Hollywood

Keira Knightley

2010-08-24T01:08:00.000-07:00

Keira Christina Knightley (born 26/03/1985) is an English actress. She began her career as a child and came to international prominence in 2003 after co-starring in the film Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Knightley has appeared in several Hollywood films and earning nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright's 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.

Two years later she was again nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Atonement.

In 2008, Forbes said Knightley, the second highest paid actress in Hollywood, reportedly with $ 32,000,000 earned in 2007, making her the only non-American on the list of highest paid actresses.

Knightley was born in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, the daughter of Sharman Macdonald, an award-winning playwright, and Will Knightley, a stage and television actor.

She has an English father and a Scottish mother of half Welsh ancestry. She has an older brother, Caleb, who was born in 1979. Knightley lived in Richmond, attending Stanley Junior School, Teddington School and Esher College. She is dyslexic, but nevertheless was successful in school and was thus permitted to acquire a talent agent and an acting career.

She asked an agent as early as the age of three years and got one when she turned six, her mother as a reward for studying hard. Knightley has noted that she was "single-minded about acting" during her childhood.

She performed in a number of local amateur productions including After Juliet (written by her mother) and the United States (written by her then drama teacher, Ian McShane).

Knightley, who lives in London, is involved with her Pride & Prejudice co-star Rupert Friend. Knightley has stated that she has no plans to marry in the near future.

Knightley has denied rumors that she is anorexic, although they say that, after her appearance at the Pirates of the Caribbean: Chest premiere of Dead Man's led to media speculation that her extremely slender figure was due to an eating disorder, her family has a history of anorexia.

Knightley sued the Daily Mail after they claimed she lied about having anorexia, the article says that a deceased teenage girl from anorexia, indicating that Knightley's physical appearance may have influenced her in some way. She got a settlement.

In July 2006, Knightley said she became a workaholic, detailing that "the last five years have blended into one. I can not tell what was what last year and the year before" stating that she 'works much "and was" quite afraid that if I continue in this case I will hate what I love te beginnen, "suggests that they zelfs one-year interruption of the trip-and handelen take focus on her personal life.

Scarlett Johansson

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Scarlett Johansson (November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Johansson made her film debut in the 1994 movie North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress for her performance in 1996, Manny & Lo. Johansson rose to fame with her roles in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World, 2001.

She made the transition to adult roles with her performances in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, which she won a BAFTA Award, and Girl with a Pearl Earring, both of which earned her a Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003.

A role in A Love Song for Bobby Long earned her third Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. After an appearance in The Island, Johansson garnered fourth Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allen's Match Point.

She followed that with another Allen film, Scoop with Hugh Jackman. A role in the movie Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia noir was followed by a second role opposite Hugh Jackman in The Prestige, also starring Christian Bale.

In 2007 after an appearance in The Nanny Diaries, Johansson played in the 2008 film The Other Boleyn Girl, opposite Natalie Portman and Eric Bana, and the Woody Allen-directed film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona with Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz.

She appeared in He's Just Not That Into You (2009) and the anti-heroine Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2 (2010), with Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson. Johansson won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in A view from the bridge.

On 20.05.2008, Johansson debuted as a singer on her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, recorded covers of Tom Waits songs. Her second album, Break Up, by Pete Yorn was released

Johansson is registered as an independent, campaigning for Democratic candidate John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

About George W. Bush's reelection, she said, "[I] am disappointed. I think it was a disappointment for a large percentage of the population." Johansson also campaign for the Democratic candidate Barack Obama, including: appearances in Iowa in January 2008, where her efforts were aimed at younger voters, an appearance at Cornell University, and a speaking engagement at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, on Super Tuesday, 2008.

Johansson appeared in the 2008 music video for Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am s' song "Yes We Can", directed by Jesse Dylan, a song inspired by Obama's speech after the 2008 New Hampshire. Besides her political advocacy Johansson took part in social advocacy as part of the anti-poverty campaign ONE which was organized by U2 lead singer Bono.

Penelope Cruz

2010-08-20T00:17:00.000-07:00

Penelope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 1974), better known as Penelope Cruz, is a Spanish actress. At age 15, signed by an agent. She made her acting debut at 16 years in television, and her film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992), acclaimed by critics.

Her subsequent roles in the years 1990 and 2000 includes Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her leadership role in Vanilla Sky and Blow. Both films were released in 2001 and were a commercial success worldwide.

In the 2000s appeared in the films of a variety of genres, including comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller "Gothika" (2003), the Christmas movie Noel (2004), action and adventure Sahara (2005), the animated G-Force and the musical drama Nine.

Her most notable films to date are Back (2006), which won a Golden Globe and Oscar nominations, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), for which he received an Academy Award. She was the first Spanish actress in history to receive an Academy Award, and Spanish actor sixth overall. G-Force (2009) is her most successful film commercially.

Cruz has modeled for companies such as Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal. Cruz and her younger sister, Monica Cruz designed to handle items. She has donated her time and much money to charities. Cruz has been featured in Uganda and India, where he spent a week working for Mother Teresa, she donated her salary from the Hi-Lo Country to help fund the mission of the deceased nun.

After appearing in Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, who had a three-year relationship ended in January 2004. He kept jumping on couches, in April 2003, Cruz filed a lawsuit against New Idea magazine for defamation Australia for an article published about her relationship with Cruise. Her lawyers argued in a statement that "the procedures state that the article contains a series of false and defamatory statements about Celia Cruz," and she is seeking "substantial damages and is confident that legal proceedings will vindicate her reputation."

After filming Sahara in February 2005, she began dating actor Matthew McConaughey. In June 2006, they released a joint statement to People magazine saying that they "have decided to take a break as a couple" and that "due to busy work schedules and so much time apart" they mutually decided that "the separation was the best thing to do at this time. "In April 2007 Cruz, who was alone at the time, said he would like to have children and she feels the need to take. "Of course I want to have children," said Cruz, the Spanish edition of Marie Claire in its April 2007. "I want my own children, but also adopt.

For a while I had the feeling that my life will not be complete if I do not adopt." Cruz is close friends with Pedro Almodovar, who has often worked on films and known for almost two decades. Vanity Fair celebrates friendship Cruz and Almodovar, asking them to pose for the next edition of the Hollywood in 2010. Almodóvar has described as her muse. Cruz started dating then co-star Bardem in 2007, although the couple has kept a low public profile. In early July 2010, the couple married in a private ceremony at the residence of a friend in the Bahamas. It was a really fun time.

Halle Berry

2010-08-17T23:25:00.000-07:00

Halle Berry (born 08/14/1966) is an American actress, former model and beauty queen. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2009, the only woman of African-American descent to have won the award for Best Actress.

She is one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman. She is also involved in the production side of some of her films.

Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several beauty contests, finishing runner-up in the Miss USA (1986), and winning the Miss USA World 1986 title. Her breakthrough film role was in 1991 Jungle Fever. This led to roles in The Flintstones (1994), Bulworth (1998), X-Men (2000) and its successors, and as Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002). She also won a Razzie Award Worst Actress in 2005 for Catwoman and accepted the award in person.

Divorced from baseball player David Justice and musician Eric Benet, Berry French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry from November 2005 until April 2010. Their daughter, Nahla Ariela Aubry, was born on 16/03/2008.

Berry is a victim of domestic violence, and now works to help other victims. In 2005, she said, "Domestic violence is something I've known about since I was a kid. My mother was a victim. Early in my life I have made choices and I chose men who abuse because that was what I knew growing up ... The first time it happened, I knew enough to keep moving. "

In November 2005, Berry began dating French-Canadian supermodel Gabriel Aubry, nine years her junior. The couple met at a Versace photoshoot. After six months with Aubry, she stated in an interview, "I am very happy in my personal life, which is a novelty for me. You know, I'm not the girl who has the best relationships."

At one point, Berry had indicated their intention to adopt children, but her experience playing a mother in Things We Lost In The Fire reminded her of the possibility of motherhood. After initially denying rumors, she confirmed in September 2007 that she was three months pregnant.

Berry gave birth to Nahla Ariela Aubry called a girl on 16-03-2008, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Nahla means "honeybee" in Arabic, Ariela is Hebrew for "lion of God". Berry hired security guards after receiving racist threats to her unborn baby from a stalker saying her child will be "cut into hundreds of pieces".

At one point, Berry stated that they did not intend to marry again, insisting the couple was already full life without the need for a wedding. She stated that she hopes to have a second child right away. Aubry recently told In Touch magazine, "I want a brother or sister in 2009, Nahla.

On April 30, 2010, reported that Berry and Aubry were separated. Berry's confirmed their relationship had ended a few days later by saying: "They have been split for some time, but remain friends and devoted parents to their daughter." She worked a financial and 50/50 custody deal with a family lawyer, but TMZ reported that it is not definitive.

