Hollywood Celebrities

Hollywood actor Will Ferrell

2010-09-10T04:26:00.000-07:00

Born on July 16 1967....Will Ferrell ...one of the many comic actors to make the leap from Saturday Night Live to the big screen, Ferrell exudes a gawky, everyman likability. This tall, curly-haired player performed with The Groundlings before landing on SNL, where he became popular for his hilarious impressions -James Lipton, Alex Trebek, George Dubya and broad characterizations..........an overgrown cheerleader, an overzealous lover. One of his creations, a bridge-and-tunnel clubgoer, led to his first leading movie role in 1998's lackluster A Night at the Roxbury, but future projects proved more rewarding. After a succession of small parts in small movies,.

Ferrell popped up in fellow funnyman Ben Stiller's modest 2001 hit Zoolander and stole the show as eccentric fashion-designer-cum-terrorist Mugatu (a reference to a furry Star Trek villain). Ferrell left SNL the next year to concentrate exclusively on the big screen. By 2003 he was a bankable star, with a laugh-out-loud supporting role as an overgrown frat boy in Old School and his lovable turn in the feel-good smash Elf. Some of his films did better than others — Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, which he also cowrote (perhaps inspired by his early days as a sportscaster for a local cable station), was a hit, while Bewitched and The Producers bombed. Inspite of the occasional flops, however, Ferrell always retained his regular-guy appeal.

Russell Crowe

2010-05-20T22:19:00.000-07:00

He is an actor as well as musician, yes he is Russell Ira Crowe was born on n 7 April 1964, in New Zealand, he started his acting career in the early 1990s, he came out with the role in a series of Australian TV named Police Rescue and his movie was Romper Stomper, Russell Crowe also did US films in 1990s, his another outcome was L.A. Confidential in the year 1997 and amazingly he has been nominated thrice for Oscars.

Russell Crowe got an Academy Award for Best Actor for his unforgettable Gladiator, he is also a co-owner of National Rugby League team of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.On his 39th birthday,that is 7 April 2003 he tied a knot with actress and Australian singer Danielle Spencer well the couple met while filming The Crossing in 1990, the couple have two sons harles "Charlie" Spencer was (born on 21 December 2003 and younger one is (born on 21 December 2003 born on
7 July 2006.

He had relationship with Meg Ryan , before his marriage. Most of the time he resides in Australia, Russell Crowe has a home in Sydney at the end of the Finger Wharf in Woolloomooloo, having a 320-hectare rural property in New South Wales.

Russell Crowe is fond of cricket, he was a captain of 'Australian' Team, he is big fan of Richmond Football Club and really supported Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. Hi also a fan of National Football League,he was seen in the booth of a Monday Night game on 22 October 2007 that held between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts.For his role in Gladiator he was nominated for Golden Globe
Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jennifer Aniston

2010-05-18T21:59:00.000-07:00

Very fantastic performer of romantic comedy, she is favourite of all well guessed right she is Jennifer Aniston, famous Hollywood celebrity. Jennifer is an American actress born on February 11, 1969. She has got so much of talent and has won the hearts of millions across the globe, her unforgettable performance is the fantastic role of Rachel Green. She created magic in the year 1990.

Jennifer was entitled with three honours a Golden Globe , an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, a wonderful actress with utmost talent and most important she is the most deserving as she has enjoyed sweet fruits of her very successful Hollywood film career.She has got the critical acclamations for her outstanding performances.

Her movies are She's the One in 1996, Office Space and in the year 2002 she proudly came with The Good Girl. Jennifer is versatile as she has performed very well in the comedy movies like Bruce Almighty (2003), Marley and Me in 2008, she is fantastic actress of romantic comedies . As per the reports Forbes has listed Aniston the 10th richest woman of Showbiz.

Most surprisingly Jennifer Aniston's net worth is around $110 million. In the year 2007 she was the top selling celebrity face, her earnings are $27 million as per the list of Forbes. Jennifer tied the knot with actor Brad Pitt, unfortunately their relationship ended as divorce in the year 2005, it brought a wave of sensation to the media world.

Jennifer Aniston

2010-04-28T02:23:00.000-07:00

Hollywood celebrity Jennifer Joanna Aniston, is an American Actress she was born on February 11, 1969. She fetch recognition across the globe in the year 1990, she portrayed the fantastic role of Rachel Green. That made her come out with three honours an Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award.She is a wonderful actress and has enjoyed the fruits of successful film career .

Jennifer Aniston also gained critical acclaimation as she performed very well, the movies were independent in 1996 she came with She's the One. In 1999 Office Space and the year 2002 brought her with The Good Girl. Well she has done very successful and commercially hit comedies like Bruce Almighty (2003), in the year 2008 Marley and Me, she gave a fantastic performance in romantic comedies also.

Jennifer Aniston's roamantic comedies are Along Came Polly (2004), in 2006 it was The Break-Up and 2009 she appeared in He's Just Not That into You .her movies have earned a gross more than $900,618,847 in U.S, and world wide it is $1,508,048,564, isn't it amazing. Her latest work is Just Go With It with Adam Sandler and it is going to release in February 2011.

She got married to actor Brad Pitt her five year romantic relationship resultd in divorce in the year 2005,it was a highlight of every entretainment media.Aniston is 10th richest woman in the entertainment world, as per the Forbs report year 2007, she was behind J. K. Rowling, Mariah Carey, Oprah Winfrey,Jennifer Lopez and aheads Christina Aguilera, Olsen twins and Christina Aguilera .

Forbes listed Aniston as the 10th richest woman in the entertainment industry for the year 2007. She was behind such powerhouses as Oprah Winfrey, J. K. Rowling, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez and is ahead of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and the Olsen twins. Aniston's net worth is approximately $110 million.[39] Aniston was also included in the annual Star Salary Top 10 of trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter for 2006.[40] According to Forbes, in October 2007, Aniston was the top-selling celebrity face of the entertainment industry.[41] In 2008, Aniston landed the seventeenth spot on Forbes Celebrity 100 list based on "earnings and fame."[42] Forbes listed Aniston's earnings as $27 million.[43]

Bret Michaels suffers from Brain Hemorrhage

2010-04-26T02:27:00.000-07:00

Bret Michaels has suffered from huge Brain Hemorrhage, on Thursday night it was discovered that rocker got a massive brain hemorrhage, well this really disappointing news for his fans,47 year old Bret Michaels is really being through critical conditions, he is a reality star that appeared “Rock of Love” and “Celebrity Apprentice”, every body has an eye on him for his well being.

Bret Michaels has been through many C.T Scans, an angiogram and MRIs,as per the reports made the doctors decide to keep him in the ICU a and to conduct more tests , they are trying to figure out the cause behind. He would be under observation for few more days so that all the required diagnose and tests can be carried out properly to provide better cure.

Bret Michaels has got the wishes of every one and people are looking forward for THEIR favourite star to come out of this typical time successfully. Everyones thoughts and prayers are for him. Some sources say that he a got a slight recovery as he has hit this on her blog. Even he discussed the severe conditions he had been through , before surgery.

Kari Byron

2010-04-23T02:48:00.000-07:00

Very beautiful and stylish, with friendly nature and has assisted very popular t.v program of Discovery Channel called Myth Busters, she is a T.V star but quite handful of people know about her another talent, she is a very renowned and prominent artist of San Francisco, California, well guessed right she is Kari Byron. She was born on 8th December 1974 in San Francisco, she did high school from San Francisco State University from film and sculpture. She did graduation with her Bachelor of Arts degree.

She devoted herself totally into art work, she travelled to South East Asia in fact she has worked as a secret shopper for a well known liquor company, Kari Byron has done a T.V reality show Myth busters the main concern of the show was to break the myths and prove them with active scientific tests, that show became very popular as the hosts were Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman.

Kari Byron always believes that she is a true artist by heart she finds herself very close to the sculpture in which she uses wood, metal, acrylic gouache and so many materials, in the year 2004 she made a solo art debut named Stray Doll, the exhibition took place at famous Anno Domini,of San Jose California.June 2006 brought her on the monthly men’s magazine FHM and she was called up by David Letterman for his show.

Kari Byron is a vegetarian and has pierced tongue,also cited the renowned SECCA Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art award winners they took inspiration from her work.

Vin Diesel

2010-04-20T22:09:00.000-07:00

Vin Diesel was born on ; July 18, 1967, he is an American actor very versatile as he is director, writer and producer, he has performed wonderfully in several successful Hollywood films, his unforgettable performance is The Fast and the Furious, Vin Diesel also set up three production companies like Tigon studios , Racetrack Records and One race films, he began his career in 1990 with the movie Awakening.

In 1994 he directed, produced a short film Multi Facial that portrayed the struggle of an actor who had been through so many auditions but couldnot get success. In 1998 he came out with an Oscar Winning Performance in Steven Spielbrg's named Saving Private Ryan, in 1999 he earned critical acclaimation for an animated movie called The Iron Giant.

Vin Diesel performed major role in the year 2000 in the movie Boiler Room, well the year 2001 brought him action stardom with a wonderful movie The fast and the furious followed by XXX in 2002, after that he performed in The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift he reprised his role. Vin Diesel also get a chance to reprise his role from XXX to XXX State of the Union but he didn't accept the offer .

In 2006 he worked on the sequel of The Chronicals of Riddick , in 2007 he planned to produce and star Agent 47 unfortunately could not work out, in April 2009 he came out with fourth series of The fast and the furious named Dominic Toretto.

Daniel Radcliff's musical debut with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

2010-04-19T01:46:00.000-07:00

He is known as Hary Potter among masses, heart favourite of every one well you got a clear hint he is none other than Daniel Radcliff. This wonderful boy has really set new benchmarks with a worldwide name and fame as Harry Potter, he is tremendous and fantastic. Hary Potter i mean Daniel Radcliff has got something new for his fans this time.

He is going to come up with his Broadway musical debut in 2011, in the new version of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Well this new version of play is going to stage in the next spring and this is going to his first stage role since Equus in 2008, in the city New York. It is an entertaining musical satire and Daniel is going to perform as a young mail room employee who emerged on the top. In 1995's broadway revival there was Matthew Broderick.

For the very first it was seen as in 1961 and became so much popular that it won the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1962. Year 1967 bring out its film version featuring Robert Morse.

Daniel Radcliff is working on the second part of his outstanding outcome Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and this going to be final version. In New York last december Daniel took part in reading the musical, so lets for this new avatar of everyone's heart favourite.

Tina Fey

2010-04-15T00:18:00.000-07:00

An American Actress, very versatile she is writer, producer, comedienne gifted with so much of talent. Tina Fey was born on May 18, 1970, winner of seven Emmy Awards and honoured with three Golden Globes well the list is unending she has got four Screen Actors Guild Awards along with Writers Guild of America Awards, Tina Fey had a great impact on entertainment and culture in they year 2008 by associated press, she was entitled with AP Entertainer award. She completed her graduation from University of Virginia in the year 1992,then she moved to Chicago.

She is very well comedian as she has taken classes from improvisational comedy group, she came up as a writer and wrote comedy show Saturday Night Live due to her outstanding talent in the year 1999 she was promoted to head writer. Tina Fey is very much talented as she has created her own T.V series named 30 Rock, as an actress she performed in Baby Mama, in 2009 she won Emmy Award for her heart touching and satirical portrayal of Republican.

Lets have a glimpse of her personal life she is married to Jeff Richmond, couple is having daughter named Alice Zenobia Richmond, born on September 10, 2005. Tina Fey has a scar of few inches long on the left side of her face well she explains that it is a childhood injury. Tina Fey is a social activist , she works for Austim Speaks it is an organisation who use to sponsor research and awareness along with outreach activities they are basically aimed at public, government and families.

She also supports Mercy Cops concerned with global relief aimed at to end hunger from society, because hunger is the main reason of all the problems, she wants to raise awareness among masses through her campaigns.
Her recent credits are: Date Night Apr 9, 2010, The invention of Lying Oct 2, 2009, in 2008 Baby Mama.

Tasha Smith

2010-04-13T02:32:00.000-07:00

Made her lively presence in various bollywood movies and plays, she is none other than very talented Tasha Smith. Very talented Tasha Smith is very well known for her wonderful role in Daddy's Little Girls, that was directed by Tyler Perry, and she came out brilliantly as villain Jennifer, followed by an awesome role in Why Did I Get Married, her wonderful role with Janet Jackson and Jill Scott. These movies played very significant role in her career. Tasha Smith was also an acting coach in America's Next Top Model.

She helped so many models in their grooming with their different scenes. She has her own acting workshop to polish new talents, named Tasha Smith's Acting Workshop, where she grooms and coaches the new aspiring talents. She teaches how to groom themselves with their acting. In fact she is helping to fulfill the dreams of newcomers in acting field. Apart fron her career and films lets have a look on her personal life.

Tasha Smith was born in Camden New Jersy, was brought up by single mother, interestingly she has twin sister her name is Sidra Smith. She was an atheist previously but now she follows Christianity. Smith had been to very times in her life, as once she admitted that she use to be a drug abuser, and you would be really exclaimed to know that she used to intake drugs daily between the ages of 19 to 25. she confessed to smoke two packets of cigarettes a day. Reality is quite shaking she use to intake cocaine thrice a day.

Finally she made a big victory over these habits by the grace of God, as an actor she always believe portraying humanity through her acting.

Vincent D' Onofrio

2010-04-12T01:35:00.000-07:00

Very talented, eccentric, imposing ,intense and very versatile well guessed right he is Vincent D' Onofrio. Whose presence itself is an add on for the movie. Vincent D' Onofrio is a stage trained talent and made an awesome debut with Full Metal Jacket in 1987 this movie was based on Vietnam War, he performed as unstable Marine recruit. As he has done stage that has taught the intensity and dedication towards his profession, resultant his transformation by gaining 70 pounds and shaving his head for his very first role.

Vincent D' Onofrio's Adventures in Babysitting was a wonderful outcome as he was totally unrecognizable, he has some kind of magnetic affect to hold, although he has average looks. His outstanding performances made him very demanding actor very soon, he has a charisma that clearly reflects in The Whole Wide World, along with that his outstanding outcome was Steal This Movie. He gained so much of acclamation but he didn't get main stream awards.

In 2005 he gave his outstanding and different performance in Cimematic Legend,Short Film Five minutes another was Mr. Welles that was produced and directed by by him only. He has a wonderful career and spent so much of time on big screen, Vincent D' Onofrio's also performed in Homicide as guest appearance and he was nominated for Emmy. In 2001 he switched to small screen and came out with very fantastic role of detective in Law and order : Criminal Talent, the show was a big hit.

Due to heavy work load he got fainted and hospitalised twice, and he started doing alternating episodes. Vincent D' Onofrio was born on 3rd June 1959.

Robert Redfort

2010-04-09T01:37:00.000-07:00

A versatile personality actor, producer, film director, environmentalist, businessman, model, philanthropist, and beginner of Sundance Film Festival. Winner of two Oscars: 1981 for directing Ordinary People, Lifetime Achievement in 2002, well guessed he is Robert Redfort. Versatile Redford born in Santa Monica in California. He did his schooling from Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles, California, in 1954 he did graduation and got scholarship in baseball from University of Colorado. Unfortunately he lost his scholarship due to his habit of heavy drinking due to death of his mother.

Robert Redfort joined theatrical classes to design sets at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He is a synonym of utmost talent, in real terms he is supposed to be a multi tasker as he handles acting, film direction, model, businessman well list is unending. In television he was on the screen as guest star in various T.V programs like Whispering Smith,The Untouchables, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, Route 66, Dr. Kildare along with that he got an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in The Voice of Charlie Pont (ABC, 1962). He participated in theatre too, his debut play was Tall Story (1959), the big success was the Park (1963).

Let's have a glimpse of his filmy career, he made his debut with War Hunt (1962), The Sting (1973), for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

The years 1974-76, witnessed his top box offices his block busters were The Great Gatsby (1974), The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) along with Three Days of the Condor (1975), he was most popular star of 70's. In 2004 he stepped into producing with The Motorcycle Diaries . Robert Redfort was also a very successful businessman. Continuing his work in back camera his outcome of direction was An Unfinished Life (2005).

Robert Redfort received so many honours for his outstanding work Redford got an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bard College in the year 1995, at 74th Academy Awards he was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award/Honorary Oscar in 2002. In 1996 he got National Medal of Arts. Very talented and outstanding performer he was entitled with honours at the Kennedy Center as he contributed lot for American Culture. May 25, 2008 he received Doctor of Fine Arts from Brown University at the 240th Commencement exercises.

