Sharon Stone Biography

Sharon Stone Biography

Name : Sharon Stone

Date Of Birth : March 10, 1958

Place Of Birth : Meadville, PA .USA

Height : 5' 7�''

Eyes : Blue

Hair : Blonde

Education : Saegertown High School in PA;
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in Edinboro, PA (creative writing, fine arts)

Occupation : Actor, Producer

Sign : Sun in Pisces, Moon in Sagittarius

Husband : Phil Bronstein (1998)

Ex- Husband : George Englund
Michael Greenburg

Parents : Father : Joseph Stone (factory worker),
Mother : Dorothy Stone (homemaker).

Production company : Chaos

Agent : Guy McElwaine

Fan Mail : C/O PMK
955 S. Carillo Dr., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90048
USA

Birth Name : Sharon Vonne Stone


Sharon Stone Trivia

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" (#49). [1995]
Sharon and husband Phil Bronstein, a newspaperman, adopted a child they named Roan Joseph Bronstein, born 22 May 2000 in Texas. He weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces, and was adopted by Stone and Bronstein a week after birth. His first name is Celtic for "seal," and his middle name is a tribute to Stone's father. [July 2000]
Playboy Magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars of the Century," Number 24. [1999]
Entered Pennsylvania's Edinboro University at age 15.
IQ of 154 (Source: The Times, March 25th, 1998).
Ranked #77 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Reported to be dating Columbia Pictures production boss, Barry Josephson. [November 1996]
Engaged to producer William J. MacDonald. [1993-1994]
Former "Ford" Model.
Owns her own production company, Chaos.
Lives in Beverly Hills.
Went to school at Saegertown High School, Saegertown, PA.
Has a visible scar on her neck that is usually covered by clothing.
Has one older brother, one younger brother, and a younger sister (Kelly Stone).
Auditioned for the Cathy Moriarty role in Raging Bull (1980).
As a teenager worked part-time as a McDonald's countergirl.
One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People." [1992]
Is allergic to caffeine.
One of People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People" of 1992.
Auditioned for the Glenn Close role in Fatal Attraction (1987).
Auditioned for the Kim Basinger role in Batman (1989).
Auditioned for the Madonna role in Dick Tracy (1990).
Turned down the role in Exit to Eden (1994) that later went to Rosie O'Donnell.
Speaks Italian
Is asthmatic.
Ex-husband Phil Bronstein is one of the editors of the San Francisco Examiner.
Received a humanitarian award from the Human Rights Campaign, a well-funded organization specializing in gay and lesbian rights, for her role in If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV), in which she plays the lover to Ellen DeGeneres', with whom she wants to raise a child. [2000]
Is a gay rights activist.
Stone's former housekeeper Socorro Del Carmen Membreno pleaded not guilty to grand theft of $300,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables from Stone's L.A. home two months earlier. [2 March 2000]
As a child, Sharon once said she would become the next Marilyn Monroe.
Sharon was granted a restraining order against Agostino P'omata, who allegedly had made threats of violence against her. [27 March 2001]
Dated Dwight Yoakam in the early 1990s, and was rather famously quoted as saying, "Kissing Dwight is like eating a dirt sandwich."
Suffered a brain aneurysm and was hospitalized for a while. [October 2001]
Irish-American
Sister of actor Michael Stone.
Has one adopted son, Roan Joseph Bronstein, born on 22 May 2000.
Former daughter-in-law of Cloris Leachman and George Englund.
Is a close friend of Jeanne Moreau. Presented a 1998 American Academy of Motion Pictures life tribute to her.
Measurements: 35B-24-35 (as Ford model-1980), 36B-25-35 (self-described in 1993 as wearing a 36B bra), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Spent many long workdays in agony while filming scenes for _Casino (1995)_ . She has back trouble due to an old injury, and the gold and white beaded gown she wore during a casino scene weighed 45 pounds.
She passionately kissed fan Joni Rimm for charity after she paid $50,000 for the pleasure. She auctioned the kiss in aid of Project Angel Foods, a Los Angeles charity providing meals for homeless people. (August 12, 2003)
Made a teenage ballet star's dreams come true by giving her $ 75,000 for tuition fees.
During Total Recall (1990) filming, she complained to director Paul Verhoeven that she wasn't sure whether her character really was married to Doug.
June 11, 2001: her husband, Phil Bronstein, underwent foot surgery after being attacked by a Komodo dragon during a private tour of Los Angeles Zoo. The tour was arranged by Stone as a Father's Day gift for Bronstein, who had always wanted to see one of the Indonesian lizards up close. The attack occurred after Bronstein had removed his white shoes. Zookeepers later speculated the 5-foot- long lizard may have mistaken the shoes for white rats it ate regularly.
Met her close friend Mimi Craven on the set of _Deadly Blessing (1981)_ . They subsequently worked together on the film Last Dance (1996) in 1996.
A sex scene in The Quick and the Dead (1995) between Ellen (Stone) and Cort (Russell Crowe) was shot, but Stone and director Sam Raimi decided that it wasn't a necessary part of the story. The scene was not included in the American release of the film, but international versions do include it.
Received the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government in 1995.
Is diabetic.
Her scar on her neck is from a childhood accident. She was riding a horse and she ran right into a clothes line and it ripped her neck open.
Is a big supporter of the AIDS research organization AMFAR.
Her famous "leg crossing" scene in Basic Instinct (1992) was voted "Sexiest Leg Moment on Screen" in a poll for Veet.
Entered the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant at age 17.
Moved to New York City (1977).
Appeared as spokesmodel contestant on the pilot for the syndicated series "Star Search" (1983); won the competition (1983).
Won the Miss Crawford County (Pennsylvania) beauty pageant and was also queen of her high school's spring festival (1975).
As a child, put on theatrical productions in the family's two-car garage before an audience of neighbors seated at a picnic table; as one garage door went down, the other would go up, revealing a new Stone-created set.
28 Jan 2005, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland. At the end of the debate on 'funding the war on poverty', she stood up and pledged 10,000 dollars and asked people to follow her. Already, within a few minutes they raised nearly 100,000 dollars - she wanted to raise at least one million. She did it in 5 minutes. It's mone that will go directly to the Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria - to buy bed nets to stop deaths from malaria in the developing world.
Graduated from the Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania with a degree in creative writing & fine arts
Member of the Jury at Cannes Festival in 2002 alongside David Lynch, Christine Hakim, Claude Miller, Michelle Yeoh, Raoul Ruiz, R�gis Wargnier, Walter Salles and 'Bill August' (full-length films category).
adopted a son, Laird Vonne Stone, who was born "to unknown and unrelated parents" in Texas on May 7, 2005. [11 May 2005]
Created Officer in France's Order of Arts and Letters by Festival President Gilles Jacob, 20 May 2005 on the sidelines of the 58th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival.
14 March 2005: for the past 10 years a dedicated foundraiser and advocate for AIDS research, she received the Harvard Foundation's 2005 Humanitarian Award at the Memorial Church.
Is good friends with singer Christina Aguilera and attended Aguilera's November 19, 2005 wedding to music producer Jordan Bratman in Napa Valley, California.
She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.


Sharon Stone Detailed Biography

Born on March 10th, 1958 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Sharon Stone was still in school when she started acting. After college Sharon began a modeling career and was signed to represent Clairol, Diet Coke, and Revlon. Her modeling allowed her acting career to blossom, and she has appeared in such films as Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino, Sphere, and The Muse.

This former beauty pageant contestant and Ford model made her film debut with a non-speaking part as a beautiful woman fleetingly glimpsed from a moving train in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980), and thereafter clawed her way to a stardom that has brought back an old-fashioned, high-octane glamour to the role of ''movie star.'' Sharon, who grew up a bookworm in a large family in Northwest Pennsylvania, worked her way up from McDonald's counter-girl to successful Ford model (both in print ads and TV commercials) by the late 1970s.

Through the 1980s, Sharon appeared as a stereotypical blonde in mostly forgettable roles: in Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing (1981); as a down-and-out waitress turned petulant movie star in Irreconcilable Differences (1984); an archaeologist's daughter in King Solomon's Mines (1985) and its sequel, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987). Other unmemorable early credits include Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), Action Jackson (1988) and the umpteenth remake of Blood and Sand (1989).

Sharon also struggled in TV, beginning with a tiny part in ''Not Just Another Affair'' (CBS, 1982), the short-lived series Bay City Blues (NBC, 1983) and gradually bigger (though not better) roles in the TV movies ''Calendar Girl Murders'' (ABC, 1984), ''The Vegas Strip War'' (NBC, 1984), the failed cop-show pilot ''Hollywood Starr'' (ABC, 1985), ''Mr. and Mrs. Ryan'' (ABC, 1986), ''Badlands 2005'' (ABC, 1988) and ''Tears in the Rain'' (Showtime, 1988). Probably her only TV success was a supporting role as Robert Mitchum's daughter-in-law in the epic miniseries War and Remembrance (ABC, 1988-89).

Sharon's first real break was playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's kick-boxing, secret agent ''wife'' in Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi actioner Total Recall (1990). After five more forgettable thrillers and comedies, she finally achieved the proverbial ''overnight'' stardom as a sexually voracious crime writer opposite Michael Douglas in Verhoeven's controversial and popular erotic thriller, Basic Instinct (1992). Her pantieless leg-crossing scene brought Sharon much-needed notoriety, but has haunted her ever since.

