russell crowe

7 April 1964, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Birth NameRussell Ira Crowe
NicknameRusty
Height5' 11½" (1.82 m)
Mini Biography
Born in New Zealand, Russell has made his home in Australia since he was a small child. The son of movie set caterers, Russell got the acting bug early in life. Beginning as a child star on a local Australian TV show, Russell's first big break came with two films ... the first, Romper Stomper (1992), gained him a name throughout the film community in Australia and the neighboring countries. The second, The Sum of Us (1994), helped put him on the American map, so to speak. Sharon Stone heard of him from Romper Stomper (1992) and wanted him for her film, The Quick and the Dead (1995). But filming on The Sum of Us (1994) had already begun. Sharon is reported to have held up shooting until she had her gunslinger-Crowe, for her film. With The Quick and the Dead (1995) under his belt as his first American film, the second was offered to him soon after. Virtuosity (1995), starring Denzel Washington, put Russell in the body of a Virtual Serial Killer, Sid6.7 ... a role unlike any he had played so far. Virtuosity (1995), a Sci-Fi extravaganza, was a fun film and, again, opened the door to even more American offers. L.A. Confidential (1997), Russell's third American film, brought him the US fame and attention that his fans have felt he deserved all along. Missing the Oscar nod this time around, he didn't seem deterred and signed to do his first film with The Walt DisneyCompany, Mystery, Alaska (1999). He has recently achieved even more success and awards for his performances in Gladiator (2000) and A Beautiful Mind (2001).

bruce lee

Actor, martial arts expert. Born Lee Jun Fan, on November 27, 1940, in San Francisco, California. His father, a Hong Kong opera singer, moved with his wife and three children to the United States in 1939; his fourth child, a son, was born while he was on tour in San Francisco. Lee’s mother called him “Bruce,” which means “strong one” in Gaelic. Young Bruce appeared in his first film at the age of three months, when he served as the stand-in for an American baby in Golden Gate Girl.
In 1941, the Lees moved back to Hong Kong, then occupied by the Japanese. Apparently a natural in front of the camera, Bruce Lee appeared in roughly 20 films as a child actor, beginning in 1946. He also studied dance, once winning a cha-cha competition. As a teenager, he became a member of a Hong Kong street gang, and in 1953 began studying kung-fu to sharpen his fighting skills. In 1959, after Lee got into trouble with the police for fighting, his mother sent him back to the U.S. to live with family friends outside Seattle, Washington.
Lee finished high school in Edison, Washington, and subsequently enrolled as a philosophy major at the University of Washington. He also got a job teaching the Wing Chun style of martial arts that he had learned in Hong Kong to his fellow students and others. Through his teaching, Lee met Linda Emery, whom he married in 1964. By that time, Lee had opened his own martial arts school in Seattle. He and Linda soon moved to California, where Lee opened two more schools in Los Angeles and Oakland. At his schools, Lee taught mostly a style he called Jeet Kune Do.
Lee gained a measure of celebrity with his role in the television series The Green Hornet, which aired from 1966 to 1967. In the show, which was based on a 1930s radio program, the small, wiry Lee displayed his acrobatic and theatrical fighting style as the Hornet’s loyal sidekick, Kato. He went on to make guest appearances in such TV shows as Ironside and Longstreet, while his most notable role came in the 1969 film Marlowe, starring James Garner. Confronted with the dearth of meaty roles and the prevalence of stereotypes regarding actors of Asian heritage, Lee left Los Angeles for Hong Kong in 1971, with his wife and two children (Brandon, born in 1965, and Shannon, born in 1967).
Back in the city where he had grown up, Lee signed a two-film contract. Fists of Fury was released in late 1971, featuring Lee as a vengeful fighter chasing the villains who had killed his kung-fu master. Combining his smooth Jeet Kune Do athleticism with the high-energy theatrics of his performance in The Green Hornet, Lee was the charismatic center of the film, which set new box office records in Hong Kong. Those records were broken by Lee’s next film, The Chinese Connection (1972), which, like Fists of Fury, received poor reviews from critics when they were released in the U.S.

niclos cage

Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964)[1] is an American actor, known for collaborating many times with film producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Cage pursued acting as a career, making his debut on television in 1981. Cage has been featured in numerous "bad boy" roles, and has won numerous awards, beginning in 1989 with hisIndependent Spirit Award, an Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role in Leaving Las Vegas, and his most recent Toronto Film Critics Association Award in 2002.
Cage has appeared in over 60 films including Face/Off (1997), Ghost Rider (2007), and National Treasure (2004). Cage has married three times, once to Patricia Arquette, then to Lisa Marie Presley, and most recently to his current wife Alice Kim Cage.

