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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan Biography -

Name :
Amitabh Bachchan
Birth Name :
Amit Shrivastava
Date of Birth :
11 October 1942
Place of Birth :
Allahabad, India
Height :
6' 3
Nationality :
Indian
Profession :
Actor
Nicknames :
Aby Baby, Big A, BIG B, Munna, One Man Industry, Angry Young Man, Bollywood's Shahenshah, Amith

Amitabh Bachchan Trivia -
Arguably India's greatest ever superstar.
He launched a multi-faceted commercial enterprise known simply as Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited, or ABCL. ABCL is engaged in production, distribution and all other aspects of the movie industry.
Had a very close association with the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi (also Prime Minister) and he was elected to parliament with a huge majority from his home town of Allahabad. But his stint in politics did not last long and he was implicated in the infamous Swedish Bofors Gun deal scandal along with Rajiv Gandhi and others.
Was one of the judges for the 1995 Miss World beauty pageant.
While filming Coolie (1983/I) he received a near fatal injury. He was hospitalised and the Indian press issued daily bulletins on his health.
Was a former stage actor, radio announcer and freight company executive in Calcutta, India.
Went to Sherwood College, a boarding school in the hill-station town of Nainital, and from there to Delhi University where he earned a double MA degree.
When he was just trying to get a break in movies he was told to soften his 'deep' voice. However it was soon realised that his deep rich voice was excellent for narration. He has provided narrations for several films.
Suffered from a rare muscular disorder known as myasthenia gravis.
Father of Abhishek Bachchan
Is a vegetarian
Presenter of Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire
The first Asian actor having a wax model of his likeness displayed at Madame Tussaud's in London, UK
Highest paid Bollywood actor in the film industry.
Was named Actor of the Millennium in a BBC News Poll ahead of such luminaries as Charlie Chaplin, Sir Lawrence Olivier, and Marlon Brando.
Was considered 'finished' in the late nineties after super star status for 20 years, a string of flops and failed political and business ambitions. But made an unexpected comeback as host of the popular TV quiz series "Kaun Banega Crorepati?" (2000) which put him right back on the number one spot of Bollywood actors over 40, reaffirming his reputation as the living legend of Indian cinema with a new series of high profile films (Mohabbatein (2000), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001) etc.)
Formed a popular screen couple with Rekha
He also sung in many movies such as Laawaris, Toofan and Silsila.
Became a grandfather in 1997 when his daughter Shweta gave birth to a daughter, Navya Naveli Nanda.
Works with the Indian government's media campaign to publicize the National Immunization Days and encourage people to take their children to be vaccinated against polio and other deadly diseases.
Son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, who passed away in January 2003.
Suffers from asthma.
His favourite screen name is Vijay, which he had as his character name in over 20 movies.
His father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was considering naming him 'Inquilab' (which means 'revolution') before settling down for Amitabh which means 'brilliance unlimited'.
On his 61st birthday, he relaunched ABCL as AB Corp. ABCL had to be closed after debts of more than millions of rupees. However, Amitabh has decided to relaunch it with a name change.
Actress Nirupa Roy is mostly cast as his mother and last time she featured was in Lal Baadshah (1999).
Has a double M.A. (Master of Arts) degree.
The facial caricature of the Indian comic book character 'Supremo' is based upon him.
Following a near fatal accident while shooting Coolie (1983/I), during which he suffered internal bleeding and required 17 bottles of blood, he became a champion for the cause of encouraging more people to donate blood.
Not common nowadays, but when he used to play title roles, the credits always displayed "Amitabh Bachchan as" or "Amitabh Bachchan in and as" and then the title of the film would come up.
Singer Sudesh Bhonsle dubs his voice for playback songs in many movies.
At the age of 58, he jumped from a height of 30 feet, along with co-star Manoj Bajpai, for his 2001 movie Aks (2001).
In 1996, he released an album called "Aby Baby". This album was released under ABCL and featured songs like "Eer Bir Phatte" and remixes of his songs from his early movies "O Saathi Re" and "Kabhi Kabhi". "Eer Bir Phatte" was inspired by one of his famous dialogues in his movie Adalat (1976/I).
In 1984, he was honored by the Indian government with the Padma Shri Award for his outstanding contribution to the Hindi film industry.
He is the only actor who achieved at least one hit every year for 15 consecutive years - from 1972 in Bombay to Goa (1972) to 1986 in Aakhree Raasta (1986).
He has played double and triple roles in a number of films. His double role starrers include Adalat (1976/I), Don (1978), Kasme Vaade (1978), The Great Gambler (1979), Bemisaal (1982), Desh Premee (1982), Satte Pe Satta (1982), Aakhree Raasta (1986), Toofan (1989), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), Lal Baadshah (1999) and Sooryavansham (1999). Mahaan (1983) had the superstar in a triple role.
He was closely associated with Indira Gandhi, the former Indian Prime Minister, and her son, Rajiv Gandhi. It was Mrs. Gandhi who wrote a letter of introduction for Amitabh, and that's how he got his break in Bollywood.
He was the original choice to play a role in Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai (2003), which he declined and was finally played by Om Puri
His survival and his success could in short be termed best in his wife's own words that "Amit ji is a loner !"
Although Amitabh Bachchan's Immaan Dharam (1977) proved to be a disaster, the producer went ahead and announced Asmaan with Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha, with Mohan Kumar in the director's seat. Salim-Javed, who had penned the script of Immaan Dharam, were scripting Asmaan as well. However, the film was shelved subsequently.
Rakesh Kumar, who had directed Khoon Pasina (1977), Mr. Natwarlal (1979), Do Aur Do Paanch (1980) and Yaarana (1981), had turned producer and announced Charlie, with Amitabh Bachchan enacting the title role. Padmini Kolhapure had been cast opposite the Big B. However, the project never got made.
Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar were seen on screen for the first time in Ramesh Sippy's Shakti (1982). But much before Shakti happened, Eagle Films had signed Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan for their new project, which was to be directed by Yash Chopra. However, the project did not materialize subsequently.
In 1976 Amitabh Bachchan was to star in Manoj Kumar's Naya Bharat, alongside Amitabh it was also supposed to star Manoj Kumar, Hema Malini, Rajesh Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman and Rishi Kapoor. The film was shelved subsequently.
Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Mithun Chakraborty and Rati Agnihotri were teamed in Tala Chabi, produced by Romu Sippy and directed by Raj N. Sippy. One of the foremost character actors then, Pran, had been signed to enact the main villain's role. An official announcement was made in April 1982. The movie never took off.
Amitabh Bachchan was supposed to play one of the lead roles in Shashi Kapoor's Utsav (1984) however; Amitabh opted out of the film. Shashi Kapoor replaced him.
Amitabh Bachchan was the first choice of Rakesh Roshan's King Uncle (1993). But since the actor wasn't signing films then, Roshan opted for Jackie Shroff.
Prakash Mehra was planning on making Chankaya Chanddragupta and had signed Amitabh Bachchan for the main role. The movie was shelved.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra wanted Amitabh Bachchan to play the lead role of Inspector Inayat Khan in Mission Kashmir (2000). The reason why Amitabh Bachchan declined the role was because of his commitment to Yash Chopra's Mohabbatein (2000).
Kader Khan wanted to direct him as the lead hero in Jaahil, unfortunately the movie was never made.
Amitabh Bachchan Detailed Biography -
The trademark deep baritone voice, the tall, brooding persona, and intense eyes, made Amitabh Bachchan the ideal "Angry Young Man" in the 1970s, thereby changing the face of Hindi cinema. The son of the late poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan was born in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. After completing his education from Sherwood College, Nainital, and Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, he moved to Calcutta to work for shipping firm Shaw and Wallace. Later, Amitabh Bachchan moved to Bombay and struggled for a while to get his foot in the door of the Hindi film industry. The lanky, dark, and intensely brooding persona did not go down well with directors who were looking for wise-cracking, fair, loverboys - the trademark of the Indian hero in the 1960s. Starting with the low key Saat Hindustani, Amitabh Bachchan struggled through many roles and was relegated at times to doing voice-overs and in one instance playing a deaf-mute (his deep baritone voice might have overshadowed the other actors!). Amitabh Bachchan broke through with Zanjeer (the Chain) in 1973 playing opposite his real-life love interest and future wife Jaya Bhaduri. His persona seemed apt for the 1970s, capturing the resentment of underemployed youth and the increasing cult of violence. Amitabh Bachchan reworked the image of the Hindi film hero with major hits like Deewar, Sholay, Trishul, Don, Kala Patthar, and Shakti. Adapting former screen idol Dilip Kumar's mannerisms and adding his own flamboyance, he popularized the violent melodrama. Amitabh Bachchan proved that he had an equal flair for tragedies (Deewar, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Shakti) and comedies (Chupke Chupke, Don, Naseeb, Amar Akbar Anthony) as well. His most memorable performance was as the renegade against a harsh society in Deewar. After Amar Akbar Anthony in which he reveled in the role of the Cathlolic bootlegger - he played similar "masala" roles, movies that required action, comedy, tragedy, and romance in one character. This had disastrous consequences later with movies disintegrating into Amitabh Bachchan variety shows rather than plot-driven stories. Bachchan was dubbed the Superstar, taking over that title from Rajesh Khanna, something he hung on to until the mid 1980s when the floor widened after his temporary departure. At the height of his popularity he was injured in an accident while shooting for the film Coolie - long lines of people prayed for his recovery at the Breah Candy hospital, underscoring his megastar status. Amitabh Bachchan left films in 1985 to become a Member of Parliament from Allahabad constituency as a Congress party candidate, as a favor to his family friend Rajiv Gandhi - the new Prime MInister of India. A report of involvement in financial irregularities (of which he was completely cleared later) made him decide to step down as MP. His return in 1987 was lukewarm as the Hindi film industry had moved on and newer, younger heroes essayed the part of Angry Young Man with more conviction. Amitabh Bachchan seemed to have lost his heart in making films as his later roles did not show the flicker of passion that had marked earlier efforts in the 1970s. In 1989, for the first time since 1976, three of his films were flops i.e. they could not recover their money (in the Hindi film industry a flop is a film that does not recover a distributor's price, not the producer's cost). A series of lackluster films in the 1990s pointed to a long overdue exit, common to many other stars. A seemingly well-thought out venture to start a production company ABCL landed him in immense debts. Astonishingly, Amitabh Bachchan burst back with a double act: one, playing the stern patriarch (the kind against which he had rebelled in the 1970s but which role was suited to his gravelly voice), and two, reinventing himself as a brand that in turn, could market anything. He began the latter by hosting the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Kaun Banegaa Crorepati) and is now back in demand for endorsements.

