Brad Pitt Biography

Born December 18, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Pitt grew up in Springfield, Missouri, the eldest of three children in a devoutly Southern Baptist family. Brad Pitt father, Bill Pitt, owned a trucking company and his mother, Jane Pitt, was a family counselor. Pitt originally aspired to be an advertising art director, studying journalism at the University of Missouri. However, the young college student had other quiet aspirations, the product of a childhood love of movies, which finally seemed tangible his last semester at university when he realized, "I can leave." On a whim, Pitt dropped out of college, packed up his Datsun, and headed West to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles, just two credits shy of a college degree.

Pitt told his parents he intended to enroll in the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, but instead spent the next several months driving a limousine—chauffeuring strippers from one bachelor party to the next, delivering refrigerators, and trying to break into the L.A. acting scene. Brad Pitt  joined an acting class and, shortly after, accompanied a classmate as her scene partner on an audition with an agent. In a twist of fate, the agent signed Pitt instead of his classmate. After weathering only seven months in Los Angeles, Pitt had secured an agent and regular acting work.

Pitt's first jobs came in television, appearing in episodes of Dallas, the daytime soap Another World, the sitcom Growing Pains, and in 1990's short-lived Fox Television series, Glory Days. In 1989, Pitt played Billy Canton, the drug-addicted pimp of a teenage runaway, played by Juliette Lewis, in the NBC made-for-television movie Too Young to Die. Pitt and Lewis (9 years his junior at age 16) started dating and eventually moved in together.

Bette Davis Biography

Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts. Bette Davis  parents divorced when she was 10.Bette Davis and her sister were raised by their mother, Ruthie.   demanded attention from birth, which led to her pursuing a career in acting. After graduation from Cushing Academy she was refused admittance to Eva Le Gallienne's Manhattan Civic Repertory because she was considered insincere and frivolous.Bette Davis enrolled in John Murray Anderson's Dramatic School and was the star pupil. Bette Davis was in the off-Broadway play "The Earth Between" (1923), and her Broadway debut in 1929 was in "Broken Dishes". Bette Davis  also appeared in "Solid South". Late in 1930, she was hired by Universal. When she arrived in Hollywood, the studio representative who went to meet her train left without her because he could find no one who looked like a movie star. An official at Universal complained she had "as much sex appeal as Slim Summerville" and her performance in The Bad Sister (1931) didn't impress. In 1932 she signed a seven-year deal with Warner Brothers Pictures. Bette Davis  became a star after her appearance in The Man Who Played God (1932). Warners loaned her to RKO in 1934 for Of Human Bondage (1934), in which she was a smash.Bette Davis had a significant number of write-in votes for the Best Actress Oscar, but didn't win. Bette Davis finally DID win for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938)). Bette Davis  constantly fought with Warners and tried to get out of her contract because she felt she wasn't receiving the top roles an Oscar-winning actress deserved, and eventually sued the studio. Returning after losing her lawsuit, her roles improved dramatically. The only role she didn't get that she wanted was Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). Warners wouldn't loan her to David O. Selznick unless he hired Errol Flynn to play Rhett Butler, which both Selznick and Davis thought was a terrible choice. It was rumored she had numerous affairs, among them George Brent and William Wyler, and she was married four times, three of which ended in divorce. Bette Davis admitted her career always came first. Bette Davis made many successful films in the 1940s, but each picture was weaker than the last and by the time her Warner Brothers contract had ended in 1949, she had been reduced to appearing in such films as the unintentionally hilarious Beyond the Forest (1949). Bette Davis made a huge comeback in 1950 when she replaced an ill Claudette Colbert in, and received an Oscar nomination for, All About Eve (1950). Bette Davis worked in films through the 1950s, but her career eventually came to a standstill, and in 1961 she placed a now famous Job Wanted ad in the trade papers.


Bette Davis received an Oscar nomination for her role as a demented former child star in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), which brought her a new degree of stardom in both movies and television through the 1960s and 1970s. In 1977 she received the AFI's Lifetime Achievement Award and in 1979 she won a Best Actress Emmy for Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979) (TV). In 1977-78 she moved from Connecticut to Los Angeles and filmed a pilot for the series "Hotel" (1983), which she called Brothel. Bette Davis refused to do the TV series and suffered a stroke during this time. Bette Davis daughter Barbara Merrill wrote a 1985 "Mommie Dearest"-type book, "My Mother's Keeper". Bette Davis worked in the later 1980s in films and TV, even though a stroke had impaired her appearance and mobility. Bette Davis wrote a book "This 'N That" during her recovery from the stroke. Bette Davis last book was "Bette Davis,The Lonely Life", issued in paperback in 1990. It included an update from 1962 to 1989. Bette Davis wrote the last chapter in San Sebastian, Spain. When she passed away of cancer on October 6, 1989, in France, many of her fans refused to believe she was gone.

