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Biography of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was the German Chancellor (Reichskanzler) from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Germany from 1934 until 1945. Hitler was also the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), the Nazi Party. Hitler gained power during Germany's period of crisis following World War I. Using propaganda and charismatic oratory, he appealed to the economic needs of the lower and middle classes, while sounding resonant chords of nationalism, antisemitism, and anti-communism. With the establishment of a restructured economy, a rearmed military, and a totalitarian regime, Hitler pursued an aggressive foreign policy with the intention of expanding German Lebensraum (living space). This triggered World...
Biography of Rihanna
Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988 (birth time source: Imdb http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1982597/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm "Born on a Saturday at 8:50 AM.")), is a Barbadian singer. She also serves as the cultural ambassador for Barbados. She is the first Barbadian artist to win a Grammy Award.a Rihanna is currently signed to the Def Jam Recordings label. She has attained five Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far ("SOS", "Umbrella", "Take a Bow", "Disturbia" and T.I.'s "Live Your Life"). Rihanna broke into the recording industry in 2005 with the release of her debut album, Music of the Sun, which features the hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, Rihanna released A Girl Like Me and earned her first number-one ...
Biography of Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth "Katy" Hudson (born October 25, 1984 (source for her birth time: Craft, Astrodatabank, BC)), better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager. Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations. After being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, Perry signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007. Perry rose to fame in 2008 with the release of the singles "I Kissed a Girl" – which had attention-grabbing and so...
Biography of Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE (/ˈziːtə/; born Catherine Zeta Jones; 25 September 1969 (birth time source: Frank C. Clifford, British Entertainers, Flare Pub.1997)) is a Welsh actress. She began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of British and American television films and small roles in films, which included The Darling Buds of May from 1991 until 1993, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies including the action film The Mask of Zorro (1998) and the crime thriller film Entrapment (1999). Her breakthrough role was in the film Traffic (2000), for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Zeta-Jones subsequently starred as Velma Kelly in the film adaptation of the musical Chi...
Biography of Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972 (birth time source: Bravo Magazine Nov. 2000)), better known by his stage name Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. In addition to being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s. He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The same magazine has declared him The Kin...
Biography of Kanye West
Kanye Omari West (pronounced /'kɑnjeɪ/) (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia (birth time source: http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/ohmystars/2013/09/imma-let-uranus-and-pluto-finish-the-astrology-of-kanye-west.html the original source is not given)) is an American record producer and rapper who rose to widespread fame in the early 2000s. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, and is working on his delayed third album, scheduled to be released on September 11, 2007, called Graduation. His first two albums, The College Dropout and Late Registration, received numerous awards (including six Grammys) , critical acclaim and high commercial success. Kanye West also runs his own record label, GOOD Music . West's mascot an...
Biography of Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (French: ; born 21 December 1977 in Amiens (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate)) is a French politician who is the President of France and ex-officio Co-Prince of Andorra. A former civil servant and investment banker, he studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, completed a master's of public affairs at Sciences Po, and graduated from the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in 2004. He worked as an Inspector of Finances in the Inspectorate General of Finances (IGF) and then became an investment banker at Rothschild & Cie Banque. A member of the Socialist Party from 2006 to 2009, Macron was appointed as deputy secretary-general under François Hollande's first government in 2012. He was appointed Minister of Economy, Industr...
Biography of Sophie Marceau
Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu (French pronunciation: ; born 17 November 1966 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French actress, director, screenwriter, and author. She has appeared in 39 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including L'Étudiante (1988), Pacific Palisades (1990), Fanfan (1993), and Revenge of the Musketeers (1994). Marceau became an international film star with her performances in Braveheart (1995), Firelight (1997), and the nineteenth James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Early life Sophie Marceau was born 17 November 1966 in Paris, the second child of Simone ...
Biography of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970 (birth time source: Astrodatabank. According to People magazine she was actually born in 1969. In response to fan inquiries about the correct date, a spokesperson of the magazine issued a statement, "we have a copy of Ms. Carey's driver's license, which lists her birthday as March 27, 1969. Furthermore, we spoke with the administrators at the high school she attended who confirmed that Ms. Carey's birthday is March 27, 1969, as did her management when we made our initial interview.")) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Carey came to prominence after releasing her self-titled debut studio album Mariah Carey in 1990; it went multiplatinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles on the U.S...
Biography of Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 (birth time source, birth certificate, Kathryn Farmer, Astrodatabank) – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all time. Her list of awards includes two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston was also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. Inspired by prominent soul singers in her family, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and her godmother Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church's junior gospel ch...