The source said: "As much as it can be is it an amicable split. They Both a lot of work toch traveled, so they were used to spending time apart for long periods, but I think Halle has it taken pretty slecht and they really liked Gabriel and thought she had found one. "

Cameron Diaz

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Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She gained fame in the 1990s with roles in the blockbuster film The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding and There's Something About Mary.

Other notable film credits include Charlie's Angels, Vanilla Sky, Gangs of New York, and voicing Princess Fiona in the Shrek movie series. Diaz Golden Globe nominations for her performance in There's Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky and Gangs of New York.

Diaz was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Billie (née Early), an import-export agent, and Emilio Diaz (1.949-2008) for the Californian oil company Unocal worked for over 20 years as a field Gauger, and in the pipeline section until his retirement in 1998.

Her father, who was born in Los Angeles County, was half-generation Cuban American (her grandparents settled in Ybor City, Tampa) and her mother is of English, German and Cherokee ancestry. She has an older sister, Chimene, and an older brother, Michael. She attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time as rapper Snoop Dogg.

Diaz "substantial" libel damages from suing American Media Incorporated received, after The National Enquirer had claimed she was cheating on then-boyfriend Timberlake.

In 1992, Diaz in a soft-core S & M right video "She's No Angel" shot by photographer John Rutter. In 2003 she won an injunction against Rutter preventing him from distributing the video or accompanying photographs, but In 2004 started the video and distributed online by a Russian website.

When Diaz was asked if she could speak Spanish, she said, "I'm going, 'God, you know, it sounds so familiar. I know what you're saying, I really do. I just can not respond to you back in Spanish. I can hardly speak English. "I did not grow up in a Cuban community. I grew up in Southern California on the beach, actually. And I am the third generation. I am of Cuban descent."

She was vocal in her support for Al Gore in 2000. Diaz went so far as sporting a t-shirt that read: "I will not vote for a son of a Bush!" while making the publicity rounds for Charlie's Angels.

Diaz has also been involved in the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the first and largest non-profit for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and has spoken as an advocate for military families.

Although she was quoted in a 1997 article in Time magazine says she was germophobic, Diaz explicitly denied this in the 6/26/2009 edition of Real Time with Bill Maher, saying that a brief comment she made 12 years earlier with regard to public toilet was blown out of proportion doorknobs.

On April 15th 2008, her father, Emilio Diaz died of pneumonia, aged 58.

From 1990-1995, dated video director Carlos Diaz de la Torre. In 1995 she began a relationship with actor Matt Dillon, with whom she co-starred in There's Something About Mary and broke in 1998. She then had a relationship with singer / actor Jared Leto 1999-2003. Diaz singer Justin Timberlake 2003-2006.

In October 2004, Diaz and Timberlake were in a scuffle with a photographer outside a hotel tabloid. When the photographer and another man tried to photograph the couple snatched the camera. Photos of the incident appeared in Us Weekly. Representatives of the couple claimed they were ambushed and acting out. From July 2010 Diaz has been the pursuit of a romantic relationship with New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

Carmen Electra

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Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamor model, actress, television personality, singer, dancer and sex symbol.

She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV show Out one hit on the TV series Baywatch, and dances with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since had roles in film parody Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie , Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie.

Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry, a guitarist and entertainer. She attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and then studied dance at Dance Artists dance studio Gloria J. Simpson, West Hills, a suburb of Cincinnati.

Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. Her older sister Debbie deceased from a heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. Carmen Electra also attended the School of the Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati Public School District. She has Irish, German and Cherokee ancestry.

Electra married basketball player Dennis Rodman in November 1998. Their marriage took place on chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, the marriage did not last long, and Electra filed for divorce in April 1999.

On November 22, 2003, Electra married Dave Navarro, lead guitarist for the rock band Jane's Addiction. The couple documented their courtship and marriage in an MTV reality show called 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave. On July 17, 2006, she and Navarro announced their separation and Electra filed for divorce on August 10. It was closed on 20/2/2007.

In April 2008, Electra representative confirmed that she was engaged to Rob Patterson, a member of the nu-metal band Otep.

Electra's video game work includes appearing as characters in Def Jam: Fight for New York and is one of the celebrity challenges in the video game ESPN NFL 2K5.

Electra has training videos and equipment. Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease it is a five-disc DVD series that combines teaching classic stripping moves with a low impact cardio workout, which also played Jon Eby. She also endorses the Electra Pole, a pole dancing kit in January 2008.

In 1997, Electra model for the covers of comic books Razor and the Ladies of London by Night London Night Studios.

Electra appeared in commercials for Maxim Men's Hair Color products (2004-2005).

In 2006, Electra signed on as the spokesmodel for Ritz Camera Centers, appearing in their television and print ads with CEO David Ritz. She appeared in some video spoofs of Lonelygirl15 that Epic Movie advertised. That same year she appeared as the face and spokesperson for the Max Factor make-up line (from 2006) in their television and print ads.

Selena Gomez

2010-08-15T21:25:00.000-07:00

Selena Marie Gomez (born 22/07/1992) is an American actress and singer-songwriter best known for playing Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. She starred in the TV movie, Another Cinderella Story and Princess Protection Program. In 2010, Gomez made her theatrical film debut as Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby Beezus and Ramona in.

Before Disney, she had a child of the roles of Barney & Friends. In 2008 she signed a record deal with Hollywood Records and has contributed to the Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story and Wizards of Waverly Place soundtracks. Her band, Selena Gomez & the Scene, released their debut album, Kiss & on September 29, 2009 Tell, which was certified gold by the RIAA on 03/05/2010. The album's single, of course, was certified platinum by the RIAA on 07/15/2010.

Gomez started wearing a purity ring when she was 12 years old. She owns five rescue dogs and describes himself as a "huge animal lover. After Gomez and Lovato, who she first met at the auditions Barney & Friends, posted a video blog on YouTube in March 2008, Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux's girlfriend has a parody of that video to highlight the importance of media-entertainment caught.

Reports included the theory that Gomez and Lovato might replace Cyrus. Gomez clarified there was no quarrel, saying: "I'm not interested in anyone but myself, and I am not here to replace anybody. I think she a great performer, and of course it's a compliment. But I would like a other route to take. "In answering a question about Spanish heritage, to news stationary provider Scholastic's service for children and teenagers, Gomez said:" My family does have Quinceañeras, and we go to the community church. We will do all Catholic but we have not really anything except the traditional to the park and have barbecues on Sunday after church. "

In October 2008, the name of Gomez UNICEF spokesman for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign, which encouraged children to collect money on Halloween to help children around the world. She said she was "very excited" to "encourage other children to make a difference in the world."

In August 2009, a 17-year-old Gomez became the youngest ever ambassador of UNICEF, the passing of fellow singer Hayley Westenra, who was 18. In its first official mission area, Gomez traveled to Ghana on September 4, 2009 for one week witnessed first hand the dire circumstances of vulnerable children necessities such as clean water, food, lack of education and health.

Gomez said during an interview with The Associated Press that she wanted her star power to use it to bring awareness to Ghana: "That's why I feel very honored to be a voice that kids listen to and take to uphold. I had people my tour asks me where is Ghana, and they Googled and because I went there, they now know where Ghana is. So it's incredibly beautiful. "Gomez said of her role as ambassador for that:" Every day 25,000 children die of preventable causes . I stand with UNICEF in the belief that we can that number of 25,000 to change to zero. I know we can achieve, because each time, UNICEF is on the ground providing children with the life-saving assistance needed to make ensure zero reality. "

Gomez was named spokesperson for UNICEF in 2009 Trick-or-Treat campaign for the second consecutive year. Gomez, more than $ 700,000 for charity made in 2008, stated that they hoped would be up to $ 1,000,000 in 2009 to increase. Gomez took part in a celebrity auction and organized a series of webcast on Facebook in support of the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign. Gomez will return as the UNICEF spokesman for the 60th anniversary of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign in 2010.

Ben Affleck

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Ben Affleck (born Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt, 15/08/1972) is an American actor, director, writer and producer. He became known in mid 1990 after his involvement in the film Mallrats (1995), and later starred in Chasing Amy in 1997. Affleck is an Academy Award-winner for his film Good Will Hunting in now in 1997.

He has established himself as a Hollywood leading man who starred in several big-budget films such as Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Changing Lanes (2002), the sum of all fears (2002) and Daredevil (2003) . He has a couple of times with his younger brother, actor Casey Affleck.

After a high profile relationship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow in 1998, his relationship with actress / singer Jennifer Lopez drew worldwide media attention that Affleck and Lopez were named as "Bennifer." After their break in 2004, he started from Jennifer Garner.

The two married in June 2005 and have two daughters, Violet, born in December 2005 and Seraphina, born in January 2009. Affleck has been actively involved in politics, along with a non-profit organization called the AT Children's Project. Together with childhood friend Matt Damon, he founded the production company Live Planet.

