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You will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Jupiter in Capricorn. 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 (190 fans)Biography of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was the German Chancellor (Reichskanzler) from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Germany from 1934 until 1945. Hitler was also the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), the Nazi Party. Hitler gained power during Germany's period of crisis following World War I. Using propaganda and charismatic oratory, he appealed to the economic needs of the lower and middle classes, while sounding resonant chords of nationalism, antisemitism, and anti-communism. With the establishment of a restructured economy, a rearmed military, and a totalitarian regime, Hitler pursued an aggressive foreign policy with the intention of expanding German Lebensraum (living space). This triggered World... Add to favourites (359 fans)Biography of Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984 (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank)) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring, the latter two earning her Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003. She has been named the "sexiest" or "most beautiful" woman alive by several publications. Early life Johansson was born in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and director. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from a Jewish American family of Polish Jewish ancestry from the Bronx. Johansson's parents met in Denmark... Add to favourites (174 fans)Biography of Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the sitcom Who's the Boss? and on the supernatural series Charmed. At the beginning of her career, Alyssa was known mainly for her role as Samantha Micelli on Who's the Boss? (1984-1992). She tried to shed her "nice girl" image by appearing in several films targeted at adults, such as Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1992), Embrace of the Vampire (1994), Confessions of Sorority Girls (1994), Deadly Sins (1995), and Poison Ivy II: Lily (1995), where she starred opposite Johnathon Schaech and Xander Berkley. She gained more mainstream success in TV as Jennifer Mancini on Melrose Place (1997-1998), Meg Winston in Spin City and most notably as Phoebe Halliwell on Charmed ... Add to favourites (178 fans)Biography of Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Chantal Paradis (French pronunciation: ) (born December 22, 1972 (birth time source: FDAF)) is a French singer, model and actress. She became a child star at 14 with the worldwide success of her single Joe le taxi. Paradis has been a spokesmodel for Chanel since 1991. She was in a relationship with actor Johnny Depp from 1998 to 2012. Childhood Vanessa Paradis was born on December 22, 1972, at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, near Paris. She spent her childhood in Villiers-sur-Marne with her parents, André and Corinne Paradis. She was attracted to cinema early on. Her admiration for Marilyn Monroe led her to take dance and piano lessons. Paradis spent a lot of time with her uncle, Didier Pain, and his musician friends. Career 1981–1986 Her first TV appearance was on the show L'Éco... Add to favourites (58 fans)Biography of Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah (born May 18, 1960, Sedan, Ardennes, France) is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams. Since his retirement from the game, Noah has remained in the public eye as a popular music performer and as the co-founder of a charity organization for underprivileged children with his mother. Noah is of Cameroonian and French descent. Noah turned professional in 1977, and won his first top-level singles title in 1978 in Manila. Noah became France's most prominent tennis hero in 1983, becoming the first Frenchman in 37 years to win the French Open. He dropped only one set during the two-week long tournament, and... Add to favourites (144 fans)Biography of Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. KBE (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an English comedy actor, becoming one of the most famous performers in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable director and musician. He is considered to be one of the finest mimes and clowns caught on film and has greatly influenced performers in this field. Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities in the silent film era: he acted in, directed, scripted, produced, and eventually scored his own films. His working life in entertainment spanned over 65 years, from the Victorian stage and music hall in England as a child performer, almost until his death at the age of 88. Chaplin's high-profile public and private life encompassed highs ... Add to favourites (216 fans)Biography of Katy Perry
Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984 (source for her birth time: Katy Perry: A Life of Fireworks by Chloe Govan) is an American singer-songwriter. She has risen to prominence with her 2008 single "I Kissed a Girl" which has become a worldwide hit topping the charts in more than 20 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Ireland. In the United States, the song is also noted for being the 1000th chart-topper of the Rock Era. Perry has a contralto vocal range. Early life Perry was born in Santa Barbara, California, USA. The middle child of two pastors, she grew up listening to gospel music and singing in church. She graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California in 2003 and immediately moved to Los Angeles at t... Add to favourites (317 fans)Biography of Jude Law
