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Nicole Richie

Date of Birth: 21 September 1981, Berkeley, California, USA. Birth Name: Nicole Camille Escovedo, Nickname: Nikki. Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m). Occupation: Socialite, actress, author, singer, TV personality. Years active: 2003 – present

In addition to figure skating, Richie studied the guitar, cello, violin, and piano. In 1986, she started kindergarten at The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California where she met Paris Hilton. Richie graduated from Montclair College Preparatory School in 1999. She also studied Arts and Media for two years at the University of Arizona.

Domestic partner(s): Joel Madden (2006 – present), 2 Children

Kobe Bryant: Biography and image

Kobe Bryant

Born: August 23, 1978 (1978-08-23) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nationality: American, Listed height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), Listed weight: 205 lb (93 kg), League: NBA, Salary: $23,034,375, High school: Lower Merion HS, Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, Draft: 13th overall, 1996 Charlotte Hornets, Pro career: 1996–present

Awards
4× NBA Champion(2000, 2001, 2002, 2009)NBA Finals MVP(2009)NBA Most Valuable Player(2008)11× NBA All-Star(1998, 2000–2009)2× NBA Scoring Champion(2006–2007)7× All-NBA First Team(2002–2004, 2006–2009)2× All-NBA Second Team(2000–2001)2× All-NBA Third Team(1999, 2005)7× All-Defensive First Team(2000, 2003–2004, 2006–2009)2× All-Defensive Second Team(2001–2002)NBA All-Rookie Second Team(1997)3× NBA All-Star Game MVP(2002, 2007, 2009)NBA Slam Dunk Champion(1997)Naismith Prep Player of the Year(1996)

SpouseVanessa Laine Bryant (18 April 2001 - present) 2 children

Jay-Z Biography and Pictures

Jay-Z

Date of Birth: 4 December 1969, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Birth Name: Shawn Corey Carter. Nickname: S-dot Young, Hov Jazzy, Hova Jigga, J-Hova, Jiggaman, Iceberg Slim, Lucky Lefty, Joe Camel, Height: 6' 1½". Genres: Hip hop, Occupations: Rapper, entrepreneur. Years active: 1986–present

Spouse: Beyoncé Knowles (4 April 2008 - present)

Johnny Depp biography, information, recent Pictures news

Johnny Depp

Date of Birth: 9 June 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA Birth Name: John Christopher Depp II, Nickname: Mr. Stench Colonel, Height: 5' 10" Occupation: Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, musician, Years active: 1984–present

Born John Christopher Depp in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, Johnny Depp was raised in Florida. 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).
In 1990, after numerous roles in teen-oriented films, his first of a handful of great collaborations with director Tim Burton came about when Depp played the title role in Edward Scissorhands (1990). Following the film's success, Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in many features before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (1994). In 1997 he played an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based film Donnie Brasco (1997), opposite Al Pacino; in 1998 he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), directed by Terry Gilliam; and then, in 1999, he appeared in the sci-fi/horror film The Astronaut's Wife (1999). The same year he teamed up again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow (1999), brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane.

Depp has played many characters in his career, including another fact-based one, Insp. Fred Abberline in From Hell (2001). He stole the show from screen greats such as Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez's "mariachi" trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). In that same year 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).
Off-screen, Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but they divorced her in 1985. 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.

Spouse(s) : Lori Anne Allison (1983–1986)

Jay Leno Biography, images and news

Jay Leno

Date of Birth: 28 April 1950, New Rochelle, New York, USA Birth Name: James Douglas Muir Leno, Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m) Medium: Television, Nationality: American, Years active: 1973–present, Genres: Observational comedy, Subject(s): Everyday life, American culture, Spouse : Mavis Leno (1980–present)

Jay Leno began his career in night clubs, where he worked 300 nights a year before hitting it big in 1992 with his own late-night talk show, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992). By that time he had appeared on television, acted in a few films (American Hot Wax (1978)) but hit paydirt with his late-night television appearances (he made a record number of visits to "Late Night with David Letterman" (1982); for several years, he served as Johnny Carson's permanent guest host on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962). A big, sweet guy with a very good comedy routine, he vied with David Letterman to inherit Carson's seat when Johnny retired in 1992. His victory was well-publicized, but empty, though he did gain a measure of revenge when his show beat Letterman's for the Emmy in 1995. Though he consistently lost in the ratings to Letterman except on special occasions, like Hugh Grant's first TV appearance after his encounter with Divine Brown, he surged ahead in 1996, as CBS plunged further into oblivion.