In a more conventionally sympathetic role, Sharon followed up with another sizzling sex melodrama, Sliver (1993), which did middling business stateside but proved a solid success overseas. Trying to escape the sex-bomb trap, she begged for the frigid wife role in Intersection (1994), which met with limited success. She again flexed her international box-office clout paired with Sylvester Stallone in the explosive actioner The Specialist (1994) but fared much less well commercially with her next project, The Quick and the Dead (1995), which marked her producing debut. Sharon looked terrific in Western duds playing something of a distaff version of a Clint Eastwood-like gunfighter. Her directorial choice, Sam Raimi, helmed the smartly derivative tale with style to spare but the critical reception was uneven and the public stayed away. She rebounded with her widely acclaimed performance as Ginger, the Vegas hustler who wins the heart of Robert De Niro, in Martin Scorsese's Casino (also 1995), a film that earned her a long sought-after Academy Award nomination.

The highly-paid, much-in-demand star (she has her own production company, Chaos, and has signed a first-look deal with Miramax) next filmed a remake of the Henri-Georges Clouzot's noir classic Diabolique with Isabelle Adjani and Chazz Palmentieri and played a death-row inmate whose lawyer (Rob Morrow) works to save her from execution in Last Dance (both 1996).

Sharon, a diva who thoroughly enjoys her hard-won stardom, is a clever manipulator of her public image�on heavy press days, she reportedly changes outfits between each interview and photo session, a practice unheard of since the days of Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. She lives, fittingly enough, in a gated French chateau in Beverly Hills.


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Nelson Mandela Biography

Nelson Mandela Biography

Name : Nelson Mandela

Full name : Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Date of Birth : July 18, 1918

Place of Birth : Umtata, South Africa

Age : 90

Profession : 11th President of South Africa

Political party : African National Congress

Height : 6' 4''

Nickname : Madiba


Nelson Mandela Trivia

Nelson was born at Qunu, near Umtata on 18 July 1918.
He has held several positions in the ANC viz. ANCYL secretary (1948); ANCYL president (1950), ANC Transvaal president (1952), deputy national president (1952) and ANC president (1991).
His father,namely Henry Mgadla Mandela, was chief councilor of Thembuland's acting predominant chief called David Dalindyebo. When his father has expired Mandela became the ward of the chief .
Mandela passed out his Matriculation examination from Healdtown Methodist Boarding School and then got hold of BA degree at Fort Hare.
In the year 1944 he has laid the foundation of ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949.
Mandela was elected as national volunteer-in-chief of the year 1952 Defiance Campaign.
Nelson was given a suspended sentence for his part in the campaign. Shortly afterwards a banning order confined him to Johannesburg for 6 months. During this period he formulated the "M Plan", in terms of which ANC branches were broken down into underground cells.
By the year 1952 Mandela and Tambo had opened the first black legal firm in the country, and Mandela became Transvaal president of the ANC as well as deputy national president.
During the second half of the '50s Nelson was one of the accused in the Treason Trial. With Duma Nokwe, he conducted the defense.
When the ANC was banned after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, Nelson was detained until 1961 . At that time he went underground for leading a campaign for a new national convention.
In the year 1962 Mandela left the country for military training in Algeria to arrange training for other MK members.
On his return Nelson was arrested for leaving the country illegally and for inciting strike. He conducted his own defence. He was convicted and imprisoned for 5 years in the month of November 1962. While serving his sentence, he was charged, in the Rivonia trial, with sabotage and sentenced to life imprisonment.
During the 'seventies Mandela refused the offer of a remission of sentence if he recognized Transkei and settled there.
During 80s, Mandela again refused PW Botha's offer of freedom if he renounced violence.
Mandela has honorary degrees from over fifty international universities and is chancellor of the University of the North.
Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the 1st democratically elected State President of South Africa on 10 May 1994 - June 1999
Mandela retired from Public life in June 1999. He currently resides in his birth place - Qunu, Transkei.
Nelson Mandela accepted Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1993 on behalf of all South Africans who suffered and sacrificed for bringing peace in the land.
Mandela has been married thrice. He has 6 children, 20 grandchildren, and a growing number of great-grandchildren. His grandson is Chief Mandla Mandela.


Nelson Mandela Detailed Biography

Nelson Mandela is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in fully representative democratic elections. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and also a leader of the African National Congress and its armed wing is called Umkhonto we Sizwe. Nelson spent nearly 27 years in prison, much of it on Robben Island, on convictions for crimes that included sabotage committed while spearheading the struggle against apartheid.

Amongst the opponents of apartheid in South Africa and also worldwide Mandela became a symbol of freedom and equality, while the apartheid government and nations sympathetic to it hated him and his ANC as communists and terrorists.

After his release from prison in February 11, 1990, his switch to a policy of reconciliation and negotiation helped brought about a transition in the multi-racial democracy system of South Africa. Since the end of apartheid, he has been widely praised, even by former opponents.

Nelson Mandela has got over 100 awards in the time span of four decades, most important being the Nobel Peace Prize of the year 1993. He is currently a celebrated elder statesman who continues to voice his opinion on topical issues. In South Africa he is often known as Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. The title has come to be synonymous with Nelson Mandela.

For Mandela Mahatma Gandhi became a major source of inspiration in his life, both for the philosophy of non-violence and for facing hardship with self-respect.

Early life of Mandela is quite significant. Belonging to a cadet branch of the Thembu dynasty that ,nominally, rules over in the Transkeian Territories of the Union of South Africa's Cape Province. Mandela was born in the small village of Mvezo in the district of Umtata, the Transkei capital.

Etymologically his name Rolihlahla means "to pull a branch of a tree", that in colloquial language signifies "troublemaker".

So far as the education of Mandela is concerned, at seven years of age, Rolihlahla Mandela became the first member of his family to have attended a school, where he was given the name "Nelson. " After the death of his father Mandela attended a Wesleyan mission school . Following the Thembu custom, Mandela was initiated at an age of 16 and took admission at Clarkebury Boarding Institute. Interestingly he completed his Junior Certificate in two years, instead of the normal course of three years. Destined to inherit his father's position as a privy councillor, in the year 1937 Mandela got shifted to Healdtown, the Wesleyan college in Fort Beaufort which most of Thembu royalty used to attend.

After passing matriculating, he studied B.A. at the Fort Hare University. There he met Oliver Tambo, and the two became lifelong friends and colleagues. He also became close with his kinsman, Kaiser ("K.D.") Matanzima . At the end of first year, Nelson took part in a boycott movement led by the Students' Representative Council against the university policies. Even he was being asked to leave Fort Hare. Later during imprisonment Mandela studied Bachelor of Laws from the University of London External Program.

Shortly after leaving Fort Hare, when Jongintaba fixed marriages for both of them, being utterly displeased, decided to flee the comforts of the Regent's estate and went to Johannesburg.

Political career of Mandela has seen lots of ups and downs. After 1948 election victory of the Afrikaner-dominated National Party with its apartheid policy of racial segregation, Nelson became a leading figure in the ANC's 1952 Defiance Campaign . He also became an intergral part of 1955 Congress of the People, whose espousal of the Freedom Charter initiated the fundamental program of the cause of anti-apartheids. Meanwhile Nelson Mandela and his fellow lawyer Oliver Tambo operated the law firm of Mandela and Tambo,with the purpose of providing free or low-cost legal counsel to many blacks who would otherwise would be deprived of being given representation.

Initially committed to non-violent mass struggle, along with one hundred and fifty people Mandela was arrested on 5 December 1956 on charge of treason. The marathon Treason Trial of 1956�61 followed, and all were acquitted. From years 1952�59 the ANC witnessed a break as a new class of Black activists (Africanists) who have thronged the towns with the demand of initiating more drastic steps against the National Party regime. The ANC leadership of Albert Luthuli, Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu not only realized that events were moving too fast, but also that their leadership was being challenged. They consequently strengthened their position by establishing alliances with small White, Coloured and Indian political parties in an attempt to appear to have a wider appeal than the Africanists. 1955's Freedom Charter Kliptown Conference was ridiculed by the Africanists for allowing the 100,000 strong ANC to be relegated to a single vote in a Congress alliance, in which four secretaries-general of the five participating parties were members of the secretly reconstituted South African Communist Party (SACP), strongly adhering to the Moscow line.

In the year 1959 the ANC lost its most militant support when most of the Africanists, with the monetary support from Ghana and important political support from the Transvaal-based Basotho, broke away to form the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) under Robert Sobukwe and Potlako Leballo.

In the year 1961, Mandela became the leader of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe .He was also its co-founder. He coordinated a sabotage campaign against military and government targets, and made plans for a possible guerrilla war in case sabotage failed to end apartheid. A few decades later, MK launched a guerrilla war against the regime, especially during the 1980s, in which many civilians were killed. Mandela also raised funds for MK abroad, and arranged for paramilitary training, and also visited several African governments.

On 5 August 1962 Nelson Mandela was arrested and put to jail in the Johannesburg Fort. The arrest was made possible because the CIA tipped off the security police as to Mandela's whereabouts and disguise. After three days of his imprisonment , Mandela came to know about the charges that were brought against him viz the charges of leading workers to strike in the year 1961 and leaving the country illegally were read to him during a court appearance. On 25 October 1962, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Two years later on 11 June 1964, a verdict was brought out concerning his previous engagement in the African National Congress (ANC).

Being imprisoned on Robben Island for the next eighteen of his twenty-seven years in prison, he and others performed hard labour in a lime quarry.