Katie Holmes

2010-04-06T23:53:00.000-07:00

Very talented and beautiful born on December 18th, 1978 Toledo, OH, well guessed right she is Katie Holmes. Got the fame and recognition by the films like Mad Money (FILM) Jan. 18, 2008, Inside Edition (TV) Nov. 17, 2006. Katie Holmes is very talented Hollywood actress but her talent has been somehow overshadowed by her love life that is more tabloid friendly, on her very first audition in 1997 she landed a supporting part in The Ice Storm. Katie the synonym of beauty and talent , got an important role on the prime-time teen soap Dawson's Creek. where she performed very well.

Katie Holmes always believe in doing different kinds of roles, diversity was her mantra of doing work , she didnot want to be typecast. Katie believed in accepting challenging roles like she appeared as a checkout girl involved in a drug deal in 1999's, another example of diversity in roles was a promiscuous murder victim in The Gift and she came out wonderfully as a teen seductress in Wonder Boys, in the year 2000. Year 2003 came up with Dawson's Creek. Katie Holmes performed wonderfully, in Thanksgiving dinner in the low-budget indie hit Pieces as a punky slacker .

Talented Katie Holmes did wonderful roles in many movies but very soon her personal life became stormy due to breakup with her long love Chris Klein. Katie Holmes she inclined towards Tom Cruise in the spring of 2005, they enjoyed a wonderful courtship and oon were the highlights that they were engaged and she became pregnant, well some people formed the view that it was mere a publicity stunt by them to promote the movies like War of the Worlds and Batman Begins.

Katie recent credits are Mad Money (FILM) Jan. 18, 2008, Inside Edition (TV) Nov. 17, 2006, Thank You for Smoking (FILM) Mar. 17, 2006, Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV) Jan. 12, 2006 and Best Week Ever (TV) Oct. 14, 2005 . Well actress has spread the magic of her acting every where.

Naomi Watts

2010-04-02T01:45:00.000-07:00

Born on September 28, 1968 Shoreham England and raised in Australia, a very Brilliant actress name Naomi Watts. This very beautiful and gorgeous actress has done very hard work to make her place among masses she has got an "overnight" Hollywood success because hard work pays really,and this actress has won confidence of every one with her brilliant acting talent.

Naomi Watts began studying acting Down Under, well she became friend of Nicole Kidman at a commercial audition , and when they were just twenty they both appeared in Flirting a Boarding School Drama. And this was just the beginning of his journey as her star rose. Naomi Watts Recent Credits are
Tonight Show With Jay Leno (T.V) Dec. 14, 2006
The Painted Veil (FILM) Dec. 20, 2006
Eastern Promises (FILM) Sep. 14, 2007
Funny Games (FILM) Mar. 14, 2008
The International (FILM) Feb. 13, 2009

The 90's were not quite memorable for her, but she came out back with flying colours, and finally got her big break in 2001's Mulholland Dr.basically it was going to be a T.V serial later it formed as movie in that Naomi Watts featured into two powerhouse parts. Immediately after that she came into the eyes of audiences and critics.

And next year she gave them a big time hit called The Ring, well she was also on the headlines of tabloids because of her very talked about romance with hunk Heath Ledger who is 10 years junior to her, Naomi Watts kept doing her good performances resultant bring her Oscar-nomination turn in 2003 for movie 21 Grams. Then she appeared in King Kong opposite ape, after break up with with Ledger she found her new love Liev Schreiber, who was the coaster in The Painted Veil.

George Lopez

2010-03-31T01:51:00.000-07:00

Most known and beloved hollywood celebrity guess who well he is George Lopez a Mexican-American comic is actively spraying the magisc of his acting since a decade. He was the executive producer of the movie Sandra Bullock, he showcased his point of view as he played different at the same time like producer, writer, co creator and obviously star.

George Lopez brought Latino Pride, he was born on April 23, 1961 Mission Hills C.A. Tlaented George Lopez open the door for other Hispanic-flavored projects, he is very dedicated to his work in fact the appropriate word would be workoholic. But in his busy schedules somehow he finds time for travelling around and touring. Most amazingly he has brought into a Grammy-winning comedy album.

George Lopez has written Autobiography, he is fond of playing golf unfortunately in 2005 he had to undergo an operation of Kidney Transplant, his wife was the organ donour.

His recent credits
The Spy Next Door
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Henry Poole Is Here
Swing Vote
Ellen DeGeneres Show that was a show

The Crush at Alicia Silverstone

2010-03-20T05:42:00.000-07:00

Remember the cute innocent girl in that music video of Aerosmith called Amazing? She is Alicia Silverstone. Indeed anybody can have a crush over her at the first sight. She is an American actress, author and she has been a model also. In the earlier career she appeared into the music videos of Aerosmith. That was the popular hit of that time. Alicia got a widespread attention with her movie Clueless.

Alicia also worked in the movie called Matman and Robin. Her movie The Crush won her a lot of acclaim and appreciation. In this movie she played as a teenaged girl who plans to ruin an older man after he spurns her attention. This actress of hollywood also won two awards at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards. The actress became legally emancipated at the age of fifteen in order to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of the film.

In the year 1993, Alicia Silverstone appeared into the audition for the movie Angela Chase. She also appeared into the audition of My So- Called Life. But for this movie Claire Danes was chosen for that specific role. Alicia has also made certain movies for television which include Torch Song, Cool and the Crazy, Scattered Dreams. Alicia's movie Clueless was a sleeper hit.

When Meg met Hollywood!

2010-03-18T02:35:00.000-07:00

Meg Ryan – a short and simple name, right? Wrong because the original name is quite long and goes like Margaret Mary Emily Hyra. Just like her name, Meg has got a good long career graph in films. Meg is a hollywood actress who is known for her lead roles in the movies like When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You've got mail etc. All these movies of her did a wonderful business in the world of cinema. Meg's bright, attractive, big blue eyes let her express the way she wants and the innocence on her face is something that draws millions of fans behind her.

Meg Ryan is the daughter of Susan Hyra Jordan who is a former actress, casting director and an English teacher and Harry Hyra, a math teacher. Meg was born on November 19, 1961 in Connecticut. When Meg was 18 years old, her mother helped her to get first commercial which involved the chin-ups and giggling to promote the Tickle deodorant.

The first full- blown hit of Meg was “ When Harry Met Sally” which was a romantic comedy. In that movie she worked with the known Hollywood actor Billy Crystal. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for that. Some of the other hit movies of Ryan include The Doors, Prelude to a kiss, Courage under fire, When a man loves a woman, City of angels etc.

Jodie Foster

2010-03-16T05:10:00.000-07:00

Many of you must be unknown by the fact that Jodie Foster has got another name also called Alicia Christian Foster. Jodie is a popularly hit hollywood actress and was born on November 19, 1962. She is a successful American actress, film director and producer.

She is the daughter of Evelyn 'Brandy' Ella and Lucius Fisher Foster III. Her father was a Lieutenant colonel in Air-force but he later on turned a real estate broker. Her hather who hailed from a wealthy background left his wife before Jodie was born. Her mother who was a film producer supported the family.

Jodie started her on-screen career when she was hardly three years old. At that time she used to work in the commercials. Her first big break in hollywood came when she acted as a preteen prostitute in “Taxi driver” which was a hit movie of 1976. for this role she was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Some of the other successful movies of Jodie include The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused, Nell, Maverick, Contact, Panic room, Flight Plan etc. Nim's Island was her movie released in 2008.

Amanda Seyfried

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Amanda Seyfried is a famous American actress and model and she is a model from childhood . She was born on 3 December,1985 in United States . From childhood she is interested in glamorous world, so she started her modelling career when she was eleven, after that she start getting success in the Hollywood.

Her made debut film in Mean Girls, after that she has done number of successful movies like Nine Lives, Alpha Dog, Boogie Woogie, Dear John and many maore her forthcoming movie are Chloe, A women of no importance, Letters to Julliet.

In 2006 Amanda has relationship with the actor and musician Jesse Marchant, but there relationship come to an end in 2008 and Amanda began her relation with MammaMia! co-star Dominic Cooper. She was ranked 65in the Annual Independent Crtics List of 100 most beautiful and famous faces around the world and ranked 17th as one of the sexist star under 30.

Lindsay Logan

2010-01-06T22:46:00.000-08:00

Lindsay Lohan was born on 2 July 1986, she has began her career at early age, with the advertisment of Ford Models when she was three years old. She has done more than 100 print ads like Toys"R", Calvin Klein and many more. Lohan made her debut in 1996 with the co-star Bill Cosby.

Lohan made her career not only in acting but in singing also. Lohan was voted #10 on the list of "100 sexiest Women" by the reader FHM 2005, She has done number of movies like The Parent Trap, Life -size, Bobby, I know who killed me, The other side and her upcoming movies are Machete and Dare To Love Me.

Logan began dating siger Aaron Carter in 2001 but soon they seprateed from the relation. Lugan always in media because of he relationships. She has given statement in the media that she is not a lesbian but she is a bisexual.

Tom Hanks

2010-01-01T21:28:00.000-08:00

Tom Hanks is a prominent actor in Hollywood industry, he is not only actor but very good producer, director and writer as well. Hanks worked as a comedian and he achieved success also in drama, including Andrew Beckett basically Hanks is from California.

Hanks studied theatre at Chabot College in Hayward. Hank s won the Cleveland Critics Cirle Award for the best actor for his performance as Proteus in Shakespeare 's The two Gentleman of Verona. Hanks is currently ranked #1 box office star in the world.

He has done number of movies like He knows You're Alone, Bachelor Party, Toy Story, Angles

Jessica Alba

2009-12-30T01:11:00.000-08:00

Jessica Marei Alba is a famous American television and film actress. She has started her acting career in the early age when she was 13 year old. Alba was born in California, she is from very conservative family, tradition Catholic family. From childhood she want to be a famous actress and when she became 12 year old her mother took her to the acting school and just after nine months she started getting offer from agents.

She made her debut movie in 1993 with Hollywood Pictures Camp Nowhere, after that she has done many movies like Venus Rising, Honey, Good Luck Chuck, The Eye, An invisible sign of My own and many more and she was nominated many awards for her awesome role also, Teen Choice Award, Razzie Award for Worst Actress etc.

Her forthcoming movie are The Killer inside me, Sin City 2, Machete and Valentine's day hoping these movies will also attract people by are great performance in the movie.

Megan Fox

2009-12-27T23:12:00.000-08:00

Megan Denise Fox is an famous American Actress and model, she born on May 16, 1986. She has started her career in 2000 with several television shows and films. From early age Fox has started her career she worked in the movie Holiday in the Sun in 2001 and after that she has done many movies like Bad Boys II, How to loose friends & Alienate People, Transformer:Revenge of the fallen etc.

She is in relationship with Brian Austain Green. from 2004, in 2006 they got engaged but couple ended their relationship in July 2008. But after sometime they told to media that they are again in te relationship, together they appered in SNL Digital Short.

She has won and nominated for many award for her awesome performance in her movie, she has won Young Artist Award, National Movie Award, Screen Award and more.

Johnathan Rhys Meyers

2009-12-22T03:30:00.000-08:00

Johnathan Rhys is a famous Irish actor, singer and model. Rhys Meyers was born in Dublin, Ireland on 27 July, 1977. Rhys was born with serious heart problem it was like that he will not survive long enough. After that his family transferred to Cork City and he spend his life there. He studied in North Monastery Secondary the age of 16.

Rhys starred in television series including Goremghast in 2000.The casting agents were talent spotting for the David Puttnam production of War of the Buttons in 1994 but unfortunately he did not get the role and he had lost the hope also. His first debut movie was in A Man of No Importance , after that he has lost of movies like The Killer Tounge ,The Maker, August Rush, A film with Me in it.

Keri Russell

2009-12-19T02:14:00.000-08:00

Keri Lynn Russell is an American actress and very good dancer also. Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California on 23 March, 1976. Keri is born artist she is best known for her acting, and she started out at Starstruck dance studio in a suburb of Denver because of dancing she earned her a spot on the Mickey Mouse Club.

Keri first appeared on television as a cast member of Mickey Mouse Club show on Disney Channel. Her first debut movie was 'Honey! Blew up the Kid' with the co-star Rick Moranis in 1993. After she worked with many prominent actors, producers, directors. She has worked in many famous Hollywood movies like August Rush, Mission :Impossible III, The in the Park, Leaves of Grass and many more and she has done number of Television series also.

Keri and Shane Deary, a carpenter, met with there mutual friend and they get engaged in 2006and they married on 14, February, 2007in New York. On June 9, 2009 she gave a birth to a sweet little boy, named River Russell Deary.

Halle Berry

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Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland,USA . Helle came in spotlight when she was 17 years old, and she and won the title of the Miss Teen All-America Pageant and in 1986 she was the first runner-up of Miss USA Pageant. After participating the beauty contest Helle start modeling. She worked in her first television serial Living Dolls in 1989. After that she got enter in Hollywood her first debut film was Jungle Fever then after she has done many movies like The Flinstones, Bulworth, X-Men and many more.

Helle has won many titles and awards in the year 2005 and won a worst actress Razzie Award for Catwoman, Academy Award, Naacp image award. She married tobaseball player in 1992 but divored in 1997 and she remarried Eric Benet and divorced him in the yera 2005. Now Helle is dating with French Canadin model and they are having a sweet little baby girl named Nahla Ariela Aubry.

Kate Winslet

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English actress and singer Kate Winslet is one of the UK's successful youngest actress, winning Oscar Award and nominated for five other awards. Kate Elizabeth Winslet was born on October 5, 1975 in Reading,Berkshire England. Winslet appeared on the British stage production such as Adrian Mole and Peter Pan and had achieved recognition role in Ang Lee's adaption of Sense and Sensibility. At the age of 33, Winslet became the youngest actor to receive six Academy Award nominations.

Kate has done many super hits movies like Titanic, Hamlet, Little Children,The Reader, Revolutionary Road and many more and won many awards for her movies like Empire Award for Best British Actress for Titanic, nominated for Academy Award, Golden Globe Award for the same movie, Academy Best Actress Award, Golden Globe Award for movie The Reader.

Winslet married with the director Jim Threapleton, from that relation they have daughter Mia Honey born on 12 October, 2000. They got divorced and she married with Sam Mendes in 2003.

Will Smith

2009-11-27T23:04:00.000-08:00

Pop icon Will Smith is an American Actor, film producer, rapper. Smith is African American, was born and brought in Wynnefield section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has started his career as The Fresh Prince, violist of the Hip-Hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. The duo was most popular for their radio friendly songs, specially 'Parents don't understand' and 'Summertime'.

Smith has a different charisma and energy in his performances. He was nominated for rhe Acdemany Award for the Best Actor in 2001,he was again nominated for Oscar for his role in true life movie 'The Pursuit of Happyness'. He has done numer of movies and give many hits also like- 7 Pound, Hitch,I Am Legend and he has producer many movies also like Hancock, Lakeview Trrace, The sectret life of Bees.

Smith married with actress Sharee Zampino in 1992, but divorced in 1995.They have son Willard Christerphor III, also known as 'Trey'. Then he married with actress Jada Pinkett Smith in 1997 and they have two children Jden ChristoerSyre and Willow Camille Reign. He is abiggest top star of the today's pop culture and his wealth has continued grow as his name has continued to apper in Forbes Richest 40 under the age of 40.

Richest person of Latin America- Jennifer Lopez

2009-11-17T03:46:00.000-08:00

Jennifer Lopez is an American actress born on 24, July'1969. Jennifer is a multi talented personality, she is not only a good actress but she is a awesome singer, dancer, fashion designer, record producer and television producer as well. According to Forbes, Jeniffer is the richest person of Latin America and most influential Hispanic entertainer in the U.S.

Jennifer began her career as a dancer when she was only 18 years on the television comedy program 'In living Color'. Lopez has appeared in numerous successful films including The Cell (2000), The wedding Planner(2001), Maid in the Manhattan (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004) and Monster-in-law (2005). She has won ALMA Award for outstanding actress for her work in Selena (1997).

Jennifer has launched a clothing line in 2003, named JLO by Jennifer Lopez, the line included different types of clothing of women includes T-Shirts, Coats, Belts,Caps, Designer evening gowns and lot more...............

Jennifer own the films and television company Nuyorican Productions. Lopez has been recognized by People en Espanol both as cover subject for the '50 most beautiful' and '100 Influential Hispanic.'

Tom Cruise

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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise. Forbes magazines ranked his as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He is an American actor and he is not only a good actor but film producer also. For three times he has been nominated and won three times Golden Globe Awards. His first film role came in 1981, small role in 'Endless Love'. He has produced many movies like Paula Wagner, Without Limits, Vanilla Sky and many more.His first leading role was the 1983 film, Risky Business, which has been described as 'A Generation X classic and a career- maker' for the actor.Cruise also took many unusual roles following Interview with Vampire and Jerry Maguire. Cruise also performed as a misogynistic male guru in Mongolia for this he has netted for best supporting actor Oscar nomination.

