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Fernando Alonso's biography

Full name / Real name:
Fernando Alonso Díaz
Date of birth:
July 29, 1981
Place of birth:
Oviedo (ASTURIAS)
Star sign:
Leo
Marital status:
married
Likes:
the sincerity
Dislikes:
the repower
Hobbies:
cyclin, football, swimming
Heroes:
Lance Armstrong
Unusual facts:
He has been twice a champion of f1.

The Story

Early life:Fernando Alonso initiated his career with three years, seeing to his idol of the infancy Ayrton Senna, when his father gave him a kart that he itself had constructed. This year gained his first race. With 7 years, he obtained his first victory in an official competition.
Career history:In 1999 Adrián Campos, would turn into his mánager. He puts it as substitute of Marc Gené in the Formula Nissan, in which Alonso achieves 9 "poles", 8 rapid returns and 6 victories.Of the Formula Nissan changed to the Formula 3000 into the team Astromega, where he joined with pilots of great category. Alonso remained fourth in the general classification in the year of his début and only one year remained there.In his first race with Renault Fernando Alonso he achieved the seventh position in Australia. On March 22, 2003 he turned into the youngest pilot in a pole position and a podium achieved in Formula 1, with 21 years, in the Great Prize of Malaysia.On September 25, 2005, after the dispute of the GP of Brazil, he did history on having turned into the first Spanish and the youngest pilot, with 24 years, in being a champion world tonsured priest of Formula 1.Fernando Alonso proclaimed in 2006 bicampeón of the world of formula 1.
How I became a fan: I became your fan because I liked very much his races, for my it was very exciting. I never get lost them. And he has te same surname that I.
Why I like him / her:I like he because is very intelligent, mature, know perfectly what he has to do and because he makes a few races of f1 fabulous.

Biography Rosa López, Edgar C

Rosa López Cortés

Rosa María López Cortés, more known as Rosa, (Granada, January 14, 1981). Spanish singer. Winner of the programe Operation Triunfo in its first edition (2002). Was chosen to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn, Estonia in 2002, where he was in 7th position with the song "Europe's Living a Celebration". In April 2002, published his debut album "Rosa," which sold over 700,000 copies, She was number 1 on the sales list for several consecutive weeks and bought 450,000 copies a week, thanks to songs like A Solas Con Mi Corazon. In her tour, suffered some problems in the voice that drove them off a season to recover.
In 2003 edited their second album "Ahora". Again reaches number 1 on the sales lists.
In April 2004, she had on his tour "Ahora 2004". Her third album, "Ojalá", published in November 2004, is a Christmas album, with great versions and unreleased songs, which reaches more than 100,000 copies sold. Recent musical collaborations Rosa, have been participating in the soundtrack for "Torrente 3 (el protector)" by singing the main theme of the film, the "protector" and the album "De Benicassim Benidorm, singing" Eternidad "with the 12twelve. Their participation in the program ¡Mira quién baila! de TVE was a very pleasant experience for Rosa, which Rosa has a big winner, with over 62% of the votes. His fourth album, "Me Siento Viva", on sale since May 30, and which shows the single "Más" was a great exit.
Finally, In this time, She recovered a lot of songs for TV series, films and soundtrack. In October 2008 She released the latest CD (after the death of his father) entiled Promesas, the album for her father.

I like very much Rosa Lopez since her first appearance on TV!

Biography Robert's Englud

Robert Barton Englud was born in Glendale, California the 6th of june in 1949. Is an actor American, more know as Freddy Krueger inte terror film Nightmare on Elm Street and the seven aftermath.
Received in 1987 the Saturn Award to the best actor for Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dreams Warriors and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master in 1988. In 2001, recived the Honorary Awars of American Film Institute for his film career.
From his first film, Buster and Billie (1974), he acted in 70 films and TV shows.

Mario Casas's Biography

Name: Mario Casas
Nationality: Spanish
Place of birth: La Coruña
Date of birth: 12-06-1986

Career history:
This Galician, began his career in television advertising works. Later he trained as an actor at Cristina Rota's school and began working in series like 'Obsession' and 'personal reasons'. In the movies, debuted with the Camino de los Ingleses, a film directed by Antonio Banderas. On television he was best known for his role in making that SMS Javi, a teenager who was a high school class where you feel excluded by their peers. In April 2007 she joined the cast of "Los hombres de Paco ', playing a police rookie.

