Emilio Botín

Emilio Botín (born 1 October 1934) is a Spanish banker. He is the Executive Chairman of Spain's Grupo Santander. In 1993 his bank absorbed Banco Español de Crédito (Banesto), and in 1999 it merged with Banco Central Hispano creating Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH), which became Spain's largest bank, of which he was co-president with Central Hispano's José María Amusategui, until Amusategui retired in 2002. In 2004, BSCH acquired the British bank Abbey National, making BSCH the second largest bank in Europe by market capitalisation. In July 2008 Santander was named the Best Bank in the World by Euromoney magazine.

Background and personal life

Botín, Marques Consort of O'Shea, was born in Santander, Cantabria, on the northern coast of Spain. After attending as a boarding student the Jesuit school of Colegio de la Inmaculada, in Gijón, he studied Law at the University of Valladolid in Valladolid and Economics at the University of Deusto in Bilbao. In 1986 Emilio Botín, then aged 52, took over from his father as president of the Banco de Santander, one of many banks that existed in Spain at the time. Botín was no newcomer to the banking world. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all bankers.
Botín is married to Paloma O'Shea, Marquess of O'Shea, a patron of the arts, and they have six children. Botín's favorite pastimes are hunting, fishing and golf. In 2005 Forbes put Emilio Botín's net worth at $1.7 billion.[citation needed] Botín's daughter, Ana Patricia Botín, is now President of Banesto, and widely viewed as his probable successor as President.
On 25 April 2008, two people died in a plane crash south of Madrid at a property belonging to Emilio Botin. Neither was a member of the banking family. The light aircraft, which was attempting to land at an airstrip on the Botin property known as El Castano, was transporting 441 pounds of hashish.



Banco Santander

The 1999 merger between Santander and Banco Central Hispano (BCH) was designed to be a “merger of equals” in which the top executives of the two pre-existing firms would share control of the merged entity. Soon after the merger former BCH executives accused Botin of trying to push his own agenda and threatened to take legal action against him. This post-merger squabbling was resolved when BCH executives Jose Amusategui and Angel Corcostegui agreed to accept severance payments, retire and renounce to control to Botin, at an expense to shareholders of €164M. The large termination payouts generated negative press and Botin was eventually brought to trial on criminal charges of “misappropriation of funds” and “irresponsible management.” However, in April, 2005 he was cleared of all charges. The verdict said the €164M retirement payments made to the two former executives were legal, “made as compensation for the services provided to the bank.”
In 2005 the anti-corruption division of the Spanish public prosecutor's office cleared Botin of all charges in a separate case in which he was accused of insider trading.[citation needed]
In January 2006, a Santander, Spain court dismissed a lawsuit stemming from the cancellation of agreements reached by the SCH board in 2004. In his ruling, the judge said that the case brought by the plaintiffs was 'merely an excuse to vent personal differences between them and the [Banco Santander] chairman. The plaintiffs were ordered to pay Botin’s legal fees.
Then, in November, 2006 Botin was brought to trial along with four other company directors for allegedly falsifying official documents and helping clients evade taxes. Spanish press sources reported that although Botin was accused of crimes against the state, the public prosecutor resisted bringing the case to trial. Private prosecution was brought by a prominent shareholder rights group, the Association for the Defense of the Investor and Clients (ADIC), which claimed that the charges against him constituted the "biggest fraud ever committed in Spain.” Botin evaded serving a jail sentence after the case was dismissed, and an appellate court rejected an appeal brought by ADIC.[citation needed]
Subsequently Botin’s legal troubles continued. Most recently Botin’s name has been in the news because of allegations that in 1999, at the time of the BCH merger, he bribed Spain’s economy minister, Rodrigo Rato, in order to seek favor with government officials. Botin and Rato, alongside a group of former associates have been accused of engineering a deal in which Banesto, a Santander subsidiary currently controlled by Botin’s daughter Ana Patricia Botin, purchased a €6M stake in a bankrupt water utility owned by the Rato family. Rato, Botin, and Alfredo Saenz, who was then serving as Banesto’s CEO, are accused of misappropriating funds, breach of fiduciary duty, falsifying documents, and bribery. The case is ongoing.
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Shia LaBeouf

Shia Saide LaBeouf, (pronounced /ˈʃaɪ.ə ləˈbʌf/ SHY--ə lə-BUFF; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. LaBeouf began his comedy career when he was 10 years old, and then launched his acting career in 1998 at the age of 12. He became known among younger audiences for his part in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens, also appearing in three Disney TV movies. In 2003, LaBeouf made his theatrical film debut in Holes, also appearing in the lead role in The Battle of Shaker Heights that same year.

In 2005, LaBeouf made his transition into more mature roles with The Greatest Game Ever Played. In 2007, he starred as the leads in Disturbia and Transformers, and the following year he appeared in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Indiana's son. In 2009, LaBeouf reprised his role as Sam Witwicky in the Transformers sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and appeared in New York, I Love You. LaBeouf's upcoming films include the lead roles in The Associate, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Transformers 3. In 2004, LaBeouf made his directorial debut by directing "Lets Love Hate" with Lorenzo Eduardo. He also directed Cage's music video for the single "I Never Knew You".

LaBeouf has been in one long-term relationship, which began in 2004 and lasted three years. He is currently in a relationship with Carey Mulligan; the two began dating in the summer of 2009. In November 2007, LaBeouf was arrested for misdemeanor criminal trespassing in a Chicago Walgreens after refusing to leave; the criminal charges were dropped the following month. In July 2008, LaBeouf was involved in a car accident, which was caused by the other driver. LaBeouf was arrested at the scene of the car accident for misdemeanor drunk driving, and his driver's license was suspended for one year because he refused a breathalyzer examination. As a result of the injuries he sustained from the accident, he has undergone multiple surgeries on his left hand; his hand has permanent damage and scarring.

