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Paris Hilton

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Socialite Paris Hilton was born on February 17, 1981 in New York to parents Rick Hilton and Kathy Richards. She is the eldest among four siblings and she has younger sister Nancy Hilton and brothers Barron Nicholas Hilton and Conrad Hughes Hilton. She is the great granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton hotels and source of estimated $300 million family fortune.

She was brought up in palatial dwellings in Manhattan's ritzy Waldorf-Astoria, in Beverly Hills and the Hampton. In her earlier days, she briefly attended Marywood-Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage, California, then Dwight School in New York for her sophomore and junior years and then to Canterbury School, a boarding school in Connecticut for few months from where she dropped out shortly and eventually get a GED.

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Eva Mendes

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Eva Mendes, an American actress was born on March 5, 1974 in Miami, Florida. Her parents were Cuban-American by origin but she was raised by her mother in Los Angeles after her parents got divorced. Her father is a car salesman and her mother is the principal of an elementary school. She has a sister called Janet who is living in Los Angeles. According to Eva Mendes, her mother had to suffer a lot in order to bring her up. Previously she was aspired to be a nun as she had a Catholic upbringing.

She got her education from Hoover High School in Glendale, California. Her higher studies were completed in California State University, Northridge where she studied Marketing but after she met her love Zedrick Threatt she left her higher studies. Zedrick Threatt helped Eva Mendes to start her career in the acting world. She was a co student with Ivana Chubbuck. She began her acting career in the late 1990’s and became very popular after few major roles in the Hollywood films including 2 Fast 2 Furious and Hitch.

Eva Mendes started her career from commercials to music videos. She first appeared in the video “Miami” along with Will Smith . Eva Mendes also appeared in music videos like Pet Shop Boys in 1996 and Hole in My Soul by Aerosmith in 1997. In the beginning her career started guest appearances in many Television soaps and supporting roles in some films. The first break she got on screen was in the film Training Day. This film won many awards and was critically appreciated. After this film she got breaks in many other films and gave many hits such as Stuck on You and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Another major success in her life was when she was starred beside Will Smith in the lead role in the famous comedy Hitch. In her film career she has appeared in a lot of films like Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror(1998), Night at the Roxbury(1998), My Brother the Pig(1999), The Disciples(2000), Urban Legends: Final Cut(2000), Exit Wounds(2001), Training Day(2001), All About the Benjamins(2002), 2 Fast 2 Furious(2003), Once Upon a Time in Mexico(2003), Out of Time(2003), Out of Time(2004), Hitch(2005), 3 & 3(2005), Trust the Man(2006), Ghost Rider(2007), Ghost Rider(2007), Knocked Up(2007), We Own the Night(2007) and Live!(2007). Eva Mendes can be seen in a few up coming films such as Cleaner and The Women which are to be released in 2008 and The Spirit which is due in 2009.

Eva Mendes has been nominated for various awards in her career. She has been nominated as Outstanding Actress for her films Trust the Man in 2005 and Hitch also in 2005 by ALMA Awards. Eva Mendes was again nominated by ALMA Awards as Outstanding Supporting Actress for her role in the critically acclaimed film Training Day. She was nominated as Best Actress by the Imagen Foundation Award for her film Ghost Rider. She was nominated by the Teen Choice Awards for her much praised roles in films like Hitch and 2 Fast 2 Furious. Eva Mendes also got a nomination at the Teen Choice Award for her role in the film Once Upon a Time in Mexico. In the recent times Eva Mendes has worked opposite famous stars like Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, and Robert Duvall in the film We Own The Night. She has also worked along with Nicholas Cage in the film Ghost Rider.

Eva Mendes is a model for the famous cosmetic brand Revlon. She has worked as an interior designer and has written few children’s book. Eva Mendes made her appearance on the cover of Maxim in its November 2007 edition. She was also ranked 7th in Maxim’s 2007 hot 100 issues. Her naked pictured appeared in Flaunt Magazine. Eva Mendes is also spokes model for the 2008 calendar of Campari. The photographer of this calendar is Marino Parisotto. Eva Mendes also posed naked for the anti-fur campaign organized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in December 2007. Eva Mendes is writing a book named “Crazy Leggs Beshee” inspired by her nieces and nephews. Her hobbies are sports, music and interior designing. Among sports she loves biking, hiking, skiing and mountain climbing.

Ashlee Simpson

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Katherine Heigl

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Katherine Marie Heigl, the American Actress was born on November 24, 1978 in Washington DC, United States of America. Her father Paul Heigl is a financial executive and her mother Nancy Heigl is a personal manager. Her nickname is "Katie"and was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints A short time after her birth her family shifted to New Canaan, Connecticut and she spent a major part of her childhood there. Before shifting to New Canaan, her family had shifted to Virginia and then to Denver. Katherine Heigl is the youngest member of the family with three elder siblings Jason, John and Meg.

Katherine Heigl lost her older brother in 1986 after he suffered a brain injury in a car accident. After the death of her brother all his organs and tissues were donated. After this incident Katherine Heigl is one celebrity who promotes the importance of organ donation. Katherine Heigl had a very strict up bringing. She started her career as a fashion model. She started her career in modelling at a very early age of nine. At this age Katherine Heigl signed a contract as a child model with Wilhelmina a renowned modeling agency. It was at this time only that Katherine Heigl appeared in magazine advertisement and soon after this she appeared on television in a national commercial for Cheerios breakfast cereal. Soon Katherine Heigl started earning $75 an hour for her modeling sessions with sears and Lord & Taylor catalogs.

Katherine Heigl made her debut into the acting world in 1992 in a movie called That Night. She was also cast in Steven Soderbergh's Depression-era drama King of the Hill. After these appearances she made her debut in a leading role in 1994 in a comedy movie My Father The Hero. Katherine Heigl was still continuing her academic career besides her film and modeling career. She was still attending New Canaan High School. In 1995 she made a dramatic appearance beside Steven Seagal in the action thriller Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. Still Heigl continued her modeling career and kept on appearing in Magazines like Seventeen. In 1996 she appeared in the main role for the television film in Disney called Wish Upon a Star. In 1996, her parents got divorced and this was the year when her mother was diagnosed with cancer.

She started living with her mother in a four bedroom house in Los Angeles and made her mother her manager. In 1998 she featured in the re making of the famous Shakespeare novel the Tempest along with Peter Fonda. In 1998 she was again seen in the horror movie Bride of Chucky. Katherine Heigl continued appearing in magazines like Life, TV Guide, Teen and FHM. She also appeared in Maxim’s calendar. It was in 1999 Heigl started appearing on television in the science fiction TV drama Roswell. It was at this time she appeared in many films such as 100 Girls and Valentine. In 2001 she had decided to work on a television thriller ‘Ground Zero’. But the idea of this serial was discarded after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and it was remade in 2003 under the name of Critical Assembly.

Katherine Heigl appeared in 3 television movies in 2003. She also starred in the movie Evil Never Dies along with Thomas Gibson. She also appeared in Love Comes Softly. In October 2003 she was cast in film The Ringer beside Johnny Knoxville. She also starred in Romy and Michele : In the Beginning as Romy which was telecasted in 2005. In 2005 Heigl was casted in another movie “Grey’s Anatomy” which was a medical drama. Again this year she was cast for the movie Side Effects. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress for her work in the film Grey’s Anatomy. Knocked up was another movie which starred Katherine Heigl and this movie released in 2006. She has made it to the FHM’s"100 Sexiest Women in the World" list twice in the year 2007. On September 16, 2007 Katherine Heigl won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in the film Grey’s Anatomy. This 5' 9" tall actress smokes cigerattes. Katherine Heigl had a short lived relationship with actor Jason Behr, but in June 2006 she got engaged to singer Josh Kelley. She met Josh Kelley in the set of a music video for “Only You”. Her marriage date is fixed in December.

Carmen Electra

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Carmen Electra, an actress as well as an American Glamour Model, a television personality, a dancer and a singer was born on April 20 1972 in Sharonville, Ohio, United States Of America. Her actual name is Tara Leigh Patrick and she is professionally known as Carmen Electra. Her father Harry Patrick was is an entertainer and a guitarist and her mother, Patricia was a singer. Carmen Electra lost her mother in the year 1998 as she was suffering from brain tumor. She had an older sister, Debbie, who died in the year 1998 due to a heart attack. Carmen Electra graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. Carmen Electra has three ancestries such as Irish, German and Cherokee. In 191 Carmen Electra moved to California where she got acquainted with Prince who persuaded her to change her name from Tara Leigh Patrick to Carmen Electra.