In 1990,1991 and 1997 in People magazine rated him among 50 most beautiful people of the world. In 1995, Empire magazine rated him among the 100 sexiest star in the film history. Cruise and his cocky grin were propelled higher onto Hollywood's- A list thanks to a string of successful movies: Rain Man, The colour of money, A few good men and Jerry Maguire.

Penelope Cruz

2009-10-14T22:55:00.000-07:00

Penelope Cruz, famous as one of the best actress in the world is a Spanish Actress. She gathered critical acclaim with movies like Jamon, La Nina De Tus Ojos and Belle Epoque. She was born as Penelope Cruz Sanchez in Madrid on the 28th of April, 1974, her first name being inspired by a song by Joan Manuel Serrat. Her father Eduardo was a retailer and her mother, Encarna, a hairdresser.

As a toddler, She was always inclined towards Dance. She spent 9 years studying classical dance at Spain's National Conservatory, including three years of ballet with Angela Garrido, and a period of jazz dance with Raul Caballero. There were also four years of courses with Cristina Rota in New York City. She repudiated out of secondary education early and at 15 she beat off the 300-strong competition at an agency audition to become a part-time fashion model. Pursuing drama studies in Madrid, she even appeared in music videos.She performed with the popular band Mecano whose singer, Nacho Cano, she'd have a relationship till 1996.

In 1991, she appeared in Rafael Alcazar's The Greek Labyrinth. The film was a smashing hit in Spain, garnering nine Goya awards. It also took the Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film for the year.

Apart from her stint as a Spanish actress she has also performed well in various American movies like Blow, Vanilla Sky and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is perhaps best known for her work with acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, in Broken Embraces, Volver and All about My Mother.

She is a recipient of a number of Awards like three Goyas, Two Europian Film Awards and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Aside from her cinematic output, she'd stared down from Ralph Lauren posters everywhere.Her huge success in Europe, where she'd appeared in two movies awarded Oscars as Best Foreign Language film and a slew of other notable productions, had passed most people by. To them, she was simply Cruise's latest glamorous squeeze. However, she kept on and, after her split from Cruise in 2004 would, with Volver two years later, become the first Spaniard to be Oscar-nominated as Best Actress in a foreign language film. When she won the Oscar in 2009, for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, she would have proven herself in two different languages, indeed received the due Respect.

Brad Pitt

2009-10-10T06:32:00.000-07:00

William Bradley Pitt (Brad Pitt) cited as one of the most attractive Men in the world is an American actor and producer. He was born on 18th December'1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to strictly Southern Baptist parents, and raised in Springfield, Missouri. Pitt has received two academy award nominations and four Golden Globe Nominations winning one. Following his graduation he enrolled in the University of Missouri.He majored in journalism, with a focus on advertising. In 1985, two weeks prior to earning his degree, Pitt left the university and moved to Los Angeles to take acting lessons.

As a struggler in Las Vegas he endeavored on many vocational jobs including that of a Chauffeur. He began his acting career in the year 1987, with stints in No Way Out, No Man's Land and Less than Zero. In 1888 he compassed his first leading role in Dark side of the sun. The film was however shelved due to the Croatian War of Independence until 1997. In 1989, he appeared in two motion pictures,a comedy with Brad in a supporting role and the second was a horror. In 1990, Pitt played the role of a drug-addict sentenced to a death penalty in too young to die. Brad Pitt soon gathered great public attention with a supporting role in the 1991 film Thelma & Lousie. After the success of Thelma & Lousie, his appearance in Cool World is termed as the “Career Making” Performance.

The year 1994 was a turning point in Pitt's Career, starring him as a Vampire in Interview with a vampire for which he even received two MTV movie awards in 1995. It was Legends of the Fall in 1994 that got him the first Golden Globe award and Critical acclaim as well. The film Twelve Monkeys again got Brad Pitt in news and public eye as he received a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for the same.

Subsequent years saw Pitt in stints like The Mexican, Ocean's Eleven, Confessions of a dangerous mind and many such acclaimed movies. A guest appearance in the eight season of television series Friends, got him Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. During the same time he married Jennifer Aniston. Troy in 2004 was one of the highest grossing films in his career. In 2005, a mixed reviewed film Mr And Mrs Smith appeared, that was in news for the amazing chemistry between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Ocean's Thirteen, Burn after reading, The Baltimore Sun and many such amazing pieces of celluloid kept Pitt high in both Public and Critic's Eye.

In addition to his pursuit in acting, he founded a production house in partnership with Jennifer Aniston called the Plan B Entertainment in 2002. The production house has many movies to its kitty including the 2007 best picture winner The Departed. Over the years Brad Pitt has also been associated with a number of Humanitarian Causes, including his involvement in ONE Campaign aimed to fight AIDS and poverty. In 2006, he created the Make it Right foundation that has been involved in creating 150 new affordable houses. Also in the same year he along with Angelina Jolie founded the Jolie-Pitt foundation aimed to service various Humanitarian causes across the world.

His demeanor has always made news and headlines as he has twice been recognized as the Sexiest man in the world by People magazine. He has also been in the top 10 celebrity list of Forbes for 2006, 2007, 2008. On a personal front Brad Pitt has been associated with a number of ladies, his marriage with Jennifer Aniston was indeed termed as a rare Hollywood success which started to split after a few years. Subsequently he was associated with Angelina Jolie and has two biological kids with her as well. The couple has been drawing immense media attention and various speculations have always surrounded Pitt's personal life.

Angelina Joile

2009-07-17T21:50:00.000-07:00

The most beautiful women in the world, our very own Angelina Jolie is again the talk of the town. It seems like it is in Angelina Jolie horoscope that when ever she will go , she will not leave any head unturn. This time the buzz is that the most beautiful Indian , our very own Aishwarya Rai is one the footsteps of the most powerful woman celebrity Angelina Jolie. Recently, during an event in Macau, Aishwarya Rai was seeing to copy Angelina Jolie's hair do and make up as well. Wish this first Bahu of Bollywood could have something called Angelina Jolie.

Aishwarya Rai seems to be such a personality to whom people look forward as an icon but the lady herself was trying to imitate none other than most beautiful woman in the world- Angelina Jolie. According to the sources, Aishwarya carried the hair do and make up that was very much like this Tomb Raider star.

Most of the people in the world wish to meet this hollywood hottest celebrity in their lives once and her male fan following wishes to have a date with this Mrs. Smith

It seems like that it is in the Angelina Jolie Horoscope that she will be such a human being on this planet who will be looked upon as an icon by evrybody whether in terms of beauty or brains.

Jim Carrey

2009-06-08T23:13:00.000-07:00

Jim Carrey, arguably the most paid comedian in Hollywood, junior most member of his Canada based family. His father was a musician and accountant. He was a performer from a very young age. he had to work extremely hard to earn bread and shelter for his family during his school days He moved to LA in 1979 to test his luck as an actor and comedian. he made extremely good impression on Rodney Dangerfield that this veteran comic signed him and he got an opportunity to do an opening act for an entire season. His next sitcom “The Duck Factory" went miserably flop. He got himself some acclaim in the comedy “In Living Color". His true stardom came through his 1994 movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Though he was not appreciated much by the critics but it was a commercial hit. Later on he worked on the sequel Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995).Same year Jim Carrey was casted as a riddle in the movie Batman Forever. Earlier, in 1994 his movie Dumb and Dumber and The Mask fetched him multi million bucks. He was paid a record 20 million (for a comic role) for his next comedy The Cable Guy. He again set records in his next comedy Liar Liar (1997), but shifted gears quickly after that and did a movie, Peter Weir's The Truman Show (1998). The movie showcased his talent as a serious actor and surprised many movie aficionados. Ev

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entually He went on to win a Golden Globe for his performance.
Me, Myself & Irene got released in 2000 and Bruce Almighty in 2003 which got him another level of success.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) got him critical acclaim in which he was casted along with Kate Winslet. He was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and co-star Kate Winslet received an Oscar nomination for her performance.
Carrey joint hands with Joel Schumacher In 2007, who casted him in the movie Batman Forever, This time he directed him in the movie The Number 23, a psychological thriller.
Jim Carrey has been successful in his comic avatar as well as established himself as a good actor too.

Jackie Chan

2009-05-31T22:24:00.001-07:00

Arguably the most loved and admired action hero, who is more famous for his comic timings. In the Bruce Lee era of action films he reinvented himself as new age action hero with amazing sense of humor.
Jackie Chan started his career as a stuntman in Bruce Lee's blockbusters like fist Of Fury and Enter The Dragon.
Jackie Chan Started doing his own stunts and it is said that all of the bones of his body got fractured at least once while performing those deadly stunts. Even today, at the age of 55 he does his own stunts.
Jackie Chan was born in 1954 in Hongkong. He was a pretty ordinary in academics and failed in his primary school, his father withdrew him from the school and enrolled him into a performing arts school, where he underwent rigorous training for the almost a decade, He became a perfectionist in martial arts and acrobatics. It is widely known that Jackie Chan can't read or write, however he can speak 7 languages.
Jackie Chan holds a name in the Guinness book of world records for the no of stunts he has performed.
Jackie Chan is also known as a philanthropist and a very successful businessman, Having numerous businesses around the globe.

Johnny Depp

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One of the most infamously famous celebrities in Hollywood, A rebel in his teens, Also a drop out from school.Johny Depp as a noted guitarist, has started playing guitar when he was twelve. He has had a difficult childhood and he engaged in drugs in his teens. His life took different take after his marriage to Lori. He started as a salesman job.
During a visit to los angels he happened to meet actor Nicholas Cage. He took up acting after Nicholas Cage Persuade him to become an actor. His first movie was a low budget horror flick, Debut. His first success came with the movie21 jump street. Since then Johnny Depp has been doing very different roles. He is often taken as a flamboyant personality, and often found in all the wrong situations, accused for selling drugs in his club, fighting with photographers and the list is endless. But these things are blown out of the proportion if a celebrity like him is around. Most of all he is a good actor, hugely famous for his role of Captain Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of Caribbean series.

Depp has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Antonio Banderas

2009-05-31T22:23:00.000-07:00

José Antonio Dominguez Banderas, famously known as Antonio Banderas is Spanish origin actor. He has widely known for his Hollywood flicks like Assassins, Desperado, The Mask of Zorrow and Spy Kids series. After started his career in acting in Spain, he moved to U.S., Where his career took shape. He initially acted in Oscar winning movie Philadelphia, released in 1993 along with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. In Assassins he was casted along with Sylvester Stallone, and his role was critically acclaimed as a contract killer. In Once Upon a Time In Mexico he was starred opposite Salma Hayek again after Desperado, His co-star in this movie was Johnny Depp.The Director Robert Rodriguez, who casted him in Desperado casted him again in Spy Kids film Trilogy. Antonio Banderas also directed a movie, Crazy in Alabama, Which was poorly received by the audiences. He starred his wife Melanie Griffith in this movie. He was also featured in some musical movies like Evita alongside Madonna and in Broadway. Banderas went on to win both the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards, and was nominated for the Tony Award for best actor in a musical. Antonio Banderas also did voice roles for the movie Shrek 2 and 3.Apart from the acting he is also a renowned soccer freak, and a player himself.

John Travolta

2009-05-13T01:28:00.000-07:00

I first saw him in movie the broken arrow as a kid, did not like him. Obviously, John Travolta was the bad guy in that movie. Later on I happened to watch few more flicks of John Travolta and started to like him. He is good actor, singer, and dancer. All of above I am fan of his Joie de vivre nature. He is always remains full of energy and very enthusiastic. Watch his earlier blockbusters like Saturday Night Fever and Grease, and you would definitely agree with my point of view.

Though his career was highly instable in 8o's but he was never out from the minds of his fans. His Career saw a series of disastrous movies like Staying Alive, Perfect, and Two of a Kind. Critics Suggested that he is typecast as a disco stud and not proving anything new to the audience.

His career catapulted in 90's. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role of Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's hit Pulp Fiction (1994).This movie helped him largely to get him back in the frontline. Few of other noted films he has done after that are Get Shorty, Face/Off, A Civil Action, The General's Daughter and recent one is Wild Hogs which was released in 2007.Travolta played Edna Turnblad in the remake of Hairspray, his first musical since Grease, Which got him The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. His most recent film is the lead voice role of the Disney film Bolt (2008).Old Dogs is soon to be released. Can’t wait to see him in an action flick.

Tom Cruise

2009-05-09T00:46:00.000-07:00

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Tom Cruise is one the most famous Hollywood celebrity. His off-screen name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, born July 3, 1962, popularly known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. Forbes magazine in 2006 rated him as the world's most powerful celebrity .Nominated thrice for Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. His first leading role was the 1983 film Risky Business, which has been described as Next Generation classic, and a career launcher for the actor.tom Cruise played the role of "Maverick", a naval pilot in the highly acclaimed and successful 1986 film Top Gun, Cruise played a secret agent in a series of Mission: Impossible action films in the 1990s and 2000s.Apart from the action flicks he has been successful in various types of characters. Cruise’s debut role came in 1981, in Endless Love, opposite Brooke Shields, but he first got noticed in the movie "The Outsiders”. Cruise’s real success came after Risky Business was released, which helped to propel Cruise to stardom. In 1986 "Top Gun" was released which was the highest grosser of the year.
In early 90's Tom Cruise received Academy Award nominations for Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July. in 1996 Cruise produced and acted in Mission Impossible which was highly successful movie.3 more movies has been made in this series so far,MI2 has been the most successful.
In 1990, 1991 and 1997, People magazine rated him among the 50 most beautiful people in the world. In 1995, Empire magazine ranked him among the 100 sexiest stars in film history. Two years later, it ranked him among the top 5 movie stars of all time. In 2002 and 2003, he was rated by Premiere among the top 20 in its annual Power 100 list. Premiere ranked Cruise as Hollywood's most powerful actor in 2006, as Cruise came in at number 13 on the magazines 2006 Power List, being the highest ranked actor. On June 16, 2006, Forbes magazine published 'The Celebrity 100’; Cruise topped a list of the most powerful celebrities.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, Austria, a small village near Styrian capital Graz, and was christened Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger. His parents were the local police Chief Gustav Schwarzenegger, and his wife, Aurelia Jadrny.According to Schwarzenegger; both of his parents were very strict. At school, Schwarzenegger was apparently an average, but stood out for his "cheerful, good-humored and exuberant" character. As a kid, Schwarzenegger used to play many sports, Soccer being the most. He started weight training when he was fifteen, but he'd been participating in sports, like soccer, for years, and although he was slim, he was well-developed, enough so that he could start going to the gym and start Professional lifting.
Schwarzenegger served in the Austrian army in 1965 to fulfill the one year of service required at the time of all 18-year-old Austrian males. He won the Junior Mr. Europe contest in 1965. Schwarzenegger went AWOL during basic training so he could take part in the competition and spent a week in an army jail..He won another bodybuilding contest in Graz, at Steirer Hof Hotel (where he had placed second). He was voted best built man of Europe, which made him extremely famous.
Schwarzenegger moved to the United States in September 1968 at the age of 21, speaking little English. When he came to US, his accent was very bad, which was an obstacle as he began to pursue acting. There he trained at Gold's Gym in Santa Monica, California, under Joe Weider. In 1970, at age 23, he captured his first Mr. Olympia title in New York, and would go on to win the title a total of seven times.
Schwarzenegger wanted to move from bodybuilding into acting, finally achieving it when he was chosen to play the role of Hercules in 1970's Hercules in New York. Credited under the name "Arnold Strong," his accent in the film was so thick that his lines were dubbed after production.
During 1980's there was a huge craze for action flicks and it was the time for Arnold too. he made a number of successful films: Commando (1985), Raw Deal (1986), The Running Man (1987), and Red Heat (1988), Predator (1987) and many more. Schwarzenegger’s commercial high-water m

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ark was his return as the title character in 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which was the highest-grossing film of 1991.
He returned after a hiatus with the supernatural thriller End of Days (1999), later followed by the action films The 6th Day (2000) and Collateral Damage (2002) all of which failed to do well at the box office. In 2003, he made his third appearance as the title character in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which went on to earn over $150 million domestically. But was not as big as the earlier, Terminator2.
Schwarzenegger has been a registered Republican for many years. He later on went on to become Governor of California in 2003.
He is leading a life dedicated to serve and has been involved in many charities.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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John Woo

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John Woo, born in China Brought up in Hongkong and thrived in Hollywood. he is noted Action director started his career in Hollywood with a action packed thriller in Hard Target starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. The team up with Universal Pictures was not a very pleasant experience for him as there were a few restrictions. Movie did well at box office.