Early life

LaBeouf was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Shayna (née Saide) and Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf.Shayna is a dancer and ballerina turned visual artist and clothing jewelry designer; before she met LaBeouf's father, she ran a head shop in Brooklyn.[3] LaBeouf's father is a Vietnam War veteran who "drifted" from job to job, working as a mime at a circus, a snow cone salesman, a rodeo clown, a stand-up comedian, and touring with the Doobie Brothers as their opening act. LaBeouf's New York-born mother is Jewish and his father is a Cajun (once described by LaBeouf as a "Ragin' Cajun"). LaBeouf was raised in the Jewish religion and had a Bar Mitzvah, though he was also baptized. The name Shia is Hebrew for "gift from God" (שי-יה), and the surname LaBeouf is a corruption of "le bœuf", the French term for "the ox" or "the beef". LaBeouf has said that he comes from "five generations of performers" and was "acting when [he] came out of the womb."One of LaBeouf's great-grandmothers played piano in gangster Lucky Luciano’s casino. LaBeouf's maternal grandfather, a Polish-born Holocaust survivor who shared his first name, was a comedian who worked in the Borscht Belt of the Catskill Mountains and sidelined as a barber for the Mafia. LaBeouf's alcoholic paternal grandfather was a Green Beret in the military and LaBeouf's paternal grandmother was a Beatnik poet and lesbian who associated with Allen Ginsberg.

LaBeouf has described his parents as "hippies", his father as "tough as nails and a different breed of man", and his upbringing as similar to a "hippy lifestyle", stating that his parents were "pretty weird people, but they loved me and I loved them." LaBeouf's father used to grow cannabis, and the two smoked marijuana together when LaBeouf was ten. LaBeouf has also said he was subjected to verbal and mental abuse by his father, who once pointed a gun at his son during a Vietnam War flashback. LaBeouf says his father was "on drugs" during his childhood and was placed in drug rehabilitation for heroin addiction while LaBeouf's mother was "trying to hold down the fort."His parents eventually divorced, mainly due to financial problems, and LaBeouf had what he has described as a "good childhood", growing up poor with his mother (who worked selling fabrics and brooches) in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California. LaBeouf's uncle was going to adopt him at one stage because his parents could not afford to have him anymore and "they had too much pride to go on welfare or food stamps."

LaBeouf attended a predominantly Latino and African American school.Theatrically, LaBeouf attended 32nd Street Visual and Performing Arts Magnet school in Los Angeles (LAUSD)[7] and Alexander Hamilton High School, although he received most of his education from tutors.Following high-school, LaBeouf was accepted to Yale University but declined, later remarking, "[I am] getting the kind of education you don't get at school,"although he would like to attend college.In a May 2009 Parade magazine interview, LaBeouf commented on how his parents' personal struggles, and his childhood, had an influence on him, "My dad and my mom were both artists who never found an audience for their artwork. And so I lived in poverty. Now that I'm not poor, I know that is what it was. Like Hemingway said, you can't write anything if you've never been shot at or been gorged by a bull, you know? So I look back at that stuff and I'm grateful. It's like scars. You become proud of them." In that same interview, LaBeouf explained that part of what he remembers is: in 1988, when he was two, his dad began dressing him up as a clown and putting him to work shilling for the family's pushcart business.LaBeouf recalled, "It was a hustle. We’d walk around the neighborhood in full clown regalia [...] My embarrassment factor didn't exist. I had fun, because I knew that in the middle of a performance my parents couldn't fight. So, for sure, every day, there had to be some peaceful time for us, or we weren't going to make it through the week financially."

Career

Early work, 1996–2006

Prior to his acting career, LaBeouf's career as a comedian originated when he would "create things, story lines and fictitious tales" during his childhood; he practiced stand-up comedy around his neighborhood as an "escape" from a hostile environment. At the age of ten, he began performing stand-up and "talking dirty" at comedy clubs (including The Ice House in Pasadena), describing his appeal as having "disgustingly dirty" material and a "50-year-old mouth on the 10-year-old kid".] LaBeouf, who described himself as an "insult comic", stated that his comic material included talking about his first erection and cursing. LaBeouf commented on his stand-up comedy career, "I just knew that money was a solution to whatever the hell was going on in my household. With money, I and my family would have had more options. So I went after a job that I thought I could make the most money for a 10-year-old or an 11-year-old boy."'LaBeouf subsequently found agent Teresa Dahlquist (who is his agent as of June 2008) through the Yellow Pages. He was taken on after doing his stand-up act for her and pretending to be his own manager, promoting himself in the third person. LaBeouf has said that he initially became an actor because his family was broke, not because he wanted to pursue an acting career. LaBeouf commented, "My humor came from seeing my parents have sex, smoke weed, my mom being naked—just weird hippie stuff, twisted R-rated humor. I’d get up there in my OshKosh B’Gosh outfit and my bowl haircut. I was a little kid with a Lenny Bruce mouth. That was the act. But there’s no money in stand-up comedy, so I went into acting." LaBeouf began acting when he was 12 years old. His acting debut was on Caroline in the City, in the episode "Caroline and the Bar Mitzvah", and he made guest appearances on popular television shows: The X-Files, Touched by an Angel, Jesse, and Suddenly Susan, all in 1999.

LaBeouf became well known among young audiences after playing Louis Stevens on the Disney Channel weekly program Even Stevens, a role for which he was cast three months after being signed by his agent. Even Stevens aired from 2000-2003 for three seasons and 65 episodes. Even Stevens ended with The Even Stevens Movie—a TV movie which premiered June 13, 2003, on the Disney Channel. In 2003, LaBeouf was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for the role of Louis and has said, "[he] grew up on that show" and his childhood was "kind of lost", although being cast in the show was the "best thing" that has happened to him. His father, having just been released from rehab, served as LaBeouf's on-set parent and the two bonded. Around this time period, LaBeouf pitched an arrangement to Disney inspired by his and his father's residence at motels. Disney bought the rights to the story, but the project, entitled Rent-A-Dad, has never moved out of development—presumably because the material may not have been suited to the family-oriented film studio. In 2001 LaBeouf had a supporting role in the Disney Channel TV movie Hounded, as Ronny Van Dussel, a rival of the main character. The following year he appeared in another Disney Channel TV movie Tru Confessions, where he played a mentally challenged kid with a sister who made a documentary about his disability. Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, described LaBeouf as giving an "unbelievable acting performance", and stated, "to this day I believe [that performance] gave him the leverage and credibility to get a lot of other roles." During this time, LaBeouf also appeared in sketch shows on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

In 2003, he appeared in another Disney production, Holes, as Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV, opposite Jon Voight. While filming Holes, Voight lent LaBeouf acting books that turned him on to the notion that acting could be about more than just a paycheck. The film was a moderate box office success. Steven Spielberg was a fan of LaBeouf in Holes, saying he reminded him of a young Tom Hanks. The film Holes made over US$67 million worldwide and was well-received by critics, garnering a 77% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That same year, he was heavily featured in the HBO documentary show Project Greenlight, which chronicled the making of the independent film The Battle of Shaker Heights, his first PG-13 film. In the film, LaBeouf played the lead role of troubled teen Kelly Ernswiler. The Battle of Shaker Heights was theatrically released on August 22, 2003, in limited release and had a poor box office performance. LaBeouf also had minor roles in the films, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.