Akon

Akon Biography -

Name :
Akon
Birth Name :
Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam
Occupation(s) :
Singer-songwriter, record producer
Genre(s) :
R&B, pop, hip hop
Label(s) :
Universal, SRC, Konvict Muzik, UpFront
Associated acts :
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Kardinal Offishall, Savage, Michael Jackson, Colby O'Donis, T-Pain, 50 Cent, Eminem, DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Young Jee
Height :
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Born :
30 April 1973, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Akon Trivia -
He is also known for his reggae music. "Ghetto" is one of his popular songs. "Mama Africa" is created in 2007.
Akon Detailed Biography -
Aliaune Thiam, better known by his stage name Akon, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, and record producer, of Senegalese origin. He came to prominence in the year 2004 following the release of "Locked Up” the first single from his debut album Trouble. His second album, Konvicted, earned him a Grammy Award nomination for the single "Smack That." He has since founded two record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution.Akon often sings hooks for other artists and is presently accredited with more than 155 guest appearances and 23 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He is the first solo artist to accomplish the feat of holding both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice.
As the son of famed Senegalese percussionist Mor Thiam, Akon was raised in a musical setting and taught to play several instruments. At the age of 7, he spent time between America and Senegal until he was 15, then he moved permanently to Jersey City, New Jersey.During Akon’s alleged time in jail for 12 years, he began to understand his music abilities and developed an appreciation for his musical background. Akon's unique blend of West African-style, skills and moves eventually caught the ears of executives at Universal. Akon began writing and recording tracks in his home studio. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which released Akon's debut LP Trouble in June 2004. The album is a hybrid of Akon's silky, West African-styled vocals mixed with East Coast and Southern beats. Most of Akon's songs begin with the sound of the clank of a jail cell's door with him uttering the word "Konvict".Akon is a Muslim, as he explains he has never drunk alcohol or smoked due to his faith. He has also been rumored to have three wives, however the actual figure is unknown. He claims to have five children with three different women in an interview with Blender.
In April 2007, Akon drew criticism for having on-stage simulated sex with Danah (Deena) Alleyne, a preacher's [at the time] fifteen-year-old daughter, at a club in Trinidad and Tobago, as part of a fake contest, despite the club's claim to have a 21 years and over age limit. The incident was filmed by Akon's crew and later uploaded to the Internet. On April 20, 2007 local media, channel TV6, aired the video clip publicly.He also has his own charity for underprivileged children in Africa called Konfidence Foundation. Akon owns a diamond mine in South Africa and denies the existence of conflict diamonds (Otherwise casually referred to as 'blood diamonds'), saying, "I don't even believe in conflict diamonds. That's just a movie. Think about it. Ain't nobody thought about nothing about no conflict diamonds until the movie came out." He also allegedly had a previous occupation as a drug dealer but has stated in interviews that he's never used drugs, though some of his lyrics would suggest otherwise. Despite his alleged criminal history, he proclaims that he has turned his life around.
Akon has made the confirmation that a reality television show is in the works. It will be called "My Brother's Keeper" and the point is that Akon's two nearly identical brothers will go around in Atlanta posing as him fooling people into thinking that it is in fact Akon. They will try to get VIP treatment, girls and free things. Akon has claimed that people have mistaken his brothers for him many times in Atlanta which is what the show is based on.Akon is planning to work on a full-length movie titled Illegal Alien. The film is centered on some of the events of his life and actor Mekhi Phifer is set to play him. Besides Akon confirmed in August 2007, in the interview with Polish website INTERIA.PL, that he works on a movie "Cocaine Cowboys," which tells the story of Jon Roberts, the main pilot of Medellin Cartel (Colombian drug traffickers). He was also featured on a Verizon Wireless commercial and singing Snitch along with Obie Trice on a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode named "Poppin' Tags."On November 30, 2007, Akon entered the Big Brother house in Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2 as a guest so the housemates can meet him for only 100 seconds.He also made appearance on November 17, 2008 edition of WWE Raw, with Santino Marella citing him in his speech. Because of Santino's Italian Stereotyping, he mispronounced Akon's name to "Akorn".On April 27, 2008, Akon appeared with Colby O'Donis in Dance on Sunset.In February 2007, Akon launched his clothing line, Konvict Clothing. It features urban streetwear including denim jeans, hoodies, t-shirts and hats. Aliaune is the upscale version, or high-end line, for males and females, which includes blazers, denim jeans and other items. Timothy Hodge appeared on MTV's Direct Effect alongside Akon while promotioning the Konvict clothing line.

98 degrees

98 degrees Biography -

Name :
98 degrees
Profession :
Singer, American boy band

98 degrees Trivia -
Group members are Nick Lachey, Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, Jeff Timmons.
98 degrees Detailed Biography -
98 Degrees was an American boy band consisting of four vocalists: brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, as well as Justin Jeffre and Jeff Timmons. 98 Degrees was formed in Los Angeles, but its members are all from Ohio. Unlike most boy bands, they formed independently and were later picked up by a label, as opposed to being assembled by the label itself. 98 Degrees was originally signed to the Motown label in the mid-1990s. After building popularity with their appearance in the movie Mulan, singing "True to Your Heart," a duet with labelmate Stevie Wonder, their success broke out in late 1998 with their album 98� and Rising, which included the hit singles "The Hardest Thing" and "I Do (Cherish You)". After the first album, 98 Degrees left Motown for its parent company, Universal Records. All four albums released by 98 Degrees went platinum. Although they never did reach the level of success of their rival boybands, Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, they manage to do something the Backstreet Boys never accomplished. 98 Degrees scored a Billboard #1 hit with the single "Thank God I Found You," a collaboration with Mariah Carey and Joe. 98 Degrees also received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the same song.

50 Cent

50 Cent Biography -

Name :
50 Cent
Birth Name :
Curtis James Jackson
Date of Birth :
6 July 1975
Place of Birth :
Queens, New York, New York, USA
Height :
6'
Nationality :
American
Profession :
Musician
Claim to Fame :
Debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin' produced by Eminem and Dr. Dre (2003).
Sometimes Called :
G-Unit, C. Jackson, Curtis Jackson.

50 Cent Trivia -
Is currently involved in a feud with music artist, Ja Rule.
Is currently signed to Eminem's Shady Records imprint, which is distributed by Interscope Records.
Has a son: Marquise, nicknamed 25 Cent
His debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was the highest debut ever with 900,000 copies sold in the first week.
His mother was killed at the age of 23. 50 Cent was only 8 years old at the time
Was discovered by Jason Mizell aka Jam Master Jay.
Grew up in the same area of Queens, New York as actor Dwayne Winstead's cousin Ted Witherspoon.
Voted #8 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties
Used to be a boxer
Neither drinks alcohol nor smokes.
He bought former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson's Farmington, Conn., mansion for $4.1 million. The house is approximately 50,000 square feet, has 52 rooms, and was bought by Tyson for $2.7 million in 1996. The house includes five Jacuzzis, 25 full ba
50 Cent Detailed Biography -
Born in South Jamaica, Queens, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has lived in New York City all his life. Raised by his grandparents after his father ran out and his mother was shot when he was only eight. Growing up, the Queens rapper originally wanted to be a heavyweight boxer, but eventually fell back on rapping. DJs had taken it upon themselves to release two Best of 50 Cent mix CDs, before he had even signed to a major label. 50 Cent hit the scene with "How To Rob An Industry Nigga" and he's been on a rampage ever since dealing with bootleggers, label back stabbing and other platinum selling artists trying to get at him physically. In 1999, 50 Cent's album Power of the Dollar, was heavily bootlegged and Trackmasters/Columbia never released it. Supposedly, Trackmasters weren't comfortable with him being caught up in the streets and getting shot three days before filming the video for "Thug Love," (with Destiny's Child) -- his first single. 50 Cent was shot nine times that night, two shots hitting him in the head, the bullet that struck his face he carries as a reminder of what happened. That event led to the fall out with Columbia and negotiating his release from their grasps. 50 Cent still showed love and rhymed over a Trackmasters produced remix of "I'm Gonna Be Alright" on J-Lo's latest album, but rivals at Murder Inc. had 50 Cent cut from the track which could have launched the rapper. This all changed in one night when Eminem said on a radio show that "50 Cent is definitely my favorite rapper right now, he's the only one keeping it real." The very next day a bidding war started on 50, ending when 50 Cent signed to Eminem's very own label Shady/Aftermath. 50 Cent's fame has exploded, being produced by Dr. Dre and Eminem and finally making his debut album "Get rich or Die Tryin'." 50 has full access and advantage of the streets through mix-tapes; that's his forum because he controls it. 50 Cent is the most anticipated artist of 2003. It's well deserved because he's "been patiently waiting."