Next Movie was even bigger for this talented director. he teamed with John Travolta and Christian Slater for broken Arrow. The movie was a huge success. In 1997 he was given a chance to direct Face/Off from Paramount pictures. He was given full liberty to show his creativity for action.

John Travolta and Nicolas Cage were the key protagonists in this run and chase movie.

this movie proved highest grosser of the year and helped Mr. Woo to be listed in noted action directors of Hollywood,

Also the first Asian director to be accepted in mainstream commercial Hollywood cinema. John Woo has made three more films in Hollywood. Mission: Impossible II, Windtalkers and Paycheck. Mission:

Impossible II proved to be the highest-grossing film of 2000. However Windtalkers and Paycheck failed at box office. Since then he has not directed any movie in Hollywood, But he produced a video game namely Stranglehold and a few animated movies.

John woo Discovered many actors he discovered Chow Yun Fat to cast him in A Better Tomorrow and later on he became very famous star in Asian movie arena and Hollywood as well.

John Woo is currently working on few projects .Few of them are to be animation action movies. Another movie line up is The Divide ,a western concerning the friendship between two workers, one Chinese, the other Irish,

"Leo-Mania"

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I first saw Leonardo Dicaprio in the movie TITANIC like other million people, though it was not his first movie and he has been acting since his childhood. But Titanic proved to be the biggest blockbuster of all time and only after that movie i started my hunt for his earlier movies and obviously followed his subsequent films. What made him my favorite was the fact the release of that movie many commented that we have a resemblance and l as a teen found a sense of proud to hear that, though now i laugh at that. but the Dicaprio remained one of my favorite new generation actor specially after the movies like Gangs of New York , Catch me if you can, The Aviator, The Departed and Blood diamond to name a few.
DiCaprio’s career took off with his appearing in several commercials and educational films. He got his break on television in 1990 when he was cast in the short-lived series based on the movie Parenthood. After Parenthood, Dicaprio had bit parts on several shows, including The New Lassie and Roseanne, as well as a brief stint on the soap opera Santa Barbara, playing the young Mason Capwell.

His debut film role was Critters 3, a B-grade horror film, which later went straight to video. Soon after, in 1991, he became a recurring cast member on the hit ABC sitcom Growing Pains, playing Luke Brower, a homeless boy who is taken in by the Seavers.

His breakthrough came in 1992, when he beat out hundreds of other boys for the role of Toby Wolff in This Boy's Life, co-starring Robert De Nero and Ellen Barkin. His performance as the troubled, abused teenager was critically acclaimed and Hollywood soon took notice. Later in 1993, he co-starred as the mentally handicapped brother to Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. His performance earned him both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actor.
The move from "star" to "superstar" came when Dicaprio played Jack Dawson in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, alongside Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, which soon became the highest grossing film of all time and received 11 Oscars

Apart from the movies he is a very responsible human being and does his bit for the mother earth, Spends a lot in charity and campaining against the Global warming.

Will Smith “I M Legend”

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Will Smith known as an Actor, Producer and Rapper. But that’s not the reason I like him., I adore him as a person who is so confident that whatever he does , does it with excellence. He is the only actor in world cinema whose movies have grossed over 100 $ for consecutive 8 times as well as the only actor to have eight consecutive films open at #1 on the domestic box office as a Lead Actor. Its never easy for any actor to deliver back to back hits like he has done. he is the most bankable star of Hollywood today. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globes, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammys. Smith rose to fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince in the late 1980s and his Role in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. His most notable films include Bad Boys and its sequel; Men in Black and its sequel; Independence Day; I, Robot; Ali; The Pursuit of Happyness; I Am Legend; Hancock; and Seven Pounds. He has entered into Guinness book of world record fro attending 3 premiers in duration of less than 24 hours.
Smith started his career titled as The Fresh Prince, with his childhood friend Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes as turntablist and producer as well as Ready Rock C (Clarence Holmes) as the human beat box. The trio was known for performing humorous, radio-friendly songs, most notably "Parents Just Don't Understand" and "summertime." They gained critical acclaim for winning the first ever Grammy in the Rap category (1988). Smith lived as a free bird and spent money freely during his early career and underpaid his income taxes. The Internal Revenue Service eventually assessed a $2.8 million tax debt against Smith, took many of his possessions, and garnished his income.
Smith was nearly bankrupt in 1990 when the NBC television network signed him to a contract and built a TV Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, around him. The show was successful and launched his acting career. Smith set himself the goal of becoming "'the biggest movie star in the world'," studying box office successes' common characteristics. Although he made a notable dramatic film debut in Six Degrees of Separation while still appearing in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Smith's film career took off with his role in the buddy cop action film Bad Boys (1995) along with co-star Martin Lawrence. After that movie there was no looking back for him.
Even President Barack Obama stated that if a film were to ever be made about his life, he would have Smith play his part, because "he has the ears". Obama stated that the two have discussed a possibility of a film based on the 2008 election.
On December 1, 2008, TV Guide reported that Smith has been selected as one of America’s top ten most fascinating people of 2008 for a Barbara Walters ABC special that aired on December 4, 2008.

Way to go man, looking forward for your upcoming works.

Carole Lombard

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Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942), born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was an Oscar-nominated American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in several classic films of the 1930s, most notably in the 1936 film My Man Godfrey. She is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars of all time and was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s, earning around US$500,000 per year (more than five times the salary of the US President). Lombard's career was cut short when she died at the age of 33 in an airplane crash.

Carole Lombard made her film debut at the age of twelve after she was seen playing baseball in the street by director Allan Dwan; he cast her as a tomboy in A Perfect Crime (1921).

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With director Alfred Hitchcock she did Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941). The film gave Lombard's career a much needed boost and she followed her success with what proved to be her last film, one of her most successful, To Be or Not to Be (1942).That film got released two months after the untimely death of diva.
In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the 50 greatest American female screen legends. She received one Academy Award for Best Actress nomination, for My Man Godfrey.
Lombard's Fort Wayne childhood home has been designated a historic landmark. The city named the nearby bridge over the St. Mary's River the "Carole Lombard Memorial Bridge."

Latest on American Idol 2009

2009-04-18T01:50:00.000-07:00

“American Idol” is hitting the road yet again and coming to a town near you!

The “American Idols Live!” 2009 Tour kicks off in Portland, OR on July 5, and will feature the top 10 contestants from “American Idol” season 8.

Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre will visit 50 cities across North America as part of highly anticipated summer tour.

The full schedule for American Idols Live! Tour 2009 is as follows:

July 5th - Portland, OR - Rose Garden
July 7th - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
July 8th - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
July 10th - Sacramento, CA ARCO - Arena
July 11th - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
July 12th - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
July 14th - West Valley City, UT - E Center
July 16th - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
July 17th - Ontario, CA - Citizens Bank Arena
July 18th - San Diego, CA - Sports Arena
July 20th - Glendale, AZ - Jobing.com Arena
July 23rd - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
July 24th - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
July 25th - N. Little Rock, AR - Alltel Arena
July 26th - Memphis, TN - FedEx Forum
July 28th - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
July 29th - Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
July 31st - Duluth, GA - Arena at Gwinnett Center

Johnny Depp-Filmography

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1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street Glen Lantz
1985 Private Resort Jack Marshall
1986 Platoon Private Gator Lerner
1990 Cry-Baby Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker
Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1991 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Teen on TV Cameo (as Oprah Noodlemantra)
1992 Stuff only director short film
1993 What's Eating Gilbert Grape Gilbert Grape
Benny & Joon Sam Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Arizona Dream Axel Blackmar
1994 Ed Wood Edward D. Wood, Jr. London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor also for Don Juan DeMarco
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1995 Nick of Time Gene Watson
Dead Man William Blake
Don Juan DeMarco Don Juan/John R. DeMarco London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor also for Ed Wood
1996 Cannes Man Himself
1997 Donnie Brasco Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. Pistone Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
The Brave Raphael Director and writer
Nominated — Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Raoul Duke playing Hunter S. Thompson
L.A. Without a Map Himself / William Blake Cameo
1999 Sleepy Hollow Ichabod Crane Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor
The Astronaut's Wife Spencer Armacost
The Source Jack Kerouac Documentary film
The Ninth Gate Dean Corso
2000 Chocolat Roux Also musician: guitar
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Before Night Falls Lt. Victor, Bon Bon
2001 From Hell Frederick Abberline Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor
The Man Who Cried Cesar (Limited release)
Blow George Jung
2002 Lost in La Mancha Himself Uncredited role
2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico Sheldon Sands Composer: theme, "Sands' Theme"
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Captain Jack Sparrow Empire Award for Best Actor
Irish Film Award for Best International Actor
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
2004 Happily Ever After L'inconnu Cameo
Finding Neverland Sir James Matthew Barrie Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Empire Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Secret Window Mort Rainey
2005 The Libertine John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka Empire Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Irish Film Award for Best International Actor
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Corpse Bride Victor Van Dort voice role
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Captain Jack Sparrow Empire Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — National Movie Award for Performance – Male
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Captain Jack Sparrow
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
National Movie Award for Performance – Male
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor
2008 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Narrator
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Tony post-production
Public Enemies John Dillinger post-production
Shantaram Lindsay Also co-producer
pre-production
The Rum Diary Paul Kemp Also executive producer
pre-production
2010 Alice in Wonderland[53] Mad Hatter filming

[edit] Television works
Year Production Role Notes
1985 Lady Blue Lionel Viland Episode: "Beasts of Prey"
1986 Slow Burn Donnie Fleischer TV-Movie
1987-1991 21 Jump Street Officer Thomas "Tom" Hanson, Jr. TV series (57 episodes)
1987 Hotel Rob Cameron Episode: "Unfinished Business"
1999 The Vicar of Dibley Himself Episode: "Celebrity Party"[54]
2004 King of the Hill Yogi Victor (voice) Episode: "Hank's Back"

Johnny Depp-Other Interests

2009-02-02T01:46:00.000-08:00

As a guitar player, Depp has recorded a solo album, played slide guitar on the Oasis song "Fade In-Out" (from Be Here Now, 1997), as well as on "Fade Away (Warchild Version)" (b-side of the "Don't Go Away" single). As well, he played acoustic guitar in the movie Chocolat and on the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Mexico. He is a friend of The Pogues' Shane MacGowan, and performed on MacGowan's first solo album. As well, he was a member of P, a group featuring Butthole Surfers singer Gibby Haynes and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. He has appeared in Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' music video "Into the Great Wide Open".

[edit] Winemaker and restaurateur

Depp and Paradis grow grapes and have wine making facilities in their vineyard in Plan-de-la-Tour north of Saint-Tropez.[19][50] Known for a fondness of French wines, among Depp's favourites are the Bordeaux wines Château Calon-Ségur, Château Cheval-Blanc and Château Pétrus, and the Burgundy wine Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. Interviewed in Madame Figaro, Depp stated, "With those wines, you reach nirvana".[51] Along with Sean Penn, John Malkovich and Mick Hucknall, Depp co-owns the Parisian restaurant-bar Man Ray, located near the Champs-Élysées.[

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton

2009-02-01T01:32:00.000-08:00

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton collaborated together for seven films, beginning with Johnny Depp's breakout role in Edward Scissorhands (1990), opposite Winona Ryder and Vincent Price. Depp's next movie with Burton was the 1994 film, Ed Wood. Once producer Scott Rudin said, "Basically Johnny Depp is playing Tim Burton in all his movies," though Burton disapproved of this comment. Depp, however agrees with Rudin's statement. According to Johnny Depp, Edward Scissorhands represented Tim Burton's inability to communicate as a teenager. Ed Wood reflected Burton's relationship with Vincent Price.

Johnny Depp's next movie his third according to the collaboration with Burton was the dark Sleepy Hollow (1999) in the role of Ichabod Crane, opposite Christina Ricci. Sleepy Hollow showcased Ichabod's feelings that reflected Tim Burton's battle with the Hollywood studio system. For this performance, Johnny Depp took inspiration from Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall and Basil Rathbone. Johnny Depp once said, "I always thought of Ichabod as a very delicate, fragile person who was maybe a little too in touch with his feminine side, like a frightened little girl."

Johnny Depp after 1999 again worked with Tim Burton in 2005 when he had his two releases the first of which was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In this movies Johnny Depp played the character's hair on Anna Wintour. The film was a box office success and received positive critical reaction, although Gene Wilder, who played Willy Wonka in the 1971 film, initially opposed this version. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was that released in July was followed in September by Corpse Bride, for which Johnny Depp gave voice to the character Victor Van Dort.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2007 was Johnny and Tim's next release and the sixth one according to the collaboration. It won Johnny Depp his second major award, the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. For this movie Johnny Depp worked very hard.

Tim Burton first gave him an original cast recording of the 1979 stage musical in 2000. Although Johnny Depp was not a fan of the genre but he grew to like the tale's musical treatment. He cited Peter Lorre in Mad Love (1935) as his main influence for the role, and practiced the songs his character would have to perform while filming Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Though Johnny Depp had performed in musical groups, he was initially unsure that he would be able to sustain Stephen Sondheim's lyrics.

Then Depp recorded demos of himself in West Hollywood, working with Bruce Witkin to shape his vocals without a qualified voice coach. The next and the last one of Depp-Burton collaboration is the upcoming Alice in Wonderland (2010). In this movie Depp will play the Mad Hatter, alongside long time collaborator, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway and Alan Rickman.

Nominations for Original Screenplay-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-31T02:38:00.001-08:00

The Nominations for Original Screenplay category are:

“Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
“Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
“In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
“Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Nominations for Adapted Screenplay-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-31T02:38:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Adapted Screenplay category are:

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
“Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Nominations for Achievement In Visual Effects-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-31T02:37:00.001-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement In Visual Effects category are:

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
“Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Nominations for Achievement In Sound Mixing-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-31T02:37:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement In Sound Mixing category are:

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
“Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Nominations for Achievement In Sound Editing-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-31T02:36:00.001-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement In Sound Editing category are:

“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King
“Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
“Wanted” (Universal), Wylie Stateman

Nominations for Achievement In Film Editing-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-31T02:36:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement In Film Editing category are:

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
“Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Nominations for Achievement In Cinematography-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-31T02:35:00.001-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement In Cinematography category are:

“Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Nominations for Achievement In Art Direction-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-31T02:35:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement In Art Direction category are:

“Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
“The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
“Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Nominations for Best Live Action Short Film-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-31T02:32:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Best Live Action Short Film category are:

“Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
“Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
“New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
“The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Nominations for Best Animated Short Film-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-30T02:31:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Best Animated Short Film category are:

“La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
“Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
“Oktapodi” (Talantis Films), A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
“Presto” (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
“This Way Up” A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Nominations for Best Motion Picture of the Year-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-30T02:28:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Best Motion Picture of the Year category are:

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
“Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Nominations for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-29T13:45:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song) category are:

“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
“O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Nominations for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score)-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-29T13:26:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score) category are:

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Alexandre Desplat
“Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
“Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Nominations for Achievement in Makeup-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-28T02:35:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement in Makeup category are:

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Nominations for Best Documentary Short Subject-81Oscar Awards

2009-01-28T02:21:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Best Documentary Short Subject category are:

“The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
“The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
“Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
“The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Nominations for Best Documentary Feature-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-27T02:19:00.001-08:00

The Nominations for Best Documentary Feature category are:

“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
“Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
“The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
“Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
“Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Nominations for Achievement in Costume Design-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-27T02:11:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement in Costume Design category are:

“Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
“The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
“Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
“Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Nominations for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-26T03:15:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year category are:

“The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany
“The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
“Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
“Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
“Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Nominations for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-26T03:07:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year category are:

“Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
“Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

Nominations for Achievement in Directing-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-25T14:10:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Achievement in Directing category are:

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard
“Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

Nominations for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-25T14:03:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role category are:

Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Nominations for Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-24T02:15:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role category are:

Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Nominations for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-24T01:57:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role category are:

Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Nominations for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role-81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-23T00:54:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for Performance by an actor in a leading role category are:

Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

81st Oscar Awards-Nominations

2009-01-23T00:28:00.000-08:00

The Nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Oscar Awards was announced on 22nd January 2009 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker. Ganis and Whitaker, who won an Academy Award for lead performance in "The Last King of Scotland" (2006), announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 categories at a live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. To see the nominations in any one of the 24 categories click on it:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Achievement in directing
Best animated feature film of the year
Best foreign language film of the year
Achievement in costume design
Best documentary feature
Best documentary short subject
Achievement in makeup
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Best motion picture of the year
Best animated short film
Best live action short film
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Achievement in visual effects
Adapted screenplay
Original screenplay

81st Oscar Awards

2009-01-22T12:33:00.000-08:00

The latest and the hottest topic for discussion is the Oscar Night, the 81st Annual Academy Awards, which is being held on 22nd February 2009. Oscar Awards are the most prestigious awards of Hollywood. Before I begin with the details of the 81st award ceremony I would like to acquaint you all with a brief history about the awards.

