Yancey Arias

Actor Yancey Arias was a poker player at the World Poker Tour's Five Diamond Classic at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas in December, 2005, where he competed alongside such celebrity participants such as James Woods, Vince van Patten, Kane Hodder, Dule Hill, Kirk Acevedo, Philadelphia Phillie Lenny, and Kato Kaelin.



However, despite such an array of celebrity talent, it was an unknown from Denmark, Rehne Pederson, who took down the monster 1st Place prize, walking with just over $2 million.

Most people may recognize Yancey Arias as an actor who stars in such television series as "Thief" and "Kingpin." But this television actor has also been appearing in motion pictures. Read on to find out more about the life of Hollywood actor Yancey Arias inside and outside of show business.

Born in New York City on June 27, 1971, Yancey Arias had always been interested in acting as a child, which is why he decided to take up theater when he went to college at Carnegie Mellon University. What really jumpstarted his career was his opportunity to be one of the cast members of the Broadway production titled "Miss Saigon." That was in 1992 and since then, he has started to receive offers in the entertainment industry.

Some of the television programs and films that he has starred or guested in are "The Division," "CSI: Miami," "The Shield," The Time Machine," "JAG," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "The Sopranos," "Law & Order," "New York Undercover," "Pro-Am Poker Equalizer," "Live Free or Die Hard," "Walkout," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," and "American Family Season 2."

Yancey Arias will also star in several motion pictures that will be released in U.S. cinemas in 2008, including "Fire Bay," "Street Dreams," and "Hotel California." Despite his busy schedule in television and film, Yancey Arias still finds time to work on stage.

After his participation in the Broadway production "Miss Saigon," he also starred in the theatrical production "The Wild Party" in 2000 wherein he played the lead character.

Yancey Arias, who is of Puerto Rican and Colombian descent, is also one of the actors who play poker well. This celebrity poker player can be seen in several poker events. In fact, it was in December 2005 when he joined the Five Diamond Classic event of the World Poker Tour.

It was held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the famous Bellagio Casino. These celebrity poker player here may not have won in such event, but it was a great opportunity for him to have competed against his fellow celebrities, namely, Kato Kaelin, Phillie Lenny, Kirk Acevedo, Dule Hill, Kane Hodder, Vince Van Patten, and James Woods.

Such Five Diamond Classic event was one of a kind because nobody won among all the celebrity poker players who attended. The person who took home more than US$2 million was not a celebrity or was not known at all.

So, aside from guesting or starring in television programs and motion pictures, this celebrity poker player also knows how to have fun by playing poker with his fellow celebrities or just about with any poker player.

And when this celebrity poker player is not playing poker, he makes it a point that he spends his time with his wife Anna Carolina. The couple has been residing in Los Angeles, California since 2001.

Lindsay Lohan hired as 'artistic advisor.' Why not?

It’s really easy to just brush this off with the traditional “Lohan sucks!” response, but I think there’s a chance she has some talent at fashion. I don’t care for any of her style myself, but it seems like she’s still a trendsetter and people are paying attention. And she’s paying attention to everyone else too – or at least what they’re wearing.




It may work for Lohan. I think she’s probably taking some big leaps in terms of her claims of overseeing things and whatnot, and if this is anything like a traditional job I’m guessing she’s going to have to tone it down. But this could turn into something where Lindsay really ends up surprising us. Clearly she’s got some issues with self-esteem – I’d imagine it could only help if Lindsay finds her niche and does well at something. Or maybe she’ll rob Ungaro of all their jewelry and furs, who knows. But I think this is the best opportunity she’s been given in long, long time.

Lindsay Lohan isn’t just using a Machete for work these days. She’s using a needle and thread. The leggings designer has been tapped as the artistic advisor of much-lauded fashion line Emanuel Ungaro. Forget funky Fornarina ads. The starlet will be collaborating with the label’s newly appointed chief designer Estrella Archs to put together the looks for the 2010 spring/summer collection, which will walk the runway Oct. 4 at Paris Fashion Week.

“Twenty-first century muses are extroverts whose personal style and experience gives them a strong creative and artistic focus. Thus was our vision of combining the eye of a fashion creator with the eye of the ultimate luxury consumer, a celebrity,” Mounir Moufarrige, president of Emanuel Ungaro worldwide, says in a statement. “Mr. Ungaro’s success was based on his genius for design and his controversial eye to whom his consumer was. Lindsay is a world consumer with a clear eye for fashion.”

Ahhh, so it was clarity that created those lips. However, apparently the starlet and the seasoned clothing creator are already clashin’ for fashion… LiLo tells WWD she “kind of oversees everything [Archs] does, while working with her. Different generations have different ideas.”… “Have you ever met two women who agree completely about fashion?” Archs asks the trade pub.