2 Face

2 Face Biography -

Name :
2 Face
2face Idibia :
Background information
Birth�name :
Origin
Genre(s) :
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s) :
Years�active
Label(s) :
Website

2 Face Trivia -
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2 Face Detailed Biography -
Innocent Ujah Idibia best known as 2face Idibia is a recording artist from Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. He was a member of the defunct R&B/hip hop group Plantashun Boyz.
One of the most internationally recognised celebrities Nigeria has produced in recent years, his massively popular song African Queen was the first ever video to be played on Pan African channel MTV Base. 2face was the recipient of awards such as the 2005 Channel O Best Male Music Video award and the first award given for Best African at the MTV Europe Awards held in Lisbon, Portugal in November 2005.
2face's song African Queen has been featured as one of the soundtracks of a movie called Phat Girlz.
Innocent Idibia started calling himself 2Face in 1996. "The name to me just refers to the outside and inside: when you first see me you see the outside but when you get to know me, you see the inside" he said in an interview with the BBC. In 1997, 2Face together with Blackface and Faze formed the group 'Plantashun Boyz'. The group was brought to the lime light when they were featured on Tony Tetuila's song, "Omode meta".
Album Cover
Album Information
Face 2 Face
Grass 2 Grace
Solo

A. C. Lyles

A. C. Lyles Biography -

Name :
A. C. Lyles
Profession :
Actor

A. C. Lyles Trivia -
N/A
A. C. Lyles Detailed Biography -
Lyles remembers seeing the film Wings on his 10th birthday at a theater owned by Paramount in his native Jacksonville, FL. "I just fell in love with the picture and the people who made it. I had a great admiration for Adolph Zukor ." Lyles quickly went to the theater manager, asked for a job, and began distributing bumper stickers and handbills, working his way up to usher in three months.
Working at the theater created an opportunity to meet Zukor himself four years later when the studio head came to visit the theater. Lyles says he was certain that his brief introduction to Zukor as an adolescent would ultimately lead to working at the studio in Hollywood. Zukor told Lyles to finish high school before pursuing his Hollywood dreams. Having already gotten a job at a Paramount theater, the young Lyles was determined to work at the actual Paramount studios that he began writing letters to Zukor every week.
Fate also intervened when Lyles introduced himself to Gary Cooper when the star came to Jacksonville on his way to Miami. Lyles told him about his weekly letters, although he hadn't yet received any response. The star gave the boy a note to include in his next letter: "I am looking forward to A.C. Lyles being with us at the studio." That led to a response from Zukor's secretary, and Lyles began writing letters to her as well.
After graduating from high school, Lyles traveled across country with $28 in his pocket to pursue his dream of working at Paramount. When he arrived in Hollywood, Lyles found that his persistence had paid off; Zukor hired Lyles as an office boy making $15 per week. Lyles quickly began making friends with as many people as possible on the lot, including Bing Crosby and Cooper.
One of Lyles new friends was James Cagney's sister, who had a contract with Paramount at the time. She told Lyles that Cagney wanted to meet him, and, after getting over the initial shock of being asked to meet the superstar, Lyles became friends with Cagney. Lyles would soon meet someone who would ultimately become bigger than Cagney. "There's a young fellow in town I want you to meet. You'll be inseparable," Lyles remembers Cagney telling him. The young fellow turned out to be Ronald Reagan, who would become one of Lyles's best friends. "We were so close. We were like brothers," he says.
Lyles was headed for success; at age 19 he became a publicity director and over the next decade he worked on more than 70 films. In 1954 he was associate producer on The Mountain, which starred Spencer Tracy, and in 1957 he became a full producer on Short Cut to Hell, starring Cagney. It was also in the 50s that Lyles married his wife, Martha. He also served as associate producer on the TV series Rawhide, which gave Clint Eastwood his breakthrough role. Lyles found a niche producing Westerns, many of them in the 1960's, and recently he worked as a consultant on HBOs Deadwood, created by David Milch (NYPD Blue), whom Lyles said "is as close to being a genius as anyone I know....If you listen to his dialogue, it's like Shakespeare."
Lyles has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the El Capitan Theatre and a building named in his honor at Paramount Studios.

Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne Biography -

Name :
Avril Lavigne
Birth Name :
Avril Ramona Lavigne
Date of Birth :
September 27, 1984
Place of Birth :
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Occupation :
Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Actress, Model
Genre(s) :
Modern rock, Pop rock, Teen Pop, Punk Pop, Post-grunge, Alternative rock
Instrument(s) :
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Drums
Height :
5' 3''
Nationality :
Canadian
Nickname :
Avie
Hometown :
Napanee, Ontario, Canada

