Anastacia Biography, Wallpapers, Pictures, Photos.
Why Is She Famous?
This singer's soulful, gospel voice can be heard on her hit single, "I'm Outta Love". No, that's not Taylor Dayne, it's Anastacia.
AnastaciaDate of Birth
17 September 1973
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Profession
Singer
Birth Name
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk
Anastacia WallpaperNickname
Stacey
Height
5' 3" (1.60 m)
Spouse
Wayne Newton (21 April 2007 - present)
Trade Mark
Her purple shades
Biography
Anastacia Newkirk was born September 17, 1973, in New York to a Broadway actress mother and father who was a singer on the East Coast. Her talent and desire for being a performer was not only in her genes, but helped her embrace the form of expression and passion that being an artist entails.
She claims that as a young girl she didn't want to be a singer, but her future career was foreshadowed by Anastacia singing along to her mother's Barbra Streisand and Elton John records and exercising her writing skills by trying her hand at poetry.
Once Anastacia moved back to Manhattan at the age of 14 (after having been raised by her mother following her parents' divorce), she attended the Professional Children's School. There, she claims to have been the only student who wasn't already working in the industry.
Although she wasn't necessarily working in the industry per se, she was making herself known by becoming a regular at 1018, a dance club in New York. She and her sister would attend and dance at the local clubs, which explains Anastacia's influence of house and "freestyle" music. It was at these clubs that Anastacia became attached to freestyle, as she would dance to the music and let herself get lost in the music.
Her love for house and similar forms of rhythmic music led to her appearances on Club MTV, which was American Bandstand à la MTV. She also danced in two Salt-N- Pepa videos, "Everybody Get Up" and "Twist and Shout".
Her frequent attendance at 1018 is what led to her big break. There, a producer noticed her dancing and asked her if she could also sing -- which, as can be heard on her hit debut album, she can. One of the first producers that Anastacia worked with was O.G. Pearce, who produced her song "One More Chance". Although Pearce's interpretation was successful and sounded the way Anastacia intended it to, she did not end up getting signed to Pearce's production company.
It all changed for Anastacia in 1998, when her manager encouraged her to enter The Cut, another MTV show, this time styled after Star Search. Performing a song that she wrote, Anastacia ended up as one of the 10 finalists out of 160 contestants; similar to the way singer CoCo Lee broke into the music industry.
Although Anastacia did not win, she impressed such artists such as Michael Jackson. After meeting with the presidents of different record labels, she finally signed with Daylight Records, one of Epic Records' labels.
Not That Kind, Anastacia's debut album, was released on June 13, 2000, and has already spawned the hit single "I'm Outta Love". The album is in a category of its own blending pop, R&B, dance, rock, and highlights Anastacia's unique, soulful voice that is rarely found on a white woman. Ric Wake, who has worked with such hit makers such as Mariah Carey and Celine Dion collaborates on the album as well.
Anastacia has a tattoo of the Egyptian symbol of eternal life surrounded by the sun on the small of her back, and she seems to have a passion for butterflies.
Personal Quotes
Once someone asked me three words that best describe me and I said 'Loud, Louder, and Loudest'!
I wear glasses, have a big scar, I sing loud, and I am blond. I'm sorry!
Anastacia Topless Signed Picture
I'm a fighter by nature and nothing will ever change that.
--- Anastacia
Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Hudson coming to BET Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The BET Awards keeps getting more talent under its umbrella.
Rihanna will take the stage June 24, the show announced Thursday. Also added: Ne-Yo, Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard and Gabrielle Union.
The lineup had already included Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Nelly and Usher.
Hudson, Howard and Union will help present awards recognizing the year's best musicians, music videos, actors and athletes.
Jill Scott will perform a tribute to BET's Lifetime Achievement Award winner Al Green, and Quincy Jones will receive the network's Humanitarian Award.
D.L. Hughley is set to host the show, which is to be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium.
I will continue to look glamrous:Sameera Reddy
Q. What is Red Alert all about?A. It's a very serious film which talks about the Naxalite problem. We don't try to blame either the government or the militants. Rather, we hope to find a solution to this major internal security issue.
Q. Were you aware of this problem before hand?
A. No, we people living in metros have no idea about the seriousness of this issue. Even I was equally clueless about this matter. We would read in the papers that there is some violence, but never really bothered to find out more. Red Alert wants the whole country to get up and face this growing menace.
Q. Something about your character…
A. I play Laxmi, a young girl, who goes to the police station and there the cops, instead of helping her, rape her. This trauma completely shatters her faith in the system.
We aim to show that people who take up arms against the state sometime have no other option. They are in such a state of mind that when anybody gives them a gun and says kill, they just do it. But later on my character does realize the wrongness of her ways, but by then it’s too late.
Q. Does this mean you are just justifying violence?
A. No amount of provocation can just be violence. It’s just that we need to understand why they are doing it.
Q. You seem to be happy doing serious cinema.
A. Yes, Buddha Babu has opened a brand new door for me. Even in this movie, I will be totally glamorous, dressed like a man. This hard hitting film does not warrant any other element.
The best part of the new actress in me is that I tried to think a lot as my dumb character in Race as well. Most other actresses would not have done that.
Q. What would the USP of Red Alert be?
A. We not only have well written characters but equally good actors like Suneil Shetty, Nassurdin Shah and Vinod Khanna. Many times a good film fails due to absence of good actors to enact them.