LaBeouf in November 2006, promoting Bobby.

In 2004, LaBeouf co-wrote and directed the short film Let's Love Hate with Lorenzo Eduardo, which was LaBeouf's directorial debut. Also in 2004, LaBeouf played Farber, a minor role in I, Robot[33] and, the following year, appeared in the action-horror film Constantine as Chas Kramer, a supporting character.[34] LaBeouf made his transition into more mature roles, playing the lead role in the 2005 Disney film The Greatest Game Ever Played, as Francis Ouimet, a real-life golfer from a poor family who won the 1913 U.S. Open Championship. He also voiced the character Asbel in the English dubbed version of the 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, a Japanese anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. LaBeouf appeared in the 2006 ensemble drama Bobby as Cooper, a campaign volunteer for Robert F. Kennedy.[36] As part of the cast of Bobby, LaBeouf won a Hollywood Film Award for "Ensemble Of The Year", and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture".[38] Also in 2006, LaBeouf played the younger version of Dito Montiel in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, the older version being played by Robert Downey, Jr. in a semi-autobiographical account of Montiel's upbringing in 1980s Astoria, Queens. In her review for the film, Lisa Schwarzbaum, of Entertainment Weekly, described LaBeouf as being "lavishly talented".

Breakthrough and commercial success, 2007–2008

In 2007, LaBeouf starred in Disturbia, a thriller released on April 13. He played a teenager under house arrest who suspects that his neighbor, played by David Morse, is a serial killer. The film was a sleeper hit and LaBeouf received positive reviews for the role, with The Buffalo News stating, "[LaBeouf] has grown into an appealing, bright young actor who is able to simultaneously pull off [the character's] anger, remorse and intelligence", Kurt Loder of MTV wrote "[LaBeouf] gets his star ticket decisively punched", and the San Francisco Chronicle noted, "[LaBeouf is] fast becoming the best young actor in Hollywood". In comparing the film with Rear Window, The New York Daily News described LaBeouf's appeal as "more John Cusack than James Stewart". On April 14, 2007, LaBeouf hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest Avril Lavigne to promote the film. Throughout the show, LaBeouf and Lavigne acted in skits. Also in 2007, LaBeouf voiced Cody Maverick, the narrater, in the animated mockumentary film Surf's Up. That same year, LaBeouf played teenager Sam Witwicky, who becomes involved in the Autobot-Decepticon war on Earth, in Michael Bay's Transformers, released on July 3. Executive producer Steven Spielberg cast him in the role, having been impressed by his performance in Holes. Bay initially considered LaBeouf too old for the part of Sam, having only seen his performance in Constantine, but he was "bowled" over by LaBeouf's enthusiasm. LaBeouf performed his own stunts in the film. LaBeouf received critical acclaim for his role, with Empire's Ian Nathan praising him as "a smart, natural comedian, [who] levels the bluntness of this toy story with an ironic bluster". For his role in Transformers, LaBeouf was nominated for an Empire Award, and a National Movie Award, as well as being named 2007's "star of tomorrow" by the ShoWest convention. For his lead role in the film, LaBeouf was reportedly paid $500,000. In February 2008, LaBeouf was awarded the BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award, which was voted on by the British general public.

In April 2007, it was confirmed that LaBeouf had been cast in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. LaBeouf was Steven Spielberg's first choice for the role, again having been impressed by his performance in Holes. LaBeouf said that he signed on to the film without reading the script and did not know what character he would play. LaBeouf was cast as Mutt Williams, a greaser who is Indiana Jones' son. LaBeouf said, in order to prepare for his role in the film, that he worked out seven days a week for three hours a day and described his diet as being "protein-heavy, carb-heavy"; LaBeouf gained over fifteen pounds of muscle from training. LaBeouf said of the experience, "I have definitely not trained like this for anything in my life. I'm preparing like I'm going into battle." During filming LaBeouf pulled his rotator cuff while filming a fight scene, which was the first injury of his career. The injury got worse throughout filming, and he pulled his groin. The film was theatrically released in May 2008, and grossed over $780 million worldwide. LaBeouf's performance in the film received mixed reviews: Todd Gilchrist of IGN commented in his review for the film, "one can't quite help but wonder what Spielberg saw in the young actor that inspired him to cast LaBeouf"; Stephanie Zackarek of Salon.com noted, "[LaBeouf] sensibly keeps his performance as low-key as possible" and was "appealing enough". To promote the film, LaBeouf, for the second time, hosted Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2008, with musical guest My Morning Jacket. LaBeouf's next, and final, 2008 film was Eagle Eye, a thriller directed by D. J. Caruso, co-produced by Spielberg, and released on September 26. Eagle Eye was LaBeouf's second collaboration with Caruso, and his third with Spielberg. Eagle Eye proved to be another commercially successful film for LaBeouf, making over $177 million worldwide. In December 2008, LaBeouf dropped out of the film Dark Fields due to a hand injury he had acquired in a car crash which would not be fully healed by the time production started.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and beyond, 2009–present

LaBeouf in Paris in June 2009, promoting Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

In February 2009, LaBeouf teamed with rapper Chris "Cage" Palko to direct the music video for "I Never Knew You," the first single off of Cage's third album, Depart From Me. The music video was shot on location in downtown Los Angeles on February 21 and 22. It features cameos by other Definitive Jux artists: El-P, Aesop Rock, Chauncey, F. Sean Martin, Yak Ballz, and Alex Pardee. According to LA Weekly, this video marks the first in a series of collaborations between LaBeouf and Cage and will ultimately result in a film about the rapper's life, starring LaBeouf. When asked what it was like directing the "I Never Knew You" video, LaBeouf said, "I'm 22 and I'm directing my favorite rapper's music video. This shit is better than riding unicorns."] The video premiered on May 18, on MTV2 and MtvU.