paris hilton

Born: 17 February 1981
Birthplace: United States
Best Known As: Party-hopping Hilton Hotel heiress and star of TV'sThe Simple Life
At first known to the tabloids as "Paris the Heiress," Hilton went from party-hopping socialite to self-made entertainment brand early in the 21st century. She is the great-granddaughter of hotel magnate Conrad Hilton, granddaughter of Barron Hilton, grand-niece of Nicholas Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (the one-time husband of Elizabeth Taylor) and daughter of real estate magnate Rick Hilton. In 2003 Hilton starred in a fish-out-of-water "reality" show called The Simple Life on the Fox Network. The show was a takeoff on the 1960s sitcom Green Acres, with city girls Hilton and Nicole Richie (daughter of singer Lionel Richie) spending a month on a farm in Altus, Arkansas. A big hit, the show continued on in various forms from 2004-07. Hilton released a book in 2004, Confessions of an Heiress, and the same year Hilton became a partner in an Orlando nightclub, Club Paris. Her first musical album, Paris, was released in 2006. On the big screen she has appeared in the remake of the 1950s horror film classic House of Wax (2005, also starring Elisha Cuthbert) and the 2008 romantic comedy The Hottie and the Nottie. Hilton also had scrapes with the law: in September of 2006 she was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, and was given probation after pleading guilty to reckless driving. She was sent to jail in June 2007 after violating her probation by driving with a suspended license. Hilton's younger sister Nicky is also a well-known socialite.
Hilton's jail was the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, near Los Angeles. She was originally sentenced to 45 days in jail, but that was reduced to 23 days for good behavior. She entered jail on the evening of 3 June 2007 and, in a surprise move, was released by the sheriff on the morning of 7 June 2007 for what a Sheriff's Department spokesman said were medical reasons. The next day, however, the judge said he had not agreed to her release and ordered Hilton back to jail. She was released just after midnight on 26 June 2007... Hilton became engaged to Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis in May of 2005; however, the two Parises broke off their engagement later that year... The Simple Life was cancelled by Fox in 2005. The E! cable network then picked up the show for 2006 and 2007... By coincidence, the original Green Acres starred Eva Gabor, the sister of Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was married to Paris Hilton's great-grandfather Conrad Hilton... A similar reality-type show of 2003, Rich Girls, starred fashion fortune heiress Ally Hilfiger... Hilton was in the news in 2003 when a home video of her cavorting with former boyfriend Rick Salomon was published online; the tape was reportedly made in 2000. Salomon has been married to actresses Shannen Doherty, Elizabeth Daily, and Pamela Anderson

tom cruise

Born: 3 July 1962
Birthplace: Syracuse, New York
Best Known As: Star of the Mission Impossible movie series
Name at birth: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Tom Cruise made a strong impression in the teen comedy Risky Business(1983) and then had his first box-office smash as the fighter jock Maverick inTop Gun (1986). Cruise and his cocky grin were propelled higher onto Hollywood's A-list thanks to a string of successful movies: Rain Man (1988, with Dustin Hoffman), The Color of Money (1986, with Paul Newman), A Few Good Men (1992, with Jack Nicholson) and Jerry Maguire (1996, with Cuba Gooding, Jr. saying "Show me the money!"). Cruise has remained one of Hollywood's busiest actors, taking on blockbuster franchises such as Mission: Impossible (Cruise played superspy Ethan Hunt in the original and two sequels in 1996, 2000 and 2006) as well as more diverse dramas such as Magnolia (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001) and the Steven Spielberg movies Minority Report (2002, co-starring Samantha Morton) and War of the Worlds (2005). Cruise began dating actress Katie Holmes in 2005. Dubbed "TomKat" by the tabloids, they had a daughter, Suri, on 18 April 2006, and were married in Italy on 18 November 2006.
Cruise is a prominent member of the Church of Scientology... Cruise proposed to Holmes at the Eiffel Tower after a highly-publicized whirlwind romance. He came in for a ribbing from pundits after he hopped up and down on the talk-show couch of Oprah Winfrey while proclaiming his love for Holmes... Cruise's marriage to Holmes is his third. He and actress Nicole Kidman were married in 1990, separated in 2000, and were divorced in 2001. They met while filming one of Cruise's few duds, Days of Thunder (1990), and appeared together in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut(1999). They adopted two children: Isabella (in 1993) and Connor (in 1995). Cruise also was married to actress Mimi Rogers, a fellow Scientologist, from 1986-1990... Cruise dated actressPenelope Cruz, his co-star in Vanilla Sky, from 2001-2004... Most sources say Cruise's height is 5'7".

john travolta

Born: 18 February 1954
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey
Best Known As: The star of Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction
John Travolta was a huge star in the late 1970s, thanks to the success of TV's Welcome Back, Kotter and the movies Carrie (1976),Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978). His career since has been a marvel of highs and lows: Moment By Moment (1978) was a legendary bomb, but Urban Cowboy (1980) was a pop culture trend-setter; he bombed again in Blow Out (1981) and Perfect (1983), yet he was in the financially successful comedy series Look Who's Talking(1989-93); he was hailed for a "comeback" and received an Oscar for his role in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994, co-starring Uma Thurman), but the critics famously held their noses for Battlefield Earth (2000). In spite of the lows, he is one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood and keeps making movies. He starred inSwordfish (2001, with Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman), Basic (2003, with Pulp Fiction co-starSamuel L. Jackson) and Be Cool (2005's sequel to Get Shorty, co-starring Vince Vaughn), and in 2007 he had a memorable role as a Baltimore housewife in the musical film Hairspray (also starring Christopher Walken).
Travolta married the actress Kelly Preston in 1991. They had two children: Jett (b. 1992) and Ella Bleu (b. 2000). Jett Travolta died on 2 January 2009 after having a seizure during a family vacation in the Bahamas... John Travolta, like fellow superstar Tom Cruise, is a Scientologist... He has a pilot's license and owns several aircraft.