Avril Lavigne Trivia -
· Trade Marks: Bitter lyrics; Heavy black eyeliner and eyeshadow.
· One of her songs, "Losing Grip", is about an ex-boyfriend.
· Won the 'New Artist in a Video' award for her song 'Complicated' at the 2002 VMA.
· Parents are Judy & John Lavigne, French-Canadians.
· Her first video, "Complicated", cost over $1 million.
· Her younger sister appeared in her 'SK8R BOI' Video.
· She has a younger sister, Michelle and an older brother, Matthew.
· Was orginally pursuing a career in country and folk music, but transitioned into "punk-rock" because of its more lucrative possbilities.
· Received 5 Grammy nominations, including 1 for best new artist (2003).
· Debut album 'Let Go' is 6x platinum.
· Dropped out of high school after the 11th grade when she secured a record deal.
· Won 3 MTV Asia Awards for favorite female artist, favorite breakthrough artist & style (2003).
· Has been nominated for 6 Juno Awards (2003).
· Her CD, "Let Go", was the third best selling album of 2002.
· Won four Juno Awards: Single of the Year ("Complicated"), Album of the Year ("Let Go"), New Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.
· Announced that her song 'Sk8er Boi' will be turned into a movie.
· Her second album is titled "Under My Skin," which has gone 2x platinum.
· Has a pizza named after her at a restaurant in her home town, Napanee, Ontario.
· 381,000 copies were sold of her second album "Under My Skin", making it her 2nd #1 album. According to Nielsen SoundScan, it ended the #1 spot eight- week reign of Usher's "Confessions" album. "Under My Skin" album is also #1 in the UK.
· Favorite pizza topping is olives.
· The song "Slipped Away" on her second album is about the death of her grandfather.
· Wrote the song "Breakaway" which was sung by Kelly Clarkson.
· Is the second child out of three in her family.
· Is good friends with Pink,Vanessa Carlton, and Fefe Dobson.
· Nominated for 3 Grammys: Song Of The Year ("I'm With You"), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("I'm With You") & Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ("Losing Grip") (2004).
· Avril taught herself the guitar at the age of 12.
· Won Favorite Female Singer at the 18th Annual Kid's Choice Awards [April 2005].
· 2005: Won 3 Juno Awards; Fan Choice Award, Artist of the Year, and Pop Album of the Year ("Under My Skin").
· Voted #1 in Teen People's Top Hottest 21 Under 21 List [April 30th - May 1st 2005].
· She was kind enough to donate many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004.
· Decided to perform in Dublin, Ireland the same day her grandfather died. After receiving the news, she knew he would have wanted her to continue on. Although all but breaking down on stage, she continued to perform in his memory.
· Became engaged to Deryck Whibley on June 25, 2005.
· Writes all of her own songs about her own personal experiences.
· Named #36 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
· Married Sum 41 lead singer Deryck Whibley on July 15th 2006 in an outdoor, non-denominational ceremony at a private estate in Montecito, California. She wore a Vera Wang gown and held a bouquet of white roses. Their first dance was "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls.
· The menu plate on her wedding reception read "Avril Whibley", implying that she has assumed husband Deryck Whibley's last name in her private life.
· Favorite actor is Tobey Maguire and favorite actress is Sandra Bullock.
· Natural hair color is brown.
· Owns over a 100 pairs of Converse sneakers.
· Is a vegetarian.
· Ranked #15 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Avril Lavigne Detailed Biography -
Avril Lavigne, actually Avril Ramona Lavigne, was born on September 27, 1984. Avril Lavigne is a Canadian pop punk singer/songwriter and actress who is well known for her "skater punk" persona. Her two albums to date, Let Go (2002) and Under My Skin (2004), have topped the charts in numerous countries. Although her name is of French origin, she herself does not speak French and her name is pronounced in an anglicized way, more or less as "La-veen" (although, actual pronunciation should be "La-Vine"). Her first name, Avril, means "April" in French and is pronounced "Av-reel" (anglicized "Ahv-ril").
Born in Belleville, Ontario to conservative Franco-Ontarian Christian parents John and Judy Lavigne, Avril grew up in Napanee; having moved there at the age of five. It was in Napanee that she sang country music and in a church choir and taught herself to play guitar. Avril Lavigne was discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston, Ontario. During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Avril was spotted by Steve Medd, a local folksinger, who invited her to perform vocals on his song Touch The Sky for his 1999 album Quinte Spirit. Suitably impressed, he invited her back to perform vocals on Temple Of Life and Two Rivers for his followup album, My Window To You in 2000. By the age of sixteen, Avril Lavigne was signed by Ken Krongard, the artists-and-repertoire (A&R) representative of Arista Records, who invited his boss, Arista head Antonio "L.A." Reid, to hear her sing in a New York City studio. She then completed work on her first album. Apparently, early attempts to co-write songs for her failed to meet her approval; and Lavigne eventually moved to Los Angeles, California, and co-wrote her album with Clif Magness and the songwriting team The Matrix, whose previous work included songs for Sheena Easton and Christina Aguilera.
Avril Lavigne described her first album, Let Go, as a pop album with "a couple of rock songs on it", and has indicated a desire to write more rock-oriented songs in the future. It was released by Arista on June 4, 2002 in the United States, reaching number two there and number one in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (making Avril Lavigne the youngest female solo act ever at the time to have a number-one album in the UK). It was certified four times platinum less than six months later by the RIAA, and had sold fifteen million copies worldwide as of December 2004. Four singles from the album were released, all of them hits. "Complicated" went to number one in Australia while reaching number two on the U.S. Hot 100, and was also one of the best-selling Canadian singles of 2002. "Sk8er Boi" reached the top ten in the U.S. and Australia and number one in Canada, "I'm With You" reached the top five in the U.S., while "Losing Grip" reached number one in Canada, the top ten in Taiwan, and the top twenty in Chile.
The media have often compared Avril Avril Lavigne to Alanis Morissette (one of her favourite artists alongside Coldplay and The Goo Goo Dolls), who is also Canadian, as well as singer-songwriters such as Vanessa Carlton and Michelle Branch, who emerged at about the same time and were popularly credited, with Avril Lavigne, as part of a trend towards more genuine creativity in the teen pop-music market. Avril Lavigne was named "Best New Artist" at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, won four Juno Awards in 2003 (out of six nominations), a World Music Award for World's Best-Selling Canadian Singer, and was nominated for eight Grammy Awards. 2004 the present Avril Lavigne's second album, Under My Skin, was released on May 25, 2004 in the U.S. and went to number one in several countries, including the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia.
Avril Lavigne wrote most of the album with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, though some tracks were co-written by Lavigne and Ben Moody (formerly of Evanescence), Butch Walker of Marvelous 3, and the rest with her former lead guitarist Evan Taubenfeld. Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace Kreviazuk's husband, co-produced the album with Butch Walker and Don Gilmore. Lead single "Don't Tell Me" went to number one in Argentina, top five in the U.K. and Canada, and top ten in Australia and Brazil. "My Happy Ending" reached the top ten in the U.S., and was her third biggest hit to date there, but third single "Nobody's Home" did not make the top forty. The final single from the album, "He Wasn't", reached number one in Canada, making the song her eighth number-one release since "Complicated", but failed to make the UK top twenty and was not released in the U.S.. Avril Lavigne won two World Music Awards in 2004 for World's Best Pop/Rock Artist and World's Best Selling Canadian Artist. She received five Juno Award nominations in 2005, picking up three including, Fan Choice Award, Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year. She also won the award for Favourite Female Singer at the eighteenth Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.
Avril Lavigne co-wrote a song, "Breakaway", which was recorded by Kelly Clarkson for the soundtrack to the film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) and was later included on Clarkson's second album, Breakaway, being released as the album's first single. It went on to peak at #6 in the US and provided Clarkson with a substantial hit. One source reports that Lavigne will release a new album some time in the spring of 2006. In a phone interview with Newsday, Avril Lavigne said: "Don't expect the album any time soon. I'm going to get off the road, take my time, be with my little sweetheart and have a life and then get back to business." In a recent interview with Celebrity.com, Lavigne said that she is in the middle of making her record. . Lavigne is to make her film debut in the animated film Over the Hedge, which is based on comic strip of same name, alongside William Shatner, Bruce Willis and Gary Shandling. Avril Lavigne is also acting in the Richard Gere film The Flock, and her third project is Fast Food Nation, based on her favourite book. Her co-stars in the film include Patricia Arquette, Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Hawke and Greg Kinnear. In January 2006, Lavigne signed a contract with Ford Models.
She is appearing on the February edition of Harpers Bazaar Fashion Magazine with a new look. She will sing at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics (Turin, Italy) for the eight minutes of the Vancouver 2010 portion. Her third album is supposed to be released during the middle of 2006. It should include collaborations with Chantal Kreviazuk and her husband, Our Lady Peace front man Raine Maida, who have also worked on 2004's 'Under My Skin' Lavigne's current band consists of the following: Devin Bronson (lead guitar), Craig Wood (rhythm guitar), Charlie Moniz (bass) and Matt Brann (drums). Departed members from Lavigne's band consist of the following: Evan Taubenfeld (lead guitar), Mark Spicoluk (bass, 2002) and Jesse Colburn (rhythm guitar). In 2003, it was reported that Lavigne was romantically involved with Colburn. Lavigne is engaged to be married to Deryck Whibley of the pop punk band Sum 41, and Mark Spicoluk was a former member of that band.
Avril Lavigne formerly traveled with a bag full of about thirty neck ties. Some of them she bought, and the rest of them she took from her father and some were sent to her by fanmail. Lavigne stopped wearing neckties completely in 2003, as she was horrified at the constant media references to them overshadowing her music and that she was starting a fashion trend amongst her fans. She has a star tattooed on the inside of her left wrist, applied at the same time as friend and musical associate Ben Moody's identical tattoo.
In late 2004, Avril Lavigne had a small pink heart-shaped tattoo featuring the letter 'D' applied to her right wrist thought to be a reference to fiance Deryck Whibley. She has also bought a house with him in Beverly Hills. In March 2004, she became involved in a celebrity feud with Hilary Duff: Duff reportedly criticized Lavigne after she apparently got mad at her fans for dressing like her. Duff called her "mean-spirited" and said: "You should be happy that these people like you and look up to you."
During an interview for a Boston radio station, Lavigne then said that Duff was a "mommy's girl" and a "goody two-shoes". Avril Lavigne then said to Duff (who was not present during that interview), "You can go screw yourself". Reportedly, Avril Lavigne also said about Duff, "I'm sure she's really nice and sweet. I'm sure she's all smiles." During that same interview, she spotted a picture of herself and ripped it up, allegedly saying, "I hate that fucking photo!" All this happened while on air. According to Avril Lavigne, she had permission to take the picture down station personnel encouraged her to take it down. She has admitted to Rollingstone.com that she got into some fights one night. "The other night, I got into three fights", says Lavigne. "I was at a club and some girl was giving me attitude. She pushed me and I got her down on the floor. Security came, and because I was on top, they threw me out."
A profile of Avril Lavigne in The Washington Post found that, in the flesh, her personality did not reflect her marketing, and instead found her to be, if anything, something of a wide-eyed innocent, citing her intending to purchase her first Ramones CD. In another interview, Avril Lavigne listed her current listening tastes as including blink-182, Sum 41, Green Day and System of a Down. She is a vegetarian. Some members of the old school, hardcore punk community have an intense dislike for Lavigne and her style of music, which they believe waters down what punk is really all about. Comments she has made, showing a lack of knowledge/interest in the seventies punk movement and the luminaries of that movement (Lavigne once admitted to not ever having heard of the Sex Pistols), has led some to label her a poser. However, Avril Lavigne has consistently stated that her music is not punk rock and that she does not believe she is punk. Although it's constantly debated whether or not she is punk, there have been several (and more recent) occasions where she has stated "I'm not punk, that's a whole other world. If anything I'm more rock or pop." Avril Lavigne has made it to the list of FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World for three consecutive years, from 2003 to 2005. She was also included in Maxim Hot 100 for 2003 and 2005 at 92nd and 36th spots respectively.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Adriana Francesca Lima