Oscars or the Academy Awards were not a publicized event before, as they are now. The first Oscar Award was held out of public eye on May 16th 1929 during the Academy banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's blossom Room. It was quite a long ceremony full of long speeches, thought the Academy President Douglas Fairbanks made quick work of handing out the statuettes. The recipients of the awards were announced three months earlier, so there was only a little bit of suspense left during the ceremony. But this changed the very next year and the Academy decided to keep the results secret until the ceremony. But they gave a list in advance to the newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. on the night of the Awards.

This policy could continue only until 1940 when the newspaper group Los Angeles Times broke this deal and published the list of winners in its evening edition itself, which was readily available to guests arriving for the ceremony. As a result of this the Academy to adopt the sealed-envelope system from 1941, which is followed till today. In 1929 during the first award ceremony, 15 awards were given for cinematic Achievements in 1927-28. The winner of the first Best Actor Award was German tragedian Emil Jannings. Emil Jannings had to return to Europe before the ceremony so, the Academy granted his request to receive the trophy early, making his statuette the very first Academy Award presented ever.

By the second Academy Awards Ceremony the enthusiasm of the awards for so much that a Los Angeles Radio Station gave a live one-hour broadcast of the event. The ceremony has been broadcast ever since. The ceremonies continued to be held at banquets at the Ambassador and Biltmore hotels, until in 1942, the increased attendance forced the academy to organize the event at a bigger place. The 16th Oscar Awards was held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and after this the event has always been held at a theater.

In 1953 these awards were telecast on the television and millions of people throughout United States and Canada watched the proceedings. Broadcasting in color began in 1966 and enabled people to view such an event in its true color. Now these awards are broadcast on a very large scale and is available to more than 200 million people around the world.

The above was a brief history about the Oscar Awards. To know about the Nominations at the 81st Annual Academy Oscar Awards, which are going to take place on 22nd February 2009 Click Here!

Hollywood Celebrities and U.S Presidential Inauguration

2009-01-22T10:33:00.000-08:00

Today is 22th January and today is the first day of office for the 44th President of America, Barack Obama. In the most important and happening event, the U.S Presidential Inauguration, on 20th January Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. The U.S Presidential Inauguration, marked the commencement of the four year term of Barack Obama and Joseoh Biden as President and Vice President and was attended by an exceptionally large number of people. With this ceremony Barack Obama became the first African American to hold the office and the first President born in Hawaii. The theme of this 56th U.S Presidential Inauguration was "A New Birth of Freedom," commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

The U.S Presidential Inauguration celebration began on January 17, 2009 with a train ride beginning from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many of the official events were held in Washington, D.C. from January 18 to 21, 2009. These events included the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, a day of service on the federal observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a "Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future" concert event at the Verizon Center, the inaugural ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, an inaugural luncheon at National Statuary Hall, a parade along Pennsylvania Avenue, a series of inaugural balls at the Washington Convention Center and other locations, a private White House gala and an inaugural prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral.

Among the large number of people who were present at this historic event, there were many Hollywood Celebrities too. Among those present at this event were Sean Combs, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, Oprah Winfrey, Stedman Graham, John Cusack, Dustin Hoffman, Magic Johnson, Boxing promoter Don King, Muhammad Ali, Miley Cyrus and her father, Billy Ray, Young Jeezy, Jay-Z, Herbie Hancock, David Arquette, Ben Affleck, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Tobey Maguire, David Archuletta, Jennifer Lopez, Jamie Foxx, Bow Wow, "The Wrestler's" Marisa Tomei, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Mary J. Blige, Actress Rosario Dawson, Bono and the Edge, Pro golfer Tiger Woods, Usher, Queen Latifah, Actor/comedian George Lopez, Singer Sheryl Crow, Actor Forrest Whittaker, Actress Ashley Judd, George Lucas, Actor Samuel Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, soul singer Bettye LaVette, Actor Tom Hanks, Folk singer Pete Seeger, the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am look on, Singer John Legend, Country star Garth Brooks, Singer John Mellencamp, Josh Groban, Heather Headley, Singer James Taylor and Actor Jack Black.

Oof! So many stars and such a prestigious event!

Johnny Depp-Movies

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Johnny Depp got a break in a lead role on the FOX TV television series, 21 Jump Street, which premiered in 1987. Johnny Depp accepted this role because he wasn't getting much work in the business and wanted to work with actor Frederic Forrest, who inspired him. Later Depp's long time friend Sal Jenco also joined the cast of the show, as a semi-co-star as the janitor named Blowfish. The show was a success and it made Johnny Depp a popular teen idol during the late 1980s, a status which which he found an irritant one. He also quoted that he felt "forced into the role of product" and that it was "a very uncomfortable situation and I didn't get a handle on it and it wasn't on my terms at all." So Johnny Depp promised himself that after the expiry of the contract on the series, he would only appear in films that he felt were right for him.

Johnny Depp's first major role was in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, of the year 1994. His role was of the heroine's boyfriend and one of Freddy's victims. In 1986, Johnny Depp appeared in a secondary role as a Vietnamese-speaking private in Oliver Stone's Platoon. Finally in 1990 Depp got relieved from his teen idol image when he played the quirky title role in Edward Scissorhands, a Tim Burton film. The film was a huge success and from here Depp's association with Burton also reached great heights. Johnny Depp's dream came true when he got an opportunity to play a version of his idol and long-time friend writer Hunter S. Thompson, named Raoul Duke in 1998's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The movie was based on the writer's pseudobiographical novel of the same name. Johnny Depp has also also accompanied Thompson as his road manager on one of the author's last book's tours.

In 2006, Johnny Depp contributed a personal foreword to Hunter S.Thompson's book Gonzo. Gonzo is a posthumous visual biography of the writer's legacy published by ammobooks.com. Johnny Depp paid for most of Thompson's memorial events, complete with fireworks and the shooting of Thompson's ashes by a cannon, in Aspen, Colorado, where Thompson lived. Johnny Depp's characters he portrays in films have been described by the press as "iconic loners," and Depp has noted that this period of his career was full of "studio defined failures" and films that were "box office poison,". He said that he believes film studios never "understood" the films he appeared in and did not know how to market them properly. Depp also believes in doing those films that he found personally interesting, and not those he thought would succeed at the box office.

Johnny Depp made a mark as a major star with the success of the 2003 Walt Disney Pictures film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. His lead performance as the suave pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, in the film was highly praised. Initially his role received negative responses by the studio bosses who saw the film, but the character became popular when the movie released in public. Depp was also considered to be one of the main reasons audiences wanted to see the movie. Depp told the press that he modeled the character after Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. For this movie Depp was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2004, he was again nominated for a Best Actor Oscar but this time for playing Scottish author J. M. Barrie in the film Finding Neverland. Johnny Depp next starred as Willy Wonka in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was a major success at the box office, in 2005.

Johnny Depp again appeared as Jack sparrow in the sequel of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which was released on July 7, 2006 and grossed $135.5 million in the first three days of its U.S. release, breaking a box office record in reaching the highest weekend tally ever. The next sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End, was released on May 24, 2007. Depp once mentioned that he has an attachment to his Captain Jack Sparrow character, specifying that Sparrow is "definitely a big part of me", and expressing his desire to portray the character in further sequels. Johnny Depp has even given voice to Sparrow in the video game, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow.

Johnny Depp together with Gore Verbinski is executive producer of the album Rogues Gallery, Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys. Johnny Depp also played the title role of Sweeney Todd in Tim Burton's film adaptation of the musical Sweeney Todd. For this role he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. As a child, Johnny Depp was obsessed with Dark Shadows which is a gothic-themed soap opera that was aired on ABC from 1966 to 1971. Due to this reason he accepted Warner Brothers proposal to make a film version of the this show and in July 2007, a rights deal was signed with Dan Curtis, the show's producer/director.

Johnny Depp and Graham King will be producing the above mentioned movie along with David Kennedy. Depp will also appear in a film version of writer Hunter S. Thompson's book, The Rum Diary in which he will be portraying the main character Paul Kemp. Depp's production company has also got the rights to the story of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Johnny Depp has also signed a movie named The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, where he will be playing one incarnation of the Heath Ledger character, along with Jude Law and Colin Farrell. All these three actors gave their salaries from the film to Ledger's daughter, Matilda. His upcoming movies are Burton's Alice in Wonderland , where he will portray the Mad Hatter and a fourth sequel of the Pirates series in which Depp would reprise his Captain Jack Sparrow role.

Johnny Depp-Biography

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When Johnny Depp was only 12 years old, his mother, Betty Sue Palmer, brought him a guitar. Depp started playing in various garage bands, his first band being in honor of his girlfriend, Meredith. Johnny dropped out of high school just an year after his parents divorce, just to become a rock musician. According to him, he attempted to return to school two weeks later, but his principle told him to follow his dream of becoming a musician. Johnny Depp initially played with the Kids band. This band had initial modest success. The band then went to Los Angeles to sign a record deal and changed its name from the Kids to Six Gun Method. But unfortunately the band split before signing the deal.

Johnny Depp later collaborated with the band Rock City Angels and co-wrote their song "Mary", which appeared on Rock City Angels' debut for Geffen Records titled Young Man's Blues.Johnny Depp fell in love with his band's bass player's sister Anne Allison and married her on December 24, 1983. Anne Allison was a makeup artist. After their marriage also Anne worked as makeup artist, but Depp worked a variety of odd jobs, including a telemarketer for ink pens. Later Anne his wife, introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who advised him to pursue an acting career. In 1985, Depp and Allison divorced. After this marriage ended, Depp dated and engaged Sherilyn Fenn whom he met on the sets of the 1985 short film Dummies.

In 1994, Johnny Depp was arrested and questioned by police due to a complaint lodged by a New York City hotel staff, for causing serious damage to the hotel suite. In 1999 Depp was again arrested for brawling with paparazzi outside a restaurant while he was dining in London with his girlfriend, Vanessa Paradis, with whom he had a had a relationship since 1998. Vanessa Paradis is a French actress and singer whom Depp had met while filming The Ninth Gate. The couple has two children. Daughter Lily-Rose Melody Depp, born May 27, 1999 and son John "Jack" Christopher Depp III, born April 9, 2002. In 2007, his daughter recovered from a serious illness, an E. coli infection that began to cause her kidneys to shut down and resulted in an extended hospital stay. However, earlier sources reported that she had blood poisoning due to stepping on a rusty tack.

Though Depp did not remarry but he states that having children has given him "real foundation, a real strong place to stand in life, in work, in everything." He says "You can't plan the kind of deep love that results in children. Fatherhood was not a conscious decision. It was part of the wonderful ride I was on. It was destiny; kismet. All the math finally worked." The family divides its time between their home in Meudon, located in the suburbs of Paris, Los Angeles, and their villa in Le Plan-de-la-Tour, a small town an hour and a half from Saint-Tropez, in the south of France. Johnny Depp has also purchased a vineyard estate in the Plan-de-la-Tour area in 2007.

Johnny Depp is also famous because of the 13 tattoos stamped on his body. Out of these 13 tattoos, many of them signify important persons or events in his life, including an American Indian in profile and a ribbon reading "Wino Forever" which was originally "Winona Forever" and was altered after his breakup with Winona Ryder on his right biceps, "Lily-Rose" his daughter's name over his heart, "Betty Sue" his mother's name on his left biceps, and a sparrow flying over water with the word "Jack" his son's name on his right forearm. The sparrow is flying towards him rather than away from him as it is in Pirates of the Caribbean.

In 2003, Johnny Depp made news because of his quotes criticizing the United States in Germany's Stern magazine. Johnny commented that "America is dumb, is something like a dumb puppy that has big teeth — that can bite and hurt you, aggressive." He later complained that the magazine misquoted him and the quotation was taken out of context. But, Stern stood by its story and CNN.com also affirmed it in its coverage of the interview. CNN added his remark that he would like his children "to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate it a little, check it out, get this feeling and then get out." The Newsweek's July 17, 2006 edition reprinted his "dumb puppy" quotation, verbatim, within the context of a Letter to the Magazine. Johnny Depp has also disagreed with the subsequent media reports that quoted him saying that he wanted to be painted as a "European wannabe" who enjoys the "simpler" life and anonymity that living in France provides.

Tim Burton is one of the closest friends of Johnny Depp with whom he has worked six times. Depp has even referred to working with Burton as "coming home", and he wrote the introduction to Burton on Burton, a book of interviews with the director, in which he called Burton "...a brother, a friend,...and brave soul".

Johnny Depp

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Johnny Depp's birth name was John Christopher Depp II and he was born on 9th June 1963. Johnny Depp is an American actor, known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Edward Scissorhands. Johnny Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. He is the son of Betty Sue Palmer, a waitress and John Christopher Depp,Sr., a civil engineer. He has three siblings. One brother Danny and two sisters Christie and Debbie. Christie has now become his personal manager. Depp has German, Cherokee, and Irish ancestry.

As per the biographies, the Depp family has its origin from a French Huguenot, Pierre Deppe or Dieppe, who settled in Virginia around 1700. Johnny Depp says that he himself does not know the origin of his name but jokes that the name translates to 'idiot' in German. Johnny Depp reveals that his family moved very frequently during his childhood and that he and his siblings have lived in more than 20 different locations and finally settled in Miramar, Florida in 1970.

Eight years after this, his parents divorced and Johnny Depp engaged in the practice of self-harm as a child, due to the stress of dealing with family problems and his own insecurity. He presently has seven or eight scars from practicing self-harm. In a 1993 interview, he explained his self-injury by saying, "My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist".

Johnny Depp joined hands with director and close friend Tim Burton for seven films. The most recent film out of his collaboration is Sweeney Todd: The Demon Narber of Fleet Street(2007) and the upcoming movie is Alice in Wonderland (2010). Johnny Depp has received acclaim for his portrayals of real life figures such as Edward Wood, Jr., in Ed Wood. Johnny Depp starring Films have made collections over $2.2 billion at the United States box office and over $4.7 billion worldwide. Johnny Depp has also been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Colin Farrell-Controversies and News

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Colin Farrell along with all struggle, success and failure has also faced some controversies. In July 2005, he sued his former girlfriend, Playboy model Nicole Narain, the Internet Commerce Group (ICG) and adult entertainment producer David Hans Schmidt over the unauthorized public distribution of a 14-minute sex tape made by Farrell and Narain in 2003. He said that the tape was strictly private and confidential and he will sue anyone and anybody who tries to distribute it publicly. But the tape had already been leaked to Schmidt and ICG who tried to release it publicly. A Los Angeles judge barred the sale, distribution, or display of the tape.

According to Nicole Narain she did not give the tape to anyone and was not sure if or how copies were taken from her. She had originally promised Farrell that she is with him in keeping the tape private, but Farrell claimed that Narain, along with Schmidt, was trying to release it in order to damage his career and "make money out of it", which Nicole denied totally. In January 2006, the tape featured on the website named dirtycolin.com. But the site was shut down that day itself because of the server overload. But it was again re-opened a week later.

The tape was then pirated through file sharing systems. The lawyers of both the stars Farrell and Narain denounced the site and the site was shut down again a few days later for unknown reasons. Farrell's legal team said it would take legal action against sites that hosted the tape. The trial date for the Narain lawsuit was set for July 17, 2006. But the judge allowed Farrell and Nicole to negotiate until 20th April and On 16th April both reached a settlement with confidential terms. But Farrell's lawsuit against ICG continued with a trial date set for July 21, 2006.

A telephone sex worker Dessarae Bradford sued Farrell twice for allegedly harassing and sending foul messages to her. But, the lawsuits were later dismissed because of lack of evidence against Farrell. Bradford had also announced once that she is "waging war on Colin Farrell". Bradford even recorded a song titled "Colin Farrell is My Bitch" and self-published a book called Colin Farrell: A Dark Twisted Puppy. Earlier Bradford had recorded a song and written a book in which she claimed to have engaged in pegging with actor Alec Baldwin. She took a lie detector test on an i TV program in an attempt to support her claims and stories but failed the test.

On 20th July 2006, when Farrell was being interviewed by Jay Leno on the sets of The Tonight Show, Bradford entered the studio, evading the security, walked on stage as cameras were rolling, confronted Farrell, and threw her book on Jay's desk. All the audience were silent and stunned. Farrell escorted her off the stage himself, told the camera crew to stop filming, and handed her over to security. As Bradford was being led out of the studio by security, she shouted "I'll see you in court." Farrell responded saying, "Darling, you're insane!" Outside the studio, NBC security handed her off to Burbank police, who released her later.