Jude Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor, film producer and director. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first TV role in 1989. After starring in films directed by Andrew Niccol, Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1999 for his performance in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley. In 2000 he won a BAFTA Award as "Best Supporting Actor" for his work in the film. In 2003, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in another Minghella film, Cold Mountain. He is on the Top Ten List from the 2006 A-list of the most bankable movie stars in Hollywood. In 2007, he was honoured with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres conferred by the Fre... Add to favourites (160 fans)Biography of Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972 (birth time source: Bravo Magazine Nov. 2000)), better known by his stage name Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. In addition to being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s. He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The same magazine has declared him The Kin... Add to favourites (149 fans)Biography of Jack Nicholson
John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937), better known as Jack Nicholson or The Jack is an iconic, three-time Academy Award and seven time Golden Globe winning American method actor known for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. He has been nominated for an Academy Award 12 times. He is tied with Walter Brennan for most wins by a male actor; he and Brennan are second to Katharine Hepburn for most acting wins overall (Hepburn had four). He is also one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade since the 1960s. The other is Michael Caine. He has also won seven Golden Globe Awards and he received a Kennedy Centre Honor in 2001. He is best known for his films Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's N... Add to favourites (81 fans)Biography of Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born 5 February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (source for his birth time: "Cristiano Ronaldo: The Boy Who Had A Dream" (Biography movie)), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is to be paid £11 million per year over the following six years, makes him the highest-paid football player in the world. Ronaldo holds the distinction of being the first playe... Add to favourites (174 fans)Biography of Bono (U2)
Paul David Hewson, (born 10 May 1960), known as Bono is the Academy Award nominated and Grammy winning lead singer and principal lyricist of the Irish rock band U2. Bono is also widely known for his work as an activist concerning Africa. Bono is married to Alison Stewart. Their relationship began in 1975 and the couple were married on 21 August 1982 in an Anglican ceremony at a chapel on the Guinness family estate with Adam Clayton acting as Bono's best man. The couple have four children, Jordan, Memphis Eve, Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q & John Abraham. Bono lives in Killiney in south County Dublin, Ireland, with his family and shares a villa in Èze in the Alpes-Maritimes in the south of France with U2 bandmate The Edge, as well as an apartment at The San Remo in Manhattan. Bono is a... Add to favourites (130 fans)Biography of Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (French pronunciation: ( listen); born 27 December 1948) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and has twice won the César Award for Best Actor. He also won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card and was nominated for an Academy Award for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac. Early life Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, France. He is one of five children of Anne Jeanne Josèphe "la Liette" (née Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel "le Dédé" Depardieu, a metal worker and volunteer fireman. Depardieu spent more time on the street than in the classroom and left school at 15. Career At the age of 16, Depardieu left Châteauroux for Paris. There, he... Add to favourites (112 fans)Biography of Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27, 1972) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. She lives in the United Kingdom with her husband, Chris Martin, who is the lead singer of the UK band, Coldplay, and her two children, Apple and Moses. Early life Paltrow was born to the late film and television director Bruce Paltrow (who was Jewish) and Blythe Danner (who was raised a Quaker and is of Pennsylvania Dutch descent). Her paternal grandparents were Gertrud Goldman and Aaron Paltrow, and her maternal grandparents were Eunice Hogan and John Danner. Raised in Santa Monica, she attended Crossroads School before moving and attending Spence School, a private girls' school in New York City. Later she briefly studied art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, b... Add to favourites (142 fans)Biography of Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne (pronunciation: /ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn/; AV-ril lə-VEEN; born 27 September 1984 (Birth time source: Avril: She's Complicated by Natasha Jay)) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million. In 2002, when she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene with her debut album Let Go. Let Go made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach No. 1 in the UK, and the album was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. By 2009, over 16 million copies had been sold w... Add to favourites (154 fans)Biography of Mylène Farmer
