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628 celebrities 5' 9½" tall have been found. Add to favourites (379 fans)Biography of Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass-energy equivalence, E = mc2. He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect." Einstein's many contributions to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled mechanics with electromagnetism, and his general theory of relativity which extended the principle of relativity to non-uniform motion, creating a new theory of gravitation. His other contributions include relativistic cosmology, capillary action, critical opalescence, classical problems of statistical mechanics and their application to quantum... Add to favourites (332 fans)Biography of Monica Bellucci
Monica Bellucci (born September 30, 1964) is an Italian actress and former fashion model. She is considered an Italian sex symbol. Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990s. In 1992 she made her first appearance in a major English-language film as one of Dracula's brides in Bram Stoker's Dracula. She became known and popular with English-speaking audiences following her lead role in the acclaimed Italian film Malèna, as well as through the portrayal of a rape victim in the highly controversial Irréversible, though is perhaps best known for her role as Persephone in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions followed by her portrayal of Mary Magdelene in The Passion of the Christ. After her work in The Passion of the Christ, Bellucci was assumed by many fans to be Roman Cath... Add to favourites (185 fans)Biography of Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British rock musician and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen and often heralded as one of the best rock singers of all time. He is remembered for his vocal abilities and charisma as a live performer. As a songwriter, he composed many international hits, including "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Somebody to Love", "We Are the Champions" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". In late 1991, Mercury died of Bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS. Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on the African island of Zanzibar, at the time a British colony, now part of Tanzania. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were Parsi-Zoroastrians from India. The family had emigrated to Zanzibar ... Add to favourites (148 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 (79 fans)Biography of Lucy Lawless
Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Auckland (birth time source: Richard Nolle, Astrodatabank) is a New Zealand actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. Lucy Lawless was the fifth of seven children born to Frank and Julie Ryan. She has five brothers and one sister. Lucy began acting in secondary school. At Auckland University, she studied foreign languages for a year. She dropped out and left for Europe with her boyfriend, Garth Lawless, to travel in Germany and Switzerland. The couple then moved to Australia, where Lucy worked briefly as a gold miner. At 19, Lucy became pregnant. In 1988, Lucy and Garth married in Kalgoorlie, Australia. They returned to New Zealand and had a daughte... Add to favourites (182 fans)Biography of Mel Gibson
Melvin Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956 (birth time source: British Entertainers, Franck C. Clifford)) is an American-born actor, director, and producer raised primarily in Australia. After establishing himself as a household name with the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart. Gibson's direction of Braveheart made him the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to receive an Oscar for Best Director. In 2004, he directed and produced The Passion of the Christ, a blockbuster movie that portrayed the last hours of the life of Jesus. Gibson is an honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. Early life Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York, the sixth of eleven children. He is the son of Hutton Gibson and Anne Reilly G... Add to favourites (174 fans)Biography of Robert de Niro
Robert Mario De Niro Jr., credited professionally as Robert De Niro (born August 17, 1943), is a highly acclaimed, two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor, director, and producer. He is noted for his portrayal of conflicted, troubled characters, and for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, and early work with director Brian De Palma. He is considered by many to be the greatest actor of his generation and one of the world's greatest living actors. He is the son of the noted painter Robert De Niro, Sr. Early film career At the age of 20, in 1963, came De Niro's first film role and collaboration with Brian De Palma, when he appeared in The Wedding Party; it was not released until 1969, however. He spent much of the 1960s working in theater workshops a... Add to favourites (90 fans)Biography of Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum (born June 1, 1973 (birth time source: "Models, Schönheit und Astrologie" by astrologer Uwe M. Kraus)), is a German and American model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and an occasional actress. In 2008, she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship. Klum became internationally known for her appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In 1997 she became the first German model to become a Victoria's Secret Angel. Following a successful modeling career, Klum gained acclaim as the host and judge of the reality show Project Runway which earned her an Emmy nomination in 2008. She has worked as a spokesmodel for Dannon and H & M, and has appeared in numerous commercials for McDonald's, Vo... Add to favourites (82 fans)Biography of Cindy Crawford
Cynthia Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966, in Dekalb, Illinois (birth time source: http://www.vegaattractions.com/fun/celebrity/indiv/cindycrawford.html http://www.astrology.com.au/celebrities/Cindy%20Crawford%20-%20Merlin%20Report.pdf)) is an American supermodel, MTV television personality, celebrity endorser, cover girl, and actress. Early life Born in DeKalb, Illinois, to Dan Crawford and Jennifer Crawford in 1966, Cindy Crawford's trademark is a visible mole on her face (although most people refer to it as a "beauty mark"). She is so closely associated with this physical feature that she appeared in an advertising campaign for chocolates featuring commercials wherein she "licked off" her own mole. Ironically, the mole was removed from many of her earlier modeling pictures, incl... Add to favourites (140 fans)Biography of Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron (American English pronunciation: play /ʃɑrˈliːs ˈθɛrən/; Afrikaans pronunciation: ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African actress and fashion model. She started her acting career in the United States and rose to fame in the late 1990s following roles in The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), becoming the first African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for her performance in North Country (2005). Theron became a US citizen in 2007, while retaining her South African citizenship. Early life Theron was born ... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Charlène, Princess of Monaco
Charlène, Princess of Monaco (née Charlene Lynette Wittstock; born 25 January 1978) is the wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and is a former South African competitive swimmer. Charlène is the daughter of Michael and Lynette Wittstock. She was born in Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) to a family of German and English descent, but her family relocated to Gauteng, South Africa, in 1989. She represented South Africa at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with her team finishing fifth in the women's 4×100 m medley. She retired from competitive swimming in 2007. She met Prince Albert in 2000 at a swimming event in Monaco. They were first seen together in 2006, and she has accompanied Albert on many of his official duties since then. They announced their engagement in June 2010 and were married on ... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Nicolas Hulot
Nicolas Hulot was born on April 30, 1955 in Lille. Officier of the Légion d'honneur and Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. He is the founder and president of the Fondation Nicolas Hulot , an environmentalist group first created in 1990, and presents himself as an ecologist. He is famous for his TV show named Ushuaia, transmitted by TF1. In his TV reports, he shows the damage done to the Earth by mankind and tries to sensitise the viewers to what motivates his support for the ecological change of conscience that he believes in. He recently launched Ushuaïa TV on the cable which belongs to the TF1 Group. In 2007, 5 out of 12 candidates to the French Presidential Elections signed his "Pacte Ecologique", affirming that the ecological problems will be the key in all the future decisions conce... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen (born June 20, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer, France) is a French far-right nationalist politician, founder and president of the Front National (National Front) party. Le Pen has run for the French presidency 5 times, including in 2002, when in a surprise upset he came second, polling more votes in the first round than the main left candidate, Lionel Jospin. Le Pen lost in the second round to incumbent president Jacques Chirac. Le Pen again ran in the 2007 French presidential election and finished fourth. Le Pen focuses on immigration to France, the European Union, traditional culture, and France's high rate of unemployment. He advocates immigration restrictions, the death penalty, incentives for homemakers, compulsory military service, censorship of the arts, and eurosc... 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 (56 fans)Biography of François Bayrou
François Bayrou is a French politician, president of Union for French Democracy since 1998, and a candidate in the 2007 French presidential election. In the first round, he received 18.5% of votes, finishing in 3rd place and therefore was eliminated from the race. (Only the top two candidates participated in the runoff election, which was held on May 6). A former Member of the European Parliament, he also served as Minister of National Education in the conservative governments of Édouard Balladur and Alain Juppé, from 1993 to 1997. On Wednesday April 25, he held a press conference to announce that he would not endorse a candidate in the run-off and planned instead to form a new party called the Democratic Movement. He also ran for President in 2002 but received less than 7% of the vote.... Add to favourites (68 fans)Biography of Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1970) is an iconic English supermodel, actress, singer and author. Campbell was born in London, England. Her mother was a ballet dancer, Valerie Campbell, who told Arena in 1996 that her daughter's unnamed father is a mixed-race man of part-Chinese ancestry. She attended Dunraven School, a comprehensive school run by Inner London Education Authority in Streatham and attended the London Academy for Performing Arts. A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, Campbell's first appearance to a wider public was in February 1978 when she was cast as a pupil to appear in a music video with Bob Marley for his song Is This Love?. In 1982, she appeared in another music video, this time as a tap dancer for Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya". On graduat... 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 (115 fans)Biography of Ricky Martin
Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. He has sold over 55 million albums around the world, charting twenty one top-ten hits on the U.S. Latin Charts, eight of which reached number one, and a total of over thirty hit singles.... Biography of Jean-Pierre Papin
Jean-Pierre Papin (born November 5, 1963 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) is a French former football player and now manager. Between 2006 and 2007 he was the manager of French club RC Strasbourg, but despite leading the club to promotion to Ligue 1, he resigned, citing internal relationship problems. Papin scored 30 goals for France in 54 matches. He played at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, where France finished third, and at the 1992 European Championships in Sweden. His last game for the national team was in 1995. He won the Ballon d'or in 1991. He was the only player to do so while playing in the French league. At club level, he played for INF Vichy (1983-1984), Valenciennes (1984-1985), Club Brugge (1985-1986), Olympique Marseille (1986-1992), A.C. Milan (1992-1994), Bayern Munich ... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Grégory Lemarchal
Grégory Lemarchal (b. May 13, 1983 in La Tronche, France, d. April 30, 2007 in Suresnes) was a French singer and winner of the fourth series of the reality TV programme Star Academy, broadcast on the TF1 television network. Height: 1m77 Personal life Grégory was born in La Tronche, and raised near Chambéry, as the first child of mother Laurence and father Pierre Lemarchal, with a sister Leslie. At twenty months of age, he was diagnosed with the hereditary disease cystic fibrosis. Professional career In 1995, he became France's champion of acrobatic rock. In 1998, he unsuccessfully participated in the show "Graines de stars", but become a local star. Through a friend, in mid-June of 2004, Lemarchal was contacted by the producers of Star Academy in Paris who needed one mo... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson, September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was world champion in 1993. After leaving cycling, Armstrong competed in endurance competitions, including marathon running, marathon mountain bike racing, triathlon and Ironman competitions. He is best known for his performances in the Tour de France but in June 2012 the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) charged Armstrong with having used illicit performance enhancing drugs, and in August they announced a lifetime ban from competition as well as the stripping of all titles. On October 22, 2012 the Union Cycliste International (UCI), the sports governing body, accepted USADA's verdict and confirmed both the lifetime ban and the stripping of all titles since A... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957 in New York City) is an American Academy Award nominated film actress. She is married to actor/director, Antonio Banderas. She is the only child of actress Tippi Hedren who is of Swedish, German and Norwegian descent and eldest child of Peter Griffith of English descent. Her parents divorced when she was four years old, and her father would remarry and have two children: actress, Tracy Griffith and set designer, Clay Griffith. Griffith began work at just 9 months old in a commercial and later became an extra on Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). Her first major role was in Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975), which got her attention and typecast her as a sexy nymphet. Substance abuse problems derailed her career for nearly a decade. Her... Add to favourites (40 fans)Biography of Daniel Balavoine
Daniel Balavoine (Alençon, February 5, 1952 – January 14, 1986) was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and inspired many singers in the 1980s, such as Jean-Jacques Goldman. He took part in French political life, and is known for a 1980 televised verbal confrontation with François Mitterrand. Height: 1m77 In the French music-business, Balavoine earned his own spot with both his acute and powerful voice and his lyrics, often full of sadness and revolt. Musical career In the 1970s, Daniel Balavoine took part as a chorus-singer in the musical La Révolution française, then as a backing singer at the concerts of Patrick Juvet. The latter offers Balavoine the opportunity to record a song on one of his albums. This break enabled him to be ... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Bernard Tapie