Ben Affleck Biography

Ben Affleck's story is, without doubt, one of the great rags-to-riches tales in recent cinema history. Along with his childhood buddy, Matt Damon, he was a struggling actor, in the final stages of being consigned to Hollywood's dustpile. But together they fought back. Bucking the system, they wrote their own screenplay, attracted their own finance, and produced and starred in their own movie. Within a year, Good Will Hunting had taken off, in 1998 earning them both an Oscar and propelling them into major roles in such mega-blockbusters as Armageddon and Saving Private Ryan. Or so the story went. In fact, the saga stretched back a good twenty years. What really made Affleck's tale fascinating came later when, having squired pop star actress Jennifer Lopez and hit the absolute heights of tabloid fame, his offscreen life took centre stage, his career collapsed in ruins, and a second struggle for success was necessary. And this time he was on his own. This was why the awards and critical plaudits drawn by his performance in 2006's Hollywoodland were so very satisfying. Ben Affleck'd made it to the top twice. 

Benjamin Geza Affleck was born on the 15th of August, 1972, in Berkeley, California, the family very soon moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts, a rich area of Boston, near the prestigious Harvard college. Ben Affleck has one brother, Casey, also an actor. Ben Affleck father, Tim, was an actor and director who'd worked and partied with such luminaries as Dustin Hoffman, and joined the Theatre Company Of Boston. Ben Affleck  mother, Chris, was a schoolteacher, and would be the dominant parental figure in his life (she was his guest when he picked up his Oscar). But it was his dad's influence and connections that got him started in TV, VERY early in his life. Ben Affleck appeared in ads for Burger King before hitting double-figures and, by 12, had appeared as CT Granville in the cute and educative mini-series The Voyage Of The Mimi. At the age of 12 though, he suffered an emotional setback with the divorce of his parents. Tim had "a severe, chronic problem with alcoholism" which eventually broke the couple up. Ben Affleck left for the Recovery Centre in Palm Springs, got back on his feet, and now works counselling others in Rehab.

Barbra Streisand Biography

Born Barbra Joan Streisand on April 24, 1942 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to Diana Rosen and Emanuel Streisand. Streisand's father was a high school English teacher who died from complications of an epileptic seizure when Barbra was only 15 months old. Barbra Streisand  mother raised Barbra and her older brother, Sheldon, by working as a secretary in the New York City public school system. Barbra Streisand  mother remarried in the late 1940s to Louis Kind, a used-car salesman, while Streisand was away at camp. Streisand was unaware of the second marriage, or that her mother was pregnant. Streisand's half-sister, Rosalind, was born in 1952.

Streisand has described her childhood as painful. Barbra Streisand was shy as a child, and often felt rejected by other children because her looks were unusual. Additionally, she saw her stepfather as emotionally abusive. Barbra Streisand  also found no support from her mother, who thought her too unattractive to pursue her dreams of show business.

As a child, Streisand attended Bais Yakov School, where she sang in the school choir. Following elementary school, Streisand was a student at Erasmus Hall High School where she met future collaborator, Neil Diamond. Even before Barbra graduated from high school, she was traveling to New York City to study acting. At the age of 15, she met Anita and Alan Miller at the Cherry Lane Theater in Greenwich Village. Streisand negotiated a deal with the couple; she would babysit for their children in exchange for a scholarship to Alan's acting school. It was one of two she simultaneously attended. Barbra Streisand graduated from Erasmus High in 1959 at the age of 16. Barbra Streisand was fourth in her class.

Streisand never attended college. Barbra Streisand moved to New York City in 1960 instead, months after graduating from high school. There, she shared several apartments with friends, including one with actor Elliot Gould, who she wed in 1963. They were married for eight years. Together the couple had one child, Jason.

Barbara Stanwyck Biography

Born:16 July 1907

Place of Birth:   Brooklyn, New York

Died:20 January 1990 (heart failure)

Best Known As: Savvy, no-nonsense leading lady of the silver screen

Birth Name:Ruby Stevens

Barbara Stanwyck left the vaudeville stage for the movies in the late 1920s, but her career didn't take off until the '30s, thanks in part to director Frank Capra. Known as a hard-working professional, Stanwyck played a variety of roles in comedy and dramas, and by the end of the 1930s she was a reliable leading lady. Barbara Stanwyck characters awere usually tough, smart and resolute, giving the impression of having been around the block, as Stanwyck herself had: orphaned at the age of four, she was raised by an older sister and quit school at the age of 13. In the 1940s she was at her career peak, starring in Lady Eve (1941), Meet John Doe (1941), Double Indemnity (1944) and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). Barbara Stanwyck seemed to play mostly matriarchs and cattle baronesses in the '50s, and later had a second career in television, with The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960-61) and The Big Valley (1965-69) and The Thorn Birds (1983). Stanwyck was nominated for an Oscar four times, but never won; she was, however, given an Academy Award in 1981 for Lifetime Achievement.