Carmen Electra signed a recording contract with Prince’s company Paisley Park Records soon after this meeting and started her short lived singing career. In 1995 Carmen Electra first appeared on the television. In May 1996, her nude photograph was featured in the Playboy Magazine. This was the first of several other issues. This led to her appearance in the famous daily soap Baywatch in 1997-1998 and MTV’s Singled Out. Carmen Electra even returned to Baywatch in 2003 for the reunion movie Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. Carmen Electra became very famous after her first pictorial appearance in the playboy magazine. This is the reason for which she featured three more times in the magazine. Her second feature was on June 1997. This gorgeous actress appeared on the cover page of the magazine twice again on December 2000 and April 2003. For the first time in the history of Playboy Cyber Club a woman was invited to be the celebrity guest photographer and Carmen Electra took this opportunity to choose Jennifer Walcott as her role model.

Her career in the films started with her first appearance in Good Burger(1997) and American Vampire Story (1997) which was followed by a number of movies such as The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999), the Scary Movie (2000). Few other movies in between were Starstruck (1998), The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven (1998), The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999) and Christmas Vacation 2000 (1999). Other movies in which she has acted are Sol Goode (2001), Perfume (2001), Get Over It (2001), Rent Control (2002), Whacked! (2002), Uptown Girls (2003), My Boss's Daughter (2003), Mr. 3000 (2004), Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004), Dirty Love (2005), Lil' Pimp (2005) (direct-to-DVD) (voice), Searching for Bobby D (2005), Getting Played (2005), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), Date Movie (2006), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Hot Tamale (2006), lonelygirl362436 (2006),National Lampoon's Pledge This! (2006), Epic Movie (2007), I Want Candy (2007), Full of It (2007), Christmas in Wonderland (2007) and Last Call at Murray's (2008). She was a part of the famous TV show Starsky and Hitch(2004) and Cheaper by the Dozen. Carmen Electra also won the MTV Movie Award for the best kiss for the show Starsky and Hitch.

Carmen Electra featured in the music video “The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope” by Bloodhound Gang in the year 1999. She has also lent her voice for the android “Six” in the animated series Tripping the Rift in 2005. This year she also started the Naked Women's Wrestling League, for the promotion of professional wrestling. She acted upon as the commissioner in this league. At the end of 2006 she was even seen in the commercials of Taco Bell. Currently she appears in the television and print ads of Ritz Camera Centers with their CEO David Ritz. She is their spokes model. She is also the spokes person of Payment Data Systems, Inc and Cameron Electra has her own line of prepaid and gift Master cards. Carmen Electra will also be a competitor on NBC’s Celebrity version of The Apprentice which will begin in the early 2008. She also appears as a playable character in the video game Def Jam: Fight for New York. She is also a celebrity challenger in the video game ESPN NFL 2K5. She has also featured in the commercials of Maxim Men’s hair colour product in 2004-2005. Carmen Electra has performed songs like Fun, Go Go Dancer, Everybody Get on Up, Fantasia Erotica, 2-4-6-8 (Playboy's Cheerleaders film contains a music video of the song).

Carmen Electra had a short term relationship with the rock star Prince. During 1995-1998 she was involved with rap star B-Real of Cypress. Carmen Electra got married to the basketball star 1998-1999 at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada. She got divorced and had a short lived affair with the ex husband of Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee. Electra married Dave Navarro on November 22 2003 who was the lead guitarist in bands like Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers. They got judicially separated on February 20, 2007.

Cameron Diaz

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Cameron Diaz, the actress was born on August 30, 1972 in San Diego, California, United States of America. Her full name is Cameron Michelle Diaz and she is called Cami by her closed ones. This blue eyed natural blonde actress is gorgeous and 5' 8½" tall. Her father Emilio Diaz is a second generation Cuban-American in origin and her mother Billie (nee Early) is an Anglo American by origin. Cameron Diaz was a student of Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time as rapper Snoop Dogg. Cameron left her home at the age of 16 years and lived in various places like Japan, Mexico, Morocco and paris for the next 5 years. This five years can be counted as the years of adventure in her life.

Cameron Diaz returned back to California at the age of 21 years and at this time she was fashion model. After Cameron Diaz started her modeling career from the age of 16, she signed herself with the top modeling agency, Elite Model Management. After completing her graduation from high school, Cameron Diaz went to work in Japan where she met the famous video director Carlo de la Torre. After she returned to America she moved in with Carlo de la Torre and for the next few years her modeling career was spread round the world and she was signed by major companies.

The brands under which she has worked are designers like Calvin Klein and Levis. Cameron Diaz also appeared on the cover page of Seventeen magazine in the issue of 1990. In this brief period she had also made a brief appearance in a pornographic film. At the age of 21 Cameron Diaz first auditioned for the film, The mask and to her surprise without any previous acting experience she was selected for the lead female role beside Jim Carry. In the next 3 years she was casted in three low budget films independent films, like The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota and She’s The One. After these films she was again selected for a main lead in My Best Friend’s Wedding and for another film There’s something about Mary. She was under critical appreciation for her film Being John Malkovich for which she got nominated for the role of Best Supporting actress at the Golden Globes, the BEFTA Awards and the SAG Awards.

Within the period of 1999-2000, Cameron Diaz starred in many films such as Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, A Life Less Ordinary and Any Given Sunday. The hit adaptation of Charlie's Angels, is also included in this range. Cameron Diaz again won the nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards and the AFI Awards for Vanilla Sky. Cameron Diaz dubbed for Princess Fiona in the film Shrek and earned $10 million. In 2003 Cameron Diaz was again nominated for her role in Martin Scorsese's epic Gangs of New York at the Gilden Globe Awards. After this she appeared in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and became the second actress to earn $20 million for a role after Julia Roberts. After this film, Cameron Diaz appeared in only 3 films such as Shrek 2, In Her Shoes and The Holiday. Diaz also appeared in the 10 episode MTV series Trippin along with many other celebrities. Cameron Diaz also appears in Shrek the Third along with her boyfriend Justin Timberlake. She will also appear in Shrek 4 along with other films like The Box, a horror thriller which will start in Novenber 2007. Cameron Diaz was ranked as the Best Dressed Female Celebrity in 2007 by the People.

From 1995 to 1998 Cameron Diaz was dating actor Matt Dillon. She was also in a relationship with the actor, musician and guitarist Jared Leto. After their break off reports came that the actor was jealous of her success and some other reports claimed that Cameron Diaz was concentrating more on her acting. Her most recent affair is with Justin Timberlake who is a former NSYNC member. Diaz met him in 2003 at the Kids' Choice Awards. At a joint statement, in January 11, 2007 they both declared that they had broken off. Again in October 2004 Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake were spotted by a tabloid photographer outside a hotel. They were also seen walking out of a friend’s house. Cameron Diaz is currently represented by Creative Artists Agency. In her personal life she has a phobia of germs and is very particular about cleanliness. Diaz can understand Spanish very well but is bad at speaking it.

Jennifer Lopez

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Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and fashion designer. She is the richest Hispanic in Hollywood according to the website "A Socialite's Life" and the most influential Hispanic entertainer in America according to People en Español's list of 100 Most Influential Hispanics which pays tribute to Hispanics who have had an impact on their communities. In 2001, she was named the thirtieth most powerful woman in America by Ladies' Home Journal.

Lopez was born and raised in Castle Hill, a neighborhood in the Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodríguez and David Lopez. She has 2 siblings, Linda and Leslie. Lopez spent her entire academic career in Catholic schools. She financed singing and dancing lessons for herself from the age of nineteen. After leaving a one-semester career at Baruch College, Lopez divided her time between working in a legal office, dance classes, and dance performances in Manhattan clubs at night.

After months of auditioning for dance roles, Lopez was selected as a dancer for various rap artists' music videos, and was given a guest spot at the American Music Awards as a backup dancer for the New Kids on the Block and their performance of their song "Games" in 1991. After being rejected twice, Lopez gained her first regular high-profile job as a "Fly Girl" dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color in 1991. Soon after, Lopez became a backup dancer for famed singer Janet Jackson and made an appearance in her 1993 video "That's the Way Love Goes".

Lopez's first marriage was to Cuban-born Ojani Noa on February 22, 1997. Lopez met Noa while he worked as a waiter at a Miami restaurant. They divorced in March 1998. Lopez later employed Noa as the manager of her Pasadena restaurant Madre's in April 2002, but fired him in October 2002. After Noa sued Lopez over the termination, they drew up a confidentiality agreement.