Dan Brown Biography information, news, pictures

Dan Brown

Name: Dan Brown, Birth Date: June 22, 1964, Place of Birth: Exeter, New Hampshire, United States, Nationality: American, Gender: Male, Occupations: Writer

Dan Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Brown's novels, which are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour time period, feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, and conspiracy theories. His books have been translated into over 40 languages, and as of 2009, sold over 80 million copies.
Brown's novels that feature the lead character Robert Langdon also include historical themes and Christianity as recurring motifs, and as a result, have generated controversy. Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian, though he is on a 'constant spiritual journey' himself, and says of his book The Da Vinci Code that it is simply "an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate" and suggests that the book may be used "as a positive catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith".

The critically lambasted film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code" grossed $77 million domestically on its opening weekend, the second-best opening ever for an adult-oriented film. (It's well on its way to surpassing "The Passion of the Christ" in worldwide box office receipts.) Brown, whose novel has to date sold 61 million copies worldwide, recently won a plagiarism lawsuit brought against him in England. "The Da Vinci Code" supposes a union between Jesus and Mary Magdalene and speculates on the fate of their offspring. According to Hollywood scuttlebutt, Sony is planning to bring Brown's earlier work, "Angels & Demons," to the big screen.Earnings estimates are for June 2005 to June 2006. Figures rounded off where appropriate. Exact figures available on Forbes.com. Includes dollars earned solely from entertainment income. Management, agent and attorney fees have not been deducted. Estimates by forbes; sources include Billboard, Pollstar, Adams Media Research, Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BookScan. Rankings are generated by combining earnings with other metrics: Web mentions on Google press clips compiled by LexisNexis; TV/radio mentions by Factiva; and number of times a celebrity's face appeared on the cover of 26 major consumer magazines.

Paul McCartney Biography and photo

Paul McCartney

Date of Birth- 18 June 1942, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. Birth Name- James Paul McCartney, Nickname- Macca, Height- 5' 11". Occupations Singer–songwriter, musician, artist, activist, producer, businessman. Instruments- Vocals, bass, guitar, piano, drums, keyboards, ukulele, mandolin. Years active 1957–present .Labels- Hear Music, Apple, Parlophone, Capitol, Columbia, EMI, One Little Indian

Though it was nominated for a Grammy, the former Beatle's album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard" had only modest commercial success internationally. Good thing his North American tour raked in $77 million last year, the fourth-highest-grossing tour last year thanks to fans who shelled out an average $135 per ticket. McCartney made headlines around the world after the recent announcement that he will divorce his second wife, Heather Mills, with whom he has a child. Mills could collect hundreds of millions of his nearly $1 billion fortune.
Earnings estimates are for June 2005 to June 2006. Figures rounded off where appropriate. Exact figures available on Forbes.com. Includes dollars earned solely from entertainment income. Management, agent and attorney fees have not been deducted. Estimates by forbes; sources include Billboard, Pollstar, Adams Media Research, Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BookScan. Rankings are generated by combining earnings with other metrics: Web mentions on Google press clips compiled by LexisNexis; TV/radio mentions by Factiva; and number of times a celebrity's face appeared on the cover of 26 major consumer magazines.

50 Cent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and recent images.

50 Cent

Date of Birth- 6 July 1975, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. Birth Name- Curtis James Jackson III, Nickname- nterscope Fiddy Boo Boo. Height- 6' (1.83 m). Genres- Hip hop, Occupations- Rapper, actor, entrepreneur, executive producer, singer. Years active- Since 1998.