After all this scene Farrell sincerely apologized to the audience, describing Bradford as "my first stalker". The show then continued filming and the incident was edited out of the broadcast aired that night. Farrell later requested a restraining order in court against Bradford saying that Bradford "accosted me during the taping of a network television show on July 20, 2006. I am concerned that her harassing behavior has escalated and may pose an immediate threat to my well-being and the well-being of my family." The request also asked for Bradford to keep away from Farrell, his son James and James' mother, Kim Bordenave.

Other than controversies Farrell also made news by some charity or social events. In 2007, Farrell joined hands with other celebrities like Bruce Willis, Muhammad Ali, Eva Mendes, Vanessa L. Williams and Arnold Schwarzenegger to become an official games spokesman for the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai, China. He also made a guest appearance on the US sit-com Scrubs as Billy, a charming Irishman who accompanies a man who he knocked out in a fight to the Sacred Heart Hospital.

At the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Farrell made headlines by helping a local homeless man, nicknamed "Stress". Farrell took the man into his limousine, gave him money for an apartment, took him on a $3000 (CAD) clothes-shopping spree and advised him to change his life by quitting alcohol.

Colin Farrell-Awards and Nominations

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The following is the list of Awards and Nominations received by Colin Farrell in his career till today:

In 2000 Farrell won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor for the film Tigerland(2000).
In 2008 Farrell was nominated for British Independent Film Award in the category Best Actor for the movie In Bruges(2008).
Colin Farrell was nominated for Empire Awards in the category of Best Actor for Minority Report(2002), in the year 2003.
He was nominated for the European Film Award for the category of Best Actor for the movie Intermission(2003), in 2004.
This year on 11th January, Farrell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for the movie In Bruges (2008).
In 2007 at the Irish Film and Television Awards, he was nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role for the Feature Film Miami Vice (2006).
In 2004, he was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Awards for the category of Best Actor for the film A Home at the End of the World (2004).
In 2003, he Won Audience Award for the category of Best Actor in a Film, was nominated for Irish Film and Television Awards for the category of Best Actor in a Film for the movie S.W.A.T.(2003) and for the category of Best Supporting Actor in Film/TV for the movie Intermission (2003).
In 2002, at the London Critics Circle Film Awards, Farrell won the ALFS Award under the category of British Newcomer of the Year for the movie Tigerland (2000).
In 2003, Farrell won the MTV Movie Award under the category of Best Trans-Atlantic Breakthrough Performer and was nominated for MTV Movie Award under the category of Best Villain for movie Daredevil (2003).
In the year 2004, Farrell won the MTV Movie Award Best Colin Farrell in a Movie for the movie S.W.A.T. (2003) and was nominated for MTV Movie Award :Best Colin Farrell in a Movie for the movie Daredevil (2003), Best Colin Farrell in a for the movie Phone Booth (2002), Best Colin Farrell in a Movie for the movie The Recruit (2003) and Best Colin Farrell in a Movie for the movie Veronica Guerin (2003).
Farrell was nominated for People's Choice Awards, USA under the category Favorite Leading Man, in 2005.
In 2005 he was nominated for the Razzie Awards Worst Actor Category for the movie Alexander (2004).
At Shanghai International Film Festival, Farrell won an award under the category of Best Actor for the movie Hart's War (2002).
In 2003, at the Teen Choice Awards, Farrell won an award for the Choice Movie Villain for the movie Daredevil (2003), Choice Movie Actor - Drama/Action Adventure for the movie Daredevil (2003) and Phone Booth (2002), Choice Movie Breakout Star - Male for the movie The Recruit (2003), Daredevil (2003) and Phone Booth (2002) and Choice Movie Liar for the movie Phone Booth (2002).

Colin Farrell-Quotes

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Some quotes from Colin Farrell:

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
I think I was 8 or 9 when I had a fucking mad thing for Marilyn Monroe. I used to leave Smarties, the Irish equivalent of M&M's, under my pillow with a little note saying, 'I know you're dead, but these are very fucking tasty, and you should come have a few. I won't tell anyone.'
"I couldn't care less about who sees my bits ... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!" on appearing nude in Tigerland (2000).
On physical training for film roles he said, "I find it the most tedious waste of life. It's so boring. I'd prefer to be sitting in a pub with a few strangers talking' shit than looking at myself in the mirror running' on the treadmill."
It all goes back to [Joel Schumacher]. I wouldn't have done Phone Booth (2002) without him. I wouldn't be doing Hart's War (2002). I probably wouldn't have done American Outlaws (2001) if he hadn't picked me out of obscurity. I've worked, but not at the level or people I'm working with now if he hadn't taken a chance on an Irish kid playing a Texan.
On the girl that will interest him he said, "The usual obvious bullshit. Sense of humour, a bit of danger, good fun. A good heart is a really sexy thing. All women have the potential to be sexy and it's nothing to do with the dress someone wears or the make-up they put on their face, it's the aged-old cliché saying: 'What comes from inside'. God, I've met gorgeous women who I'd fancy and give one to, but at the end of the day they're not particularly sexy because they haven't got much going inside and they are too concerned with themselves. And then I've met women who wouldn't be as nearly as attractive and, because of the sense of fun they have and their joi de vivre, as they say, they'd be much sexier and you'd fall for them in a nanosecond."
I'm in no hurry to get anywhere. I don't have any plans. I don't have a map. If you did in this business, you'd destroy yourself.
On Hollywood: "I'm not seduced by it all. I swear to God. I'm easily pleased, yeah. Don't get me wrong, I'll indulge in it. I'll be in Los Angeles for two weeks and I'll have a laugh, get battered and have a buzz, but at the end of the day, I'll go home. It's just me earning a few more stories to tell everyone at home and all."
"Anything I am and anything I hope to be, I have my mom to thank."
I do have the ability to explore life and to be over the moon at the smallest thing - a few pints and a craic in the pub and I'm in heaven. But I have a melancholy side to me as well. Acting allows me to feel things, it kind of buys me human experience. And I don't mean this as acting as higher cause, because it's not, but it does kind of have a higher awareness emotionally.
I work my arse off. I'm never late, ask anyone. I'm only 27. I don't feel like a big star. I feel neither the pressure nor the grandeur of my situation, you know. I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot.
I'm just a true Irish boy at heart. I'm just myself, I stick by my guns and I treat people the way I think they should be treated, regardless of their status. And I just have a laugh.
I get no kicks from going to the gym. It doesn't do it for me. Never has. Some people enjoy working out. But that's never done it for me. In the past, I'd breathe in heavily between takes. I sucked it in and did a take. That way it doesn't hurt the beer consumption at all.
"It kind of went downhill, I was smoking a bit of reef. You know, you roll your first joint, drink your first beer and discover the girls and, well, that was it. I loved football, but I couldn't make the training any more" - on his football aspirations as a youth
When asked what he feels about people who drink tequila he said, "I tell them, 'When you're at home puking your guts out, I'll be here drinking my Amstel Light.'"

Colin Farrell-Trivia

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Some Trivial Information about Colin Farrell are:

Colin Farrell was ranked #98 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. It is his first appearance on the list.
Colin Farrell named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2003.
His mother, Rita, forced him to take dancing lessons once his brother, Emmon Farrell Jr., started them. Emmon Jr. also got him into acting by attending an acting school and later recommending it to Colin.
Colin Farrell voted 6th in 'The World's Sexiest Man of 2003' in Company magazine.
His girlfriend, model Kim Bordenave, gave birth to a 7lb. 9oz. baby boy called James Padraig. He was born on Friday September 12th, 2003 in a Los Angeles hospital.
Colin Farrell's son has suffered from chronic insomnia since he was 12 years old.
One of his favourites books is "When Nietzsche wept" by Irvin D. Yalom.
Colin Farrell is former son-in-law of actress Annette Ekblom.
He says that growing up, one of his childhood idols was Al Pacino. He got the chance to work opposite his hero in The Recruit (2003) (an experience he described as "scary as hell to work opposite a legend," even though he says Pacino was one of the kindest men he'd ever met and says they still hang out together).
On his left ring finger, above the knuckle he has the name "Millie" tattooed. "Millie" was a nickname for his first wife, Amelia Warner.
Colin Farrell has two tattoos on his left forearm. The first one is the words "Carpe Diem" (Latin for "Seize the day"). Beside this tattoo there is a second tattoo, which is a black cross.
Daredevil (2003) marks the first time he has been able to use his own Irish accent in an American movie.
His idol Al Pacino called him "the best actor of his generation."
His unauthorized biography by Jane Kelly: "Colin Farrell: Living dangerously".
Colin Farrell was originally considered for the role of Matt Murdock/Daredevil in the 2003 film adaptation of the Daredevil (2003) comic while Ben Affleck, who ultimately played Murdock, was originally considered for the part of Bullseye (Farrell's character).
His acting idols and influences are Al Pacino, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, James Caan, and Marlon Brando.
Colin Farrell weighed 1 lb. 6 oz. at birth.
Colin Farrell was accompanied by Britney Spears to the S.W.A.T. (2003) US- premiere.
Colin Farrell was a line dancing instructor in a nightclub in Limerick called Docs (now known as Trinity Rooms).
Colin Farrell resides in Dublin and Los Angeles.
Colin Farrell has twice taken roles meant for Heath Ledger. One of the roles was Alexander (2004), the second role was The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). Farrell, along with Jude Law and Johnny Depp, will play a physically altered form of Ledger's character as he travels through different worlds.
Colin Farrell was considered for the part of James Bond in Casino Royale (2006).

Colin Farrell-Filmography

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In his early film career Collin Farrell did a number of small roles in various television shows and films. His first such role was in the BBC drama Ballykissangel in 1998. He also had a role in Falling For A Dancer. In 2000 he got a break as a lead Actor as Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland, which is an American film directed by Joel Schumacher. His following American films like American Outlaws (2001) and Hart's War (2002), were not commercially successful. But 2003 brought some luck to him as his films, including Phone Booth, S.W.A.T., and The Recruit were well-received box office successes that year.

Colin Farrell has a pronounced Irish accent but he uses an American accent in some of his films including American Outlaws and Tigerland. Colin Farrell is also an ascertained supporting actor as can be seen from his well acclaimed role as an ambitious cop who chases after a potential criminal in Minority Report (2002), and as the skilled villain Bullseye in Daredevil (2003). Colin Farrell in the late 2003, starred in the highest grossing Irish independent film in the Irish box office history until 2006. The film was Intermission, in which Farrell played a criminal who plots a bank robbery with Cillian Murphy.

The very next year in 2004 Farrell did some independent films that received only a limited theatrical release in most countries. These films included A Home at the End of the World, in which Farrell appeared as a bisexual character, and the film received some positive reviews. One of his most controversial roles was in 2004 in the movie Oliver Stone's biopic Alexander, in which he played the title role of Alexander the Great. This film received a mixed response with some favorable reviews internationally and mostly mediocre and negative reviews in the United States. The film proved controversial for portraying the ancient conqueror as bisexual and hence received criticism from some historians for such a portrayal of the ancient Persians, though others praised it for its accuracy in these regards.

In 2005, Farrell starred in another historical epic, The New World, in which he played the leading role of captain John Smith, the founder of 17th century colonial Jamestown, Virginia who falls in love with a beautiful Native American princess, Pocahontas, played by Q'Orianka Kilcher. Though this movie got mixed reviews, was released in only 811 theaters worldwide and collected low box office response, it was nominated for Academy Awards that year. After The New World Farrell starred in Ask the Dust which was a romantic film set in the period Los Angeles. Salma Hayek was his co-star in the movie. This movie received a very limited theatrical release and was not a financial success.

In 2006, Farrell got success opposite Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann's action-crime film Miami Vice. This film was a box office success worldwide. Colin Farrell's next movie was Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, which was premiered in 2007 and was distributed in the U.S. in early 2008. Colin Farrell then starred in Martin McDonagh's In Bruges. In Bruges was the film which opened the Sundance Film Festival last year. Farrell was lucky with this film because his role as Ray, a hired hitman, in the film, earned him his first nomination and win at the Golden Globe Awards.

Shortly after this success Farrell starred in Kicking It. Kicking it was a documentary based on six homeless men from different countries and their attempt to qualify for the Homeless World Cup. Colin Farrell was the narrator of the movie and was present throughout the movie. The film was released simultaneously in theaters as well as television, airing on ESPN2 with a very short window to DVD release. Farrell received positive reviews for his involvement in this heartwarming true-life tale. Farrell even received enthusiastic reviews for the two dramatic roles that preceded it.

Recently on 11th January 2009, Colin Farrell won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor Musical or Comedy for his role in In Bruges. Some other films that Farrell starred in are The War Zone(1999), Ordinary Decent Criminal(2000), Veronica Guerin(2003) and Pride and Glory(2008). Farrell's upcoming movies are The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2009) and Triage(2009).

Colin Farrell

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The Hollywood Celebrity Colin James Farrell, who has starred in high profile Hollywood films like Tigerland, Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, Alexander and S.W.A.T. was born on May 31, 1976. Colin Farrell has also won Golden Globe Award. This Irish actor was born in Castleknock, Dublin. Colin Farrell is the son of Rita who is a housewife, and Eamon Farrell who is a footballer. His father played for Shamrock Rovers FC. Colin Farrell has three siblings, two sisters and one brother. His two sisters are Claudine and Catherine and Claudine is his personal assistant. His brother is Eamon Óg.

Colin Farrell attended St. Brigid's National School Castleknock followed by Castleknock College and Gormanston College. Colin Farrell even played football for Dublin Team, Castleknock Celtic, as a goalkeeper, during the late 1980s and early 1990s. During the same time he dated Angie Miller. Colin Farrell appeared for an audition for the Irish group Boyzone when he was still unknown and was unsuccessful. Farrell then attended The Gaiety School of Acting. But he was unfortunate to drop out of this school. After this he was cast in the part of Danny Byrne on Ballykissangel, a BBC television drama on which he appeared from 1998 to 1999.

In July 2001 Colin Farrell married English actress Amelia Warner but their marriage lasted for only four months and they got separated. Colin Farrell has a son named James, with model Kim Bordenave, who has Angelman Syndrome. Angelman Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental delay, speech impediment, sleep disturbance, seizures, hand flapping movements, and frequent laughter/smiling. In December 2005, Colin Farrell himself was admitted into a rehabilitation treatment center for treatment against recreational drugs and painkillers.

His public relation consultant confirmed his admission into the rehab and also revealed that Farrell had started taking painkillers due to a back injury. Farrell was released in January 2006. In May 2006, he attended rehabilitation meetings. Currently Farrell is an owner of a property near Phoenix Park in Dublin and also a house in Sandymount. He also owns a home in Los Angeles where he currently lives just to be near to his son.

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Britney Spears in Sex And The City!

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It is a rumor in the tinsel town of Hollywood that the Sex and The City Lead Actress and producer, Sarah Jessica Parker is keen to cast Britney Spears in the Sex and The City movie sequel. Sarah Jessica Parker has a feeling that the singer would prove to be perfect in the sequel. Britney Spears, who has also appeared on CBS' stunt casting-crazed How I Met Your Mother last year, would be playing a young relative of Sarah's character, Carrie Bradshaw. Sarah Jessica Parker had told friends that: “My idea is to have someone like Britney Spears move to New York as my cousin or niece and Carrie would show her the ropes.”

As far as Britney Spears is concerned she was seven years ago cast in the chick flick crossroads, when she was only 20. Crossroads was written by Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes and was one of the worst movies of all time. Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon are all expected to join Sarah Jessica in the SATC sequel, which we're guessing Britney won't be in.

Hollywood Celebrities Birthdays-January

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January born Hollywood Celebrities are:

1st January
Verne Troyer

Alexa Ray Joel

Elin Nordegren
3rd January
Kate Bosworth

Eli Manning

Mel Gibson
5th January
Marilyn Manson

Carrie Ann Inaba
6th January
Tiffany Pollard
7th January
Dustin Diamond
8th January
R. Kelly
10th January
Cash Warren
11th January
Jason Wahler
12th January
Heather Mills

Rush Limbaugh
13th January
Patrick Dempsey
14th January
Kristin Cavallari
17th January
Ray J

Kid Rock

Connor Cruise
19th January
Jodie Sweetin
20th January
Rainn Wilson
24th January
Mischa Barton
26th January
Ellen DeGeneres
29th January
Oprah Winfrey
30th January
Jemima Khan

Christian Bale
31st January
Justin Timberlake

Star Montalban Dead

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Ricardo Montalban, famous Mr.Roarke of the popular 80s TV show has died at the age of 88. His death was announced at a city council meeting by president Eric Garcetti, but the cause of death was not revealed.