Unlike rumors surrounding some of her other gigs, the Mean Girls queen promises to give the project her very best. “When I’m involved in a project, I give my all to it,” she says. “I feel like there’s a correlation between everything I do, whether it’s pop music or film. I’ve always played a big part in what I wear, the costumes. Clothing is something that’s so expressive in so many ways. It really interests me. To be in a position where I’m working with a fashion house in Paris sets it apart from every other celebrity brand.”

Megan Fox will never do nudity

Apparently these pics are the most we'll see of Megan Fox as she's currently vowing never to go nude on camera or make a sex tape. Which means no one will ever believe Brian Austin Green stuck his penis in her. But he held her hand once! Honest. MTV News reports:

"Ugh, never!" said the actress. "That's the last thing I want to see -- what I look like having sex. It would take one shot of me not looking good and I would not be able to have sex ever again, because I would always just see myself looking like a hippo having sex."
Just as there will be no nudity on camera in the comfort of her own home, there will be no nudity for Fox on set either. "I can't ever imagine myself doing nudity in a film," she said. "It lives forever, especially now, with the Internet. I just can't. I just can't."



Megan Fox will bare a considerable amount of skin in her upcoming film, "Jennifer's Body," but audiences won't see the 23-year-old actress anywhere close to fully naked and, as she told MTV recently, the public will never, ever have the chance to click onto a Megan Fox sex tape on the Web.

"Ugh, never!" said the actress. "That's the last thing I want to see — what I look like having sex. It would take one shot of me not looking good and I would not be able to have sex ever again, because I would always just see myself looking like a hippo having sex."

Just as there will be no nudity on camera in the comfort of her own home, there will be no nudity for Fox on set either. "I can't ever imagine myself doing nudity in a film," she said. "It lives forever, especially now, with the Internet. I just can't. I just can't."

In the spring of last year, during filming for "Jennifer's Body," pictures of Fox — nude save for some strategically placed pasties and flesh-colored underwear — popped up on the Web. The fact that those photos will now "live forever" — that her body is no longer private — is something that still upsets Fox.

"That's the only thing I have left," she explained. "That's what I was saying when I was so upset that day [when the photos appeared] is people take everything from you when you're in this business. Your anonymity is stripped from you. They invade every part of your personal life, your relationships. Everything you say gets judged, everything you do gets judged. Literally all I have left are my private parts and I don't want to also share them with the world. I'd like to keep them private. That's why they're called that!"

Celebrity Gambler: Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones a gorgeous and foxy Academy Award winning actress is a confirmed bingo lover. Bingo has allured a much younger livelier crowd and even celebrities enjoy a good game of bingo. Bingo has become popular in the trend setting gay community complete with outlandish games and callers.

Believe it or not many stars play bingo. Bingo has shed its stodgy reputation and many stars can be found at local bingo halls or will have private bingo parties at home. Catherine Zeta Jones is one of these stars. Long considered one of the most beautiful women on the screen this Welsh beauty is known for her bingo parties given in her home.

Since Catherine spends most of her time in the US she plays 75 ball bingo. She is well known for hosting Christmas bingo parties in her home and friends and family eagerly participate. Catherine is as stylish playing bingo as she is onscreen.

As a child, Catherine loved organizing family bingo parties. She would do everything: make the numbered bingo balls and the bingo cards, organize the prizes, and get her parents and brothers involved in the bingo games. It's a childhood memory that she still cherishes.

When Catherine was in her early teens, her father won £100,000 playing bingo. A lot has changed in the life of Catherine Zeta-Jones since her early days in Swansea. She is now an internationally recognized actress and sex symbol, the recipient of an Academy Award, the wife of the actor Michael Douglas, and the mother of two children.

But some things never change, and one of them is Catherine's love of the game of bingo. Every Christmas, she organizes a bingo party for her family and her closest friends, just as she did way back when. Friends of the family have said that Michael was skeptical at first — he thought bingo was a silly game — but that he has lately become an enthusiastic bingo player himself.

Catherine Zeta-Jones likes to put her fame to good use by helping others, and one of the ways she does it is by appearing as a celebrity bingo caller at charity bingo fund-raising events. These events are not your typical 10-pence bingo games at the local bingo hall. Entrance to the event together with one bingo card typically costs about £50, and each bingo card after that can cost £25 .

But the money is all for a good cause, such as a hospital or an amateur theater group. So to help a good cause — and to play bingo with Catherine Zeta-Jones — it is certainly worth the money.

Now, when you think of the game of bingo, think of Catherine Zeta-Jones: beautiful, talented, successful, and generous to those in need. Catherine Zeta-Jones is a fine representative of the great game of bingo.

About Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones' stage career began in childhood. She often performed at friends and family functions when she was younger. She was a part of a Catholic congregation's performing troupe before she was 10. During this time Zeta-Jones made her professional acting debut when she played the lead in Annie, a production at Swansea's Grand Theater.