Bernard Tapie (born January 26, 1943 in Paris) is a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. He was Ministre de la Ville (Minister of City Affairs) for two periods in 1992-1993, in the government of Pierre Bérégovoy. One of Tapie's businesses, a chain of health product stores known as La Vie Claire, sponsored one of the strongest cycling teams of all time. It was founded after the 1983 season when multiple Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault broke from the Renault-Elf team that also featured another Tour winner in Laurent Fignon after a falling-out with team manager, Cyril Guimard. Following Hinault to the new team was Greg LeMond, who would go on to win three Tours himself. Both Hinault and LeMond would win Tours with the La Vie Claire team. From 1... Add to favourites (57 fans)Biography of Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971, Casablanca, Morocco) is a Moroccan Jewish one man show humorist and actor who lives in France. His latest show is called "L'autre c'est moi" (The other one: that's me). Height: 1m77 Gad Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He was brought up in a mixed cultural background (a Moroccan Jewish descent), speaking Moroccan Arabic, French and Hebrew. Just 17 years old, Gad - a name adopted by his fans - left Morocco for Quebec, Canada. He spent four years in Montreal where he studied political sciences and was invited in to theatre. In 1992, at 22 years, he decided to go to Paris. He studied with Isabelle Nanty with whom he does his first one-man show "Décalages" in 1995. Interpreted in the famous "Palais des glaces", the show is an autobiography of ... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Nikos Aliagas
Nikos Aliagas (b. May 13, 1969 in Paris) is a French-born Greek host of the French music reality program named Star Academy. One of his parents came from the area of Stamna in the prefecture of Aitoloacarnania in Greece. He speaks five languages (as of 2003) including English. He lived between France and Greece during childhood. He was a guest star on a Greek program Koita ti Ekanes in late-2003 and featured clips from Star Academy. He has published a book called Gennithika Ellinas... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of David Guetta
David Guetta (born 7 November 1967 (birth time source: http://valeriedarmandy.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/david-guetta-ou-lexplosion-duranus-venus/david-guetta-theme-astral-darmandy/); French pronunciation: ) is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO) and "Sexy Chick" (featuring Akon), the last becoming a top five hit in the United States and all three reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, as well as another internationally known s... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Bernard Giraudeau
Bernard Giraudeau (June 18, 1947 - July 17, 2010) was a French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer. Life Giraudeau was born in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French navy as a trainee engineer, qualifying as the first in his class a year later. He served on the helicopter carrier Jeanne d'Arc in 1964-1965 and 1965–1966, and subsequently on the frigate Duquesne and the aircraft carrier Clemenceau before leaving the navy to try his luck as an actor. He was married to actor and author Anny Duperey, with whom he has two children; one of them, Sara Giraudeau has achieved success as an actor. Giraudeau first appeared on film in Deux hommes dans la ville (1973), and his first film as director was in 1987, though he continued to work as an... Add to favourites (43 fans)Biography of Eddie Murphy
Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. He has also enjoyed a minor singing career, and was one of the most popular cast members in the history of Saturday Night Live, on which he was a regular from 1980 to 1984. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. Murphy has received Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of fictitious soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls., and received a no... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of Steven Tyler
Stephen Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948 in New York), better known as Steven Tyler (and often nicknamed The Demon of Screamin') is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith. Birth time source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SATVA/message/15355 Steven Tyler born at 11:18 PM in New York, NY, rectified by VK Choudhry. He is renowned for his wide grin and big lips (a trait he shares with fellow rocker Mick Jagger). During his high energy stage performances, he usually dresses in bright colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging from his mic stand. In the band's early days, he was also known for having a bottle of Jack Daniel's on stage with him, a practice he has since discontinued. Early li... 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 (11 fans)Biography of Antoine de Caunes
Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953 in Paris, France) is a television comedian, actor and writer. He is the son of two French personalities, television journalist George de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes. He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including Cobra and X-Or. He first appeared in front of the camera with the series Les Enfants du rock, again for A2, before making a breakthrough with the series Nulle part ailleurs for Canal+. De Caunes first came to fame in the English-speaking world on the BBC Two television series Rapido before starting the long-running adult entertainment programme Eurotrash with Jean-Paul Gaultier for Channel 4. He ... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Jean Ferrat
Jean Ferrat (born Jean Tenenbaum, 26 December, 1930 – 13 March, 2010) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. Ferrat was born in Vaucresson, Hauts-de-Seine. He was the youngest of four children from a modest Jewish family which moved to Versailles in 1935, Ferrat studied at the Jules Ferry College. His Russian father was deported to Auschwitz during the war, where he died. Ferrat dropped out of school to help the family survive. In the early 1950s he started in Parisian cabaret. After that he has avoided any particular musical style, but remained faithful to himself, his friends and his public. In 1956, he set "Les yeux d'Elsa" ("Elsa's eyes"), a Louis Aragon poem which Ferrat loved, to music. Its rendition by popular artist André Claveau brought Ferrat some initial recognition... 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 (24 fans)Biography of Corinne Touzet
Corinne Touzet, born on December 21, 1959 in Orthez, is a French actress, film director and producer. Filmography Television 1981 : Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (téléfilm) 1988 : La Chaîne (du roman de Michel Drucker), feuilleton télévisé de Claude Faraldo, rôle de : Ghislaine Tabet 1991 : Les Hordes, mini-série de Jean-Claude Missiaen 1991 : Seulement par amour Jo Téléfilm Franco-italienne de Philippe Monnier 1993 : Charlemagne, le prince à cheval de Clive Donner 1995 : Lulu, roi de France de Bernard Uzan 1996 : Le Bébé d'Elsa (téléfilm) de Michaël Perrotta, rôle de : Maryse 1996-2008 : Une femme d'honneur (série télévisée) dans le rôle d'adjudant-chef Isabelle Florent puis lieutenant 1997 : D'or et safran (téléfilm) 1998 : Une... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent (August 1, 1936 – June 1, 2008) was a French pied noir fashion designer, and was considered among the greatest of the 20th century. In 1985, in his book, Couture: The Great Fashion Designers, Caroline Rennolds Milbank wrote, "The most consistently celebrated and influential designer of the past twenty-five years, Yves Saint Laurent can be credited with both spurring the couture's rise from its Sixties ashes and with finally rendering ready-to-wear reputable". The son of an insurance company president, Yves Saint-Laurent was born on 1 August 1936 in Oran, in what was then French Algeria. Saint Laurent left home at the age of 17 to work for the French designer Christian Dior. Following Dior's death in 1957, Yves, at the age of 22, was put in charge o... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Anny Duperey
Anny Duperey (born Annie Legras on June 28, 1947 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France) is an stage, film and television actress and best-selling author. Duperey made her screen debut in the 1967 Jean-Luc Godard film, "2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle" (Two or Three Things I Know About Her ). In the 1974 Alain Resnais film Stavisky, she portrayed Arlette, the beautiful real-life wife of flamboyant swindler Alexandre Stavisky played by Jean-Paul Belmondo. Anny Duperey was nominated for the 1977 César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in "Un éléphant ça trompe énormément" (An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive). For her work in television, she has won two 7 d'Or Night Best Actress awards. In English-language film, Anny Duperey appeared with Al Pacino in the 1977 ... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung (born Alain Baschung on 1 December 1947 in Paris and dead on 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. The multi-platinum artist Alain Bashung received three awards during the ceremony at the Paris Zenith, including best male artist, best album for "Bleu Pétrole" (Barclay/Universal) and best live show. Now 61, he has spent his career singing a pop-chanson repertoire. With 11 trophies won since 1993, he is the most awarded artist in the history of Les Victoires. Bashung, who had cancer, had to postpone several dates of his current tour. While receiving his award, he said he hoped that record companies would "remain in a human dimension by making people happy with records." Discography Studio Albums Roman Photo 1977 (Barclay) Roulette Rus... 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... Biography of Rama Yade
Rama Yade (born 1976 in Senegal - usual name of Ramatoulaye Yade-Zimet) is a French politician and a spokeswoman for Nicolas Sarkozy. She is a national secretary at UMP in charge of French-speaking countries. She graduated from the Institut d'études politiques in 2000, and then worked at the Paris Town Hall and the French National Assembly before becoming administrator at the French Senate in 2002. She is the State Secretary in charge of foreign affairs and human rights (with Bernard Kouchner).... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Amanda Bynes
Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986 (birth time souce: YM Magazine Nov. 2003)) is an American actress, former show host on Nickelodeon, and fashion designer. After appearing in several successful television series on Nickelodeon in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bynes has moved into a film career, starring in several films aimed at teenage audiences, including her latest, She's the Man, and her upcoming role in the film version of the musical Hairspray. She was on the 2007 Forbes list as the 5th highest paid celebrity under 21 earning $2.5 million. Bynes has been described by The Boston Globe as having an "Everygirl" appeal, embodying "both everything her teen fans dream of being and everything they know they really are, and they love her for it." In 2006, she was named one of Teen ... Biography of Benjamin Castaldi
Benjamin Castaldi (born 28 March 1970 in Paris) is a French television personality of Italian origin and current host of Secret Story, the spinoff of Loft Story. And, La Ferme Célébrités. He previously hosted Loft Story itself and Nouvelle Star. He is the son of the actor Jean-Pierre Castaldi and the actress Catherine Allegret. References ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/realitytv/news/a33372/french-pop-idol-host-dropped-midseason.html ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0990446/bio ^ http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=132&fArticleId=2002296... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian supermodel.Linda was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working-class, traditional Catholic family. She is 5'9½" (1.77 m) tall and her natural hair colour is dark brown. She knew she wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. Evangelista got into the modeling industry when she was discovered by a talent agent at the 1978 Miss Teen Niagara Contest. Career highlights Evangelista later moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management there. She then moved to Paris, to further her career. She also appeared in music videos with George Michael. Along with Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell, Linda is regarded as one of the few, true supermod... Biography of Sylvia Kristel
Sylvia Kristel (28 September 1952 - 17 October 2012) was a Dutch actress, model and singer. Her most famous role is in the French film Emmanuelle. Early life Kristel was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, as the daughter of Piet and Jean-Nicholas, who ran an inn in Utrecht. In her 2006 autobiography Nue she claims to have been sexually abused by an elderly guest at the hotel at the age of nine, an event which she has refused to discuss in detail. Her parents divorced when she was 14 years old after her father left home for another woman. "It was the saddest thing that ever happened to me", she says of the experience of her parents' separation. She has a younger sister, Marianne. Career Kristel began modeling when she was 17. She entered the Miss TV Europe contest in 1973 and won. She sp... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Matt LeBlanc
Matthew Steven LeBlanc (born July 25, 1967) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the TV sitcom Friends (1994-2004).Background LeBlanc graduated from Newton North High School in 1985. After high school he attended college at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. He left a while after starting his second semester. His father is Paul LeBlanc, and his mother, Pat Grossman. He is of mixed Irish, Dutch, English, and Acadian descent on his father's side, and of partly Italian ancestry on his mother's. LeBlanc's Acadian ancestors may have come to Massachusetts after the Acadian deportation in the mid-1700s. He has one younger half-brother, Justin LeBlanc. The name LeBlanc is French for White; as in many Latin-based languag... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is a Grammy-nominated American singer/songwriter known for his mature and lyrical baritone voice. He has concentrated his career so far mostly in concert singing and recordings, although he has stated that he wishes to pursue musical theatre in the future. Early life Josh Groban was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish American father and a Norwegian American mother. His father converted to Christianity upon marriage, and Groban was raised an Anglican-Episcopalian. His younger brother Christopher shares a birthday with him four years later. Groban debuted as a singer in seventh grade, but soon put it on hold for a few years. "I enjoyed the arts aspects, but my grades were slipping. I didn't feel that I was getting enough creativ... Biography of Molly Sims