Sales of his 2003 debut album, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," and last year's follow-up, "The Massacre," have sold a combined 20 million copies worldwide. But 50 Cent--Fiddy to fans--also lords over G-Unit, a vast multimedia empire that includes apparel, videogames, ringtones, even a stake in Glaceau Vitamin Water, which named its low-cal grape flavor Formula 50 after the former drug dealer. Despite the only modest performance of the "Get Rich" film last year, 50 is slated to appear in at least two more films, including the soon-to-be-released Iraq war flick "Home of the Brave." Stay tuned for his next album before year's end.

On October 13, 1997, Jackson's then-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins gave birth to a son, Marquise Jackson. Tompkins later sued Jackson for $50 million dollars, claiming that he said that he would take care of her for life; the suit, which includes 15 claims was later dismissed by a judge, calling it "an unfortunate tale of a love relationship gone sour." As of February 2009, Tompkins' and her lawyer are considering an appeal.

Jim Carrey - Biography, pictures

Jim Carrey

Date of Birth- 17 January 1962, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Birth Name- James Eugene Carrey, Height-6' 1½".Occupation- Actor/Comedian,Years active 1979 – present,

Spouse- Lauren Holly (23 September 1996 - 29 July 1997) (divorced) Melissa Carrey (28 March 1987 - 11 December 1995) (divorced) 1 child.

Steven Spielberg - Biography

Steven Spielberg

Date of Birth- 18 December 1946, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.Birth Name- Steven Allan Spielberg. Height- 5' 7½". Spouse- Kate Capshaw (12 October 1991 - present) 5 children, Amy Irving (27 November 1985 - 2 February 1989) (divorced) 1 child

The highest earner on this year's Celebrity 100 list made the bulk of his income from the sale of DreamWorks SKG's live-action business to Paramount. Add to that back-end profits from "War of the Worlds," the fourth-highest-grossing film last year, with box office receipts of nearly $600 million. Though "Munich" won critical praise, moviegoers generally shunned the controversial flick inspired by the 1972 massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes. That disappointment may help explain why Spielberg is returning to crowd-pleasers, working up sequels to cinematic favorites "Indiana Jones" and "Jurassic Park."

Howard Stern Biography and photo

Howard Stern

Born- Howard Allan Stern January 12, 1954 . Known for- The Howard Stern Show, Birth Name- Howard Allan Stern, Height- 6' 5".

Mini Biography

Howard Allan Stern was born on Jan. 12, 1954, in Jackson Heights, New York. His first radio experience was at Boston University, where he volunteered at the college radio station. Along with several other students, he created an on-air show called the King Schmaltz Bagel Hour, a takeoff on the popular King Biscuit Flour Hour. Predicting his penchant for controversy, the show was canceled after its first broadcast, which included the comedy sketch "Name That Sin," a game show where contestants confessed their worst sins. Stern graduated in 1976 with a 3.8 grade-point average and a bachelor's degree in communications. During his first paying radio gig, at an understaffed 3,000-watt station in Briarcliff Manor, New York, "It dawned on me that I would never make it as a straight deejay," Stern told James S. Kunen in an interview for People (10/22/84), "so I started to mess around. It was unheard-of to mix talking on the phone with playing music. It was outrageous, It was blasphemy."
Spouse- Beth Ostrosky (3 October 2008 - present) Alison Stern (4 June 1978 - 2001) (divorced) 3 children

Jerry Seinfeld Biography and photo gallery

Jerry Seinfeld

Date of Birth- 29 April 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Birth Name-Jerome Allen Seinfeld. Nickname- Little Jerry. Height- 5' 10".Medium- Television, stand-up, film. Years active 1980–present. Genres- Observational comedy, satire

Spouse- Jessica Seinfeld (1999–present),3 children

Simon Cowell Biography, photo, personal information

Simon Cowell

Date of Birth- 7 October 1959, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. Birth Name- Simon Phillip Cowell, Nickname- Mr. Nasty Judge Dread, Height- 5' 9", Occupation- A&R executive,Television producer,Television personality,Owner of Syco Music/TV. Mini Biography-Simon was born in Brighton, England. His parents' names are Julie Cowell and Eric Cowell. First made a TV appearance on UK's Pop Idol. Then on America's American Idol.

