Penelope Cruz

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

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.

Jim Carrey

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

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.

Antonio Banderas

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

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.