Molly Sims (born May 25, 1973 in Murray, Kentucky) is an American model and actress. Born to Jim and Dottie Sims, she was raised in Murray, Kentucky. Sims enrolled in Vanderbilt University for two years but dropped out in 1993 to pursue a career in modeling. While in Vanderbilt, she was a member of Delta Delta Delta. She was an official spokesmodel for Old Navy ads known for using the tag line "You gotta get this look!" She appeared in the Sports Illustrated "Swimsuit Issue"" in 2000, 2001, and 2006 as well as MTV's House of Style. In the 2006 issue of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit she appeared in a photo wearing an extremely skimpy bikini worth 30 million dollars that was made of diamonds. She is a CoverGirl model. She also appears as Delinda Deline in the series Las Vegas. She just rece... Biography of Hicham El Guerrouj
Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الكروج, born September 14, 1974, Berkane) is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner. He is the world record holder for the 1,500 metres (3:26.00), the mile (3:43.13) and the outdoor 2,000 metres (4:44.79), and has been nicknamed "King of the Mile". It is said that he became interested in racing as a child after being inspired by countryman Said Aouita's win in the 5,000 meters during the 1984 Olympics. His sporting career is marked by numerous recognitions such as the award to humanitarian effort from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which he received in 1996. He is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. El Guerrouj was named best athlete of the year by the IAAF i... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ; born 24 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular songs, irreverent humor, strong colors and glossy décor. Desire, passion, family and identity are among Almodóvar’s most prevalent themes. His films enjoy a worldwide following and he has become a major figure on the stage of world cinema. He founded Spanish film production company El Deseo S.A. with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar who has produced almost all of Pedro’s films. Early life Pedro Almodóvar Caballero was born on September 25, 1951 ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Frédéric López
Frédéric Lopez (born April 4, 1967 in Pau) is a French television host. He currently works for France 2 on which he presents some shows. He began on radio in 1991 on Autoroute Info, the first traffic information radio. In 1992, he worked for Télé Lyon Métropole (TLM), the channel on which he debuted on television. There he hosted talk shows and documentaries. From 1995 to 1996, he hosted Le Mag de l'Information on LM1, with Guillaume Durand. Then he worked on LCI, where he was special envoy and correspondent. On the same channel, he led the magazine Cinéma. In 1999, he made several appearances in Olivier Schatzky's film Mr Naphatali, with Élie Kakou. In 2000, he presented Alors heureux ? and Fallait y penser on France 2. Then in 2004, in addition to France 2 and his program Com... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Ed Westwick
Edward "Ed" Westwick (born June 27, 1987) is an English actor best known for his role as Chuck Bass amongst the main cast on the American television series Gossip Girl. He is also the lead singer of the English rock band The Filthy Youth. Early Life Westwick was born into a family of two older brothers, his father a lecturer in Business Studies and his mother an educational psychologist. He attended St Ippolyts Church of England Primary School and the Barclay School in Stevenage, England. He was attending North Herts College when he made his first film, Breaking and Entering, directed by the late Anthony Minghella. Career Westwick trained at the National Youth Theatre in London. He appeared on the British television series Doctors (as "Holden"), Casualty (as "Johnny Cullin") and... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Francis Huster
French actor, producer, screen writer and film director.... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of James Marsters
James Wesley Marsters (born August 20, 1962) is an American actor and musician, best known for playing the popular platinum-blond character Spike, an English yob of a vampire, in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. Early life He was born in Greenville, California, and grew up with his brother and sister in Modesto, California. Dreaming about becoming an actor since he played Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh in fourth grade, James joined the theater group at Davis High School, acting in many plays including musicals. After graduation, Marsters studied at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, 1980–1982, and Juilliard Drama School, 1982–1984. In an appearance on the Loveline radio show in early 2003 he spoke very negatively about the school ... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Valérie Lemercier
French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer.... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 – December 19, 1996) was an Academy Award nominated Italian film actor. Born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. During World War II he was interned in a Nazi prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice. In 1945 he started working for a film company and began taking acting lessons. His film debut was in I Miserabili (1947). He soon became a major international star, starring in Big Deal on Madonna Street; and in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita with Anita Ekberg in 1960, where he played a disillusioned and self-loathing tabloid columnist who spends his days and nights exploring Rome's high society. Mastroianni followed La dolce vita with another signature role, that of ... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of William Shatner
William Alan Shatner (born on March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor who gained fame for playing James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. Shatner has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing James T. Kirk and being a part of Star Trek. He also played the title role as veteran police sergeant T.J. Hooker, from 1982 to 1986. He has since worked as a musician, bestselling author, producer, director, and celebrity pitchman, most notably for Priceline.com. He currently co-stars as attorney Denny Crane on the television drama Boston Legal, for which he has won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award. Early life Shatner was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Joseph Shatner, a clothing manufa... Biography of Frédéric Mitterrand
Frédéric Mitterrand (born August 21, 1947) is the French Minister of Culture and Communication. Throughout his career, he has been an actor, a screenwriter, a television presenter, a writer, producer and director. He is the nephew of the former French president François Mitterrand and the son of Edith Cahier, the niece of Eugène Deloncle, co-founder of La Cagoule. In June 2008, he was appointed director of the French Academy in Rome by Président Sarkozy , and in June a year later, was made minister of culture, following in the footsteps of André Malraux and François Léotard.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Olivier de Kersauson
Olivier de Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only de Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20th July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass,” as he calls it. Very early on, Olivier de Kersauson was to break away from his family. Without being inattentive, he was a pupil, who did not settle in well to school life with the fathers at boarding school. He passed through eleven schools altogether. After his final school exams and getting up to a lot of things, always on the coast, he began studying economics. At the age of twenty-two, he met Eric Tabarly in Saint Malo. Shortly after, Eric invited him to do his military service on board. This opportunity stretched into eight years d... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe, Jr. (born July 22, 1955) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood films The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Platoon (1986) and the Spider-Man series. Early life Dafoe, the seventh of eight children, was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Muriel Isabel Sprissler, a nurse and Boston native, and Dr. William Alfred Dafoe, a surgeon. His paternal grandfather was from Ontario, Canada. He acquired the nickname "Willem" in childhood. His birth name is William Dafoe; he changed it to "Willem" (Dutch for "William") so people wouldn't call him "Billy". After graduating from Appleton East High School, he studied drama at the University of Wi... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. With a stage show that featured guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood and boa constrictors, Cooper drew equally from heavy metal, garage rock, horror movies and vaudeville to create a theatrical brand of rock music that would come to be known as shock rock. "Alice Cooper" was originally a band name with frontman Vincent Furnier portraying the lead persona. In 1974 Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper and launched a successful solo career. Since their first single release in 1966, when the band was known as "The Spiders", the original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1972 hit "School's Out" and reach... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Gaby Espino
Gaby Espino (born María Gabriela Espino Ruguero on November 15, 1977 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan actress and model. Her latest telenovela is Sin Vergüenza (Shameless) on Telemundo. Maria Gabriela Espino Rugero is the oldest daughter of her family. She has two brothers, Mariano and Gustavo; and two sisters, Andreina and Nelly (the youngest). Her father was a chemical engineer, her mother, Mariela Rugero de Guinand works in publicity. Since she was young she was fascinated by animals, and she wished to be a veterinarian. Later, she encourages herself to study medicine, but desisted, Then she study odontology without being satisfied, she ends up studying publicity. Originally she wasn't attracted in working on television. Filmography Elipsis (2006) (post-production) Mundo de... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, the Santana Blues Band, going mostly under the title "Santana," which created a highly successful blend of salsa, rock, blues, and jazz fusion. Their sound featured his often high-pitched and distorted guitar lines set against Latin American instrumentation such as timbales and congas. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades, and experienced a sudden resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Over his career he has sold an estimated 85 million albums worldwide. Discography Albums (by the ... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Benoît Magimel
Benoît Magimel (born May 11, 1974) is a French actor. Filmography 1988: La vie est un long fleuve tranquille, directed by Étienne Chatiliez 1989: Papa est parti, maman aussi, directed by Christine Lipinska 1992: Les Années campagne, directed by Philippe Leriche 1992: Toutes peines confondues, directed by Michel Deville 1993: Le Cahier volé, directed by Christine Lipinska 1994: L'Incruste, directed by Emilie Deleuze 1995: La Fille seule, directed by Benoît Jacquot 1995: La Haine, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz 1996: Les Voleurs, directed by André Téchiné 1996: Quinze sans billets, directed by Samuel Tasinaje 1997: Papa, directed by Laurent Merlin 1998: Déjà mort, directed by Olivier Dahan 1998: Warning, directed by Nicolas Klein 1998: Une minute de silence, d... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kurylenko (born November 14, 1979 Ukraine) is an Ukrainian model and actress. She starred in the Paris, je t'aime segment Quartier de la Madeleine opposite Elijah Wood. Partial filmography L'Annulaire (2005) Paris, je t'aime (2006) Hitman (2007)... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Sandrine Quétier
Sandrine Quétier, born December 30, 1970, is a French TV host. She works for TF1 (4 minutes inside, 50 minutes inside, E! Entertainment and some TV show, since 1994).... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer (16 January 1942 in Moulins, Allier) is a French actor. He was born in Moulins, Allier. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer. He has 2 other children : Richard and Lou. He also is a musician, a writer (and a poet). Apart from being an actor, he also has produced or directed some movies. Filmography Actor * 1970 : La Maison, de Gérard Brach : Un ami de Loraine * 1973 : L'Italien des roses, de Charles Matton : Raymond, l'Italien * 1976 : Les Conquistadores, de Marco Pauly : Jean-Pierre * 1977 : L'Animal, de Claude Zidi : Un assistant de Sergio * 1979 : Martin et Léa, d'Alain Cavalier : Lucien * 1980 : Alors heureux ?, de Claude Barrois : Le médecin-chef * 1980 : Les Sous-doués, de Claude Zidi : Le pion * 1980 ... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Colbie Caillat
Colbie Caillat (pronounced /ˈkoʊlbi kəˈleɪ/ (info) "Kole-bee Kal-lei") (born Colbie Marie Caillat on May 28, 1985 in Newbury Park, California) is an American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California. Her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk albums; Caillat recalls being around the likes of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie as a child. Caillat is noted for her MySpace profile which led her to become the number-one unsigned singer in her genre for four months. Her popularity on the social network was partially due to her song "Bubbly". Her profile has garnered over thirty-one million plays. For the week of July 17, 2007, "Bubbly" was featured on the iTunes Store as the free "Single of the Week". The promotion coincided w... Biography of Bernard Campan
Bernard Campan (born April 4, 1958) is a French actor, film director and writer. He is a member of Les Inconnus trio of humorists.... Biography of Ovidie
Ovidie is a French pornographic actress born on August 25, 1980. Overview Ovidie studied philosophy at college. She denies entering the porn industry for either sex or money. Describing herself as middle class, happily married (though now divorced), she represents a (publicly) emerging sophistication among industry workers. Her involvement in dance and choreography, and her interest in expression of the human body, eventually would play a part in attracting her to the industry. At the time Ovidie became a porn actress, she was a militant feminist. She first viewed pornography to get a personal sense of the injustice that was being perpetrated on female industry workers. She found herself surprised when female porn stars, who she once felt sorry for, impressed her with their power... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of will.i.am
William James Adams, Jr. (born March 15, 1975), better known by his stage name will.i.am, is an American hip hop musician, songwriter and founding member and frontman of Black Eyed Peas. He is of Jamaican descent. Source for his borth time: birth certificate in hand. Personal life He shares his moniker with John Coltrane, the jazz saxophonist. In 1971 fellow Saxophonist and fan of Coltrane Franzo King founded the Church of Saint John Will-i-am Coltrane which still worships to this day. The possible connection with the Black Eyed Peas' vocalist is through the Peas' producer Sergio Mendes, a jazz aficionado who saw Coltrane play in the early 60s. In September 2007, will.i.am's record label Universal Music Group decided on a pilot scheme to reward certain file sharing with cash incen... Biography of Mickaël Vendetta
Mickaël Vendetta (real name Mickael Adon) (born October 3, 1987 in Le Creusot, France is a French Internet phenomenon, actor, musician, and entrepreneur whose notoriety followed upon the buzz he created on the internet through his personal blog. Background Vendetta obtained an ES French baccalauréat and began courses in Business Management at Asnières-sur-Seine, which he stopped after 3 months. He said that he was not made for the school system because he found it "too left-wing". He then decided to take control of his life and joined a gym in Puteaux. Months of training got him better physique. He lists as his personal objectives, to become an actor, to market a clothing line, and release a single of house music. He also considers becoming a politician like Arnold Schwarzenegger... Biography of Drake Bell
