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Christina Milian (born '''Christine Flores''' on September 26 , 1981 ) is a two time Grammy Award -nominated American Singer and Actress . She has had four solo top ten singles (and also a top ten featuring credit single) in the UK as well as hits in the rest of Europe and the U.S . She has starred in the 2003 film '' Love Don't Cost A Thing '' opposite Nick Cannon and '' Be Cool '', the sequel to '' Get Shorty ''. BIOGRAPHY Early life Milian was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to Afro-Cuban Immigrant parents, Carmen and Don, and has two younger sisters, Danielle and Elizabeth. Her family moved to Waldorf, Maryland soon after her birth and she set her heart on an Entertainment career at the age of four. Milian did commercials ( Wendy's , Honeycombs ) and played the lead role in the musical '' Annie '' before moving to Los Angeles, California at 13 to pursue an acting career; Her father didn't move with the rest her family and divorced her mother soon after. Her mother is now her manager. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} Acting career Milian's first significant role was as a reporter on the Disney Channel 's ''Movie Surfers'' show in 1998 billed as ''Tina Flores''. While in this role, she also appeared in minor roles in the movies '' A Bug's Life '' and '' American Pie '' and in guest appearances on the television series '' Charmed '', '' Clueless '', ''Get Real'', and '' The Amanda Show ''. In 2002, Milian was appointed to host of the television show ''Wannabes'' on MTV . She met director Joseph Kahn on an episode of ''Wannabes'' who suggested she audition for a lead role in the film ''Torque'' opposite Ice Cube . Her audition was successful leading in turn to a lead role in '' Love Don't Cost A Thing '' in 2003 . In 2005 , she had roles in the films '' Man Of The House '' opposite Tommy Lee Jones and '' Be Cool '' with John Travolta and Uma Thurman . Music career '' (2004)]] In 's 2001 album '' J. Lo '' which became another big hit, and co-wrote "Same Ol' Same Ol", the first single from girl group PYT 's album ''Down With Me''. In 2001, Milian released her first solo single, "AM To PM", off her self-titled debut album. It became a worldwide hit reaching the top 5 in the UK and Denmark , top 10 in the Netherlands , and top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and in Australia . The success of "AM To PM" sparked the international release of the '' Christina Milian '' album, although not in the U.S. The second single "When You Look At Me" was another international hit reaching the top 5 in the UK, Netherlands, and Ireland and making the top 40 in Denmark, Australia, and France .The third single ''Get Away'' had a video but wasen't released. She was also featured on the track "It's All Gravy", a duet with Romeo of the Garage group So Solid Crew . It was another UK top ten hit single in 2002 . She also wrote and sang the theme song for the Disney series '' Kim Possible '', "Call Me Beep Me" later that year. '' (2006)]] In 2003, Milian recorded songs for her first U.S. album, '' It's About Time '', which is a reference to how long it had taken for one of her albums to be released in the U.S. The first single, "Dip It Low", was written by Teedra Moses and Poli Paul , who has also written songs for the Black Eyed Peas . The first single reached #1 on a world composite dance chart (compiled on data from the U.S., UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Australia), #2 in the UK, #5 in the U.S., and the top 40 in Australia. The second single, "Whatever U Want", features Joe Budden and once again reached the top 10 in the UK as well as charting on the Billboard Hot 100. Controversy occurred when Milian changed her look when the album was released. Many people saw it as her trying to look more like Beyoncé Knowles who had a similar look. All of this has been looked at as a coincedence by Milian. The album debuted at #14 on the Billboard 200 and ended up with lackluster sales, selling 382,000 copies. Her third album '', Christina recorded a track (Who's gonna ride) dissing her ex-boyfriend. It was due to the reason they broke up. Nick says even though the track was recorded, he still considers being her friend. Recently the " Say I " video made it to number one BET's 106 & Park . Personal life pose together at The Reign fundrasing gala for the Elton John Aids Foundation Aug, 2005]] In the summer of 2005, Milian broke up with actor Nick Cannon after being together for nearly two & a half years. In an interview with Angie Martinez , she spoke about how she found out about Cannon cheating on her. Apparently while she was away filming a movie in Romania , she attempted to log in to his T-Mobile .com account by entering in random passwords. After lucking out with one of the passwords, she was able to read all of the messages he sent out and received to and from other women. When she returned back to the states, she decided to play it cool before hitting him with the news that she knew he was cheating. Weeks after their break up, Milian was spotted with claims she is now dating hip-hop producer Dre . She later denied that rumor saying "''That's one big joke. Don't believe it.''" [http://www.allhiphop.com/alternatives/?ID=301 According to Mtv.com Milian tells:Milian added that any characterization by Cannon that they're still friends is completely false and that she's already called his mother to ask him to stop saying that. Charity work On August 6, 2005 Christina co-hosted The Reign at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre in New York City with actor/singer Eric West , the event was designed by a group of inner-city children in 2003 to raise funding and awareness for HIV/AIDS prevention education for men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS , as well as working with the Fresh Air Fund to continue to help other inner-city children and family's. Both Milian and West were awarded Outstanding Achievement Awards for their humanitarian efforts. DISCOGRAPHY Albums
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