His father's connections originally got him rehired as the assistant to an A&R man. From there onwards, Simon worked his way up and eventually got promoted to a music publishing position but left during the early 1980s to form E&S Music with his boss at EMI, Ellis Rich (later Chairman of the Performing Right Society). The company had several hit records at one point with five singles in the UK top 40. The offices were in a converted gentleman's washroom in the NCP car park on Brewer Street in London's Soho district. Simon left by mutual agreement a few years later then one year later, Cowell went to work for Iain Burton, manager of choreographer Arlene Phillips, co-founder of dance group Hot Gossip and of nascent independent record label Fanfare Records. Cowell worked with Burton for eight years at Fanfare where he achieved his first real success in the music industry, becoming a partner and building Fanfare into a highly successful 'indie' pop label. Fanfare had numerous top ten hits with various Pop artists and particularly Sinitta, selling more than half a million of her classic hit debut single 'So Macho' and more than half a million albums of 'Rondo Veneziano'. Next in 1984, Cowell and Burton met up with Pete Waterman for the first time.

Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman formed the songwriting and record producing trio known as Stock Aitken Waterman . Stock Aitken Waterman helped Fanfare during the second half of the 1980s producing several smash hit singles for Sinitta and licensing The Hit Factory SAW Compilation Albums to Fanfare. Next in 1989, Fanfare's parent-company, Public Company, got into difficulties, forcing Fanfare into the hands of BMG, and Cowell, in debt, to move back in with his parents. Later that year, he became an A&R consultant for BMG.
In 2006, Cowell signed to two more record-breaking deals. In the USA, he agreed to remain as a judge on American Idol, earning £20 million ($33 million) per season for another five years. He also has a deal with FOX which allows his production company to broadcast Got Talent and American Inventor on other networks, but he may not appear on them. In the UK, he signed a "golden handcuffs" deal with ITV, worth approximately £6.5 million a year for three years, which gave ITV rights to his hit talent show The X Factor, a British singing talent show, and Grease Is The Word, a musical talent show to find the stars of a Grease production in London's West End. In late 2005, he signed a new contract to remain working for Sony BMG.
Subsequently, Cowell signed up a number of acts to S-Records that made a mark in the pop music world, including Curiosity Killed the Cat, Sonia Evans, Five, Westlife, Robson & Jerome, and Ultimate Kaos. He also released several novelty recordings featuring the likes of wrestlers of the World Wrestling Federation, Teletubbies, Zig and Zag and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, that were huge successes. Cowell set up another label, Syco Records, in 2002 which later became part of Columbia Records and Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Artists such as Leona Lewis, Il Divo and contestants from The X Factor and America's Got Talent are released on Syco. Cowell explained, "There has to come a point when I will step down from being on camera and remain behind the scenes because you can't keep doing this forever...I think by [the end of my contract] that the public will be sick to death of me anyway and it will be time to go."

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Bruce Springsteen

Birth name- Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, Nickname- The Boss, Height-5' 10" . Born- September 23, 1949 (1949-09-23)Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.Genres- Rock, heartland rock, hard rock, Occupations- Singer songwriter, Instruments- Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica. Years active- 1972 present. Labels- Columbia.Associated acts- E Street Band, Steel Mill, Miami Horns, Seeger Sessions Band. Website- brucespringsteen.net

His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, worked as a bus driver and was of Irish and dutch ancestry. His mother, Adele Ann Zerilli, worked as a legal secretary and was of Italian ancestry. He has an older sister, Virginia, and a younger sister Pamela Springsteen. Bruce was raised as a Catholic. He was inspired to take up music when he, at the age of seven, saw Elvis Presley on "Toast of the Town" (1948). When he was 13 he bought his first guitar for 18 dollars. His mother took out a loan when Bruce was 16 and bought him a Kent guitar for 60 dollars.

SpousePatti Scialfa (8 June 1991 - present) 3 children. Julianne Phillips (13 May 1985 - 1 March 1989) (divorced)