In April 2006, Lopez sued to prevent Noa from publishing a book containing personal details about their short marriage, contending it violated the confidentiality agreement. She then had a two-and-a-half-year relationship with Sean Combs. On December 27, 1999, Lopez and Combs were at Club New York, a midtown Manhattan nightclub, when a gunfire erupted between Combs' entourage and another group. Lopez and Combs were being driven away from the scene when they were chased and stopped by the police. A stolen gun was found in the front seat of their vehicle. Lopez was charged with felony gun possession, but the charges were dropped, as she was riding in the back seat at the time. Lopez terminated her involvement with Combs shortly thereafter, and Combs reconciled with Kim Porter, mother of his three children.

Her second marriage was to her former backup dancer, Cris Judd. She met Judd while filming the music video for her single "Love Don't Cost a Thing". The two were married on September 29, 2001, at a home in a Los Angeles suburb. Their marriage ended in August 2002. Lopez's subsequent relationship with actor Ben Affleck was highly publicized, with the media dubbing them "Bennifer". Lopez announced her engagement to Affleck in November 2002, after Affleck gave her a six-carat pink diamond ring worth a reported $1.2 million. Lopez promised interviewers that Affleck was indeed "the one", and that they would soon have a family. The marriage, planned for September 14, 2003 in Santa Barbara, California, was called off just hours before the event. During the week before the scheduled nuptials, Affleck had been seen by press carousing at a strip club in Vancouver with friends. The media blitz intensified when it was Lopez's own sister who called in live radio to tell Lopez where her fiancé had been the previous night.

Lopez would only respond by saying it was a terrible way to begin the day, finding out about Affleck's behavior in that manner. Publicists announced a permanent split on January 20, 2004. Affleck has refused to speak of his relationship with Lopez, only citing intense media attention as the cause of the break-up. Their relationship was parodied on the South Park episode "Fat Butt and Pancake Head", which aired on April 16, 2003. There was a mild media furor as to whether Lopez would give Affleck back his ring after the break-up. Lopez did return it and it was discreetly placed for sale at the original jewelers. Affleck has since married actress Jennifer Garner on July 1, 2005 and they have a daughter, Violet, born on December 1, 2005. Lopez and Marc Anthony at the 2006 Time 100 gala event, as covered by the vlog Rocketboom. Lopez and Marc Anthony at the 2006 Time 100 gala event, as covered by the vlog Rocketboom. Shortly after her break-up with Affleck, Lopez was seen out with singer Marc Anthony, a long-time friend she had worked with in music videos. They had briefly dated in the late '90s, before his first marriage and her second one.

Lopez and Anthony were recording a duet together in early 2004, for Lopez's then-upcoming film Shall We Dance?. He had separated for the second time, in October 2003, from his first wife, the former Miss Universe, Dayanara Torres, with whom he had two young children. Lopez and Anthony married in a quiet home wedding on June 5, 2004, less than a week after his divorce from Torres was finalized on June 1. On the morning of the wedding, however, the media was tipped off and circled her backyard in helicopters. Photographs, alerting the rest of the world, soon followed. Reports fueled rumors that Lopez was pregnant but this was not the case. Lopez's guests had been invited to an "afternoon party" at Lopez's house and had not been made aware that they were actually going to her wedding. Days after the wedding, Anthony was promoting his new album Amar Sin Mentiras(To Love Without Lies), but refused to comment on their marriage during interviews. Lopez eventually confirmed the marriage in February 2005, but admitted that "everyone knows. It's not a secret". Anthony's daughter, Ariana, appeared in Lopez's music video "Get Right" as her little sister.

Regarding his marriage and family life, Anthony maintains a private and sometimes defensive stance with the media, which has influenced Lopez to set some boundaries with interviewers. Recently , Jennifer Lopez has collaborated on a feature film in Spanish, El Cantante, with her husband Marc Anthony. Alba was given the option to appear nude by the film's directors, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, but declined the offer saying, "I don't do nudity. I just don't. Maybe that makes me a bad actress. Maybe I won't get hired in some things. But I have too much anxiety".

Jenny McCarthy

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Jenny McCarthy was born on 1st November 1972 in Chicago. Jenny McCarthy’s father name was Dan McCarthy and he was a steel mill foreman. Her mother name was Linda and she was a housewife. She has completed her studies from St. Turibius Grade School in Chicago. After completing her graduation from Mother McAuley Liberal High School she joined Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She is the second oldest of four sisters. Her other sister’s name are Joanne, Amy and Lynette.

In 1993 in order to pay her college fee she submitted her picture to the Playboy magazine and luckily she got selected and became a model. First she became the Playmate of the Month and later the Playmate of the Year. In the same year she underwent breast transplantation to enhance her look as a model for the magazine.

In 1994, she travelled to Los Angeles where she did Hot Rocks TV show. And it was then she never looked back. In the year 1995 Jenny McCarthy was selected by MTV to host a new dating show called Singled Out, a game show that ran on MTV for almost three years. Each episode featured a group of 50 men and a group of 50 women competing for a date with one main contestant of the opposite sex. In 1996 she played a small role in a comedy show named The Stupids. The Stupids was a comedy cum adventurous film directed by John Landis. The film was based on The Stupids characters from a series of books written by Harry Allard and illustrated by James Marshall.

In 1998, Jenny McCarthy worked in the movie Basketball. It was the The David Zucker comedy feature film starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Dian Bachar, Robert Vaughn, Yasmine Bleeth, and Jenny McCarthy. The movie involved the history of the sport (BasketBall), from its invention by the lead characters as a game they could win against more athletic types, to its development as a nationwide league sport and a target of corporate sponsorship.

In 1999 she starred in a movie called Diamonds which was directed by her own husband John Asher. The very next year, she appeared in the popular horror movie Scream 3. Scream 3 is the Scream trilogy of satirical horror films. It follows Scream 2. The film stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox Arquette, each reprising their roles from the first two films.

McCarthy has guest appeared in many shows like Stacked, Charmed and many more.

It was after that she appeared in many shows which earned her a great success and fame. In the year 1998 Jenny McCarthy dated her manager Ray Manzella. After breaking up with Manzella, she dated actor/director John Asher. The couple got married on september 11 in 1999. She is blessed with a son, named Evan Joseph. In the year 2005 the couple separated and took divorce.

In the year 2005 McCarthy wrote and starred in the feature film Dirty Love. In the same year, Jenny McCarthy hosted a new show called Party at the Palms. It was a reality show, which is filmed at The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. In March 2006, she earned Razzie Awards for Worst Actress, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Picture for her work on Dirty Love.

Preity Zinta

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Bold, chirpy, dimpled Preity Zinta is associated with young cinema of Bollywood. The line-up of films in her kitty together places her way ahead of her contemporaries. Her journey to being one of the most successful actresses of today has been extraordinary. She was born in Shimla, and with a degree in criminal psychology, Zinta began her career as a model, television anchor, and commercial (ad films) actress (she was seen in Lyril (soap) ad film). Preity got noticed when she figured in the Perk ad which gave her a chance to show acting talent. This fetched her debut role in Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se in 1998 with a guest appearance. For this role she won the Filmfare Sensational Debut Award.

There has been no looking back for the talented Preity ever since who exudes extra ordinary energy in front of the camera. She charmed her way into the hearts of the million people with Soldier. She changes her look in every film, and looks best with minimal make-up and western outfits. Her chubby cheeks have played their part in giving her the cute label. Priety has dared to be unconventional with her roles in movies like Sunghursh, Kya Kehna. Critics began to take notice of her after her performance in Kya Kehna.

In 2003, Koi Mil Gaya and Kal Ho Naa Ho made her among the most successful actreses in the Bollywood. She won many awards for her role as Naina in the film Kal Ho Na ho. She has made it without any relation in the industry. Films like Kabhi Alvida Naa Khena and Jaan-e-Mann - have given her a serious image.

Her movie with Director Shaad Ali, Jhoom Baraabar Jhoom is ready to hit the floor. With an interesting line up of upcoming movies, Preity is all set to pave her way to the top. She has also acted in a Tollywood movie.

She also won herself another Filmfare Award but this time in the popular award category. Since then she has appeared in two other box office hits (Veer-Zaara and Salaam Namaste). She joined a group of top stars (Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, and Priyanka Chopra) in the Temptation 2004 concert, which was a huge international success. She has been linked with a few of her co-stars such as Abhishek Bachchan and Aamir Khan but has always dismissed them as rumours. She is currently dating the heir to the Bombay Dyeing company Ness Wadia.

Today, the pretty, outspoken, beautiful actress and dancer has much more than a promising and an enthusiastic career and she takes a lot of care in choosing her roles. She is unrelently the most sought after actress of these days. She does not take her success lightly and tries to enjoy most of it. Preity has surely made her place in the hearts of the public and also in Bollywood.