Mylène Farmer (September 12, 1961), born Mylène Jeanne Gautier, is a Canadian-born French singer and songwriter. She has sold more than 20 million CDs. Mylène Farmer was born in Pierrefonds, Quebec Canada, a suburb (now borough) of Montreal, to parents from France. Her family returned to France when she was eight. She chose her stage name Farmer in homage to Frances Farmer. Mylène is considered the most successful and provocative female French recording artist of all time, and the only artist to have each of her studio albums sell over a million copies in France. She is also very popular in fellow French-speaking countries Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg, as well as Russia, Ukraine, Greece, and parts of Germany and Eastern Europe. Mylène's refusal to record in English leaves h... Add to favourites (98 fans)Biography of Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949 (birth time source: http://www.astrologyweekly.com/data-archive/celebrities.php)) is an American actor. He first became famous during the 1980s, after appearing in several successful Hollywood films, including An Officer and a Gentleman, and has since retained his status as a leading man. During the 1990s and 2000s, he starred in several well-received films, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, and Chicago for which he won a Golden Globe award as Best Actor. Career Gere's first major acting role was in the original London stage version of Grease in 1973. He began appearing in Hollywood films in the mid 1970s, co-starring in the thriller Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), and playing the leading role in director Terrence Malick's well-reviewed 1978 film, Da... Add to favourites (93 fans)Biography of Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane born 23 June 1972), popularly nicknamed Zizou, is a French former football midfielder who played for four European clubs, including Juventus FC and Real Madrid. As a member and later captain of the French national team he participated in two World Cup finals - including winning the tournament in 1998 - and in three European Championships, winning that tournament in 2000. Having gained fame in Europe as a playmaker for Juventus, Zidane attracted worldwide attention in the 1998 World Cup final with two headed goals against Brazil which won his country its first FIFA World Cup. He also contributed to France's victory in Euro 2000, and at the club level he went on to win domestic championships in Italy and Spain with Juventus and Real Madrid respectively. In the final ... Add to favourites (149 fans)Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (IPA: ), (baptised December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music, and was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music. His music and his reputation inspired — and in many cases intimidated — ensuing generations of composers, musicians, and audiences. While primarily known today as a composer, Beethoven was also a celebrated pianist. Born in Bonn, Germany, he moved to Vienna, Austria, in his early twenties and settled there, studying with Joseph Haydn and quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. Despite gradual hearing loss beginning in his twenties, Beethoven continued to produce notable masterpi... Add to favourites (89 fans)Biography of Prince Harry of Wales
Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales (born 15 September 1984 in Paddington, London), commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and grandson of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he is third in the line of succession to the thrones of 16 independent countries, though he is resident in and most directly involved with the United Kingdom. After an education at various schools around the United Kingdom and spending parts of his gap year in Australia and Lesotho, Harry, unlike his elder brother, Prince William, eschewed a university education in favour of following in the footsteps of various royal men by enrolling in the military. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Blues and Royals of the Household C... Add to favourites (95 fans)Biography of Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce (March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945) (pronounced /'keɪsiː/ or like 'Casey') was an American who claimed psychic abilities. He claimed an ability to channel answers to questions on subjects such as health, astrology, reincarnation, and Atlantis while in a self-induced trance. Although Cayce lived before the emergence of the New Age movement, he remains a major influence on its teachings. Cayce became an American celebrity towards the end of his life and the publicity given to his prophecy has overshadowed what to him were usually considered the more important parts of his work such as healing (the vast majority of his readings were given for people who were sick) and theology (Cayce being a lifelong, devout member of the Disciples of Christ). Skeptics challenge Cayce'... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Laure Sainclair
Laure Sainclair (born Laurence Fontaine on May 24, 1972 near Rennes, France) is a former adult film actress. After her appearance in a striptease contest at the 1995 Adult Exhibition in Rennes, she made some shootings, but was repelled by the conditions of work, and decided to stay away from the adult industry. However she was later approached by Marc Dorcel who persuaded her to change her mind, by offering an exclusive contract. She shot 16 movies, and in 1996 received the Hot d'Or prize for Best European Starlet. In 1997 Sainclair co-starred with Jenna Jameson in the blockbuster Wicked Weapon. She continued to work for Wicked Video's European division until 2000, appearing in such titles as L'Obsession de Laure, L'Héritage de Laure. and L'Indécente aux Enfers. However, she never ma... Add to favourites (85 fans)Biography of Carmen Electra
Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, television personality, singer and actress. After moving to California, she met singer Prince (a Minneapolis native), who persuaded her to change her name to Carmen Electra. Soon after, she signed a recording contract with Paisley Park Records, Prince's company, marking the start of a short-lived rap career, which included one album. In 1995, Electra started appearing in various television programs. Then, in May of 1996 she was featured in a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine, the first of several. This exposure led to higher profile television appearances, including Baywatch (cast member from 1997-1998) and MTV's Singled Out. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion m... Add to favourites (78 fans)Biography of Jean Dujardin