LaBeouf reprised the role of Sam Witwicky in the 2009 sequel to Transformers, entitled Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Filming for the movie began in May 2008 and ended in late 2008. Due to LaBeouf's injury from his car accident, Michael Bay and screen writer Roberto Orci had to rewrite the script to protect LaBeouf's hand throughout filming. LaBeouf said production was only delayed two days after his accident because Bay made up for it by filming second unit scenes, and LaBeouf recovered a few weeks earlier than expected, allowing him to return to the set.Near the end of filming, LaBeouf injured his eye when he hit a prop; the injury required seven stitches. LaBeouf resumed filming two hours later. For his lead role in the film, LaBeouf was reportedly paid around $5 million. The film was a commercial success, making over $800 million worldwide, but received negative critical reviews. Joe Neumaier, of New York Daily News, felt the film showed LaBeouf "finally" proved that he's a "viable leading man".

LaBeouf played Jacob in the romantic comedy New York, I Love You, a collection of short stories about finding love in the five boroughs of New York and the sequel to Paris, je t'aime. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008 and was released in October 2009to mixed reviews from critics. In June 2009, it was confirmed that LaBeouf had signed on to star as the lead role in the Oliver Stone directed film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; the film is the sequel to the Academy Award-winning film Wall Street. In the film, LaBeouf will play Jacob "Jake" Moore, an ambitious Wall Street trader who is in a relationship with Gordon Gekko's daughter, Winnie. The film is set to close the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in May 2010. Co-starring Michael Douglas and Carey Mulligan, the film is set to be theatrically released in September 2010.

In an interview with MTV, Neil Gaiman said he is planning to direct a film adaption of the comic book series Death: The High Cost of Living, tentatively titled Death and Me, and showed interest in casting LaBeouf in the film, particularly the lead role. Gaiman commented that while LaBeouf was "one of 'Death’s biggest supporters", a concern for casting him as the lead was due to his age, but added that, "I wouldn’t be surprised if he were in it."It has been confirmed that LaBeouf will reprise his role in the third Transformers film. The film is expected to begin filming in May 2010 and to be released in July of the following year. In early December 2008, LaBeouf signed on to star as the lead role, Kyle McAvoy, in the film adaption of the novel The Associate by John Grisham. The film is currently in pre-production. Grisham, who had reportedly hand-picked LaBeouf for the role, said of his casting, "I think he'll be wonderful! He's a very talented actor." In December 2009, LaBeouf was set to star in the film The Promised Land, but the project was shelved primarily because of financial concerns. LaBeouf's disappointment over the project resulted in him leaving his agents at William Morris Endeavor.After trying to go without an agent, he eventually signed with Creative Artists Agency[78] in January 2010.

Personal life

LaBeouf bought his own two-bedroom house at the age of 18[80] and lives in Burbank, California. LaBeouf is a cigarette smoker, but he stated in June 2009 that he had recently begun trying to quit. LaBeouf drives a Nissan Maxima, and has two bulldogs named Brando and Rex.[80] LaBeouf has said, "sports are so big in my life", and that he is a "film junkie". He enjoys the music of The Shins, CKY, and the hip hop label Definitive Jux. LaBeouf has said that he is a fan of The Transformers television series and the 1986 film, The Transformers: The Movie. LaBeouf is a fan of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers.While doing research for his role in Wall Street" Money Never Sleeps, LaBeouf developed an interest in stock market trading, which he described as his "favorite hobby" in April 2010.

LaBeouf has said that he is "very serious" about his career and has made "a calculated effort to stay away from the party scene," believing that "if the industry takes you lightly because you're always partying, then they will take your work lightly as well." Interviewer Jamie Portman of The Vancouver Sun described LaBeouf as seeming to have a "love-hate relationship with the teenage culture that has spawned him. LaBeouf has said that, although he does not devoutly practice Judaism, he has a "personal relationship with God that happens to work within the confines of Judaism". LaBeouf has said that he is not the "All-American Disney role model" and chose to appear in some of his film roles in order to "curse as much as possible" and "age [himself] publicly" after his Disney roles. However, he specifies that Disney is "great and all" and a "nurturing place". He has said that he enjoyed being a child actor and disliked school

LaBeouf has three known tattoos as of May 2009, which are: 1986-2004 on his inner right wrist, a dog paw tattoo on his upper left arm, and a hand with a shackle on it on his left upper side torso. LaBeouf said he got the tattoo on his wrist because, "I’ve been doing this [acting] for 10 years, a lot of people say, ‘Oh, I forgot my childhood or I miss my childhood’ [...] so that’s just precautionary." LaBeouf described the tattoo on his upper side torso, "It’s like an artist drawing his own prison," and continued, "Just life. That’s where I’m at". LaBeouf has cited actors Gary Oldman,Dustin Hoffman, Jodie Foster, Jon Voight, and John Turturro as inspirations, and has also cited director Francis Lawrence as an inspiration, with whom LaBeouf worked on Constantine. LaBeouf described his agent Teresa Dahlquist, who paid for his head shots and rent during his Disney career, as being "one of the few pillars" in his life, adding that "she lifted me up and cared for me."

Despite having a hardship relationship with both his parents during his childhood, LaBeouf remains close to them both. During the winter, LaBeouf's father usually stays with him; during the summers, he lives in a tepee in Montana on a $10,000 plot of land LaBeouf bought him in 2003.LaBeouf bought his mother a house that is a ten-minute drive from his own house, in Tujunga, Los Angeles, California. He commented, "They don't work.  I take care of them, and they get to create art for the rest of their days." When LaBeouf was 19, after a neighbor in his Studio City apartment complex had allegedly insulted his mother and rear-ended her car, LaBeouf brought a knife, and a friend for backup, to the neighbor's apartment, which resulted in LaBeouf being assaulted by the neighbor and six of the neighbor's friends.

LaBeouf confirmed to People that, from 2004 to 2007, he dated model China Brezner, whom he met on the set of The Greatest Game Ever Played. He said of the reason for the break-up, "My focus became so work-related that I couldn't devote any time to a relationship", but, "We were inseparable, she was my best friend and my love". He described the break-up as being like "rebuilding after a tornado."[95] LaBeouf has said he tries to avoid relationships with co-stars saying, "It's really easy to fall for someone on-set, but in the end you know, it's a representative and it's not really them." As of August 2009, LaBeouf is in a relationship with British actress Carey Mulligan, his co-star in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Mulligan and LaBeouf were introduced by the film's director, Oliver Stone, prior to filming and began dating shortly after.