Jared Drake Bell (Born June 27, 1986), better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, guitarist, and singer/songwriter. After beginning his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well known among young audiences for his role on the series Drake & Josh. In addition to his acting, Bell has a growing career as a musician and released his debut album, Telegraph, independently in 2005. His second album, It's Only Time, was released in 2006 after signing with Universal/Motown. Bell is commonly associated with Josh Peck and Miranda Cosgrove in his acting career. Filmography : The Jack Bull High Fidelity Seinfeld The Drew Carey Show Le Caméléon Papa Bricole Une famille 2 en 1 Zoé... Biography of Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as "Sinclair" (born Christophe Le Friant, May 10, 1967) is a French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions. Height: 1m77 Career history Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was 18 years old, specializing in funk and hip-hop music, with the name Chris The French Kiss. His first club hit was "Gym Tonic", which was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape. The Bob Sinclar persona was based on a character from Philippe de Broca's film Le Magnifique. Le Friant is famous for popularizing the "French touch" of house music, with heavy use of sampled and filtered disco strings. His track "I Feel For You", a tribute to French musician Cerrone, ... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924(1924-10-01)), was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate, and was the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Carter's presidency saw the United States crippled by stagflation, suffer massive gas shortages, and struggle through several major crises. His administration also saw the creation of two cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy, removed price controls from domestic petroleum production, and advocated for less American reliance on foreign oil sources. He bolstered the Social Security system by i... Biography of Gérard Darmon
Gérard Darmon, born February 29, 1948 (source: Didier Geslin) in Paris, is a French actor and singer. Discography 2003 : Au milieu de la nuit 2006 : Dancing Filmography 1973 : Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, de Gérard Oury 1980 : Diva, de Jean-Jacques Beineix 1982 : Le Grand Pardon, de Alexandre Arcady 1982 : Les Princes, de Tony Gatlif 1982 : La Baraka, de Jean Valère 1983 : Cap Canaille, de Juliet Berto 1983 : Le Grand Carnaval, de Alexandre Arcady 1984 : Notre histoire, de Bertrand Blier 1984 : Liberté, égalité, choucroute, de Jean Yanne 1985 : On ne meurt que deux fois, de Jacques Deray 1985 : Les Loups entre eux, de José Giovanni 1985 : 37°2 le matin, de Jean-Jacques Beineix 1985 : Rue du départ, de Tony Gatlif 1986 : Le Beauf, de Yves Amou... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Gemma Ward
Gemma Ward (born November 3, 1987) is an Australian supermodel and actress. One of the most well known models in the world, she is considered a model of the moment by many fashion insiders and fans alike, with her baby doll-like look inspiring a new craze in fashion. Height 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) Ward was born in Perth, Western Australia, as the second child of Gary and Claire Ward. Her older sister, Sophie Ward is also a model and she has younger twin brothers, Oscar and Henry Ward. She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth and Shenton College. As said herself in a Teen Vogue interview, she accompanied her friends to a modeling competition and ended up being scouted herself. "I had come straight from my auntie and uncle's farm, and I was wearing this big gray ba... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated Northern Irish-born actor and film director. Early life Branagh was born in Belfast to working-class Protestant parents Frances (Harper), a homemaker, and William Branagh, a carpenter who ran a company that specialised in fitting partitions and suspended ceilings. He was educated at Grove Primary School. At age nine, he relocated with his family to Reading in England to escape the Troubles between Protestants and Catholics. Career Branagh achieved some early measure of success in his native Northern Ireland for his role as the title character in the BBC's Play for Today series known as the Billy Plays, written by Graham Reid and set in Belfast. He has worked on both stage and scree... Biography of Oxana Fedorova
Oxana Fedorova (Oksana Fyodorova, Оксана Федорова in Russian) (born December 17, 1977) is a Russian Miss Universe winner (dethroned), police officer, television hostess, actress, and UNICEF representative. Fedorova is a Russian woman who became the first Miss Russia to win the Miss Universe contest. She began in the entertainment business as a model and became Miss St. Petersburg in 1999 and Miss Russia in 2001, but declined to go to the Miss Universe 2001 pageant (where her runner-up Oxana Kalandyrets was a semifinalist). Early life Childhood Oxana Fedorova was born in Pskov, Russia, where she lived until she was 18. Fedorova is an only child, and she was brought up by her mother and maternal gr... Biography of Michel Fugain
Michel Fugain (born May 12, 1942 in Grenoble, Isère) is a French singer and composer. Originally he released music along with his singers and dancers entitled "Le Big Bazar" but went for a more solo approach 1977. In 1969 he published his first album: Je n'aurai pas le temps (French: "I won't have time"). The song was later covered in English by John Rowles and was entitled "If I only had time". Greatest hits Je n'aurai pas le temps (1967) Les fleurs de mandarine (1967) Une belle histoire (1972) Fais comme l'oiseau (1972) Attention Mesdames et Messieurs (1972) Chante (1973) Jusqu'à demain peut-être (1973) La fête (1973) Bravo Monsieur le Monde (1973) Tout va changer (1973) Les gentils, les méchants (1973) Les acadiens (1975) ... Biography of Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz (born 3 August 1967 in Paris) is a French director, screenwriter, occasional actor and is considered one of contemporary France's top emerging film talents, best known for his searing Cannes-winning drama La Haine. Kassovitz was born in Paris, the son of director Peter Kassovitz, a Jewish immigrant from Hungary, and a Roman Catholic French mother who was also in the film industry as an editor. Filmmaker As a filmmaker, Kassovitz has a number of artistic and commercial successes under his belt. He wrote and directed La Haine (1995, English translation: Hate), a hugely successful and very controversial film in France dealing with race relations which won the César Award for Best Film and netted Kassovitz the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival. When he... Biography of Lou Doillon
Lou Doillon (born September 1, 1982 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French actress. Lou Doillon is the daughter of film director Jacques Doillon and singer-actress Jane Birkin. Her half-sisters are actress Charlotte Gainsbourg and photographer Kate Barry. Doillon has also modelled for Givenchy and the Pirelli Calendar. She has a son, named Marlowe Tiger.... Biography of Stéphane Guillon
Stéphane Guillon, born December 6, 1963 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (birth time source: birth certificate n°4500, André Dekoster), is a French humorist, TV host and actor. Filmography Actor 2001 : Comment j'ai tué mon père, de Anne Fontaine 2003 : Moi César, 10 ans ½, 1m39, de Richard Berry 2004 : Une vie à t'attendre 2006 : La Vie d'artiste, de Marc Fitoussi Television 2000 : La double vie de Jeanne : Sylvain DVD 2007 : En avant la musique... Biography of Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935, Toulouse, France – 2 July 2010, Paris, France) was a French actor. Laurent Terzieff was the son of a plastician and a Russian sculptor who emigrated to France during the First World War. The spectacle of the bombardments had a dramatic effect on nine-year-old Laurent Terzieff. As an adolescent, he was fascinated with philosophy and poetry. He assisted with a representation of the "La Sonate des spectres" by Strindberg, directed by Roger Blin; while involved in the theater he decided he wanted to become an actor. Terzieff made his debut in 1953 with the Theatre of Babylon of Jean-Marie Serreau in Tous contre tous of Adamov. After several more roles, Marcel Carné offered him a lead role in 1958's Tricheurs, a tale about existentialist youth. He then a... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (Persian: محمدرضا پهلوی Moḥammad Rez̤ā Pahlavī) (October 26, 1919, Tehran (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – July 27, 1980, Cairo), styled His Imperial Majesty, and holding the imperial titles of Shahanshah (King of Kings), and Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans), was the monarch of Iran from September 16, 1941 until the Iranian Revolution on February 11, 1979. He was the second monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty and the last Shah of the Iranian monarchy. The Shah came to power during World War II, after an Anglo-Soviet invasion forced the abdication of his father, Reza Shah. Mohammad Reza Shah's rule oversaw the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry under prim... Biography of Jonny Wilkinson
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson OBE (born 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey) is an English rugby union player and member of the England rugby union team. From 2001-2003, before and during the 2003 Rugby World Cup, Wilkinson rose to fame for being one of the world’s best rugby players. He was an integral member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning England squad, scoring the winning drop goal in the last minute of extra time against Australia. He plays his club rugby in the Guinness Premiership for Newcastle Falcons. Wilkinson has also toured twice with the British and Irish Lions, in 2001 and 2005, scoring 44 Test points in the 5 Lions test matches he has started. Height: 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Weight: 88 kg (194 lb) Nickname: Wilko Due to a litany of injuries — variously, of the knee... Biography of Patrice Laffont
Patrice Laffont born August 21, 1940 in Marseille is a French TV host and comedian. He is the son of editor Robert Laffont and the father of French humorist Axelle Laffont and Mathilde Laffont.... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His hit singles have included "Don't Do Me Like That", "Refugee", "Runnin' Down a Dream", "The Waiting", "Don't Come Around Here No More", "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'", "Mary Jane's Last Dance", "American Girl", and "You Don't Know How It Feels", most of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. Petty is also a vocal critic of the modern recording industry and the disintegration of independent radio stations, and recorded an album on that theme - The Last DJ. Petty has been supported by his band, the Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as is the case with his most recent effort, 2006's Highway Companion, on whic... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, producer and composer. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early life Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia to Ellen, a housewife and amateur actress originally from Manchester, Iowa, and Michael Mulroney, a law professor at Villanova University School of Law, originally from Elkader, Iowa. He has a sister, Moira, and three brothers, Conor, Kieran (who is also an actor) and Sean. Mulroney's ancestors immigrated from Donegal and Mayo in Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine; he is of mostly Irish descent, although one of his grandmothers way back was German American. Mulroney attended Maury Elementary School and played cello in school and city youth orchestras, as well as, acting in children's community theater. He later attended... Biography of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m). Early life Hoffman was born in Fairport, New York, the son of Marilyn L. O'Connor, a family court judge, lawyer, and civil rights activist, and Gordon S. Hoffman, a former Xerox executive. He has two sisters, Jill and Emily, and a brother, Gordy Hoffman, who scripted the 2002 film Love Liza, in which Philip starred. Hoffman has Irish ancestry; his father was Protestant and his mother was Catholic, and Hoffman was not raised with a deep commitment to either religious tradition. Hoffman's parents divorced when he was nine years old. His first acting role was as Radar O'Riley in Fairport High School's production of MASH directed by Marjorie Marshall in 1982. Hoffman recei... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Jelena Jankovic
Jelena Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Јанковић, pronounced ; born on February 28, 1985 (birth time source: Paddy de Jabrun, Astrodatabank)) is a Serbian professional female tennis player. Janković entered the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) top 15 in late 2006 when she reached the semi-finals of the U.S. Open. At the beginning of 2007, she broke into the top 10 in the WTA rankings, and entered the top 3 when she reached the semifinals of the French Open. She won the Mixed Doubles title at 2007 Wimbledon Championships with partner Jamie Murray. Tennis career Early career Janković learned her first tennis skills in Tennis Club 'Red Star'. As a nine-and-a-half year old she was in... Biography of Stéphane Lambiel
Stéphane Lambiel (born April 2, 1985 in Martigny, Switzerland) is a Swiss figure skater, known for his creative and beautiful spins. He is a two-time World Champion (2005-2006), the 2006 Olympic silver medalist and a seven-time National Champion. Lambiel grew up in Saxon, Switzerland. He has a sister, Silvia (born in 1982), and a brother, Christophe (born in 1989). Lambiel lives in Lausanne, Switzerland and received his "maturité" (matura) in biology and chemistry in June 2004. However, he has decided to postpone university studies to focus on figure skating. He trains in Geneva and Lausanne and as most Swiss rinks close in the summer, he also trains in Germany (Oberstdorf sometimes) during that time. His long-time coach is Peter Grütter and his choreographer is Salomé Brunner. He has r... Biography of Casper van Dien
Casper Robert Van Dien, Jr. (born December 18, 1968, in Milton, Florida) is an American actor, best known for his role as Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers and most recently as bodyguard Andre in My Network TV's Watch Over Me. Early life Casper grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey. His mother is a retired nursery school teacher, and his father a retired U.S. Navy pilot. There is a long military tradition in Van Dien's family. Besides his father, his grandfather was a marine during World War II. Van Dien is a descendant of an old Dutch family long settled in the New York area; his other heritage includes Swedish, French, English and Native American. When he was older, his family returned to Florida, where he enrolled at the St. Petersburg branch of the Admiral Farragut Military Academy, grad... Biography of Derren Brown
Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is an English psychological illusionist and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. He was born in Croydon, South London, and studied Law and German at the University of Bristol. Whilst there, he attended a show by the hypnotist Martin S. Taylor, which inspired him to turn to illusion and hypnosis as a career. Around 1994, he worked as a conjuror, practising the traditional skills of close-up 'magic'. In 1996, he started performing stage hypnosis shows at the University of Bristol under his then stage name of Darren V. Brown. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Later, Brown became interested in mind-reading through Ian Rowland. Shortly after, he was commissioned to do a pilot for his Channel 4 television series, Mind Control. Aside from his main work, he is a... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Luke Perry
Luke Perry (born Coy Luther Perry III on October 11, 1966) is an American actor best known for his role as Dylan Michael McKay in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. IMDB gives 1965, but Wikipedia gives birth sources for 1966. Height 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Perry was born at Mansfield General Hospital (now Med-Central Hospital) in Mansfield, Ohio to Coy Luther Perry Jr. and Ann Bennett. He was raised in the town of Fredericktown, Ohio. He is a graduate of Fredericktown High School. Perry married Rachel "Minnie" Sharp in November 1993, and the couple had two children, Jack and Sophie. They divorced in 2003. Perry is currently dating Karolynn Archer and they are rumored to be engaged. Television In Beverly Hills, 90210, Perry originally auditioned for the role of Steve Sanders. ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897 – November 3, 1957) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Reich was a respected analyst for much of his life, focusing on character structure, rather than on individual neurotic symptoms. He promoted adolescent sexuality, the availability of contraceptives and abortion, and the importance for women of economic independence. One biographer, Myron Sharaf, writes that Reich's work left a deep impression on influential thinkers such as Alexander Lowen, Fritz Perls, Paul Goodman, Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, and William Burroughs. Theologian Robert S. Corrington emphasizes Reich's ability to synthesize material from psychoanalysis, cultural anthropology, economics, sociology, and ethics. He was also a controversial figure, who came to be vie... Biography of Clovis Cornillac
Clovis Cornillac (Lyon, 16 August 1967 — ) is a French theater, television and cinema actor. Clovis Cornillac was born to actors Myriam Boyer and Roger Cornillac. He started studying theater at the age of 14. He had his debut in cinema in 1984 in Robin Davis' Outlaws. He was noticed by Dominique Besnehard, who introduced him to Peter Brook at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. Cornillac was hired in a contemporary play, Le Mahâbharata. Cornillac is married to actor Caroline Proust. They have twin daughters. Honours Made a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon in 2004. 2005 Prix Jean-Gabin laureate 2005 César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités... Career Theater ... Biography of Monica Seles
Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American professional tennis player, who originally played for her native Yugoslavia. Her family is of Hungarian descent. She has won eight Grand Slam singles titles playing for Yugoslavia and one playing for the United States. She became the youngest-ever champion at the French Open in 1990. She was the top ranked player in the women's game during 1991 and 1992. Seles (Serbian: Моника Селеш, Monika Seleš; Hungarian: Szeles Mónika (pronounced /sɛlɛʃ/) was born in Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Vojvodina, Serbia) to ethnically Hungarian parents. Considered to be one of the best players of all time, Seles began playing ten... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Kat Von D
Kat Von D (born Katherine Von Drachenberg on March 8, 1982 in Monterrey, Mexico) is a Mexican-born American tattoo artist and television personality. She is best known for her work as a featured tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show Miami Ink. A subsequent TLC series LA Ink, premiered August 7, 2007 in the United States and November 11, 2007 in the UK. Von D was born in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Her father is René Von Drachenberg and her mother is Sylvia Galeano. Both of her parents are from Argentina, her father's side are German ancestors and mother's is Spanish-Italian . Kat, a middle child, has a sister named Karoline and a brother named Michael. She moved to Los Angeles at age 4 and grew up in Colton California in Southern California. She credits the prominent Latino culture o... Biography of Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco (born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Astana. He was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France with the Discovery Channel team, and the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Vuelta a España, and the 2009 Tour de France as well as the 2010 Tour de France with Astana. He is the fifth racer in history, and the first Spaniard, to win all three Grand Tours of road cycling. Contador has been referred to as the best climbing specialist and stage racer in the world. Notable summit stage finishes on which he has victories include the Alto de El Angliru in the Vuelta and the Plateau de Beille in the Tour. After being widely expected to lose his tenuous lead in the 2007 Tour de France in that race's final individual time trial, Contador has... Biography of Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès on December 28, 1953, Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums, including renditions and arrangements of popular music, French chansons, and popular piano works of Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart. Most of his recordings focus on popular music in general and orchestral arrangements of well-known romantic songs in particular, such as Yesterday, The Sound of Silence and Memory, rather than on Jazz or Classical Music. He is known to alter many famous pieces of music such as Für Elise. His music is generally played with an orchestra. This accompaniment is usually with James Last's orchestra. Born to a piano teacher, Clayderman started studying to play piano at age six, and he was accepted at a Conservatory of Music in Paris at age... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Benny Hill
Alfred Hawthorn Hill (21 January 1924 – 19 April 1992), better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English comic, actor and singer, best known for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show. Beginnings Alfred "Alfie" Hill was born in Southampton, where he and his brother attended Tauntons School. During the Second World War Hill was one of the scholars evacuated with the school to Bournemouth School, East Way, Bournemouth. After leaving Tauntons School, Hill worked variously as a milkman in Eastleigh, bridge operator, driver and drummer, before he finally got a foot in the door of the entertainment industry by becoming an assistant stage manager. Inspired by the 'star comedians' of British music hall shows, Hill set out to make his mark in show business. For the stage, he changed hi... Biography of Nathalie Marquay
Nathalie Marquay Pernaud is French comedian and a former Miss France, born March 17, 1967. She is the wife of French journalist Jean-Pierre Pernaud, and has two children, Tom and Lou.... Biography of François Léotard
François Gerard Marie Léotard (born March 26, 1942, Cannes) is a retired French politician. He is the brother of singer/actor Philippe Léotard. François Léotard, 1987. Member of the Republican Party, the liberal-conservative component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF), he appeared in the foreground of the political scene in the 1980s. He led a new generation of right-wing politicians, the "renovationmen", who opposed to the old right-wing leaders Jacques Chirac and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Culture Minister, from 1986 to 1988, he sold the main public TV chanel TF1. He returned in the cabinet as Defense Minister, from 1993 to 1995. Supporting the candidacy of Edouard Balladur in the 1995 presidential election, he was dismissed after Chirac's election. Elected president of the... Biography of Marvin Hagler
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler in Newark, New Jersey, May 23, 1954), is an American former boxer. He finished his boxing career with a record of 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts. Early life and amateur career A native of Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1973 he was National AAU 165 pound champion, after defeating Terry Dobbs of Atlanta and the Marine Corps, in the final. Hagler was named the outstanding boxer of the tournament, after winning four fights; two by knockout and two by decision. Professional Career Hagler was a # 1 ranked Middleweight boxer for many years before he could fight for the title. He often had to travel to his opponents' hometowns to get fights, and he even boxed against the best that the city of Philadelphia had to offer. He lost decisions to... Add to favourites (43 fans)Biography of G-Dragon
Kwon Ji-Yong, better known by his stage name G-Dragon, is the leader of the Korean hip-hop group Big Bang. Career 2001 – 2005: Debut G-Dragon debuted at the age of 12, by participating in the Korean Hip Hop Flex album in 2001, as the third oldest member of the group. In 2002, he was scouted to YG Entertainment. 2006 – present: Success with Big Bang and solo career Main article: Big Bang (band) In 2006, G-Dragon debuted alongside 4 other members as Big Bang with the debut song "We Belong Together". The group has enjoyed success with their songs "거짓말" (Lies), "마지막 인사" (Last Farewell), and 하루하루 (Day by Day), 천국(My Heaven) which G-Dragon participated in the production process. He ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Maria Menounos
Maria Menounos (Greek:Μαρία Μενούνου) (born June 8, 1978 in Stoneham, Massachusetts (birth certificate)) is an American actress, journalist, and television presenter known in America for her appearances as a correspondent for Today, Access Hollywood, Extra, and abroad for co-hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece. Early life and beauty pageants Menounos, a Greek American, was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts to immigrant parents Costas and Litsa Menounos. She has a younger brother, Peter, and is fluent in the Greek language. At age 17, she was an employee of Dunkin' Donuts. Menounos attended the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Menounos attended Medford High School in Medford, MA. In 1995, Menounos... Biography of Benny Anderson
Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born in Stockholm, Sweden on December 16, 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA (1972-1982), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. Currently active with his own band Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO!), and co-producing forthcoming film Mamma Mia!. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early years Andersson was born to 34-year-old constructional engineer Gösta Andersson and his 26-year-old wife Laila. His sister Eva-Lis Andersson followed in 1948. Andersson's musical background comes basically from his father and grandfather; they both enjoyed playing the accordion, and at six, Benny got his own. Father Gösta and grandfather Efraim taught him Swedish folk music, traditional musi... Biography of Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 27 July 1968, Messina, Italy) is an Italian actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, she has also worked as a producer, screenwriter and model. She is well-known in Italy as a movie and television actress, but internationally she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and as the Bond girl, the Cigar Girl, in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. She guest starred in The Sopranos episode "Isabella". She also appeared on The Simpsons episode "The Italian Bob" voicing Sideshow Bob's wife, Francesca. She won the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2010. Personal life She married Gino Violati in 1995, and they have one daughter, Giulia. Recognitions * 2010 Peoplestar.co.uk Celebrity Magazine,... Biography of Bridget Moynahan
Kathryn Bridget Moynahan (born April 28, 1971), best known as Bridget Moynahan, is an American model and actress. After graduating from Longmeadow High School in 1989, Moynahan pursued a career in modeling. She was signed by a modeling agency, which led her to appear in department store catalogs and the covers of widely known magazines. After doing television commercials, she began taking acting lessons, in order to change occupations. Moynahan made her television debut in a guest appearance in the comedy series Sex and the City in 1999, where she would later have a recurring role as the character Natasha. The following year, she made her feature film debut in Coyote Ugly. She was then cast in a supporting role in Serendipity (2001). Moynahan has appeared in an eclectic range of films, ... Biography of Christian Karembeu
Christian Karembeu (born December 3, 1970 in Lifou, New Caledonia) is a former French international football (soccer) player. He announced his retirement on October 13, 2005, although he added that he would "be having a kickabout from time to time". Height 1,77 m. He last played midfield for Bastia in the French Ligue 1. They obtained him on loan from Swiss side Servette, until they lost their relegation battle. Prior to joining Servette, Karembeu played for Nantes (1990-95), Sampdoria (1995-97), Real Madrid (1997-2000), Middlesbrough (2000-01), Olympiakos (2001-04), Servette Genève (2004-05), Bastia (2005). With Real Madrid, he won the Champions League in 1998 and 2000. Born in the French territory of New Caledonia, he was a vital player in the French team that won the 1998 Worl... Biography of Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani (pron.: /ˈruːdi ˌdʒuːliˈɑːni/; born May 28, 1944 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American lawyer, businessman, former politician, and public speaker from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. A Democrat and Independent in the 1970s, and a Republican since the 1980s, Giuliani served in the United States Attorney's Office, for the Southern District of New York, eventually becoming U.S. Attorney. He prosecuted a number of high-profile cases, including ones against organized crime and Wall Street financiers. Giuliani served two terms as Mayor of New York City, having run on the Republican and Liberal lines. He was credited with initiating improvements in the city's quality o... Biography of Patricia Velásquez
Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún (born January 31, 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and fashion model. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early life Velásquez, the fifth of six children, was born in Zulia, Venezuela to a Venezuelan Mestizo father and a mother who came from the Wayuu tribe. Her father worked for UNESCO and as a result, she spent some of her childhood in Mexico and France. She attended San Vicente de Paul High School, graduating in 1987. After a year of college studies, Velásquez left for Milan, Italy, in pursuit of a modeling career. Career In 1997 she studied acting in Los Angeles and New York. In 1998, she paced down runways in ready-to-wear fashion shows for designers such as Antonio Berardi, Bella Freud, Corinne Cobson, Claude Montana, and Dolce & Gabbana. As for print... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Candice Swanepoel