Michelle Marsh

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Michelle Marsh was born on 30 September in the year 1982. She is among the most famous personalities born in Oldham, Lancashire, England. Michelle Marsh's family was large
, open minded and very supportive that helped her to take her first step early on the arenas of singing, acting and modeling. At a very early age of around four, she did her first modeling assignment with Kids and Co. She studied in the Crompton House School. As she grew up, her popularity also grew locally. At the age of eleven, she started appearing in the local productions like Oliver!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, The Sound of Music, and Annie.

At the age of sixteen, Michelle Marsh won the first prize at the talent show in Manchester. She was also the finalist in BBC Radio One songwriting competition. She was much interested in pursuing her show biz career than continuing her studies. In the year 1999, she left her studies to enter into the world of show biz. Her initial appearances were in various British soap operas such as Holly Oaks and Coronation Street and Brookside. Michelle Marsh also pursued her singing along with acting. She was among the final thirty contestants in a TV singing competition.

At was in the year 2000, that Michelle Marsh entered the actual scene of modeling. She became famous as the Bikini Babe of the British tabloid 'The Daily Star'. In April 2001, she was the runner up of 'The Sun's Miss Cleavage competition'. This gave her great fame. In the year 2002, Michelle Marsh started with her singing career as she launched her first solo album.

Michelle Marsh became the talk of the town in the year 2002, when she appeared topless in the Daily Star. In 2003 March, she was offered a photo shoot with the famous British Magazine ' The Sun'. After this there was no looking back. She did number of commercials, appeared in the shoot at the World Cup Of Rugby, and made her appearances in various motorcycle shows. In amidst of all this she did not leave her singing passion. In the year 2004, she appeared with another page3 favorite Lucy Pinder. Her popularity grew and she appeared in the famous men's magazines like the Playboy, Loaded and the NUTS.

Michelle Marsh's popularity was not confined only to the British. She modeled for various ads in France, Mexico and Portugal. Finally in the year 2005, Michelle Marsh's dream to become famous in singing too became true. She releases her first single I Don’t Do in November. It became very popular and reached at number five in the UK Indie Chart. In the same year, she was ranked thirty third in the 100 sexiest women in the world. Michelle Marsh was a new entry but was very popular. In the year 2006, she finished forty seventh. Michelle Marsh was a part of the 2006 season of the famous 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!'

Petra Nemcova

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Petra Nemcova is a famous fashion model. She was born on 24 June 1979 in Karvina in Czech Republic. Petra Nemcova is also called the "Czech Chick”. Petra Nemcova comes from a background that has nothing to do with the glamour world. Petra Nemcova’s father was a bricklayer. Her mother was a teacher.

Petra Nemcova is one of the most famous names of the fashion world today. She is five feet ten inches tall. She made her place in the in the FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. She was ranked seventy sixth. Petra Nemcova loves dancing.

In the year 2004, Petra and her British Photographer boyfriend Simon Atlee were caught up in the devastating Tsunami in Thailand. At that time Petra Nemcova and her boyfriend were on a holiday in a Thai resort of Khao Lak. Petra Nemcova had to hang on a tree for eight hours while water was gushing by. In the accident she survived but broke her pelvis and suffered several severe internal injuries. Simon Atlee went missing in the accident and still no news of his survival has ever received. Petra Nemcova was shuddered by the accident of Tsunami. She posed from the hospital bed in US so that funds could be raised for Tsunami hit people. Petra Nemcova started a Happy Hearts Fund to provide help to tragedy-affected kids in Asia. A Glamour magazine awarded Petra Nemcova a “Survivor Award" for the tsunami disaster.

Petra Nemcova wrote a book called Love Always, Petra, in which she tells about her early childhood times in Czech Republic. She tells about the communist rule in the country. She shares her experience in the glamour world and how she became a super model from a small town girl. She has written about her love for her boyfriend Simon Atlee, how they fell in love and were about to get married before the Tsunami ordeal happened.

Petra Nemcova came into the world of fashion when she participated in a national talent search. A modeling scout discovered her on the streets of Czech Republic. Ever since, she was spotted, she became a hot favorite of many fashion magazines and advertisements. She did number of photo shoots and commercials that made her a known face. She was on the cover page of the 2003 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has also modeled for the Victoria's Secret and various other famous women’s clothing brands in the market. She modeled for the pages of Elle, Harper's Bazaar. She also appeared in a French film called ‘Absolument fabuleux’ in the year 2001. Her co-star in the film was Marie Gillain. She became so popular that she was also invited to become the judge in the annual Miss Universe competition in Quito, Ecuador in the year 2004.

Petra Nemcova appeared on the American TV on the Late show with Craig Kilborn. In the same show, the host Craig Kilborn predicted that she would feature on the 2003 Sports Swimsuit Issue, which came out to be right.

Kelly Brook

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Kelly Brook was born on November 23, 1979. Her real name is Kelly Ann Parsons. She is a famous English model, an actress, a host for various shows and swimwear designer. She finished her schooling in Rochester and joined Italia Conti academy of theatre arts in London.

Kelly Brook won a beauty competition and began her modeling career soon after the school at the age of 16. Her initial advertising campaigns are ‘Bravissimo’, a lingerie company and ‘Foster's beer’. The tall figure of Kelly Brook with striking 5 feet, 8 inches and an eye-captivating figure did not go unnoticed. The Daily Star featured her as a Page Three girl. Kelly Brook appeared in lad mags like Loaded and FHM. Her name showed up frequently in the list of ‘FHM 100 Sexiest Women of the Year’ and in 2005 she even came first in the list. In the same year, the magazine Grazia wrote that Kelly Brook has the best female figure in the whole Britain. Her fantastic curves and grace brought her many opportunities to do commercials for swimwear, sportswear and hosiery modeling. Recently, the 50-foot high hoardings of Kelly Brook's bust in the commercial ‘Triumph Bras’ caused a commotion. In 2005, a fantastic black and white portfolio of Kelly Brook that was taken by the well-known photographer David Bailey came in British design magazine, Arena. Her alluring figure showed up in many billboards and in newspapers for the commercial Lynx body spray, otherwise known as Axe.

At the age of 18, Kelly Brooke started as a presenter to perform programs on MTV, Granada and Trouble TV. In 1999, Denise van Outen was replaced by Kelly Brooke in the ‘The Big Breakfast’ show. But she quitted the show after half a year. In 2000, her role as Anya, a lap dancer in the play ‘Eye Contact’ created much of the hustle. She acted in the first season of the series ‘Smallville’ as the girl friend of Superman’s best friend Lex Luthor. Kelly Brooke showed her face in few movies like ‘Sorted’, ‘Ripper’ and ‘The Italian Job’. In 2004, she acted along with Brooke Burke in the video game ‘Need for Speed Underground 2’ as Nikki Morris. Her reel role flourished as Sophia Rosselini in the movie ‘School for Seduction’ in 2004. In 2005, Kelly Brooke acted in the movie ‘House of 9’, a thriller by Philippe Vidal. In 2005, Kelly Brooke hosted a reality television show called ‘Celebrity Love Island’ for the ITV. Her recent appearance was in a drama ‘Marple: The Moving Finger’ on ITV. Another one in her list is ‘Hotel Babylon’, a television drama. Kelly Brooke acted with her fiancé Billy Zane in the movie ‘Survival Island’. Her other famous movies are ‘Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo’ (2005), ‘Romy and Michele: In the Beginning’ (2005), ‘Three’ (2005), ‘Absolon’ (2003) and ‘The (Mis) Adventures of Fiona Plum’ (2001).

In 2006, Kelly Brook introduced swimwear and lingerie at New Look stores all over the nation. She also decided to release her own signature fragrance in 2007. Kelly Brook is an ambassador of the Prince’s Trust and also worked with the underwater fashion photographer Candice for the charity ‘fresh2o’, which promoted the necessity of clean water and sanitation in third world countries.

Britney Spears

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The sultry pop superstar Britney Spears (nicknames : Brit and Pinkey) was born on December 2, 1981, in Kentwood, LA. She spent summers schooling at New York's Off-Broadway Dance Center and the Professional Performing Arts School. She earned a role on the off-Broadway play Ruthless in 1991. A year later, she became a Mouseketeer in The Mickey House Club, and was part of the show from the time she was 11 until she was 13. She and fellow-musketeer pop-hunk Justin Timberlake dated for a number of years, but went their separate ways in 2002.

After returning home for a short time to become a "regular" high school student in Louisinia for a year, Spears was signed to the Jive record label and over the next two years recorded her debut album with producers Eric Foster White and Max Martin. Released in January 12,1999, this album ‘Baby One More Time’ was a smash hit and rocketed her to superstardom. By September, Baby One More Time had sold over 6 million copies.