anwer maqsood

nwar Maqsood is a versatile Artist of PTV and has now become a household name. He has tried his hand on a variety of subjects focusing on important issues prevalent in our society. Studio Dhai (Studio 2:30) and then Studio Ponayteen(Studio 2:45) along with Shoosha and numerous other shows, displayed his talent as a compère with pungent and spicy comments. Almost all the shows conducted by Anwar Maqsood were appreciated by viewers. The plays he writes unfold many sensitive issues and unveil social weaknesses very powerfully with solid tongue-in-cheek statements. The best thing about Anwar Maqsood's writing is that it tackles hard subjects in lighter vein, which has proved an effective tool. He has command equally over all the disciplines of performing arts. He is a painter of national repute and writer-actor of class, known for his satire and humour. He is an advocate of sophisticated humour, with numerous contributions for Television to his credit. Skilled and dedicated hard work has made quality writing his hallmark. Also, Anwar Maqsood has done programmes of varid nature both in the realm of entertainment and for mass awareness, as well. His typical style of comparing and communicative double edge sentences compel the viewers to get glued to mini-box. He does not believe in run-of-the-mill treatment in any field. With a career that spreads over a large span, Anwar Maqsood is some one that Pakistan could be proud of. He is every one's favourite because of his departure from the conventional style of compering and writing. Anwar Maqsood is now considered a stalwart in the field of compering and writing scripts.
2. Family
He belongs to one of the medium class families in Pakistan. His famous sisters include Fatima Surayya Bajia بٹوباجی ], Mrs. Kazmi [1] and Zubaida Tariq(cooking expert). His son Bilal Maqsood is an locally-acclaimed pop singer.
3. Plays

shoaib mansoor

n recognition of his outstanding services, ShoMan has been decorated with presidential award of Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz by Government of Pakistan. He has also been awarded PTV Life Time Achievement Award by President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf on the 43rd anniversary of Pakistan Television in November 2007. Recently he received the Silver Pyramid Award from the Cairo International Film Festival for Khuda Ke Liye.

oprah winfrey

Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey was reared by her grandmother on a farm where she "began her broadcasting career" by learning to read aloud and perform recitations at the age of three. From age six to 13, she lived in Milwaukee with her mother. After suffering abuse and molestation, she ran away and was sent to a juvenile detention home at the age of 13, only to be denied admission because all the beds were filled. As a last resort, she was sent to Nashville to live under her father's strict discipline. Vernon Winfrey saw to it that his daughter met a midnight curfew, and he required her to read a book and write a book report each week. "As strict as he was," says Oprah, "he had some concerns about me making the best of my life, and would not accept anything less than what he thought was my best."
Oprah Winfrey's broadcasting career began at age 17, when she was hired by WVOL radio in Nashville, and two years later signed on with WTVF-TV in Nashville as a reporter/anchor. She attended Tennessee State University, where she majored in Speech Communications and Performing Arts.
In 1976, she moved to Baltimore to join WJZ-TV news as a co-anchor, and in 1978 discovered her talent for hosting talk shows when she became co-host of WJZ-TV's "People Are Talking," while continuing to serve as anchor and news reporter.
In January 1984, she came to Chicago to host WLS-TV's "AM Chicago," a faltering local talk show. In less than a year, she turned "AM Chicago" into the hottest show in town. The format was soon expanded to one hour, and in September 1985 it was renamed "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
Seen nationally since September 8, 1986, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" became the number one talk show in national syndication in less than a year. In June 1987, in its first year of eligibility, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" received three Daytime Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Host, Outstanding Talk/Service Program and Outstanding Direction. In June 1988, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" received its second consecutive Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Talk/Service Program, and she herself received the International Radio and Television Society's "Broadcaster of the Year" Award. She was the youngest person and only the fifth woman ever to receive the honor in IRTS's 25-year history.
Before America fell in love with Oprah Winfrey the talk show host, she captured the nation's attention with her poignant portrayal of Sofia in Steven Spielberg's 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker's novel, The Color Purple.Winfrey's performance earned her nominations for an Oscar and Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress. Critics again lauded her performance in Native Son, a movie adaptation of Richard Wright's classic 1940 novel.
Her love of acting and her desire to bring quality entertainment projects into production prompted her to form her own production company, HARPO Productions, Inc., in 1986. Today, HARPO is a formidable force in film and television production. Based in Chicago, HARPO Entertainment Group includes HARPO Productions, Inc., HARPO Films and HARPO Video, Inc. In October, 1988, HARPO Productions, Inc. acquired ownership and all production responsibilities for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" from Capitol Cities/ABC, making Oprah Winfrey the first woman in history to own and produce her own talk show. The following year, HARPO produced it first television miniseries, the The Women of Brewster Place, with Oprah Winfrey as star and Executive Producer. It has been followed by the TV movies There Are No Children Here (1993), and Before Women Had Wings(1997), which she both produced and appeared in. In 1998, she starred in the feature film Beloved, from the book by the Nobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison.
In 1991, motivated in part by her own memories of childhood abuse, she initiated a campaign to establish a national database of convicted child abusers, and testified before a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of a National Child Protection Act. President Clinton signed the "Oprah Bill" into law in 1993, establishing the national database she had sought, which is now available to law enforcement agencies and concerned parties across the country.
Oprah Winfrey was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century by Time magazine, and in 1998 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Her influence extended to the publishing industry when she began her on-air book club. Oprah Book Club selections became instant bestsellers, and in 1999 she received the National Book Foundation's 50th anniversary gold medal for her service to books and authors.
She is one of the partners in Oxygen Media, Inc., a cable channel and interactive network presenting programming designed primarily for women. In 2000, Oprah's Angel Network began presenting a $100,000 "Use Your Life Award" to people who are using their lives to improve the lives of others. When Forbes magazine published its list of America's billionaires for the year 2003, it disclosed that Oprah Winfrey was the first African-American woman to become a billionaire.

