World Entertainment

Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Terminator

2011-06-29T19:07:00.000+01:00

Birth Name: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger.

Nickname: Arnie,Austrian Oak,Conan the Republican,Styrian Oak,The Governator,The Running Man,Conan the Governor.

Date of Birth: 30 July 1947, Thal, Styria, Austria.

Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m).

Growing up in a small, isolated village in Austria, he turned to bodybuilding as his ticket to a better life. Prior to that he served a mandatory one year in the Austrian military (beginning in 1965).

Beginning in 1970, Schwarzenegger dominated the sport of competitive bodybuilding winning five Mr. Universe titles and seven Mr. Olympia titles and, with it, he made himself a major sports icon, he generated a new international audience for bodybuilding, gym memberships worldwide swelled by the tens of thousands and the Weider sports business empire flourished beyond belief and reached out to all corners of the globe.

He debuted on screen as "Arnold Strong" in the low budget Hercules in New York (1969), then director Bob Rafelson cast Arnold in Stay Hungry (1976) alongside Jeff Bridges and Sally Field, for which Arnold won a Golden Globe Award for "Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture". The mesmerizing Pumping Iron (1977) covering the 1975 Mr Olympia contest in South Africa has since gone on to become one of the key sports documentaries of the 20th century, plus Arnold landed other acting roles in the comedy Cactus Jack (1979) opposite Kirk Douglas, and he portrayed Mickey Hargitay in the well- received TV movie The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980) (TV). But, what Arnold really needed was a super hero / warrior style role in a lavish production that utilized his chiseled physique, and gave him room to show off his growing acting talents and quirky humor.

2003: Ranked #9 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s.

Only the second governor in California's history to be born in a foreign country. John Downey, the 7th Governor of California, was born in Ireland and served from 1860-1862.

Nicolas Cage - The Rider

2011-06-28T22:30:00.000+01:00

Birth Name: Nicholas Kim Coppola.

Nickname: Nick.

Date of Birth: 7 January 1964, Long Beach, California, USA.

Height: 6' (1.83 m).

The son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (a brother of director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang, Cage changed his name early in his career to make his own reputation, succeeding brilliantly with a host of classic, quirky roles by the late 1980s.

October 1997: Ranked #40 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

Ranked #37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood in 1998.

1984: Listed as one of 12 "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36.

2007: Bought Midford Castle (a big house, not a real castle) near Bath, England. Purchase price was in the region of £5 million (about $10 million).

In 2006, he donated $2 million to Amnesty International for a fund to help child soldiers.

(January 2011) Filming Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) in Turkey.

Jason Statham - The Transporter

2011-06-28T17:03:00.000+01:00

Name: Jason Statham.

Nickname: Jay.

Date of Birth: 12 September 1967, London, England, UK.

Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m).

Jason Statham has done quite a lot in a short time. He has been an Olympic Diver on the British National Diving Team and finished 12th in the World Championships in 1992. He has also been a fashion model, black market salesman and finally of course, actor. He got the audition for his debut role as Bacon in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) through French Connection, for whom he was modeling.

After Snatch. (2000) came Turn It Up (2000) with US music star Ja Rule, followed by a supporting actor role in the Sci-Fi film Ghosts of Mars (2001), Jet Li's The One (2001) and another screen partnership with Vinnie Jones in Mean Machine (2001) under Guy Ritchie's and Matthew Vaughn's SKA Films. Finally in 2002 he was cast as the lead role of Frank Martin in The Transporter (2002).

Has appeared in three different films in which his character gets attacked with an axe, The Transporter (2002), Transporter 2 (2005) and War (2007).

Has appeared in two films which include the song "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Transporter 3 (2008).

will smith - The Legend

2011-06-28T16:38:00.000+01:00

Birth Name: Willard Christopher Smith Jr.

Nickname: Fresh Prince,Mr. July.

Date of Birth: 25 September 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m).

Smith is of both African American and Native American heritage. He grew up in middle class area in West Philadelphia called Wynnefield. Will attended the Overbrook High School located in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He got the nickname "Prince" because of the way he could charm his way out of trouble. Bright student Will also signed up with the high-status Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia.

With the success that came with the action picture Bad Boys (1995), Will's movie career was set. He had a huge Blockbuster hit with Independence Day (1996), where he plays the alien-battling Marine Corps Captain Steven Hiller.

(July 2009) Living in Beijing, China for the next three months with his family while his son, Jaden Smith, films The Karate Kid (2010).

Ranked #30 on VH1's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists along with DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.

Ranked #29 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.

2007 - Ranked #5 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.

December 2007 - According to Forbes, for each dollar he got paid, Smith's movies averaged $10 of gross income.

Was a millionaire before the age of 20.

In 2004, his net worth was estimated to be $188 million.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $31 million.

Sylvester Stallone - The Rambo

2011-06-28T01:38:00.000+01:00

Birth Name: Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone.