Stanwyck was married to actor Frank Fay from 1928-1935, and to actor Robert Taylor from 1951. Both marriages ended in divorce... Actor Robert Wagner revealed in 2008 that he and Stanwyck had a four-year romance after her divorce from Taylor, beginning when he Wagner was 22 and Stanwyck was 45... Barbara Stanwyck  was reportedly given her stage name in 1926 by director William Mack, who was inspired by a theater poster advertising "Jane Stanwyck in Barbara Frietchie."

Audrey Tauou Biography

(Born Aug. 9, 1976/78, Beaumont, Auvergne, France) French actress known for her gamine beauty and elfin charm.

Tautou began her acting career with several television movies in the late 1990s and won a talent-search contest sponsored by a French media company in 1999. Later that year she appeared in her first major film role, portraying a naive salon worker in Vénus beauté (institut), which was released in the United States as Venus Beauty Institute. Tautou received a French César award as most-promising female newcomer for her performance. In 2000 she was a fixture in movie theatres, appearing in Épouse-moi ( Marry Me), Voyous voyelles ( Pretty Devils), Le Libertin ( The Libertine), and Le Battement d'ailes du papillon ( Happenstance).

Tautou's breakthrough, however, came in 2001 with the quirky Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain ( Amélie), in which she starred as a lonely waitress who concocts elaborate schemes to make others happy and in the process falls in love. The romantic fable, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, was an international hit, became the top-grossing French-language movie of all time in the United States, and scored an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film. It also earned Tautou a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) nomination for best actress. In 2002 she made her English-language debut in Dirty Pretty Things. After appearing in the musical Pas sur la bouche (2003; Not on the Lips) and in Nowhere to Go but Up (2003), Tautou reteamed with Jeunet for the César award-winning Un Long Dimanche de fiançailles (2004; A Very Long Engagement), in which she played a woman searching for her lost fiancé after World War I. In 2006 Tautou starred in her first big-budget Hollywood film, The Da Vinci Code, but soon thereafter she returned to the more intimate French films that made her famous. Audrey Tauou subsequent movies include Hors de prix (2006; Priceless) and Ensemble, c'est tout (2007; Hunting and Gathering). In 2009 she portrayed Coco Chanel in the biopic Coco avant Chanel ( Coco Before Chanel).

Audrey Hepburn Biography

Actress, philanthropist. Born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium. A talented performer, Audrey Hepburn was known for her beauty, elegance, and grace. Often imitated, she remains one of Hollywood's greatest style icons. A native of Brussels, Hepburn spent part of her youth in England at a boarding school there. During much of World War II, she studied at the Arnhem Conservatory in The Netherlands. After the Nazis invaded the country, Hepburn and her mother struggled to survive. Audrey Hepburn reportedly helped the resistance movement by delivering messages, according to an article in The New York Times.

After the war, Hepburn continued to pursue an interest in dance. Audrey Hepburn studied ballet in Amsterdam and later in London. In 1948, Hepburn made her stage debut as a chorus girl in the musical High Button Shoes in London. More small parts on the British stage followed. Audrey Hepburn was a chorus girl in Sauce Tartare (1949), but was moved to a featured player in Sauce Piquante (1950).

That same year, Hepburn made her feature film debut in 1951's One Wild Oat in an uncredited role. Audrey Hepburn went on to parts in such films as Young Wives' Tales (1951) and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) starring Alec Guiness. Audrey Hepburn next project on the New York stage introduced her to American audiences.

At the age of 22, Audrey Hepburn went to New York to star in the Broadway production of Gigi, based on the book by the French writer Colette. Set in Paris around 1900, the comedy focuses on the title character, a young teenage girl on the brink of adulthood. Audrey Hepburn relatives try to teach her ways of being a courtesan, to enjoy the benefits of being with a wealthy man without having to marry. They try to get a friend of the family, Gaston, to become her patron, but the young couple has other ideas.

Ashton Kutcher Biography

Birth Name:Christopher Ashton Kutcher 
Date of Birth:7 February 1978, 
Place of Birth:Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA 

Nickname:Ash Kutch 

Height:6' 2½" (1.89 m) 

In 1997 Ashton Kutcher was a biochemical engineering student at University of Iowa and was discovered by a local talent scout. Ashton Kutcher has a fraternal twin brother, Michael, and a sister, Tausha. Ashton Kutcher  grew up in rural Homestead, Iowa, graduating from Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa. In 2010, Kutcher was named one of Time Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People. Ashton Kutcher  created The Demi and Ashton Foundation, to eliminate child sex slavery worldwide. Kutcher is an actor/producer and co-founder of Katalyst, a studio for social media.

Spouse

Demi Moore (24 September 2005 - present)

Dropped out from University of Iowa to pursue modeling. Ashton Kutcher major was biochemical engineering.

Used to have a job sweeping the floor at a General Mills plant

Won the Fresh Faces of Iowa modeling contest in 1997, sparking a modeling career in New York City.