Ricardo Montalban started with some splashy musicals in the 1940s. His most famous one of these was in which he was swimming opposite MGM star Esther Williams. Later he got recognition through his role as Khan in an original 1960s Star Trek episode and then in the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

After this he did a role of the faintly mysterious, white-suited Mr. Roarke, who reigned over a tropical island resort where visitors were able to fulfill their lifelong dreams, at the unexpected expense of a difficult life lesson. Following a floatplane landing and lei ceremony, he greeted each guest with the line: "I am Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to Fantasy Island." The show was aired from 1978 to 1984.

So honestly, have you ever wondered what Mr. Roarke exactly was? An angel, a demon? In a 1978 interview, Montalban analyzed the mysterious quality of his character: "Was he a magician? A hypnotist? Did he use hallucinogenic drugs? I finally came across a character that works for me. He has the essence of mystery, but I need a point of view so that my performance is consistent. I now play him 95 percent believable and 5 percent mystery. He doesn't have to behave mysteriously; only what he does is mysterious."

George Clooney-Nominations

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In 2008, George Clooney was nominated for Oscar Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the movie Michael Clayton(2007).
In 2006, George Clooney was nominated for Oscar Award for Best Achievement in Directing for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) and Best Writing, Original Screenplay for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005).
In 2003, George Clooney was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Actor for the movie Solaris(2002).
In 2008, George Clooney was nominated for BAFTA Film Award for Best Leading Actor for the movie Michael Clayton(2007).
In 2006, George Clooney was nominated for BAFTA Film Award, for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for the movie Syriana(2005) and Best Screenplay - Original for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005).
In 2008, George Clooney was nominated for Critics Choice Award as Best Actor for the movie Michael Clayton(2007) at Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
In 2006, George Clooney was nominated for, Critics Choice Award as Best Director for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005), Best Supporting Actor for the movie Syriana(2005) and Best Writer for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) at Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
In 2005, George Clooney was nominated for Critics Choice Award as Best Acting Ensemble for the movie Ocean's Twelve(2004).
In 2006, George Clooney was nominated for, the Best Director Award for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) and Best Screenplay Award for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) at Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
In 1996 and 1995, George Clooney was nominated for Emmy Awards for an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the series "ER"(1994).
In 2008, George Clooney was nominated for Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for the movie Michael Clayton(2007) at Golden Globes, USA.
In 2006, George Clooney was nominated for, Golden Globe Award for the Best Director - Motion Picture for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) and Best Screenplay - Motion Picture for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) at Golden Globes, USA.
In 1998,1997 and 1996, George Clooney was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama for the series "ER"(1994).
At Screen Actors Guild Awards, in 2008,
In 2006, George Clooney was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) at Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In 2006 George Clooney was nominated for an Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for the movie Syriana(2005) at Screen Actors Guild Awards.
George Clooney was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for the series "ER"(1994) in 1997 as well as 1996 at Screen Actors Guild Awards.
At the Writers Guild of America, USA, in 2006, George Clooney was nominated for the WGA Award (Screen) for Best Original Screenplay for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005).
George Clooney was nominated for the Golden Lion Award for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) in 2005 at the Venice Film Festival.

George Clooney-Awards

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Awards and Nominations received by George Clooney are:

In 2006, George Clooney won an Oscar Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for the movie Syriana(2005).
In 2000 George Clooney won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award as the Favorite Action Team for the movie Three Kings(1999).
In 2005, George Clooney won the Best Director award for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) at Bratislava International Film Festival.
In 2005, George Clooney won the Screen International Award for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) at European Film Awards.
In 2006, George Clooney won the Best Foreign Film - English Language for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) at Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.
In 2000, George Clooney won the Golden Camera Award for Film and TV - International at Golden Camera, Germany.
In 2006, George Clooney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for for the movie Syriana(2005).
In 2001, George Clooney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?(2000).
In 1996, George Clooney won the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for the movie From Dusk Till Dawn(1996) at MTV Movie Awards.
In 2006, George Clooney won the award for Best Screenplay, Original for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) at Online Film Critics Society Awards.
In 2008, George Clooney won the People's Choice Award for Favorite On Screen Match-up for the movie Ocean's Thirteen (2007) at People's Choice Awards, USA.
At Sant Jordi Awards, in 2007, George Clooney won the Sant Jordi Best Foreign Film Award for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005).
In 1999,1998 and 1997 George Clooney won the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for the series "ER"(1994) at Screen Actors Guild Awards.
George Clooney won the award for Most Memorable Kiss for the series "ER"(1994).
George Clooney won, FIPRESCI Prize for Competition, Golden Osella award for Best Screenplay, Human Rights Film Network Award - Special Mention and Pasinetti Award for Best Film, for the movie Good Night, and Good Luck(2005), in 2005 at the Venice Film Festival.
At Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, in 2007 George Clooney won the WAFCA Award for Best Actor for the movie Michael Clayton(2007).

George Clooney-Quotes

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Some Quotes from George Clooney:

I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.
"I was too busy breaking up Tom and Nicole's marriage." - a quip he made on the fact that he had nothing to do with the breakup of Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt
Ninety percent of films are pretty mediocre, but they have a built-in audience and open on 3,000 screens.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) bombed. But I can take it. Most of the films I've done haven't done particularly well. I'm surprised I'm continuing to work.
Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.
...directors are the captains of the ship, and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of the cast understand that by doing whatever he says.
On making Ocean's Eleven (2001): "It was the easiest shoot ever for any actor, and we all knew it when we were doing it. We were like, it's never going to be better than this. He [director Steven Soderbergh] was in hell because it was a really complicated film to put together. We were like, we're in Las Vegas, we go to work at one in the afternoon, and we gotta be done by six at night. Six hours of work. Steven was editing all night."
"I'm not a snob, I like entertaining films as well. But when you do a film like this, or like Three Kings (1999)-films that get you in a bit of trouble-it's fun to open up a debate."
"I think, if you listen to the piece, I certainly did not talk about wanting to kill myself. I was talking about the idea of living for years in that kind of pain. Please don't use my words out of context." Responding to media reports that he had contemplated suicide following surgery.
I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality.
Here is my theory in debunking photographs in magazines. You know, the paparazzi photographs. I want to spend every single night for three months going out with a different famous actress. You know, Halle Berry one night, Salma Hayek the next, and then walk on the beach holding hands with Leonardo DiCaprio. People would still buy the magazines, they'd still buy the pictures, but they would always go, 'I don't know if these guys are putting us on or not.'
The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say 'Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering" - come on. For us, even in the rotten ones, we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer.
We're the ones who talked about AIDS when it was just being whispered. And we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular. This academy - this group of people - gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud to be a part of this academy, proud to be part of this community, and proud to be out of touch.
You can only get so far without discernible talent - then you either work, or use cheap publicity tricks to keep the public's attention. Paris (Hilton) has no reason to complain if she is on the end of bad publicity.
Asked what makes a man stylish: "For me, a sense of humor is number one. It's certainly what's most attractive. It's not the first thing you notice at 21, but it's the first thing you notice now. If celebrity is a credit card, I'm using my credit. My job is to try and find ways of talking about issues that move us forward. I don't make policy, but I can shine a light on faulty or good policy. The Not On Our Watch launch reached more than 9 million people. We need to focus global attention on the plight of the 2.5 million civilians who have fled their homes. Rather than talk about who I'm dating, let's talk about saving lives.
On who will win the Best Actor Oscar in 2008: "If you want my honest opinion, I think it's going to be Daniel Day-Lewis [for There Will Be Blood (2007)]. He sort of irritates all of us because he's so good. I'll tell you right now, I don't like him!"
It's 12 years and you could find ten films a year that are masterpieces. They don't make those films anymore. You couldn't come near making those films. (On films made between 1964 and 1976)
Had I not got the Thursday night ten o'clock slot at "ER" (1994), if they'd put us on Friday night, then I wouldn't have a film career. That's luck, not my own genius, though I like to think it was.

George Clooney-Movie Trivia

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Movie Trivia about George Clooney are as follows:

He stood up against the paparazzi by boycotting "Entertainment Tonight" in 1981, the sister show of "Hard Copy" of 1989, which had filmed Clooney without his permission.
His first steady TV role was in the medical sitcom "E/R" (1984) that was based in Chicago. Ten years later he starred in another TV series "ER" (1994) that was also based in Chicago that rose him into the galaxy of superstardom.
He agreed to do O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2000 before even reading the script.
He got into a fistfight with Three Kings (1999) director David O. Russell on the set because Russell had yelled and derided a few extras out of frustration, which Clooney didn't appreciate. Russell even quoted after this, "I wouldn't make another George Clooney movie if they paid me $20 million."
He has mostly starred in movies that are concerned to some type of robbery like Out of Sight (1998), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Three Kings (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Welcome to Collinwood (2002), Ocean's Twelve (2004), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
He got his start in a movie starring his cousin, Miguel Ferrer. Later, after Clooney had established himself on "ER" (1994), Ferrer made a guest appearance on the very first show. George's aunt, Rosemary Clooney, made guest appearances on two shows the first month "ER" (1994) aired.
His voice was dubbed for the singing moments in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).
Heads his own film and television production company, Maysville Pictures.
He loves the show "South Park" (1997). He got a hold of Trey Parker, the creator of the series, and asked for a part in an episode. He was given the role of "Sparky," the gay dog.
Auditioned five times for Ridley Scott for the role of J.D. in Thelma & Louise (1991), a role that ultimately went to future friend Brad Pitt and catapulted Pitt to super-stardom.
Received the first "Spirit of Independence Award" of the Los Angeles Film Festival and Find Independent (FIND) in June, 2005.
He and his Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004) co-stars, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and Elliott Gould, and Bruce Willis who did a cameo in Ocean's Twelve as himself, all have guest-starred on the TV show "Friends" (1994), though not in the same episodes.
After an accident on the set of his movie Syriana (2005), he suffered from back pain, bad headaches, and memory loss. After several spine surgeries, he fully recovered and is fine now.
Sought the role of Jack in Sideways (2004). However, the film's director, Alexander Payne, felt that he was too big a star, and turned him down in favor of Thomas Haden Church.
In winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Syriana (2005), he becomes the second generation of his family to win an Oscar. His uncle, José Ferrer, won a Best Actor Oscar for playing in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950).
Is the first and only actor who played Batman in Batman & Robin (1997) to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana (2005).
Frequently involves himself in projects involving the "Golden Age" of television. Like he produced and starred in _Fail Safe (2000) (TV)_, a throwback to the live television plays of the 1950s and 1960s, he directed and appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), about Chuck Barris's' career in early game shows and he directed, wrote, and appeared in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), about Edward R. Murrow's battle with Senator Joseph McCarthy.
In 2006, he was the only regular cast member from "ER" (1994) to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Syriana (2005).
He was originally to star in Jack Frost (1998) but chose to do Batman & Robin (1997) instead. His part went to Michael Keaton, who had previously starred as Batman in Batman (1989) and in Batman Returns (1992).
Played a gangster in seven movies like From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Out of Sight (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Welcome to Collinwood (2002), Ocean's Twelve (2004), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
He and Grant Heslov founded production company Smoke House after his production company Section Eight closed down in August 2006.
He auditioned for the role of Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs (1992), but was turned down.
He was frequently cast as a soldier, as in The Thin Red Line (1998), The Peacemaker (1997), Three Kings (1999), and The Good German (2006).
His The Peacemaker (1997) co-star Nicole Kidman presented him his Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2006.
Least favorite movies from his filmography include: Batman & Robin (1997), The Peacemaker (1997), etc. in 2008.
Personal favorite movies from his filmography include: Out of Sight (1998), Three Kings (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), etc. in 2008.
Turned down two roles which went to Kevin Kline: "Artemus Gordon" in Wild Wild West (1999) and "Guy Noir" in A Prairie Home Companion (2006).
Quit the WGA in April 2008 after the union turned down his wish to be credited as a co-writer for Leatherheads (2008). He felt that he was let down by the union.

George Clooney-Personal Trivia

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Personal Trivia about George Clooney are as follows:

He was voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine in 1997
He was voted "Best Dressed Male Television Star." in 1997
He was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World." in 1996
For eighteen years he owned a pet pig named Max that was given to him by Kelly Preston. Max died on December 1, 2006.
He Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.
He was the very first guest on the talk-show of host Rosie O'Donnell when her TV show debuted.
He dated Renée Zellweger and Mariella Frostrup.
He is suffering from bleeding stomach ulcers and is still on medication for stomach pain to this day.
He was Ranked 27 on Premiere's 2002 Power 100 List.
When married to Talia Balsam he was the son-in-law of Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten.
One of People Magazine's "Top 50 Bachelors" (2002).
Ranked 29 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List.
Is the sixth actor to play Batman.
No. 3 of 10 Top Sexiest Men in People magazine in 2003.
Broke up with girlfriend Krista Allen in 2004.
Shared an apartment with actor Thom Mathews during the early 1980s.
Dated Céline Balitran from 1996 to 1999.
Was the second man, after Richard Gere, to make an appearance on the cover of Vogue magazine.
Ranked 16 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties."
Rode a bicycle to get to auditions as a struggling actor.
At 43, he was voted sexiest male celebrity in a 'Naughty Forties' poll conducted for UK television station FX.
Shared an L.A. home with Kelly Preston when both were struggling actors.
He loves beer. He does voice overs for Budweiser TV commercials and allegedly had a beer keg installed in his dressing room during filming of Ocean's Eleven in 2001.
Lived in a friend's closet during his struggle as an actor in L.A.
Is a Dallas Mavericks fan.
His relationship with Krista Allen, whom he met on the set of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), ended after 2 years.
In June 2005 he broke off relationship with Lisa Snowdon after 5 years.
In 2005 appeared on the cover of the first Men's Vogue.
He owns a villa in Laglio at Lake Como, Italy, where he lives several months of the year.
Close friends with actor Tommy Hinkley.
Ranked 21 on Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list. He was ranked 43 in 2005.
Turned down the role of Sgt. John McLoughlin in World Trade Center in 2006.
People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2006.
Suffered from Bell's palsy for a time while he was in high school.
In December 2006, he traveled to China and Egypt to make a personal plea to Chinese and Egyptian officials to use their ties with the Sudanese government to help stop the violence in the Darfur region.
Lives at Lago di Como in Italy.
Was considered for the part of Reed Richards in Fantastic Four in 2005.
In 2001 he was Voted Most Eligible Bachelor by People Magazine.
Quit smoking cigarettes after his aunt Rosemary Clooney died from lung cancer in 2002.
In September 2006 he addressed the United Nations Security Council, urging it to act over Darfur.
Helped celebrate a plan to rebuild a hospital in hurricane-devastated Louisiana alongside former President George Bush on 20 December 2006.
In 2007 he was ranked 13 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $25 million.
Supports Senator Barack Obama's bid to win the Democratic nomination for the 2008 presidential election.
He and his girlfriend, Sarah Larson, had an accident in 2007 while riding a motorcycle. She broke some toes, and Clooney broke a rib.
Merited a place in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" with a tribute written by Roseanne, in Issue of May 12, 2008.
Broke up with Sarah Larson in June, 2008.
His palatial villa overlooking Italy's Lake Como comprises 15 rooms, a wine cellar, and a master bedroom suite atop three floors. In his garage Clooney keeps his collection of Piaggio motorbikes. Docked at his pier is a Colombo classic powerboat.

George Clooney-Filmography

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In 2000, Geoorge Clooney appeared in major Hollywood films like The Perfect Storm and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. For the later he even won a Golden Globe Award for Best Musical/Comedy Actor. The same year he also did Fail Safe as Col. Jack Grady. In 2001, he again teamed up with Soderbergh, but this time for Ocean's Eleven that was a remake of the 1960s Rat Pack film Ocean's Eleven. He also starred in Spy Kids as Devlin, the same year. In Ocean's Eleven he played the main lead Danny Ocean.

Ocean's Eleven is Clooney's most commercially successful film ever, earning approximately US$ 444,200,000 worldwide. The film has two sequels Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007 both starring George Clooney in the lead and as an executive producer. In 2001, George Clooney founded the production studio Section Eight with Steven Soderbergh. He made his directorial debut in the 2002 with the film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind which is an adaptation of the autobiography of TV producer Chuck Barris. George Clooney's direction received an over whelming response from the critics and the audiences despite of the film failing.