On 2 February 1990, State President F.W. de Klerk reversed the ban on the ANC and other anti-apartheid organisations, and announced that Mandela would shortly be released from prison. At last the long awaited release came .On 11 February 1990 Mandela was freed from Victor Verster Prison in Paarl . Following his release from prison, Mandela returned to the leadership of the ANC and, between 1990 and 1994, led the party in the multi-party negotiations that led to the country's first multi-racial elections.

Mandela's zeal to fight for peace and democracy continued after his release.In the year 1991, the ANC held its first national conference in South Africa after its unbanning, and also elected Mandela as President of the organisation. Oliver Tambo, who had led the organisation in exile during Mandela's imprisonment, became National Chairperson.

April 1994 was the lamdmark in the annuls of African history. South Africa's first democratic elections with grant of full enfranchisement was held on 27 April 1994. The ANC won sixty two percent of votes and Mandela was being the leader of the ANC, was inaugurated as the country's first black President on 10 May 1994 .

Since his president ship from May 1994 until June 1999, Mandela presided over the transition from minority rule and apartheid, winning international respect for his promoting national and international reconciliation.

Nelson Mandela was the oldest elected President of South Africa after taking office at the age of 77 in the year 1994. However he has taken the decision not to stand for a second term as President, and took retirement in the year 1999.


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Oprah Winfrey Biography

Oprah Winfrey Biography

Name : Oprah Winfrey

Date of birth : 29 January 1954

Place of birth : Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA

Birth name : Oprah Gail Winfrey

Nickname : O
Deepak Oprah

Height : 5' 6


Oprah Winfrey Trivia
She is permanently withdrawing her name from Daytime Emmy Award consideration because she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in 1998. "...after you've achieved it for a lifetime, what else is there?"
In addition to being a news anchor on WJZ-TV13 in Baltimore Maryland, she was a co-host with Richard Sher (A reporter) on a local talk show on that station. It was called: People are Talking.
Graduated from East Nashville High School in Nashville, Tennessee (1971); voted most popular
Was sued by Texas cattlemen who claimed that Oprah defamed beef on her talk show. The case went to trial, causing Oprah to have to relocate her show's production to Amarillo, TX for the duration of the trial. She was found not liable.
Ranked #1 in Entertainment Weekly's 1998 list of the most powerful people in industry, but dropped to #6 in 1999 list. Still, the only performer ranked that high, as well as the only woman, and certainly the only African-American.
Graduate of Tennessee State University, with degrees in speech communications and performing arts
Is the first woman in history to own and produce her own talk show.
Her name was intended to be Orpah, but it was misspelled on her birth certificate.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1985" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 37.
Announced that Oprah would receive $130,000,000 for continuing her talk show through the 1999-2000 TV season. [15 September 1997]
Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]
Worked as a news anchor for WJZ Television in Baltimore, Maryland, in the late 1970s
Elected to the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca, NY
She and Stedman Graham are teaching "Dynamics of Leadership" class at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. [fall 1999]
Given an honorary National Book Award for her "influential contribution to reading and books". [October 1999]
Awarded (lst) 50th anniversary medal by National Book Foundation, NYC, Nov 1999.
Her immensely popular TV talk show is a Harpo Production. Harpo is Oprah spelled backwards. Harpo is also the name of a character in The Color Purple (1985) (Oprah's film debut) played by 'Willard E. Pug' .
Gave birth to a baby boy when she was just 14. The baby died after 2 weeks, from complications of being born 2 months premature.
Was instrumental in the passage of the Oprah Bill, in the early 1990s. The bill was signed into law by President Bill Clinton, and is aimed at stopping child abuse.
Raised in abject poverty, she received her first pair of shoes in 1959 at age 6. She learned to read at age 2�. In fact, when it was time for her to start kindergarten, she wrote a note to her teacher insisting she should be in first grade. The teacher agreed and after finishing that grade she was then skipped to third grade.
Partner is Stedman Graham. [1986 - present]
Born at 7:51 PM EST
In April 2002, she her former personal trainer Bob Greene announce they are buying 7 shoreline lots from Getty Family Trust to build several homes, including one on 102-acre lot for Oprah. They plan to put conservation first and keep site development low key.
Febuary 2003 - She is added to Forbes Billionare list, making her the first African American woman to do so.
Ranked #1 on VH1's list of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" (2003)
Measurements: 36-25-37 (as 18 year-old pageant contestant), 44D-29-40 (in 1990 at 200#+), 36C-25-35 (after 1995 diet), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Elected to the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY
#1 Pop Culture Icon on VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons", beating out Superman and Elvis.
As of 2004, her net worth is estimated to be at around 1.1 billion USD
Purchased a house at 3330 Radcliffe Avenue, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This superb 11,000 sq ft waterfront property was on sale for Cdn $18 million, at the time British Columbia's most expensive house, but she paid $17 million (US $13 million). [June 2004]
Daughter of Vernon Winfrey.
According to Forbes magazine, her 2005 net worth is $1.3 billion.
Was a guest at friends Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger's star-studded wedding
First African-American women to become a billionaire in American history.
2005: After years of publicly criticizing David Letterman's late-night television show, she and Letterman finally settled their differences, when she agreed to appear on the December 1, 2005 episode, during which time she was be in New York to promote her musical of The Color Purple.


Oprah Winfrey Detailed Biography

Oprah Winfrey earned both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her feature film acting debut in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple.

The celebrated talk-show host, actress, producer, philanthropist, and businesswoman is the chairman of Harpo Entertainment Group in Chicago. Through Harpo Productions, she produces and hosts The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history. Since entering syndication in 1986, The Oprah Winfrey Show has remained the number-one talk show for 12 consecutive seasons, receiving 32 Emmys -- seven of which went to the host. At the end of the 1995/96 television season, Oprah was honored with the most prestigious award in broadcasting, the George Foster Peabody Individual Achievement Award. In June 1998, she was named one of the 100 most influential people of the Twentieth Century by Time. More recently, Oprah was named Most Important Person in Books and Media by Newsweek magazine, and in May of 1998 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Oprah began her career in broadcasting at age 19, when she became both the youngest news anchor and the first African-American woman news anchor at Nashville's WTVF-TV. She then moved to Baltimore to co-anchor the six o'clock news, until she was recruited to cohost Baltimore's WJZ-TV's local talk show, People Are Talking.

Seven years later, she relocated to Chicago to host WLS-TV's morning talk show, AM Chicago, which became the number-one talk show one month after Oprah took over. In less than a year, the show expanded to an hour and was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show.

In addition to her acting debut in The Color Purple, Oprah was lauded by critics for her performances in There Are No Children Here and The Women of Brewster Place, two acclaimed television projects produced by Harpo Films.

Under the Harpo Films banner, Oprah is the executive producer, with Kate Forte, of the Oprah Winfrey franchise Oprah Winfrey Presents, a collection of original television television films for ABC. The first production, Before Women Had Wings, starring Ellen Barkin, Tina Majorino, and Oprah Winfrey, debuted last fall. An adaptation of Dorothy West's The Wedding aired earlier this year.

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Kylie Minogue Biography

Kylie Minogue Biography

Name : Kylie Minogue

Birth Name : Kylie Ann Minogue

Birth Date : May 28, 1968

Birth Place : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Height : 5' 1''

Profession : Actress, model, singer

Nationality : Australian

Claim to fame : Album Kylie (1988)

Kylie Minogue Trivia

Kylie Minogue received a lifetime achievement award when she was inducted into the T4 Smash Hits Hall of Fame in London, the teen magazine's annual award ceremony was a glitzy event featuring an A-list of pop and rock icons. Decked out in a backless blue frilly mini-dress, she had the Wembley Arena crowd on its feet while she performed her latest single I Believe In You.
Is set to produce on Australian film CLANCY OF THE OVERTHROW. (June 25, 2004)
Has reportedly asked her French actor boyfriend, Olivier Martinez, to marry and the wedding bells could be ringing in June. (March 23, 2004)
Cementing her status as a gay icon by appearing on cult TV makeover show Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. (December 18, 2003)
Minogue has jetted off on a round-the-world trip to flee from a deranged fan who has sent her 700 letters in the last year; she contacted the police earlier last week to report the threatening mail. (September 30, 2003)
Minogue is to marry her French lover Olivier Martinez, the actor's brother has revealed -- Vincent Martinez says Olivier proposed to her on a romantic cruise along the French Riviera and presented her with a $38,000 diamond ring as proof of his love. (September 10, 2003)
Minogue and Russell Crowe will take to the stage together at the opening ceremony of this year's Rugby World Cup. (August 19, 2003)
Minogue has flown to Canada for a showdown with actor lover Olivier Martinez after pictures of him spending time with Angelina Jolie were published. (July 29, 2003)
Prince Charles has declared himself a Kylie Minogue fan -- the heir to the throne watched the Australian singer's guest appearance in a West End comedy Thursday evening, telling her afterward: You were fantastic. (November 23, 2002)
Minogue, who was last seen on the big screen as the Green Fairy in last year's MOULIN ROUGE, is being considered for the lead role in the new Grease movie, GREASE 3. (October 18, 2002)
Lends her voice to the cartoon character Florence in an upcoming remake of the sixties children's classic THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT. (October 10, 2002)
Her pictures in her Love Kylie X lingerie range, have to come down at the end of August 2002 under an Aussie advertising deal.
She has been given a song wrote by superstar Madonna titled Alone Again.
Minogue has had her biggest asset immortalised at London's famous Madame Tussaud's wax museum. The provocative life size model of the petite star was unveiled on Tuesday, July 23 and is one of the popular museum's most expensive creations at �50,000.
Her first UK debut single 'I Should Be So Lucky' hit #1 on 20 February 1988 and stayed there for five weeks, which is the longest for a debut disc by a female artist ever.
She married Scott Robinson in what was hyped as the 'Wedding Of The Decade'.
One of her amazing achievement is that Kylie's first 13 singles all went directly into the UK Top 10. That's a feat that ABBA, The Beatles, David Bowie, Bee Gees, Cher, Dire Straits, Elvis, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Elton John, John Lennon, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Oasis, Prince, Queen, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner or even Stevie Wonder haven't been able to pull off
Is the ONLY Australian artist to hold simultaneous #1 positions in both Australia and the UK, with 'Lucky' and 'Spinning'
Her sexual magic -- and vocal abilities -- have help her songwriting team gain four nominations in Britain's annual Ivor Novello Awards.
Russell Crowe only accepted a part on Australian soap Neighbours because he was attracted to Kylie Minogue.
Is helping fellow Australian Nicole Kidman cope with the upset of her split from Tom Cruise - and Kidman appears delighted with her support.
Did a very intense and firm bj at MTV VMA 2000.
Broke records at the TV Week Awards in Australia by becoming the first person to win four 'Logies' in one night and the youngest winner of 'Most Popular Actress'.
Kylie Minogue receives the award of Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her immense contribution to music.