Arrests

LaBeouf in July 2009, promoting Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. An injury LaBeouf sustained in car accident the year before, was written into the film's storyline.

On November 4, 2007, LaBeouf was arrested early in the morning for misdemeanor criminal trespassing in a Chicago Walgreens after refusing to leave when asked by a security guard. The criminal charges were dropped on December 12, 2007. In March 2008, an arrest warrant was issued for LaBeouf after he failed to make a court appearance. The hearing was in relation to a ticket he received for unlawful smoking in Burbank, California, in February 2008. When neither LaBeouf nor a lawyer appeared at the court at 8:30 a.m., a $1000 bench warrant was issued for his arrest. However, the court commissioner in California recalled this warrant on March 19, 2008, after the actor’s attorney arrived a day late to plead not guilty on LaBeouf's behalf, and a pre-trial hearing was set for April 24, 2008. The charge was dismissed after the actor paid a $500 fine.

At approximately 3 A.M. on July 27, 2008, LaBeouf was involved in a car crash at the intersection of La Brea Avenue and Fountain Avenue in Los Angeles. His Ford F1-50 was hit from the side by a vehicle running a red light. LaBeouf had been gripping the top of the windowsill as he drove and, upon impact, the truck rolled onto his exposed left hand, crushing it.While responding to the accident, police officers smelled alcohol on LaBeouf's breath. Because he refused a breathalyzer examanization, authorities arrested LaBeouf at the scene for misdemeanor drunk driving and his driver's license was suspended for one year. Michael Bay stated that LaBeouf had been drinking hours before the car accident and he had felt that, by the time the accident had occurred, the alcohol had worn off. LaBeouf had to undergo one of many hand surgeries immediately after the accident. His passenger, Isabel Lucas, and the driver and passenger in the other car suffered only minor injuries. Due to severe damages from the accident, LaBeouf's truck was totaled; his father keeps the vehicle at his home as a 'memento'.

Two days later, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman announced that LaBeouf was not at fault in the accident as the other driver had ran a red light. LaBeouf returned to the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at this time, and shooting resumed In September of that year, LaBeouf described the car accident as being "eye-opening and terrifying." LaBeouf stated that, as a result of the injuries to his left hand, he had screws and plates put in his hand; there is also scarring. One screw was placed in one of his knuckles, and he had a shaved piece of bone from his hip made into a bone for his finger. In April 2009, he stated he had undergone three hand surgeries. He said that he would regain "probably about 80-something percent" usage of his hand and, while he would able to make a fist again, "there’s a knuckle [I will] never be able to move again" and in May 2010, he said that he has "completely" regained movement in his fingers.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes

2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights Kelly Ernswiler main role (limited release)

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Max Petroni minor role

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Lewis minor role

Holes Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV main role

2004 I, Robot Farber supporting role

2005 The Greatest Game Ever Played Francis Ouimet main role

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Asbel voice (English version)

Constantine Chas Kramer supporting role

2006 Bobby Cooper minor role

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Young Dito supporting role

2007 Disturbia Kale Brecht main role

Surf's Up Cody Maverick voice

Transformers Sam Witwicky main role

2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Henry "Mutt Williams" Jones III supporting role

Eagle Eye Jerry Shaw/Ethan Shaw main role

2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Sam Witwicky main role

New York, I Love You Jacob minor role

2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Jake "Jacob" Moore main role (filming)

2011 Transformers 3 Sam Witwicky main role (pre-production)

2012 The Associate Kyle McAvoy main role (pre-production)

Film Made for Television or Video

Year Title Role Notes

1998 The Christmas Path Cal main role

Monkey Business Wyatt minor role

Breakfast with Einstein Joey supporting role

2001 Hounded Ronny van Dussel supporting role (Disney Channel original movie)

2002 Tru Confessions Eddie Walker supporting role (Disney Channel original movie)

2003 The Even Stevens Movie Louis Stevens main role (Disney Channel original movie)

Television

Year Title Role Notes

1998 Caroline in the City Ethan Episode: ("Caroline and the Bar Mitzvah")

1999 Jesse Moe Episode: ("Momma Was a Rollin' Stone")

1999 Suddenly Susan Ritchie Episode: ("A Day in the Life")

1999 Touched by an Angel Johnny Episode: ("The Occupant")

1999 The X-Files Richie Lupone Episode: ("The Goldberg Variation")

2000 ER Darnel Smith Episode: ("Abby Road")

2000 Freaks and Geeks Herbert the mascot Episode: ("We've Got Spirit")

2000–2003 Even Stevens Louis Stevens main role

2001 The Nightmare Room Dylan Pierce Episode: ("Scareful What You Wish For")

2002 The Proud Family Johnny McBride Episode: ("I Love You Penny Proud") (Voice)

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Katherine Heigl

Katherine Marie Heigl, (pronounced /ˈhaɪɡəl/; born November 24, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey's Anatomy and her starring role in the movies Knocked Up, 27 Dresses and The Ugly Truth.

Heigl started her career as a child model with Wilhelmina Models before she turned her attention to acting. She made her debut in the coming-of-age film, That Night. Heigl co-starred as Isabel Evans in the television series Roswell and movies including My Father the Hero before landing her break out role in Grey's Anatomy. Over the years, Heigl has established herself as a cover model appearing on numerous publications including Maxim, Vanity Fair and Cosmopolitan.

Early life and family

Heigl was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Nancy, a personnel manager, and Paul Heigl, a financial executive and accountant. Heigl has German and Irish ancestry, and was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is the youngest of four children (her siblings are Meg, Jason, and Holt).[8] Heigl lived in Virginia and then Denver before her family settled in Connecticut, where they moved into a large, old Victorian-style farmhouse in the wealthy town of New Canaan, where she spent most of her childhood.

In 1986, her older brother Jason died of injuries suffered in a car accident, after being thrown from the back of a pickup truck while out for lunch with some of his high school classmates. Following his death, the family decided to donate his organs. Afterward, their parents converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (prior to that her mother was Lutheran and her father Catholic).Heigl is now a strong proponent of organ donation. Although she is no longer a "strong practicing Mormon", she stated that she hopes to "...find my way back as I get older and a little less selfish."