How I became a fan:
I became a fan when I see Mario in SMS. I in love whit he.

Why I like him:
I like because he is fantastic. Is a big actor and a he is very nice.

Homer's Biography

Name: Homer J. Simpson 

Alias: Max Power, Homer Thompson 

Nationality: Sprinfieldiano 

Age: 35 years 

Occupation: Security Supervisor at the nuclear 

plant. Sector 7G 

Friends: Lenny, Barney, Moe. 

Likes: Marge Simpson. 

Revenue to prison: 6 

Most common phrases: "Wahoo!", "Mmm, chocolate, donuts," "Ouch," "Beer" 

Hobbies: donuts, Duff Beer, chocolate, eating tulips, football, flashing lights, pork ribs, cold beer, TV and homosexuals strong mad crazy. 

What I dislike: church, gay, work, Flanders, Patty and Selma Bouvier, ballet, opera, saxophone for Lisa, Marge to leave with his friends, his boss forget their name ... 

Major achievements: Travel into space, winning a Grammy, getting the keys to the city, be a team mascot of Major League Base-ball, saved two nuclear disaster Springfield, go on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins, inventing "Homer blaze, owning the Dallas Cowboys.

Older crap: Changing his soul for a donut, despite reaching 325 pounds at his home to work, designing the "Homeromóvil," not to file your tax return, try to get cans and chocolate from the machine with their hands, faking his death with a doll, write an insulting letter to Mr. Burns (his boss), fought with employees clean release and pay the babysitter thief three times what was agreed.

Career history: Other jobs: Dependent of a restaurant selling "Knives Raja", a manufacturer of candles, arranged in bowls under the Kwik-E-Mart, for a music star Campirano, seller of tonic Simpson and son, Seller of fat, making the voice of the dog Poochie, liquor dealer, Don sweeper, vice-president junior Compumundo of Hyper-mega network.

Early life: the early stages are almost equal to the last, has not changed much, still the same crap.

How I became a fan: I became a fan of Homer Simpson the first time I saw him on TV, the series that brought him fame "The Simpsons", was issued when I was born, but when using tube reason ize I am a fan of Homer, I love your attitude, your jokes, and how to act in the most peculiar.

Why I like him / her: I like the homer because he is natural, and fun, something you always going to make people laugh. I like to prove that it is less intelligent it is. I love to do crazy things with his family and friends is really fun to see it in television, but also tell you that could not live with someone like Homer.

Miguel Ángel Muñoz's biography

Name: Miguel Ángel Muñoz Blanco

Date of birth: 4 of july of 1983

Place of birth: Madrid
Star sing: Cáncer
Marital status: Bachelor
Likes: singDislakes: Say his years
Hobbies: football, ride a horse

Heroes: Susan Sarandon y Edward Norton
Unusual facts: he play football in a party against the poverty

Career history

He began act very young, with 12 years old he did his first film El palomo cojo (1995).Between 1999 and 2000 presented the program Show Match.Between 1999 and 2008 he appeared in a chapters of severeal series of TV: Condenadas a entenderse, Ala Dina, Policías, En el corazón de la calle, Periodistas, Hospital Central, Aída and Cazadores de hombres. Also he has been leading in some series of TV: Mamá quiere ser artista, Al salir de clase, Compañeros, Un paso adelante, Mis adorables vecinos and El Síndrome de Ulises. He did famous in Un Paso Adelante interpreting to Rober. Also recorded a CD with the other characters of this series, and later recorded a CD in solitary.To part of series of TV too has done films (El palomo cojo, Gente pez, Desde que amanece apetece, Los Borgia, Intrusos and Trío de ases: el secreto de la Atlántida) and theater (La centerola, Bastián y Bastiana, Quickly and El cartero de Neruda).

How I became a fan

How I became a fan when I see the serie Un Paso Adelante, when I saw he loved me.

Why I like him

I like because he is a big actor and a big singer besides he is very nice. (L)