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Vanessa Minnillo and Topher Grace 'together'

Digital Spy - Found Jun. 29, 2009
Nick Lachey's ex-girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo and actor Topher Grace have reportedly been seen together. The former MTV VJ and Grace were seen...
Vanessa Minnillo, Kendra - Herald Sun
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Posted on June 29, 2009, 10:50 am

EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Minnillo Hooks Up With Topher Grace Nick who? ...

Radar - Found Jun. 28, 2009
... after announcing her breakup with Nich Lachey, beautiful Vanessa Minnillo seemed to heal her broken heart very, very fast - with Topher Grace!

Posted on June 28, 2009, 8:23 am

Garry Marshall gets Topher Grace and Emma Roberts together for ...

Orlando Sentinel - Found Jun. 26, 2009
Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall continues to find work for his pal, Hector Elizondo, even if the hits are few and far between and the
Three join 'Valentine's Day' - Hollywood Reporter
Emma Roberts joins aunt Julia in romantic comedy - Reuters
Emma And Julia Roberts Team Up For Valentines - Cinema Blend
Emma Roberts joins aunt Julia in romantic comedy - STV.tv
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Empire Online

Posted on June 26, 2009, 8:25 am

Dan Fogler On Topher Grace, Anna Faris, And The Cocaine Problems Of ...

MTV - Found May. 11, 2009
It?s a film modeled after such instant classics as ?American Graffiti? and ?Dazed and Confused.? It features big names like Topher Grace,

Posted on May 11, 2009, 9:55 am

Hollywood's single ladies, celebrate!

Miami Herald - Found 1 hour ago
... the jewelry-loving True Beauty hostess was recently spotted smooching Topher Grace at a party at Seth McFarlane's house. Go, Topher, go!Rene...

Posted on July 4, 2009, 1:08 pm

Scoop soup: casting news round-up

Examiner.com - Found Jul. 2, 2009
Topher Grace and Emma Roberts have joined all of Hollywood Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Shirley...

Posted on July 2, 2009, 4:03 am

Palmer: Tez and Topher in split rumour

Adelaide Now - Found Jul. 1, 2009
RUMOURS have been circulating online that the romance between Adelaide's Teresa Palmer and Topher Grace is over.

Posted on July 1, 2009, 7:25 am

Tez and Topher in split rumour

Adelaide Now - Found Jul. 1, 2009
RUMOURS have been circulating online that the romance between Adelaide's Teresa Palmer and Topher Grace is over.

Posted on July 1, 2009, 6:26 am

Doubt over Michael's kids

Chicago Sun-Times - Found Jul. 1, 2009
MOVING ON: Vanessa Minnillo sure hasn't wasted time getting over her breakup with Nick Lachey -- she's reportedly already dating Topher Grace.
Can Mrs. Jackson Handle Michael's Kids? - Daily Beast
In Defense of Joe Jackson - ABC News
Friday, July 3: The latest on Michael Jackson's funeral - MSNBC
Michael Jackson's Estate: Saved by the Beatles - Time
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Daily Express

Posted on July 1, 2009, 3:58 am

Retour rapide au mode séduction pour Vanessa Minnillo

Metronews - Found Jun. 30, 2009
Samedi, lors d?une soirée donnée chez Seth MacFarlane, elle a été vue flirtant avec l?acteur Topher Grace.
Le mystère demeure sur l'existence d'un testament de Micheal ... - Metronews
L'Impact contre Haïti, un match spécial pour Brillant et les ... - Metronews
Dévoilement de la stratégie minérale du Québec - Une vision ... - Municipal Suppliers
Bombardier à Toronto: c'est fait! - Metronews
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Metronews

Posted on June 30, 2009, 12:39 pm

Topher Grace Biography

Topher Grace
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Topher Grace

Grace at the Spider-Man 3 premiere, April 2007
Born Christopher John Grace
July 12, 1978 (1978-07-12) (age 30)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor

Christopher John "Topher" Grace (born July 12, 1978)123 is an American actor, best known for playing the lead role of Eric Forman on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show for seven of the show's eight seasons, and the villain Eddie Brock, Jr./Venom in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3.

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Early life

Grace was born in New York City, New York,45 the son of Patricia, an office worker and assistant to the schoolmaster of the Darien High School in Darien, Connecticut, and John Grace, a business executive.6 He has a younger sister, Jennifer. Grace grew up in Darien, Connecticut, where he knew actress Kate Bosworth, as well as Opie & Anthony producer Nathaniel Bryan and was sometimes babysat by actress Chloë Sevigny, who also later appeared with him in high school stage plays.7 He chose to go by the name Topher in high school after becoming frustrated with his full name being abbreviated as Chris.