Affleck had a high-profile romance with actress Gwyneth Paltrow in 1998, after her split with actor Brad Pitt. In 2002 he began dating actress / singer Jennifer Lopez, whom he had met prior to filming Gigli. In the same year, his engagement to Lopez announced, and the relationship between the two received much attention from the entertainment media, who nicknamed the couple "Bennifer".

Despite a wedding planned for September 14, the couple broke in 2004, both the fault of the media attention - including an alleged incident in which Affleck partied with Christian Slater and shot several dancers in Vancouver. The negative publicity and media attention over to the 2003 film Gigli, which was a box office failure.

Then he started seeing his Daredevil co-star, actress Jennifer Garner was, and the two after nine months of dating. Affleck and Garner were married on June 29, 2005 in Turks and Caicos Islands, located in the Caribbean. They have two daughters, Violet Anne, born on 1/12/2005 and Seraphina Elizabeth Rose, born on 06.01.2009. He has a house in Savannah, Georgia, and the family was in Cambridge for the summer in 2006, while Affleck was directing Gone, Baby, Gone.

Affleck alcohol rehab recorded in 2001, with a spokesman saying that the actor "Ben is a confident and intelligent man who had decided that a fuller life awaits him without alcohol."

An avid poker player, Affleck has regularly entered local events. He was accompanied by professional poker players Amir Vahedi and Annie Duke, and won the California State Poker Championship on June 20, 2004, with the house of the first prize of $ 356,000, which qualified him for the 2004 World Poker Tour final tournament. He is a fan of the Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, and Boston Bruins.

Affleck got his first tattoo when he was sixteen. He now has about half a dozen, including a tattoo of a dolphin which was used as a cover for a tattoo of the name of his high school sweetheart's. The tattoos are done by various artists including Paul Timman. He stopped smoking after starring in the 2007 film Smokin 'Aces, in which he was obliged to heavy smoking, and lost his taste for it after one week of the chain-smoking for his role.

Brad Pitt

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William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has two Oscar nominations and four Golden Globe nominations and won one received. He has been described as one of the world's most attractive men, a label for which he has received considerable media attention.

Pitt began his acting career with television guest appearances, including a role in the CBS soap opera Dallas in 1987. Later received the award as a cowboy hitchhiker Geena Davis, who seduces the character in 1991 road movie Thelma & Louise. Pitt first leading role in big-budget films came with A River Runs Through It (1992) and Interview with the Vampire (1994). He was compared to Anthony Hopkins in the 1994 drama Legends of the Fall, which earned him his first Golden Globe nomination leave.

In 1995 he gave acclaimed performances in the thriller Seven and the science-fiction movie 12 Monkeys, the latter him or her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Oscar nomination. Four years later, in 1999, Pitt starred in the cult hit Fight Club.

He then played in the big international hit as Rusty Ryan in Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His greatest commercial successes have Troy (2004) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) have been. Pitt received his second Oscar nomination for his starring performance in the 2008 film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

After a high-profile relationship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Pitt was married to actress Jennifer Aniston last five years. Pitt now lives with actress Angelina Jolie in a relationship that has produced the general public. He and Jolie have six children Maddox, Zahara, Pax, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne. Since the beginning of his relationship with Jolie, he has increasingly in social issues both in the United States and internationally involved. Pitt owns a production company called Plan B Entertainment, whose productions include the 2007 Oscar-winning Best Picture, The Departed.

Pitt's next appearance was in the 2008 black comedy "Burn After Reading, his first collaboration with the Coen brothers. The film was well received by critics with The Guardian called it "a tightly wound, cleverly plotted spy comedy" and noted that Pitt was the performance of one of the funniest. He was later identified as Benjamin Button, the lead role in David Fincher's 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a loosely adapted version of a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald votes.

The story follows a man who is born an octogenarian, and ages in reverse, with Pitt's "sensitive" power makes Benjamin Button, a "timeless masterpiece," said Michael Sragow of the Baltimore brought so performance Pitt his first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and a fourth Golden Globe and the second Academy Award nomination, all in the category of Best Actor. The film itself received thirteen Oscar nominations in total and grossed $ 329,000,000 at the box office worldwide.

Since 2008 work has Pitt in Inglourious Basterds play a leading role in Quentin Tarantino's, in August 2009 at a special presentation at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival published included. Pitt played Lieutenant Aldo Raine, a U.S. war against Nazi resistance fighters in occupied France by Germany. The film was a box office hit, with 311 million U.S. dollars worldwide and anchoring generally favorable reviews. The film won several awards and nominations, including eight Oscar nominations and seven MTV Movie Award nominations, including best performance for Pitt.

Pitt is to appear in Terrence Malick drama The Tree of Life, co-star Sean Penn, will do voice work in the animated feature Megamind and has signed, appears on a British explorer in search of a mysterious Amazonian civilization of the lost city of Z, based on the same David Grann's book.

In July 2005 Pitt accompanied Jolie to Ethiopia, where she took her second child, a six-month-old girl named Zahara Jolie a decision which later declared that she and Pitt had made together. It was confirmed in December 2005 that Pitt was looking to adopt Jolie's two children, Maddox and Zahara, 19 January 2006, a California judge granted her request to the last names of children to "Jolie-Pitt change.

Jolie gave birth to a daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, in Swakopmund, Namibia, on 27 May 2006. Pitt confirmed that their daughter was born again a Namibian passport. The couple sold the first pictures of Shiloh through the distributor Getty Images and the North American rights were purchased by people for more than $ 4,100,000, while British magazine Hello! obtained the international rights for about $ 3,500,000. The proceeds from the sale of the world up to $ 10,000,000, were at an unfamiliar charity, donated by Pitt and Jolie. Madame Tussauds in New York unveiled a wax figure of two-month-old Shiloh, that Shiloh had their first child, a statue at Madame Tussauds.

On 15 March 2007 Jolie adopted a three-year-old boy from Vietnam, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt (originally Pax Thien Jolie). Whereas, since the orphanage not allow unmarried couples, has Pax Jolie as a single parent, and later Pitt took him as his son in the United States.

After months of speculation in the media, Jolie confirmed in an interview at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival that she is expecting twins. She gave birth in the Lenval hospital in Nice, France, on 12 July 2008. The twins were named Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. The rights for the first pictures of Knox and Vivienne were jointly sold to People and Hello! for $ 14,000,000, the most expensive celebrity pictures ever taken. The couple donated the proceeds to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.

Hilary Duff

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Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the TV series Lizzie McGuire.

Duff later ventured into feature films, with many successful films to their credit, which included, Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) and "Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005).

Duff has expanded its repertoire into pop music with the release of three RIAA-certified platinum albums and more than thirteen million records sold worldwide as of February 2007. Their first studio album, "Metamorphosis (2003), was triple platinum certified and they followed him with two platinum albums, Hilary Duff (2004) and Most Wanted (2005).

Duff released her third studio album, Dignity (2007), the Gold Certified in August 2007 was, and released two singles, "With Love", her highest U.S. singles chart to date and "Stranger." In November 2008 she published a compilation of their greatest hits, Best of Hilary Duff, whose single "Reach Out" was her third # 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play.

Duff also has clothing lines, the appointment of Hilary Duff and Femme for DKNY Jeans and two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden have been initiated. Duff and her mother were listed as producers for the movie "Material Girls. Duff is credited as executive producer for her independent film by Greta and is also signed as a model to IMG Models New York. On February 19, 2010, Duff became engaged NHL player Mike Comrie itself after a courtship of two years.

In a June 2006 interview with Elle magazine, Duff was quoted as saying: "...( virginity) is definitely something I like about me. It does not mean that I was not thinking about sex, because everyone I know had it has, and you want to "fit. Duff later told MuchMusic that they do not say that was attributed to her quotes in the article and the subject is not "definitely something I talk about it ..." She denied the quotes again in a 2008 interview with Maxim magazine.

Duff began dating singer Aaron Carter in 2001. They met on the set of Lizzie McGuire, when Carter's guest appearance in an episode Christmas. The relationship lasted two years. It was reported that Carter left Duff for Lindsay Lohan, but soon broke with Lohan and Duff again. Carter later explained that he also cheated Duff with her best friend, and that Duff had "broken her heart" and he was "sorry" for his actions.

Duff began dating Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden in 2004. After a long period of tabloid speculation Duff's mother Susan announced their relationship in an interview for Seventeen magazine in June 2005. Duff and Madden broke in November 2006. separately in the same year, Duff parents after 22 years of marriage.

She wrote about the pain caused by the separation in her songs "Stranger" and "Gypsy Woman". In 2007 Duff began from NHL player Mike Comrie. On 19 Announced in February 2010, Duff and Comrie they were engaged.

Sylvester Stallone

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Sylvester Stallone Gardenzio (born 06/07/1946), nicknamed Sly Stallone is an American actor, director and screenwriter. Stallone is known for its machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the remarkable characters he has portrayed his boxer Rocky Balboa and John Rambo soldier.