Jean Dujardin (born 19 June 1972) is a French actor and comedian. He has worked notably with director Michel Hazanavicius, starring in his OSS 117 spy parodies. His starring role in Hazanavicius' silent movie The Artist, playing actor George Valentin, received widespread acclaim. The role won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is the first French actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Early life Dujardin was born and raised in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France), a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, Franc... Add to favourites (79 fans)Biography of Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy award, along with many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. He was also the founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2007, these donations have exceeded US$220 million. On September 26th, 2008, Newman died at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut succumbing to complic... Add to favourites (82 fans)Biography of Arthur Rimbaud
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891) was a French poet, born in Charleville. His influence on modern literature, music and art has been pervasive. Early life and work Arthur Rimbaud was born into the provincial middle class of Charleville (now part of Charleville-Mézières) in the Ardennes département in northeastern France. He was the second child of Captain Frédéric and Vitalie Rimbaud (née Cuif). As a boy he was a restless but brilliant student. By the age of fifteen he had won many prizes and composed original verses and dialogues in Latin. In 1870 his teacher Georges Izambard became Rimbaud's literary mentor and his original French verses began to improve rapidly. He frequently ran away from home and may have briefly joined the Paris Commune of 1871... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS, née Roberts (13 October 1925 (birth time source: Charles Harvey, Astrodatabank) – 8 April 2013), was a British politician, the longest-serving (1979–1990) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century, and the only woman ever to have held the post. A Soviet journalist called her the "Iron Lady", a nickname which became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented Conservative policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism. Originally a research chemist before becoming a barrister, Thatcher was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his 1970 government. In 1975 Thatch... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg, (born May 14, 1984 (birth time source, a rectification from http://laurendelsack.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/birth-time-rectification-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg/)) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. As a Harvard student, he created the online social website Facebook, a site popular among students worldwide, with fellow computer science major students and his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. He serves as Facebook's CEO. He has been the subject of controversy for the origins of his business and his wealth. Time Magazine added Zuckerberg as one of The World's Most Influential People of 2008. Zuckerberg fell under the Scientists & Thinkers category for his web phenomenon, Facebook, and ranked 52 out of 101 people. Early life Zuckerberg was rais... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian triple Formula One world champion. He died following an accident whilst leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola in Italy. Character Beyond his exceptional driving skills Senna was one of the sport's most compelling personalities. Intensely introspective and extremely passionate, he used driving as a means for self-discovery, and racing as a metaphor for life: “The harder I push, the more I find within myself. I am always looking for the next step, a different world to go into, areas where I have not been before. It’s lonely driving a Grand Prix car, but very absorbing. I have experienced new sensations and I want more. That is my excitement, my motivation.” Starkly contrasting to Senna's intense and unyield... Add to favourites (45 fans)Biography of Linda Goodman
Linda Goodman, (April 9, 1925 - October 21, 1995) was a New York Times bestselling American astrologer and poet.... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti born ( 28 April 1937 - 30 December 2006 ) was the President of Iraq from 16 July 1979, until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power. As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Saddam tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces—at a time when many other groups were considered capable of overthrowing the government—by creating repressive security forces. In the early 1970s, Saddam spearheaded Iraq's nationalization of the Western-owned Iraq Petroleum Company, which had long held a monopoly on the country's oil. Through th... Add to favourites (72 fans)Biography of Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award- and SAG Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film and television actress, and producer. She first became known for her role as Sydney Bristow on Alias, a CIA agent. Height: 1m75 Early life Garner was born in Houston, Texas, to Patricia Ann English, a teacher, and Billy Jack Garner, a chemical engineer who worked for Union Carbide; she is the middle child between two sisters, Melissa Garner Wylie and Susannah Garner Carpenter. Her family is Methodist. At three years old, Garner began taking ballet lessons which she continued throughout her youth. Although she admitted that she loved dancing, she never had ambitions to become a classical ballerina. When she was four years old, her father's job with Union C... Add to favourites (95 fans)Biography of Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller (b. June 2, 1972) is a British-born American actor who achieved fame as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network's television series Prison Break. Early life Miller's father is of Jamaican, British, German, Jewish, and Cherokee descent, while his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, and Lebanese descent. In an interview, Miller said: "My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, at times, caught between two communities." He