Is half British and half Indian. Indian supermodel Has 8 sisters. Was born in Hong Kong and then moved to Hawaii till she was about 14, then she moved to London. Presently, she lives in Mumbai. Unlike other artistes from foreign lands, Katrina did not experience any difficulties in getting a visa nor of getting it extended in India. She was discovered at age 14 as a model for a jewelry campaign. When moving to India, she worked for photographer Atul Kasbekar and did commercials for Fevicol, Lakme and Veet among others. She is very particular about her clothes which she wears a bold outfit on screen or for ads, but she feels more comfortable in not-so-revealing clothes in personal life. And the one thing she hates is make up. She refuses to speak about her personal life in the media. Besides walking the ramp for several top designers and being on magazine covers, Katrina has also been the stunning face of Estelle jewelery, Lakme, Pantene, Veet, Kodak cameras, L'Oreal, Samsung, LG etc. She doesn't do ramp shows anymore. She was chosen as the face of the year for the Lakme India Fashion Week (2005). Her favorite Indian designers are Rina Dhaka, Tarun Tahiliani, Rocky S. Her favorite international designers are Armani, Versace, Miu Miu.

james cameron

Born: 16 August 1954
Birthplace: Kapuasking, Ontario, Canada
Best Known As: Director of Titanic
James Cameron went from set-builder to art director (1981's Escape From New York) to writer to director of some of the biggest films of the 1980s and 1990s. He directed Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1984's The Terminator and its sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Cameron also directed Sigourney Weaver in Aliens (1986) and Ed Harris in The Abyss (1989). His 1997 film Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, broke box office records and won 11 Oscars, including awards for best picture and best director. After the success of Titanic Cameron worked on a variety of projects, including the TV series Dark Angel(2000-02, starring Jessica Alba) and feature documentaries based on his love of diving and the ocean, including Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens of the Deep(2005).
Cameron was married to actress Linda Hamilton, the star of his movie Terminator 2, from 1997-1999... He has also been married to Sharon Williams (1978-84), the producer Gale Anne Hurd (1985-89), the director Kathryn Bigelow (1989-91), and the actress Suzy Amis (2000-)... The love theme from Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On," was a huge hit for Celine Dion.

