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He interviews actors, directors, producers and technicians and heads the team that covers Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi film industries. A post graduate in English from Karnataka University, Shekhar has nearly nine years of experience in online journalism. Kim Kardashian Wikipedia. Kimberly Kardashian West1 born Kimberly Noel Kardashian October 2. American reality television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman and model. Kardashian first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after a 2. Ray J was leaked in 2. Later that year, she and her family began to appear in the EKeeping Up with the Kardashians. Its success soon led to the creation of spin offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Khlo Take Miami. Kardashians personal life soon became subject to widespread media attention. In recent years, Kardashian has grown an influential online and social media presence, including tens of millions of followers on Twitter and Instagram. She has released a variety of products tied to her name, including the successful 2. Kim Kardashian Hollywood, a variety of clothing and products, and the 2. Selfish. Her relationship with rapper. Kanye West has also received significant media coverage the couple married in 2. Time magazine included Kardashian on their list of 2. Vogue described her in 2. Critics and admirers have described her as exemplifying the notion of being famous for being famous. She was reported to be the highest paid reality television personality of 2. US5. 3 million. 1. Early life. Kardashian was born on October 2. Los Angeles, California, to parents Robert and Kris ne Houghton. She has an older sister Kourtney, a younger sister Khlo, and a younger brother Rob. Their mother is of Dutch, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry,1. Armenian American. After their parents divorced in 1. Caitlyn Jenner then BruceA, the 1. Summer Olympicsdecathlon winner. Through their marriage, Kardashian gained step brothers Burton Burt, Brandon, and Brody step sister Casey and half sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner. As a teenager, she attended Marymount High School, a Roman Catholic all girls school in Los Angeles. In 1. 99. 4, her father represented football player O. J. Simpson during his murder trial. Simpson is Kim Kardashians godfather. Kims father died in 2. In her 2. 0s, Kardashian was the close friend and stylist of socialite Paris Hilton, through whom she first garnered media attention. Career. 20. 072. Breakthrough with reality television. Watch Emperor Of Hemp Tube Free more. In February 2. 00. Kardashian and Ray J in 2. Kardashian filed a lawsuit against Vivid Entertainment, who distributed the film as Kim K Superstar. She later dropped the suit and settled for a reported US5 million. In October 2. 00. Kardashian, in addition to her mother Kris Jenner, her step parent Caitlyn Jenner Bruce, her siblings Kourtney, Khlo, and Rob Kardashian, and half sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, began to appear in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The series proved successful for E, and has led to the creations of spin offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Kim Take Miami. In one of the episodes, Kim discussed an offer from Playboy to appear nude in the magazine. That December, Kardashian posed for a nude pictorial for Playboy. In 2. 00. 8, she made her feature film debut in the disaster film spoof Disaster Movie, in which she appeared as a character named Lisa. That same year, she was a participant on season seven of Dancing with the Stars, where she was partnered with Mark Ballas. Kardashian was the third contestant to be eliminated. In January 2. 00. Kardashian made a cameo appearance during an episode of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, in the episode Benefits. In April, she released a workout DVD series through her television production company Kimsaprincess Productions, LLC which has seen the release of three successful workout videos, Fit in Your Jeans by Friday, with trainers Jennifer Galardi and Patrick Goudeau. Kardashian played Elle in four episodes of the television series Beyond the Break. Kardashian become a guest host of Wrestle. Mania XXIV and guest judge on Americas Next Top Model in August of that year. In September, Fusion Beauty and Seven Bar Foundation launched Kiss Away Poverty, with Kardashian as the face of the campaign. For every Lip. Fusion lipgloss sold, US1 went to the Foundation to fund women entrepreneurs in the US. The following month, she released her first fragrance self titled Kim Kardashian. In December 2. 00. Kardashian made a guest star appearance on CBSs CSI NY with Vanessa Minnillo. Early endorsements and retail ventures. Kardashian venture into several new endorsement deals, including endorsing various food products for Carls Jr. In January 2. 01. Summa Eve in the film Deep in the Valley. In April, Kardashian sparked controversy over the way she held a kitten for a photograph, holding it by the scruff of its neck. With sisters Kourtney and Khlo, Kardashian is involved in the retail and fashion industries. They have launched several clothing collections and fragrances. Animal rights organization PETA criticized Kardashian for repeatedly wearing fur coats, and named her as one of the five worst people or organizations of 2. June saw Kardashian guest star with Khlo and Kourtney as themselves on the season three premiere episode of the series 9. Kardashian backstage at The Heart Truths Red Dress Collection, February 2. That same month, Kardashian was involved in a lawsuit against one of her endorsements. Sanford Siegal, the creator of the Cookie Diet, sued Kardashian, claiming she defamed him on Twitter. According to Siegal, Kardashian tweeted in October 2. Siegal filed a claim in a Florida state court charging that her statements were false and defamatory. He also alleged that Kardashian was on Quick. Trims payroll when she posted the tweet. Kardashians tweet appears to stem from an article on Cookie. Diet. com, that named Kardashian as one of many celebrities who saw positive results on the diet. Kardashian sent a cease and desist order to Siegal, demanding the link be removed. On July 1, 2. 01. New York City branch of Madame Tussauds revealed a wax figure of Kardashian. In November, Kardashian served as producer for The Spin Crowd, a reality television show about Command PR, a New York City public relations firm, run by Jonathan Cheban and Simon Huck. The show followed them as they settle into their new offices in Los Angeles. That month, she also appeared on season ten of The Apprentice. Kim, Kourtney, and Khlo wrote an autobiography titled Kardashian Konfidential, which was released in stores on November 2. New York Timess Best Seller List. In December 2. 01. Kardashian filmed a music video for a song titled Jam Turn It Up. The video was directed by Hype Williams Kanye West makes a cameo in the video. Kardashian premiered the song during a New Years Eve party at TAO Las Vegas on December 3. The song was produced by The Dream and Tricky Stewart. When asked if an album was in the works, Kardashian replied, Theres no album in the works or anythingjust one song we did for Kourtney and Kim Take New York, and a video Hype Williams directed, half of the proceeds were giving away to a cancer foundation, because The Dreams and one of my parents passed away from cancer. Its just all having funwith a good cause. Jim Farber, writing for the Daily News, called the song a dead brained piece of generic dance music, without a single distinguishing feature, and suggested that the single made Kardashian the worst singer in the reality TV universe. That month, the International Business Times reported that Kardashians 2. Hollywood based reality stars, estimating them at 6 million. Legal issues and focus on social media. Kardashian in Australia for the E News Red carpet and dinner in 2. In January 2. 01. Kardashian released her debut song Jam Turn It Up, which was produced by The Dream. The music video for the single was directed by Hype Williams. The single sold 1. Billboard. Bubbling Under Hot 1.