Biography of Salman Khan
Salman Khan (Hindi: सलमान ख़ान)(pronunciation: /səlmɑːn xɑːn/), born Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on December 27, 1965 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh is a popular Indian film actor who appears in Bollywood movies. Taking part in some of Bollywood's biggest hits, along with his critically acclaimed performances, today he is considered to be one of the biggest superstars and leading actors in the industry. Career Salman made his acting debut in the 1988 film Biwi Ho To Aisi where he played a supporting role. His first leading role in a Bollywood movie was in Sooraj R. Barjatya's romantic film Maine Pyar Kiya (1989). The film went on to become one of India's highest grossing films. It also won him a Filmfare Best...
Biography of Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan (Devanagari: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Nastaleeq: شاهرخ خان, pronunciation: /ʃɑːhrux xɑːn/) born November 2, 1965 (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank, from himself on Twitter "i think 6.25 am...thats the only time i came for work early..."), is a highly acclaimed Bollywood actor, producer, and was recently the host of the popular game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. Personal life Shah Rukh Khan was born to a Muslim family but was raised by Hindus for most of his life. His father Taj Mohammed Khan was a freedom activist of Pathan background. He used to spend his time leisurely at chandanichowk in delhi. He was very fond of Tea and rumors ...
Biography of Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 .(birth time source: the Wilsons, Astrodatabank) – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork & Mindy (1978–1982), Williams went on to establish a successful career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. His film career included such acclaimed films as The World According to Garp (1982), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), The Fisher King (1991), and Good Will Hunting (1997), as well as financial successes such as Popeye (1980), Hook (1991), Aladdin (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Night at the Museum (2006), and Happy Feet (2006). He also appeared in the video "Don't Worry, Be Hap...
Biography of Courtney Love
Courtney Love (born July 9, 1964 (birth time source: Nancy Hastings, Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Rolling Stone has called Love "the most controversial woman in the history of rock." Early life Courtney Love was born on July 9, 1964, at 2:08 p.m., in San Francisco, California, where her parents first met and married. Her mother, Linda Carroll (born Risi), and father, Hank Harrison, had known each other only a few months when Carroll became pregnant. Love's biological family broke apart rapidly while she was still very young. During a child custody case following Love's parents' d...
Biography of Tuba Buyukustun
Tuba Buyukustun (Hatice Tuba Büyüküstün), born July 5, 1982 in Istanbul, is a Turkish actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1735048/ ) "Asi" .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu (22 episodes, 2007-2008) - Episode #1.29 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu - Episode #1.28 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu - Episode #1.27 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu - Episode #1.25 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu - Episode #1.24 (2008) TV episode .... Asiye 'Asi' Kozcuoglu (17 more) Sinav (2006) .... Zeynep Erez Ask yolu (2006) (TV) .... Deniz Babam Ve Oglum (2005) ... aka My Father and My Son (International: English title) ... aka My Father and Son (International: English title) "Ihlamurlar altinda" (200...
Biography of Manuel Valls
Manuel Carlos Valls (French: , born 13 August 1962 (birth time source: French Wikipedia)) is a Spanish-born French Socialist Party politician. He was appointed Prime Minister by President François Hollande in 2014. Prior to his post as Prime Minister, Valls was the Minister of the Interior beginning in 2012. He was the Mayor of Évry from 2001 to 2012 and a Member of the National Assembly since 2002. Valls was born in Barcelona during the holidays and became a naturalised French citizen in 1982, but he has always lived in France. He is a prominent supporter of Barcelona, whose club anthem was composed by his second cousin and namesake. After serving as an advisor on youth issues for Prime Minister Michel Rocard from 1988 to 1991, he worked as the Communications Advisor for Prime Minister...
Biography of Anne Hathaway
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982 (birth time source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004266/bio)) is an American film and stage actress. Hathaway made her acting debut in the 1999 television series Get Real, but her first prominent role was in Disney's family comedy The Princess Diaries (2001), which established her career. She continued to appear in Disney films in the next three years, and she had the lead roles in Ella Enchanted and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (both 2004). Hathaway took more creative control over her career in 2005 and co-starred in the adult-themed Havoc and Brokeback Mountain. The Devil Wears Prada (2006), in which she starred opposite Meryl Streep, has become the highest-grossing film of her career, and Becoming Jane, in which she stars as Ja...