was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, where his father, a Rhodes Scholar, was studying. His family moved to Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, when he was one. He has two sisters, Leigh and Gillian. Miller attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New... Add to favourites (52 fans)Biography of Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. Early life Weaver is the daughter of the late NBC television executive Pat Weaver and Desirée Hawkins Ingles, a British actress. Her uncle was comedian and actor Doodles Weaver. She began using the name Sigourney Weaver in 1963, after a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (in Chapter 3, Jordan Baker tells Nick that her aunt is Mrs. Sigourney Howard). She attended the prestigious Ethel Walker School, a prep school in Simsbury, Connecticut, and later studied English at Stanford University, then drama at Yale School of Drama, where she appeared in original plays by friend and classmate Christopher Durang. She later appeared in the 1981 off-Broadway ... Add to favourites (57 fans)Biography of Alizée (singer)
Alizée Jacotey (born August 21, 1984) is a French singer. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, she goes by the stage name Alizée — the feminine form of alizé, the trade wind. She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, a successful Quebec-born French singer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999. While collaborating with Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, Alizée came up with two albums — both of which were hits inside and outside of France. Alizée used to be considered the protégée of Mylène Farmer, but since has struck out on her own. Alizée entered the music business in the year 2000. Since then she has released two studio albums, composed by Laurent Boutonnat and written by Mylène Farmer. Her first album was Gourmandises, which received Platinum certification... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of Thierry Ardisson
Thierry Ardisson, born January 6, 1949 in Bourganeuf (Creuse), is a French journalist, producer and TV host.... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Fanny Ardant
Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born March 22, 1949 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France) is a French actress. Ardant grew up in Monaco until age 17 when she moved to Aix-en-Provence to study at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence. In her early twenties her interest turned to acting and in 1974 she made her first appearance on stage. By the early 1980s she was a major motion picture star, gaining international recognition for her role opposite Gérard Depardieu in La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door). The film, directed by François Truffaut, brought Ardant her first Cesar Award nomination for best actress in 1982 and in 1984 she was nominated again for Vivement dimanche! Eventually she became Truffaut's companion, giving birth to their daughter, Joséphine Truffaut, on S... Add to favourites (73 fans)Biography of Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Disney is notable as one of the most influential figures in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Walt became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $30 billion. Walt Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He received twenty-two Academy Awards and forty-eight nominations during his lifetim... Add to favourites (78 fans)Biography of Brian Molko
Brian Molko (born December 10, 1972 in Belgium) is lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Placebo. Career Born to an American international banker father and a Scottish mother, Brian Molko's family moved frequently during his childhood, including spells in Scotland, Liberia, Lebanon and Luxembourg. Molko has referred to his mother's home town of Dundee, Scotland as "where I grew up".. He attended Goldsmiths College in London, where he studied drama. He describes his childhood as a period when he felt very lonely and alienated. He started to wear make-up at the age of 11. He was an actor in a school drama theater. While Molko was brought up in a strict household that disapproved of artistic expression (his father wanted him to become a banker) he rebelled by affecting an androgynous... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Andrea Casiraghi
Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi (born June 8, 1984) is the eldest child of HRH Princess Caroline of Monaco and Hanover and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi, an heir to an Italian oil fortune. He is currently second in line to the throne after his mother, meaning that if the currently reigning Prince Albert II dies without legitimate children, then Casiraghi will most likely someday be the Prince of Monaco. He was born June 8, 1984 at 22:40 at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo and was named for a childhood friend of his father's. His godparents were his aunt Princess Stéphanie and his uncle Marco Casiraghi. He has two younger siblings, Charlotte and Pierre, and a younger half-sister, Princess Alexandra of Hanover. He finished high school at the International School... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Jacques Mesrine
Jacques Mesrine (December 28, 1936 - November 2, 1979) was a French criminal who also briefly active in the United States and Canada. Early events Jacques René Mesrine was born in Clichy, France in a middle-class family. He studied at the Catholic college of Juilly, and was expelled from two schools due to aggressive behavior. He was briefly married in 1955-1956 and served in the French Army during Algerian War of Independence. In 1959 he returned to France. Mesrine was arrested for the first time in 1962 with three accomplices before an attempt to rob a bank. He had been a professional criminal for years at that time. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison and was released in 1963. He got a job in an architectural design company but was fired during a downsizing in 1964, and went ... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer. He murdered at least 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991 (with the majority of the murders occurring between 1989 and 1991). His murders were particularly gruesome, involving acts of forcible sodomy, necrophilia, dismemberment, and cannibalism.... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Khloe Kardashian