Has a fraternal twin brother, Michael, & an older sister, Tausha

Ashton Kutcher  auditioned for a role at NBC and knew he didn't land it. As he was leaving, an executive asked him to read for a new NBC pilot called "Wind on Water" (1998). "I went and did a cold reading of the character and found out I had gotten the job but told them I had to read the script first and after reading it, decided I did not want to be a cowboy surfer. My agent had told me about a series called "Teenage Wasteland" (later renamed "That '70s Show" (1998)) and I went in to read and told them I had to know if I had gotten the role by 3:45 that afternoon. I was supposed to tell NBC if I wanted the role on "Wind on Water" (1998) by 4:00 p.m. Luckily, I got the role on this show". "Wind on Water" (1998) was canceled after two episodes.

Was once so poor, he donated his blood for money while attending the University of Iowa.

Lost out to Josh Hartnett for a role in Pearl Harbor (2001).

One of Teen People Magazine's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25. [2002]

Ashton Kutcher twin brother Michael was born with a septal heart defect.

On January 23, 2004, he went head to head with his "That '70s Show" (1998) co-star Topher Grace at the box office as The Butterfly Effect (2004) starring Kutcher and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) both opened against one another. The Butterfly Effect (2004) won the race coming in at the #1 spot, while Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) came in at #3 just after Along Came Polly (2004).

Older sister Tausha (born 1975) has a daughter, Dakota (born 1999).

Voted #3 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties.

Member of the Delta Chi Fraternity, along with Kevin Costner and Alan Heitz.

Has two toes on his left foot that are fused together, meaning they are webbed

Is ranked #35 on Premiere Magazine's 50 Most Disturbing Moments in Movie History. Kutcher's face is just placed there, instead of an explanation as to why.

Shares a birthday with Chris Rock.

Owns a restaurant in Los Angeles called Dolce.

Ranked #17 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (23 January 2005 issue).

Lost the lead role of Drew Baylor in Elizabethtown (2005) to Orlando Bloom when Cameron Crowe decided he wanted an actor that had a solid résumé consisting of Theatre and Drama school training.

Was the first of the six primary cast members of "That '70s Show" (1998) to receive a Razzie Award nomination. Ashton Kutcher was nominated for Worst Actor of 2004 for his roles in the films Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Just Married (2003) and My Boss's Daughter (2003). However, he did not win.

Along with Topher Grace, he chose not to renew his contract to do an 8th season of "That '70s Show" (1998), wishing to pursue other projects.

Created the MTV show "Punk'd" (2003) with his friend Jason Goldberg.

Of mostly Irish American descent. Ashton Kutcher also has some Native American and Bohemian (the source of his surname) ancestry

Former boyfriend of Brittany Murphy and January Jones.

Ashton Kutcher wedding with actress Demi Moore was attended by about 100 guests, among them were Moore's ex-husband Bruce Willis, their three children, and Lucy Liu.

Best friends with Wilmer Valderrama

Stepfather of Rumer Willis, Scout LaRue Willis and Tallulah Belle Willis

Marriage to Demi Moore is his first, her third.

Ashton Kutcher parents are Larry Kutcher (an employee of General Mills) and Diane (who worked for Procter & Gamble)

While as a guest on "The View" (1997), he explained he quit smoking cigarettes for his role in The Guardian (2006/I) by reading the book, "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr.

Has the rare distinction of being in two movies that opened on the same day in the U.S. - Open Season (2006) and The Guardian (2006/I) (September 29 2006).

Was considered for the role of Batman in Batman Begins (2005), but the role eventually went to Christian Bale.

Is a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity.

Attended the University of Iowa, as did Gene Wilder, Ben Rollins, and Mary Beth Hurt.

Wrestled in high school. In his senior year he injured himself and had to quit.

Is close friends with "Smallville" (2001) star Tom Welling whom he met when they were both modeling.

Ashton Kutcher three stepdaughters call him MOD ("My Other Dad").

In February 2010 he joined the State Department and top executives from eBay and Twitter on a biz trip to Moscow and Siberia trying to help Russia start up their own Silicon Valley. (Time magazine).

In 2009, Kucther beat CNN to reach 1-million Twitter followers. Ashton Kutcher now has millions more.

In 2010, Kutcher was named one of Time Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People.

In 2010, Kutcher and his wife, Demi Moore, created "The Demi and Ashton Foundation" (DNA) to eliminate child sex slavery worldwide.

In Feb 2010, Kutcher traveled to Russia as part of President Obama's first U.S.-Russia Innovation Delegation. The purpose was to generate ideas in support of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission and address anti-trafficking and child protection issues..

Katalyst was named one of the year's Top 50 Most Inspiring Innovators by Ad Age and one of Fast Company Magazine's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies, 2010.

