CHANNING TATUM FOR DUMMIES...Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

Channing Tatum for Dummies is a series of articles where I try to answer the most frequently asked questions about Channing Tatum that I receive from readers or find on message boards all over the internet.

Here are today's Channing Tatum frequently asked questions and answers:

Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Liz's Question:
Do you know where Channing Lives? I’m from the Caribbean but I would love to know that I may be in the right place at the right time to meet him.
CTU Answer:
As far as I know, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan have been living together for a while in the Los Angeles area. I don't know exactly where they live, but if I did know, I probably would not publicize it on this blog...I'm thinking they probably would not like that too much. :-)


Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:
Has Channing Tatum won any awards?
CTU Answer:
Here are all of the awards that Channing Tatum has been nominated for and has won:

Gijón International Film Festival
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2006	Won	Best Actor	for: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) Shared with: Shia LaBeouf Martin Compston Adam Scarimbolo Peter Anthony Tambakis
Gotham Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2006	Nominated	Breakthrough Award	for: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
Independent Spirit Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2007	Nominated	Independent Spirit Award	Best Supporting Male for: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
Sundance Film Festival
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2006	Won	Special Jury Prize	Dramatic for: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) Shared with: Robert Downey Jr. Shia LaBeouf Rosario Dawson Chazz Palminteri Dianne Wiest For the ensemble performance.
Teen Choice Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2006	Won	Teen Choice Award	Movies - Choice Breakout (Male) for: She's the Man (2006)
	Nominated	Teen Choice Award	Movies - Choice Liplock for: She's the Man (2006) Shared with: Amanda Bynes

Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:
What are Channing Tatum's upcoming movies?
CTU Answer:
Channing Tatum's movie Stop-Loss has been completed and Battle in Seattle is currently in post-production. They both are set to release in the November/December 2007 timeframe. Channing's projects Stanford Prison Experiment and Push,
will be filmed this year and will release next year in 2008. His movies
Parkour and Dear John and are currently in development and are set to release in 2009. As you can see, Channing has truly established himself in the film world and I am happy to say that we will get to see plenty of him in the coming years.


Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:
Are Channing Tatum and Amanda Bynes dating?
CTU Answer:
Nope. Channing Tatum is currently dating his gorgeous Step Up co-star, Jenna Dewan. There are unconfirmed rumors that he may have dated his She's the Man co-star, Amanda Bynes, prior to dating Jenna Dewan...I stress UNCONFIRMED.


Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:
Was Channing Tatum in Out Magazine?
CTU Answer:
Channing Tatum did model in the February 2002 issue of Out Magazine (a popular gay magazine), but Channing's appearance in this magazine was a paid modeling job and not a declaration of his sexuality.


Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:
What is Channing Tatum's middle name?
CTU Answer:
Channing Tatum's middle name is Matthew.


Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:
What is Channing Tatum's eye color?
CTU Answer:
Channing's eyes are a beautiful shade of green.


Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:
What is Channing Tatum's hometown?
CTU Answer:
Although Channing Tatum spent some of his youth in Mississippi and Florida, he was actually born in Cullman, Alabama. Click here to read Channing's biography.


Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:
How old is Channing Tatum?
CTU Answer:
Channing Tatum was born April 26, 1980, so he just turned 27 this year. Click here to see the unique gift the Channing Tatum Unwrapped and our readers gave Channing for his birthday this year.

Thanks for submitting these questions! If you want to submit a question about Channing Tatum, email it ctfd@channingtatumunwrapped.com and I will try to get it answered for you in the following week's Channing Tatum for Dummies article. I cannot guarantee that I will have an answer for every question, but I will tell you what I know (or at the very least give you an opinion on the subject).

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Channing Tatum's Biography Added to About.com

Months ago when I started this blog, I sent an email to About.com asking that they add a Channing Tatum Biography to their site. They had numerous articles on him, but it baffled me that they had no biography for some reason.

I am happy to say that they have finally added Channing Tatum's biography to the site. I think that it is a good synopsis and the only major thing I see missing is his upcoming movie Dear John. Also, the article says he attended military school, but Channing said that he did not in the MovieJungle.com article I posted on the blog recently (Thanks, Amy!).

Here is how About.com unwraps Channing Tatum:

Channing Tatum's Biography
From Diana Saenger

Channing Tatum's Place of Birth : Cullman, Alabama

Birth Date : April 26, 1980

Role That Really Got Channing Tatum Noticed :
In the coming-of-age drama A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Tatum appeared in his first dramatic role as Antonio, opposite Robert Downey, Jr., Dianne Wiest and Shia LaBeouf. He received positive buzz about his performance after the films' showing at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Supporting Male for the film.

TV Credit of Note :
In a 2004 episode of CSI Miami Tatum played the role of Bob Davenport.

Interesting Trivia :
Tatum has earned Martial Arts belts in both Kung Fu and Gor-Chor Kung Fu. It was his casting as a dancer in Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" music video that got Tatum noticed by the modeling world. In 2001, Tear Sheet magazine picked Tatum as one of the "50 Most Beautiful Faces."

Biography :
April 2007 - Born Channing Matthew Tatum, it's no wonder he goes by the nickname of Chan. Tatum was raised near Birmingham, Alabama. He loved the bayous, adventure and sports. When football, track, baseball and soccer failed to keep him on track, Tatum's parents sent him to military school in ninth grade. [This is actually not correct. Click here to read the interview where Channing refutes the military school rumor.] The move paid off. Passionate about football, Tatum earned a full athletic college scholarship to Glenville State College in West Virginia.