Khloe Alexandra Kardashian (born June 27, 1984) is an American television personality, celebutante, socialite, model, and businesswoman. She is best known for her appearances on the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Kardashian is of Armenian (father) and Scottish and Dutch (mother) descent. Kardashian was born in Los Angeles, California to attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner (née Houghton). Robert Kardashian died on September 30, 2003. Her mother, Kris, divorced Robert in 1989 and married Olympian Bruce Jenner in 1991. Kardashian has four sisters, Kourtney and Kim Kardashian and Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and a younger brother, Rob Kardashian. Kardashian also has three stepbrothers, Burt, Brandon, and Brody Jenner, and one stepsister, Casey Jenner. As seen on Keepin... Add to favourites (41 fans)Biography of Portia de Rossi
Portia de Rossi, born Amanda Lee Rogers on January 31, 1973, is an Australian actress who is best known for her role as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal, and as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the television series Arrested Development. Portia de Rossi birthtime 3AM quoted from autobiography "Unbearable Lightness" Personal Born in Melbourne, Victoria, de Rossi was raised in Grovedale, a suburb of Geelong. As a child she modeled for print and TV commercials. She took the name Portia de Rossi at a young age: “ When I was 15, I changed it legally. In retrospect, I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn’t fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name. I picked Portia because I was a Sh... Add to favourites (64 fans)Biography of Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castañeda (December 25, 1925 (?) – April 27, 1998) was the author of a series of books that purport to describe his training in traditional Mesoamerican shamanism, which he referred to as a form of sorcery. The books and Castaneda, who rarely spoke in public about his work, have been controversial for many years. Supporters claim the books are either true or at least valuable works of philosophy and descriptions of practices which enable an increased awareness; critics claim the books are shams, works of fiction, and not empirically verifiable works of anthropology as claimed. In his books, Castaneda narrates in first person the events leading to and ensuing after his meeting a Yaqui shaman named don Juan Matus in 1960. Castaneda's experiences with don Juan allegedly inspired the... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Sofia Essaïdi
Sofia Essaïdi (born August 6, 1984) is a Franco-Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco. From August 30 to December 13, 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France's third season, becoming a semi-finalist. From March 12 to August 7, 2004, she participated in the Star Academy tour, going to Tunisia and Morocco, and Papeete, Tahiti, where she celebrated her 20th birthday.... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Pope Francis
Francis (Latin: Franciscus; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; December 17, 1936 (birth time source: birth certificate)) is pope of the Catholic Church, elected on March 14, 2013, and taking the regnal name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi. He is the first Pope born in the Americas. Prior to his election, he served as an Argentine cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires since 1998. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. Early life Jorge Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, one of the five children of an Italian railway worker and his wife. After studying at the seminary in Villa Devoto, he entered the Society of Jesus on March 11, 1958. Bergoglio obtained a licentiate in philosophy from the Colegio Máximo San José in San Miguel,... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Lourdes Ciccone-Leon
Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon is the daughter of Madonna and her fitness trainer Carlos Leon.... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Richard Burton
Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. He was at one time the highest-paid actor in Hollywood. Known for his vocal style, he was nominated seven times for Academy Awards for acting yet never won. Background and education He was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. in the village of Pontrhydyfen near Port Talbot and grew up in a poor, Welsh-speaking household, the 12th of 13 children. His father was a coalminer, and his mother died after the last birth, before he was 2 years old; thenceforth a sister in Port Talbot took him into her family where he was raised a Presbyterian. He showed a talent for English literature at grammar school, though his consuming interest was sport. With the assistance of his inspirational schoolmaster, Philip H. Burton (who m... Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, two-time BAFTA-winning, and three-time Golden Globe-winning American actor. Private life Hoffman has two children (Karina and Jenna) with his first wife Anne Byrne (married May 1969; divorced in 1980), and four more (Jacob, Maxwell, Rebecca and Alexandra) with wife Lisa Gottsegen, who is an attorney (married since October 1980). Hoffman also has two grandchildren. A political liberal, Hoffman has long supported the Democratic Party, as well as Ralph Nader. He is unrelated to fellow Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman. Trivia The rock band Of Montreal made an album called The Early Four Track Recordings which tells a fictional, sarcastic story about Dustin Hoffman. Robert Duvall was a ... |
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