Merited a place in Time magazine's - The 100 Most Influential People in the World ("Artists" category) - with a tribute provided by Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs. [May 10, 2010]

Was Riley Smith's roommate in 1997 in New York City at the IMTA convention after knowing each other in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, their hometown. Josh Duhamel also attended that year.

Personal Quotes

[on his experience with James Van Der Beek and Rachael Leigh Cook on the set of Texas Rangers (2001)] In between scenes, we go up and play Nintendo 64. We just all hang out and have a good time.

[on rapper Eminem and his music] I think he's got [guts] for saying what he said. People get way too worked up about that stuff instead of just enjoying it.

I didn't even know guys modeled before that. I thought Fabio was the only male model, and I really didn't fit that bill.

I'll probably never be the best actor in Hollywood, but I hope to be the hardest working.

don't believe that old cliché that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still.

I'm a guy's guy. I don't comb my hair unless I have to, and I don't use lotions or fancy shampoos.

[on is reputation for being a free spirit] I say whatever I think and whatever is on my mind, and I just hope that it comes out good. I just try to have a lot of fun.

Modelling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.

[on his movie The Butterfly Effect (2004)] I thought that it was a fantastic metaphor for life, and pretty enlightening. And I appreciated the opportunity to play a character that's blind to the trauma that takes place in his life. The violence that is in the movie I thought was a fantastic metaphor for how blind we are as a society, and as a people, to the things that actually do happen on a day-to-day basis, and how we kind of just block them out. And whether it be through our media or whatever, we go, "Oh, it's not happening in my world, so it's not happening". In the movie there's a great representation of the violence with the kids, and the pedophilia, and these kind of things that the guys could have taken the easy road, and kind of squeamishly cut around, but they weren't afraid of it.

Looks fade. Don't get too attached.

[On filming sex scenes] You sort of try to set some ground rules. I think it was Sir Laurence Olivier who said 'I apologize if I get aroused and I apologize if I do not get aroused'. There's always that awkward state of 'Is this okay? Is that okay?' In between it's just like "Let's act like nothing happened'. Then you see how good an actor you really are.

Where Are They Now

(July 2010) Promoting and attending premiere of his new film Killers (2010) in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.

Ashley Judd Biography

Actress. Born Ashley Tyler Ciminella, on April 19, 1968, in Los Angeles, California. Ashley Judd father, sports broadcasting producer Michael Ciminella, left the family before she was four years old; Ashley moved with her mother, Naomi Judd, and older sister, Wynonna Judd, to her parents' native state of Kentucky soon after. Ashley Judd was 15 when her mother and sister signed their first record deal, with RCA, as the country-singing duo the Judds. While Naomi and Wynonna were away on tour, Judd often stayed with her maternal grandmother and paternal grandparents; she sometimes lived with her father, who was based in Louisville. Ashley Judd also traveled with the Judds, reportedly earning $10 per day to clean the duo's tour bus.

The studious Judd attended college at the University of Kentucky, where she majored in French and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Judd considered joining the Peace Corps but was encouraged by Wynonna, among others, to try her luck in Hollywood. Ashley Judd moved to Los Angeles in 1990, where she began studying acting at the prestigious Playhouse West school. After two years of study, Judd won a small role in the disappointing Christian Slater vehicle Kuffs (1992), which was enough to earn her a Screen Actor's Guild card.

In 1991, Judd had a recurring role on the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. From 1991 to 1994, she appeared on the popular television drama Sisters, as the daughter of one of the lead characters, played by Swoosie Kurtz.

Judd made her big-screen breakthrough in 1993, when she played the title role in the well-received independent film Ruby in Paradise, which won that year's Grand Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Ashley Judd then turned in critically acclaimed supporting performances in Smoke (1995), starring Harvey Keitel; Heat (1995), starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Val Kilmer; and A Time to Kill (1996), starring Matthew McConaughey and Samuel L. Jackson. In addition to starring roles in the little-seen Normal Life (1996) and The Locusts (1997), Judd also played Norma Jean Baker (opposite Mira Sorvino as Baker's legendary alter ego, Marilyn Monroe) in Norma Jean and Marilyn, which aired on cable TV in 1996.

Ashley put her reputation as "the other Judd" behind her for good with the release of the hit 1997 thriller Kiss the Girls, co-starring Morgan Freeman. The film made over $60 million and established Judd as a credible action heroine. Though the low-key drama Simon Birch (1998) met with a mediocre reception, Judd cemented her status as a box office draw with the 1999 action thriller Double Jeopardy, in which she played a vengeful housewife and mother who is framed for the so-called murder of her treacherous husband. Though Double Jeopardy, which co-starred Tommy Lee Jones, got terrible reviews, it stayed atop the box office for a number of weeks and grossed a total of $116 million.

Though both of her next efforts - the thriller Eye of the Beholder (2000) and the sentimental Where the Heart Is (2000) - were greeted with far less than an enthusiastic reception, Judd's star is continued to rise. In 2001, she starred in Someone Like You, a romantic comedy for which she reportedly received a career-high salary of $4 million. Ashley Judd has also starred in such films as The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), and Bug (2006).