Biography of Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, Aaron Fischer) is an American actor, screenwriter, film director, activist, and politician. He is known for his left-wing political and social activism, including humanitarian work. He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008), as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for the former and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the latter. Penn began his acting career in television with a brief appearance in a 1974 episode of Little House on the Prairie, directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in 1981's Taps and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, Penn emerged as a prominent leading actor with the 1995 drama film Dead Man Walking, for which he ear...
Biography of Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) was a German philosopher. His writing included critiques of religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy, and science, using a distinctive style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. Nietzsche began his career as a philologist before turning to philosophy. At the age of 24 he became Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel, but resigned in 1879 due to health problems, which would plague him for most of his life. In 1889 he exhibited symptoms of a serious mental illness, living out his remaining years in the care of his mother and sister until his death in 1900....
Biography of Maria Callas
Maria Callas (December 3, 1923 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek dramatic coloratura soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini, and in her early career, the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed La Divina. Born in New York and raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. Forced to deal with the exigencies of wartime pover...
Biography of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall GCVO (Camilla Rosemary; née Shand, previously Parker Bowles; born 17 July 1947 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and member of the British Royal Family. By her second marriage she shares her husband's titles as Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester and Baroness of Renfrew. Although she is the Princess of Wales because of her marriage to the Prince of Wales, she prefers to be known by the secondary titles of Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay out of respect for her husband's first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales. She chooses to be known as the Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, and as the Duchess of Cornwall elsewhere. As he is the future Supreme Governor of the Church of...
Biography of Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English politician, soldier in the British Army, orator, and strategist, and was among the most powerful and relevant figures in modern British and world history. A prolific author, he won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature for his writings on English and world history in 1953. As a member in the British Army, he fought during the Second Boer War and at the Battle of Omdurman. At the forefront of the political scene for almost sixty years Churchill held numerous political and cabinet positions. Before the First World War he served as President of the Board of Trade and Home Secretary during the Liberal governments. In the First World War Churchill served in numerous po...
Biography of Muammar al-Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (Arabic: مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي Muʿammar al-Qaḏḏāfī About this sound audio (help·info); 7 June 1942 (birth time source: suggestion of http://www.rockymountainastrologer.com/Horoscopes/ChazAndMo.html) – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi play /ˈmoʊ.əmɑr ɡəˈdɑːfi/ or Colonel Gaddafi, was the autocratic ruler of Libya from 1969, when he seized power in a bloodless military coup, until 2011 when his government was overthrown in a civil war which consisted of a popular uprising aided by a foreign intervention. His 42-year rule prior to the uprising mad...
Biography of Bernie Sanders
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born September 8, 1941 (birth time source: http://astro-charts.com/persons/chart/bernie-sanders/ but the original source is not displayed) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Vermont. He has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential election. An independent politician since 1979, Sanders is a self-described democratic socialist who favors the creation of employee-owned cooperative enterprises and has praised Scandinavian-style social democracy. He caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for purposes of committee assignments. Since January 2015, Sanders has been the ranking Democratic member on the Senate Budget Committee. After several unsuccessful runs for office, S...
Biography of Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress who specializes in romantic comedies, but has also worked in other film genres. Early life Born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut to Susan Jordan (née Ryan), a former English teacher, and Harry Hyra, a math teacher, she went by the name Peggy (also her grandmother's nickname) as a child. She has two sisters, Dana and Annie, and a brother, Andrew. Ryan was raised in the Catholic religion and graduated from Saint Pius X Elementary School in Fairfield, where her mother taught the sixth grade. There, Ryan was confirmed into the Catholic Church, choosing Anne as her confirmation name. Ryan's mother had appeared in one television commercial and later worked briefly as an assistant casting director in New York City. She s...
Biography of Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. Since the 1960s Fonda has appeared in several movies. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other awards and nominations. She initially announced her retirement from acting in 1991, and said for many years that she would never act again, but she returned to film in 2005 with Monster in Law, and later Georgia Rule released in 2007. She also produced and starred in several exercise videos released between 1982 and 1995. Fonda has served as an activist for many political causes, one of the most notable and controversial of which was her opposition to the Vietnam War. She has also protested the Iraq War and violence again...
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, rectified time) – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre. Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents. Selected list of works ...
Biography of Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg (born on 21 July 1971 (1971-07-21) (age 35)) is an Anglo-French actress and singer. Gainsbourg was born in London, England and raised in Paris, France. Her father is Serge Gainsbourg, and her mother is Jane Birkin. Career Gainsbourg made her motion picture début playing Catherine Deneuve's daughter in the 1984 film Paroles et musique. In 1986, Gainsbourg won a César Award for "Most Promising Actress" for L'effrontée, and in 2000 she won "Best Supporting Actress" for the film La Bûche. In 1994, Gainsbourg made her stage debut in David Mamet's Oleanna at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse. Gainsbourg has sung the title song in three of her films and has released two albums. In 2004, she sang a duet with French pop star Étienne Daho on his single "If"...