The Rocky and Rambo franchises, along with several other films, helped his reputation as an actor and box office revenue. He is also the brother of Frank Stallone.

Stallone's movie Rocky was inducted into the National Film Registry as well as its film props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. Stallone's use of the front entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the Rocky series led the field to be known as the Rocky Steps. Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky placed permanent near the museum, on the right side of the steps.

Stallone has been married three times. At the age of 28, on 12.28.1974, he married Sasha Czack. The couple had two sons, Sage Moon Blood (05-05-1976) and Seargeoh (1979). His youngest son was diagnosed with autism at a young age. The couple divorced on February 14, 1985. In the same year completed his divorce, he married a model and actress Brigitte Nielsen, on 15/12/1985, in Beverly Hills, California.

Stallone and Nielsen marriage that lasted only two years, and their subsequent separation, were highly publicized by the tabloid press. In May 1997 married Jennifer Flavin Stallone, with whom he shares three daughters: Sophia Rose (27/08/1996), Sistine Rose (6/27/1998), and Scarlet Rose (05/25/2002).

Stallone has repeatedly used its reputation for human growth hormone anti-aging. In 2007 he was arrested in Australia with 48 vials of human growth hormone Jintropin the man, leading to fears that the ensuing publicity, the use of the drug increases.

After Stallone's request that his acting and life experiences be accepted in exchange for his remaining credits, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree by the chairman of the University of Miami in 1999.

Stallone grew up Catholic and stopped going to church as his career progressed. He began his childhood faith when his daughter was ill born in 1996 to rediscover, and is now a Catholic church hall.

Stallone supports the Brady Center to prevent Gun Violence, and is prominent on the website of this organization along with other celebrities.

Stallone is an American Republican supporter who publicly endorsed Senator John McCain in the presidential elections of 2008.

Stallone, famous for the physicality of his roles, the hospital for injuries incurred while filming movies many times throughout his career. On 01/06/2010, Sylvester Stallone said in an interview with FHM magazine that his neck, which required a metal plate broke to be included in his neck while filming The Expendables in a scene with actor Steve Austin.

Rima Fakih

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Rima Fakih (born 10/02/1985) is an American beauty pageant participant and winner of the 2010 title of Miss USA. She represented the state of Michigan in the Miss USA 2010 election, having previously won the 2010 Miss Michigan USA competition.
A native of Lebanon, as a child Fakih to the United States moved with her family. As a Muslim and an Arab, she is known as the first person of its nationality, ethnicity or religion are called to be Miss USA. In 2008, she traveled back to Lebanon to compete in the Miss Lebanon Emigrant procession, placing third.

Fakih was born in Srifa, a small town in the Jabal Amel region of southern Lebanon, a "powerful" Shiite Muslim family. As a young child, she lived in the village of Souk El Gharb in Mount Lebanon, and attended St. Rita's, a Catholic school near Beirut.In 1993, her parents, Nadia Fakih Hussein, his family moved to New York escape the consequences of the Lebanese Civil War.

Fakih attended St. John's Preparatory School, a Catholic high school in Queens, and her father ran a restaurant in Manhattan. In New York, Fakih's family felt they were exposed to threats and vandalism based on events in the Middle East, and businesses in the restaurant from her father dropped after September 11, 2001, attacks. In 2003 her family moved to the large Arab-American community in Dearborn, Michigan. Fakih and her family are Muslim, but they also celebrate elements of Christianity, such as Christmas.

Fakih lives in Dearborn. She graduated from Henry Ford Community College, went on to degrees in economics and business management to earn at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and plans for the public school after her year-long reign. She has one sister, who returned to live in Lebanon, and two brothers. Prior to winning the title of Miss USA, she worked as a sales associate at the Detroit Medical Center, the development and recruitment in the Arab American community.

Following the Miss USA contest, entertainment, internet media focused attention on a website with a 2007 "Stripper 101" pole dance competition sponsored by Detroit radio station WKQI and won by Fakih. WKQI said she was approached by representatives of the Miss Universe Organization, requesting additional photos and information about the competition.

The station expressed their support for Fakih, adding "the photographs from our website are no more provocative than those on the Miss USA website." On May 18, Miss USA election Representatives told ABC News they would continue their media tour Fakih lead. She was an actress in an independent short film with sexual overtones title Throbbing Justice.

During and after the Miss USA contest, Fakih's religious and ethnic identity became the subject of much debate. In the area of identity, she said: "I want to say that I am American first, and I am an Arab-American, I am Lebanese-American, and I am a Muslim American."

Many Arab Americans celebrated the victory Fakih, but some Muslims feel they have no right to represent their religion. Muslim Scholar Ghazal Omid said: "To say that she is a Muslim is wrong. No Muslim woman can call herself a Muslim ... and on stage with her bikini.

Responding to the issue of interviews, Fakih said she and her family are Muslims and respect for religion, but they may not be as strict as many people and not to define themselves by their religion, they see themselves as more "spiritual" than "religious" and enjoy all religions.

As holder of the title of Miss USA, Fakih is expected to represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2010 contest, scheduled to be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on August 23.

Eva Mendes

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Eva Mendes (born 03/05/1974) is an American actress. She began acting in the late 1990s, after a series of roles in several low-end Hollywood broke into more mainstream movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, Hitch, We Own the Night and the Spirit.

Mendes was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles Glendale by her mother after her parents' divorce, Mendes has said that her mother so much of my life OK "during her early years ago . Her father was a car salesman and her mother, also named Eva, is now an elementary school principal. She is the youngest of four children (she has two sisters and one brother). Eva Mendes was raised Roman Catholic and aspired to be a nun be. She is also fluent in Spanish. As a child, Mendes was teased about her "buck teeth".

Mendes never saw herself as an actress when she was young and pursued other interests. She attended Hoover High School in Glendale and later attended California State University, Northridge to study marketing but dropped out after like an acting career.

She studied acting under the acting teacher Ivana Chubbuck.

In early 2008, Mendes was in a rehabilitation center in Utah for a few weeks for the problems with drugs. In a statement representative said her that she was "hard work of the past year and a positive decision maakte Some much-te time needed to take to proactively attend to personal issues off Some of that, while not critical, she earned Felt a number of outside professional support. "

In 2008, Mendes broke very sharp with her co-star of women by not giving support to any presidential campaign, noting that her voice as a private preference. After the election, she expressed disappointment at not receiving an invitation to Barack Obama's inauguration party.

Mendes and her boyfriend, filmmaker George Augusto, have been together since 2002.

Mendes topless for Vogue Italy "in May 2008.

Mendes was announced as the international face of Australia's 30 Days of Fashion & Beauty Event in July 2008. She will be guest appearances in that country for the month-long festival in September.

On 04/09/2008, Mendes announced she was a line of bedding that will be available in Macy's stores later this month launch. In October, she won several shops toured in Europe, including Harrods, Calvin Klein Seductive Comfort line of lingerie to promote.

Mendes appeared in the video "The End Has No End" by The Strokes.

In August 2010 appeared in a video spoof Mendes Funny or Die, the sale of its "S.EX. tape. She also sang for the Funny or Die music video "Pimps Do not Cry", a number seen in The Other Guys, released on 08.06.2010.

Justin Bieber

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Justin Drew Bieber (born 01/03/1994) is a Canadian pop-R & B singer. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who has done all the time Bieber videos on YouTube and later became his manager.

Bieber's debut single "One Time" was released worldwide in 2009, and charted in the top 30 in over 10 countries. His debut EP, My World, released on November 17, 2009, was certified platinum in the United States, making the highest debut Bieber year.

Seven songs from the album into the Billboard Hot 100, a first for a debut. In January 2010 his song "Baby" was released and became an international hit. His first full studio release, My World 2.0 was released on March 23, 2010, it debuted at number one in the United States and within the top 10 countries, but platinum was less than two months after the U.S. release.

On 23.06.2010, Bieber went on his first official headlining tour, starting in Hartford, Connecticut, to my world My world to promote and 2.0. The tour is called My World Tour and will conclude in December 2010. In July 2010 it was reported that Bieber was the most searched for celebrity on the Internet. That same month music video, "Baby", surpassed Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", the most viewed YouTube video ever.

Bieber began recording his second album in July of 2010 in New York City. At this point, his voice is deeper than it was when his first album, recorded because of puberty. In April 2010, discussing the singer's voice said: "It cracks. Like any teenage boy, I'm dealing with it and I have the best vocal coach in the world. Some of the notes I hit "Baby" I can 't hit more.

We have the key if I live to sing lower. "British singer / songwriter Taio Cruz confirmed in July 2010 that he plays about writing a new album Bieber. Hip hop producer Dr. Dre for a few songs with Bieber produced in July 2010 but it is unknown if they were made for the album, which currently due for a 2011 release.

Bieber will guest star in the season premiere of the CBS CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which is scheduled to air on 09/23/2010. According to Reuters, will he will play a "troubled sighted teenager who is facing a tough decision on his only brother." Bieber will remain in the later episodes of the season verschijnen as his character the story progresses.