Arnold Schwarzenegger Biography

Professional bodybuilder, actor, California governor. Born on July 30, 1947, near Graz, Austria. Schwarzenegger first became famous as a bodybuilder. Arnold Schwarzenegger began strength training in his teens and went on to become a world champion bodybuilder, winning numerous awards for his amazing physique. Arnold Schwarzenegger won the Mr. Universe title five times and the Mr. Olympia title six times. Arnold Schwarzenegger immigrated to the United States in the late 1960s.

After acting in a few small parts, Schwarzenegger received a Golden Globe Award for Best Newcomer for his performance in Stay Hungry (1976). Arnold Schwarzenegger was also featured in Pumping Iron (1977), a bodybuilding documentary. With his intense physical strength and size, Schwarzenegger was a natural for action films. Arnold Schwarzenegger became a leading figure in several popular 1980s action movies, including Conan the Barbarian (1982). Schwarzenegger also starred as a deadly machine from the future in The Terminator (1984). The science-fiction drama spawned two sequels Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003).

An audience favorite, Schwarzenegger made several more popular movies, such as True Lies (1994) and Batman & Robin (1997). Arnold Schwarzenegger even tried his hand at comedy with some successes, including Twins (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990), and Junior (1994). As the decade drew to close, Schwarzenegger's popularity appeared to be waning.

Besides his work in films, Schwarzenegger was a businessman and fitness advocate. Arnold Schwarzenegger was an investor in the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain. Appointed by President George Bush, Schwarzenegger served as the chairman of the President's Council on Physical Education and Sports in the early 1990s. Arnold Schwarzenegger has also supported the Special Olympics and Inner City Games for many years.

A vocal member of the Republican Party, Schwarzenegger campaigned to become governor of California in 2003. During his run for office, he was accused of sexual assault, but no charges were filed. Schwarzenegger went on to win the election. As governor, he worked to improve the state's financial situation, to promote new businesses, and to protect the environment. In 2006, Schwarzenegger won easily won his bid for re-election.

Arnold Schwarzenegger second term in office did not run as smoothly. Schwarzenegger struggled to help the state through difficult financial times. After leaving office in January 2011, he has sought to revive his career in the entertainment industry. Schwarzenegger announced plans to work with famed comic book creator Stan Lee on a new animated series inspired by his time in office. Arnold Schwarzenegger will voice a character known as the Governator.

Only a few months after leaving office, Schwarzenegger made another announcement. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, journalist Maria Shriver, made their decision to separate public in May. To some, they seemed like a political odd couple. Schwarzenegger has been known for his conservative Republican views while Shriver is a member of the Kennedy political dynasty, a force within the Democratic Party for decades. Arnold Schwarzenegger had been married to Shriver for twenty-five years, and the couple has four children: Katherine, Christina, Patrick, and Christopher.

Anna Nicole Smith Biography

Date of Birth:28 November 1967, 

Place of Birth:Houston, Texas,USA 

Date of Death:8 February 2007, 

                         Hollywood, Florida,USA 

                         (accidental prescription drug overdose) 

Birth Name:Vickie Lynn Hogan 

Height:5' 10" (1.78 m) 

Spouse

J. Howard Marshall II (27 June 1994 - 4 August 1995) (his death)

Billy Smith (4 April 1985 - 3 February 1993) (divorced) 1 child

Trade Mark

Texas accent

Jayne Mansfield-style tousled blonde hair

Trivia

Met her second husband, J. Howard Marshall II, when she was a topless dancer in Houston in 1991.

Crowned Miss Republic of Cuervo Gold, a title she retained for one year. Anna Nicole Smith was one of 8 contestants, but won because "her party spirit won out". [28 April 1998]

Playboy Playmate of the Month May 1992.

Playboy Playmate of the Year 1993.

Anna Nicole Smith  began modeling at 20.

Anna Nicole Smith  liked lying in bed, watching TV and shopping.

Married J. Howard Marshall II when she was 26; he was nearly 90.

Former Guess? jeans model.

Has fought her former stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, in court since November 1999, suing for half of her late husband's $1.6 billion estate. In Sept. 2000, LA bankruptcy judge awarded Anna $449,754,134 from husband's estate. But in July 2001, Houston judge Mike Wood vacated that award and ordered her to pay over $1 million in fees and expenses to stepson E. Pierce Marshall's team. Finally, in March 2002, was awarded $88 million from the estate of her late husband, but was denied claim that she was also owed interest on that money. As of January 2007, the legal war wages on.

Anna Nicole Smith  daily life was televised on E! network's "The Anna Nicole Show" (2002) which debuted in August 2002. The last episode aired June 1, 2003.