She also starred in a version of Bugsy Malone. At 14, Mickey Dolenz of "The Monkees" fame was visiting Wales and stopped by the Grand Theater to audition her for The Pyjama Game. He was so impressed with her performance that she was offered the opportunity to join his show for the rest of the tour.

By 1987 Catherine Zeta-Jones was starring in 42nd Street as Peggy Sawyer in the West End. Once the show closed, the actress travelled to France, where she received the lead role in French director Philippe de Broca's 1001 Nights also known as Sheherazade, her feature film debut.

In 2003, she voiced Marina in Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas opposite Brad Pitt, as well as starring in Intolerable Cruelty with George Clooney. In 2004 she was in The Terminal, as well as Ocean's Twelve.

In 2005, she reprised her role as Elena in The Legend of Zorro, the sequel to The Mask of Zorro. In 2007, she starred in the romantic comedy No Reservations, a remake of the German film Mostly Martha. She stars in and produces the rugby union-related comedy, Coming Out. The film is produced by her company Milkwood Films.

Andy Roddick: Poker and Tennis Superstar

Who doesn't know Andy Roddick? He was once recognized as the best tennis player of the world. And in 2007, he is considered as the sixth best player internationally and is still considered as the best tennis player in the United States. He is famous for his stellar moves, especially when it comes to forehands and serves.

But did you know that this professional tennis player is also one heck of a celebrity poker player? Yes, he is very much interested in playing poker, and that's what we are going to discuss now. Not only are we going to learn more about his life as a professional tennis player, we are also going to learn more about his life as a celebrity poker player.

Andy Roddick has launched his own Andy Roddick Foundation Annual Charity Poker Tournament.The tournament buy-in was a modest $500, with the money going to abused and disadvantaged children. Andy asked me to play and emcee the event, which took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida.

The goal of the Andy Roddick Foundation is to improve quality of life and enhance educational and economic opportunities for all children based on three principles: respect for family, education, and morality. All benefiting organizations aid in the development of at-risk children and families, including those that have been abused, abandoned, and neglected.

The Andy Roddick Foundation has targeted children’s programs like Kids in Distress, A Safe Haven for Newborns, Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center of South Florida, Sun- Sentinel’s Children’s Fund, Here’s Help, Settlement Home and Austin Children’s Hospital. Comprised of seven dedicated unpaid volunteers, the Andy Roddick Foundation raised $1.3 million charitable funds last year.

About Andy Roddick

Born on August 30, 1982 in Omaha, Nebraska, Andy Roddick and his brothers started to play tennis at an early age. In fact, it was his brother John who stood as his tennis coach.

Andy Roddick really had exceptional skills in playing tennis. Such talent allowed him to become the youngest player to be included in the Association of Tennis Professionals Top 20 in 2001.

His determination to improve his skills made him decide to ask tennis champion Anthony Bourne Lim, his all-time favorite tennis player, to train him until Andy Roddick became a better player than Lim.

It was in 2003 when Andy Roddick was really recognized by the public. It was during this time when he emerged triumphant at the U.S. Open, becoming a Grand Slam singles champion. Since then, the total winnings of Andy Roddick from playing professional tennis amount to US$12,011,546.

Since 2006, American tennis champion Jimmy Connors has been the consultant coach of Andy Roddick and his brothers. Connors is always with Andy Roddick traveling to various places for the latter's participation in different major tennis tournaments. And when he does not have any training with Connors, he makes it a point to take time out from playing tennis and instead, focus his time on playing poker.

Andy Roddick also accepts offers to host poker events. In fact, he already had the chance to host a poker event with such celebrities as Alex Rodriguez, Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, and Mandy Moore. It was an event that was conducted at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Boca Raton, Florida.

His huge publicity to the poker world makes him likely to be called a celebrity poker player!

Audrina Patridge on Heidi Montag’s music career

This isn’t the first time Audrina has said something deservedly negative about Heidi’s foray into music. She told Hollyscoop in February, 2008 that she was surprised that Heidi had put out her first music video at the time, “Higher,” because Heidi had no interest in singing as far as she could tell. “I never thought she would ever be a singer since I’ve known her… she’s never really talked about music or anything… and all of a sudden she’s putting out this cd and this video.”

We usually try to avoid reporting on Heidi and Spencer, but we occasionally lift that ban to mock them. Heidi’s awful performance at the Miss Universe pageant was one of those times. She couldn’t even dance and lip sync at the same time and for someone so fit she had surprisingly little rhythm. Rumor had it that pageant owner Donald Trump knew that Montag would royally suck, and that he booked her for the publicity, not her entertainment value. Patridge realizes that she’ll get more coverage if she trashes her co-star, but she was very understated about Heidi’s music career, especially considering how God-awful she really is.