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You will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Uranus in Virgo. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their horoscope, excerpts of astrological portrait, natal chart, positions of planets and astrological houses, biography, and photo. in ![]() Add to favourites (31 fans)Biography of Brooke Shields
Christa Brooke Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. Career Shields' career as a model began in the late 1960s as an infant, and she continued as a successful child model throughout the 1970s. In early 1980 (at age 14), Shields was the youngest fashion model to ever appear on the cover of the top fashion publication Vogue magazine. Later that same year (at age 15), Shields appeared in controversial print and TV ads for Calvin Klein jeans. The TV ad included her saying the famous tagline, "Do you wanna know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." By the age of 16, Shields had become one of the most recognizable faces in the world because of her dual career as a provocative fashion model and controversial child actress. TIME magazine report... Add to favourites (43 fans)Biography of Calista Flockhart
Calista Kay Flockhart (born on November 11, 1964) is an Emmy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress, primarily on soap operas and television. She is best known for her role as the title character in the 1997-2002 television show, Ally McBeal. She now plays Sally Field's feuding daughter, Kitty Walker, on the hit ABC drama, Brothers & Sisters, as a political campaign advisor. Early life Flockhart was born in Freeport, Illinois, to Ronald Flockhart, an executive for Kraft Foods, and English teacher Kay Calista. She has one older brother, Gary. Her mother reversed her own first and middle names in naming her Calista Kay. (The name Calista means most beautiful in Greek.) Because her father's job required the family to move often, Flockhart was raised with her brother in ... Add to favourites (62 fans)Biography of Julian McMahon
Julian Dana William McMahon (born 27 July 1968 (birth time source: British Entertainers, Franck C. Clifford, Sy Scholfield)) is a Golden Globe nominated Australian actor and former fashion model. Early life McMahon was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the second of the three children of Sir William McMahon, the former Australian Prime Minister, and his wife Sonia (née Sonia Rachel Hopkins), Lady McMahon, an occupational therapist and "fashion icon". He has an older sister, Melinda, and a younger sister, Deborah. McMahon has Irish ancestry. McMahon was educated at Sydney Grammar School, a private boys' school. He briefly studied Law at the University of Sydney and Economics at the University of Wollongong, but this bored him and he started a successful modeling career. Bec... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Nagui
Nagui Fam, better known as Nagui, is a French producer, TV host and radio host, born November 14, 1961 in Alexandrie, Egypt. His wife is French actress Mélanie Page.... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Criss Angel
Criss Angel (born Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos on December 19, 1967) is an American magician, illusionist, musician, mentalist, hypnotist, escapologist, stunt performer and actor. He is best known for starring in his own television show, Criss Angel Mindfreak. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Angel was born on December 19, 1967, raised in East Meadow, New York and is of Greek descent. Angel grew up loving music (playing drums, flute and accordion) and has always had an interest in magic. His parents are John and Dimitra Sarantakos. His mother hails from Mystra, Greece. He has two brothers, Costa and JD, as well as two cats, Minx and Hammy (short for Hamlet). One of Criss's biggest influences has been his father, who died from stomach cancer. Criss Angel first became interested ... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) was the prime minister and dictator of Italy from 1922 until 1943, when he was overthrown. He established a repressive fascist regime that valued socialism, nationalism, militarism and anti-communism combined with strict censorship and state propaganda. Mussolini became a close ally of German dictator Adolf Hitler, whom he influenced. Mussolini entered World War II in June 1940 on the side of Nazi Germany. Three years later, the Allies invaded Italy. In April 1945, Mussolini attempted to escape to German-controlled Austria, only to be captured and killed near Lake Como by Communist Resistance units.... Add to favourites (66 fans)Biography of Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964) is the lead singer and one of three guitar players for the rock band Pearl Jam. He is notable for his deep and influential baritone vocal style, and along with his instantly-recognizable and often-imitated voice he remains a cultural icon of his era, the grunge rock scene he was a part of, and alternative rock as a whole. Early years Vedder was born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, the son of Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson, Jr. His parents divorced in 1965, when Eddie was a year old. His mother soon remarried a man named Peter Mueller, and young Eddie was raised believing that Mueller was his biological father. In the mid-1970s, the family, including Vedder's three younger half-brothers, moved... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Natacha Amal