Biography of Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, BC) – May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian triple Formula One world champion. He died following an accident whilst leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola in Italy. Character Beyond his exceptional driving skills Senna was one of the sport's most compelling personalities. Intensely introspective and extremely passionate, he used driving as a means for self-discovery, and racing as a metaphor for life: “The harder I push, the more I find within myself. I am always looking for the next step, a different world to go into, areas where I have not been before. It’s lonely driving a Grand Prix car, but very absorbing. I have experienced new sensations and I want more. That is my excitement, my motivation.” Starkly con...
Biography of Brigitte Lahaie
Brigitte Lahaie (born Brigade Van Meerhaegue on October 12, 1955, in Tourcoing, France) is a notable French porn actress who began her career at the age of 20 performing in pornographic films from 1976 through 1980. In 1980, having become a kind of idol of the French adult film industry's golden age, she decided to put an end to her hardcore career and appeared in more "traditional" movies and "big" productions, such as I comme Icare (Henri Verneuil, 1980) in which she played a stripper, and in Pour la peau d'un flic (Alain Delon, 1981) in which she played a nurse. However, she also made some softcore and Nazi exploitation "video nasties" during this time. At the end of her acting career, she became famous in the general public by participating in the famous French radio show, Les Gr...
Biography of Ciara (singer)
Ciara (born Ciara Princess Harris on October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Ciara made her debut in the summer of 2004 with the Billboard number-one single "Goodies". The album Goodies was released the fourth quarter of 2004 and first quarter of 2005. It produced three top two singles on the Billboard Hot 100, selling over 2.6 million in the U.S., and 5 million worldwide, and earned various awards and nominations. Ciara's second album, Ciara: The Evolution, was released in December 2006.It has spawn the hit singles "Get Up", "Promise", and "Like a Boy". The album has sold nearly two million copies worldwide. Childhood Ciara was born in Austin, Texas. She is the only child of Carlton and Jackie Harris. She grew up on army bases in G...
Biography of Kate Beckinsale
Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale (born July 26, 1973) is an English actress, known for her roles in the films Pearl Harbor (2001), Van Helsing (2004), and Underworld (2003). Early life Kate Beckinsale was born in London to Judy Loe, a stage and television actress, and Richard Beckinsale, a television actor who died in 1979 at the age of 31. She has a paternal half-sister, Samantha, who is also an actress. Beckinsale's paternal great-grandfather was Burmese, and Beckinsale has said that she was "very oriental-looking" as a child. Beckinsale attended the private Godolphin and Latymer School, and in her teens twice won the W. H. Smith Young Writers' competition — once for three short stories and once for three poems. After a rebellious adolescence, including a period of anorexia and st...
Biography of Carole Bouquet
Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress best known internationally as Bond girl Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only. She is also recognised for her work in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire, and in the internationally successful French film Too Beautiful For You. Bouquet was a model for Chanel in the 1990s. Bouquet was born in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France. She is the widow of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam with whom she had a son, Dimitri Rassam. Since 1997 she is the life companion of French actor Gérard Depardieu, with whom she had worked several times. Bouquet was engaged to him from 2003 to 2005....
Biography of Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. He was the oldest and shortest member of the band, and the last to join the now familiar 'Fab Four' line-up. Early years He was born and raised in the working class Dingle area of Liverpool, England. Starr's parents split up when he was three years old; his mother, Elsie, married Harry Graves, whom Starr liked and who encouraged his interest in music. His childhood was filled with long hospital stays—an appendicitis-caused coma and a cold-turned-pleurisy were among his ailments—consequently, he fell far behind in school. After his last extended visit to the hospital, beginning at age thirteen, he did not return to school. His...
Biography of Mark Ruffalo
Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967 (birth time source: Stephen Przybylowski, Astrodatabank, BC) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for portraying the Marvel Comics character Bruce Banner / The Hulk in The Avengers (2012), as well as for his roles in the films You Can Count on Me (2000), Collateral (2004), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Just Like Heaven (2005), Zodiac (2007), Shutter Island (2010), The Kids Are All Right (2010), and Now You See Me (2013). For his performance in The Kids Are All Right, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Early life Ruffalo was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His mother, Marie Rose (née Hebert), is a hairdresser and stylist, and his father, Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, Jr., ...