Kylie Minogue Detailed Biography

During her early years Kylie was influenced by taking piano, tap and jazz lesson's. Early musical influences were ''The Beatles'', ''The Rolling Stones'' and ''Abba''. Even though Kylie was quite a shy child her mother had already decided they(both sister's)would not follow her footsteps and become dancers.''I was never very keen on them taking up dancing becauseit's such a hard life''.It was when Kylie turned 11 that her debut part inAustralian television show ''The Sullivans'' began to pave an incredible rise to fame within the Australian television industry.Kylie always balanced her studies with her acting career and it was after she passed her HSc that Kylie decided she was going to give acting a go...Naturally though the schoolgirl Kylie and the child star made it difficult for Kylie and her friends to adjust to the rising fame. In February 1986, Kylie auditioned and got the part of feisty, fiery girl next door mechanic Charlene Mitchell in the reletively new soap, ''Neighbours''. A deluge of fanmail and rising viewing figures saw them extend the 12 week contract and ''Charlene'' with on and off screen love ''Scott Robinson''(played by JasonDonovan) took the show to the number one ratings spot in Australia and the United Kingdom. A record 23.8 million witnessed there marriage and this for a daytime soap!! the frenzy caused by neighbours was also casuing kids to bunk off schools and take televisions with them just to keep up with the show. Looking back only Russell Crowe(Gladiator) and Guy Pearce(L.A.Confidential) have also found fame. It was no surprise that Kylie went on to win 5 logies(television awards) including Most Popular Television Actress the same year. In 1987 Kylie performed with the cast for a charity function and an opportunity arose to sing a solo of Little Eva's sixties smash ''The Locomotion''. The reception was crazy and Kylie was swept into the studio to record and release the song within days. The single was released and went to number one in Australia for 7 weeks during 1987. Kylie decided that this was a direction that was now calling her, so in 1988 when Kylie finished filming her last Neighbours scenes, she flew to England to meet with reknowned producers Stock, Aitken+ Waterman.

Immediately the potential was seen in kylie and she was signed for a 5 year four album deal including a Greatest Hits.Pete Waterman states, ''She has a great voice.I love working with her because she has a terrific sense of humour, a fabulous personality and she knows how to really sell a song.'' Kylie's first release musically in the UK was to be a newly penned song, ''I Should Be So Lucky'', it climbed the charts slowly to reach No.1 and it stayed there for 5 weeks, selling over 800,000 copies and the album, ''Kylie'' went 7x platinum with sales of over 1.85 million. her string of hits and her record over the next five years has placed Kylie in the Guiness Book Of Records and within Music history forever. ''The Locomotion'' incidentally peaked at No.3 in the USA with sales of 500,000, but Europe too was loving every minute. The first four singles went No.1 in Finland (a record) and the album ''Kylie'' went on to sell over 7.3 million worldwide. This was one of the most successful starts to a pop career ever. In 1989 a second album was released, ''Enjoy Yourself'' and Kylie decided that she was missing her acting and the lifestyle that entailed so she began lookign for a dceent Australian script, Kylie wanted a small film to try and find her feet in the movie world. the problem was/is Kylie is such a huge star within the music scene the media were on the case and made her acting debut asuccess but also a carefully watched baptism. The character ''Lola'' in the ''The Delinquents'' with Charlie Schlatter told the stroy of a young girl growing up in the 50's. It was soon a No.1 box office smash in both the UK and AUS, mostly thanks to Kylie's growing number of supporter's. No rest period though and ylie was intent on moving her musical career forward, some call it a huge leap as the bubblegum pop turned into bubblegum classics as her third album ''Rhythm Of Love'' spawned the golden quartet of singles, Step Back n Time, Shocked, What Do I Have To Do? and Better The Devil You Know. This album handed the opportunity to work with Stephen Bray(Madonna) and also begin to write her own songs, the new sexier look was also inpired from a relationship with late rock legendMichael Hutchence of INXS.Never before had a teenager been watched and written about so much, Kylie was beginning to see her health suffer and also her family life become non existent as life on the road away from Australia was taking it's toll on the 21 year old star. ''Let's Get To It'' her fourth album was opportunity for Kylie to stage her second world tour and close off her deal with S/A/W paving the future for, what us fans remember was a very uncertain time in the life and career of Kylie Minogue....September 24th 1994, ''Kylie Minogue'' was released, the huge successful single ''Confide In Me'' helped it to debut at No.4. Confide meanwhile was being hailed as one of the coolest songs of the year.At home Kylie enjoyed a 5 week reign at No.1...The critics and the press ate humble pie. Streetfighter although not critically acclaimed was still a box office smash taking over $100 statesside. It was in 1994 that Kylie's army of gay fans began to emerge and lift her up to an iconic Queen of Pop, she was cool, camp and kitcsh, in just three minutes bursts her videos could stun a room to silence, her beauty equalled only by Rita Hayworth or Bette Davis.Kylie was moving away from appearences on Smash Hits and would now be seen on ''The Face'', ''Q'' and ''NME'', everyone was suddenly interested in Deconstructing the 1994 Kylie.Life after Michael Hutchence was proving somewhat difficult for her and I think she began to lose a little of the motivation which kept her nonstop lifestyle on full speed.After a relativley successful album Kylie was conscious that music was again moving and changing, she went home to Melbourne after filming Bio-Dome(another bad movie) and it was clear that the direction and the inspiration had all but disappeared after years of demanding workloads and press commitments. It was vital that somehow someone had to walk into her life and inject some sense of achievement and credibility.
Finally in 1995 Kylie met Nick Cave, he became the ''someone'' that lifted her spirits and with his own song written specifically for Kylie a duet was on the cards. A murder ballad, a dark mysterious song which saw Kylie's character killed by the end, ''Where The Wild Roses Grow'' was about to shake every kylie fan and even the ''cool'' people could not believe the power and the emotion from these two Aussie's. It peaked at No.11 in the UK, went top 5 in Australia and went top 10 all over Europe, the video was so popular on MTV that it made their top 5 European countdown chart.During this period Kylie also attended the poetry olympics held at the Royal Albert Hall, London and Nick managed to get Kylie to read ''I Should Be So Lucky'' in poem format.Kylie always remember's this period with fondness because it was with this new confidence that she credited herself with the influence and also the past which at least gave kylie some calm and room to explore a new album direction.Kyli enever stopped working with long time partner Steve Anderson throughout the mid 1995/6, they were working eithe rin the studio or attending chairty gala's just to keep people known Kylie was still here. It was her gay fans that got to see her mostly and its a relationship which carries through to today. It was also during this period that William Baker(Kylie's current creative Director and Stylist) managed to meet Kylie and have a coffee.They shared idea's and a friendship was born, but most importantly a working relationship which has developed into the 2000 awad winning ''On A Night like This'' tour.Kylie's duet with Nick cave gave her a 23rd UK top 20 single, of which 4 were No.1's and a further 11 were top 5 smashes.