Ook Bieber is planning a verhandeling writing about his life and rise to stardom. The planned title is Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: my story. The publisher says the book is set to be released in October of 2010. Justin released this statement, excited to share just a little more of my world. "Other projects by Justin Bieber is a 3D movie about himself.

The building for a Valentine's Day 2011 release. Bieber tweeted" This is so sick! Gonna be released in theaters worldwide Valentine's Day 2011! I have this thing all over the world thanks to you all! In! Hype! "

Jessica Alba

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Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002). Alba later appeared in various films including Honey (2003), Sin City (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), Into the Blue (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck both in 2007.

Alba is considered a sex symbol and often generates media attention for her looks. She appears frequently on the "Hot 100" section of Maxim and was voted number one on AskMen.com's list of "99 Most Desirable Women" in 2006, as well as "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007. The use of her image on the cover of the March 2006 Playboy sparked a lawsuit by her, which was later dropped. She has also won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress (TV), and a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in the television series Dark Angel.

Alba was born in Pomona, California to Mark Alba and Catherine (née Jensen). Her mother is of Danish and French Canadian descent and her father is Mexican American, though both of his parents were born in California (on the December 1, 2009 episode of Lopez Tonight, George Lopez announced that a DNA test showed Alba to be 87% European and 13% Indigenous American). She has a younger brother, Joshua. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas before settling back in California when she was nine years old. Alba described her family as being a "very conservative family—a traditional, Catholic, Latin American family" and herself as very liberal; she says she had identified herself as a "feminist" as early as age five.

Alba's early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies. During childhood, she suffered from collapsed lungs twice, had pneumonia 4-5 times a year, as well as a ruptured appendix and a tonsillar cyst. Alba became isolated from other children at school, because she was in the hospital so often due to her illnesses that no one knew her well enough to befriend her. Alba has also had asthma since she was a child. Alba has said that her family's frequent moving also contributed to her isolation from her peers. She has also acknowledged that she has suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder during her childhood. Alba graduated from high school at age 16, and she subsequently attended the Atlantic Theater Company.

While filming Dark Angel in January 2000, Alba began a three year relationship with her co-star Michael Weatherly, which caused controversy due to their twelve year age gap. Weatherly proposed to Alba on her twentieth birthday, which she accepted. In August 2003, Alba and Weatherly announced that they'd ended their relationship. In July 2007, Alba spoke out about the break up, saying "I don't know [why I got engaged]. I was a virgin. He was 12 years older than me. I thought he knew better. My parents weren't happy. They're really religious. They believe God wouldn't allow the Bible to be written if it wasn't what they are supposed to believe. I'm completely different."Alba had at one time said she envisioned a much older man as her ideal partner, making references to Morgan Freeman, Sean Connery, Robert Redford, and Michael Caine. She said, "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much."

Alba met Cash Warren, son of actor Michael Warren, while making Fantastic Four in 2004. On December 27, 2007, Alba and Warren announced that they were engaged. Alba married Warren in Los Angeles on Monday, May 19, 2008. On June 7, 2008, Alba gave birth to a baby girl, Honor Marie Warren, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. The first pictures of Honor Marie appeared in OK! magazine, which paid a reported $1.5 million for them. Alba has said that she would like to have more children.

Salma Hayek

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Salma Jiménez Hayek-Valgarma Pinault (born 09/02/1966) is a Mexican actress, television director and television and film producer. Hayek is the first Mexican to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood since Dolores del Rio actress. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin American actresses (the other is Catalina Sandino Moreno) to establish an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Hayek is a U.S. citizen. She dated actor Edward Norton between 1999 and 2003, and then Josh Lucas in 2003. She is good friends with Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and her co-star in the movie Bandidas 2006. Hayek studied at Ramtha School of Enlightenment. Her brother, Sami Hayek, is a designer with her own line of products at Target and Louis Vuitton customers, Brad Pitt, and the Mexican government to take.

On 09/03/2007, Hayek confirmed her first child with PPR CEO François-Henri Pinault expected. On September 21, 2007 she gave birth to daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. On 18/07/2008, Hayek and Pinault announced the end of their commitment. He later reconciled and were married on Valentine's Day 2009 in Paris. On 25/04/2009, half the time they were married in Venice. Salma Hayek is also a martial arts practitioner of Krav Maga.

In July 2007, The Hollywood Reporter ranked Hayek fourth in their inaugural Latino Power 50, a list of the most powerful members of the Hollywood Latino community. That same month, a survey found "Hayek's sexiest celebrities in a field of 3,000 celebrities (male and female) are, according to the survey," 65 percent of the U.S. population, the term 'sexy' to describe it. "In December 2008, Hayek Entertainment Weekly ranked number 17 in its list of" 25 smartest people on TV. "

Johnny Depp

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Christopher John "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician known for his portraits of quirky, eccentric characters, like Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , and Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow.

Depp has been published in a leading role in the television series 21 Jump Street, and was quickly regarded as a teen idol. Uncomfortable with this career direction, he turned his attention to film roles. He came to the movie originally known as the title character of Edward Scissorhands, and later found box office success in roles such as Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow, Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

He has worked with the director and close friend Tim Burton in seven films, most recently of Sweeney Todd Alice in Wonderland and working together: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Depp has gained praise for her portrayal of real life figures such as Edward D. Wood Jr. in Ed Wood, Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco and George Jung in Blow (2001). More recently, he played the legendary bank robber John Dillinger in Michael Mann's 2009 film Public Enemies.

Films with Depp had the world more than $ 2600000000 in the U.S. box office and more than $ 5700000000 marketed worldwide. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor three times, Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Golden Globe Awards eight times Depp won best actor from the Golden Globes for his role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Screen Actors for Pirates of the Caribbean Guild: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Depp has 13 tattoos, many of them meant important people or events in his life. These include a Native American in profile and a ribbon reading "Wino Forever" (originally "Winona Forever", after his break with Winona Ryder last) on his right bicep, "Lily-Rose" (the name of his daughter) over the heart " Betty Sue "(his mother) on his left bicep and a sparrow on water with the word" Jack "(the name of his son, the sparrow is flying towards or away from it as in" Pirates of the Caribbean) on his right forearm.

In 2003 Depp appeared's remarks about the United States in the German magazine Stern: "America is dumb, is something like a dumb puppy that has big teeth - that can bite and hurt you, aggressive." Although he later claimed that the magazine misquoted him and the quote was taken out of context, Stern stood by its story, as on CNN.com in reporting the interview. CNN has his remark that he would have children "to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate a little bit, check it out, this feeling and then to find." The issue of Newsweek 17/7/2006 printed the "stupid dog" quote verbatim, in a letter to the magazine. Depp says not agree with the following media that he says paint him as a "European wannabe", he says, he lives only in the anonymity of France and enjoys his life there easier.

Emma Watson

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Emma Charlotte Duerr Watson (born 04/15/1990) is an English model and actress who became famous with Hermione Granger, one of the three main roles in the film Harry Potter series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, has acted only in school plays. From 2001-2009 she played in six films of Harry Potter with Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint will return for the final two installments: the two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Watson working on the Harry Potter series has given him several awards and more than 10 million pounds. She made her debut for modeling Burberry Fall / Winter campaign in 2009.

In 2007, Watson announced his participation in two productions of non-Harry Potter, the TV adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and an animated film The Tale of Despereaux. Ballet Shoes was broadcast December 26, 2007 for an audience of 5.2 million and The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo, was released in 2008 and grossed over 70 million U.S. dollars sales in the world whole.

In July 2007 was the work of Watson in the Harry Potter series earned more than 10 million pounds, and recognized that it would never work for money. In March 2009 she was sixth ranked on the Forbes list of "Most Valuable Young Stars" in February 2010 she was appointed as a star of highest paid Hollywood women, with about 19 million pounds in 2009. However, she refused to School leaving to pursue acting full time, saying: "People can not understand why I do not want ... but school life keeps me in touch with my friends.

He stays in touch with reality. "She was positive about the work as an actress child tells his parents and his colleagues have contributed to the positive experience. Watson has a close friendship with fellow Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint describes them as" a unique support system "for stress The film work and say that, having worked with them for ten years in the film series, "they're like my brothers and sisters."

Watson lists his interests as dancing, singing, hockey, tennis, arts and support the Wild Trout Trust. She describes herself as "a little" feminist, and admires fellow actors Johnny Depp and Julia Roberts.

Sandra Bullock

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Sandra Annette Bullock (born 26/07/1964) is an American actress who rose to fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful films like Speed and while you sleep. She has since her career with films like Crash and Miss Congeniality, which received good reviews. In 2007 she was named the 14th Richest female celebrity with an estimated wealth of $ 85,000,000. In 2009 Bullock plays the most financially successful films of her career, the proposal and blind side. Bullock was awarded a Golden Globe for best actress and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by Female Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress Oscar for her role as Lee Anne Tuohy at blind side.