angelina jolie

Born - 4th of June, 1975 Los Angeles, California, USA
Angelina Jolie is an Oscar-winning actress and political activist who has not only proven her talents in front of the camera but also in her worldwide humanitarian efforts. She has raised awareness of struggling countries through not only her adoptions, but also through her work as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and her volunteer efforts in struggling countries around the world.
Angelina Jolie was born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles California to actor John Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand. Jolie's parents divorced when she was still a baby and she spent her childhood living with her mother and brother. When she was old enough, Jolie began modeling and traveled around the US and abroad as part of her career. She finally settled in New York to attend classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and New York University. It was then that she began acting in stage productions. She landed her first film role in 1993 in a movie called Cyborg 2 and then as a computer wiz in 1995 in a film titled Hackers.
During Hackers she met and later married Jonny Lee Miller. The marriage did not last long.
Jolie continued acting and finally landed her first major role in the TV movie George Wallace. The role landed her a Golden Globe award and only added to her recognition when she was nominated for an Emmy with her performance in Gia. Jolie was awarded even larger and more prestigious film roles, eventually landing a major part in the film Girl Interrupted which won her an Academy award in 2000. Later that year she met and married actor Billy Bob Thorton.
Angelina Jolie starred in blockbuster movies including Gone in Sixty Seconds and the Lara Croft Tomb Raider series, exposing her explosive talents with each one. Her personal life, however, was not as stable and she filed for divorce from Thorton in 2002. Having already adopted son Maddox from Cambodia, Jolie's priorities began to change to family and international affairs. She maintained a booked schedule, however, appearing in movies like Beyond Borders, Alexander, and working on Shark's Tale.
In 2005 She starred opposite actor Brad Pitt in Mr. & Mrs. Smith which brought her attention because of their on-screen chemistry. Later Pitt divorced his wife Jennifer Aniston and Jolie and Pitt eventually became a public couple.
It was during her international filming for Tomb Raider that Jolie became interested in helping refugees and underdeveloped nations. She contacted the United Nations and became increasingly active in different countries trying not only to give time and money to helping the poor, but also raising awareness of their struggles. Angelina Jolie became known for not only covering her own costs during these humanitarian missions, but also sharing the same living and working conditions as the other volunteers. She was named United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on August 27, 2001 in Geneva.
As a UNHCR Ambassador, Jolie has traveled to every corner of the world to work with refugees from all types of cultures. She has worked not only to bring relief to their suffering but also greater awareness to their courage and needs. As her work brought her to more places around the world, she has found time to dedicate to the refugees in the areas in hopes of bringing them even greater recognition and relief.
In 2007 Angelina Jolie gathered several teams of celebrities and film crews and sent them to various locations around the world in order to shoot a stream of footage in different cultures gathered during a single period of time. The documentary, called A Place In Time, was designed to help people gain more insight into other cultures and gain greater perspective on their own through understanding. She has worked to distribute the film not only to major audiences, but also through educational systems.
Jolie has continued to donate her own money, raise money, and raise awareness to various international causes. She founded the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children in 2005 to provide free legal aid to children who were seeking asylum. She's also been very vocal about support for Third World children around the world who need protection and care from international entities. Angelina Jolie is also the co-founder of the Jolie/Pitt Foundation which donated large sums of money to Doctors Without Borders and Global Action for Children. She's also a co-chair for the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.
Angelina Jolie has received numerous awards for her humanitarian work, including the Citizen of the World Award and the Global Humanitarian Award. The King of Cambodia awarded her citizenship in 2005 for her work to establish a wildlife sanctuary in the north-western region of the country.
Jolie has three adopted children and one biological child with actor and partner Brad Pitt.

brad pitt

Name: Brad Pitt
Born: 18 December 1963 (Age: 45)
Where: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Height: 5' 11"
Awards: Won 1 Golden Globe; nominated for 2 Oscars and 2 BAFTAs
All About this Star

Biography:
A critic once wrote that Brad Pitt combined "the matinee idol looks of Gary Cooper with the sex symbol loveliness of Marilyn Monroe". It's a line that sums up Pitt's pin-up appeal, but would certainly annoy the pants off Pitt himself. After all, he's spent years trying to explode a reputation as a Himbo, taking on a series of lead roles and cameos that should really have proven to the world that he is in fact a very fine actor indeed. He's played a dazed and confused pot-head, a near-incomprehensible street-fighting traveller, an IRA terrorist, a reluctant vampire, a Nazi mountain-climber, a psycho on the run, a mental patient dedicated to the destruction of world order, a dim-witted extortionist, a man who ages backwards, and he dared to act wholly unaided, later to be surrounded by cartoons. Dustin Hoffman was certainly correct when he said "Next to that kid, we all look like onions", but after two Oscar nominations he's surely earned our respect by now.He was born William Bradley Pitt on the 18th of December, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and remains a mid-Westerner to the core. He was raised, alongside brother Doug and sister Julie, in Springfield, Missouri. His father, Bill, managed a trucking firm, working six days a week for 36 years - something of which Brad is very proud. His mother, Jane, was a High School counselor, but his mind-set was influenced more by his dad. "Where I grew up," he once said "you deal. You get through it, power through it, straight up the middle. And you don't complain". It's an attitude that's served him well as he's battled the improbable pressures of stardom.Due to Bill's success, the Pitts never really wanted for anything, and Brad in particular used this as a springboard to try everything. A decent fellow, he was brought up as a Baptist, singing in the church choir. He loved movies, later recalling a fine day spent at an Ape-athon, watching all five Planet Of The Apes films, back-to-back. At Kickapoo High School he was involved in everything. He was a member of the golf, tennis and swimming teams, as well as the Key and Forensics clubs. He was into debating, school government and school musicals.Graduating in 1982, he attended the University of Missouri, majoring in journalism, but also concentrating on advertising. Indeed, his ambition was to be an art director. He joined a fraternity, Sigma Chi, but always remained very close to his family. Fellow students recall him writing letters to his mother and grandma while in class.

sylvester stallone

Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone[1] (born July 6, 1946), nicknamed Sly Stallone,[2] is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood action heroism. He has played two characters who have become a part of the American cultural lexicon:Rocky Balboa, the boxer who overcame odds to fight for love and glory, and John Rambo, a courageous soldier who specialized in violent rescue and revenge missions. During the 1980s, he was popular with the Rocky and Rambo franchises.
Stallone's film Rocky was inducted into the National Film Registry as well as having its film props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. Stallone's use of the front entrance to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the Rocky series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky Steps. Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky character placed permanently near the museum, on the right side before the steps.