Birthdate: June 12, 1981Birth location: Salvador, Bahia, BrazilBirth name: Adriana Francesca LimaMeasurements: 85-58-90 (EU)Height: 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Eye color: Blue-Grey (Sometime appears green)Hair color: Dark brownEthnicity: Portuguese, Amerindian, Afro-BrazilianAdriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) is a Brazilian supermodel, best accepted as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels.Adriana Lima rose to distinction out of beneath than alluring conditions. Lima was apparent while arcade at a bounded capital at the age of 13. At the age of 15, she accomplished 1st abode in a Ford Supermodel of Brazil archetypal search. Lima afterwards followed with a 2nd abode accomplishment in the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the Apple contest.Shortly after, Lima confused to New York City, and eventually confused on from Ford, signing with Elite Archetypal Management. Her aboriginal career consisted mostly of appearance beat plan (with aboriginal appearances in all-embracing editions of Vogue and Marie Claire in 1997/1998), as able-bodied as aerodrome plan (Christian Lacroix, Valentino, and others). Lima's aboriginal big breach came if she was featured in a Vassarette advance in Times Square. Her book career followed, and like abounding added acclaimed names (Claudia Schiffer, Laetitia Casta, Eva Herzigova), Lima became a GUESS? Girl in their 2000 Costanoa campaign.Lima connected to body aloft her entry, accomplishing added book plan (Maybelline, bebe, Mossimo, BCBG) and gracing the awning and editorials of added top appearance magazines (Harper's Bazaar, ELLE). Probably best accepted for her Victoria's Secret plan and Angel cachet (along with Heidi Klum and Gisele), Lima aboriginal graced the VS aerodrome in 2000, and was the appearance opener for the 2003 Victoria's Secret Appearance Show.In 2001 Adriana Lima starred in BMW Films short, "The Follow" alongside actors Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, and Forest Whitaker. In the film, Owen's appearance is assassin to chase Lima's, who is doubtable of cheating on her acclaimed husband, played by Rourke. The blur had a runtime of 8:47 including credits, was accounting by Andrew Kevin Walker, and directed by Wong Kar-Wai.Lima is currently represented by New York's DNA Models.Personal lifeLima has anachronous celebrities in the past, including an assurance with rocker Lenny Kravitz that concluded in 2003 and Major League Baseball amateur Derek Jeter. She is currently dating Prince Wence.Lima appear in the April 2006 awning affection of GQ annual that, per her All-embracing beliefs, she was still a virgin, explaining:Adriana LimaSex is for afterwards marriage. [Men] accept to account that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that agency they don't wish me.This abashed abounding humans because she has generally said that her relgion never afflicted how she lived, she had not been to abbey in abounding years and that humans immediatly accept she is heavily religous because she went to all-embracing academy if she was adolescent and wears a scapular about her neck.After the annual was appear Adriana publically said that the announcer who interveiwed her did not allege portuguese able-bodied and translated what she was adage wrongly. The announcer says he fabricated no mistakes but Adriana stands by what she said.Lima does accommodating plan by allowance with an orphanage, "Caminhos da Luz" (Ways of Light), amid in her hometown. She helps with architecture to aggrandize the orphanage, and buys clothes for poor accouchement in Salvador, Bahia.Facts and stats* Height: 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)* Measurements: 85-58-90 cm* Dress Size: 4 (US); 34 (EU)* Shoe Size: 9 (US); 41 (EU)* Eyes: Blue-Grey [2] (sometimes declared as green)* Hair: Dark Brown* Ethnicity: African, Native American, Swiss.* Nationality: Brazilian* Languages Spoken: Portuguese, Spanish, and English [3]* Religion: Roman Catholic.* Ranked #97 in Forbes.com's Highest Paid Celebirties account (2006)* Ranked #99 in Forbes.com's 100 Most Powerful Humans account (2006)* Ranked #57 in Maxim's Hot 100 (2003)* Ranked #1 in AskMen.com's Top 99 Women (2005) [4]* Ranked #4 in AskMen.com's Top 99 Women of 2006* Spokesmodel of XOXO, Armani Jeans, GUESS? [5] and Victoria's Secret* Ranked amount 97 on Forbes "Highest Paid Celebirties" List* She has a broken navel.* Whenever she gets active to a aggregation their sales access at atomic 30%.* She is a Gemini* Afterwards she was spotted accustomed a Luca Luca backpack the aggregation awash over 50,000 versions of the bag. It was renamed the "Leah" bag afterwards a name abutting accompany alarm her.* Adriana's appellation is 'LimaBean'.* She is said to be "the easiest being in the apple to accomplish laugh."* She owns a bar in Mexico.* She is bookish : her favourite columnist is Gabriel Garcia Marquez.* She would like to accompany acting or photography.* Abutting accompany alarm her Leah.* She does not like to travel.* She is actual religious and wears a scapular about her neck.* She is an alone child.* She is accomplished in Capoeira and Mixed Martial Arts* She is consistently listed as one of the top 5 models in the world.* She never leaves the abode after sunglasses.* She is accepted to get shy about people.* She is the favourite archetypal of acclaimed columnist Ellen von Unwerth who specializes in amative feminity beat photography.Quotes* "Modeling is a boxy job, your co-workers are your rivals, it absolutely puts a damper on your angle of added girls."* "Fashion is about acceptable energy. It's about feelings. That's what I accept to accord the people, acceptable activity and acceptable feelings."

Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes

Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes, born in Toledo, Ohio, year 1978. Youngest in the family, strong-willed person though always treated as a baby in their family. At the age of fourteen she attended a modeling school and joined modeling competitions.The beginning of her professional acting career is when she become a part of the movie The Ice Storm(1997) as a rich new Yorker, who is pursued by two of the main characters. A big break strucked her career when she achieved the character of Joey Potter on the television teen drama show Dawson's Creek (1998 to 2003). Her character is a headstrong, vibrant, wily, sultry, and determined go-getter. While doing good in Dawson's Creek, she was able to do movies like Disturbing Behavior and Go. She became one of the prestigious actress in hollywood and won as best actress to different awards night.A combination of natural beauty, innate talent, and charisma is what made Tom Cruise fell in love with her. Their first date reportedly was on tom's plane for a sushi dinner. They just dated for only two months and got engaged. On November 18, 2006 a star studded scientology wedding at Odescalchi Castle in Italy was held. They have one child named Suri Cruise, "the miracle of their life", as what Tom described, born on April 18, 2006. Katie likes to have another child with Tom but do not exactly know when.Just last October 22, Katie denied that she is pregnant with her second child with Tom because she was seen in a maternity style dress at Berlin airport which led to rumors that she was pregnant. She has been busy filming her latest movie, Mad Money. Her first movie since having baby Suri about the three female employees of the Federal employees plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci (Born February 12, 1980) is the fourth child of Mr. Ralph Ricci, a lawyer and psychiatrist and Mrs. Sarah Ricci, a real state agent and former Ford model. One of the most remarkable faces on-camera. A combination of angelic, sensual, peaceful, and troubled girl. There's this whole complex of energies going on, which is really fascinating.At the age of 9, she showed little interest in acting that began her career in movies, because of this advance development, she achieved recognitions that increased her popularity from audience as well as to several big time film makers. Her movie Mermaids (1990) was considered to be her ultimate starting point to success. She also appeared in 1992 movie “The Hard Way” and the girl playing Wednesday Addams in a black comedy film based on the popular characters, The Addams Family (1964 Cartoon Series, created by cartoonist Charles Addams).Her breakthrough adult role that puts advance among other teen actresses was in the movie Ice Storm (1997) , in which she plays a nymphet who skillfully seduces two brothers. She also worked with Johnny Depp and Casper Van Dien in the Tim Burton film Sleepy Hollow (1999). In the late 1990s, this candid, controversial, and now a highly skilled actress was much in demand by film makers that leads to several projects, these includes; Casper1993, Now and Then 1995, The Gathering 2001, Monster 2003, Home of the Brave 2005. Penelope 2006, and now her latest movie, "Black Snake Moan" where she portrayed a young woman addicted to sex who is kidnapped by Samuel L. Jackson.

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, widely known as Beyoncé, was born in Houston Texas on the 4th of September 1981, elder of the two daughter born to Matthew and Tina Knowles. She had her education at High School for the Visual and Performing Arts in Houston, Texas.Beyoncé began her early career at the age of 7 when she auditioned for a role in a child singing group made up of her, Latavia Roberson, Beyoncé's cousin, Kelly Rowland and Letoya Luckett. The group started off small, doing local events but got their break when they performed on a star search. Discovered by Whitney Houston, their young energy and sound was a revelation for Hip Hop/ R&B music during the 90's. Soon after that Destiny's Child got it's formal name, they started doing bigger gigs and were the opening act for other groups like SWV, Dru Hill and Immature. They released their self titled album in 1998 and Beyoncé was the cornerstone in the group. Working out most of the lyrics and sound for the new group. She was the dominant lead singer in the group and no one could dispute.Beyoncé started doing her solo career during the autumn of 2002 and eventually won awards as Best Female R&B Artist in 3 consecutive years. In the summer of the same year(2002), Knowles also co-starred in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember, playing Foxxy Cleopatra with Mike Myers and Michael Caine. Knowles also recorded the song "Work It Out" for the film's soundtrack. Knowles' latest film work is Dreamgirls, the film adaptation of the 1981 hit Broadway musical of a 1960's singing group loosely based on Motown all-female groups The Supremes, as the Diana Ross-based character Deena Jones. Knowles also co-starred in the film The Pink Panther, playing the character of Xania, an international pop star, with Steve Martin, who plays Inspector Clouseau. The film was released on February 10, 2006, and was number one at the box office on its opening weekend. In 2003, Knowles starred opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the film The Fighting Temptations, and recorded a song for it called "Fighting Temptation", alongside female rappers Missy Elliott, MC Lyte, and Free. Unlike Knowles' own singles, the song did not become a hit, although the film was a moderate success at the box office.

Shannen Doherty

Shannen Doherty is a serious and intelligent woman in the television series called Charmed where she portrayed the character of Prudence “Prue” Halliwell, the eldest among the charmed sisters and has the ability to move objects using her mind and the ability to create a clone of herself also called as an Astral Projection.She has been seen in the television drama series “Our House” in the year 1986 as Kris known as one of Jessica Siblings, she is also been seen in the comedy series “Heathers” in the year 1989 as Heather Duke one of the wealthy girls with the same first name and in the television series “Beverly Hills 90210” in the year 1990 as Brenda Walsh as one of the rebellious twins.Shannen Doherty has been nominated as the best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series and as an Exceptional Performance By a Young Actress in a Television Drama series, in the tv series “Our House”. She is also been nominated as the Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series and the Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series, in the tv series “Beverly Hills”.Doherty was born in Memphis, Tennessee on the date of April 12, 1971. In the age of seven, she tried to pursue a career as a child actress. She is a daughter of a couple named Tom and Rosa Doherty.

Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes

Megan Denise Fox

Megan Denise Fox was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on the 16th of May 1986. She had an Irish, French, and Native American Ancestry. She grew up in a very poor household and has one older sister. Fox began her training in drama and dancing at the age of 5, when she was 10 years old she and her family moved to Florida to continue her training and at the same time finish her schooling. She began her acting and modeling career at the age of 13, upon winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.Megan made her film debut in the 2001 film Holiday in the Sun. She then made her appearances on Ocean Ave., What I like About You, Two and a Half Men, and The Help from 2003 to 2004. She starred in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen alongside Lindsay Lohan, and after that she made her first recurring role in a television series on Hope and Faith in which she portrayed Sydney Shanowski from 2004 until 2006. The thing that Megan was best known was the array of tattoos on the different part of her body (left section of torso, back near right shoulder, trival waves symbol at her left wrist, Marilyn Monroe -portrait right forearm, star and crescent moon -inner right leg above ankle and Brian on the right side lower of her stomach.Megan had her break on a 2007 live-action film entitled Transformers, it was based on the famous toy and cartoon saga, where she plays the role of the lead female and love interest of Shia LaBeouf's portrayed by Sam Witwicky. In June 2007, Fox was one of the cast in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. She appeared in a five page spread for the November 2005 issue of the popular men's magazine FHM and she was ranked number 68 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006. Fox also posed for the March 2007 issue of FHM and on July 2007 issue of Maxim. As of now Fox is engaged to actor Brian Austin Green and was preparing for the shooting of the Transformers sequel to be released on the Summer of 2009 in US.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt is reportedly
pregnant and was expecting her first baby with fiancé Ross McCall in June. It's
been talk of the town when everyone noticed the changes in her figure, larger
than the usual. And it's never been an issue to her since its normal for every
mothers-to-be to have that not usual body.
Jennifer Love Hewitt as
Melinda Gordon the main character of the television series called “Ghost
Whisper”(2005-2007), a strong willed girl with strange ability to hear spirits
that able her to speak with them. She help them complete their task so they will
be put to rest, and allow them to crossover into the liThis Texas- born Jeniffer has
been seen in the television series called “Confessions of a Sociopathic Social
Climber” (2005), as Katya Livingston, in “Christmas Carol” (2004), as Emily, in
“In The Game” (2004), as Riley Reed an up-and-coming sports producer and single
mom that becomes an on-camera reporter for ESPN, in “The Audrey Hepburn Story”
(2000) a biographic made-for-TV movie, she played as Audrey Hepburn the most
famous Hollywood actress.

She has also been seen in the Movies called “Garfield” (2004), as Liz a young
veterinarian and known as the real owner of Odie, “Garfield: A Tail of Two
Kitties” (2006), in the second movie here she is Jon's girlfriend, in “The Devil
and Daniel Webster” (2004), as the Devil character of Satan also known as the
prince of darkness, in “If Only” (2004), as Samantha Andrews an impetuous
musician that dies in an accident after the fight with his boyfriend, in “The
Tuxedo” (2002), as Del Blaine a science geek that was partner with a secret
agent Devlin, in “I know what you did last summer” (1997), as Julie James one of
the teens being hunted down after their car hit a stranger and dump the body
into the sea, in “I Still Knew What you did Last Summer” (1998), the murderous
fisherman is back to once again find and kill the survivors of the first movie.
Jennifer has been nominated for Favorite Best Actress and Best Performance in
movies and television programs many times

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Rihanna

Rihanna Biography

Name :	Rihanna

Birth name :	Robyn Rihanna Fenty

Nickname :	RiRi, Caribbean Queen, The Barbados Babe, The New Princess of Pop, Thunder Thighs, Queen Of The R&B

Date of birth :	February 20, 1988

Place of birth :	Saint Michael, Barbados

Profession :	Singer

Genre(s) :	R&B, reggae, pop

Height :	5' 8

Rihanna Trivia

Was signed to Def Jam Records

Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyonce Knowles, and Mariah Carey.

Attentend Combermere which is a sixth form school similar to technical school in America

Performed Hero at her school's talent show

Won a Beauty Pageant contest at her school

She born to a black Barbadian father Ronald Fenty and a black Guyanese mother Monica Fenty.

She has two younger brothers Rorrey and Rajad.

She stated in an interview that her friend and former Island Def Jam record label artist Fefe Dobson was someone that she admired and looked up to. Having a fellow black artist writing, singing, and performing the music she truly loves.

She was ranked #8 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Sampled "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' " by Michael Jackson from his " Thriller" album in her song "Please Don't Stop the Music".

She wasranked #15 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Rihanna Detailed Biography

Robyn Rihanna Fenty born on February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados. She is a Barbadian (Bajan) R&B singer with influences from Raggamuffin/Dancehall and Pop. Rihanna's musical inspirations include Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and Beyonce Knowles.

Rihanna was born on the Caribbean island of Barbados in the parish of St. Michael. She was discovered by music producer Evan Rogers while he was vacationing in Barbados with his wife Jackie, who is also a Bajan. Rogers, along with his partner Carl Sturken, helped Rihanna record demo material that was sent to various recording companies including Def Jam, where Rihanna auditioned for CEO Jay-Z and was signed on-the-spot. Her debut album Music of the Sun was released during the summer of 2005 and was led by the single "Pon de Replay", which peaked at number two on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK singles chart. The second single, "If It's Lovin' That You Want", was less successful than its predecessor but stilled reached the top twenty in most regions. The album itself peaked within the top ten in Australia, Canada, and the U.S., and within the top forty in the UK. Music of the Sun has received several Platinum certifications around the world since its release, and has helped solidify Rihanna's presence on the music scene. In 2006, Rihanna landed several endorsement deals, including ones for Nike and J.C. Penney. In addition to a cameo role in Bring It On 3, she is also releasing her next album, titled A Girl Like Me, this spring. The lead single off the album "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)" was recorded for her recent endorsement deal with Nike. Rihanna is an Arabic name.

Album information Music of the Sun Released: August 30, 2005 (U.S.) W.W. Sales: 2,500,000 (est.) Chart positions: #7 AUS, #8 CAN, #35 UK, #10 U.S. Certifications: Platinum (CAN), 2�� Platinum (JPN), Gold (UK), Gold (US) Singles: 2005: "Pon de Replay" #6 AUS, #2 UK, #2 U.S. 2005: "If It's Lovin' That You Want" #9 AUS, #11 UK, #36 U.S. 2006: "Let Me" #48 JPN - never officially released in the US A Girl Like Me Released: April 11, 2006 (U.S.) Chart positions: TBD Certifications: TBD Singles: 2006: "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)" #56 U.S. 2006: "Unfaithful"

Megan Fox

Megan Fox Biography -

Name :	Megan Fox

Birth name :	Megan Denise Fox

Nickname :	Mega Fox , Foxy Megan

Date of birth :	16 May 1986

Place of birth :	Tennessee, USA

Proffession :	Actress

Height :	5' 6" (1.68 m)

Megan Fox Trivia -

Megan Fox was named #68 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

She was ranked #18 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

She has Irish, Italian, French and Cherokee ancestry.

She is friend of Jennifer Blanc, Kellan Rhude, Amanda Seyfried, and Michael Biehn.

She was ranked #17 on interview magazines faces to watch "Future Stars of Tomorrow".

She was voted #1 sexiest woman by FHM readers for 2008.

She was ranked #16 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

She is a lover of animals and has owned dogs, cats, birds, squirrels and a pig.

She is both a fan of comic books and video . Her favorite artist is the recently deceased Michael Turner.

She names Shia LaBeouf as one of her favorite people ever.

She was ranked #1 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).

Megan and Brian Green have called off their engagement. They have been dating since 2004.

She ranked #2 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2009.

Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi Biography -

Name :	Padma Lakshmi

Date of birth :	1970

Place of birth :	Madras, India

Spouse :	Salman Rushdie

Padma Lakshmi Trivia -

Speaks five languages.

Has a seven inch scar on her inside arm as a result of a major auto crash that she was in as a child.

She hosts "Padma's Passport" on the Food based on her popular cookbook, "Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-fat Recipes From Around The World".

Officially announced engagement to author Salman Rushdie on February 14, 2004, the 15th anniversary of the infamous fatwa against Rushdie for writing the novel The Satanic Verses.

Was discovered by a photographer while spending part of her senior year studying in Spain and he convinced her to begin modeling.

Measurements: 36C-23-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Attended Clark University in Massachusetts, USA.

Padma Lakshmi Detailed Biography -

From high-fashion model to host of a cooking show might appear to be an unlikely journey, but not if you're Padma Lakshmi.

Even when traveling around the world as a model, Padma was always on the lookout to add to her culinary repertoire. Born in southern , she had warm childhood memories of cooking with her female relatives as they carefully grated coconuts, shelled peas, and trimmed fresh mangoes.

As she globe-trotted on photo shoots, she found comfort in preparing recipes from her childhood, and soon she branched into the cuisines of the countries she visited. "My first big editorial shoot was in Morocco...where I learned about fiery harissa and couscous. While shooting French lingerie in Bali, I learned how to make a low-calorie fish dish I tasted there."