Candice Swanepoel (born October 20, 1988) is a South African model best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. Early life Swanepoel was born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, and was spotted by a model scout in a Durban flea market at age 15. By age 16, Swanepoel was earning 5,000 Euros or R40,000 for a day's work. Modeling career Swanepoel's resume includes covers for Vogue (Greece), ELLE (Germany), and Ocean Drive (U.S.) and advertisements for Nike, Diesel, Guess?, and Versus Eyewear. Swanepoel has walked the runway for Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce and Gabbana, Sass and Bide, Betsey Johnson, Diane von Fürstenberg and numerous other designers, as well as for Victoria's Secret in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In addition to appearing in the lingerie brand's commercials, she was a featured mode... Biography of Jacques Delors
Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born July 20, 1925 in Paris and raised in Le Lonzac (19) in Corrèze) is a French economist and politician, the only person to have served two terms as President of the European Commission (between 1985 and 1995). In the 1940s-1960s, Delors held a series of posts in French banking and state planning. Member of the French Confederation of Christian Workers, he participated in its secularization and the foundation of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour.In 1969, he became an adviser to the Gaullist Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas. In 1974, Delors joined the French Socialist Party, with the other "left-wing Christians". He served in the European Parliament from 1979 to 1981. Under President François Mitterrand, Delors served as Economics and Fina... Biography of Daisy Fuentes
Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban model and actress. Daisy Fuentes was born in Cuba, but moved to Madrid, Spain when she was three years old. Four years later, she emigrated to Harrison, New Jersey. Fuentes studied communications and journalism at Bergen Community College, finally being selected as the weather-girl for WNJU Channel 47, a Telemundo station. She quickly moved up the ranks, eventually becoming news anchor and reporter for the evening news. MTV took notice of the 19-year-old and snatched her up as host of MTV Internacional, which later became MTV en Español and later MTV Latin America. She began to develop acting credits and landed a role on the ABC soap opera Loving. Fuentes had appearances on shows such as Dream On, The Larry Sanders Show, ... Biography of Jimmy Connors
James Scott ("Jimmy") Connors (born September 2, 1952 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former American tennis champion who was the world number one player for 160 consecutive weeks from July 1974 to August 1977. He was also the World No. 1 player an additional 8 times during his career. He won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles. He is considered to be one of the top male tennis players of all time. Currently, he is coaching American tennis player Andy Roddick. Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) Career In 1970, Connors played his first international matches and recorded his first significant victory in the first round of the Pacific Southwest Open in Los Angeles, defeating Roy Emerson. In 1971, Connors won the NCAA singles title while attending the Univer... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama (born January 30, 1980) is an American actor best known for the role of Fez in the sitcom That '70s Show. He is also a screenwriter and a producer. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early life Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida, U.S., on January 30, 1980. His parents, Sobeida and Balbino Valderrama, moved to Venezuela when he was three years old, then to Los Angeles when he was thirteen. He has two sisters, Marylin and Stephanie, and a brother. Valderrama is of half Colombian and half Venezuelan heritage. His mother was born in Colombia, while his father was born in Venezuela. He did not speak English upon his arrival, but he quickly learned the language in school and began drama classes during high school. Valderrama has said that he was aided in learning English from... Biography of Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرویز مشرف) (born 11 August 1943) was the tenth President of Pakistan and led a military government. He took power on 12 October 1999 through a bloodless military coup d'état on the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. On 18 August 2008, Pervez Musharraf resigned under impeachment pressure from the coalition government. As President he was concurrently Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. He currently lives in London and has vowed to return for the next election. As Pakistan's head of state, he was a pro-U.S. ally in the War on Terror. He was credited with the development of Pakistan's economy during the early years of his rule. However, his limited popularity suffered after his suspension of the Su... Biography of Sébastien Folin
Sébastien Folin, born April 26, 1970 in Tananarive, is a French TV host.... Biography of Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil (January 8, 1934 - November 18, 1987), was a French cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour de France that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with 2 previous winners in the field - Gaul and Bahamontes - but he did just that. Early career Born the son of a peasant farmer in Mont-Saint-Aignan, near Rouen in Normandy, north-west France, Anquetil took the French amateur road title in 1952, one year after he began racing. In 1953, his first year as an independent or semi-professional rider, he won the 19th Grand Prix des Nations individual time trial, then considered the equal of a world championship. He won the Grand Prix des Nati... Biography of Howie Mandel
Howie Michael Mandel II (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian and actor, known primarily for his roles on sitcoms and television. He is best known as Ed Flanders's young intern, Dr. Wayne Fiscus on St. Elsewhere, and is currently the host of the US game show Deal or No Deal, airing on NBC, and the Canadian version, Deal or No Deal Canada, airing on Global. Early life Howie Mandel was born into a Jewish family and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After dropping out of high school (Northview Secondary School), Mandel became a carpet salesman who would later open a carpet sales business of his own. He became a stand-up comedian at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto and by September 1978 had a week-long booking as the featured act, billed as "a wild and crazy borderline psychotic." His repe... Biography of Malika Ménard
Malika Ménard, born July 14, 1987 in Rennes, is Miss France 2010. She wants to become a journalist. She was Miss Calvados and Miss Normandy 2009.... Biography of Emma Sjöberg
Emma Wiklund (née Sjöberg, born September 13, 1968, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish fashion model and actress. She is a 177 cm (5 ft 9½ in) tall, blue-eyed, blonde who has walked the runway for Thierry Mugler, Christian Lacroix and Lanvin. She was signed to Elite Model Management and can be seen in George Michael's music video for Too Funky alongside other supermodels such as Linda Evangelista. She began her acting career in 1995, and with the four Taxi movies (1998–2007), she became a popular actress in France. In her native Sweden, she is known as a TV programme hostess and a regular in the fashion world. In 2003 she married Hans Wiklund and they have two children, daughter Tyra and son Elis. She currently sits on the board for Swedish fashion retailer Lindex. She also appear... Biography of Geraldo Rivera
Gerald Michael Rivera (born July 4, 1943), known by his TV name Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo, is an American television journalist, attorney, and former talk show host. He is known to have an affinity for dramatic, high-profile stories, and issues that are divisive in nature. Rivera hosts the newsmagazine program Geraldo at Large, and appears regularly on Fox News Channel. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early life Rivera was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, the son of Lillian (née Friedman), a waitress, and Cruz Allen Riviera, a restaurant worker and cab driver. Rivera's father was Puerto Rican and his mother was Jewish, and he was raised "mostly Jewish" and had a Bar Mitzvah. He grew up in Brooklyn and West Babylon, New York. He is an alumnus of University of Arizona, where ... Biography of Charles Pasqua
Charles Pasqua (born 18 April 1927, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French businessman and Gaullist politician. He was Interior Minister from 1986 to 1988, under Jacques Chirac's cohabitation government, and also from 1993 to 1995, under the government of Edouard Balladur. He was first elected deputy of the UDR Gaullist party in 1968, a decenny after having founded the Service d'Action Civique (SAC) organisation. Counsellor of Jacques Chirac alongside Marie-France Garaud, he was in charge of the organisation of Chirac's campaign for the 1981 presidential election, won by the candidate of the Socialist Party (PS), François Mitterrand (1981-1995). As such, he is considered to be Chirac's mentor in politics. However, he broke with Chirac before the 1995 presidential election, supporting against... Biography of Bruno Salomone
Bruno Salomone, born July 13, 1970 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, is a French humorist and actor. Filmography 2001 : G@mer de Patrick Levy 2004 : Le Carton de Charles Némès 2005 : Brice de Nice de James Huth, "Igor Hossegor". 2005 : L'Homme qui voulait passer à la télé téléfilm de Amar Arhab, Pascal Légitimus et Fabrice Michelin. 2005 : Clara Sheller (série télé) 2005—2006 : Kaamelott 2005 : La Famille Zappon téléfilm de Amar Arhab et Fabrice Michelin 2006 : Hellphone de James Huth 2006 : Tous frais payés de Aline Issermann 2007 : La Maison de Manuel Poirier Cherche fiancé tous frais payés d'Aline Issermann Chapeau de roue de Tonie Marshall 2007 : Fais pas ci, fais pas ça, un document fiction de France 2. Voice 2004 : Les Indestructibles (T... Biography of Christine Arron
Christine Arron (born September 13, 1973 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. She arrived in Metropolitan France in 1990 and first trained with Fernand Urtebise, who also coached 1997 world 400m hurdles champion Stephane Diagana. She had a hip injury which kept her out of the 2001 World Championships. She was named 1998 European Women's Athlete of the Year, after winning the 100m at the European Athletics Championships, breaking the European record in the process. In 2001, after a heavy training period in the USA with John Smith and the HSI group, she quit training for a year, saying she was physically exhausted from the experience. "It was hell. Every morning I wondered how I was going to put up with the burden of trai... Biography of Dida Diafat
Dida Diafat, born April 24, 1970 in Algiers, Algeria, is a Frenchman who became a world champion in Thai kickboxing or Muay Thai at age 21. A fictionalised version of his life is depicted in the 2005 movie Chok-Dee, in which he plays himself. Dida is the only Thai fighter to win a contract with a French television channel. He is currently working on another movie but has no plans to return to the ring.... Biography of Kool Shen
Bruno Lopes, best known as Kool Shen, born February 9, 1966 (source: Didier Geslain), is a French rapper and marker. He was founder of hip hop group NTM (1989-1998) with Joey Starr. Suprême NTM (or simply NTM) is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprises rappers Joey Starr (born Didier Morville) and Kool Shen (born Bruno Lopès). Their six albums were released by Sony Music Entertainment. Their last album, "Suprême NTM" (containing the huge hit "Ma Benz"), enjoyed commercial success (800,000 records sold up to today), and is widely considered as one of the best French hip-hop albums ever. The group takes its name from the French slang "NTM", an abbreviation for "Nique Ta Mère" ("Nique" being an aphesis of the verb "forniquer", "to ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eric Naulleau
Éric Naulleau, born in Baden-Baden, Germany, March 11, 1961, is a French editor, translator, writer, TV host, radio host and polemist. He won Prix de la traduction de l'Unesco (2004). Bibliography 2003 : Petit Déjeuner chez Tyrannie, La fosse aux ours (suivi du Crétinisme Alpin de Pierre Jourde) 2004 : Le Jourde & Naulleau : Précis de littérature du XXIe siècle, Mango (avec Pierre Jourde) 2005 : Au secours, Houellebecq revient !, Chiflet&Cie 2006 : La Situation des esprits : (Art, littérature, politique, vie), Editions de la Martinière (avec Jean-Philippe Domecq)... Biography of Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947 (birth time source : Lena Accurso, Astrodatabank)) is a Mexican American (with dual citizenship) actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit. In 1988, Olmos was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Stand and Deliver. He has also been a longtime pioneer for more diversified roles and images of Latinos in the U.S. media in addition to his most notable roles/work by him starring, directing and producing films... Biography of Sylvie Joly
Sylvie Joly, born October 28, 1934 in Paris, is a French actress and humorist, and a former lawyer. She is the cousin of Pascal Joly, the husband of politician Eva Joly, and the sister of Louis-Noël Joly. Filmography * 1972 : L'Œuf (de Félicien Marceau), film de Jean Herman : la femme qui prend le bus * 1973 : L'Heptaméron / Les joyeux compères / Vertudieu de Claude Pierson * 1973 : Paul et Michèle - (Paul and Michelle) de Lewis Gilbert * 1973 : Piaf de Guy Casaril * 1973 : Salut l'artiste d'Yves Robert * 1973 : Les Valseuses de Bertrand Blier * 1976 : Calmos de Bertrand Blier * 1977 : Préparez vos mouchoirs de Bertrand Blier * 1977 : Va voir maman...papa travaille de François Leterrier * 1978 : Vas-y maman de Nicole de Buron * 1... Biography of Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born December 9, 1972) is a French professional male tennis player known for using both hands for every possible shot. He was born in Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia, located in the Pacific Ocean. Santoro has been most successful in doubles; he has won the 2003 and 2004 Australian Opens partnering Michaël Llodra, and has been runner-up, in doubles, at the 2002 Australian Open, 2004 French Open and at 2006 Wimbledon. He also won the 2005 French Open: he won the Roland Garros mixed doubles title with Daniela Hantuchová. In addition to his doubles prowess, Fabrice is noted for his cheery attitude on court and his vast arsenal of trick shots, making him a crowd favorite. His varied and innovative style of play has earned him the nickname The Magician... Biography of Jean-Jacques Debout
Jean-Jacques Debout, born March 9, 1940 in Paris, is a French singer. He is the husband of French singer Chantal Goya.... Biography of Catherine Jacob