A surburban Aussie, a neighbour by any other definition is a Gay icon world wide.Gay culture world-wide are a kin to knowing her lyrics and the 3 minute bursts of pop, from Soho to Sydney, Paris to New York.At just 5ft1'' Kylie is positively delicate and angellic in her prescence, alittle sister amongst her gay family. Kylie's fashion knowledge and her apparent gift to be dressed in the right thing at the right time combined with her doll like size, makes her the perfect puppet for a gay man's bedroom. In the seeking of creative and musical freedom the social struggle fought by Kylie was close and resembled a gay man's fight to admit the issues surrounding sexuality and in her three minute bursts, Kylie helped somewhat to make everything seem okay.If the titles of the songs were illustrations of a gay lyric then we need look no further than ''Better The Devil You Know'', What Do I Have To Do'' and ''Confide In Me''. Kylie's close relationship with her fans and her overwhelming support towards them travelled hand in hand, all in a time when the pink pound was nothing more than hear'say. In the straight world Kylie was neglected and cast aside, chastised and mocked so rightfully just that the gay men planted her within their world and gave the chance to bloom once more. There may not be alot of tragedy to her life as with former gay icon's but the unique aspect to Kylie is the angellic nature and complete lady like qualities that shine through.Lyrics from ''Cowboy Style''..''Found my voicve to have my say, you take me close to far away, and now i find and now i feel, the ordinary is surreal, peace and terror all in one, my future life has just begun''.Kylie appeard in early 1997 as a cameo in an independant film ''Diana and Me'' the story revolved around one fan's fondness towards Princess Diana, ironically and sadly Diana was tragically later that year to be killed in Paris, and cause more problems for Kylie than could be imagined. A delay on her second album release with Deconstruction was prompted and the l title of ''Impossibe Princess was deemed innapropriate and was change to ''Kylie Minogue (1997)''
With all the fresh material from the two Deconstruction albums kylie had neglected to tour for nearly 8 years and her fans were eager to see the new tour scheduled for the summer of 1998, ''Intimate and Live''. In total Kylie played main venues in the UK before heading home to a sellout 7 minute crowd. It was the first chance Kylie had at creating a tour from scratch. WIth the death of ex Michael Hutchence a few months earlier it was just the tonic to re-produce the excitement that the fans knew she possessed. The whole period is best contrasted with the lyrics to the opening album and tour track lyrics. ''Too Far'': Caught up in this house, trapped my own self in the snare of my mind, no more space than a slither, what I'd give for a deep breath inside where the chaos has me captive, where theres no exit signs, to fuel this stupuid fire with these feelings of mine.'' Her homecoming was full of credibility and the reviews were sensational. Kylie was back with her fans, it had been too long.After the tour finished in Sydney Kylie decided on compiling a book of photographics images with some comments from fellow stars including Bono, Boy George and Julie Burchill.The Book promo titled ''evidence'' was ''a valid way at looking at my career'' says Kylie. I attended the signing at Selfridges in November 1999 and came face to face for the first time with the lady of pop. After the book signing took Kylie back to Sydney in December an invite from the government for Kylie to play for the Australian troops fighting in Eastimor. In December Kylie aong with John Farnham flew to war ridden East Timor on a trip of goodwill.It was during this sometimes camp show that Kylie decided to sign with Parlophone records in the UK and sit down and work ona disco album.
And so a deal was done with Parlophone and EMI, Kylie stayed with Mushroom Records Australia (since 1987). The direction and the influence would be disco and dance. Kylie continued to write and input on the album and she also worked with long time writer friend Steve Anderson. Her most publicised work though was with Robbie Williams who had the duet ''Kids'' which reached No.2 with the camp anthem ''Your Disco Needs You'' and ''Loveboat'' included. It was though ''Spinning Around'' which debuted at No.1 in Australia and the UK which gave Kylie her 6th number one and a return to high sales as Light Years also entred the charts at No.1 (Aus. No.2 (Uk). It went on to sell well over 2 million and confirmed to all the critics the loosely named comeback queen was on top of the pop throne again.More press pages were granted to Kylie's gold hotpants that anything else, even though they are a well known piece of wardrobe for our little minx. Men weer drooling and MTV could not get enough of the videos. The album was also a great reason to launch a huge European and Australasian tour. ''On A Night Like This'' broke all records in Sydney and infact all records for any tour ever in Australia.No other act in history to date has played as many shows.The show also toured the UK and Europe and it was the first time for many to witness Kylie live, since 1991.Many of her newer and revisiting fans had not witnessed Intimate and Live so when they did attend, they were blown away.The tour won Kylie awards and also crtitical acclaim. It seems in a world where many artists mime to backing tracks, Kylie professional approach was now seen to be something to admire.
Light Years produced four top 10 UK singles in total and kept Kylie busy up until Spring 2001. The momentum was in full motion and the writing for her 8th Studio album had commenced nicknamed ''Coming of Age'', ''Fever'' was to be a journey through the early electronic period in the 80's. Kylie's early recollections of Grace Jones, Synthesiser fuelled disco.The tour was a great arena for her to showcase a new song ''Can't Get You Out Of My Head''. The reception was great but who knew that this song would launch kylie into the biggest stage of her career to date? I thought it sounded great and her vocals delivered perfectly but America, the country which rarely listen to anything foreign. a country where theres 17 lookalikes and soundalikes Britneys launched every day. Well itis about time that they got the opportunity to hear Kylie and I have a feling that in 2002 The whole world will be taken over by Miss Minogue. The strangeness to it all though does not make me happy for this. In a business sense it is wonderful, but in a selfish way aving Kylie for so long in a smaller world was quite superb. Kylie may now just become a prescence on my television screen, and after seeing her live many times it is a sad loss.
So as Kylie moved into 2001 with a successful tour and an album due for release in September there was just enough time to film her part in the third feature film by Australia's Baz Luhrman. His follow up to the smash hit Romeo+Juliet was the bohemian love story encased within the Moulin Rouge. Starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mcgregor, Kylie was cast as the green fairy. At first Luhrmann had used an animation but once it was deemed not good enough he thought that only Kylie could be the fairy. They organised time off and she rushed to Australia to film her section, including the operatic version of ''The Sound Of Music''. The absinthe fairy is actually a real logo and there is a history behind the fairy which delves deeper into the Moulin Rouge. The film has already received Golden Globesland Nicole Kidman an oscar nomination. A successful return to the big screen for Kylie...Maybe there a future Baz script that will fall Kylie's way...we can but hope.

Adam Garcia(Coyote Ugly,Saturday Night Fever) was a special guest in this Saturday night extravanganza.Kylie had been given her own hour long show to entertain and present songs from the new album ''Fever''. ''Can't Get You Out Of My Head'' was dominating every chart in the world, and spending it's 12th week on top of the Worldpop global chart, it was more of a celebration.Very few artists get given there own primetime show and the press were reporting that Madonn'a had said her kids were in love with the new song.It seems in 2001 no-one could get Kylie out of their heads. A performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards left crowds in Berlin breathless and subsequent awards were won at the Top Of The Pop awards in Manchester and4 nominations for 2002 Brit Awards. The song has topped charts all over the world and ''Fever'' has already sold in excess of 3 million copies worldwide after just 3 months of sales.The Kylie star has never shone so brightly. On a more personal level Kylie has suffered from emotional exhaustion this year due to the punishing workloads and promotional schedules and her dad was also diagnosed with Cancer, which it seems he has beaten as I write this. So as 2001 comes to a close and the news that ''Can't Get You Out Of My Head'' is No.1on the USA dance charts with a full American release of ''Fever '' due in February, it's is time that the world took note of the first lady of pop music in the 21st century...step forward Miss Kylie Minogue...May your reign continue....

Kylie Minogue receives the award of Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her tremendous contribution to the world of music.

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David Cook Biography

Name : David Cook

Date of Birth : December 20, 1982

Origin : Tulsa, Oklahoma,

Country : USA

Profession : Singer/Bartender

Age : 25


David Cook Trivia

David Cook's favorite quote is "Pain don't hurt" that has been taken from the Patrick Swayze movie Road House.
He is not related to Kristy Lee Cook.
David loves to be refered as a "word nerd" owing to his love of word puzzles.
David Cook has won the prestigious American idol title of the year 2008by defeating David Archuleta. David has won at a margin of twelve million votes out of the 97.5 million cast by US viewers.


David Cook Detailed Biography

Being born in Houstan , Texas David Cook has earned his repute as a singer who has been enlisted amongst top twelve contestants of seventh season of American Idol. After spending days in Blue Springs, Missouri, she is currently placed in Tulsa, Oklahama. In the year 2006, she has completed his graduation from the University of Central Missouri and grabbed the degree as a graphic designer. By any chance she has no relation with Kristy Lee Cook, his co-contestant in American Idol.

David has a passion for singing since his chidhood. When he was in second grade he could play musical instruments like the guitar and bass guitar. From 1999 to 2006 Cook became lead singer and guitarist of Axium , a musical band from the city of Kansas .In fact David gave his voice to "Hold," a song of this band which has been picked up by AMC Theatres Movie Tunes . During previewing it was played on five thousand screens through out the nation . He also gave performance with Tulsa-based band Midwest Kings, performing guitar and babbling out backup vocals.

David Cook brought out his independent album, Analog Heart, in the year 2006. The website Music Equals Life has been selected to be the 4th best CD of 2006. He also has recorded his second album before entering the American Idol contest.

David has won the prestigious American idol title of the year 2008. David Cook has defeated David Archuleta. He has won at a margin of 12 million votes out of the 97.5 million cast by US viewers.


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Whoopi Goldberg: Plans to appear in Broadway's 'Xanadu'

Whoopi Goldberg: Plans to appear in Broadway's 'Xanadu'

Whoopi Goldberg is undertaking a job of responsibility. It is reported that she is going back to Broadway. This sensational news has been declared on Monday by the actress herself. She said that she will make her appearance at ‘Xanadu’, the famous Tony-nominated musical extravaganza.

Details about Whoopi Goldberg’s news have been inferred from varied sources. Previously also fifty two year old Goldberg has been starred on Braodway with her own show along with revivals of other programs namely "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".

Whoopi Goldberg’s “Xanadu will start from July 29 and it lasts for 6 weeks. In this way she takes over the position of actress Jackie Hoffman, who will return to the production on 9th September. The comment has been made by Karl Nilsson, a representative.

The show, where Whoopi Goldberg acts as the host, has been loosely adapted from the cult film of 1980s starring Olivia Newton-John. It also features other eminent artists namely Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson and Tony Roberts.

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Jimmy Kimmel: Breaks 5-year old romance

Jimmy Kimmel: Breaks 5-year old romance

Most popular American comedian, writer, talk show host, game show host and producer Jimmy Kimmel has broken off his 5 year romance with American comedian, writer, singer, guitarist and actress Sarah Silverman. Publicists for both confirmed the news on Monday.