Nickname: Sly,Michael (as a teenager),The Italian Stallion.

Date of Birth: 6 July 1946, New York City, New York, USA.

Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m).

The young Stallone attended the American College of Switzerland and the University of Miami, eventually obtaining a B.A. degree. Initially, he struggled in small parts in films such as the soft-core The Party at Kitty and Stud's (1970).

Inspired by the 1975 Muhammad Ali-Chuck Wepner fight in Cleveland, Stallone wrote a film script about a nobody fighter given the "million to one opportunity" to challenge for the heavyweight title. Rocky (1976) became the stuff of cinematic legends, scoring ten Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Picture Award of 1976 and triggering one of the most financially successful movie franchises in history!

On June 27th, 1998, his second daughter, Sistine Rose Stallone was born, with third wife Jennifer Flavin.

On 5 June 1994 he broke up with then-girlfriend Jennifer Flavin by sending her a "Dear Jane" letter via FedEx. They reconciled after one year, on 5 June 1995 and married on 17 May 1997.

Ranked #92 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997].

The Expendables (2010) opened at number one at the U.S. box office with a first weekend gross of $35 million. This makes Sylvester Stallone the only person in Hollywood history to have starred in films that have opened atop the box office charts over five consecutive decades.

Johnny Depp - The Pirates

2011-06-27T22:07:00.000+01:00

Birth Name: John Christopher Depp II.

Nickname: Mr. Stench,Colonel.

Date of Birth: 9 June 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA.

Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m).

He dropped out of school at age 15 in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison (Lori A. Depp), who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series "21 Jump Street" (1987).

he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), playing a character that only the likes of Depp could pull off: the charming, conniving and roguish Capt. Jack Sparrow. Now Depp is collaborating again with Burton in a screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).

Depp is living with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002.

Brad Pitt - Sexiest Man

2011-06-27T21:58:00.000+01:00

Birth Name: William Bradley Pitt.

Date of Birth: 18 December 1963, Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA.

Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m).

His mother's name is Jane Etta Hillhouse. His father, William (Bill) Pitt, worked in management at a trucking firm in Springfield.

1994: Given title "Sexiest Man Alive" from People Magazine, after making Legends of the Fall (1994).

Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1997].

Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1996].

Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Actor category for his performance in the film Troy (2004). He did not receive a nomination,

Tom Cruise

2011-06-26T22:54:00.000+01:00

Birth Name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV.

Date of Birth: 3 July 1962,Syracuse,New York,USA.

Height: 5' 7"(1.70 m).

Young Tom spent his boyhood eternally on the move, and by the time he was 14, had attended 15 different schools in the US and Canada. He finally settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his mother and her new husband.

Ranked #14 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #16 in 2002.

Ranked #4 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s (2003)

Within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top grossing films of the decade including Top Gun (1986); The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). By the 1990s and 2000s he was one of the highest paid actors in the world earning an average 15 million dollars a picture in such blockbuster hits as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), Mission: Impossible II (2000), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), and Jerry Maguire (1996) - for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for best actor.

Was considered for the lead in The Matrix (1999).

David Beckham - Hero of football

2011-06-26T22:23:00.000+01:00

Name: David Robert Joseph Beckham.

Nickname: Dave,Becks,Golden Balls,DB7.

Date of Birth: 2 May 1975, Leytonstone, London, England, UK.

Height: 6'(1.83 m).

He was born David Robert Joseph Beckham on May 2, 1975, in Leytonstone, East London, England, son of Ted Beckham, a kitchen fitter, and Sandra West, a hairdresser. Beckham's maternal grandfather is Jewish, and he has been mentioning the religion as influence; he wears a tattoo written in Hebrew from the 'Song of Songs' in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), albeit he is not known to practice Judaism or any other faith. Beckham has always played in long sleeve shirts to cover up his tattoos in consideration of others who may feel uncomfortable due to their beliefs.

He was brought up by his parents, supporters of Manchester United, attended Bobby Charlton's football school in Manchester, and won a spot in a training session at FC Barcelona as a child. In 1986 he was a Manchester United's mascot for a match against West Ham United.

In 2005 Beckham became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was also involved in promoting London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. His third season in Madrid was unremarkable, and he was criticized a lot, mainly because the team finished second to Barcelona in Spanish "La Liga" and lost to Arsenal in the European Champions League

In 2009, in a unique time share agreement David played on loan at AC Milan to maintain his fitness after ending the season with the Galaxy. He ended up staying with Milan for five months, from January to May 2009. In 2010, he also arranged to embark on a second loan spell at AC Milan from the Galaxy, to play for Milan for another five months. He said the he "genuinely enjoyed playing for Milan."

The Beckhams, who have become known as "Posh and Becks", have three sons: Brooklyn Joseph Beckham (born 1999), Romeo James Beckham (born 2002), and Cruz David Beckham (born 2005) who was named "Cruz" in honor of their friend Tom Cruise.