Spears' second album, ‘Oops!...I Did It Again’, hit stores in May of 2000. With 1.3 million copies sold in its first week in stores, the album became the top-selling debut by a solo female artist ever. It earned Spears two more Grammy nominations, for Best Vocal Pop Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Spears released her third album, Britney, in November 2001.

In February of 2002, Spears starred in her first major motion picture, Crossroads, bringing her back to her roots in acting. Playing a young woman named Lucy, Spears savvily tied-in the release of the film with several singles from her 2001 recording Britney. The film wasn’t a hit, but Spears' debut did not go ignored by the annual Razzie Awards, however, where the neophyte acress shared a trophy with her idol Madonna for Worst Actress of 2002.

Britney’s personal life has been a roller-coaster ride. Her breakup with Justin Timberlake was followed by an annulled impromptu marriage to childhood pal Jason Allen Alexander in 2003. Spears married dancer Kevin Federline in a much-publicized wedding in September 2004. Their first child, a son, was born on September 14, 2005. Their second son was born on September 12, 2006. Spears later divorced Kevin. However, this split hit Britney emotionally and she turned to medication to get through it. She was seen carrying several types of anti-depressants in her handbag.

In mid February 2007, Britney made headlines when she shaved off her hair. The hair has been put on sale on eBay for $1 million, by the salon where she shaved her own head. A few days after the hair incident, Britney checked into rehab in Antigua.

Britney has always been known for hard partying and her love for tattoos. She has a tattoo of a small black star inked on her right hand, a pink pair of lips on her wrist and a black-and-white cross on her hip. Britney lists Madonna and Mariah Carey as her idols and her trademarks are showing her midriff during performances and lip-synching and synthesizing vocals.

Jessica Alba

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Jessica Marie Alba is a beautiful American Actress born on April 28th 1981 at Pomona, California. Jessica Alba was bought up in an Air force family. She moved to Del Rio, Texas due to her Fathers Career along with her brother Joshua.

Jessica Alba always wanted to have an acting career since age of five. She started her acting classes at age of twelve. Soon Jessica Alba was signed by an agency.

Jessica Alba made her debut in the movie Camp Nowhere. Her role was limited to a two week schedule however as one of the prominent actress dropped out later on her role was extended for two months. Later on she appeared in two more commercials for Nintendo and J.C.Penny and also few more independent films. She appeared in television series “The Secret World of Alex Mac”. Jessica Alba further performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series Flipper. She acted for few episodes in television shows like Brooklyn South, Beverly Hills 9021 and The Love Boat: The Next Wave.

In 1999 she acted in Comedy Feature P.U.N.K.S featuring Randy Quaid.

Jessica Alba was noticed in Entertainment Industry with her short role in Romantic Comedy “Never Been Kissed” and the lead role in comedy horror “Idle Hands”. Her Big Break came when she was selected from 1200 candidates for the role of Super Soldier Max Guevara in the Sci-Fi TV Series Dark Angel. The series was written / Directed by James Cameron. After the cancellation of the series after two seasons she appeared in features Paranoid in 2000 and The Sleeping Dictionary in 2003.

Further Jessica Alba has been popularly known for her roles in Honey for aspiring Dancer- Choreographer, in Sin City where she plays the role of exotic dancer Nancy Callahan and The Fantastic Four where she plays the character of Sue Storm, The Invisible Women.

In 2006, Jessica Alba was voted No 1. among the Top 100 Most Desirable women. Further Jessica Alba appeared on Cover of Playboy Magazine in March 2006 issue. Also she was named among the 25 sexiest celebrities and Sex Star of the year. She threatened to sue Playboy for using her image (from a promotional shot for movie Into the Blue) without her consent, and making it appear as if she had appeared for the Nude Pictorial.

She was engaged to her Dark Angel co-star Michael Weatherly in 2006 but later the engagement was called off.

The Box Office reports of her latest Movie “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” have been very good. She is also labeled as “the sexiest single star” as soon after the release of her latest movie, Reports are published that Jessica Alba has separated from Cash Warren. The pair had dated each other for past two years. The reason for their break up is because Cash did not want to get married however Jessica wanted to tie the knot as soon as possible.

Jessica Alba has vowed that she will not do any hot scenes for movies and will never do any Sex- Scenes or even appear nude in front of cameras. She has reportedly turned down offers made by Directors like Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez due to her no- nudity stand. Jessica Alba has been noted stating that she was more interested in roles that were more innocent.

Angelina Jolie

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Angelina Jolie has packed more in the 31 years of her life than most people do in a lifetime. Angelina, recognized as one of the most beautiful women on this planet, was born on June 4, 1975. On the professional front her latest achievement includes working with her current flame Brad Pitt on a film based on the life of Daniel Pearl. In her private life, she has given birth to a girl in May 2006 in Africa; the baby has been named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. Come to think of it, any name less exotic than this would not have done for this daughter of a mother who herself is defined as an exotic beauty with a pout that sets pulses racing.

Angelina had acting in her blood; she is the daughter of academy award winner Jon Voight. Her mother is Marcheline Bertrand. She started acting lessons at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute from the age of 11 and was a fashion model for some time and then did a few music videos before she turned her sights on acting. Angelina actually cut her acting teeth in five student films directed by her brother James Voight. In her short acting career, Angelina has garnered three Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Oscar. Angelina won at the Globes in 98’ 99’ and 00’ for her roles in George Wallace; Gia; and Girl, Interrupted. The last mentioned film also landed her an academy award.

Cyborg II: Glass Shadows, released in 1993, was her first commercial film; she next starred in Hackers. This role got her some critical acclaim. Angelina and her co-star from the film, Jonny Lee Miller got married in 1996. The marriage was to last till February 1999. Angelina has worked with top-notch acting talents including John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Denzel Washington, and Cate Blanchett. Angelina and Billy Bob Thornton took marriage vows in 2000, exchanged vials of blood, and divorced in 2002. In 2001, Angelina starred opposite Antonio Banderas in Original Sin and further fuelled male fantasies with her portrayal of Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. That film established Angelina as an actress for the masses and the classes and she is now one of the top paid actresses in Hollywood.

Angelina was the voice of Lola in Shark Tale in 2004 and played mother to Colin Farrell in the epic Alexander. All the attention showered on her till then was only a preparation for what followed when the paparazzi got a whiff of something brewing between Angelina and Brad Pitt. The couple got hounded across the globe and Angelina had to take the blame for being responsible for Brad and Jennifer Aniston’s split. Since then, Brad has adopted Angelina’s children Maddox and Zahara and the power-couple; dubbed Brangelina, make for a happy twosome.

Two things that add to the Angelina mystique are the numerous tattoos on her body and her declaration of being bisexual. She has a cross on her lower front hip and a cross on her thigh; a dragon on her lower back and the letter H on her left wrist. Regarding her bisexuality, Angelina declared that she had a sexual relationship with Jenny Shimizu, her co-star from Foxfire.

Amrita Rao

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Born on 17th June , 1981, a Gemini knows Hindi, English, Marathi and Konkani. Amrita Rao with her cute , natural beauty ventured into the big world of Hindi Movies while she was auditioning for an advertisement of Fairever fairness cream ad. She never aspired to be a full time actress as she was born into a well to do Chitrapur Brahmin family but destiny had a lot in store for her when she got selected for that advertisement . She was selected for the close –up ad and after that she became the model for top brands of the country. After that she never had to turn back and has been loaded with numerous offers both for movies and advertisements. Her debut film was Ab ke Baras realesed in 2002 for which she even got nomination for the screen weekly awards for the Most Promising Newcomer .

She came out as a real winner with her dancng skills , innocent looks and decent acting skills . She was later seen in Rajkumar Santoshi's The Legend of Bhagat Singh. But all the while she was not much of a recognized face in the film industry. It was Ken ghosh's 'Ishq Vishk Pyaar Vyaar' which brought her to public notice. The day her film Ishq Vishk was released. It took a bumper opening . The audience response was so positive and overwhelming. This movie proved to be her stepping stone to success and fame. The other movies in line for her were 'Masti', 'Main Hoon Na' and 'Deewar- Let's Bring Our Heroes Home'. Of these once again 'Masti' and 'Main Hoon Na' were hit movies.

Amrita was appreciated for her work in both the films. In 'Main hoon Na' she played a college girl absolute contrast to the one she played in Ishq Vishk Pyaar Vyaar. Masti was a comedy film in which she played a house wife who behaves in a peculiar fashion. She was nominated for the filmfare award in the category of the Best Actress in a supporting role . Doing a Shah Rukh Khan film immediately increased her national and overseas market.