Biography of Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale (born April 15, 1938) is an Italian actress born in Tunis, Tunisia to Sicilian parents. Claudia Cardinale was born Claude Joséphine Rose Cardin. She had her break into films after winning a Tunisian beauty contest in 1957. She made her film debut in Goha (1958) and later that year had a role in the minor international success I soliti ignoti. Her early career was largely managed by producer Franco Cristaldi. Throughout the 1960s she appeared in many Italian or Italian co-financed films including Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963), Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1963), Federico Fellini's 8½ and Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Despite her very feminine appearance, she had a deep voice (for a woman) from an early age, and in her ear...
Biography of Solange Knowles
Solange Piaget Knowles (born June 24, 1986 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress, R&B singer, songwriter, producer, model and younger sister of Beyoncé Knowles. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Personal life Solange Piaget Knowles-Smith was born on June 24, 1986 in Houston, Texas, to Mathew and Tina Knowles. Her father is African-American and her mother is of Creole descent. Her maternal grandparents are Lumis Beyincé and Agnéz Deréon (a seamstress). Knowles married college football player Daniel Smith in February 2004 and by October 2004, the couple had their first son, Daniel Julez Smith. In 2007 Knowles started going by the name Solange Knowles, rather than Solange Piaget Knowles-Smith and rumors speculating that she has ended her three year marriage to Daniel Smith began to surface...
Biography of Jessica Lange
Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. Early life Lange, the third of four children, was born in Cloquet, Minnesota to Dorothy Florence Sahlman and Albert John Lange. Her maternal grandparents were of Finnish descent, while her paternal grandfather was German and her paternal grandmother was Dutch. She studied art briefly at the University of Minnesota before going to Paris where she studied mime. She returned to New York City in 1973 and took acting lessons while working as a waitress and a fashion model for the Wilhelmina modeling agency. Career In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis cast her in his motion picture remake King Kong, which started and almost ended her career. The unfavorable reviews were devastating but critics ...
Biography of Bill Maher
William Maher, Jr., (pronounced: /mɑɹ/) (born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He hosted the late-night television talk show Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central and ABC, and is currently the star of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. On June 1, 2006, he also began hosting an Internet-exclusive talk show on Amazon.com entitled Amazon Fishbowl. Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary. His commentaries target a wide swath of topics, from the right-wing to the left-wing, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, Hollywood, the mass media, and persons in positions of high political and social power, among many others. He supports the legalization of cannabis and gay marriage. Maher is number 38 on Com...
Biography of Shailene Woodley
Shailene Diann Woodley (born November 15, 1991 (birth time source: Viktor E., Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is an American actress. She currently stars and is most known as Amy Juergens in the television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Life and career Woodley was born in Upland, California. Her family includes her mother Lori, father Loni, and younger brother Tanner. Woodley had her first audition at the age of five, when her model cousin brought her a talent-call audition. "My mom was like, 'Hey, you want to act today?' and I was like, 'Sure!' And it just kind of happened. I was never forced to do it, and I never forced them to take me to auditions," explained Woodley. In 2004, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award (YAA) in the Category: Best Performance ...
Biography of Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland (born Kelendria Trene Rowland on February 11, 1981 (birth time source: X-Factor interview)) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful R&B girl group Destiny's Child, One of the world's best-selling female group of all time selling over 53 million records worldwide. After a series of commercially successful releases with the group and a worldwide number-one success with rapper Nelly and their Grammy-winning single "Dilemma", Rowland released her debut solo album Simply Deep in 2002. The album became a commercial success, eventually selling more than 2.5 million copies woldwide. Rowland's often-delayed second album, Ms. Kelly was released on June 25, 2007 in Europe and July 3, 2007 in the U...
Biography of Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, also known as the wife of Academy Award winning French-Polish director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), and Frantic (1988). She has been nominated for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Place Vendôme (1998) and La Vie En Rose (2007). Life and career Seigner was born in Paris, France, to a photographer father and a journalist mother. She is the granddaughter of the respected actor Louis Seigner (1903–1991) and sister of the actress Mathilde Seigner. She was educated at a Catholic convent school, and began modelling at the age of fourteen. Capitalizing on her appearance she achieved international sta...