In 2009 Bullock movies brought the world more than 3.1 billion U.S. dollars worldwide. According to figures, its total domestic gross $ 1700000000, placing her among the Top 100 Stars of the Box Office.

Critics praised her screen persona, but are less responsive to movies. As the 2009 version of the proposal, Mark Kermode says that only three "good" movies in his career-Speed, while you sleep and Crash, and says: "It's funny, beautiful hair, it is impossible not to love, but she is rotten and rotten film after film after film rotten. "As of December 18, 2009, appeared three Bullock covers of Entertainment Weekly.

Bullock has a production company, Fortis Films. Her sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, was president of the company, but has since quit the company and moved to Montpellier, where he opened a confectionery and books. Her father, John Bullock, is executive director of the company. Bullock is the executive producer of George Lopez Show, which is a lucrative syndication deal that banked its approximately $ 10,000,000 (co-produced with Robert Borden) won. Bullock tried to produce a film based on FX Toole's short story, Million Dollar Baby, but could not interest studios in a female boxing drama. The story was eventually adapted and directed by Clint Eastwood and Oscar-winning movie, Million Dollar Baby (2004). production company is Bullock, Fortis Films, also produced All About Steve, which was released in September 2009.

Since November 2006, Bullock was Austin, Texas restaurant, Bistro rage. She later opened another business in downtown Austin called Walton's Fancy and Staple, bakery and floral shop, which also offers services such as event planning.

Pamela Anderson

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Pamela Denise Anderson (born 01/07/1967) is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist and former showgirl, for their roles in the TV series Home Improvement, Baywatch, VIP and known

She was chosen as Playmate of the Month for Playboy in February 1990. For once, it was as Pamela Anderson Lee (or Pamela Lee) is known for his marriage to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. It has both the American and Canadian citizenship.

In addition to her fame from modeling and acting, Anderson has received much attention in the press for her personal life known. Their relations are headlines in the tabloid press for years. Anderson married Tommy Lee, drummer of Mötley Crüe on 19 February 1995, after knowing him for only 96 hours and the couple eventually had two sons, Brandon Thomas Lee (b. 06/06/1996) and Dylan Jagger Lee (b. December 1929, 1997), that the great-grandfather of Pamela Dale Jagger's Grosco which have been designated fought in World War II. During this time she was known professionally as Pamela Anderson Lee. Anderson filed for divorce from Lee twice and reconciled with him twice before the couple finally broke up for good. In March 2002, Anderson publicly stated that she had hepatitis C virus from Lee (supposedly from sharing tattoo needles award), and began a regular column for Jane magazine. In October 2003, Anderson jokingly said on Howard Stern Radio Show, that they do not expect to live more than ten or fifteen years, but that was wrong and taken seriously by many websites and tabloids. But she admitted to newspapers that she still often have sex with him since their divorce.

A sex tape of Anderson and Tommy Lee on their honeymoon was stolen from her house, and made a huge stir on the Internet. Anderson called the video distribution company, Internet Entertainment Group. Finally, read in a confidential settlement agreement with IEG. Then began the company with the band to make available to subscribers to their websites again, leading to a tripling of the normal traffic on the site.

A second volume, which was made before the Tommy Lee tape, was with Anderson and musician Bret Michaels of Poison later known, and a summary of less than 60 seconds appeared on the Internet. Frames of the video first appeared in Penthouse Magazine March 1998. The tape was successfully blocked by Michaels, but a four-minute sex tape is still available on the Internet.

Since her divorce she was engaged to Marcus Schenkenberg and the singer Kid Rock (Robert J. Ritchie) model. She broke with Schenkenberg in 2001 with Kid Rock in 2003. It was on 18 July 2006 announced that Kid Rock, 29 July 2006 married on a yacht near St Tropez, France. "Feels Like I'm sitting in a time warp," Anderson said in her blog entry. "Can not let go of my family pictures ... It is sad and lonely and frustrating ... I've raised my kids alone in hope of a miracle. Well my miracle came and went. And came back and back because he knew I would wake up one day and realize that I waited for nothing. "I se," she explained. "I feel like I'm finally free ... I'm in love. "There have been extensive unconfirmed media speculation that the marriage was due to pregnancy, but the only theory based on Anderson's representative declined to comment on the question.

On 10 November 2006 it was announced that Anderson miscarried while in Vancouver shooting a new film, Blonde and Blonder. Seventeen days later, on 11/27/2006 Anderson filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court from Kid Rock, citing irreconcilable differences. Some messages have suggested that Kid Rock's outrage during a screening of Borat, in which she plays a supporting role, the filing of divorce two weeks later led.

Anderson told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres in September 2007 that she was engaged. 29 September, Anderson and Paris Hilton's ex, Rick Solomon, an application for a marriage license in Las Vegas. Anderson married Salomon between her two nightly appearances at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Hans Klok magic show in a small ceremony at The Mirage on 06/10/2007. But the pair on 13 December and 22 Divorced in February 2008, Anderson requested by the court that the marriage be declared void by reference to fraud.

Matt Damon

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Matthew Paige aka "Matt Damon" (born 10/08/1970) is an American actor, writer and philanthropist, whose career was launched after the success of the movie Good Will Hunting (1997), based on a script he Co-written with his friend Ben Affleck. The duo won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and a Golden Globe Award for best screenplay for their work Damon and won several Best Actor nominations, including Academy Award for her performance in the first plane in the film.

Damon has played in commercially successful films like Saving Private Ryan (1998), Ocean's trilogy and the Bourne series, while gaining critical acclaim for his performances in dramas such as Syriana (2005), The Good Shepherd (2006), and The Departed (2006). He has amassed a Golden Globe nomination for her role as a leader in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and was nominated for an Academy Award for a supporting role in Invictus (2009). It is an extrapolation of the forty top players of all time. In 2007, Damon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine.

Damon has been actively involved in charitable work, including the ONE Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, and Water.org.

Dated Damon Good Will Hunting co-star Minnie Driver. Later he had a relationship for two years with the actress Winona Ryder. From 2001-2003, he dated Odessa Whitmire, a former personal assistant to Billy Bob Thornton and Ben Affleck.

While filming Stuck On You in 2003, Damon met Argentine Luciana Barroso Bozan born in Miami, where she worked as a waitress in a bar. They were married in a private civil ceremony on 09.12.2005, at Manhattan Marriage Bureau in New York near City Hall. Damon became stepfather to Barroso young daughter, Alexia, from her previous marriage. The couple first child together, daughter Isabella, was born in Miami, Florida, 06/11/2006. On 20/08/2008, Barroso gave birth to the couple's second child, Gia Zavala Damon. The couple are expecting their third child in the fall of 2010. Damon and his family currently reside in Manhattan.

Damon is a fan of the Boston Red Sox. After the team won the 2007 World Series, he told the DVD release commemorating the event.

Damon projects for release in 2010 include the adjustment beyond the Agency, Clint Eastwood and the Coen Brothers remake of John Wayne True Grit 1969, more rigid, which began filming in March 2010. It will then work with Steven Soderbergh often used on two projects: as interest for many years love Liberace, Scott Thorsen, opposite Michael Douglas in a new film about the life of pianist and as part of a cast infection. Damon has also established a supporting role in Kenneth Lonergan drama, Margaret, who was scheduled for a theatrical debut in 2007, but has not published due to production conflicts.

Jimi Hendrix

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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (11-27-1942 to 09-18-1970) was a guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is often considered the greatest electric guitar player in the history of rock music from other musicians and commentators in the industry, and one of the most important and influential musicians of his time on a variety of genres.

After initial success in Europe, gained fame in the United States after his performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival of 1970 and Isle of Wight Festival. Hendrix often raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain and high and helped develop the technique of guitar feedback amplifier previously unwanted.

Hendrix was one of the musicians who popularized the wah-wah rock mainstream that often used to step exaggerated in his solos, in particular, to provide a high curves and using Legato. It 'was influenced by blues artists like BB King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, Elmore James, rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, and some modern jazz and funk. In 1966, Hendrix played and recorded with Little Richard's band from 1964 to 1965, said: "I want my guitar to do what Little Richard does with his voice."

As a producer, Hendrix also broke new ground to use the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas. He was among the first to experiment with stereo effects and timing for recording rock.

Hendrix won many of the most prestigious awards in rock music was posthumously His life and much more, including being placed in the U. S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. An English Heritage blue plaque was in his name at his residence in Brook Street, London, in September 1997. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.) He was ordained in 1994. In 2006, his U.S. debut album, Are You Experienced was inaugurated in the United States National Recording Registry and Rolling Stone named Hendrix the top guitarist in the list of 100 greatest guitarists of all time in 2003. It was also the first person in the Native American Music Hall of Fame.