Catherine Jacob, born December 16, 1956 in Paris, is a French actress. Filmography 1984 : Les Nanas d'Annick Lanoë 1986 : L'Etat de grâce de Jacques Rouffio 1987 : Maladie d'amour de Jacques Deray 1988 : La vie est un long fleuve tranquille d'Étienne Chatiliez 1988 : Les maris, les femmes, les amants de Pascal Thomas 1990 : Tatie Danielle d'Étienne Chatiliez 1991 : Merci la vie de Bernard Blier 1991 : Mon père ce héros de Gérard Lauzier 1992 : La Fille de l'air de Maroun Bagdadi 1993 : Stella plage d'Elisabeth Prouvost 1993 : La Soif de l'or de Gérard Oury 1993 : Les Braqueuses de Jean-Paul Salomé 1994 : Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses de Magali Clément 1995 : Le bonheur est dans le pré d'Étienne Chatiliez 1996 : Les Grands Ducs de Patrice Leconte 1997... Biography of Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter (born December 7, 1987) is the younger brother of singer Nick Carter. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late-1990s, establishing himself as a star among preteen and teenage audiences during the early-2000s. Carter, who has also launched an acting career, is known for media reports regarding his personal life, including his relationships with now former teen actresses Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan, and his legal problems, some involving his mother. Early life Carter was born at the Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, where his parents ran the Garden Villa Retirement Home, the family was originally from upstate New York, where his brother, Nick, was born. Carter is named after his paternal grandfather (Aaron Charles Carter), and has some Blackf... Biography of Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel (German pronunciation: ; born 3 July 1987) is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won in the 2011 season. In his first year driving for Red Bull in 2009, Vettel finished the season as the youngest-ever championship runner-up. He also secured Red Bull's first pole position and race win in the team's history. The following year he went on to become the youngest driver ever to win the World Drivers' Championship. In the same year he helped Red Bull win the team's first World Constructors' Championship, along with teammate Mark Webber. Vettel is also the youngest Formula One driver to drive at a Grand Prix meeting, at 19 years and 53 days, to score championship points (on his race debut at th... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy (born Michael Brown on August 3, 1973 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American actor. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Ealy grew up in the suburban Maryland neighborhood of Stonegate. He attended Springbrook High School and the University of Maryland, College Park. Ealy started his acting career in the late-1990s, appearing in a number of off-Broadway stage productions. Among his first film roles were Fast Company and Kissing Jessica Stein. His breakout role came in 2002's Barbershop, in which he plays reformed street thug Ricky Nash. He reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business. Later in 2004, Ealy appeared in Never Die Alone with DMX. He also appeared in Mariah Carey's music video for her hit single "Get Your Number" from her 2005 album The Emancipa... Biography of Mos Def
Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973), better known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American MC and actor. Mos Def started his rap career as a member of the Native Tongue Posse collective and by guesting on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. He released a well-received album with Talib Kweli as Black Star, and was a major force in the late 1990s underground hip hop explosion spearheaded by Rawkus Records. His name does not have anything to do with the words 'most definitely,' which is often misrepresented as the reason for his stage name being Mos Def. Instead, Mos Def refers to his belief that he is in fact the most 'def' of all ('def' being the old school Hip Hop term for 'cool'). Initially recognized for his musical output, Def's screen work since the early 2000s has es... Biography of Luiza Brunet
Luiza Brunet, born May 24, 1962, is a Brazilian model. She has worked for Playboy magazine.... Biography of Michel Jazy
Michel Jazy (born June 13, 1936 in Oignies) is a former French middle distance runner who won the silver medal over 1.500 m at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. The race was won by Herb Elliott in a new world record time. Jazy also set a world record over the Mile in a time of 3:53.6 min. in Rennes in 1965 and a world record over 2000 m in 4:56.1 min. in Saint Maur in 1966.... Biography of Freddie Ljungberg
Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg (IPA: ) (born 16 April 1977 in Vittsjö, Hässleholm) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for English club West Ham United. Ljungberg normally plays as a winger, either on his preferred right side or occasionally on the left. He is the captain of the Swedish national team. Early career Ljungberg joined Halmstad in Sweden as a youth player at the age of five. He played several other sports including ice hockey and handball for which he was called up to the national squad. He made his senior debut for Halmstads on 23 October 1994 in the Swedish First Division against AIK. He went on to make 139 appearances and score 16 goals for the club. He won both the Swedish Cup and League title with the club. Arsenal career Ljungberg was signed by Ars... Biography of Eric Gerets
Eric Gerets (born May 18, 1954 in Rekem, Belgium) is a former Belgian football defender who is currently the coach of French football club Olympique Marseille. Gerets played for Rekem, Standard de Liège, AC Milan, MVV Maastricht and PSV Eindhoven, winning among others the 1987-88 European Cup, two Belgian championships and six Dutch championships. Although he was a defender, he was well known for a particular attacking skill: long distance throw-ins. He is with 86 appearances the second most capped player for the Belgium national football team, scoring twice. As a manager, he worked successively for Lierse SK, Club Brugge, PSV Eindhoven, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and VfL Wolfsburg before joining Galatasaray SK at the end of the 2004-2005 season. In the season 1996-1997 he won the Belgian... Biography of B. B. King
B. B. King (born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925) is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, widely considered one of the best and most respected blues musicians of all time. Career Recording years B. B. King arrived in Memphis for the first time in 1946 to work as a musician but after few months of hardship he left, going back to Mississippi. There he decided to prepare himself better for the next visit and returned to Memphis two years later. Initially he worked at the local R&B radio channel WDIA as a singer. In 1949, he began recording songs under contract with Los Angeles based RPM Records. Many of King's early recordings were produced by Sam Phillips, who later founded Sun Records. King was also a disc jockey in Memphis, where he gained the nickname "Beale Stre... Biography of Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach is a famous French journalist and writer, born September 1937 in Oran, Algeria. Works Taisez-vous Elkabbach ! avec Nicole Avril, Éditions Flammarion, 1992 (ISBN 2080644211) 29 mois et quelques jours, Éditions Grasset, 1997 (ISBN 224654341X) Passion et longueur de temps avec Édouard Balladur, Éditions Fayard, 1989 (ISBN 2213023301) François Mitterrand : conversations avec un président, documentaire tourné entre avril 1993 et juin 1994, diffusé sur France 2 au mois de mai 2001 en cinq épisodes.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alina Vacariu
Alina Vacariu, born on December 13, 1984 in Suceava (source: askmen http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/celeb_profiles_model_60/66_alina_vacariu.html), is a Romanian actress and model. Among other work, she was Romania's Model of the Year in 1998 (at age of 15), which later resulted in signing a contract with Elite Model Management. Vacariu was one of Victoria's Secret Angels. She has also modeled bikinis and lingerie, such as The Finish. She starred in the Time Warner Cable commercial "Roommate Wanted", and appeared in a cameo role for the 2005 indie film Death of a Dynasty. She also posed for September edition of Stuff in 2001 and May edition of Maxim in 2003. She did a number of commercials for Abercrombie & Fitch, Bare Necessities, Bebe, Bianchi, Clairol, Dupont, Frederick's Of Hol... Biography of Daniel Bravo
Daniel Bravo (born February 9, 1963 in Toulouse is a former French international football player.... Biography of Henri Emmanuelli
Henri Emmanuelli (born on May 31, 1945) is a French politician. Image:Henriemmanuelli.jpg Henri Emmanuelli, 1997.Member of the Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS), he is deputy for Landes from 1978 to 1981, from 1986 to 1997 and since 2000. He was nominated Secretary of State to Overseas in 1981, to Budget in 1983, to Consumption between 1984 and 1986. He was chairman of the National Assembly from 1992 to 1993 after Laurent Fabius stepped down, following his nomination as leader of the socialist party. If he took the head of the party in 1994, he was defeated by Lionel Jospin to represent the Socialists at the 1995 presidential election. He let him his function of prime secretary. One year later, he was convicted for the illicit financing of the PS whereas he was its treasu... Biography of Charlotte de Turckheim
Anne-Charlotte de Turckheim (born 5 April 1955) is a French actress, screenwriter, comedian and film producer. Born in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, France, the daughter of Françoise Husson and Arnaud de Turckheim, a member of a noble Protestant family from Alsace, Charlotte de Turckheim studied theater after completing her baccalauréat degree. She has appeared in numerous films. Filmography * Le Ciel sur la tête (Television movie; U.S. title: Times Have Been Better) (2006, by Régis Musset) - Rosine * Les Aristos (2005, by Charlotte de Turckheim) - La comtesse Solange * Sexes très opposés (2001, by Éric Assous) - Brigitte * Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes soeurs... (1998, by Charlotte de Turckheim) - Jeanne * Héroïnes (1997, by Gérard Krawczyk) - ... Biography of Carolyn Murphy
Carolyn Murphy (born on August 11, 1973) is an American model and actress. Biography Carolyn Murphy was born in Panama City, Florida and grew up mainly in Northwest Florida, with brief periods in England and Maryland, as a result of her parents’ divorce. Her career began when at the age of 16, her mother enrolled her in a modeling school. Soon, she was modeling locally in Florida, as well as abroad in Japan and Paris. After graduating from Choctawhatchee High School in 1991, Murphy went to New York. Murphy enrolled at the University of Virginia, while modeling part-time. Mario Testino shot her for French Vogue, Missoni, Et Vous, and Gucci. In 1994 she was hired for Prada and appeared in major magazines like Harpers Bazaar and Vogue. Anna Wintour had Steven Meisel shoot her for Ame... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julie Arnold
Julie Arnold, born Christine Arnold, June 18, 1955, is a French actress and comedian. Selected filmography * 1978 : Une femme, une époque (feuilleton TV) * 1980 : Les Contes de Jean de la Fontaine de José Bénazéraf * 1983 : Le vison voyageur (théâtre) * 1984 : Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois !! : l'actrice porno * 1985 : Le Gaffeur : Lucienne (jeune) * 1985 : Châteauvallon (série TV) : Julie (standardiste) * 1986 : Double mixte (TV) * 1987 - 1991: Marc et Sophie (série TV) : Sophie * 1989 : Deux maîtres à la maison (feuilleton TV) * 1995 : Drôle de couple (théâtre) * 1997 : Le Grand Batre (série TV) : Elodie Bourquin * 1999 : Ma femme est folle (théâtre) * 2000 : On n'a qu'une vie (film TV) * 2002 : Ma femme ... Biography of Cristina Cordula
Cristina Cordula, born October 30, 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, is a a Brazilian fashion designer, TV host and a former model.... Biography of Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder (May 31, 1945 – June 10, 1982) was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema. Height: 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) Fassbinder was born in the Bavarian town of Bad Wörishofen. In his short life he not only made 43 films (including two shorts and the 15 ½ hour Berlin Alexanderplatz), but he also worked as an actor (film and theatre), author, cameraman, composer, designer, editor, producer and theatre manager. Fassbinder's prodigious cinematic output is legendary. He made, on average, a film every hundred days. His intense discipline and phenomenal creative energy when working were in violent contrast with the excesses of abasement and tortured relationships of his personal life with the... Biography of Gérard Vives
Gérard Vives, born November 30, 1962 in Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, is a French TV host and actor. Filmography Actor * 1987 : Aria (segment "Armide") : bodybuilder * 1993 : Les Visiteurs : infirmier * 2001 : G@mer : Marcus Lambert * 2005 : Cheyenne : Hugues / Waka Tanka Television series * 1993 : Hélène et les garçons (série TV) : un des gardes du corps de Thomas Favas, (rôle sans texte) * 1993 - 1994 : Les Filles d'à côté (série TV) : Gérard * 1993 - 1994 : Premiers Baisers (série TV) : Gérard * 1995 - 1996 : Les Nouvelles filles d'à côté (série TV) : Gérard * 1996 : La Croisière Foll'amour (série TV) : Gérard * 1998 : Extra Zigda (série TV) : Monsieur Blanchard * 2003 : Un amour en kit (téléfilm) : Brando * 2003 : ... Biography of Natacha Polony
Natacha Polony, born on April 15, 1975, is a French journalist, TV host, and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Jalabert
Laurent Jalabert (born November 30, 1968) is a French former professional cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as "Jaja" (the word is slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he rode to victory in many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the 1990s. Although he never won the Tour de France, where he said he suffered too much from altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España in 1995; as well as the leader's jersey, he also won the sprinter's jersey and climber's jersey all in the same race - only the second rider to have done this in a Grand Tour. Moreover, along with Eddy Merckx and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, he is one of only three riders to win the points classificati... Biography of Reka Ebergenyi
Reka Ebergenyi, born June 24, 1982 in Budapest, is a Hungarian supermodel.... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Yvonne Strahovski
Yvonne Strahovski or Yvonne Strzechowski (born 30 July 1982) is an Australian actress. Born in Maroubra, a suburb of Sydney, as Yvonne Strzechowski, she adopted the more phonetic spelling of Yvonne Strahovski as her stage name at Chuck producer Josh Schwartz's behest for the sake of easier pronunciation. She is a graduate of University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean with a Bachelor of Arts in Performance. Strahovski appeared in some roles in Australian film and television and currently appears as Sarah Walker in the American television series Chuck. Strahovski speaks fluent Polish and employed it in a brief exchange in the Chuck episode "Chuck Versus The Wookiee." Although she portrays an American in the series, she briefly spoke in her real Australian accent in the episode "Chuc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Hue
Robert Hue, in full Robert Georges Auguste Hue (born October 19, 1946, Cormeilles-en-Parisis in Val-d'Oise) is a French politician. He is a former leader of French Communist Party (PCF) and was a candidate in the presidential election of 1995, in which he received 8.7 % of the vote, and that of 2002, which won him only 3.37%. He lost his seat in the National Assembly of the French Parliament in February 2003, but he was elected to the French Senate in 2004. He is married to Marie-Edith, and he is father of two (Charles, Cécilia). Image:Roberthue.jpg Robert Hue, 1997. Early activities His family professed Communist beliefs, and Hue, as a child, used to sell issues of the Party newspaper, L'Humanité. He studied at the technical college in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, sang in a rock band... Biography of Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi (born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician. Since May 17, 2006, he has served as President of the Council of Ministers of Italy following the victory of his The Union coalition over the House of Freedoms led by Silvio Berlusconi in the April 2006 Italian elections. Prodi previously ran in 1996 as Olive Tree candidate, winning the election and serving as Prime Minister until 1998. He then served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Personal Prodi was born in Scandiano, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna). He is the eighth of nine children of Mario Prodi, an engineer originally from a peasant family, and Enrica, elementary teacher. He has six brothers, five of them university professors (including a Member of the European Parliament,... Biography of Stéphane Plaza