The 40 year old Jimmy Kimmel hosts the late-night ABC television talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and the 37 year old Sarah Silverman hosts her own comedy show "The Sarah Silverman Program" on the cable TV network Comedy Central.

The pair dated for five years and were one of Hollywood's funniest and seemingly solid couples.

Kimmel separated from his wife Gina in 2002, and Silverman said that she will not get married until gay marriage is legalized.

Earlier this year, Silverman performed a duet with actor Matt Damon singing about their fake love affair on Jimmy Kimmel's ABC late-night show. Kimmel later responded with a star-studded video declaring a romance with Damon's best friend, Ben Affleck.

Silverman has made frequent appearances on Jimmy Kimmel's talk show.

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Larry King: Narrates life story in a book

Larry King: Narrates life story in a book

Famous television anchor Larry King has depicted his life in the form of a book.

Sources have thrown more light on the news of Larry King. According to them, the book titled “What Am I Doing Here?" will cover everything starting from the CNN host's childhood in Brooklyn to his multiple marriages. It will be published by Weinstein Books in the year 2009 on the occasion of Father's Day.

"This book will be absolutely devoured by Larry King's millions of fans," said the co-chairperson Harvey Weinstein in a statement. He further continued that "He is a true media icon — one whose personal and professional journey to date is filled with delightfully evocative anecdotes and behind-the-scenes observations on some of our most important world figures."

According to the spokesperson of Weinstein Books, seventy four year old Larry King also has penned down "uncensored" opinions on several world leaders whom he has interviewed. These include President George Bush, ex-president Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan. Larry King also proves to be bold enough to reveal the name of the contestant that he has voted for in each election and which president he considers the worst.

The book will be co-authored by Esquire writer named Cal Fussman.

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Victor Willis: Leaves hospital after surgery

Victor Willis: Leaves hospital after surgery

Victor Willis, the lead singer of "Village People" has been released from a San Diego hospital on Monday after undergoing surgery on his throat. He hopes that he can sing again before the end of the year.

Victor Willis said in a statement, "I feel great and look forward to performing before the end of the year, but I can't say for sure".

The original lead singer of the 1970s disco band has undergone an operation to remove nodules from his vocal cords earlier this month.

The singer's doctor told him that he can't sing atleast for 90 days. Victor Willis' spokeswoman Linda Smith said that the singer has already started talking and his voice "sounds almost normal".

The "Village People" has been formed in 1977, and the group has sold more than 80 million albums and singles.

Victor Willis' hit songs include "Y.M.C.A" and "Macho Man".

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Angelina Jolie: Gives birth to twins

Angelina Jolie: Gives birth to twins

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. This news has been confirmed by her doctor at a hospital that is located in southern part of France.

Thirty three year old Oscar winning actress Angelina Jolie had the twins by caesarean section on Saturday evening at the Lenval hospital that is situated on the glamorous Promenade des Anglais waterfront drive in Nice. Actor Brad Pitt was the father of the twins and he was present by her side at the time of delivery.

The girl, named Vivienne Marcheline, weighed 2.27 kg (5 lbs) while her brother, Knox Leon, weighed 2.28 kg. Marcheline was the first name of Jolie's mother, also an actress, who died of cancer last year.

"The parents and the babies are in excellent health. Everything is fine." While briefing the reporters of a popular news agency Michel Sussmann, Angelina Jolie’s doctor has made this comment. He said the c-section had been planned for a long time but the date was brought forward "for medical reasons."

The doctor said Jolie was under epidural and was able to speak to a "perfectly calm" Pitt, 44, during the birth.

"They were very happy," Sussmann said. Asked what Pitt was doing during the birth, he said: "He was looking at what I was doing. He was my assistant. No, that's a joke."

Angelina Jolie gets admitted at the Lenval hospital sometime in late June. She came to the hospital in a helicopter from the Provence villa where she and Brad Pitt has been residing along with their four other children namely Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh.

A frenzied crowd of photographers and camera crews have gathered outside the hospital building in order to catch glimpse of Angelina Jolie and her newly born babies.

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Heath Ledger: Family attends "The Dark Knight" premiere

Heath Ledger: Family attends "The Dark Knight" premiere

Late actor Heath Ledger's father Kim, sister Kate and mother Sally Bell attended The Dark Knight premiere on Monday in New York.

Heath Ledger's former girlfriend Naomi Watts and her partner Liev Schreiber also attended the premiere. Ledger's parents bypassed the red carpet and ducked into the theater to watch their late son's play "The Joker" in the latest Batman film.

As his father Kim Ledger left the show, he was asked how he felt to attend. At this he immediately responded with the thumbs-up and said, "It was very good".

British actor Michael Caine, who plays Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred, believed that atleast Heath Ledger should receive a best supporting actor nomination.

Michael Caine said, "My favourite part of the film is the opening monologue of Heath Ledger as The Joker, it's one of the best close-ups I've ever seen in my life. He was a young actor and this is his moment. I mean, he did Brokeback Mountain which was fine and he never got the Oscar. He's going to get the Oscar for this".

Another co-star Maggie Gyllenhaal said, "He's so good in the movie. I mean really remarkable. But even before this movie he really had an effect on people".

Co-star Aaron Eckhart said, "I am especially happy for Heath Ledger, and sad he is not with us tonight. But we are going to honour him in this movie. He is huge".

Sam Rubin, a respected entertainment correspondent for Los Angeles KTLA network, said, "Heath Ledger would absolutely be nominated for an Oscar, and at this point in the year is a hands-down favourite to win it posthumously. Ledger offers perfect pitch, perfect tone, his Joker hits all the right notes".

The Dark Knight opens in Australia on July 16.

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Heath Ledger Biography

Heath Ledger Biography

Name : Heath Ledger

Birth Name : Heathcliff Andrew Ledger

Profession : Actor

Date of Birth : April 4, 1979

Place of Birth : Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Date of Death : January 22, 2008

Place of Death : New York City, New York, USA

Reason of Death : Drug overdose

Height : 6' 1''

Education : Guilford Grammar School

Nationality : Australian

Claim to fame : as Gabriel Martin in 'The Patriot' (2000)

Nickname : Heathy


Heath Ledger Trivia

Had a premature death at age 28. Was found dead at 3:26 p.m. in his fourth-floor apartment at 421 Broome Street in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City on January 22, 2008, as the NY police reported, due to drug overdose.


Heath Ledger and his sister are named after the two main romantic characters of the Emily Bront� novel, "Wuthering Heights".


Dated costar Lisa Zane while they were filming "Roar" (1997).


Concentrated on drama and sports in school. When asked to choose between the two, he picked drama. Attended a private all-boys school called Guildford Grammar.


Auditioned for the part of Max on the TV show "Roswell" (1999). However, the show was originally developed for Fox and since he had already starred in "Roar" (1997), which was unsuccessful for Fox, they did not want to hire him.


Has three sisters: Kate Ledger, and half sisters Olivia Ledger and Ashleigh Bell.


Mother is Sally and father is Kim.


Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001.


Dated Heather Graham. [October 2000 - June 2001]


Was a part of the Kalamunda Field Hockey team back in 1990 in his native country of Australia. His father, Kim Ledger, was the president of the team from 1990-1992.


Was a men's-fashion judge at the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November 2001.


Shares a birthday with Hugo Weaving.


Was originally set to star in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004) before Colin Farrell took over the role.


Was considered for the role of Kar in Bulletproof Monk (2003) but eventually turned it down. The role later went to Seann William Scott.


Dated Naomi Watts (August 2002 - May 2004)


He and Naomi Watts broke up for the 2nd time, April 2004.


Born on the same day as American Pie (1999) star Natasha Lyonne.


Worked with Orlando Bloom in Ned Kelly (2003). Ledger worked with Scottish actor James Cosmo in The Four Feathers (2002). Both Bloom and Cosmo worked together in the movie Troy (2004).


Was named "the new Matt Damon" in Josie and the Pussycats (2001). They now act side by side in The Brothers Grimm (2005)


Most of his wardrobe is designed by his friend Shem.


Is of Irish and Scottish ancestry


Starred in 3 films which screened at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. They included Brokeback Mountain (2005), The Brothers Grimm (2005) and the out-of-competition Casanova (2005).


Fianc�e Michelle Williams gave birth to daughter Matilda Rose Ledger on 28 October 2005, who weighed in 6 lb, 5 oz.


Met Michelle Williams on the set of Brokeback Mountain (2005).


Was selected in the State U17 squad in field hockey and was touted as one of the up and coming young stars, but chose to pack it in and try to make a career out of acting.


Jake Gyllenhaal is the godfather of his daughter Matilda.


Was mentored by, lived with, and is very good friends with Martin Henderson.


Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.


Is the first non-American actor to portray the Joker.


Set to star in Baz Luhrmann's pre-WWII drama, but backed out to play The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008).


Busy Philipps is the godmother of his daughter Matilda.


When he was cast as The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008), rumors circulated that his Brokeback Mountain (2005) cast mate Jake Gyllenhaal would be playing district attorney Harvey Dent. Instead, Jake's sister Maggie Gyllenhaal was cast as assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes.


Dropped out of Australia (2008) to do The Dark Knight (2008).


Is one of seven godparents of Elizabeth Hurley's son Damien.


Called off his engagement to Michelle Williams in September 2007.


Choosen by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in the world (#79) 2007.