Jennifer Lopez

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Is Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), often nicknamed J. Lo American actor, singer, producer, dancer, fashion designer and producer of television programming. It is the richest person of Latin American descent in Hollywood according to Forbes and most influential Hispanic entertainer in America, according to People en "Español's 100 most influential Hispanics." parlayed her media fame into a fashion line and various perfumes famous. Outside her work in the entertainment industry, Lopez calls for abuse of human rights and support of the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

Lopez began his career as a dancer on the comedy television show In Living Color. Then went into acting and received recognition in the 1995 action thriller Money Train. Lopez first leading role in the biopic Selena (1997), where she earned Best Actor Award Alma. She earned second Alma Award film role in 1998, out of sight. Then she was in charge of the roles of romantic comedies like Planner Institute (2001) and women in Manhattan (2002). Lopez had more commercial success with "The We Dance (2004) and Monster-in-Law (2005).

In 1999, Lopez's debut album On the 6, which was hit, "When My Love" was. The second album, J. Lo (2001), a commercial success, selling eight million copies worldwide. J tha LO!: The including remixes (2002), her first album in a second consecutive one number-200 on Billboard. A studio album, their third and fourth paragraph, is Me ... Then (2002) and Home (2005) and popular both at number two on Billboard's 200 In 2007, Lopez released two albums, including his first full album Como Una Mujer Spanish AMA, the fifth English studio album, pioneering. She won the 2003 American Music Award for Favorite Pop / Rock Female Artist and the 2007 American Music Award for Favorite Latin Artist. She has over 25 million albums, sold 11 sold in the U.S..

Aishwarya Rai

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There Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Aishwarya Rai was born on born November 1, 1973) is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before beginning her career as an actor, she worked as a model and became famous after winning the Miss World title in 1994. During her career, Rai in over forty movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali traded, that the number of international productions.

often by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world, cited Rai made her debut film Iruvar Mani Ratnam's Tamil film (1997) and was the first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She came to the attention of Bollywood in the film Sanam Hum Dil the Chuk (1999), Sanjay Leela Bhansali has shown. Their appearance in the film won the Filmfare Best Actor Award. In 2002 she did in Bhansali's next project, Devdas (2002), won her second Filmfare Best Actor Award.

After a low phase in her career in the years 2003-2005, she had appeared in the film Dhoom 2 (2006), its commercial success was most Bollywood. She later appeared in movies such as Guru (2007) and Jodha Akbar (2008), commercially and critically successful. Rai said to himself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Hindi film industry.

The most popular person in the world Rai Indian cinema. In 2004 she was one of Time Magazine as one of the world "100 most influence People" and appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, selected Asian edition in 2003. In October 2004, a wax figure of Rai was on display in Madame Tussaud's London Céireach Museum. It was the sixth and the second Indian Bollywood personality after her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, this award.

It was the subject of 60 Minutes profile on the second in January 2005 that "at least on thousands of Web sites, Internet polls and even Julia Roberts said aloud that he was" Most Beautiful Woman in the world ". That same year, she was a global brand ambassador for L'course, along with Andie MacDowell, Eva Longoria and Penelope Cruz. In the same year was special in Holland tulip named" Aishwarya Rai "behind her. Rai shows The first Indian like "Late Show with David Letterman, and was the first Bollywood personality Oprah's" Women can be seen throughout the world "segment. In 2005 Harpers and Queen Magazine ranked list of 10 most beautiful women in the world to the ninth place. In 2009 she made the show look at Martha Stewart Martha's. That same year she also appeared on the Tyra Bank Show Tyra Bank.

Kate Winslet

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Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) The British singer and actor. She received several awards and nominations. The youngest person to have grown up six Oscar nominations, and won the Academy Award as Best Actor for The Reader (2008). Winslet has worked for both dramatic and comedy in various projects from period to contemporary and big Hollywood film productions, the film suggested less well-known indie. She has won awards from the Screen Actors' Association, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, winning, among other things, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for television work.

Growing up in Berkshire, and studied drama Winslet from childhood, and she began a career on British television in 1991. She made her first film Heavenly Creatures (1994), she got the first significant critical acclaim. have achieved recognition for her work later in a support role in "Sense and Sensibility (1995) and its leading role in Titanic (1997), the highest grossing film for more than 12 years until 2010.

Since 2000, Winslet performance remained good draw critics, and has several awards for her work in films as workers (2000), Official (2001), Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004), "Finding a named Neverland (2004), caused by Little Children (2006), The Reader (2008) and Revolutionary Road (2008). Your performance in the past New York Magazine, described as "the English actor best generation . "The romantic comedy" Holiday "and the animated film Away (both 2006) flushed most were among the commercial success of their careers.

Grammy Award Best Spoken Winslet Word Album for Children in 2000. She is a singer in some of the soundtracks of their work carried out to identify, and the single "What If" from the soundtrack of Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) was a hit in various European countries. Winslet has a daughter with her husband, ex, Jim Threapleton, and a son with her husband present, Sam Mendes, she is divorced. She lives in New York City.

Lindsay Lohan

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Lindsay Lohan (born July 2, 1986) is an American actress, popular singer, songwriter, and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11.

Lohan gained further fame between 2003 and 2005 with leading roles in the films Freaky Friday, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded, subsequently appearing in independent films including Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion and Emilio Estevez's Bobby.

Her career was interrupted in 2007 as two driving under the influence (DUI) incidents and three visits to drug rehabilitation facilities led to several lost movie deals. Resuming her career, she guest starred in the TV series Ugly Betty in 2008, starred in the 2009 comedy Labor Pains, and will appear in Robert Rodriguez's Machete in 2010. Lohan launched a second career in pop music in 2004 with the album Speak and followed up with A Little More Personal (Raw) in 2005. She has attracted significant publicity, particularly surrounding her personal life.

In the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, Lohan gave fund-raising assistance to the British Red Cross in March 2010 to provide aid for the country. The same month, Lohan commenced legal proceedings in which she sought $100 million from financial services company E*Trade for a television advertisement that Lohan claimed invoked her likeness without her permission. She appeared on British comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man on March 11, 2010, during which she spoke about her fashion work and her fascination with Marilyn Monroe, and refused to answer questions from host Alan Carr about her sexuality.

In April 2010, producers announced that Lohan was cast as adult-film performer Linda Lovelace, star of Deep Throat, in the film Inferno, scheduled to be directed by Matthew Wilder and produced by Chris Hanley. Filming is scheduled to start either in August 2010 or in Fall 2010. Lohan has defended herself against criticism of the role, saying that the film will not be pornographic. She gave an interview to the Sydney Morning Herald in which she said "the way that Matthew wants to shoot it is not vulgar. It's not about the raw sex and the shots of her fully nude. It's more about getting into her psyche and seeing how scared she was. That's what I want to show most in the film. She went on to tell the interviewer that she had "never played someone's true-life story before. A lot of the other movies I did were just brainless for me. So it's nice to play something where I'm able to experience all these different emotions."

In May 2010, Lohan did not appear for a scheduled DUI progress report hearing. The judge issued a bench warrant for Lohan's arrest, but rescinded the warrant after Lohan's representatives posted bail. Lohan's lawyer said her passport was stolen while she attended the Cannes Film Festival in France. At a rescheduled hearing on May 24, 2010 Lohan was ordered to attend weekly alcohol education classes, wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, refrain from drinking alcohol, and undergo random weekly drug tests to remain free on bail. The judge scheduled a hearing for July 6, 2010 to determine whether Lohan had violated probation by not having attended the required number of classes to date.

In June 2010, Lohan made an appearance on the Bravo television series Double Exposure. She also gave an interview to The Sydney Morning Herald that month, telling the paper "I'm still young and I'm still learning but that doesn't mean that what they say is true, that I'm getting messed up and all this crazy stuff and that I'm constantly partying or whatever."

At Lohan's July 6 probation revocation hearing, the judge determined that Lohan had indeed violated the terms of her probation and sentenced her to 90 days in jail, starting July 20; in addition, the judge ordered Lohan to check into an inpatient rehab program for three months after her release from jail. On July 20, Lohan appeared in court and was taken into custody to begin her jail term. She was released on August 2 after serving 14 days of the sentence. The short term served was due to a policy of early release of non-violent offenders to reduce jail overcrowding. She was immediately taken to an inpatient rehabilitation facility where she is expected to stay another 90 days.

Angelina Jolie

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Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight, June 4, 1975) is an American actor. She received the Academy Award, two Screen Actors Association Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Jolie's humanitarian purposes and supports her work with refugees as a goodwill ambassador of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR known). It is one of the most beautiful in the world, and cited the world's "most beautiful" woman, titles, there was significant media attention.

Who made her debut film as a child with her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin out, Jolie acting career really began a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993). A first starring role in film was a huge hackers (1995). She was in biographical films George Wallace Creedon (1997) and Gia (1998) and won an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999). Jolie has achieved fame for a greater demonstration of Videogame heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has him as one of the most famous and highest paid actresses in Hollywood based. She is the most commercial success with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and the animated Kung Fu Panda (2008).

Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in relations that attracted media attention worldwide. Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax and Zahara, three biological children, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne.

Jolie has numerous tattoos material media attention far and often considered by the interviewer. Jolie said, though not contrary to film nudity, has forced a large number of tattoos on her body, naked filmmakers to be more creative in planning or love scenes. Makeup used to cover the tattoos in many of his productions. There are thirteen known Jolie tattoos, including Tennessee Williams quote, "A Prayer of Wild at Heart, be kept in cages, which she accompanied her mother, the Arabic language that the average strength, quod the Latin proverb "I nutrit me destruit (I deleted my feeds), and wrote a prayer in ancient Khmer script Yantra her son Maddox. It also sets the geographical coordinates of the left hand showing the birthplaces of their children. With time, drop, or lasered several of her tattoos, including "Billy Bob", the name of ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton, Chinese character for death, and a window lower back, you said, that she end the window, because, as she used to spend their entire time looking through the window to be outside, because she now lives there in time.

Renee Zellweger

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There Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an American actor and producer. Zellweger produced around the first time received their role in the film Jerry Maguire (1996), and then nominated for two Academy Award for Best Actor for her role as Bridget Jones Diary the comedy Bridget Jones's (2001) and as Roxie Hart was the musical Chicago (2002), and he won the Academy Award for best supporting actor to play a role in Cold Mountain (2003).

She won three Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Awards Association Woman's called Hasty maróg the Year in 2009, and has established itself as one of the highest paid Hollywood actresses in recent years.

Zellweger was born in Katy, Texas, a western suburb of Houston. The father, Emil Erich Zellweger, au, St Gallen in Switzerland, mechanical and electrical engineer who worked in the oil refinery business. Their mother, Irene Born Kjell Fried (Andreassen) Norway the Sami origin born and is a nurse and midwife who moved to the United States to work as a governess for a Norwegian family in Texas. Zellweger is raising in a family of "lazy Catholics and Anglicans" below. She is older brother, Andrew.

In high school, played an active role by Zellweger in various sports such as football, basketball, baseball and football. She attended Katy High School, where a cheerleader, a gymnast, a member of the staff member's speech and drama club. Zellweger acted in several school plays and was named the "best" in class before they leave the school in 1987. After high school she went to University of Texas at Austin to major in English. Zellweger want students, and sometimes made the Dean's List several. Initially, she was one class because they need drama, fine arts credit to complete their studies, but the experience made it clear how much say she is acting. During this time, they have got three jobs as a waitress in Austin, Texas. In 1991, Zellweger received from the University with a BA in English. She remained in Hollywood, but decided to stay at home in their state of Texas to search for more experience. His first job was the step after working in commercial beef at the same time, she started looking for roles in Houston.

Janet Jackson

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Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born 16/05/1966) American singer and actor. Born in Gary, Indiana, and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She was the first step with her family at the age of seven, and began her career as an actor with several television series The Jacksons in 1976. She went on to appear in other television shows in the 1970s and early 1980s, including Good Times and Fame.

At fifteen years old in 1982, she signed a recording contract with A & M, the release of their self-title album that same year. She saw the reviews for his limited vocal range, and because another member of the Jackson family to include recording artists. Beginning with their third studio album Control (1986), she began a long-term cooperation with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Her music with Jam and Lewis incorporated elements of rhythm and blues, disco, funk and rap with a sample loop, triplet and industrial beats, in charge of the appeal in popular music transfer. Moreover, recognition was recognized for innovation available in their albums, the chóragrafaíocht, music videos, and celebrities on MTV, Jackson as a model for critical social texts.

In 1991 they signed the first of two record breaking, multi-million dollar contract with Virgin Records, which established itself as one of the highest paid artists in the music industry. His first album under the Virgin label, Janet. (1993), saw Jackson develop a public image as a sex symbol when she began to explore sexuality in her work. That same year she appeared in the role of the first two leading film role in poetic Justice and since then she has continued to act in films. Until the 1990s, she was the second most successful artist of the decade. All For You was (2001), their fifth studio album top the Billboard 200 album chart. In 2007 she switched labels, signed with Iceland Def Jam Music Group and released her album Discipline tenth studio the following year.

After more than 100 million records sold worldwide, Jackson ranks as one of the best-selling artists in contemporary music history. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified lists it as the sixteen best-selling artist in the United States with 26 million albums. In 2008, Billboard magazine published its list of Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists of the American singles charts fiftieth anniversary, Jackson, Ranking seventh anniversary. Your life, achievements and records what the impact on the design and defining the possibilities of popular music. It is considered as a source of inspiration, cited various artists.

Michael Jackson

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The Michael Joseph Jackson (08-29-1958 to 06-25-2009) American singer, entertainer and humanitarian. Referred to as the King of Pop identified Jackson as the most successful entertainer ever Guinness World Records. It to help with music, dance, and fashion made, as well as highly valued personal life, his world figure in popular culture for more than four decades. Twenty child the Jackson family, Jackson debuted on the professional music world, along with his brothers as a member of the Jackson 5 began in the mid-1960s and a single occupation in 1971.

In the spring of 1980 Jackson was dominant figure in popular music. Music video for his songs, including "Beat It" "Billie Jean" and "thriller" credited with changing the institution into an art form and promotion tool, and the popularity of the video contributed to the relatively new television station MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "scream" made him staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through theatrical and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk. Sound was unique musical and vocal style influenced many hip-hop, pop, R & B and contemporary rock artists.

The album is Jackson's 1982 thriller the best-selling album of all time. There were other records, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and History (1995), as well as the world's best-selling. One of the artists inducted Jackson a couple of Rock and Roll into the Hall of Fame twice. Part of achieving this include other multiple Guinness World Records, 13 Grammy Awards (and the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award) 1926 American Music Awards (more than any other artist, including "Artist Century "), 13 number one singles in the United States a single occupation (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era) and the sales of more than 800 million records worldwide estimated. Jackson won hundreds of awards, are a winning record in the history of music. He was a significant philanthropist and humanitarian aid, and increasing the donations of hundreds of million dollars for economic reasons, and supports over 39 charities.

Jackson's personal life aspects, including a change in appearance, personal relationships and behaviors that generated controversy. In 1993 he was accused of child sexual abuse, but settled the case and given any formal charges. In 2005 he was due to other charges and attempted sexual abuse and various other charges after the jury had not found guilty on all issues. During the preparations for his concert series this is, on 25/6/2009 Jackson deceased after cardiac arrest are suffering. Before his death, Jackson allegedly administered drugs such as propofol and lorazepam. Los Angeles County coroner said the murder pleaded not death, and a doctor guilty of negligent homicide charges. Jackson's death because the world convulsed by grief, and as many as one billion people worldwide have looked at his public memorial service live on television. In March 2010, signed by Sony Music Entertainment U.S. $ 250,000,000 deal with Jackson's right to acquire the rights to distribute their shots up to 2017, and posthumously to seven albums back to the decade after his death.

Britney Spears

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Britney Jean Spears (born 02/12/1981 in McComb, Mississippi) is an American singer and entertainer. Growing up in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears started performing well as a child, landing a role in theater and television shows.

She signed with Jive Records and released in 1997, her debut album in 1999. During its first decade in the music industry, she was a prominent figure in the mainstream pop music and pop culture, followed by a highly regarded personal life. Its first two albums on it as a pop icon and broke sales records, while title track "... Baby One More Time" and "Oops ... I Did It Again" was the international number-one hits. Spears was credited with an influence on the revival of teen pop in the late 1990s.

In 2001 she released her third studio album, Britney, and stretched their brand is the star in the film Crossroads. She took creative control over the published her fourth studio album In the Zone in 2003, the chart singles "Me Against the Music" "Toxic" and "yielded Every Time". After the release of two compilation albums, personal struggles experienced Spears career and went on hiatus. Her fifth album, "Blackout", published in 2007, and although little promotion, he took hits "Gimme More" and "Piece of Me". In 2008, her erratic behavior and hospitalizations as a result they are put into a receivership. In the same year published their sixth studio album Circus with the worldwide charts single "Womanizer." After the start of the circus with Britney Spears, she released the greatest hits of The Singles Collection, the American and Canadian number one single "3" featured.

Spears has sold over 100 million records and is one of the best selling artists worldwide. It will have as the eighth best-selling artist in the U.S. place more than 32 million copies of her albums and all certified sold by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 2009, Billboard named Spears relativity as one of the best-selling acts of the 2000s, is based solely on album sales and the eighth overall measure of the best ten years on the basis of album sales chart, and cultural. In the U.S., Spears is the top selling artist of 2000 and fifth overall. In July 2010, Forbes announced that Spears ranked number six in their annual Celebrity 100 list, a jump from its rank number thirteen in the previous year. It is considered the third most powerful female musician of the year, so the $ 64,000,000.