Natacha Amal (born 4 September 1963 (birth time source: Acte n° 2073, André Dekoster)) is a Belgian actress born to a Moroccan father and a Russian mother in Brussels. She was married with Claude Rappe in 1997, but the couple divorced in 2007. Select filmography Cinema 1989 : Pentimento by Tonie Marshall, la dame des WC 1989 : Les Clés du paradis by Philippe de Broca, Charlotte 1993 : Dracula mon amour by Serge Abi-Yaghi, (court-métrage) 1993 : Le Nombril du monde by Ariel Zeitoun, Marie 1995 : Dans la cour des grands by Florence Strauss, Eva 1997 : Une femme très très très amoureuse by Ariel Zeitoun, Isabelle 1998 : Le Bal masqué by Julien Vrebos, Sophie d'Arfeuille 1999 : Gialloparma (Scandalous Crimes) by Alberto Bevilacqua, Margot 1999... Add to favourites (68 fans)Biography of Naomi Watts
Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968 (birth time source: http://www.astrology.com.au)) is a British-Australian actress known for her roles in Mulholland Dr., the film remakes of The Ring and King Kong, as well as her Academy Award-nominated role in the film 21 Grams. Early life Watts was born in Shoreham, Kent, England, and lived there until the age of eight. Her parents, Peter and Myfanwy Watts, separated when she was four years old, and when she was seven, her father died. She has one brother, Ben Watts, a year older and now a photographer in the United States (Watts confessed that they fought like cats and dogs as children). Following her father's death, her mother relocated the family to the town of Llangefni (more specifically Llanfawr Farm), on the Isle of Anglesey in North... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of Patricia Arquette
Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress and director. She plays the lead character in the supernatural drama series Medium. Early life and family Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher and therapist. Arquette's mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland, and Arquette's father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis. Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette, and her siblings are actors Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David Arquette. Arquette was raised in Virginia and California. Career At the age of seventeen, Arquette was first cast in a role for P... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan (/ɑːmɪr xɑːn/; Hindi: आमिर हुसेन ख़ान, Urdu/Persian: عامر حسین خان) (born March 14, 1965 as Aamir Hussain Khan) in Mumbai, India, is a highly acclaimed and a prominent National Film Award-winning Indian film actor, producer and director. Appearing as a child actor in Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Khan's career started eleven years later with the film, Holi (1984). He received his first commercial success with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance in the film. After eight previous nominations during the 1980s and 1990s, he received his first Filmfare Best Actor A... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Seal (musician)
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born February 19, 1963 in Paddington, London, England (birth time source: http://www.astrolreport.com/gallery.php?cid=10&pid=392)) is a British soul singer and songwriter. He is professionally known only by his first name, Seal. He won three Grammy Awards for his 1995 single "Kiss from a Rose". Early life Born Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, a childhood battle with discoid lupus left him with distinctive facial scarring and hair loss. He studied architecture and engineering. Music career Seal As the vocalist on the Adamski single "Killer", Seal became a hot property when the single reached number one in 1990 in the UK. Like many other Adamski tracks, the single was also a hit in night clubs. Seal subsequently signed to Z... Biography of Christophe Rocancourt
Christophe Thierry Rocancourt, sometimes also called Christopher Rocancourt, (b. July 16, 1967 in Honfleur, France) is an impostor, confidence man and gentleman thief who scammed affluent people by masquerading as a French member of the Rockefeller family. Biography He told Dateline NBC in a 2006 broadcast that his mother sometimes worked as a prostitute and his father was an alcoholic who took Christophe to an orphanage when the boy was 5. He ran away and made his way to Paris where he pulled his first big con: faking the deed to a property he didn't own, then "selling" the property for USD $1.4 million. Making his way to the United States, Rocancourt used at least a dozen aliases. He got the rich and powerful to invest in his schemes, he told Dateline, by tapping into their greed... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of François Baroin
François Baroin (born 21 June 1965 in Paris) is a French politician, recently appointed Finance Minister, following a stint as Minister of the Budget in the François Fillon III government. He is a long-time ally of Jacques Chirac and, currently, the mayor of Troyes. Baroin, a lawyer, was Minister for Overseas Territories from June 2005 to March 2007 and was briefly Minister of the Interior from March to May 2007. He replaced Nicolas Sarkozy on 26 March 2007 as Interior Minister when Sarkozy left the Government to pursue his presidential candidacy. On 29 June 2011 François Baroin was appointed Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, replacing Christine Lagarde following her appointment as Director General of the IMF. He was the partner of the journalist Marie Drucker until ... Add to favourites (65 fans)Biography of Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter (born May 26, 1966) is an Academy Award-nominated English actress, known for her roles in the films A Room with a View, Howards End, and Fight Club. Early life Bonham Carter was born in Golders Green, London. Her father, Raymond Bonham Carter, was a merchant banker and the alternate UK director representing the Bank of England at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. during the 1960s. Her mother, Elena (née Propper de Callejón), was a psychotherapist (Bonham Carter has described her as "very colourful", "very foreign, very Jewish"). Bonham Carter's father came from a famous British political family, being the son of politicians Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury and Maurice Bonham Carter, the grandson of the former Prime Minister of th... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Matt Dillon
Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He began acting in the late 1970s, gained fame as a teen idol during the 1980s, and developed a successful career as an adult actor in the decades following, culminating in an Oscar nomination for his performance in the film Crash. Early life Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York to second-generation Irish American Catholic parents Paul Dillon (a painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer) and Mary Ellen (a homemaker). He has one sister and four brothers, one of whom, Kevin, is also an actor. Dillon grew up in Mamaroneck, New York and attended Hommocks School in Larchmont, New York. Career Dillon in My Bodyguard, 1980In 1979, casting director... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, and film producer. After becoming a popular Saturday Night Live cast member, he went on to star in several $100 million Hollywood feature films. Though he is best known for his comedic roles, such as in the films Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), and Big Daddy (1999), he has also had success in romantic and dramatic roles, such as in the films Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Spanglish (2004), and Reign Over Me (2007). Sandler is also known by his nickname "The Sand Man". Early life Sandler was born in Brooklyn, New York to Judy, a nursery school teacher, and Stanley Sandler, an electrical engineer. He had a Jewish upbringing. His family moved to Manchester, NH when he was five. Ther... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Anna Nicole Smith
Vickie Lynn Marshall (November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), better known under the stage name of Anna Nicole Smith, was an American sex symbol, model, actress and celebrity. Her highly publicized marriage to oil business executive and billionaire J. Howard Marshall, 63 years her senior, resulted in speculation that she married the octogenarian for his money, which she denied. Following his death, she began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate; her case, Marshall v. Marshall, reached the U.S. Supreme Court on a question of federal jurisdiction. Born and raised in Texas, Smith dropped out of high school and first married at the age of 17. She first gained popularity in Playboy, becoming the 1993 Playmate of the Year. She modeled for clothing companies, including Guess jeans.... Add to favourites (42 fans)Biography of Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella on April 19, 1968) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her leading roles in a series of late 1990s and early 2000s thrillers, including Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy and High Crimes. Judd was born in Granada Hills, California to Michael Ciminella, Jr., an Italian American marketing analyst for the horseracing industry, and Naomi Judd, a well-known country music singer; she has a half-sister, Wynonna Judd, who is also a country music singer. At the time of her birth, her mother was working as a nurse, and wouldn't become well-known as a singer along with her daughter Wynonna until the early 1980s. Judd's parents divorced in 1972, and in 1974, her mother took her back to her own native Kentucky, where Judd grew up in poverty. Th... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. A central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war, he has consistently been ranked as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents in scholarly surveys. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Roosevelt created the New Deal to provide relief for the unemployed, recovery of the economy, and reform of the economic and banking systems. Although recovery of the economy was incomplete until almost 1940, many programs initiated in the Roosevelt administration continue to have ins... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Marie Diane Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an Emmy Award- and SAG-winning American actress best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the sitcom Friends. Early life Lisa Kudrow was born in Encino, California, USA,her Parents are Lee Kudrow and Nedra Stern.She has one sister and two brothers: older sister Helene Marla Kudrow, and older brothers, neurologists David Kudrow and Derrick Kudrow. After having attended Portola Middle School in Tarzana, California, she went on to graduate from Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, and then later received her B.A. from Vassar College in Biology. She is also fluent in French. Career Kudrow originally intended to follow in her father's footsteps - researching headaches. However, she was 'discovered' and began her career as a... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti (born October 28, 1963), is an Italian singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti was born in the Rome suburb of Cinecittà, the son of a housepainter. He began his musical career as a teenager, when he moved to Milan. In 1984 he won the category of "New Voice" in the popular San Remo Festival for his song "Terra promessa". Ramazzotti released a series of albums, in quick succession, composed of heartfelt autobiographical ballads as well as powerful rock tunes, that launched him internationally (he records every album in Spanish as well as in Italian). He is especially popular in Chile, Germany,Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and most Spanish-speaking countries and has sold over 36 million records worldwide. He has one daughter, Aurora Sophie (born December 5, 1996), with ... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Estelle Lefébure