Heath Ledger Detailed Biography

Heath Ledger was born as Heathcliff Andrew Ledger. he was born on April 4, 1979, and passed away on January 22, 2008, prematurely, at age 28. Heath Ledger was an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Heath Ledger developed a Hollywood career. He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster's Ball, and Brokeback Mountain, and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight. Ledger died in New York City on January 22, 2008.

Heath Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of Sally Ledger Bell (n�e Ramshaw), a French teacher, and Kim Ledger, a race car driver and mining engineer. Ledger's mother is descended from the Clan Campbell of Scotland and his father comes from a family known in Perth for their ownership of the Ledger Engineering Foundry. Heath (Heathcliff) and his sister Katherine were named after the two main characters in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. The Sir Frank Ledger Charitable Trust was named after his great-grandfather. Ledger attended Guildford Grammar School, where he had his first acting experiences, starring in a school production as Peter Pan at age 10.

At sixteen, Heath Ledger sat for early graduation exams, and left school to pursue an acting career with girlfriend Jenna Sorrell. With his best friend, Trevor DiCarlo, Ledger made the cross-country drive to Sydney. Heath Ledger returned to Perth for the TV series Sweat (1996), in which he played a gay cyclist.

In 1996, prior to his film debut in the 1997 Australian movie Blackrock, Heath Ledger was involved in the short lived Fox Broadcasting Company fantasy-drama Roar. In 1999, Ledger starred in the teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You and also had the lead role in the acclaimed Australian movie Two Hands, directed by Gregor Jordan.

From 2000 to 2005 he starred in The Patriot, Monster's Ball, A Knight's Tale, The Four Feathers, Ned Kelly, The Order, and The Brothers Grimm. In 2001, Heath Ledger won a ShoWest Award for the Male Star of Tomorrow based on his performance in The Patriot, and worldwide release of A Knight's Tale. In 2003, he was named one of Australian GQ's Men of the Year for acting.

Heath Ledger received "Best Actor of 2005" awards from both the New York Film Critics Circle and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle for his acclaimed performance in Brokeback Mountain, in which he plays Wyoming ranch hand Ennis Del Mar, who has a love affair with aspiring rodeo rider Jack Twist, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Heath Ledger also received a nomination for Golden Globe Best Actor in a Drama and a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor for this performance.

In the New York Times review of the film, critic Stephen Holden wrote:

"Both Mr. Ledger and Mr. Gyllenhaal make this anguished love story physically palpable. Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn."

In another review in Rolling Stone, Peter Travers wrote:

"Ledger's magnificent performance is an acting miracle. He seems to tear it from his insides. Ledger doesn't just know how Ennis moves, speaks and listens; he knows how he breathes. To see him inhale the scent of a shirt hanging in Jack's closet is to take measure of the pain of love lost."

Also in 2005, Heath Ledger played a fictionalized version of Giacomo Casanova in Casanova. The film, a romantic comedy which co-starred Sienna Miller, drew mixed reviews from critics and failed to find a significant audience among general moviegoers. In 2006, Ledger was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2007, he was one of six actors to portray different sides of singer Bob Dylan in the film I'm Not There. Ledger played iconic comic book villain The Joker in The Dark Knight, the sequel to the 2005 film Batman Begins, opposite fellow I'm Not There star Christian Bale. The film is set to debut on July 18, 2008. The film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, in which he had been cast, was in production at the time of his death.

Heath Ledger started a record company with singer Ben Harper. His first step in the music business was directing Harper's music video for "Morning Yearning". In 2006, Ledger directed three music videos: "Cause an Effect" and "Seduction Is Evil (She's Hot)" for Australian hip-hop artist N'fa, as well as "Morning Yearning" for Ben Harper.

In 2007, Heath Ledger spoke at a news conference at the Venice Film Festival about his desire to direct a music video set to the music of Nick Drake, even though he also said at the conference that such hopes had faded away. It was found out after Ledger's death that he had, in his final days, created a music video for Nick Drake's 1974 song "Black Eyed Dog", one of the last songs recorded by Drake before his own suicide. The black-and-white video, which has not been released to the public, shows the camera being turned on Ledger, who, at the end of the video, drowns in a bathtub.

Heath Ledger had a turbulent relationship with paparazzi photographers. It is alleged that he spat at and assaulted a photographer in Sydney in 2004, while a relative also is alleged to have spat on a photographer in 2005. Ledger strongly denied the accusation. On January 13, 2006, several photographers retaliated, squirting Ledger with water pistols as he walked the red carpet for the Sydney premiere of Brokeback Mountain.

Ledger was also subject to criticism in the press following his performance on stage at the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Ledger was seen giggling when presenting Brokeback Mountain as a nominee for Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The Los Angeles Times described his behavior as "some kind of gay spoof." Ledger later called the Times to explain that his actions were the result of stage fright, saying that he was only told he would be presenting the award minutes beforehand. "I am so sorry and I apologize for my nervousness," Ledger told the newspaper.

Heath Ledger came under fire after he was quoted in January 2006 in Australia's Herald Sun as saying that West Virginia had banned Brokeback Mountain (which it had not). He also referred to the state as having had lynchings as recently as the 1980s. These statements have been roundly disputed by archivists and historians, who state that the last extra-legal public hanging in West Virginia occurred in 1931.

From August 2002 to April 2004, Heath Ledger had a relationship with actress Naomi Watts, whom he met during the filming of Ned Kelly. Previously, he had dated actresses Lisa Zane and Heather Graham.

Ledger was engaged to actress Michelle Williams, whom he met on the set of Brokeback Mountain. Their daughter, Matilda Rose, was born on October 28, 2005 in New York City. The child's godparents are Ledger's Brokeback costar Jake Gyllenhaal and Williams' Dawson's Creek castmate Busy Phillips. Ledger and his family divided their time between Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Sydney. Ledger sold his Australian residence in Bronte, New South Wales, for A$7 million.

In August 2007, Us Weekly reported that Ledger and Williams ended their relationship because of their busy schedules. Neither Ledger nor Williams confirmed the rumor at that time. In September, 2007, Williams' father, Larry, confirmed to Sydney Daily Telegraph that Ledger and Williams had indeed split.

In early 2008, Heath Ledger was reported to have been seeing model Gemma Ward after media articles linked the two together at end of 2007 holiday celebrations.

Heath Ledger was found dead in his fourth-floor apartment at 421 Broome Street in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City on January 22, 2008. He was found at 3:26 p.m. EST by a housekeeper and a massage therapist, who entered the bedroom to find him face down, naked, and unconscious at the foot of his bed with sleeping pills on a nearby night table. Police said that they also found prescription medication in the bathroom and that there were "no obvious signs" of suicide, nor did they suspect foul play.

On January 23, 2008 Heath Ledger's parents and sister�who learned of his death from a radio broadcast�appeared outside Ledger's mother's house in Applecross, a riverside Perth suburb, and read a short statement to the media:

"We, Heath's family, confirm the very tragic, untimely and accidental passing of our dearly loved son, brother and doting father of Matilda, who was found in a peaceful sleep in his New York apartment by his housekeeper at 3:30 pm [New York Time]. We would like to thank our friends and everyone around the world for their kind wishes at this time. Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life, but few had the pleasure to truly know him. He was a down-to-earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving and unselfish individual who was an extreme inspiration to many. Please now respect our family's need to grieve and come to terms with our loss privately."

In reaction to Heath Ledger's death, former partner Michelle Williams was reported as saying that she was "devastated" at the loss and had boarded a plane to New York City. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd released a statement saying, "It was with great sadness that I have learned of the passing of Heath Ledger... It is tragic that we have lost one of our nation's finest actors in the prime of his life."


Heath Ledger Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Other notes
1997 Paws Oberon
Blackrock Toby
1999 10 Things I Hate About You Patrick Verona
Two Hands Jimmy AFI Award nominee (Best Actor in a Leading Role)
2000 The Patriot Gabriel Martin
2001 Monster's Ball Sonny Grotowski
A Knight's Tale Sir William Thatcher/Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland
2002 The Four Feathers Harry Faversham
2003 The Order Alex Bernier
Ned Kelly Ned Kelly AFI Award nominee (Best Actor in a Leading Role)
2005 Casanova Giacomo Casanova
Brokeback Mountain Ennis del Mar Academy Award nominee (Best Lead Actor)
Golden Globe nominee (Best Lead Actor - Drama)
BAFTA Award nominee (Best Lead Actor)
SAG nominee (Best Lead Actor, Best Ensemble Cast)
AFI Award (Best Lead Actor)
The Brothers Grimm Jacob Grimm
Lords of Dogtown Skip Engblom
2006 Candy Dan AFI Award nominee (Best Actor in a Leading Role)
IF Award nominee (Best Actor)
FCCA Award nominee (Best Actor)
2007 I'm Not There. Robbie Clark
2008 The Dark Knight The Joker post-production
Tree of Life never completed
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in production at time of death

Television

1992 Clowning Around
1997 Home and Away Scott Irwin
Roar Conor
1996 Sweat Snowy Bowles

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Brad Renfro Biography

Brad Renfro Biography

Name : Brad Renfro

Birth Name : Bradley Barron Renfro

Date of Birth : July 25, 1982

Place of Birth : Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Profession : Actor

Date of Death : January 15, 2008

Place of Death : Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Cause of Death : (related to addiction)

Height : 5' 9''

Nationality : American

Education : Public school in Knoxville, Tennessee,

Montessori school in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Claim to Fame : as Mark Sway in The Client (1994)

Nickname : Pagey, Renfreak, Fro

Brad Renfro Trivia

Died young at age 25, on January 15, 2008. Was found dead in his home, the possible reason of death is overdose of alcohol.


Is an only child.