arnold schwarzenegger

1947 - Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is born on July 30 in the hamlet of Thal bei Graz, about 10 km (6 mi) from Graz, the capital of Styria (die Steiermark).
1947 - Arnold is the second son of Aurelia Jadrny Schwarzenegger and policeman Gustav Schwarzenegger (Gendarmerie-Kommandant).
1962 - Arnold begins serious bodybuilding training at a gym in Graz.
1965 - Arnold joins the Austrian army as a tank driver, but continues his bodybuilding.
1966 - Arnold leaves Thal for good and wins Mr. Europe title as a bodybuilder in Munich.
1967 - Becomes Mr. Universe (a title he won five times)
1968 - Arnold goes to America.
1970 - Wins title of Mr. World; becomes Mr. Olympia, a title he will hold each year until 1975
1971 - Arnold's older brother Meinhard is killed in an auto accident. Meinhard's son now lives and works in Los Angeles.
1972 - Gustav Schwarzenegger dies in Weiz, Styria, where he had been transferred as a police official. Arnold does not attend his father's funeral.
1977 - Meets TV journalist Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy clan, at a tennis tournament; wins his 7th Mr. Olympia title
1979 - Earns a business B.A. from the University of Wisconsin
1984 - Becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen on Sept. 16
1984 - The first Terminator film puts Schwarzenegger firmly into the “superstar” category.
1986 - Schwarzenegger and Maria Schriver marry on August 26. They currently have four children: Katherine, Christina, Patrick, and Christopher.
1987 - Gets his own star on Hollywood's “Walk of Fame”
1990 - Named chairman of President George Bush's Council on Physical Fitness. In following years Schwarzenegger will be active in promoting the Special Olympics and as a prominent figure in Republican politics at the state and national level.
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amir khan

Aamir Khan (Hindi: आमिर ख़ान, Urdu: عامر خان, pronounced [ˈaːmɪr ˈxaːn]; born Aamir Hussain Khan on March 14, 1965) is an Indian film actor, director and producer. Khan worked in a number of critically and commercially successful films and has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema.[1][2] He is also the founder-owner of Aamir Khan Productions.
Starting his career as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Khan began his professional career eleven years later with the film, Holi (1984). He had his first commercial success with his cousin Mansoor Khan's film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), for which he won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. After seven previous nominations during the 1980s and 1990s, Khan received his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in the major grosser Raja Hindustani (1996).[3]
In 2001, he made his debut as a film producer with the Academy Award-nominated Lagaan. Khan played the lead role in the film and earned his second Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance. After a four-year break from acting, Khan made his comeback with Ketan Mehta'sMangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), and later won a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performancefor his role in Rang De Basanti (2006). In 2007, he made his directorial debut with Taare Zameen Par, for which he received a Filmfare Best Director Award. This was followed by Ghajini (2008), which became the highest-grossing Indian film of all-time, unadjusted for inflation.

shahrukh khan

Shahrukh Khan (Hindi: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Urdu: شاہ رخ خان) born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor, who has been a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host.
Khan began his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut in Deewana (1992). Since then, he has been part of numerous commercially successful films and has earned critical acclaim for many of his performances. During his years in the Indian film industry, Khan has won thirteen Filmfare Awards, seven of which are in the Best Actorcategory.
Khan's films such as Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Chak De India (2007), Om Shanti Om (2007) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) remain some of Bollywood's biggest hits, while films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) have been top-grossing Indian productions in the overseas markets, making him one of the most successful actors of India.[2] Since 2000, Khan branched out into film production and television presenting as well. He is the founder/owner of two production companies, Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies Entertainment. In 2008,Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.[3]

aishwarya rai

Born: 1 November 1973
Birthplace: Mangalore, India
Best Known As: Star of the 2002 Bollywood movie Devdas
Aishwarya Rai is an international triple threat: model, beauty pageant queen, and movie star. Since 1997 she has been one of the superstars of "Bollywood," the Indian film industry. As a college student she entered and won the 1994 Miss World contest, an honor which opened the door to work as a model. A striking brunette with hooded eyes and full lips, she appeared on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Elle, and other fashion magazines. Her first film was the 1997 political drama Iruvar. As Bollywood underwent an explosion of success and innovation, Rai became one of its favorite daughters. She proved to be a voluptuous presence in the mode of Sophia Lorenand Gina Lollobrigida; like Lollobrigida, Rai has often been hyped as "the most beautiful woman in the world." Her 2002 film Devdas was a tremendous hit. She has worked mainly in Indian films, but in recent years she has appeared in Western productions, including Bride and Prejudice (2004, a colorful take on the Jane Austen tale) and Mistress of Spices (2005). Rai was married to actor Abhishek Bachchan on 20 April 2007. The wedding was a spectacular event in India; as noted by Agence France Presse, "The couple have been dubbed 'India's Brangelina' after Hollywood's A-list couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie."
Rai is known as "Ash" or "Aishu" to her fans... Abhishek Bachchan is the son of another famous actor, Amitabh Bachchan... Her official site once described Rai as "the first Indian female to be immortalized in wax at the world famous Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London"... Also according to her website, Rai's favorite film is Casablanca (1943, with Ingrid Bergman andHumphrey Bogart).