Amrita Rao is a good actress. and peole are quite correct in stating she is cute, Amrita's performancs in Main Hoo Naa was nothing short of brilliant. She looked good in her last film Vivah. Amrita Rao has taken a new role now. She has turned director. Well, not in real life but in reel life. She will be essaying the role of an assistant director in her next film My Name is Anthony Gonsalves. We can all look forward to her role in this movie which is produced by T-Series, directed by E.Niwas and presented by Shah Rukh Khan and starring a new comer Nikhil Dwivedi.

This would be her second movie with Sha Rukh Khan , the first being Amin Hoon Na .

In her personal life also she is a very kind hearted person who hates being selfish to people. She wants to be a social worker and help the mentally challenged kids

Vidya Balan

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Vidya balan casually radiant, without any artifice, totally engaing is the new star in the Bollywood skies.

Vidya who is from Kerala’s Iyer middle class family , born in Kerala was brought up in Mumbai. She did her schooling from St Antony's School and graduated in Sociology from St Xavier's College .While doing her MA from Mumbai University she was offered a role oppsite Mohanlal in a Malayalam film but this film was shelved mid-way. She made her debut as a model in a Surf Excel advertisement in 1998. She has acted in over 25 ad films, most of which were directed by Pradeep Sarkar. She featured in three music videos for ‘Euphoria’, Shubha Mudgal and Pankaj Udhas. Vidya also acted in Ashok Pandit’s TV serial Hanste Khelte and Ektaa Kapoor's Hum Paanch.

In the meantime, she acted in Bengali movie Bhaalo Theko for which she even won the ‘Best Actress’ Anand Lok Puraskar in Kolkata . Vidya had to go through 40 screen tests and 17 make-up shoots before she was finally chosen for the lead role in the film ‘Parineeta’. In this movie she portrayed a simple sari clad woman . She won the hearts of millions in her debut film through her talent and beauty. Even superstar Amitabh Bachchan found her absolutely marvelous and wonderfully natural in the movie. Her latest movie ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ is breaking all the records. In this movie she plays a hip radio jockey , which is quite a trasition for her from her sari clad act in Parineeta.

Her talent has fetched her a lot of awards for her debut film ‘Parineeta’. She was awarded with Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer , Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow , Filmfare Best Debut Award, Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut, International Indian Film Academy Awards: Best Female Debut for Parineeta. Having won almost all the best debutant awards for “Parineeta”, Vidya got great offers in the form of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s “Eklavya”, Nikhil Advani’s “Salaame Ishq”, Mani Ratnam’s “Guru”. She has clinched the enviable title of being commercially successful and critically acclaimed. Lady luck is surely on her side since the kind of meaty rolesshe is getting ,female actors have to wait for decades before they can even remotely claim to be both, she sure has lady luck on her side.

New movies coming are sajid Khan’s ‘Hey Baby’ and a south film Dasavatharan and Rituparno Ghosh’s Rahgeer.

Vidya Balan, who played heroine in 'Lageraho Munnabhai', might play the heroine in Telugu version also. Chiranjeevi is playing the lead in the remake version of 'Lageraho Munnabhai' that might be titled 'Shankardada Zindabad'. Sources said that filmmakers are trying big time to get Vidya Balan to sign the dotted line. Dates are being sorted out at this point. It will be interesting to see if Vidya Balan would do this role since she has already denied a few roles from South including Kamal's 'Dasavatharam'.

Vidya is a hot property in Bollywood. Vidya Balan is one of those rare actresses who haven’t been corrupted by her success. She still enjoys reading books and chilling with friends and family rather than being a filmy type..

Malaika Arora

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Meanwhile she also did a music video for Bally Sagoo's Gud Naal Ishq Mitha and Shubha Mudgal's Pyar Ka Mausam where she shared the screen with her now hubby Arbaaz Khan . ‘Gud Naal Ishq Mitha’ song got noticed by Farah Khan who offered her the song ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ alongside King Khan. Her sensational appearance in Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se caught audience’s attention.

Till today she is called the ‘original item girl’ because of this song. Model turned VJ turned actress, Malaika Arora got married to bollywood actor Arbaz Khan on December 12, 1998 whom she met during a coffee ad shoot . Life has not changed much for her even after the birth of her son , Arhaan and even motherhood could not take away the sex symbol tag attached to her. Her fitness mantra has a lot to contribute to it since she works out religiously and eats just right. She got back to work with full force and does VJ and movies both with a great balancing act. Her known movies include Kaal, The Hero, Kaante, Maa Tujhhe Salaam, Indian, Bichhoo, Dil Se.

Also in Karan Johar's ‘Kaal' Malaika Arora Khan and Shah Rukh Khan created the same magic by shaking legs together to an item tune. And now, after a gap of three years, the hottie has shot a special number in Firoz Nadiadwala’s Welcome.This is a tapori song with Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar and is like a mixture of ‘Kajra re’ and ‘Makhna’

Interestingly, Malaika is also shooting a song with hubby Arbaaz Khan for Indrajit Lankesh’s untitled film. With the hot and sensuous body-to-die-for, Malaika Arora would be seen in Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om where she plays a superwoman first of its kind in Bollywood. The movie is a co-production of Farah Khan and SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment. Malaika Arora Khan agreed to do the film all for free of cost for her dear friend Farah Khan. She is also the Brand ambassador for European cellular phone (Meridien mobile phones). On her future plans she certainly does not see herself in show biz in the future. She wants to start certain business, preferably running a restaurant.

Malaika Arora

2011-02-04T21:28:00.001-08:00

Malaika Arora who always wanted to be a model since childhood started with Society magazine’s ccover girl. Essentially she is a print/press model doing ad campaigns for print and television. Her face adorned various prestigious ad campaigns, Some of her as campaigns are Pearl Pet, Bare Necessities, Mafatlal, Benzer, Arena, Tanishq, Tribhuvandas Bhimji and De Beers. Tall , sexy diva then went on to become the Ramp Queen . The sultry model shot to fame as a video jockey for the music channel MTV where she hosted popular shows like Style Check and Love Line.

Meanwhile she also did a music video for Bally Sagoo's Gud Naal Ishq Mitha and Shubha Mudgal's Pyar Ka Mausam where she shared the screen with her now hubby Arbaaz Khan . ‘Gud Naal Ishq Mitha’ song got noticed by Farah Khan who offered her the song ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ alongside King Khan. Her sensational appearance in Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se caught audience’s attention.

The model turned veejay turned actress started her movie career with the movie ‘Aaja Meri Jaan’ but she gained instant appreciation and literally rocked the nation when she shook legs with Sharukh khan on a train top to the driving beat of chaiyya chaiyya. The song went to become an instant hit.

Till today she is called the ‘original item girl’ because of this song. Model turned VJ turned actress, Malaika Arora got married to bollywood actor Arbaz Khan on December 12, 1998 whom she met during a coffee ad shoot . Life has not changed much for her even after the birth of her son , Arhaan and even motherhood could not take away the sex symbol tag attached to her. Her fitness mantra has a lot to contribute to it since she works out religiously and eats just right. She got back to work with full force and does VJ and movies both with a great balancing act. Her known movies include Kaal, The Hero, Kaante, Maa Tujhhe Salaam, Indian, Bichhoo, Dil Se.

Also in Karan Johar's ‘Kaal' Malaika Arora Khan and Shah Rukh Khan created the same magic by shaking legs together to an item tune. And now, after a gap of three years, the hottie has shot a special number in Firoz Nadiadwala’s Welcome.This is a tapori song with Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar and is like a mixture of ‘Kajra re’ and ‘Makhna’

Interestingly, Malaika is also shooting a song with hubby Arbaaz Khan for Indrajit Lankesh’s untitled film. With the hot and sensuous body-to-die-for, Malaika Arora would be seen in Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om where she plays a superwoman first of its kind in Bollywood. The movie is a co-production of Farah Khan and SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment. Malaika Arora Khan agreed to do the film all for free of cost for her dear friend Farah Khan. She is also the Brand ambassador for European cellular phone (Meridien mobile phones). On her future plans she certainly does not see herself in show biz in the future. She wants to start certain business, preferably running a restaurant.

Rimi Sen

2011-02-04T21:27:00.001-08:00

Rimi Sen (b. on September 21, 1981 in Kolkata, India) is an Indian actress working in the Bollywood film industry. In an interview with journalist Vickey Lalwani, Sen revealed that she does not use her real name, Shoumitra Sen, "because it is so unusual."