Career

Early work, 1986–1998

When Heigl was nine, an aunt visiting the family decided to take a number of photographs of her. After returning to her home in New York, her aunt sent the photos to a number of modeling agencies, with the permission of Heigl's parents. Within a few weeks, Heigl was signed with Wilhelmina Models as a child model. Soon after signing with the agency, a client slated Heigl for use in a magazine advertisement where she made her debut. At the time, she was earning $75 an hour posing for Sears and Lord & Taylor catalogs. Heigl appeared in her first national television spot for Cheerios cereal.

She made her acting debut in the 1992 movie That Night. Heigl appeared as Christina Sebastian in Steven Soderbergh's Depression-era drama King of the Hill before being cast in her first leading role in the 1994 comedy My Father the Hero. During this time, Heigl continued to attend New Canaan High School, balancing her film and modeling work with her academic studies. Heigl dropped out of New Canaan High School after her sophomore year to pursue her career in Hollywood.

In 1995, she starred in the Steven Seagal action thriller Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. Heigl portrayed a 16-year-old travelling on a train across a mountain pass to visit the grave of her deceased father with uncle Casey Ryback (Seagal), an ex-SEAL counter-terrorist expert. The main plotline has the train hijacked by mercenaries in Colorado, keeping her as a hostage. Much of her work in the film was opposite Morris Chestnut, Sandra Taylor and Everett McGill.

Despite an increased focus on acting, she still modeled extensively, appearing regularly in magazines such as Seventeen. She took the lead role in Disney's made-for-television film Wish Upon a Star in 1996. Also in 1996, Heigl's parents divorced and her mother was diagnosed with cancer. After her high school graduation in 1997, she moved with her mother into a four-bedroom house in Malibu Canyon, Los Angeles, and her mother became her manager.

In 1998, she co-starred with Peter Fonda in a re-working of the classic Shakespearian play The Tempest, set during the American Civil War. Later that year, she starred in the horror film Bride of Chucky.

Rise to fame, 1999–2004

In 1999, Heigl turned her attention to television when she accepted the role of Isabel Evans on the science fiction TV drama Roswell, a role that was expanded in the show's second and third seasons. Heigl had auditioned for all three of the show's female leads (the other two roles eventually went to Shiri Appleby and Majandra Delfino) before she was finally cast as alien-human hybrid Isabel.

Heigl was frequently featured in photo essays in magazines such as Life, TV Guide, and Teen as well as FHM. She appeared in the FHM and Maxim calendars, FHM's annual "100 Sexiest Women in the World", and was featured in the Girls of Maxim Gallery. In May 2006, Maxim awarded her #12 on their annual Hot 100List as well as voted the 19th "Sexiest Woman in the World" by readers of FHM magazine. While Roswell was in production, Heigl worked on several films, including 100 Girls, an independent 2001 film, and Valentine, a horror film starring David Boreanaz and Denise Richards.

Heigl accepted a role in Ground Zero, a television thriller scheduled to be telecast that fall which was based on the bestselling James Mills novel The Seventh Power, in the spring of 2001. She co-starred as a brilliant and politically-concerned college student who helps to build a nuclear device to illustrate the need for a change in national priorities. The device ends up in the hands of a terrorist following betrayal by a fellow student. However, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the film was shelved when its plot was considered inappropriate. It reemerged in 2003 under the title Critical Assembly. After the attacks, Heigl recorded a public service announcement for the American Red Cross in an effort to help raise money for victims.

In 2003, Heigl appeared in three television movies. She returned to the horror genre with Evil Never Dies, a modern-day variation on the Frankenstein story co-starring Thomas Gibson. Love Comes Softly, for Hallmark Entertainment, found Heigl starring as Marty Claridge, a young, pregnant newlywed traveling west. (She reprised the role of Marty in the sequel Love's Enduring Promise the next year.) Heigl played Isabella Linton in MTV's modern revamp of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. In October 2003, Heigl was cast opposite Johnny Knoxville in The Ringer, a Farrelly brothers comedy that was released in December 2005. Heigl starred as Romy in the 2005 television movie Romy and Michele: In the Beginning, a prequel to the 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.

Breakthrough, 2005–present

In 2005, Heigl was cast in what would become her most high-profile role to date, as medical intern Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens on Grey's Anatomy, an ABC medical drama. The show, originally introduced as a mid-season replacement, became a huge ratings success and is still one of the highest-rated television series on broadcast television. The same year, Heigl landed the starring role in the independent film, Side Effects, about marketing and the pharmaceutical industry. In late 2006, Heigl was nominated for a Golden Globe award in the category Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series, or Motion Picture Made for Television for her work on Grey's Anatomy. Also in 2006, she filmed Knocked Up, a comedy from writer/director Judd Apatow, starring opposite Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, and Apatow's real life wife, Leslie Mann. Upon its June 2007 theatrical release, the film received largely positive reviews from critics, and proved to be a box office success. Despite her run of success, she also starred in the box office bomb Zyzzyx Road which despite being filmed in 2004, was not released until 2006. It has been cited as the lowest grossing film of all time. She has been on FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" list twice as of 2007.

Heigl at the 59th Annual Emmy Awards in 2007

On September 16, 2007, Heigl won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzie Stevens. In her acceptance speech she acknowledged that even her mother did not believe she would win, and when her name was called, she had to be censored vocally by the telecast's producers, due to her saying "Shit!" when she reacted to the win. Earlier, she had corrected telecast announcer Rebecca Riedy, who had been given an incorrect phonetic spelling of Heigl's name, when she mispronounced her name as Hi-jell before the presentation of the award with Kyle Chandler for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. She starred in the film, 27 Dresses which was released in January 2008, playing alongside James Marsden.

Katherine Heigl was announced the Most Desirable Woman of 2008, according to AskMen.com.

There was some speculation that Heigl may be leaving Grey's Anatomy after the end of the 2008-2009 season. This speculation revolved around her refusal to put her name in for Emmy Award consideration and the time she had devoted to producing a film version of Carolyn Jessop's book Escape. Grey's showrunner Shonda Rhimes said she was not insulted by Heigl's Emmy withdrawal, but also noted that Heigl's character Izzy had less to do during the season because Heigl asked for a light work schedule.However, despite Heigl's reported displeasure with the previous season as well as suggestions that her character had died, Heigl's return for the sixth season of Grey's has been confirmed by ABC.

In 2009, Heigl starred opposite Gerard Butler in The Ugly Truth, which opened July 24.