irth NameNicole Mary Kidman
NicknameNic
Height5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Mini Biography
Elegant redhead Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Australian parents Anthony (a biochemist and clinical psychologist) and Janelle (a nursing instructor) Kidman. The family moved almost immediately to Washington, DC, where Nicole's father pursued his research on breast cancer, and then, three years later, made the pilgrimage to her parents' native Sydney. Young Nicole's first love was ballet, but she eventually took up mime and drama as well (her first stage role was a bleating sheep in an elementary school Christmas pageant). In her adolescent years, acting edged out the other arts and became a kind of refuge -- as her classmates sought out fun in the sun, the fair-skinned Kidman retreated to dark rehearsal halls to practice her craft. She worked regularly at the Philip Street Theater, where she once received a personal letter of praise and encouragement from audience member Jane Campion (then a film student). Kidman eventually dropped out of high school to pursue acting full-time. She broke into movies at age 16, landing a role in the Australian holiday favorite Bush Christmas (1983). That appearance touched off a flurry of film and TV offers, including a lead inBMX Bandits (1983) and a turn as a schoolgirl-turned-protester in the miniseries "Vietnam" (1987) (for which she won her first Australian Film Institute Award). With the help of an American agent, she eventually made her US debut opposite Sam Neill in the at-sea thriller Dead Calm(1989).Kidman's next casting coup scored her more than exposure. While starring as Tom Cruise's doctor/love interest in the racetrack romance Days of Thunder (1990), she won over the Hollywood hunk hook, line, and sinker. After a whirlwind courtship (and decent box office returns), the couple wed on December 24, 1990. Determined not to let her new marital status overshadow her fledgling career, the actress pressed on. She appeared as a catty high school senior in the Australian film Flirting (1991), then as Dustin Hoffman's moll in the gangster flick Billy Bathgate(1991). She reunited with Cruise for Far and Away (1992), the story of young Irish lovers who flee to America in the late 1800s, and starred opposite Michael Keaton in the tear-tugger My Life (1993/I). Despite her steady employment, critics and moviegoers still hadn't quite warmed to Kidman as a leading lady. She tried to spice up her image by seducing Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995), but achieved her real breakthrough with Gus Van Sant's To Die For (1995). As a fame-crazed housewife determined to eliminate any obstacle in her path, Kidman proved that she had an impressive range and deadly comic timing. She took home a Golden Globe and several critics' awards for the performance. In 1996, Kidman stepped into a corset to work with her countrywoman and onetime admirer, Jane Campion, on the adaptation of Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady (1996). A few months later, she tore across the screen as a nuclear weapons expert in The Peacemaker (1997), adding "action star" to her professional repertoire.She and Cruise then disappeared into a notoriously long, secretive shoot for Stanley Kubrick's sexual thriller Eyes Wide Shut (1999). The couple's on-screen shenanigans prompted an increase in public speculation about their sex life (rumors had long been circulating that their marriage was a cover-up for Cruise's homosexuality); tired of denying tabloid attacks, they successfully sued The Star for a story alleging that they needed a sex therapist to coach them through love scenes. Family life has always been a priority for Kidman. Born to social activists (mom was a feminist; dad, a labor advocate), Nicole and her little sister, Antonia Kidman, discussed current events around the dinner table and participated in their parents' campaigns by passing out pamphlets on street corners. When her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, 17-year-old Nicole stopped working and took a massage course so that she could provide physical therapy (her mom eventually beat the cancer). She and Cruise adopted two children: Isabella Jane (born in 1993) and Connor Antony (born 1995). Despite their rock-solid image, the couple announced in early 2001 that they were separating due to career conflicts. Her marriage to Cruise ended mid-summer of 2001.

julie roberts

ulia Fiona Roberts, Julie Fiona Roberts
Born:
Julia Fiona Roberts on October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia, United States
Job Titles:
Actor, Model, Producer, Salesperson