Measurements: 36A-25-37 (dancer in Texas 1988), 42DD-26-38 (after implants early 1990s), 39DD-27-39 (1993 Playmate of the Year), 39D-27-39 (slimmed down after rehab & dieting). (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Playboy Playmate of the Month May 1992. Playboy Playmate of the Year 1993. Anna Nicole Smith 's the biggest (tallest, heaviest, biggest measurements) Playmate of the Year, although India Allen (1988) and Julie Cialini (1995) were also 5'11" tall.

Anna Nicole Smith Playmate data sheet for May 1992 gives her measurements at 36DD-26-38 with a weight of 140 lbs. When she became Playmate of the year, her weight was reported at 155 lbs. Anna Nicole Smith  weight reached a peak of 224 lbs in 1996, but she managed to slim down to a reported 138 lbs in 1997. Anna Nicole Smith  gained weight since and was close to her peak weight in 2002, but she lost down to her natural weight in 2005 (back down to her 1990s modeling weight) and was a representative of a weight-loss program.

Worked in a fried chicken restaurant in Mexia, TX, and married one of the cooks (Billy Smith), according to Playboy Playmate of the Year interview.

After her first pictorial in Playboy, Guess? Jeans designer Paul Marciano was so intrigued by her look that he contacted Playboy to ask "Who is this girl?" He signed her as the Guess? Jeans model on the spot, no question asked.

An advertising campaign for Swedish fashion company "H&M" with posters of Anna caused several car accidents in major European cities (1994).

On September 7, 2006, she gave birth to a healthy 6 pound, 9 ounce baby girl named Dannielynn Hope. The name Hope is in memory of the baby's deceased brother, Daniel Smith, who died suddenly while visiting his mother and newborn sister in their hospital room on September 10, 2006.

Anna Nicole Smith son, Daniel Smith, died suddenly while visiting his mother and newborn sister in their hospital room over the week ending 10th September 2006. He had flown to the Bahamas on Saturday to join his mother and was in her hospital room Sunday when he collapsed.

Howard K. Stern announced on "Larry King Live" (1985) that he is the father of Anna Nicole's daughter, and that he and Anna have been in a relationship for some time. Photographer Larry Birkhead filed suit to force DNA testing to prove he is the father. Howard and Anna fought Birkhead's efforts, going so far as moving to the Bahamas to have the baby. On 1 May 2007, Birkhead was allowed to leave the Bahamas with the baby after a DNA test proved his paternity.

Born to Donald Eugene Hogan and Virgie Mae Tabers, she was raised by her mother and her aunt Elaine after her parents' divorce in 1969.

The character "Hanna Nicola Smythe" on the NBC soap opera "Passions" (1999) is based on her.

Has five half-siblings, including half-sister Donna Hogan.

Mother, Virgie Hart, is a sheriff's deputy.

Descended from George Soule, married with Mary Bucket or Becket and Mayflower passenger.

Before landing her first cover of Playboy magazine, Anna was working at Wal-Mart earning $60 a week.

Anna's line from her Trim-Spa commercials, "Like my body?", also became her catchphrase.

Was a supporter of gays and lesbians, and even attended the 35th annual Los Angeles Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual & Transgender Pride Parade in 2005.

Anna Nicole Smith  substantial Guess earnings enabled her to hire a nanny to help care for then-7-year-old-son Daniel and buy a four-bedroom home in Houston, three horses and two cars.

When Guess? Jeans executive Paul Marciano first saw Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in an early 1990s issue, he immediately thought of Jayne Mansfield. Marciano hired Anna Nicole to replace Claudia Schiffer as a Guess? Spokesmodel and molded Anna's look and black-and-white photo sessions after Jayne Mansfield in the Guess? Jeans advertisement campaign.

Personal Quotes

I'm sick of being accused of gold-digging. It just so happens I get turned on by liver spots.

For some reason people think I am this terrible person and it really hurts me to hear that. I am just doing the best I know how to.

Nobody has ever respected me and done things for me and loved me. So when Howard [former husband J. Howard Marshall II] came along, it was a blessing. He is the only person in my life who does not care about what other people say about me. He truly loves me and I love him for it.

[To Larry King regarding her love for her second husband, J. Howard Marshall II, an octogenarian billionaire oil tycoon who died a year after they married] I wasn't physically, "Oh, my God, you hot, hot body", you know, like that. It was just -- I loved him for so much of what he did for me and my son. I mean, I just loved him -- I've never had love like that before. No one has ever loved me and done things for me and respected me and didn't care about what people said about me. I mean, he truly loved me. And I loved him for it.

I grew up poor. I had no money. My family was poor. There's things I wanted to do and couldn't. I was an abused wife. Just -- there's tons of things that I couldn't even mention. And for me to come up and to have all of this fame and fortune, it's just -- it is a Cinderella story to me.

I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Because nobody knows you.

[1994, about her son Daniel] He's seen everything -- even my videos. He just thinks, "It's mom." He's more like a father or a husband. He says, "Mom, if you don't call me by this time, I'm going to be very worried." And if I don't call him, he's at the door, shaking, crying because he's afraid that something happened to me. He's so protective.