Grace attended the Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts, The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire--where he was noticed by the producer of That '70s Show (whose daughter also attended the school) while playing the leading role of Pseudolus in a local stage production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Career

Grace was cast as Eric Forman on Fox's That '70s Show, which debuted in 1998. The sitcom was successful and Grace became well known among television watchers; he played the role until the seventh season, after which he left to prepare for his upcoming film, Spider-Man 3. The series was renewed for another season despite his absence before its ending in 2006. Grace would make a very brief guest appearance in the last episode.

Grace briefly attended college at the University of Southern California, but left during his freshman year to concentrate on his television work and to pursue a career in film. He played a prep school student who uses cocaine and introduces his girlfriend to heroin in director Steven Soderbergh's 2000 film Traffic, as well as having uncredited cameos as himself in Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven, and its 2004 sequel, Ocean's Twelve. "The joke is that you’re supposed to play the worst version of yourself and I don’t think too many people are comfortable with that. I never thought for a second that people were really going to think that’s what I was like. I think that people will know that I was faking it in those movies," he told Flaunt magazine in 2007.8 He planned to cameo in Ocean's Thirteen but due to his filming Spider-Man 3 he had to drop out.citation neededHe also appeared in director Mike Newell's 2003 film Mona Lisa Smile..

In 2004, Grace had the starring role in two major feature films; he played the leading roles in the Robert Luketic-directed Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! and the Paul Weitz dramedy, In Good Company, in which he played an ambitious but troubled corporate executive. That same year, Grace also starred in the film P.S., which received only a limited theatrical release. Grace's work in P.S. and In Good Company was recognized by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures in the category of "Breakthrough Performance by an Actor".

In 2005, Grace hosted Saturday Night Live.

In 2007, Grace portrayed Eddie Brock/Venom in Spider-Man 3, directed by Sam Raimi. Grace himself was a fan of the comics, and read the Venom stories as a kid. A spin off film of Venom is in the works, though it is unlikely that Grace will be returning. Sony is believed to have doubts over whether Grace could carry a blockbuster on his own.citation needed Grace is set to appear in the 1980s retro comedy Young Americans.9 Grace co-wrote the script and will be co-producing the film. Grace will also be starring in the 2009 comedy Coxblocker.10

Personal life

He dated Ivanka Trump in 2006,11. He dated his Young Americans co-star, Teresa Palmer, in mid-to-late 2007.12 13 They reunited in 2009, after she broke up with Russell Brand.14

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Other notes
2000 Traffic Seth Abrahams SAG Award for Cast (won)
2001 Ocean's Eleven Himself Uncredited Role
2002 Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio Lucignolo - Leonardo (English voice)
2003 Mona Lisa Smile Tommy Donegal
2004 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Pete Monash Teen Choice Awards (nominated-3)
P.S. F. Scott Feinstadt NBR Award (won)
Ocean's Twelve Himself Uncredited Role
In Good Company Carter Duryea NBR Award (won)
2007 Spider-Man 3 Eddie Brock / Venom Teen Choice Awards (nominated-2)
2009 Personal Effects15 Clay (voice) [uncredited]
2010 Young Americans Matt Franklin Also writer and producer
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1998-2005, 2006 That '70s Show Eric Forman Teen Choice Awards (nominated-6)
Young Artist Award (nominated)
Young Hollywood Award (won)
2003 King of the Hill Chris Voice Role
Episode: Megalo Dale
2005 Stella Older Kevin Episode: Paper Route
2005 Robot Chicken Eric Forman Episode Gold Dust Gasoline
2008 The Simpsons Donny Voice Role
Episode: The Debarted

Awards and nominations

2008 MTV Movie Awards

  • Nominated: Best Villain, in "Spider-Man 3" (2007)

National Board of Review, USA

  • Won: Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor, In Good Company (2004)

Screen Actors Guild Award

  • Won: Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture, Traffic (Shared with cast, 2001)

Young Hollywood Awards

  • Won: Breakthrough Performance - Male, Traffic (2001)


Teen Choice Awards

  • Nominated: Choice Movie: Rumble, Spider-Man 3 (Shared with Tobey Maguire, James Franco, and Thomas Haden Church, 2007)
  • Nominated: Choice Movie: Villain, Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  • Nominated: Choice Movie Actor - Comedy, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
  • Nominated: Choice Movie Hissy Fit, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
  • Nominated: Choice Movie Liplock, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (Shared with Kate Bosworth, 2004)
  • Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2004)
  • Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2003)
  • Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2002)
  • Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2001)
  • Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (2000)
  • Nominated: Choice TV Actor - Comedy, That '70s Show (1999)

Young Artist Awards

  • Nominated: Best Performance in a TV Series - Young Ensemble, That '70s Show (Shared with cast, 1999)

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