Align listbox items horizontally - windows-phone-7

I want to show a listbox with two items for each row.
You can see an example here.
I have the following XAML:
<Grid x:Name="FriendsGrid">
<ListBox x:Name="FriendsList" Margin="0" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource FriendsDataTemplate}"/>
</Grid>
<DataTemplate x:Key="FriendsDataTemplate">
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Background="{StaticResource PhoneAccentBrush}">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="183"/>
<RowDefinition Height="50"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="FriendAvatar" Margin="1,1,11,11" Source="{Binding ImageURL}" Width="173" Height="173"/>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<TextBlock x:Name="FriendName" Margin="0" Text="{Binding FriendName}" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Padding="0,0,10,0" TextAlignment="Right"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
But I see one ListBoxItem for each row.
How can I do that?

Can you not just use a WrapPanel as the ItemContainerStyle?

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<GridView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
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<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border BorderBrush="White" BorderThickness="1"></Border>
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border Grid.Row="0" BorderBrush="White" BorderThickness="1"></Border>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0"
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Style="{StaticResource Style_TextBlock_Label_H3}"
Text="{Binding Path=Description}" VerticalAlignment="Top" />
<GridView Grid.Row="1"
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<GridView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Margin="0,0,5,0"
Text="{Binding Path=Description}"
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<GridView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapGrid Orientation="Vertical" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />
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</GridView.ItemsPanel>
</GridView>
</Grid>
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</GridView.ItemTemplate>
<GridView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"
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</GridView.ItemsPanel>
</GridView>
However, whenever it renders, it renders like this:
What I want to achieve is that all the "Header" are on the top, while the Items themselves extend to the bottom and then just overflow using the WrapGrid.
Can please point out where I am going wrong?
Thank you!

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<RowDefinition Height="*" />
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<StackPanel Height="61" Width="371" >
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<toolkit:ExpanderView.ItemTemplate>
<StaticResource ResourceKey="expMovieCollectionItemTemplate"/>
</toolkit:ExpanderView.ItemTemplate>
<toolkit:ExpanderView.HeaderTemplate>
<StaticResource ResourceKey="expMovieCollectionHeaderTemplate"/>
</toolkit:ExpanderView.HeaderTemplate>
</toolkit:ExpanderView>
</DataTemplate>
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<StaticResource ResourceKey="lbMovieCollectionItemTemplate"/>
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I have a list in row 2 of 3 in a grid. The grid is defined as following:
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
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<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,0,0,0">
<TextBlock Foreground="Black" Text="{Binding Placement}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" Width="45" />
<TextBlock Foreground="Black" Text="{Binding Username}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" Width="160"/>
<TextBlock Foreground="Black" Text="{Binding Score}" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" Width="160" TextAlignment="Right" />
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</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
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I have a ItemTemplate like this
<ListBox>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Button Grid.Row="0">
<Button.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Border BorderBrush="AntiqueWhite" BorderThickness="1">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Background="Gray" Width="465">
<Image Margin="2,0,10,0" Source="{Binding StateImage}" Stretch="None"/>
<TextBlock Name="txt" Text="{Binding DateLabel}"/>
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<mx:EventToCommand Command="{Binding VisibilityListboxCommand}"
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<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
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<ColumnDefinition Width="100"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="360"/>
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<StackPanel Grid.Column="0">
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.....
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</ListBox>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
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<Custom:Interaction.Triggers>
<Custom:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
<mx:EventToCommand Command="{Binding VisibilityListboxCommand}"
CommandParameter="{Binding}" />
</Custom:EventTrigger>
</Custom:Interaction.Triggers>
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Wrap Panel in ListBox

I have the following XAML code:
<DataTemplate x:Key="FriendsDataTemplate">
<toolkit:WrapPanel Orientation="Horizontal" ItemWidth="173" ItemHeight="233">
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="183"/>
<RowDefinition Height="50"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="FriendAvatar" Margin="1,1,11,11" Source="{Binding ImageURL}" Width="173" Height="173"/>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<TextBlock x:Name="FriendName" Margin="0" Text="{Binding FriendName}" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Padding="0,0,10,0" TextAlignment="Right"/>
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</Grid>
</toolkit:WrapPanel>
</DataTemplate>
<Grid x:Name="FriendsGrid">
<ListBox x:Name="FriendsList" Margin="0" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource FriendsDataTemplate}"/>
</Grid>
FriendsList width is 420px.
My problem is: I want two items column, but I see one.
Any advice?
I've found the solution. Here is my working XAML code:
<DataTemplate x:Key="FriendsDataTemplate">
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="183"/>
<RowDefinition Height="50"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="FriendAvatar" Margin="1,1,11,11" Source="{Binding ImageURL}" Width="173" Height="173"/>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<TextBlock x:Name="FriendName" Margin="0" Text="{Binding FriendName}" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Padding="0,0,10,0" TextAlignment="Right"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<Grid x:Name="FriendsGrid">
<ListBox x:Name="FriendsList" Margin="0" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource FriendsDataTemplate}" Width="420">
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<toolkit:WrapPanel ItemWidth="173" ItemHeight="233"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
I've added a ListBox.ItemsPanel inside ListBox definition. And I've moved wrap panel on it.

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