 1 million dollars in 2009.^[66] Gomez participated in a celebrity auction^[69] and hosted a live web cast series on Facebook in support of the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign.^[70] Gomez returned as the UNICEF spokesperson for the 60th anniversary of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign in 2010.^[71] In celebration of the 60th anniversary, Gomez and her band, The Scene, held a benefit concert donating all proceeds to the campaign.^[72]. On January 22nd 2010, Gomez participated in the Hope for Haiti Now Telethon with a number of other celebrities^[73].

In February 2011, Gomez traveled to Chile to witness and meet with the families of UNICEF's supported program, "Programa Puente" which helps families better understand and develops skills to deal effectively with early childhood education, development and other issues related to raising children. From her field trip experience, Gomez said "UNICEF is helping Chilean families get out of poverty, prevent violence within the home and promote education. To witness first hand these families' struggles, and also their hope and perseverance, was truly inspiring."^[74] In March 2011, Gomez participated in the UNICEF Tap Project's "Celebrity Tap Pack," limited-edition, custom-made water bottles featuring tap water from the homes of each celebrity advocate, in order to raise funds and increase profile for the clean water and sanitation programs.^[75] She is also featured in videos promoting the campaign.^[76][77]

Gomez is involved in Disney's Friends for Change, an organization which promotes "environmently-friendly behavior", and appears in its public service announcements.^[78] Gomez, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, and the Jonas Brothers recorded "Send It On", a charity single with all of its proceeds to the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund.^[79][80] It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 20.^[79] Also in 2009, Gomez made a surprise visit to a Los Angeles elementary school as part of the "A Day Made Better" program that was sponsored by OfficeMax. During her visit, Gomez gave the school an award and $1,000 worth of school supplies, and talked to students about the importance of giving back to the community.^[81][82]

Gomez is also the owner of six rescue dogs and describes herself as a "huge animal-lover".^[83]

In April 2012, Gomez was named ambassador to the Ryan Seacrest Foudation^[84].

Entrepreneurship and sponsorships[link]

Gomez was part of Sears back-to-school fashion ad campaign.^[85] As part of the campaign Gomez was featured in the television commercials. In August 2009, Gomez also hosted the "Sears Arrive Air Band Casting Call" – to select five people for the first-ever "Sears Air Band", which performed at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.^[86]

In October 2008, Gomez launched her own production company, July Moon Productions, and partnered with XYZ Films to create star vehicles for Gomez. As part of the agreement Gomez will have the opportunity to be able option articles, hire writers and create talent packages to shop to studios.^[87][88] Also, as part of the deal, "XYZ Films will allow Gomez to star in and produce at least two films.^[81] Variety reported that: "In August, XYZ [Films] inked a similar deal with Time Inc. and management-production company the Collective to finance the development of the print media giant's content for the bigscreen [...] As part of the July Moon-XYZ deal, [Selena] Gomez will have the ability to cherry-pick projects from the vast Time Inc. library, which includes Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Life."^[88]

In October 2009, Gomez announced her plan to launch her own fashion line, called "Dream Out Loud by Selena Gomez". The clothing line launched in the fall of 2010.^[89][90] The collection consists of and features bohemian dresses, floral tops, jeans, skirts, jackets, scarves and hats, all made from recycled or eco-friendly materials.^[91][92] Gomez said that the line will reflect her own personal style and described the clothing as being "pretty, feminine, and bohemian," and: "With my line, I really want to give the customer options on how they can put their own looks together [...] I want the pieces that can be easy to dress up or down, and the fabrics being eco-friendly and organic is super important [...] Also, the tags will all have some of my inspirational quotes on them. I'm just looking to send a good message."^[89][92] Gomez, who has no background in fashion, teamed up with designers Tony Melillo and Sandra Campos, both who have worked with big-name fashion houses.^[90] Gomez said of the partnering: "When I met Tony and Sandra, I was instantly comfortable with them and now they are just like family to me ... They are so creative and I love how I can just call them up whenever and talk to them about everything, even if it's just about changing a button ... They've been so cool about everything."^{[89][90][91][92]} The brand will be manufactured by, Melillo and Campos teamed with New York-based Adjmi Apparel and formed by Adjmi CH Brands LLC; which is the holding company for the brand.^[93]

It was announced on July 14, 2011, that Gomez had signed a license agreement with Adrenalina, an extreme sports and adventure-themed lifestyle brand, to develop, manufacture, and distribute the actress' fragrance. It is expected to debut in May of 2012. Chairman and C.E.O. of Adrenalina, Ilia Lekach, said, "We are incredibly enthused to be working with Ms. Gomez and will reveal more details pertaining to the fragrance as we get closer to the launch date."^[94]

Personal life and Image[link]

With a solid fan and media following, Selena Gomez is considered a teen idol. She has appeared on several magazine covers, including People Magazine,^[95] Cosmopolitan,^[96] Billboard,^[97] TVGuide,^[98] Teen Vogue,^[99] Seventeen,^[100] Elle^[101].

Wax statues of Gomez are on display at Madame Tussauds wax museums in New York^[102], London^[103], Washington D.C^[104] and Hollywood.

Relationships[link]

Gomez has had several high-profile relationships. She had an on-off relationship with singer Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers from 2008 to 2010.^[105] In 2009, she met actor Taylor Lautner in Vancouver, while she was filming Ramona and Beezus and he was shooting New Moon^[106], and the two dated for almost a year. However the pressure of the media became too much for them and caused the two to break-up.^[107] On February 27 2011, Gomez attended the 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar Party with Canadian singer Justin Bieber,^[108] confirming several months of media speculation about a romantic relationship between the pair.^{[109][110][111][112][113][114]} The relationship has since continued to garner significant media attention.^{[115][116][117][118][119]}

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

Discography[link]

Albums

• 2009: Kiss & Tell
• 2010: A Year Without Rain
• 2011: When the Sun Goes Down

Soundtrack albums[link]

Singles[link]

Featured singles[link]

Other charted songs[link]

Music videos[link]

Tours[link]