Father, Mark.


Mother, Angela.


Brad is a proficient guitar player and lists Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, as his idol.


The Offical Brad Renfro Fan Club 322 Foxboro Dr. Walnut, CA 91789-2032 USA.


Has played in a school production sponsored by DARE, a program in which young people learn about the danger of drugs.


Knoxville, Tennessee: He struck a plea bargain on cocaine and marijuana charges and agreed to undergo random drug screening. [3 July 1998]


He was arrested in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, when police pulled him over and allegedly found cocaine and marijuana in his pants and socks. [5 June 1998]


Arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on a grand theft charge for allegedly trying to steal a 45 foot yacht. He and a companion failed to untie the boat from the dock, causing damage to both the boat and the dock. [28 August 2000]


Sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay more than $4,000 for repairs on a yacht he tried to steal in Fort Lauderdale. [5 January 2001]


While on probation in Florida, arrested May 16, 2001 for underage drinking as car was pulled over. Released from jail after $500 bond posted. [May 2001]


Dated Gaby Hoffmann [Spring 1997]


January, 2002 - Knoxville, Tennessee Brad was arrested and charged with public intoxication and driving without a license. He was stopped after a traffic violation near his house.


Ordered back to jail for remainder of probation by Florida judge due to his drunk driving arrest in January. [February 2002]


Until he was discovered and cast in The Client (1994), he attended Fountain City Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennesee.


Won the "Hollywood Reporter's Young Star Award" in 1995.


Raised by his grandmother.


In 1997, he starred in a commercial for the video game Resident Evil 2 (Biohazard 2 (1998) (VG)). In the commercial, he played one of the game's main characters, Leon Kennedy. The commercial was directed by George Romero (George A. Romero), but it was never aired in the USA.


Cousin of Jesse Hasek, singer for the band 10 Years from Knoxville, Tennessee.


On December 23, 2005 he was arrested, together with 14 other suspects, during a random drug sting operation in downtown Los Angeles while allegedly trying to buy heroin.


Was arrested for allegedly trying to buy heroin from an undercover police officer in the skid row section downtown Los Angeles on December 22, 2005.


Had not acted for a year at the time of his arrest for attempting to buy heroin.


Good friends with Samantha Pearson.

Brad Renfro Detailed Biography

Brad Renfro (July 25, 1982 � January 15, 2008) was born in Knoxville, Tennessee as Brad Barron Renfro. He was the only son to his parents, who was, tragically, discovered dead one winter morning in the beginning of 2008. He was an American actor. Brad Renfro was the son of Angela and Mark Renfro, who works in a blueprint factory. He was raised by his grandmother, Joanne Renfro, a church secretary. Brad Renfro was ten when he was discovered by Mali Finn, a casting director for Joel Schumacher, director of The Client. Brad Renfro played the title role in the film, adapted from a best-selling John Grisham novel, opposite Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. The suspense/drama was one of the top-grossing films of 1994. Brad Renfro went on to act in other films including 2001's Ghost World and Bully and 2005's The Jacket with Keira Knightley and Adrien Brody. He also played Huck Finn in Tom and Huck with Jonathan Taylor Thomas. In 1995, he won Hollywood Reporter's "Young Star" award and was nominated as one of People magazine's "Top 30 Under 30". Renfro also appeared in "Watch", an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Brad Renfro was in the Japanese Biohazard 2 commercial, acting as Leon S. Kennedy, one of the game's characters. Before his unexpected, tragic death in 2008, he completed filming his role in the upcoming film The Informers.

Brad Renfro, aged 25, was found dead January 15, 2008, in his home. According to Craig Harvey, chief investigator for the Los Angeles County coroner's office, paramedics pronounced him dead at 9 a.m. The cause of Brad Renfro's death was not immediately determined, Harvey said, but an autopsy could be conducted as early as the following day. Brad Renfro had reportedly been drinking with friends the evening before his death, Harvey said.

Brad Renfro's lawyer, Richard Kaplan, said he did not know whether the death was connected to any problems with addiction. The actor struggled with drugs and alcohol, but "he was working hard on his sobriety", Kaplan said. "He was doing well. He was a nice person." Brad Renfro served 10 days in jail in May 2006 after pleading no contest to driving while intoxicated and guilty to attempted possession of heroin. The latter charge stemmed from his arrest in Los Angeles' Skid Row area, when he attempted to buy heroin from an undercover officer in 2005. For several years, Brad Renfro was better known for that drug bust and the resulting criminal case than for acting. After one court appearance, Brad Renfro talked to reporters about drug rehabilitation, saying he was "tired of paying the consequences" for drinking and drug use and eager to get clean.

Filmography

Year Film Role
1994 The Client Mark Sway
1995 Tom and Huck Huck Finn
The Cure Erik
1996 Sleepers Young Michael Sullivan
1997 Telling Lies in America (film) Karchy Jonas
1998 Apt Pupil Todd Bowden
2001 Bully Marty Puccio
Tart William Sellers
Ghost World Josh
2002 American Girl Jay Grubb
Deuces Wild Bobby
2005 The Jacket The Stranger
2006 10th and Wolf Vincent
2008 The Informers Jack

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Madhuri Dixit Biography

Madhuri Dixit Biography

Name : Madhuri Dixit

Birthdate : May 15, 1967

Birthplace : Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India

Height : 5'4''

Nationality : Indian

Profession : Actor

Claim to Fame : As Mohini in the superhit flick ''Tezaab'' in 1988.

Also called : Madam M, La Dixit, Queen Bee, Madhuri Dixit-Nene

Nickname : Bubbly

Madhuri Dixit Trivia

Megastar of the Indian film industry, often compared with the legends.
Famous for her classical Indian beauty.
An Indian classical dancer. Famous for her wonderful dancing skills.
Was studying biology at Parle College, Bombay, India.
Was awarded the "National Citizen's Award" on August 25, 2001 in Delhi. The award recognizes excellence in various activities affecting national life.
Gave birth to a baby boy on March 8th, 2005, her second child.
Married the popular Indian cardiac doctor Shriram Nene, who stays in the USA.

Madhuri Dixit Detailed Biography

Madhuri Dixit is the all-time top Bollywood Actress. She was a top-line model in India before entering the Hindi film industry. Madhuri Dixit made a humble beginning with the Rajshris in a much forgotten film 'Abodh'. It was director Subhash Ghai who paved the way for Madhuri Dixit's super star status in Bollywood. Madhuri Dixit whose ambition was to become a Micro - Biologist instead, became a number one star in the tinsel world and has remained so justifying Ghai's predictions for her. It was the release of Tezaab (1988) that made things happen for Madhuri Dixit. A superb performance followed in Dil (1990) - which brought Madhuri Dixit her first Filmfare award, a rapport was struck with Indra Kumar which resulted in two more blockbusters Beta (1991) and Raja (1995). 1990 onwards, a hit film per year followed including Saajan, Khalnayak, Prem Pratigaya, cumulating in Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994), hindi cinema's biggest blockbuster to date. Hum Aapke Hain Koun found a place in the Guiness Book of World Records as the "Most Popular Indian Cinema" in the history of cinema in India, and it still is in the same place! Madhuri mania ensured the success of Raja (1995), a film with many flaws, thus Madhuri Dixit was renamed as female Amitabh Bachchan.

Apart from being a talented actress, Madhuri Dixit is also a fine dancer. Her sizzling dance numbers, Ek Do Teen, Dhak Dhak Karne Laga and Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai are Bollywood's most sensual moments. Madhuri Dixit married Dr. Sriram Nene on 17 October, 1999. Madhuri Dixit didn't quit films after marriage. She gave us a splendid performance in Pukar. Now Madhuri Dixit is the mother of two baby boys. Then after a short gap, Madhuri Dixit came back in 'Lajja' with a superb performance which bagged her the Best Supporting Actor award in the Lux Zee Cine Awards 2002. Madhuri made a grand comeback with 'Devdas' in 2002, which released world wide & has won raving reviews and acclaim. with actor Shahrukh Khan and Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai. Madhuri Dixit was applauded for her superb acting in the film. The film attracted worldwide attention and was featured at the Cannes Film Festival.

Now Madhuri Dixit has become more selective in choosing films and spends more time with her husband based in Los Angeles. Madhuri Dixit was also awarded the "National Citizen's Award" on August 25, 2001 in Delhi. Tbe award recognizes excellence in various activities affecting national life.

Madhuri Dixit, born to Shankar and Snehlata Dixit, married an Indian American physician from Denver, Dr. Sriram Nene, in 1999. Madhuri Dixit has two sons, Areen (born in March 2003 in Florida) and Rayan (born on March 8, 2005 in Colorado). She has two elder sisters, Rupa and Bharati and an elder brother Ajit. Madhuri Dixit now splits her time between Mumbai and Los Angeles, California.

On February 25, 2006 Madhuri Dixit performed on stage for the first time in six years at the Filmfare Awards to music from her last movie Devdas. Her performance was choreographed by Saroj Khan, and was very well received. Madhuri Dixit has been the muse for the famous Indian painter M.F. Hussain who considers her the epitome of the Indian woman. Madhuri Dixit also appeared in his film Gaja Gamini (2000). Gaja Gamini was intended as a tribute to Madhuri Dixit's talent and beauty.

Madhuri Dixit has been nominated seven times in the Best Actress category and twice in the Best Supporting Actress category at the Filmfare. Madhuri Dixit other achievements include- 4 Screen Awards, 2 Zee Cine Awards: a Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and a Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for Lajaa (2001), 1 Sansui Award and many more.


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