Estelle Lefébure-Essebag (formerly known as Estelle Hallyday) is a French actress. She was one of the top fashion models in the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Rouen, France on May 5, 1966, she began modeling at age 19. Over the years, she has appeared in advertisements for Guess?, Cartier, Christian Dior, Revlon, Lord & Taylor, and Samsung. In 1993, she appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. In 1994, she was named one of People Magazine's "50 most beautiful people". In 1999, she was one of the candidates to become the official model for the French national symbol Marianne but ultimately lost to Laetitia Casta.... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Béatrice Dalle
Béatrice Dalle (born December 19, 1964) is a French actress. Béatrice Dalle was born in Brest, Finistère, France, as Béatrice Cabarrou. She was married to Jean-François Dalle but is now divorced. She was working as a model when she met filmmaker Jean-Jacques Beineix. Beineix cast her in the lead role in the 1986 film 37°2 le matin (later released in the United Kingdom and United States under the title Betty Blue). She went on to appear in a series of major roles in French films. She made her debut to American audiences in Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth in 1991. In 1997, she was cast in The Blackout, her first film made in the United States. The film itself was a commercial failure. She was cast to play opposite Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense in 1998. However, she lost the part ... Add to favourites (54 fans)Biography of Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, actor, film producer and director. He is the son of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, both of whom are veteran comedians and actors themselves. Ben Stiller's most recent role was in the film Night at the Museum and his next upcoming film is The Heartbreak Kid. Stiller has a total gross of $1.38 billion throughout his film career and is a core member of the comedic acting brotherhood known as the Frat Pack. With multiple cameos in music videos, television shows, and films, he may be best known for his roles in films such as: There's Something About Mary, Zoolander, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Mystery Men, Along Came Polly, Starsky & Hutch, Meet the Parents, and its two sequels, Meet the Fockers and L... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner (born June 22, 1966) is a French actress and former fashion model. Seigner was born in Paris, France. She is the granddaughter of the respected French actor Louis Seigner (1903-1991) and sister of the actress Mathilde Seigner. She was educated at a Catholic convent school, and began modelling at the age of fourteen, capitalizing on her beauty. She achieved international status as a professional model. She married the Franco-Polish film director Roman Polanski in 1989, and they have two children, Morgane and Elvis.... Add to favourites (64 fans)Biography of Teri Hatcher
Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and author. She gained attention for her role as Lois Lane in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman co-starring with Dean Cain. Hatcher is also well-known for portraying Susan Mayer, in Desperate Housewives, a charming accident-prone divorcee. She is also a "Bond Girl", having played Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997. Early life Hatcher was born to parents Owen and Esther Hatcher in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Sunnyvale, California. Her father is an electrical engineer and her mother is a computer scientist. An only child, she attended Mango Junior High (now Sunnyvale Middle School), Fremont High School in Sunnyvale and De Anza ... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Franck Dubosc
French humorist and actor. Filmography 1984 : À nous les garçons - film français réalisé par Michel Lang avec Sophie Carle. 1986 : Justice de flic - film français réalisé par Michel Gérard et Patrick Bourgue. 1986 : Félicien Grevèche - feuilleton télé réalisé par Michel Wyn. 1991 : De l'autre côté du parc. 1991 : Coronation Street, série de la télévision anglaise, rôle récurrent. 1993 : Highlander, série télévisée, saison 2, épisode 14 : Michel de Bourgogne 1997 : Le Clone. 1998 : Recto Verso - film français réalisé par Jean-Marc Longval. 1998 : Trafic d'influence - film français réalisé par Dominique Farrugia. 1998 : Charité biz'ness 2000 : Nos jolies colonies de vacances, de Stéphane Kurc 2002 : Smack. 2003 : Le Monde de Némo (Finding Nemo) - film américain ré... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Noel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967 in Burnage, Manchester, England) is an English songwriter, guitarist and occasional vocalist with the English rock band Oasis. He is the older brother of Oasis lead vocalist, Liam Gallagher, the two of whom are famous for publicly squabbling. In the 1990s, Gallagher was centre-stage of what the media coined the Britpop movement. The band enjoyed much critical and commercial success. His outspoken opinions on other bands and modern culture have, more recently, earned him something of an "elder statesman" reputation, leading NME to dub him "The wisest man in rock".... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony (born Marco Antonio Muñiz on September 16, 1968) is a Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter popular in Latin America for his salsa music and salsa monga ballads. Height 5' 6½" (1.69 m) Anthony was born in New York City to Guillermina and Felipe Muñiz, Puerto Rican parents who named him after Marco Antonio Muñiz, a Mexican singer popular in Puerto Rico. He has a sister named Yolanda Muniz. Anthony has a daughter, Arianna (1994) , with his New York police officer ex-girlfriend Debbie Rosado. Anthony married former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres on 9 May 2000 in Las Vegas. They have two sons, Cristian Anthony Muñiz (5 Feb 2001) and Ryan Anthony Muñiz (16 Aug 2003). It was a rocky marriage,and they separated in summer 2002. They later reconciled and renewed their vow... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Roch Voisine
Roch Armand Joseph Voisine, O.C. (born 26 March 1963 in Edmundston, New Brunswick) is an Acadian-Québécois singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and TV host who lives in Montreal, Quebec, when he is not performing in Las Vegas, Nevada. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year in 1994. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Childhood and family Roch Voisine was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, but grew up in Saint Basile. His parents are Réal Voisine, mayor of Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Québec and a former English teacher, and Zélande Robichaud, a former nurse. He is the oldest of three children: his brother, Marc, was born in 1965, and his sister, Janice, was born in 1966. They work today as a nurse and hair... Add to favourites (45 fans)Biography of Billy Corgan
William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr., (born March 17, 1967 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.A.) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter best known for his work in the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. In the 1990s, The Smashing Pumpkins were one of alternative rock's biggest acts and known for their complex, layered style, and Corgan's distinctive vocals and guitar solos. Music journalist Jim DeRogatis declared, "Of all the memorable artists and characters that the alternative era produced, was the most traditional rock star, with all of the good and bad traits that that implies." When the band broke up in 2000, Corgan went on to form the short-lived Zwan with former Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. After releasing a solo album and a collection of poetry, Corgan... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Elle MacPherson
Elle Macpherson (born Eleanor Nancy Gow, 29 March 1963) is an Australian supermodel and actress. She is most famous worldwide for her five cover appearances on Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed “The Body”, she is 183cm tall. Early life Macpherson was born in Cronulla, New South Wales, and is the eldest of four children. Her parents divorced when she was fourteen, and her mother later married Neil Macpherson. Macpherson then changed her last name for her stepfather's. She studied law for one year at the University of Sydney. Rise to fame While on holiday in Tasmania, Macpherson was discovered and signed to Click Model Management. Macpherson became an international star through her appearance in ELLE magazine. She appeared in every issue for ... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Frédéric Beigbeder
Frédéric Beigbeder (born September 21, 1965) is a French writer, commentator critic and pundit. He was born into a privileged family in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His mother, Christine de Chasteigner is a translator of mawkish novels (Barbara Cartland et al), his father, Jean-Michel Beigbeder, is a headhunter. He studied at the Lycée Montaigne and Louis-le-Grand, and later at Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Political sciences), from which he graduated at the age of 24 and began his work as advertising executive, author, broadcaster, publisher and dilettante. In 1994, he founded the "Prix de Flore" (which takes its name from the famous and plush Café de Flore in Saint-Germain-des-Prés). The prize is awarded annually to a promising young French author. Vincent Ravalec, Jacques A. Bertra... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850), born Honoré Balzac, was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His work, much of which is a sequence (or Roman-fleuve) of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, is a broad, often satirical panorama of French society, particularly the petite bourgeoisie, in the years after the fall of Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815—namely the period of the Restoration (1815–1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848). Along with Gustave Flaubert (whose work he influenced), Balzac is generally regarded as a founding father of realism in European literature. Balzac's novels, most of which are farcical comedies, feature a large cast of well-defined characters, and descriptions in exquisite detail of the scene of action. ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox (born 15 April 1966 in Mile End, London) is an English former glamour model and dance-pop singer. Personal life Fox was twice linked to Australian con man Peter Foster. They dated in 1986-87 and then, after a seven year separation, they reunited in 1994 for a year. They were at one time reportedly engaged to be married. Fox described Foster as "the love of my life". She has also been in relationships with Paul Stanley, the singer and rhythm guitarist for the band KISS. In 1994, it was reported that she had become a born-again Christian and she was invited to play at Christian music festival Greenbelt. When queried about how she could reconcile topless modelling with her Christian beliefs, she said: “ Easily. God gave me my body. I know it has made many pe... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Didier Derlich