Heigl is currently filming the Lionsgate thriller Killers, opposite Ashton Kutcher. She has signed on to star in and produce the big-screen drama Life As We Know It. Life As We Know It revolves around a woman and a man whose respective best friends die in a car accident. Following the tragedy, they are left to share in caring for the deceased's orphaned daughter. Everwood creator Greg Berlanti will direct the film.

Whether or not Katherine Heigl would leave Grey's Anatomy remained to be seen for the bigger part of season six.However, on March 11, 2010, Heigl reportedly did not show up for work when she was supposed to, and that she and Shonda Rhimes had come to an agreement to release her from her contract immediately. Therefore, Heigl's last appearance on the January 21st episode of Grey's Anatomy is also her final appearance on the series. Heigl said that her departure was not about advancing her movie career but that she wanted to focus more on her family.

While receiving an award at the ShoWest Convention in March 2010, a strap on Heigl's dress broke in an apparent wardrobe malfunction.

Salary

Heigl won greater financial success after Knocked Up (2007). The movie grossed $148,761,765 in the U.S., for which she earned a salary of $300,000 USD. Heigl got higher wages in the film 27 Dresses (2008), for which she received $6 million USD.

Feminism

Despite Heigl's constant reassurances that she is "quite boring... really", Movie Entertainment called Heigl a complex individual with many contrasts, referring to her as an "ex-model with a strong feminist streak" and an "actress known for her dramatic roles who really wants to do comedy".

In the wake of widespread media attention to accusations of sexism (including articles in New York, The New Yorker, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Guardian, Vanity Fair and People) against director and producer Judd Apatow and his film Knocked Up,Heigl has been tagged as a potentially important and assertive modern proponent of women's rights.

In a highly-publicized Vanity Fair interview, as one of the lead actors in the hit film Knocked Up, Heigl admitted that though she enjoyed working with Apatow and Rogen, she had a hard time enjoying the film itself. She called the movie "a little sexist", claiming that the film "paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys". In his review for The Guardian, humorist Joe Queenan called Knocked Up "the latest in a new genre of romantic comedies in which an unappealing hero gets together with a gorgeous, successful woman".

Heigl's comments spurred widespread reaction in the media, primarily consisting of personal attacks in which she was called "an ungrateful traitor", "hypocrite", and "assertive, impatient go-getter who quickly tired of waiting for her boyfriend to propose", in some cases debasing her religious beliefs and criticizing her private relationships Heigl clarified her remarks to People magazine, stating that, "My motive was to encourage other women like myself to not take that element of the movie too seriously and to remember that it's a broad comedy", adding that, "Although I stand behind my opinion, I'm disheartened that it has become the focus of my experience with the movie".

The Guardian noted that Heigl's comments "provoked quite a backlash, and Heigl was described as ungrateful and a traitor. Some people even suggested she would never work again", remarks which in retrospect were not only proved demonstrably wrong but the publicity and promotion in the wake of her comments may well have propelled Heigl's career.

Following the release of 27 Dresses, the New York Post expressed some disappointment with the mismatch of Heigl's talent with the "chick-flick" triviality of the film, suggesting that Heigl might be more compatible "with female directors such as Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry) or Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)...".On the other hand, her newest project, The Ugly Truth, has been touted as "a battle of the sexes" chick flick.

Animal welfare projects

Heigl has worked with Best Friends Animal Society on several projects including their Pup My Ride program. The program transports small dogs from high-kill animal shelters to other parts of the US where there is a greater demand for such dogs. Her involvement in this led her to give Best Friends a grant which would fund a year of the program.

Heigl and her mother, Nancy, then started Heigl's Hounds of Hope which operates as part of the Jason Debus Heigl Foundation. The Foundation was created in honor of Katherine's brother, who was killed in a car accident in 1986 at the age of fifteen. Heigl's Hounds of Hope rescues larger dogs with behavior problems from shelters with a high kill rate and rehabilitates them through training and other adjustments to make them suitable for re-homing.

As of 2009, Heigl has six dogs of her own.

Personal life

Heigl dated Joey Lawrence in 1994 and Roswell costar Jason Behr during the run of the series. In June 2006, she became engaged to singer Josh Kelley, whom she met on the set of his music video for "Only You".They were married on December 23, 2007 in Park City, Utah. During a taping of Live With Regis and Kelly, Heigl stated that she and Kelley chose not to live together before they were married, saying, "I think I just wanted to save something for the actual marriage... I wanted there to be something to make the actual marriage different than the dating or the courtship."At the end of 2007, Barbara Walters named Heigl one of "The 11 Most Fascinating People of 2007" on an ABC program of that title. Heigl questioned her inclusion on the list, saying that in fact she is actually "quite boring...not, just kidding, but really". In March 2010, Heigl changed hair color from her signature blonde to brunette.

On September 9, 2009, Heigl's representative confirmed that the couple had started the process of adopting a baby girl from South Korea. Later that month, the couple adopted a special needs baby girl they named Nancy Leigh (named after Heigl's mother and sister), nicknamed Naleigh.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes

1992 That Night Kathryn

1993 King of the Hill Christina Sebastian

1994 My Father the Hero Nicole Nominated — Young Artist Award — Best Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture

1995 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Sarah Ryback

1997 Prince Valiant Princess Ilene

Stand-ins Taffy-Rita Hayworth's Stand-in

1998 Bug Buster Shannon Griffin

Bride of Chucky Jade

2000 100 Girls Arlene

2001 Valentine Shelley Fisher

2003 Critical Assembly Aizy Hayward

2005 Side Effects Karly Hert Executive producer

The Ringer Lynn Sheridan

2006 Zyzzyx Road Marissa

Caffeine Laura

2007 Knocked Up Alison Scott Nominated — Empire Award — Best Actress

Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Performance

Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Nominated — Teen Choice Award — Choice Movie Actress: Comedy

2008 27 Dresses Jane Nichols

2009 The Ugly Truth Abby Richter Executive producer

Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Nominated — Teen Choice Award — Choice Summer Movie Star: Female

2010 Killers Jen Kornfeldt

Life as We Know It Holly Berenson Executive producer

One For The Money Stephanie Plum

Television

Year Title Role Notes

1996 Wish Upon a Star Alexia Wheaton Television movie

1998 The Tempest Miranda Prosper Television movie

1999–2002 Roswell Isabel Evans 61 episodes

Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television

Nominated — Teen Choice Award — Choice Television Actress

2001 The Twilight Zone Andrea Collins Episode: "Cradle of Darkness"

2003 Vegas Dick Television movie

Love Comes Softly Marty Claridge Television movie

CAMIE Award

Wuthering Heights Isabel Linton Television movie

Evil Never Dies Eve Television movie

2004 Love's Enduring Promise Marty Claridge Davis Television movie

CAMIE Award

2005 Romy and Michele: In the Beginning Romy White Television movie

2005–2010 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens 109 episodes

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2007, 2008)

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2006, 2008)

Nominated — Teen Choice Award — Choice Television Actress

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Lisandro López

Lisandro López, (born 2 March 1983 in Buenos Aires), commonly known simply as Lisandro, is an Argentine football player who currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. He primarily plays as a striker, but is also capable of playing on the wings. Lisandro is also an Argentine international having earned caps under former coaches José Pekerman and Alfio Basile and current coach Diego Maradona.