Padma spent much of her adolescence in the . She attended Clark University in Massachusetts and received a bachelor's degree in theater arts. Although she had wanted to be a model from a young age, her mother was determined that college should come first. "My mother's ideas on the subject were quite clear," Padma notes. "If I was beautiful at seventeen, I would be beautiful at twenty-one when I graduated from college."

While studying in Spain during her last semester of college, she was sent on her first modeling job. Since then, she has been featured in such magazines as Vogue, Elle, and Glamour, and has worked with many international designers. Her career has also taken her into feature films and television in Germany and Italy. Among other places, she has lived in Milan and Los Angeles, and she's currently a resident of New York. In 1999, Padma published a cookbook called Easy Exotic: A Model's Lowfat Recipes from Around the World (Hyperion).

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise Biography -

Name :	Tom Cruise

Birth Name :	Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

Date of Birth :	July, 3, 1962

Place of Birth :	Syracuse, New York, USA

Height :	5'9''

Weight :	170 lbs.

Sign :	Cancer

Wife :	Nicole Kidman(Divorced),Mimi Rogers (Divorced),Penélope Cruz (domestic partner- 2001–2004)

Education :	Education

Occupation :	Actor, Director, Producer

Father :	Thomas Cruise Mapother III (electrical engineer; deceased)

Mother :	Mary Lee Mapother

Siblins :	Lee Anne Mapother (publicist), Marian Mapother (teacher), Cass Mapother (restaurateur)

Fan Mail :	Tom Cruise C/O Creative Artists Agency 9830 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA

Age :	46

Tom Cruise Trivia -

Tom is cousin of actor William Mapother and Amy Mapother.

He was being chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#41) (1995).

Tom ranked #3 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list (October 1997).

He was chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world (1997).

He was voted as Best Dressed Male Movie Star (1997).

He stopped to help a hit and run victim and paid her hospital bills. The victim was aspiring Brazilian actress Heloisa Vinhas (1996).

He caused a stir in the medical community when he claimed, in an interview, that Scientology cured him of his dyslexia (1992).

While he was working with Paul Newman in the The Color of Money (1986), he engaged in much conversation with the politically active actor. The resulting conscious raising changed him from an actor who ignored the jingoistic tone of Top Gun (1986) to a performer who chose a film with a strong anti-war tone, Born on the Fourth of July (1989) to counter his contribution to the former film.

He has three sisters: Marian, Lee Anne De Vette and Cass. Lee Anne became his publicist in 2004 after he left Pat Kingsley.

He was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world (1991).

Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world (1990).

Graduated from Glen Ridge High School in New (June 1980).

At age 14, he enrolled in a seminary to become a priest. He dropped out after one year.

He took up acting after losing his place on a high school wrestling team due to a knee injury.

He has two adopted children with Nicole Kidman: Isabella Jane Cruise (born December 22, 1992) Connor Antony Cruise (Connor Cruise) (born January 17, 1995).

Is right handed when writing, but does most things left handed.

Mission: Impossible (1996) gave him a total of $70 million with percentage of gross included.

Enjoys skydiving, scuba diving, and piloting his Pitts Special S-2B stunt plane

Recently restored an older the township of Biltmore Forest, a town within the city limits of Asheville, North Carolina (2000).

Chosen "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine (1990).

Received the John Huston Award for Artists Rights in 1998.

Was considered for the lead in The Matrix (1999).

Cruise earned roughly $75 million for Mission: Impossible II (2000). He did this by turning down any upfront salary, for instead taking a back-end deal that landed him 30% of the film's gross for both his producing and acting duties.

Attended Packanack School in Wayne, New Jersey from first through third grade.

Filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against Michael Davis, a man who allegedly offered to sell videotapes of himself having sex with the actor. The lawsuit accuses Davis of making the statements "in order to hurt the plaintiff and gain widespread publicity for himself." (May 2001).

HeLived together with Vanilla Sky (2001) co-star Penélope Cruz from 2001 to 2004.

Instead of his affair with Penélope Cruz damaging both their careers, it only boosted it.

Suffers from dyslexia.

Earned his pilot's license in Toronto, Canada in 1994.

He didn't stay for the remainder of the 2002 Academy Awards after opening them because it was his turn to look after his and ex-wife Nicole Kidman's children. He reportedly left the Kodak Theatre by a back after opening proceedings and dashed home to watch the rest of the event on TV with his adopted kids Conor and Isabella.

For 1988, he became the first actor to have the distinction of starring in both the year's Oscar winner for Best Picture, Rain Man (1988) and the year's Razzie "winner" for Worst Picture, Cocktail (1988).

Ranked #14 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #16 in 2002.

Ranked #4 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s (2003)

Born to Thomas Mapother III (15 October 1934 - January 1984), an electrical engineer, and his wife Mary Lee Pfeiffer, a special education teacher.

Has two dogs called Basil and Murray and a cat called Harvey.

First actor in history to star in five consecutive films that grossed $100 million in the USA: A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), Jerry Maguire (1996).

Briefly attended St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky and was a paperboy for the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Wore braces on his flashy, million-dollar smile in 2002 to correct a misaligned bite.

Announced that his relationship with Penélope Cruz had ended in January 2004. [March 2004]

Has appeared in films opposite four directors who have also directed his films. Sydney Pollack, who directed The Firm (1993), appeared in Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed Magnolia (1999), appeared as an extra in Minority Report (2002). Minority Report (2002) director Steven Spielberg appeared in Vanilla Sky (2001) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). Cameron Crowe, who directed Jerry Maguire (1996) and Vanilla Sky (2001), appeared in Minority Report (2002).

Will not allow his likeness to be used in video games or for action figures.

While filming Days of Thunder (1990) at Daytona International Speedway, he drove one of the Hendricks Motorsports R&D cars around the track. The best time recorded was a lap at 205 MPH.

He was voted the 31st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

Lives with his sister Cass and her three children in Los Angeles (September 2004).

Spoke at his niece's, Lee Anne De Vette's daughter, graduation from the Delphian School.

Ranked #18 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties

Lost out to actor Peter Barton for the lead role in "The Powers of Matthew Star" (1982).

Renée Zellweger thanked him in her Oscar acceptance speech when she won 'Best Actress in a Supporting Role' for Cold Mountain (2003).

Attended the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.

Channel 4's 'Ultimate Film' show states that, in terms of UK cinema audience rather than revenue, Cruise's most successful film in the UK was Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).

While a student at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, he studied one of his courses under legendary acting teacher Sanford Meisner.

Studied drama at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse, in conjunction with the Actors Studio, New School University, New York.

Was named the #1 top money-making star at the box office in Quigley Publications annual poll of movie exhibitors a record seven times between 1986 and 2005. Being crowned the top box office champ in 2005 put Cruise one title ahead of Tom Hanks, who has been named #1 at the B.O. six times. Bing Crosby and Burt Reynolds both were named #1 for five consecutive years, and Clint Eastwood also has been #1 five times, but non-consecutively.

He has been named to the Top 10 Poll of Money-Making Stars 18 times, as ranked by Quigley Publications' annual poll of movie exhibitors. With his 18th appearance on the B.O. list, he moved out of a tie for 4th place tie with Paul Newman (17 appearances on the list) into a tie for #3 with Gary Cooper. John Wayne is #1 on the all-time list, with 25 appearances in the Top 10, followed by Clint Eastwood with 21 appearances on the list. Gary Cooper rounds out the top three. Due to his young age and continued popularity, it is conceivable that within 10 years, he will exceed Wayne as the #1 box office champ ever.

Has donated to charities such as The Ashley Flint Fund, The Tsunami Relief Fund, Themoms.biz Diabetes Fund, Hillary Rodham Clinton's Campaign and The Church of Scientology.

Premiere Magazine ranked him as the #3 Greatest Movie Star of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005).

Studied with renowned acting coach Phil Gushee at Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, New York.

His character Lt. Daniel Kaffee in A Few Good Men (1992) was based on real life U.S. Navy JAG Corp Donald Marcari, who now works as an attorney with Marcari, Russotto, and Spencer P.C. in Cheaspeake, Virginia.

The name Mapother is pronounced like "MAY bother", only with a P.

Time magazine once described him as a "baby-faced Christopher Reeve".

Ranked #14 on Premiere's 2005 Power 50 List. He is the highest ranked actor on the list.

Engaged to actress Katie Holmes (17 June 2005).

Proposed to Katie Holmes at the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Was the original choice for the role of Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).

Emilio Estevez served as best man at his wedding to Mimi Rogers.

Celebrated his 43rd birthday atop the holiday box office with War of the Worlds (2005).

His May 2005 appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) was named the #1 "Celebrity Meltdown Ever" by TV Guide Magazine.

Owns and operates " Miss" a WWII P-51 Mustang.

He and his former girlfriend Penélope Cruz appeared together in Vanilla Sky (2001)

He and ex-wife Nicole Kidman made 3 movies together: Days of Thunder (1990), Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Far and Away (1992). They met on the set of Days of Thunder (1990)

While attending the London premiere of War of the Worlds (2005), he was squirted in the face with water during a prank interview. His reaction on camera was stern but not livid. The culprit was charged with assault.

He was in two different movies featuring the song "Iko Iko" on its soundtrack - Rain Man (1988) by The Belle Stars and Mission: Impossible II (2000) by Zap Mama.

He is a big fan of British singer Joss Stone.

Has played a soldier in six different movies. Taps (1981), Top Gun (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), A Few Good Men (1992), The Last Samurai (2003) and Valkyrie (2008).