Astrologer, dead at 35. Cause of death : AIDS.... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Zazie (singer)
Zazie (born Isabelle de Truchis de Varennes on 18 April 1964 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French singer and songwriter. She also co-produces her own albums with other producers. Height: 1m80 Zazie's father was an architect and her mother, a music teacher. Her songs range from upbeat rock or pop songs to languid downtempo tunes. Zazie debuted in 1992 with the album Je Tu Ils and the single "Sucré salé". In 1995, she released her sophomore album Zen, which was co-written and co-produced with Vincent-Marie Bouvot. The album produced the singles "Zen" and "Homme Sweet Homme". Her 1996 single "Un point c'est toi" from the same album was discussed on Canada's MuchMusic TV program Too Much 4 Much due to its controversial content. Ultimately, the discussion panel deemed the video o... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Slash (Guns N' Roses)
Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), more widely known as Slash, is an English/American guitarist best known as the former lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses and as the current lead guitarist of Velvet Revolver. Known for wearing an accentuated top hat, he places high in numerous polls and is regarded by some as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Early life Slash was born in Hampstead, an affluent neighhourhood in London, England to a white English father and a Nigerian mother, both of whom were involved with show business. Slash's mother worked as a costume designer for David Bowie, and his father was an artist who contributed live ensembles to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. When Slash was nine he used to visit Iggy Pop in a mental asylum. Slash was raised in the city of Stoke-o... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley (born February 1, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee) is the only daughter of Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley and former wife of both pop icon Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage. Lisa Marie is a close friend of her father's ex-girlfriend Linda Thompson. In 2003, after advice from Thompson's record producer and then-husband David Foster, she launched a career as a singer. Her debut album, To Whom It May Concern, reached #5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified gold. To promote it she presented a concert in the UK, something that her father never did. Presley released her second album, Now What, in 2005 and it reached #9 on the Billboard 200. It was certified gold in November 2005. Unlike her first album, Now What included a Parental Advisory stick... Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Shirley Manson
Shirley Ann Manson (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. Early life Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Manson is the second of three daughters. She has an older sister, Lindy-Jayne and a younger sister, Sarah. Her mother is a former big band singer and her father is a geneticist who was a part of the faculty that cloned Dolly the Sheep. At age seven, Shirley began learning the piano, later attending the City of Edinburgh Music School where she also joined the school's theatre group. At school, she was regularly bullied because of her red hair and large eyes. She sometimes returned home after school bloody and bruised from being beaten up. The incessant teasing and bullying led her into a deep depression and drove her to cutting. Also as a re... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Anastacia
Anastacia (born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk; September 17, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Asia, Oceania, South Africa, and South America, but has not had as much success in her native United States. Her debut album, Not That Kind, released in 2000, achieved top ten sales in eight countries in Europe, Asia, and Oceania, and went triple platinum in Australia; her debut single "I'm Outta Love", was also a hit in Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany and the UK. In 2005, she was recognized for worldwide sales of over 20 million albums/records. Anastacia is world-renowned for her powerful soul voice, and her small stature –5 feet 3 inches (160 cm)– has also led to her being nicknamed "The Little Lady with The Big Voice". She was also known... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of John Cusack