Club career

Racing Club

Lisandro started his career at Racing Club de Avellaneda, in the Argentine first division. He was the league's top scorer in the Apertura tournament of 2004. Lopez scored 26 goals in 70 appearances for Racing Club de Avellaneda.

Porto

López eventually made the switch to F.C. Porto for a transfer fee of €2.35 million, likes Lucho González, his agent Global Soccer Agencies retained 50% right.After a first season in which he netted 7 league goals in 26 appearances, he became a key player for Porto, scoring vital goals for the team, including the first goal in the UEFA Champions League against Rangers, and two goals in the home game against Hamburg in the competition's following season.

In 2007-08, as Porto were crowned league champions for the third consecutive time, López was the competition's top scorer, scoring 24 in 27 games (adding three in Champions League).

In mid of 2007-08 season, Porto rejected the offer from Zenit, thus activated the clause with Global Soccer Agencies, Porto bought the remain economic rights for €4.429M.

His eye for the goal is not solely restricted to the Liga Sagres as he finished fourth in the leading scorers table with six goals for the UEFA Champions League 2008-09 campaign, behind Barcelona winger Lionel Messi, Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard and Bayern Munich striker Miroslav Klose. Lopez scored 49 goals in 106 league appearances for F.C. Porto.

Lyon

After the sale of Karim Benzema, on 7 July 2009, López transferred to Lyon for a fee of €24 million, plus €4 million bonus subject to sporting performance. On 8 August 2009, Lisandro scored on his debut from a free-kick in the 90th minute away at Le Mans. The final score was 2-2. Lopéz also scored a penalty in a Champions League play-off round qualifier against Anderlecht. In the second leg away to Anderlecht, he netted a first half hat trick.

On 4 November 2009, López scored a decisive equaliser in a Champions League group game against Liverpool to ensure Lyon qualified for the knockout stage. Seven days later on 11 November 2009, Lisandro scored two goals in three minutes in a classic 5-5 draw with Ligue 1 rivals Olympique Marseille. Through his first 21 league games for Lyon Lisandro scored 11 goals, a average of more than one goal per every two games. On 30 March 2010, Lisandro "Licha" Lopez scored two goals, in the victory over French club FC Girondins de Bordeaux, at UEFA Champions League Quarter Finals, in Lyon. He was also named Ligue 1 Player Of The Year in his first season at the club.

International career

In 2005, Lisandro was called up to the Argentine national team by José Pekerman, made his debut against Mexico on 10 March 2005. The friendly ended in 1-1 draw. After fantastic Porto performances, he was summoned three years later by Alfio Basile, for friendly games against Egypt, Mexico, United States[9] and Belarus. On 12 August 2009, Lisandro scored a goal in Argentina's 3-2 victory over Russia at the Lokomotiv Stadium in Moscow. On 21 August 2009, he was called up by Diego Maradona for the decisive encounters against Brazil on 5 September and Paraguay on 9 September 2009 counting towards the 2010 World Cup qualification.

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total

Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

Racing Club 2002–03 3 0 – – – 3 0

2003–04 30 8 – – – 30 8

2004-05 37 18 – – – 37 18

Total 70 26 – – – 70 26

FC Porto 2005–06 26 7 1 0 – 2 1 29 8

2006–07 25 8 0 0 – 8 3 33 11

2007–08 27 24 4 0 0 0 8 3 39 27

2008–09 28 10 4 1 0 0 10 6 42 17

Total 106 49 9 1 0 0 28 13 143 63

Lyon 2009–10 30 14 2 0 2 2 12 7 46 23

Total 30 14 2 0 2 2 12 7 46 23

Career total 199 87 11 1 2 2 37 18 249 108

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition

1 12 August 2009 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia Russia 2-1 3-2 Friendly

Honours

Club

Porto

Portuguese League (4): 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09

Portuguese Cup (2): 2005-06, 2008-09

Portuguese Supercup (1): 2006

Individual

Primera División Argentina 2004–05 Topscorer Apertura

Portuguese League: Topscorer 2007-08

Portuguese Liga Player of the Year: 2007-08

Ligue 1: Player of the Year 2009-10

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Maria Belén

Maria Belén Rodriguez Cozzani, (born 20 September 1984) is an Argentinian showgirl, model, and television personality who lives and works in Italy. She is known by the name of Belén Rodriguez and has presented many variety shows. In 2009 and 2010, she has appeared in television commercials alongside actor Christian De Sica advertising a popular mobile phone network operating company.

Career

Belén was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and began her modeling career at the age of 17. Besides her native Argentina, she worked also in Miami and Mexico, before she moved to Italy in 2005; where she has worked as a model, showgirl and has presented variety shows such as Scherzi a parte, Love Bugs 4, and Sarabanda. In 2007, she made her television debut in the variety programme La Tintorella.

In June 2008, she posed for Max magazine, and in the autumn of the same year, she appeared on the reality show L'isola dei famosi, which was televised by Rai Due.

In 2009 and 2010, she appeared in television commercials, advertising a mobile phone network operating company. She also modelled jewellery during this period.

On 18 February 2010, Belén was a guest performer at the prestigious, televised Italian song contest, the Sanremo Music Festival, where she sang a duet with singer Toto Cutugno.

Following the break-up of her highly-publicised romance with Italian footballer Marco Borriello, she has since been the companion of Sicilian photographer, television personality, and actor Fabrizio Corona (born 29 March 1974 Catania); and their relationship has been the subject of many gossip magazine articles.

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