Family
Brother: Eric Roberts. Born April 18, 1956; older; stayed with father in Atlanta after parents divorce; estranged from sisters
Daughter: Hazel Patricia Moder. Born Nov. 28, 2004; twin of Phinnaeus Walter; father, Daniel Moder
Father: Walter Roberts. Born in February 1930; wed Betty Motes in 1955 after touring military bases in a production of George Washington Slept Here , directed by Ron Howard s father, Rance; co-founded Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop with wife in 1963; divorced from Roberts mother in 1971; died of cancer in March 1977
Half-sister: Nancy Motes. Born c. 1976
Mother: Betty Motes. Divorced from Roberts father in 1971
Niece: Emma Roberts. Daughter of actor Eric Roberts and Kelly Cunningham; played the lead in the series Unfabulous (Nickelodeon); known for her roles in the films Aquamarine (2006) and Nancy Drew (2007)
Sister: Lisa Roberts. Born c. 1965; moved with her sister and mother to Smyrna, Georgia after her parents divorce
Son: Henry Daniel Moder. Born June 18, 2007; father, Daniel Moder
Son: Phinnaeus Walter Moder. Born Nov. 28, 2004; twin of Hazel Patricia; father, Daniel Moder
Significant Others
Husband: Danny Moder. was married at time the relationship began in summer 2001; he filed for divorce in October 2001; Roberts and Moder married July 4, 2002 in Taos, New Mexico.
Companion: Benjamin Bratt. born on December 16, 1963; dating as of November 1997; she made guest appearance on Law & Order in 1999; separated in spring 2001
Companion: Daniel Day-Lewis. together c. 1994-95; no longer together
Companion: Dylan McDermott. briefly engaged; played her husband in Steel Magnolias (1989)
Companion: Jason Patric. involved right after break-up with Sutherland in 1991
Companion: Kiefer Sutherland. met during the filming of Flatliners (1990); became engaged; scheduled marriage on June 14, 1991 did not take place
Companion: Liam Neeson. co-starred in Satisfaction (1988); lived together in Venice, California
Companion: Matthew Perry. met while filming episode of Friends in 1995; briefly dated
Companion: Pat Mannochia. former hockey player; together c. 1995 to 1996
Companion: Ross Partridge. born c. 1967; dated in late 1996
Education
Campbell High School, Smyrna, GA, 1985
Milestones
1986 Made film acting debut in Blood Red, co-starring brother Eric (released regionally in USA March 1989)
1987 TV debut in The Survivor episode of NBC s Crime Story
1988 Appeared in first TV-movie, Baja Oklahoma (HBO)
1988 First released film, Satisfaction
1988 Played first leading film role in Mystic Pizza
1989 Received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as Shelby, the doomed diabetic bride in Steel Magnolias
1990 Breakthrough screen performance, the title role in Pretty Woman ; garnered Best Actress Academy Award nomination; first screen pairing with Richard Gere under the direction of Garry Marshall
1991 Played Tinkerbell in Steven Spielberg s Hook
1991 Starred as an abused wife on the run from her husband in the surprise hit Sleeping With the Enemy
1992 Appeared as herself (in a movie-within-the-movie) in Robert Altman s The Player
1992 Formed a two year semi-exclusive production deal between her own YMA Productions and Joe Roth s Caravan Pictures
1993 Starred opposite Denzel Washington in The Pelican Brief
1994 Had rare box office disappointment teamed with Nick Nolte in I Love Trouble
1995 Guest-starred in an episode of the hit NBC sitcom Friends
1996 Co-starred in the Woody Allen directed musical comedy, Everyone Says I Love You as Allen s love interest; also sang on the soundtrack, All My Life
1996 Portrayed Kitty Kiernan, erstwhile lover to Michael Collins in Neil Jordan s biopic of the Irish patriot
1996 Took on a dramatic role as the British maid to Dr. Jekyll in Mary Reilly
1997 Had box-office hit with the comedy My Best Friend s Wedding
1998 Appeared as herself in an episode of the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown
1998 Narrated and appeared in the PBS special In the Wild: Orangutans With Julia Roberts
1998 Producing debut, Stepmom ; played the title role of Ed Harris young girlfriend competing with his ex-wife (Susan Sarandon)
1999 Made rare TV dramatic guest appearance on an episode of Law & Order ; garnered an Emmy nomination
1999 Reteamed with Garry Marshall and Richard Gere for Runaway Bride
1999 Starred opposite Hugh Grant in the romantic comedy Notting Hill
2000 Won an Academy Award for her role as Erin Brokovich, a based on fact tale of a legal secretary who championed a case of water poisoning into a class action lawsuit
2001 Co-starred with Brad Pitt in The Mexican
2001 Played a personal assistant to a movie star in America s Sweethearts
2001 Was featured in Steven Soderbergh s remake of Ocean s Eleven
2002 Reunited with Clooney for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind which he also directed
2002 Starred with Blair Underwood in the Steven Soderbergh directed Full Frontal
2003 Played a free-spirited teacher at a women-only college in Mona Lisa Smile
2004 Co-starred with Clive Owen and Jude Law in Mike Nichols Closer, an adaption of the broadway play
2004 Executive produced the An American Girl movies, which aired on the Disney channel; based on the popular American Girl dolls and books
2004 Returned with the original cast for Ocean s Twelve directed by Steven Soderbergh
2006 Made her stage debut in the Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg s play, Three Days of Rain
2006 Voiced the title character in live-action/computer-animated feature film Charlotte s Web, based on the book by E.B. White
2007 Re-teamed with director Mike Nichols for Charlie Wilson s War, playing a Texan socialite opposite Tom Hanks; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress
2009 Re-teamed with Clive Owen to play corporate spies in Duplicity
Formed Shoelace Productions
Moved to NYC immediately after high school graduation; lived with sister Lisa; worked briefly as a Click model
Raised in Smyrna, Georgia
Will star in the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert s Eat, Pray, Love (lensed 2009)