John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American film actor and writer. Early life Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois to an Irish American Catholic family. His father, Dick Cusack, as well as his siblings Ann, Bill, Joan, and Susie have also been actors; his father was also a documentary filmmaker, owned a film production company and was a friend of activist Philip Berrigan. Cusack's mother, Nancy, is a former mathematics teacher and political activist. Cusack spent a year at New York University before dropping out, saying that he had "too much fire in belly." Career Cusack first became famous in the mid-1980s for appearing in teen movies such as Better Off Dead, The Sure Thing and One Crazy Summer. Cusack made a cameo in the 1988 music video for "Trip At The Brain" by S... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps most widely known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You. Hunt began her career in the 1970s as a child actress. Her early roles included an appearance as Murray Slaughter's daughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and a regular role in the television series The Swiss Family Robinson. She appeared as a marijuana-smoking classmate on an episode of The Facts of Life. She also appeared as a young woman who, while on PCP, jumps out of a second-story window in a 1982 after school special called Desperate Lives. In the mid-1980s, she had a recurring role on St. Elsewhere as Clancy Williams, girlfriend of Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison. In the 1990s, after the lead f... Add to favourites (47 fans)Biography of Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan (born April 17, 1964, as James Herbert Keenan) is an American rock singer. He has been a member of the band Tool since 1990 and was a member of the band A Perfect Circle from 1999 to 2005. He is currently pursuing his Puscifer side project and his vineyards. Keenan was born to a Baptist family in Ravenna, Ohio, on April 17, 1964. He joined the Army in 1982. By that time he had lived in Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. He initially served in the army as a forward observer. He then studied at the United States Military Academy Preparatory School (West Point Prep School) from 1983 to 1984. In addition to completing a rigorous math and English curriculum, he ran on the cross-country running team and sang in the glee club. He was accepted... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR; now Azerbaijan (birth time source: Getulio Bittencourt, Astrodatabank)) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer and political activist. Kasparov is a candidate for the Russian presidential race of 2008. Kasparov became the youngest ever World Chess Champion in 1985. He held the official FIDE world title until 1993. In 1993, a dispute with FIDE led Kasparov to set up a rival organisation, the Professional Chess Association. He continued to hold the "Classical" World Chess Championship until his defeat by Vladimir K... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit (Marathi: माधुरी दीक्षित) (born as Madhuri Shankar Dixit to a Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin family on May 15, 1967) is an award winning Indian Bollywood actress and one of the biggest stars of the Indian film industry. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, she dominated Hindi cinema as a leading actress, appearing in many hit films. She is considered to be an icon of the Bollywood film industry. Dixit has been praised for her beauty, acting talent and dancing skills. Film career Maduri Dixit made her acting debut in Abodh (1984). After a few minor and supporting roles her first major role was in Tezaab (1988) which launched her career. She then went on to star in the hit films Ram Lakhan (1989), Pari... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of Layne Staley
Layne Thomas Staley (August 22, 1967 - ca. April 5, 2002) was the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains and the short-lived supergroup Mad Season, known for his powerful and soulful voice. By the 90's, he was addicted to heroin, which led to the downfall of his career, and eventually took his life. History Early life Layne Thomas Staley was born on August 22, 1967 to Phil Staley and Nancy McCallum in Kirkland, Washington. He was eight years old when his parents divorced, after which he was raised by his mother and sisters. In early 2002 shortly before his death he would describe the experience of witnessing his parents' divorce: "My world became a nightmare, there were just shadows around me. I got a call saying that my dad had died, but my family always kn... Add to favourites (51 fans)Biography of Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966 in London, England) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian television and film actor, currently well known for his role of Jack Bauer on the series 24. Sutherland also owns a recording studio and record label, called Ironworks. Early life Kiefer Sutherland is the son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas who are both successful Canadian actors. He is of Scottish descent on both sides and is the grandson of Canadian statesman Tommy Douglas. He and his twin sister, Rachel, were born in London (in Saint Mary's Hospital, Paddington) while his parents were working there. As a result, through the jus soli and the jus sanguinis, he holds both a Canadian passport and a British passport with certi... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Anderson Cooper
Anderson Hays Cooper is an Emmy Award winning American journalist, author, and television personality. He currently works as the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City based studio, however, Cooper often broadcasts live, on location for breaking news stories.... |
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