These are some of the first installments of the Pinoy blooded celebrities in Hollywood:
Nicole Scherzinger - Lead singer of the “PussyCat Doll” was born to a Russian mother and Filipino Chinese father in Hawaii. Her mom remarried a Russian Gary Scherzinger. At 18 she began her career in music and had performed in Louisville Youth Performing Arts School and duPont Manual High School,majored in theater arts but put it on hold to sing as a backup for rock band Days of the New.

Cheryl Bautista Burke - Emmy nominated Dancer, 2 time winner of Dancing with the Stars.She owns a Dance Studio in San Francisco, Ca. If you want to take your dancing to the nest level try out in one of her classes. She is getting ready for the 7th season of the Dancing with the Stars and will be paired with the athlete Olympian Maurice Greene.Watch for the release of her and Maks Latin Cardio Dance DVD –great for those who are working out on their own.

Apl.de.ap - member singer of the Black Eyed Peas. His life in the barrio in Angeles City is now a history. But yet his humble beginnings inspired Apl de ap to  become successful in his thrive to the Hip Hop world and being an original member of the popular “Black eyed Peas”. The plan to release her own solo album with a mix of Filipino-American instruments that he collaborated with Neptune’s Chad Hugo, Illmind from G-Unit is already in the offing.

Vanessa Minnillo - Former Ms Teen Usa, Former Host of MTV’s, ET and Ms Universe 2007 pageant, had been featured in a print and web-based advertising campaign for BONGO Jeans’ Spring/Summer 2007 collection, appeared in The Bold and the Beautiful for 8 episodes in 2001 as Amanda Wexler, and her recent gig is acting and a star in a romantic movie “Redefining Love” which will be out in 2009.