In 2002 George Clooney also starred in Solaris as Chris Kelvin and Welcome to Collinwood as Jerzy. He was also the producer of Solaris. The same year he also appeared in a documnetary Starbuck Holger Meins. In 2003 he did Intolerable Cruelty as Miles Massey and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over a sequel of Spy Kids(2001), as Devlin. He also Produced Insomnia as an Executive Producer in 2002.

In 2005, George Clooney appeared in Syriana as Bob Barnes. In 2005 itself Clooney directed, produced, and starred as Fred Friendly in the film Good Night, and Good Luck. Both of these films were highly accepted at the box office and during 2006 Academy Awards George Clooney received a nomination for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Syriana. He became the first person in Oscar history to be nominated for directing one movie and acting in another in the same year. In 2006 He did The Good German as Jake Geismar.

In 2007, George Clooney produced and starred in Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton. The same year he also did Darfur Now as himself. In 2008 last year he directed, produced, co-wrote and starred in Leatherheads as Jimmy "Dodge" Connelly but the film is uncredited. He also starred in Burn After Reading as Harry Pfarrer last year. His upcoming films are Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009, Up in the Air in 2009 based on the novel "Up in the Air" by Walter Kirn and Men Who Stare at Goats in 2010.

George Clooney-Movies

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George Clooney had his first major role in 1984 in the television medical comedy-drama E/R. In 1985 he did the movie Streethawk where he played Kevin Stark. He then played a handyman in the series The Facts of Life from 1985 to 1986. In 1987 George Clooney starred in Return to Horror High as Oliver,Grizzly II: The Predator, Combat Academy as Maj. Biff Woods and an episode of Murder, She Wrote as Kip Howard in the episode "No Laughing Murder". He also played Bobby the detective on one of the episodes of The Golden Girls in 1987.

In 1988 George Clooney did Return of the Killer Tomatoes as Matt Stevens. George Clooney's first significant break was a semi-regular supporting role in the sitcom Roseanne where he played Roseanne Barr's overbearing boss Booker Brooks for 11 episodes from 1988 to 1991. This role was followed by the role of a construction worker on Baby Talk and a sexy detective James Falconer on Sisters from 1993-94. During 1990 to 1993 he also appeared in Red Surf(1990) as Remar, Unbecoming Age(1992) as Mac and The Harvest(1993) as Lip Synching Transvestite.

George Clooney from 1993 to 1994 starred in a series of serials, Sisters as Detective James Falconer. George Clooney achieved stardom when he was selected to play Dr. Doug Ross on the hit NBC drama ER in 1994-99 and also returned as a guest in the show's 15th and final season. In 1995 George Clooney appeared in a episode of Friends, "The One with Two Parts, Part Two".

George Clooney's first major Hollywood role was in the movie From Dusk Till Dawn, that was directed by Robert Rodriguez in 1996. He followed its success with One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer in 1996 and The Peacemaker with Nicole Kidman in 1997. The Pacemaker was the initial feature length release from Dreamworks SKG studio. In between the above two movies he also starred in Curdled as Seth Gecko which is uncredited and in a documentary Full-Tilt Boogie as himself.

George Clooney then succeeded Val Kilmer who had succeeded Michael Keaton, as the new Batman, in Batman & Robin. But the movie failed critically due to its campy style. Then the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, chose him to play a role in the show as the voice of Stan Marsh's gay dog Sparky in the episode "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride". The role was without dialogues but Clooney had to imitate normal dog noises.

George Clooney got a role in the movie South Park:Bigger, Longer & Uncut in 1999 as Voice of Doctor Gouache. But in spite of working together the South Park show's creators, Parker and Stone, made fun of Clooney for his outspoken political views in their feature film Team America: World Police. He was also made fun of in the episode "Smug Alert!", that referred to his acceptance speech at the 78th Academy Awards. All these things were ignored by George Clooney.

George Clooney in 1998 starred in movieThe Thin Red Line as Captain Bosche, Out of Sight as Jack Foley and Waiting for Woody as himself in a Comedic Short. Clooney's Out of Sight, opposite Jennifer Lopez was the first of many collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh. In the begining of 1999 he also appeared in Three Kings. By mid of 1999, George Clooney left ER to continue with his full-time movie career. In the same year he also appeared in movies like The Book That Wrote Itself as himself, and The Limey as TV Interviewee.

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George Clooney

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Batman of the film Batman and Robin and Danny Ocean of the 3 movies series Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve and Oceans Thirteen, George Clooney is an American Hollywood Actor, Director, Producer and Screenwriter. His full name is George Timothy Clooney and is nicknamed as Gorgeous George. He was born on 6th May 1961 in Lexington, Kentucky. His mother Nina Bruce is a former pageant queen while his father Nick is a journalist, anchorman, game show and American Movie Classics host, and an aspiring politician from the state of Kentucky. He also has an elder sister named Adelia.

George Clooney is both an Irish and a German. George Clooney's cousins include actors Miguel and Rafael Ferrer, who are the sons of his aunt, singer Rosemary Clooney, and actor José Ferrer. He is also related to another singer, Debby Boone, who married José and Rosemary's son, Gabriel Ferrer. George Clooney did his schooling from Blessed Sacrament School in Ft. Mitchell (Kentucky), St. Michael's School in Columbus, and Sir Thomas Rich's Grammar School for Boys, Gloucester, in the United Kingdom.

George Clooney spent a greater part of his childhood in Ohio. It was during his tenure at these schools only when he developed a liking for theater and acting. His parents then moved to Augusta, Kentucky. Once in Augusta, George Clooney attended the Augusta High School where he acted in several plays as the lead actor. He stated that he was gud at school and earned all A's and a B there. George Clooney was also an enthusiastic baseball and basketball player.

George Clooney wanted to pursue a career in Law but later diverted from his aim. He tried out with the Cincinnati Reds in 1977 to play professional baseball, but was not offered a contract. He did not pass the first round of player cuts. He also attended Northern Kentucky University from 1979 to 1981 and also the University of Cincinnati for a short while, but did not graduate from any.

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Brad Pitt Quotes

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Some Quotes from Brad Pitt are as follows:-

Brad Pitt quoted in the US Weekly on 18th September 2000, "Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed."
"I'm gonna design my own fleet of trailers. No! I'm gonna record an album like Jennifer Lopez. It'll be an acoustic version of KC & The Sunshine Band. Then maybe I'll design a line of clothes like but all in synthetic fur."
"I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right."
For Viasat magazine issue of 1st May Brad Pitt quoted "Fame is a bitch, man."
When asked about what keeps him humble Brad Pitt said-
You know, I telephoned my grandparents the other day, and my grandfather said to me, "We saw your movie." "Which one?" I said, and he shouted, "Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?" I thought that was just classic. I mean, if that doesn't keep your feet on the ground, what would?
"I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth."
"Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within."
On 13th October 1997 for the Time magazine Brad Pitt quoted-
"You shouldn't speak until you know what you're talking about. That's why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I'm a f---ing actor! They hand me a script. I act. I'm here for entertainment. Basically, when you whittle everything away, I'm a grown man who puts on makeup."
"When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. Then there's someone who doesn't catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren't what you would call beautiful sex symbols. I'll tell you who my favorite actress is, Dianne Wiest, and you wouldn't call her a sex symbol. Dianne Wiest is, to me, the most beautiful woman on the screen."
When Conan O'Brien asked Brad Pitt how he got into character as stoner Floyd in True Romance(1993) he said, "I'm a method actor."
In May, 2005 on Brad Pitt's divorce to Jennifer Aniston he said,"The thing I don't understand is looking at this as a failure. It's talked about like it failed, I guess because it wasn't flawless. Me, I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful, actually."
In 2003 Brad Pitt Quoted "It's amazing what an impending midlife crisis will do for you, really. It got me motivated, having turned 40 in December."
After having children Brad Pitt quoted "It really changes your perspective on the world. You know, I've had my day. I made some films, and I've really had a very fortunate life, and it's time for me to share that a little bit. Having children takes the focus off yourself, which I'm really grateful for. I'm so tired of thinking about myself. I'm sick of myself. You feel you want to be there and not miss out on anything. It's a true joy and a very profound love. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is the most extraordinary thing I've ever taken on."
When Brad Pitt was asked how his children will influence his future roles he said,"My thoughts these days are, "Oh, my God, what did I do? What are they going to see from the past?" It definitely colors what I'll approach in the future. I'll try to be a little bit more mature about my decisions."
Once Brad Pitt was asked how his earlier lesser film roles ultimately improved him as an actor and he replied "I believe I'm quite capable and we, as people, can learn to do anything, and that's proof of it! And my education is on film, on record! Now I can take on anything that comes my way and find truth in it an do a pretty good job."

Brad Pitt Movie Trivia

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Brad Pitt Movie Trivia is as follows:

Auditioned for the role of "J.D." in the 1988 cult classic film Heathers and, even after showing his talent, casting directors thought him to be "too sweet" for the role, which later went to Christian Slater. He later played a similar role in the horror film Cutting Class in 1989.
In 1996, after a five-years of searching, all of the lost footage of The Dark Side of Sun was found and returned to producer Andjelo Arandjelovic, who was working on getting a distribution deal. Brad Pitt was paid $1,523 per week for seven weeks.
He was the third choice for the role of J.D. in Thelma & Louise in 1991.
In 1991 Brad Pitt was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43.
A short while after completing A River Runs Through It (1992), he went to Amsterdam where he lived for three months all by himself in a small basement apartment before returning to the USA to film Kalifornia (1993).
He and his Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004) co- stars, Julia Roberts, George Clooney and Elliott Gould, have guest-starred on the TV show "Friends" in 1994 but not in the same episodes.
In 1995 Brad Pitt turned down a role as an astronaut in Apollo 13 to accept his role in Se7en.
He was considered for the lead role in The Matrix in 1999.
After watching Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Pitt asked director Guy Ritchie if he could be in his next film. But he couldn't master the English accent, so Ritchie gave him the role of Mickey the One Punch Pikey, an Irish fighter, in Snatch in 2000.
Without being asked, he made an appearance on MTV's "Jackass" in 2000 where he did stunts with the cast, dressed in an ape outfit.
He made a cameo appearance with Matt Damon for free in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as a favor to Ocean's Eleven costar and close friend George Clooney who was making his directorial debut.
He owns the rights to the Hong Kong thriller Mou gaan dou. He wanted it to be remade with he and Tom Cruise in the leading roles.
In 2003 he tore his tendon during the production of Troy. His injury caused the production of Ocean's Twelve (2004) to be pushed back to April 2004.
Wanted to play Darcy in Bride & Prejudice (2004), but wasn't able to work out the filming dates.
He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Actor category for his performance in the film Troy (2004). He did not receive a nomination, however.
He has appeared in three movies with the number seven in the title (Se7en (1995), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)).
He has also appeared in two movies with the number twelve in the title, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Twelve Monkeys (1995). His favorite movies are Planet of the Apes (1968) and Saturday Night Fever (1977).
Dianne Wiest is his favorite actress.
Has appeared in eight movies with a number in the title and only one of them uses an actual number rather than spelling the word out that is Se7en, which is a combination of the two. He has appeared in 1 movie with the number Zero in the title, 1 with the number Two in the title, 3 with the number Seven in the title, 1 with the number Eleven and 2 with the Twelve.
Was considered for two roles which went to Johnny Depp: Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Both were directed by Tim Burton.
Initially didn't want to appear in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), although it was he who gave the script to director Doug Liman.
Originally cast as Colin Sullivan in The Departed (2006), but later dropped out.
Has been in 7 movies where the title contains the name of the character he plays: Johnny Suede (1991), Meet Joe Black (1998), Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Chad Schmidt (2010).
Considered for the role in Crimson Tide (1995) that eventually went to 'Denzel Washington'.
Was trained to handle weapons by renowned Hollywood gun coach Thell Reed, who has also trained such actors as Val Kilmer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Sam Elliot, Girard Swan, Ben Foster and Kurt Russell.
He and Russell Crowe were director Ridley Scott's first two choices for the lead in American Gangster (2007). Crowe was eventually cast.
Used to act at the Vandevort Theater in Springfield, Missouri.

Brad Pitt Trivia

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Some of Brad Pitt's Trivial Information is as follows:

Dated actress Juliette Lewis.
Was a journalism major in college with advertising in focus.
Dropped out of the University of Missouri School of Journalism Columbia.
Did TV commercial for Toyota (Altis model) that aired only in Asia that increase the sale of the car.
Has a home at Lake Mohawk in Sparta, New Jersey.
Is the first man ever to be named "Sexiest Man Alive" twice by "People Magazine."
He was ranked no. 6 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties."
High school nickname was Brad the "Pitt-bull."
He Owns and plays Taylor Guitars.
Visited over 100 orphans affected by HIV at a facility run by The Salvation Army in South Africa.
Has Single Engine Land pilot license and Occasionally flies a Cessna 208B Caravan belonging to Chivan Productions.
Is a Vegetarian.
In 1994 he was given the title of "Sexiest Man Alive" from People Magazine,after Legends of the Fall.
Brad Pitt had to learn to fly-cast for his role in A River Runs Through It in 1992. He hurt himself most often while practicing.
In 1995 Brad Pitt was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.
Broke his arm during the filming of Se7en. The injury was written into the movie.
Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list in December 25 1995 -January 1, 1996 issue.
Donated $100,000 to the Discovery Center which is a children's learning museum in his hometown of Springfield, Missouri in June 1996.
He got engaged to actress Gwyneth Paltrow on 20th December 1996.
Brad Pitt was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1996.
In 1996 Brad Pitt purchased a mansion is Southern California from the actress Cassandra Peterson for $1.7 million. This mansion is full of antiques and has a "vampirish" look.
Brad Pitt mutually agreed to split with Gwyneth Paltrow in June 1997.
Brad Pitt was Ranked 32 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in October 1997.
In 1997 Brad Pitt was also Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.
A girl named Athena Rolando, 19,on Jan. 7, 1999 after midnight entered through an open window into his home in hollywood, dressed herself in his clothes and stayed for 10 hours until the alarm went off.
In 2000 Given title "Sexiest Man Alive" from People Magazine, and was also People's choice in 1995.
He is the spokesman for Edwin Jeans’s ads in Japan.
In 2001 he was also the face of the ads for a new Japanese canned coffee which is named Roots and was replaced in these tv ads in 2002 by Kevin Costner.
In 2003 he and ex-wife Jennifer Aniston campaigned in the United States to save "EastEnders" (1985) from being axed there.
Got into better shape and eventually gained over 20 pounds of muscle for Troy in 2004.
Voted no. 1 in Company magazine's annual "100 Sexiest Men" poll, 2004.
Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot.
Premiere Magazine ranked him as no. 50 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature in 2005.
In Nov. 2005 he visited Pakistan with Angelina Jolie to see the impact of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
Ranked no.15 on Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list.
Had ranked no.31 in 2005.
In 2005, he earned $4,500,000 for a Heineken commercial that aired during the 2005 Super Bowl.
In March 2007, he and girlfriend Angelina Jolie adopted a 3-year-old boy named Pax Thien from Vietnam.
Voted no.6 in Elle (France) Magazine's "15 Sexiest Men" poll (June 2007).
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year to be $35 million.
Ranked no.10 in the 2008 Forbes The Celebrity 100 list.

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Brad Pitt Awards and Nominations

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Academy Award
1996 – Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Twelve Monkeys

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2005 – Nominated for Best Acting Ensemble for Ocean's Twelve
2008 – Nominated for Best Actor for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Chicago Film Critics Association Award
2006 – Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Babel

Emmy Award
2002 – Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Friends in "The One with the Rumor"

Golden Globe Award
1995 – Nominated for Best Actor - Motion Picture for Legends of the Fall
1996 – Won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Twelve Monkeys
2007 – Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Babel
2009 – Nominated for Best Actor - Drama for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

MTV Movie Awards
1995 – Won Best Male Performance for Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
1995 – Won Most Desirable Male for Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
1996 – Won Most Desirable Male for Se7en
1996 – Nominated for Best Male Performance for Twelve Monkeys
2005 – Nominated for Best Male Performance for Troy

Palm Springs International Film Festival
2007 – Won Ensemble Performance Award for Babel

People's Choice Awards
2005 – Won Favorite Leading Man
2006 – Nominated for Favorite Male Action Star
2006 – Won Favorite Leading Man
2007 – Nominated for Favorite Leading Man

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award
2002 – Nominated for Best Acting Ensemble for Ocean's Eleven

Satellite Awards
2001 – Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical for Snatch
2006 – Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Babel

Screen Actors Guild Awards
2007 – Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Babel
2009 – Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 – Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Teen Choice Awards
2004 – Won Choice Movie Actor, Drama/Action Adventure for Troy

Venice Film Festival
2007 – Won Volpi Cup Best Actor for The Assassination of Jesse James

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