Has worked with an impressive list of master filmmakers: Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Francis Ford Coppola, Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg..

Tom and Katie Holmes became the parents of Suri Cruise, who was born on April 18, 2006 in Los Angeles. "Suri" weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz. and was 20 inches.

In the past twenty years since his first hundred million dollar grosser (Top Gun (1986)), only six of his films have failed to reach that status.

Was originally to star in Enemy of the State (1998), but scheduling conflicts with Eyes Wide Shut (1999) forced him to miss out on the film. His part went to Will Smith.

Wears a mask on six different movies. In all of the three "Mission: Impossible" movies and in Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Minority Report (2002), where the injection that makes his face disfigured can be considered as a futuristic mask.

Topped Forbes magazine's "100 Top Celebrities" list in 2006 ahead of The Rolling Stones and Oprah Winfrey (June 2006).

Ranked #14 on Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list. Had ranked #14 in 2005 as well. He is the highest-ranked actor on the list.

Stepfather of his children Isabella and Connor is Keith Urban

Is talked about in the song "Though the Wire" by Kanye West.

Was ranked # 1 in Forbes Celebrity 100 Who Made Bank (2006).

On August 22, 2006, Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone announced through the "Wall Street Journal" that Viacom' Paramount subsidiary was terminating its development dealt with Cruise after 14 years. Redstone said the firm terminated its deal with Cruise due to the under-performance of Mission: Impossible III (2006) (which had been expected to gross $100-150 million more than it did), which he attributed to Cruise's "bad behavior". Movie pundits were somewhat surprised by the announcement, as Cruise remains the top B.O. draw in and was Paramount's cash cow. Cruise's films reportedly have accounted for 32% of Paramount Pictures' revenues in the last six years, and he was named the Top Box Office draw for a record 7th time by Quigley Publications for the year 2005. As part of its machinations before severing its connections with Cruise, Paramount leaked to the press the information that the deal was worth $10 million annually; however, the development deal actually was for $3 million per annum. At the time of the announcement, Cruise and his advisers were considering Paramount's new offer of $2 million per year in development money when Redstone dropped his bombshell. The news gave rise to speculation that Paramount has run out of cash as it reportedly has told other development partners with which it has deals to use their own cash for the rest of the year, with the proviso they will be reimbursed come 2007.

In September of 2006, he visited actress Brooke Shields at her home and personally apologized to her for criticizing her in 2005 about her use of prescription medication to overcome her post partum depression. Touched by the gesture, Brooke accepted his apology.

He once shared a record with Tom Hanks as the actor to star in the most consecutive $100 million-grossing movies (7). Both were surpassed by Will Smith who reached eight in 2008.

Resurrected United Artists together with MGM executives to produce and star in some of the company's projects (November 2006).

The years of birth of his wives are 11 years apart: Mimi Rogers was born in 1956, Nicole Kidman in 1967 and Katie Holmes in 1978.

Although they officialized their marriage in Los Angeles prior, he and Katie Holmes celebrated their wedding in the Odescalchi castle in Bracciano, Italy. The ceremony was performed by a Scientology minister in front of more than 150 relatives and friends including Hollywood superstars such as Jim Carrey, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Russell Crowe, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Richard Gere, Brooke Shields, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Kirstie Alley. Italian pop opera purveyor Andrea Bocelli serenaded the newlyweds (18 November 2006).

He and Katie Holmes both wore Armani at their wedding.

He and Katie Holmes honeymooned in the Maldives.

Best Man at his wedding to Katie Holmes was his best friend David Miscavige.

Once lived in Ottawa, , Canada & attended the same high school as Bryan Adams.

Donated to Hillary Rodham Clinton's electoral campaign for the U.S. Senate together with his then wife Nicole Kidman (2000).

Considered for the role, in Crimson Tide (1995), that went to Denzel Washington.

Mentioned in the song 'High School Never Ends' by 'Bowling For Soup'.

Was offered for the lead of Reign Over Me (2007).

According to Forbes, for each dollar he got paid, Cruise's movies averaged $11 of gross income (December 2007).

Attended St. Raphael The Archangel Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky.

Although the shooting of Valkyrie (2008) caused controversy in Germany due to his Scientology membership, he was awarded at the Bambi Awards for "Courage", a category, newly created by the organizers to honor him for "tackling a story that had never been covered by Hollywood before". The decision was also heavily criticized by journalists and politicians (2 December 2007).

The Japan Memorial Day Association declared 10 October 2006 "Tom Cruise Day".

Due to his friendship to David Beckham, he became a supporter of Spanish soccer club Real Madrid.

When attending a Franciscan seminary in Cincinatti, he aspired to become a priest.

Has German and English ancestry from his father's as well as German and Irish ancestry from his mother's family.

Was introduced to Scientology by his ex-wife Mimi Rogers.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year to be $31 million.

Mentioned in song "Faudrait leur dire" by French rap band "3eme oeil".

Listed at Number 7 on "The Top 10 Box Office Moneymakers of 2007".

Is the only actor to ever work with all of the following directors; Oliver Stone in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Martin Scorsese in The Color of Money (1986), Stanley Kubrick in Eyes Wide Shut (1999), and Steven Spielberg in Minority Report (2002).

Huge fan of professional wrestling.

Has married two actresses who played Batman's love interest. Nicole Kidman from Batman Forever (1995) and Katie Holmes from Batman Begins (2005).

Is reportedly a huge fan of The Simpsons. However, he has twice turned down guest roles; once for the part of "Tom," which was written specifically for him, in the episode "Brother From The Same Planet" (eventually voiced by regular Phil Hartman) and the other alongside his then-wife Nicole Kidman in the episode "When You Dish Upon A Star" (eventually voiced by then-couple Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinger).

Considered for the role, in End of Days (1999), that went to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Was going to play as Tom Warshaw in House of D (2004) and opted to do War of the Worlds (2005) instead.

In 1974, when Cruise was 11, his parents divorced.

He is of German, English and Welsh descent.

Has "attended" Harvard Law School in 2 movies: A Few Good Men (1992) and The Firm (1993).

He once shared a record (with Tom Hanks and 'Will Smith) as the actor to star in the most consecutive $100 million-grossing movies (7). As of 2008, Smith holds the record alone with 8 movies.

Was considered for the role of Frank Roberts in The Indian Runner (1991).

Went to an audition for the part of Howard Keach in Harry & Son (1984). He didn't get the part, but the director, Paul Newman remembered him, and decided that he wanted Cruise for The Color of Money (1986).

His acting idol is Paul Newman. Much to the delight of Cruise, they became good friends during work on The Color of Money (1986). Newman got him into racing, and Cruise ultimately raced on his team.

He became good friends with Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton during the making of Taps (1981).

Nine actors so far have got an Oscar nomination for their role in a movie co-starring Tom Cruise. Paul Newman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Holly Hunter, Cuba Gooding Jr, Ken Watanabe, Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.

From late January to early February 2009, he along with wife, Katie Holmes and daughter, Suri, spent several days in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil staying at the famous Copacabana Palace Hotel. They were in town for a vacation (which included a helicopter tour over Rio) as well as to promote his film Valkyrie.

Visited Moscow, Russia for the first time. He told the press that since he was a boy he had always dreamed of visiting the city. He stayed at the prestigious Ritz-Carlton which offered sweeping views of the Red Square, Bolshoi Theatre and the History Museum. [January 25, 2009]

Tom Cruise Detailed Biography -

Tom Cruise is one of the most influential and powerful men in Hollywood, however, it wasn't always that way. He has had to fight his way to the top of tinseltown's A-list. Even now he constantly has to prove himself to nay-sayers who question his competence and talent.Cruise seemed to have had to struggle throughout his life. He was born into poor family that frequently moved while his father searched for work. He found it difficult to make friends because of the relocating and his troubles were only compounded by the fact that he had a form of dyslexia. He may have not been an academic success, but he was determined.. While he was still young his father left the family and Tom was thwarted with new responsibilities which he took very seriously.He developed his physique and competed in many sports. However, after suffering a knee injury that snuffed out any athletic possibilities, Cruise spent a year in a Franciscan monastery and considered becoming a priest. But after appearing in a few high school plays, he realized where his true calling lay.

He set aside a maximum limit of ten years to build an acting career and headed off to New York to begin his quest. Impoverished and barely scraping by, he started his assent towards super stardom.Much of the early 1980's were spent on forgettable teen flicks that did little to enhance his career. However, with keen business sense he managed to reinvent himself in Hollywood. By the mid 80's he was starring in some of the top grossing films including ''Top Gun,'' ''The Color of Money,'' ''Rain Man,'' and ''The Fourth of July''(receiving an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award)He was one of the highest paid actors in the world by 1990. Cruise was reportedly paid $15 million a picture in such blockbuster hits as ''Interview with the Vampire,'' ''Mission: Impossible,'' and ''Jerry Maguire'' (for which he received another Oscar nomination).

This years release of ''Magnolia'' garnered Cruise with a Golden Globe Award and an yet another Academy Award nomination. He was originally supposed to have a cameo role in the flick but it ballooned into 45 minutes of the 3 hour movie. Cruise was so eager to join the cast of ''Magnolia'' that he took a pay cut to be part of the budgeted $30 million movie.

Cruise is kind and thoughtful man who is well known for his generosity and compassion. He is one of the best liked members of the movie community. Tom has been happily married to actress Nicole Kidman since December of 1990 and the couple share 2 adopted children.

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