Tatum left college and worked in construction and real estate before he began a modeling career; appearing in ads for Abercrombie & Fitch, Armani, Aeropostale, Emporio, Gap and Nautica. His striking and unique good looks didn't go unnoticed, and Tatum was soon making TV commercials in ads for Pepsi, American Eagle and Mountain Dew.

Sprouting his wings, Tatum auditioned for and landed four small film roles in 2005. In Havoc he played one of the background characters. In Coach Carter he played the street smart basketball player, Jason Lyle, opposite Samuel L. Jackson. He portrayed a top motocross racer in Supercross and had a small unaccredited part in War of the Worlds.

Tatum seemed perfect to play the love interest of Amanda Bynes's character in She's the Man (2006). Step Up, however, that same year, seemed to be the turning point of his career. Tatum played a lead in the film, a rebel from the wrong side of the tracks who lands in big trouble and is rescued by a privileged ballet dancer (Jenna Dewan). A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, his next movie, garnered him an Independent Spirit Award.

Two new films are further accentuating Tatum's acting strengths. In Kimberly Peirce's Stop Loss, Tatum plays Jared - opposite Ryan Phillippe - in a story about a soldier returning back home to Texas after fighting in Iraq and refusing a government mandate to return to battle. Tatum will play Johnson, an activist protesting the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, in Stuart Townsend's Battle In Seattle.

In Parkour, a film in production, Tatum will portray a renegade New York City cop who must infiltrate the world of bank robbers.

More on Channing Tatum

• Exclusive Interview with Channing Tatum at the Independent Spirit Awards
  
• Channing Tatum Discusses A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
  
• Channing Tatum News, Photos and Interviews

Channing Tatum Movies on About.com

• She's the Man
• Step Up
  
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

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Channing Tatum's Fun Football Facts

Here is a sexy picture of Channing Tatum modeling for Nautica a few years ago. As you probably already know, today is the Superbowl in the US and well over 150 million people around the world will be watching it for the game itself, for the highly anticipated commercials only, or for a little bit of both.

With such a large portion of the population watching the Superbowl today, I think we can safely assume that Channing is going to be watching it like the rest of us. He may even be in Florida as we speak. Either way, in honor of the popular annual tradition, I figure I can give you a few football related facts as they pertain to the extremely athletic actor.

• When Channing was very young and living in Mississippi, he played Pop Warner football to stay busy and keep out of trouble.

• Channing played football in the Police Athlete leagues as he got older and knew from day one that football was his passion. Channing actually said, "The only reason I wanted to graduate high school was to get a scholarship and play football.".

• Part of the reason Channing wanted to play football so badly was to follow in his Dad's footsteps and Channing and his Dad's love of football was a subject that always kept them connected.

• When Channing played football on scholarship at Glenville State College in West Virginia, the fun sport from his younger years became more of a job when the coaches required them to take part in the grooling two-a-day and three-a-day practices. A typical day included the hectic schedule of waking up at 6am, getting on the field by 7:30am, practicing for 3 hours, studying in football study groups for 1 hour, working out in the weight room, eating lunch, practicing for another 3 hours, attending school again, and then maybe getting 6 hours of sleep. Channing didn't mind the work, but the difficult schedule took a lot of the fun out of the game for him.

• As a native of Alabama, Channing is a Crimson Tide fan.

• Channing used to be really into anything football-related. Once he stopped playing organzed sports, he really stopped watching them in most cases too. He would rather be playing a sport than just being a spectator or arm-chair quarterback.

• When Channing played football in school, he usually played on the defense as linebacker or as a defensive end.

• When asked to compare acting to football, Channing feels that both require a high level of discipline.

• If Channing could choose an athlete to play in a movie role, he would choose versatile baseball, football, basketball and track and field athlete, Jim Thorpe. He feels that Jim was by far one of the more phenomenal super human athletes of anybody's time.

So there you go. Everything you ever wanted to know about Channing Tatum and one of his favorite sports, football. Have fun watching the game today. Go COLTS!!!!

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Channing Tatum Unwrapped...The Early Years (Part 1)

There's a great twelve page (yes I said 12 page) Channing Tatum biography on the site ModelLaunch.com that you may not have the time to read, so I thought I would give you some of the highlights broken out over a few blog entries. For all those who want to learn as much as you can about Channing here you go...

Before the Channing Tatum we now know was recklessly retrieving his soda in a Mountain Dew commercial, playing shirtless soccer in She's the Man, or making us swoon with his dance skills in Step Up, the approximately 6'1" Taurus was born Channing Matthew Tatum on April 26, 1980 in a sleepy town outside of Montgomery, Alabama, called Cullman.

In the article, Channing mentions his fond memories of the carefree summers he spent with his grandmother, Nana, and grandfather, Papa, (how cute is that?) in the country where he was always up to something. His family left Alabama when he was six to live in Mississippi where he grew up chasing rattlesnakes and alligators, fishing, playing Pop Warner football, and getting into anything else a boy could do to keep busy in the Mississippi River bayou.

Blessed with athletic ability from an early age, Channing's parents kept him involved in football, soccer, track, baseball, and marshal arts to keep their energetic child out of trouble. The self-professed flirt also says that he was easily distracted by any cute girl he came across in class.

Out of all his many activities, Channing's true love was martial arts. He loved the tournaments, the fighting, the focus, the adrenaline, and the fact that, unlike team sports, "it was completely up to me to be however great I wanted to be".

Even with a full schedule, somehow he still found time to get into a little trouble (surprise, surprise), so his dad shipped him off to private school in the ninth grade where he played football and found what he calls a "really good girl" who had the enviable pleasure of helping him with school and "trying to be good". :-)

Tune in for Part 2 where you'll learn more about Channing's plans after highschool and about the sport and the woman that helped to shape the man we know and love today.