Sen moved to Mumbai to become a film actress. She was first noticed when she auditioned for a Coca-Cola advertisement, impressing Priyadarshan, the director of the ad. Priyadarshan cast her in his hit film Hungama, establishing her in Bollywood. She then played Amitabh Bachchan's and Hema Malini's granddaughter in the hit film Baghban. Her next big hit was the Yashraj produced Dhoom. Her next releases Phir Hera Pheri and Golmaal have been successful at the box office. Her latest release Dhoom 2, released on November 24, 2006, is another big hit, though she has very little presence in the film. Rimi is now going by the screen name Rimii. She explains the name change as a career move: there are many other Sens working in Bollywood right now, and a single name may help her stand out from the crowd and stay apart from others.

Glamsham.com interviewed Sen in July 2006 about her work in the movie Golmaal. In the interview Sen said, "I play a sweet and beautiful girl in the film. The best thing that I like about the film is that though it has four heroes, I am the only heroine. Rohit Shetty is amazing as a director. He can make even a black African look pretty."

Ligali, an African British group, condemned her statements and said it showed "how normalized anti-African ideology is within Bollywood and its audiences. It would be unlikely that her racist comments will hinder her career or that of the journalist and media organisation that published this anti-African statement."

Jaspreet Pandohar, Bollywood film critic for BBC Movies Online, said that Sen's comments were "shameful but not entirely surprising. It not only reflects her ignorance of other cultures and belief that black people can’t be naturally beautiful, but also illustrates India and Bollywood’s long-running obsession with fair skin. The sad thing is Rimi probably doesn’t even realise her comments can be construed as offensive and maybe sometimes even racist . It would be practically unheard of a British actor making these kinds of racist comments in the open and to the media. She's currently still in Indian Cinema."

Jiah Khan

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The recently sizzling actress in bollywood Jiah Khan was born on February 20, 1988 in New York. Her mother Rabiya is an actress and Jiah Khan has been brought up single handedly by her. Jiah Khan later moved to London where she spent most of her days. Before coming to bollywood Jiah Khan completed her A levels in film studies and literature in London at the Lee Strasberg’s Institute. It is also rumored that Jiah Khan is actually the daughter of Tahir Hussain, father of Amir Khan. If this is true it makes Jiah Khan Amir’s stepsister. Though Tahir Hussain denies about having any such relationship with Jiah’s mother. But Tahir does admit that he and jiah’s mother were good friends.

The greatest turning point in her life was bagging the, Ram Gopal Verma directed movie Nishabd. Her popularity is highly attributed to her debut movie where she is paired against maestro, Amitabh Bachchan. After this movie Jiah Khan does not need any introduction to the Indian Movie audience. Jiah Khan has rocked Bollywood with her bold and stunning performance in the movie and her character in the movie has created a nation wide sensation.

Jiah Khan has a deep passion for singing and has received formal training in classical opera. She began experimenting with music and was about to release her album. She recorded six pop numbers but ran out of finance and hence could not complete her project. Jiah Khan even knows to play piano. If this is not enough Jiah Khan has great dancing talent. For the last nine years Jiah Khan has been mastering different forms of dancing that includes belly dancing, lambada, salsa, jazz, reggae, kathak and samba. However she admits that acting is her favorite.

Before doing the movie Jiah Khan was not aware that Amithab Bachchan was a very famous bollywood icon. This ignorance helped her to perform her role in the movie with ease and confidence. Jiah Khan admitted that her training at the Lee Straisberg’s institute helped her cope up with kissing scenes. Three things that she learnt during the making of the film from the Amitabh bachchan himself was how to be patient, how to smell good and how to give disapproving looks.

Apart from acting in the movie Jiah Khan has sang one of the songs “Take Lite” for the movie. Jiah Khan has written the lyric for the song and has also composed the music for it. The song reflects Jiah’s character and her philosophy in life. To complete the matter Jiah Khan actually choreographed the song herself and introduced a little Shakira style hip shaking.

Miss. Jiah Khan has good knowledge about perfumes as prior to working in the movies Jiah Khan spent some time in the perfume factory. This experience helped her to point out exactly the different brands of perfumes used daily by Amithab Bachchan during the make of the movie. She amazed everyone by her perfect knowledge about colognes. Ever since the release of Nishabd Jiah Khan is being flooded with very lucrative offers from the big ones from bollywood. But the actress has not decided on any of the offers as yet.

Shilpa Shetty

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Shilpa Shetty was born on 8 June, 1975 in Karnatka, India. Her nick name is Manya, but she is called Babucha by her mother. She is five feet and ten inches tall woman. Her mother name is Sunanda and her father name is Surender Shetty. Her parents were models in their time. Her father has done modeling for Year glasses and her mother has done modeling for Bournvita and Forhans. She has one younger sister and her name is Shamita Shetty. Her sister is also Indian film actress. She spent her childhood in Karnataka and after some years, she came to Mumbai. In Mumbai, she has completed her study from St. Anthony Girls’ High School. She has done graduation form Podar College which is located in the central part of Mumbai. She was the good player in baseball . She has a black belt in Karate champion.

Shilpa Shetty has the capacity to crack the jokes on herself. She is very beautiful, talented, independent, and intelligent woman. She has a great sence of humor. She laughs very much. She was very naughty in her childhood.

At the age of seventeen, Shilpa Shetty started her career as Indian film actress from film Gaata Rahe Mera Dil with Rahul Roy. After this she has offered the role in Baazigar movie, in 1993. She has performed well in this movie. Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan was her co-star in the movie. This film was hit at the box office. In 1994, she got success from one song Churake Dil Mera, in Main Khiladi Tu Anari. She got name and fame overnight after this movie. Her latest released movie Dus was hit at the box office. This was multi-starrer movie. She has also performed with her sister in Fareb movie. She appeared in PETA India campaign ads. She got the Filmfare Awards as a Best Actress, three times. Youngsters become the fans of Shilpa Shetty. Even the former Chief Election Commissioner of India is also a great fan of Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.

Shilpa Shetty has done various movies such as Aag, Aao Pyaar Karen, Hathkadi, Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya, Chhote Sarkar, Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul, Gambler, Dhadkan, Darna Mana Hai and Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar. She has done well in Phir Milenge movie. She was appreciated by the audiences. She got Filmfare Best Actress Award for this film. She has also won Best Supporting Actress in 1998 for film Pardesi Babu at the Zee Gold Bollywood Awards. Babel and Durbar was her coming movie.

Shilpa Shetty also appeared in Koffee with Karan show which is directed by Ravina Kohli and Karan Johar (the great Director) is an anchor of this show. She would like to do roles with Jackie Chan and Tom Cruise. She spends her vacation by watching lots of movies, cooking and wakes up late in the morning. She likes to spend free-time with her family members. She is a fan of Leopard and Tiger prints. She is an Indian top model.

Celebrity Big Brother 2007 featuring Shilpa Shetty- The Indian underdog has finally arrived!

Shilpa Shetty emerged victorious after fighting off vicious racist treatment while in the house of the mother of all reality shows - Big Brother. The only Indian to ever be in the Big Brother mansion and doing her country proud by staving off all her attackers and critics alike, Shilpa has proved to be the veritable paradigm of the strength and fortitude of the Indian woman.

The celebrated reality that launched a new mode to voyeurism had an all-white, has-beens, Shilpa was an unlikely addition to the motley crew of the Big Brother household. She walked in gaining absolutely no recognition for being a famous Indian actress and walked out of that house gathering international fame that even the Queen wanted a slice of. She had always been high on the list of all the bookmakers who bet on her win and after the �Goody-turns-Baddy� episode the number of Asians watching and voting for our �desi mulgi� shot through the orbit and garnered the 'lovely Indian lady' votes that gave her a 67% edge over her competition and winning the TV show. After her phenomenal win, she has had a deluge of international film offers, endorsements and even been paid big bucks to do a �spill all� for a popular British newspaper.

HRITHIK ROSHAN

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Bollywood actor, Hrithik Roshan was born on January 10, 1974 in Mumbai, India. He spent his childhood in Mumbai. His full name is Hrithik Nagrath Roshan and his nick name is Duggu. His father name is Rakesh Roshan, who was the great Indian actor. His mother name is Pinky Roshan, who was the Indian actress. He has one sister, Sunaina. Later on, his father turned to movie direction and production.

Hrithik Roshan is married to Suzanne Khan, who was his girl-friend from high-school. Director and actor Sanjay Khan is a father of Suzanne Khan. She has one brother, and his name is Zayed Khan (Bollywood Actor). On March 28, 2006, he has a baby boy, who was born at 3:08 P.M. at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, India. His baby boy name is Reehan Roshan.

   In 1980, Hrithik Roshan has done role as a dancer in the movie- Aasha. Later on, he supported his father behind the camera. While working on the Salman Khan’s Karan Arjun, Bollywood actor Salman Khan suggested him to do acting in films. And then, he learnt lessons in acting and body-building from Salman Khan.