[interview in People magazine, 1993, on her desire for stardom] I want it so bad. I've tried so hard my whole life. I'm kindhearted, and I give, give, give. I think maybe it's my time to receive.

[interview in People magazine in 2002 about the jokes made about her reality show] As long as ratings stay high, they can laugh all they want.

I want to be the new Marilyn Monroe.

[interview in People magazine, 1993, on becoming a spokesmodel for Guess Jeans] I finally feel like I'm becoming somebody. I really think like I can do something. I just know I'm going to be an actress. I want it so bad.

[1992] I didn't know what Guess jeans were. I just shopped at Wal-Mart and Kmart and stuff like that.

[on landing her first cover on Playboy magazine, March 1992] The people in [Texas] won't believe it when these pictures of me hit the newsstands, because I was considered a goody-two-shoes nerd back in high school.

[in 2005, about her breasts] Everything I have is because of them.

[after the death of her husband, J. Howard Marshall II] All I did was eat and watch TV.

Where Are They Now

(2007) Release of the book, "Train Wreck: Anna Nicole Unauthorized" by her half-sister, Donna Hogan.

(2007) Release of the book, "Great Big Beautiful Doll: The Anna Nicole Smith Story" by Eric Redding and D'Eva Redding.

Angelina Jolie Biography

Date of Birth:4 June 1975
Place of Birth:Los Angeles California, USA 

Birth Name:Angelina Jolie Voight 

Nickname:Angie ,Catwoman, Ange, AJ 

Height:5' 8" (1.73 m) 

Growing up in Los Angeles, Jolie was no stranger to the film industry, being the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight.Angelina Jolie later trained and performed at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she was seen in several stage productions.

Angelina Jolie worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles, and has also appeared in music videos for such artists as Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz, Antonello Venditti and The Lemonheads. In addition, she has acted in five student films for the USC School of Cinema, all directed by her brother, James Haven.

Angelina Jolie is an Oscar-winning actress who has become popular by taking on the title role in the "Lara Croft" series of blockbuster movies. Off-screen, Jolie has become prominently involved in international charity projects, especially those involving refugees.Angelina Jolie often appears on many "most beautiful women" lists, and she has a personal life that is avidly covered by the tabloid press.

In her earliest years, Angelina began absorbing the acting craft from her parents - her father is the Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight and her mother is Marcheline Bertrand, who had studied with Lee Strasberg. At age 11, Angelina began studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.Angelina Jolie undertook some film studies at New York University and later joined the renowned Met Theatre Group in Los Angeles. At age 16, she took up a career in modeling and appeared in some music videos. Angelina Jolie exotic good looks may derive from her mixed ancestry which is Czech, French-Canadian, Iroquois and English.

In the mid-1990s, Jolie appeared in various small films where she got good notices, including Hackers (1995) and Foxfire (1996).Angelina Jolie critical acclaim increased when she played strong roles in the made-for-TV movies True Women (1997) (TV), and in George Wallace (1997) (TV) which won her a Golden Globe award and an Emmy nomination. Jolie's acclaim increased even further when she played the lead role in the HBO production Gia (1998) (TV). This was the true life story of supermodel Gia Carangi, a sensitive wild child who was both brazen and needy and who had a difficult time handling professional success and the deaths of people who were close to her. Carangi became involved with drugs and because of her needle-using habits she became, at the tender age of 26, one of the first celebrities to die of AIDS. Jolie's performance in Gia (1998) (TV) again garnered a Golden Globe award and another Emmy nomination, and she additionally earned a SAG Award.

Angelina got a major break in 1999 when she won a leading role in the successful feature The Bone Collector (1999), starring alongside Denzel Washington. In that same year, Jolie gave a tour de force performance in Girl, Interrupted (1999) playing opposite Winona Ryder. The movie was a true story of women who spent time in a psychiatric hospital. Jolie's role was reminiscent of Jack Nicholson's character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), the role which won Nicholson his first Oscar. Unlike "Cuckoo", "Girl" was a small film that received mixed reviews and barely made money at the box office. But when it came time to give out awards, Jolie won the triple crown -- "Girl" propelled her to win the Golden Globe, the SAG Award and the Academy Award for best leading actress in a supporting role.

With her new-found prominence, Jolie began to get in-depth attention from the press. Numerous aspects of her controversial personal life became news. At her wedding to her Hackers (1995) co-star Jonny Lee Miller, she had displayed her husband's name on the back of her shirt painted in her own blood. Jolie and Miller divorced and in 2000 she married her Pushing Tin (1999) co-star Billy Bob Thornton. Jolie had become the fifth wife of a man twenty years her senior. During her marriage to Thornton, the spouses each wore a vial of the other's blood around their necks. That marriage came apart in 2002 and ended in divorce. In addition, Jolie was estranged from her famous father, Jon Voight.