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john
travolta
Actor. Born on February 18, 1954, in Englewood, New Jersey,
of Italian-Irish descent. Highly popular young star of American
TV and movies of the late 70's and later a likable lead of the
90's. A high school dropout at 16, he began his acting career
in summer stock in New Jersey. After a period of training in
acting and dancing he began doing commercials and off-Broadway.
He moved to Hollywood, where he got occasional small roles on
TV, then joined the national touring company learn
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will
smith
Although he initially became famous as a rapper, Will Smith
went on to prove his acting talents in both television and films,
eventually winning a reputation as an entertainer who could
easily cross back and forth between musician and actor. In the
process, he became one of the most successful entertainers--African-American
or otherwise--in the American popular consciousness of the 1990s.A
native of Philadelphia, Smith was born on September 25, 1968.
The son of middle-class parents (his father owned a refrigeration
company and his mother worked for the school board) and the
second of four children, he earned the nickname "Prince"
thanks to his ability to talk himself out of trouble. The nickname
became part of his popular persona when, with fellow rapper
Jeff Townes, Smith (who had been rapping since the age of twelve)
formed the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. learn
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ryan
phillippe
With his golden curls, sensuous mouth, and sculpted body,
Ryan Phillippe looks more like he was peeled off a Botticelli
canvas than 'discovered' in a Delaware barber shop. Phillippe,
who was born September 10, 1974 in New Castle, Delaware, has
quickly risen from obscurity to become one of the most talked-about
and drooled-over actors of his generation.Phillippe got his
first break on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, on which
he portrayed daytime's first gay teenager, Billy Douglas. The
role, which he played from 1992 to 1993, won him both favorable
notices and increasing recognition. After quitting the show
to focus on his screen career, Phillippe got a small part in
1995 submarine action thriller Crimson Tide. More work--and
more boat-oriented action--followed in 1996 with Ridley Scott's
White Squall, in which Phillippe was given a prominent role
alongside two other up-and-coming actors, Ethan Embry and Scott
Wolf.learn
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tom
cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born on the 3rd of July, 1962
(eerily similar to his film Born on the 4th of July), in Syracuse,
New York. He was the only boy of four children. Since his father
was an electrical engineer, he must have inherited his love
for acting from his mother... learn
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leonardo
dicaprio
Born November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, Leonardo Wilhelm
DiCaprio has become a modern day Casanova. DiCaprio has been
romantically linked with so many models and actresses it boggles
the mind, but more on that later. DiCaprio was raised in Echo
Park, an area Leo terms as "Hollywood slums", learn
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brad
pitt
Brad Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Full name William Bradley Pitt has became the most desired man
everywhere in the world. Maybe no one in the history of film
has elicited so many women learn
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seth
green
Seth Green changes his hair color as often as other people
change their sheets. Just within the last few months, the natural-born
redhead has dyed his spiky locks brown, black, blue, black and
blue, yellow and magenta. Today,learn
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russell
crowe
Though perhaps best known internationally for playing tough-guy
roles in Romper Stomper (1993), L.A. Confidential (1997), and
Gladiator (2000), New Zealand-born actor Russell Crowe has proven
himself equally capable of playing gentler roles in films such
as Proof (1991) and The Sum of Us (1992). No matter what kind
of characters he plays, Crowe's weather-beaten handsomeness
and gruff charisma combine to make him constantly watchable:
his one-time Hollywood mentor Sharon Stone has called him "the
sexiest guy working in movies today."
Born in Auckland, New Zealand on April 7, 1964, Crowe was raised
in Australia from the age of four. His parents made their living
by catering movie shoots, and often brought Crowe with them
to work; it was while hanging around the various sets that he
developed a passion for acting. After making his professional
debut in an episode of the television series Spyforce when he
was six, Crowe took a twelve year break from professional acting,learn
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ben
affleck
Tall and handsome in a meat-eating sort of way, Ben Affleck
has the looks of a matinee idol and the resume of an actor who
honed his craft as an indie film slacker before flexing his
muscles as a Hollywood star. A staple of Kevin Smith films and
such seminal indies as Dazed and Confused, Affleck became a
star and entered the annals of Hollywood legend when he and
best friend Matt Damon wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting,
winning a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for their work. Born
in Berkeley, California on August 15, 1972 to a schoolteacher
mother and drug rehab counselor father, Affleck was the oldest
of two brothers. His younger brother, Casey, also became an
actor. When he was very young, Affleck's family moved to the
Boston area, and it was there that he broke into acting. At
the age of eight, he starred in PBS's marine biology-themed
The Voyage of the Mimi, endearing himself to junior high school
science classes everywhere. The same year he made Mimi, Affleck
made the acquaintance of Matt Damon, a boy two years his senior
who lived down the street. The two became best friends and,
of course, eventual collaborators. learn
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