Biography of Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987 (birth time source: her Twitter account https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood)) is an American film, television and theater actress, and singer. She began acting in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles, including American Gothic and Once and Again. Wood made her debut as a lead film actress in 2002's Little Secrets, and became well known after her Golden Globe-nominated role in Thirteen, which garnered her critical praise. She has since starred in several independent films, including Pretty Persuasion and Down in the Valley, and has several more starring roles in films yet to be released. She is currently the highest paid music video actress in history due to her role in Heart Shaped Glasses Wood has been described by The Guardian n...
Biography of Luc Besson
Luc Besson (born March 18, 1959 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French film director, writer and producer. Little is known about Luc Besson's private life since he rarely discusses his personal life in interviews. He was born in Paris to parents who were both scuba diving instructors. This had a heavy influence on his childhood and throughout his childhood Besson planned on becoming a marine biologist until the age of 17 when he had a diving accident which left him unable to dive any longer. He has since fully recovered. During his childhood, and especially during adolescence, Besson showed amazing creativity. Out of boredom, he started to write stories, including the backdrop to what would later become one of his most popular movies, The Fifth Element. At 18, unable to ...
Biography of Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969 (birth time source: Viktor E., Astrodatabank, birth certificate)), better known by his stage name, Ice Cube, is an American rapper, actor and film director. Regarded as one of the greatest hip hop artists, he began his career as a founding member of the famously controversial rap group N.W.A., and later launched a successful solo career in music and cinema. In 1992, he married Kimberly Woodruff, with whom he has four children. Later, in 1992, he converted to Sunni Islam. From the mid-1990s onwards, Cube focused on acting, and his musical output has slowed down considerably. He remains one of the most visible West Coast rappers, having helped originate gangsta rap. He is particularly well-known for his incendiary raps on political and racial topics, partic...
Biography of Noel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967 in Burnage, Manchester, England) is an English songwriter, guitarist and occasional vocalist with the English rock band Oasis. He is the older brother of Oasis lead vocalist, Liam Gallagher, the two of whom are famous for publicly squabbling. In the 1990s, Gallagher was centre-stage of what the media coined the Britpop movement. The band enjoyed much critical and commercial success. His outspoken opinions on other bands and modern culture have, more recently, earned him something of an "elder statesman" reputation, leading NME to dub him "The wisest man in rock"....
Biography of Elisabeth of Bavaria
Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess in Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria, (December 24, 1837 – September 10, 1898), of the House of Wittelsbach, was the Empress consort of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary due to her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph. Her father was Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and her mother was Ludovika, Royal Princess of Bavaria; her family home was Possenhofen Castle. From an early age, she was called Sisi (or Sissi in films and novels) by family and friends. While Elisabeth's role and influence on Austro-Hungarian politics should not be overestimated (she is only marginally mentioned in scholarly books on Austrian history), she has undoubtedly become a 20th century icon, often compared to Diana, Princess of Wales. She was considered to be a free yet sexy spirit wh...
Biography of Anna Kournikova
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (Anna Sergeeyevna Kurnikova) born June 7, 1981) is a retired Russian professional tennis player and model. Although she never won a major singles tournament, she became one of the best known tennis players worldwide. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name (or misspellings of it) one of the most common search strings on Google. She was born in Moscow, Soviet Union to Alla and Sergei Kournikov; her family later emigrated to the United States. Presently, she resides in Miami, Florida. Kournikova's major-league tennis career has been curtailed for the past several years, and possibly ended, by serious back and spinal problems. She has had some success at the singles game, but her specialty has been doubles, where she has at...
Biography of John Frusciante
John Anthony Frusciante (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 5, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the guitarist of the alternative/funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he has performed on five studio recordings (Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication, By the Way and Stadium Arcadium). He also maintains an active solo career, having released eight albums as well as collaborations with friends Josh Klinghoffer and Joe Lally of Fugazi under the name Ataxia. Frusciante is well known for his intricate rhythms and leads; he supplies a strong mix of funk and rock music, which forms a substantial component of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' sound. As a highly respected and influential modern guitarist, Frusciante ranked #18 on...
Biography of Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera (born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño on January 8, 1939), Marchioness of Torre Casa, is a fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded her eponymous company in 1980. Herrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Based in New York City since 1981, throughout the 1970s and 1980s she was named one of the best dressed women in the world. Her empire grew rapidly and steadily and she went on to dress Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for the last 12 years of her life. Herrera is married to Reinaldo Herrera Guevara, Marqués de Torre Casa, an editor at Vanity Fair magazine, with whom she had two daughters. She was previously married to Guillermo Behrens Tello, with whom she had two daughters as well. Carolina Herrera is a Goodwill Ambassador and Facilitator for the Intergove... |
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