   In 2000, Hrithik Roshan started his film career from the movie- Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai, Amisha Patel was his co-star in the film. Both of them got success from this movie. Hrithik Roshan and Amisha Patel have done the best in the movie. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Debut also. He did lots of movies and got success from the films. He has done memorable performance in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, in 2001. He was nominating for Filmfare Award as a Best Supporting Actor. And later on, he did his father’s Koi… Mil Gaya in 2003. He performed the best in the movie. Children and youngsters became fans of him. He received Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Koi... Mil Gaya.

   Hrithik Roshan also appeared in Stage shows. In 2001, his first performance appeared on stage show at Lux Zee Cine Awards. He has done various movies such as Fiza, Mission Kashmir, Yaadein, Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage, Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, and Koi…Mil Gaya. His latest released movie was Krrish, did do well at the box office. His upcoming movies are Dhoom-2, Akbar- Jodha and Koi… Mil Gaya.

   Hrithik Roshan has two thumbs on his right hand. Uday Chopra (the son of great director Yash Chopra) is his real friend. He can not handle his money. His parents and his wife are taking care of the money. His height is Six feet two inches and his eyes are in brown color. He has a pet Persian cat, known as Tiger. He has invited for special dinner in the Bill Clinton’s party. He did lots of modeling assignments.

   Hrithik Roshan is very handsome, down-to-earth, intelligent, laborious and charming person. He wants to do a variety of roles in different movies. He likes to spend his free-time with his family members.

Hritihik Roshan in Krrish and Dhoom 2 - Bollywood's Next Big Thing -

   Hrithik Roshan is the new blue-eyed boy of Bollywood. After the phenomenal successes of both his current movies, Dhoom 2 and Krrish he is a star who has overshadowed all the rising stars in the industry and is in a position to not only boast mega-budget movies but also an imbursement of 35 crores for every single film! And this does even include all the brand endorsements that he makes; he has been signed on as a brand ambassador for many firms. Dhoom 2 has been his first film outside of his father's banner and its success has proved to everyone that he can shine even without the help of Papa Roshan.

   Rumor has it that his huge popularity has made Adlabs to sign him on a deal for a whopping 35 crores for a 4 film deal after Hrithik won Actor of the Year 2006 award and both his films were felicitated with multiple awards. He is presently working on 'Jodha Akbar', a period film with Aishwarya Rai as his co-star and has landed another meaty role with Rohan Sippy in Aladin which is a Rs 70 crore blockbuster and is doing another musical with his uncle, Rajesh Roshan.

He is riding the wave of success and status and cashing in majorly on his successes and let's hope that he continues on his journey to the top.

Hansika Motwani

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Hansika Motwani is a famous child artist and now an upcoming heroine of Indian Film industry. She has done number of roles in Indian films and television. She was born on August 9, 1991, in Mumbai, India. Hansika Motwani’s father’s name is Pradeep Motwani and mother’s name is Mona Motwani. She also has a brother named Prashant Motwani. Hansika Motwani knows to speak number of languages but she chiefly communicates in Hindi.

Hansika Motwani is a known name in the Indian film industry and the small screen. Hansika Motwani was to start her film career in a film named ‘Yahoo’ which starred Govinda and Juhi Chawla. Juhi Chawla actually recommended her to the director, as she was impressed with her acting capabilities. But unfortunately the film delayed and finally could not be made. But it was Juhi Chawla again who helped Hansika Motwani to get her ad of Hyundai Santro with the superstar Shahrukh Khan. After the commercial, Hansika Motwani was a star. She was loaded with offers for commercials. She did number of TV commercials for Pepsi, Samsung Electronics and Bournvita. One of the most noted offers that came for Hansika Motwani was for the film ‘Koi.. Mil Gaya’ that starred Hritik Roshan and Priety Zinta. The film was a smash hit.

Before entering the big screen of Indian Film Industry, Hansika Motwani did a number of TV serials like Ekta Kapoor’s ‘ Kyuki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’. She was a apart of the popular kids show on Star Plus called ‘Shaka laka boom boom’. She was very appreciated for her acting in the serial ‘Des Me Nikla Hoga Chand’. She played the character of Tina very well. She was also a part of Zee TV’s ‘Tum Bin’.

Apart from the famous roles Hansika Motwani played, she was also a part of number of other films that did not do very well at the box office but Hansika Motwani’s talents could not be ignored. One such film was Mehul Kumar’s ‘ Jaago.. Shruti’. The film was based on a true story of a ten years old girl who was mentally challenged and who was raped in a local train in August 2002. Hansika Motwani impressed number of critics with her performance in the film. Hansika Motwani has played appreciable characters in films like ‘ Escape from Taliban’ , “Hawa’ and Dheeraj Kumar’s ‘Abra Ka Dabra’ that unfortunately lost at the box office. Hansika Motwani has worked with the superstar of the millennium, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan in the film’ Hum Kaun Hai’.

Hansika Motwani is now moving to be a heroine. She has done a role in Puri Jagannadh's Telegu film. The film is named as Desamuduru in which she is paired opposite Allu Arjun. Hansika Motwani plays a sannyasi in the film. She is also doing a Hindi film called ‘He’, which is still under production. Hansika Motwani is all set to debut as a heroine in Himesh Reshammiya’s film ‘ Aap ka Saroor- The Real Love Story’.

Priyanka Chopra

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Priyanka Chopra was born on July 18, 1982 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in India. She is a successful model as well as an actress. Her nicknames are Sunshine, Mimi, Yanka, Priyucka Cobra. Her father Captain Dr. Ashok Chopra is a doctor and her mother Madhu Akhauri is also a doctor. Priyanka Chopra’s father is a Punjabi-Bengali-Marathi and is originally from Punjab and her mother who is a Tamil-Malayali-Kannada-Telegu, is originally from Tamil Nadu settled in Jamshedpur. Her mother belongs to a Kayastha Bihari family. Her parents are settled in Baraeilly. Priyanka Chopra has got a brother called Siddharth, who is eight years younger to her. In her childhood Priyanka Chopra has shifted to a lot of places as her father was in army. She has spent her childhood in many places such as in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Newton, Massachusetts and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Priyanka Chopra studied in St. Maria Goretti School in Bareilly and then from La Martinière in Lucknow and for further education she went to United States and was enrolled as a student of Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts and North Delta Senior Secondary School in North Delta. Priyanka returned back to India and completed her high school from Army School in Rae Bareilly. Priyanka Chopra completed her tenth standard in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and started dreaming of a career as a software Engineer or a Criminal Psychologist. Priyanka Chopra then joined Jai Hind College in Mumbai but soon after she left the college as she had already won the Miss World Pageant. This 5 ft. 7 1/2" actress loves to wear sarees.

Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World Pageant in the year 2000. As a debutant her first film was Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story of a Spy(2003). Her second film was Andaaz which was a hit and it was for this film that she won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. In 2004 she was cast in the film Aitraaz directed by Abbas-Mustan, where she played a negative role and in turn won the Filmfare Best Villain Award. In the year 2004 she also appeared in films like Plan, Kismat, Asambhav and Mujhse Shadi Karogi. In 2005 there was another series of movies that she came up with including Blackmail, Karam, Waqt: The Race Against Time, Yakeen, Bluffmaster and Barsaat. 2006 was another successful year for Priyanka Chopra as she it was this year that one of her biggest blockbuster movie “Krrish” released. This followed by other movies which were commercially very successful such as Aap Ki Khatir and Don- The Chase Begins Again. Salaame Ishq: A Tribute to Love and Big Brother and big Brother were two films which increased her popularity in the year 2007, but both these movies failed to gain popularity in the box office.

Priyanka Chopra is awaiting three releases at the beginning of the year 2008 which includes Drona, God Tussi Great Ho and Love Story 2050. When she won the Miss world crown in the year 2000 she became the fifth Indian woman to win the Miss World title. Not only this, Priyanka Chopra was the fourth Indian to win this title within a time span of 7 years. In the beginning of her career she was first featured in a Tamil Film called Thamizhan in the year 2002. The Hero: Love Story of a Spy came after this film and became one of the highest earning films of that year. She was nominated as the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her film Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar. She was nominated for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her acting in the ilm Aitraaz.

Priyanka Chopra was the part of the world tour called Temptations 2004 with other big stars of Bollywood like Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Rani Mukherji.

Priyanka Chopra likes music and dance. Her hobbies are writing poems, reading short stories especially biographies of various legends. She is an active social worker. She is the only Indian in United States of America to be selected in the National Opus Honor Choir at the state level who does extensive work charity work in U.S.A and India. Priyanka Chopra is also the ambassador for CAF and CII in their literacy program.