Stéphane Plaza, born on June 9, 1970 in Suresnes, is a French TV host and estate agent.... Biography of Dominique Rocheteau
Dominique Rocheteau (born January 14, 1955 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime) is a former football striker from France, who is currently the head of the National Commission of Ethics of the French Football Association. Height: 177 cm Rocheteau began his professional career with AS Saint-Étienne, when they were the most successful and popular football team in France. He was a sinuous and incisive outside right who was nicknamed the "Green Angel". He played in the 1976 European Cup Final, which St. Etienne lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich. He won three French championships (1974-1976) and one French cup (1977) with St. Etienne. He transferred to Paris St. Germain in 1980 with whom he won once more the French championship (1986) and two more French cups (1982-1983). In 1987 he was transferred to T... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Bea Arthur
Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedienne and singer whose career spanned seven decades. Arthur achieved fame as the character Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms All in the Family and Maude, and as Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls, winning Emmy Awards for both roles. A stage actress both before and after her television success, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Vera Charles in the original cast of Mame (1966). Early life Arthur was born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1922 to Philip and Rebecca Frankel (1902–1986) in New York City. In 1933 her family moved to Cambridge, Maryland, where her parents operated a women's clothing shop. She attended Linden Hall School for Girls... Biography of Lucie Arnaz
Lucie Désirée Arnaz (born July 17, 1951) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and is the sister of actor Desi Arnaz, Jr. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) When asked why her name is not spelled like her mother's Lucie replied: "My Dad chose the name. My mother wanted to name me Susan (don't ask why) but, as soon as she nodded off after delivery, he wrote L-U-C-I-E on the birth certificate. He said it was to honor my mother and he spelled it differently so that NO ONE would ever get confused." Career After a few guest appearances and walk-ons on her mother's series, The Lucy Show, Arnaz, along with her brother, made her first acting appearance in a continuing role as Lucy's daughter, Kim, in the television series Here's Lucy. She returned to tel... Biography of Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (born July 11, 1990, Odense) is a Danish tennis player. She achieved her career-high rank of #34 on May 19, 2008. In fact, she is the only Danish woman currently in the top 500 on the WTA tour. Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Weight 58 kg (130 lb/9.1 st) Being born to Polish parents, she is trilingual, fluent in Polish as well as Danish and English. Career She has won several junior tournaments (including the 2005 Orange Bowl tennis championship), and made her debut on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at Cincinnati's Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open on July 19, 2005, losing to the top-seeded and later champion Patty Schnyder in the first round. 2006 In 2006, she was the first seed at the Australian Open (junior girl's singles), but lost th... Biography of Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied (born 10 June 1977 (birth time source: Patrick de Jabrun)) is a principal dancer at New York City Ballet and a ballet choreographer of international reputation. Millepied was born in Bordeaux, France. His ballet training started at the age of 8 with his mother, a former ballet dancer. Between the ages of 13 and 16 he studied with Michel Rahn at the Conservatoire National in Lyon, France. In the summer of 1992 he attended classes at the School of American Ballet (SAB) and returned to study full time in 1993, with a scholarship from the French Ministry (Bourse Lavoisier or Lavoisier Scholarship). At SAB's 1994 Spring Workshop he originated a principal role in Jerome Robbins' premiere of 2 and 3 Part Inventions and also received the Prix de Lausanne. Millepied joined New... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Jackson Rathbone
Jackson Rathbone (born Monroe Jackson Rathbone V; December 21, 1984) is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jasper Hale in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel Twilight. Early life Rathbone was born in Singapore and has lived in places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas. He started out in local theatre in Midland, Texas with the youth actors program "The Pickwick Players," initially doing musical theatre. For his junior and senior years of high school, Rathbone attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, a private school for the arts in Michigan, where he majored in acting. After graduation, he had planned to go to the Royal Scottish Academy, but went instead to Los Angeles to experiment with the big screen. Career After being in L... Biography of Raimu
Raimu was the stage name for the French actor Jules Auguste Muraire (December 18 (source Imdb), 1883 - September 20, 1946). Born in Toulon in the Var département, he made his stage debut there in 1899. After coming to the attention of the then great music hall star Félix Mayol who was also from Toulon, in 1908 he was given a chance to work as a secondary act in the Paris theater scene. Primarily a comedian, in 1916 writer/director Sacha Guitry gave him significant parts in productions at the Folies Bergere and other major venues. In addition to his appearances on stage, Raimu also developed a successful career in films sometimes under the name Jules Raimu. In 1929, already a leading actor, he gained wide acclaim for his starring role in the stage production of the Marcel Pagnol play ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge July
Serge July, born December 27, 1942 in Paris, is a French journalist and writer, historic founder of the left-wing French newspaper Libération.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Edouard Lipa
Jean-Édouard Lipa is a French actor and DJ, born October 4, 1980 in Saint-Martin-d’Hères. He was finalist in the Reality TV Show Loft Story in 2001.... Biography of Stephanie March
Stephanie Caroline March (born July 23, 1974) is an American actress. March was born to John Abe March IV and Laura Len Irwin in Dallas, Texas. She attended Highland Park High School, the same high school Angie Harmon (of the original Law & Order) attended. March was a sophomore when Harmon was a senior. She began performing in plays in high school. In 1996 she graduated from the School of Speech (now School of Communication) at Northwestern University, where she majored in Theater and Hispanic Studies. After graduating, she landed her first professional acting role (in her very first audition) as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream in Chicago, where she continued to pursue her stage career. In 1999, March made her Broadway debut in the highly acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Frank Ocean
Christopher Francis Ocean (born Christopher Breaux; October 28, 1987), better known by his stage name Frank Ocean, is an American singer-songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana. Breaux made an early career as a ghost-writer for artists such as Justin Bieber, Bridget Kelly and John Legend. In mid 2010 he became a member of OFWGKTA premiering on Domo Genesis' track, "SteamRoller". In February 2011, he released his debut mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra to critical acclaim. He released two singles; "Novacane" and "Swim Good". Both singles achieved chart success. Ocean went on a 7 show tour through North America and Europe promoting the mixtape. He is currently located in New York City. The mixtape caught the interest of recording artists such as Kanye West, Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z, and he appeare... Biography of Christian Estrosi
Christian Estrosi (born July 1, 1955) is a French politician and is Minister-Delegate for Regional Development. His is also President of the general council for the Alpes-Maritimes département. He is a supporter of Nicolas Sarkozy. Estrosi is also a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His nickname is "the Motodidact", because he has no diploma.... Biography of Vittorio de Sica
Vittorio De Sica (July 7, 1901 (source: Italian, German and French Wikipedia, some sources give 1902)–November 13, 1974) was a critically acclaimed Italian neorealist director and actor. Born into poverty in Sora (province of Frosinone), near Rome, he began his career as a theatre actor in the early 1920s and joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company in 1923. In 1933 he founded his own company with his wife Giuditta Rissone and Sergio Tofano. The company performed mostly light comedies, but they also staged plays by Beaumarchais, and worked with famous directors like Luchino Visconti. His meeting with Cesare Zavattini was a very important event: together they created some of the most celebrated films of the neorealistic age, like Sciuscià (Shoeshine) and Ladri di biciclette (The Bi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benoît Pedretti
Benoît Pedretti (born 12 November 1980 in Audincourt) is a French football midfielder, currently playing for AJ Auxerre. He is married and has one child, a daughter named Lena born on August 29, 2005. Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) He started his professional career at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, and played there from 1999 to 2004. He then played for Olympique de Marseille for one season. Following his brief stint with Marseille he joined Lyon before moving once again to the club he now plays for, AJ Auxerre. He has gained 22 caps for France.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Robert Knepper
Robert Lyle Knepper (born July 8, 1959) is an American actor. He currently has a starring role as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the Fox network's drama series, Prison Break for which he was nominated for a Satellite Award. He also appeared in the film Hitman as Yuri, chief of the Russian secret service (FSB). Early life Born in Fremont, Ohio, Knepper was interested in acting from an early age due to his mother's involvement at a community theater. He was raised in Maumee, Ohio near Toledo by his mother and father, who was a veterinarian. Knepper spent many years of his youth working in the community theater and high school productions. After graduating from Maumee High School in 1977, he attended Northwestern University to study drama. During this time, Knepper also obtained professional... Biography of Jean-Claude Trichet
Jean-Claude Trichet (born December 20, 1942) is a French banker. He was born in Lyon, trained as an engineer at the École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nancy and later as a civil servant at the Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris (best known as Sciences Po) and the Ecole nationale d'administration. In 1993 he was appointed governor of Banque de France. On November 1, 2003 he took Wim Duisenberg's place as president of the European Central Bank. Wim Duisenberg had in a compromise agreed to step down from his office after four years(although this is publicly denied by all parties), in order to satisfy the French president, Jacques Chirac, who wanted a French candidate. Banking scandal In January 2003 M. Trichet was put on trial with 8 others charged with irregularities ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer-songwriter, raconteur, stand-up comedian, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist. After joining the short-lived Washington D.C.-based band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1981 until 1986. Following the band's breakup, Rollins soon established the record label and publishing company 2.13.61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups until 2003 and during 2006. Since Black Flag, Rollins has embarked on projects covering a variety of media. He has hosted numerous radio shows, such as Harmony In My Head on Indie 103, and television shows, such as The... Biography of Selita Ebanks
Selita Ebanks (born 15 February 1983) is a Caymanian fashion model. She worked for Victoria's Secret and as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2005-2008. Biography Early life Her family, her mother in particular, encouraged her development through extracurricular programs. Education Ebanks moved to the United States, and settled in Staten Island, New York. After moving to New York City she was accepted at Spelman College, Columbia University, and New York University. Career At 17 years old, while walking through the turnstiles at Six Flags Great Adventure, Ebanks was scouted by an agent from Elite Model Management. Ebanks has worked with Peter Lindbergh, Bruce Weber, Steven Klein, Carter Smith, and Mikael Jansson, and for some of the most quintessential American fashion campa... Biography of Shane MacGowan
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957) is an irish musician and poet best known as the original singer and songwriter of The Pogues. History MacGowan was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His parents, both Irish., lived in many parts of the south-east of England, including Brighton and London. Soon after his birth MacGowan's mother returned to Ireland, where he spent the next six years of his life at his mother's family home in Carney, near Nenagh, County Tipperary. He returned to England where he attended Holmewood House Preparatory School at Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells. He was a brilliant scholar but suffered from bullying. Despite his early years in Ireland, he eventually acquired (and retains) a North London accent. Whilst in Ireland, he became completely i... Biography of Florian Maurice
Florian Maurice (born 20 January 1974) is a French former football player, who played as a striker, and most notably won the 1998 Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue with French team Paris Saint-Germain. He played six games and scored a single goal for the France national football team. Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Florian Maurice started playing youth football with local top-flight team Olympique Lyonnais in 1986. A great hope in French football, Maurice was touted as the new Jean-Pierre Papin. He was included in Lyonnais' senior squad for the Ligue 1 championship in the 1991-92 season, but did not make his Ligue 1 debut until August 1992. His national breakthrough came during the 1994-95 season, when he scored 15 league goals. In the 1995-96 season, he scored 18 league goals for Lyo... Biography of Bernard Casoni
Bernard Casoni, (born 4 September 1961, in Cannes, France) is a football manager, currently managing SC Bastia.In his playing career he played for Olympique Marseille and France at Euro 1992. Height: Height 177cm Titles French championship in 1991 and 1992 with Olympique Marseille UEFA Champions League runner-up in 1991 with Olympique Marseille UEFA Champions League in 1993 with Olympique Marseille Ligue 2 in 1995 with Olympique Marseille... Add to favourites (no fan yet) | |||||||