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Evan Rachel Wood

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Evan Rachel Wood was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 7th of September, 1987. Her father, Ira David Wood III (a actor in the theatre writer, director, and actor) is her father. Sara Wood Wood is her mother, as well as an actress. Her brothers who are older than her are Dana Wood, a musician and Ira David Wood IV who also have been actors. Evan and her brothers sometimes were on stage at Theatre In The Park in Raleigh where her father established and where he is the executive director. After a lengthy audition and a five-year age gap, she was old when she had the opportunity to screen-test with Kirsten Dunst. In 1996, she relocated to Los Angeles along with her brother Ira and mother. She has appeared in TV series film, feature films, and TV movies since. She's been in Practical Magic (1998), starred in the comedy S1m0ne (2002) as the daughter of Al Pacino, and was then in Thirteen (2003), with Holly Hunter. Her breakthrough performance in the role of Tracy on "Thirteen...

Arnel Pineda

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Arnel Pinda is a Filipino singer and songwriter from the Philippines. He rose to fame in the Philippines during the 1890s, and then internationally in 2007 when he was the leader of the American rock group Journey. Arnel is 54 years old as of 2021, he was born Arnel Campaner Pineda, on September 5 1967, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines. Each year, he celebrates his birthday on the 5th of September. Arnel turns 55 on September 5, 2022. His birth sign is Virgo. Arnel measures in at 5 feet 4 inches (164cm) in height. After his mother's death the family was in debt. His father was behind by six months in his rent and was unable to take care of his family's needs was forced to seek out relatives to support Arnel's brothers. Seeing the condition, Arnel quit school and began working to ease the burden of his father. Arnel was born at St. Jude Thaddeus Diagnostic Clinic in Tondo, Manila, the Philippines to Restituto Lising Pinda and Josefina Manansala Campaner. Arnel was motivated by ...

Big Time Rush

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Big Time Rush The Big Time Rush, an American pop boy band was founded in the year 2009. The group consists of Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, and Carlos PenaVega. They initially signed to Nick Records in 2009 before switching to Columbia Records. They appeared in Nickelodeon's telecast show, Big Time Rush. The show aired from the beginning of November 28, 2009 to July 25 2013. The pilot episode included "Big Time Rush" the group's first single for promotion. The group has released three studio albums: BTR in 2010 and Elevate in 2011 and 24/Seven , released in 2013. The band went on an indefinite hiatus in the year 2014 that lasted until 2021 when the band resumed live performances and released their single "Call It Like I See It". Nickelodeon signed Big Time Rush a record contract in 2009 and was simultaneously airing the TV show Big Time Rush. Then, Nickelodeon partnered with Columbia/Epic Label Group to create the show and include the origi...

Emma Stone

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Emily Jean Stone, also called Emma was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 6, 1988. She is the daughter of Krista Jean Stone (nee Yeager), who is a homemaker and Jeffrey Charles Stone (CEO of a firm that contracts and was its founder and CEO). She is of Swedish as well as British Isles origins. Stone began her acting career when she was a kid in Phoenix's Valley Youth Theatre. There she gave her first stage performance in "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame. Stone appeared in numerous other productions during her early teens. At the age of fifteen, she made the decision to make acting her career. Officially, she designed a PowerPoint presentation, which was backed by Madonna's "Hollywood", and entitled "Project Hollywood", to convince her parents to let her leave school and move to Los Angeles. She and her mother made the pitch and made the move to LA. Her schooling was completed at home and she was able to spend her time performing au...

Zachary Galifianakis

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Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek pronunciation (born October 1st 1969): American comedian, musician, comedian and writer. He was also a guest on Comedy Central Presents and hosted Late World With Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has been a star in numerous films, including The Hangover Trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010). The Campaign (2012), Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014) and Masterminds (2016). He has also voiced characters in animated films such as Puss in Boots (2011), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Missing Link (2019), and Ron's Gone Wrong (2021). Galifianakis is the host of the Funny or Die website chat show Between Two Ferns. He was the main character in FX's television show Baskets. In 2017 the show was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award in Outstanding Lead Actor in an Comedy Series. Zachary Knight Galifianakis, a North Carolina native, was born on the 1st of October 1969 in Wilkesboro. The actor is the father of Mary Frances (nee Cashion), and Harry...

Angelina Jolie

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Angelina Jolie, originally Angelina Jolie Voight (born on the 4th of June 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, director and producer who is well-known for her sex appeal , as also her humanitarian work. She was awarded an Academy Award for her supporting role as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted (1999).Jolie, daughter of actor Jon Voight, spent much of her growing up in New York before relocating to Los Angeles at age 11. After having attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute for two years, she then began her studies at Beverly Hills High School. She then studied acting at New York University. She also appeared in theatre productions and modelled for music videos. It was during Hackers (1995) when Jolie met Jonny Lee Miller, a British actor (married 1996; divorcing 1999). The film didn't find an audience, which was the case for the subsequent films. In 1997, however, Jolie was the subject of much interest as the wife of Alabama's segregationi...

Emma Watson

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Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was the daughter of British parents Jacqueline Luesby (a lawyer) and Chris Watson (a French mother). When she was five years old, she relocated to Oxfordshire where she attended Dragon School. As early as the age of six years old, Emma knew that she would like to become an actress and for a couple of years she was trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theater school where she was taught singing, dancing and acting. At the age of 10 she was performing and played the lead in various Stagecoach productions as well as school productions. The casting process began in 1999 for Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone 2001 The film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's bestselling book. Emma was found by casting agents through her Oxford theatre teacher. After eight auditions David Heyman revealed to Emma and Rupert Grint (other applicants) that they were chosen to play Hermione Gringer, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley. Emma's debut screen ...

Megan Denise Fox

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Megan Denise Fox, born on the 16th of May, 1986 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She was born in Rockwood Tennessee by Gloria Darlene Tonachio (nee Cisson) who is a real estate agent, as well as Franklin Thomas Fox, who is an officer in the parole system. When she was five she started dance and drama classes. She relocated to Port St. Lucie in Florida at the age of 10 , where she finished her education. Megan started modeling and acting at the age of 13 when she received several prizes during the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention, Hilton Head, South Carolina. At 17 years old she relocated to Los Angeles, California. She then transferred from correspondence school. Megan's film debut was as Brianna Wallace in Holiday in the Sun (2001) as part of a Mary-Kate-Olsen/Ashley Olsen film. Her best known roles are as Sam Witwicky's love interest, Mikaela Banes in Transformers (2007) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and as April O'Neil in the film reboot Teenage Muta...

Rachel Anne McAdams

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Rachel Anne McAdams was conceived on the 17th of November 1978 in London (Ontario, Canada) to Sandra Kay (Gale), who is a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams who is a truck driver and furniture mover. Rachel is English, Welsh and Irish-born. Rachel began acting at thirteen. She was already performing in Shakespearean plays during summer theatre camps. Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. Following her first appearance in an episode of Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson (1998), she co-starred in the Canadian TV show Slings and Arrows (2003) which was a comedy-drama that focused on the struggles and trials of a Shakespearean theater group. She received an Gemini award for her performance in 2003.Her breakout role as Regina George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004) instantly put her on the short list of Hollywood's most sought-after young actresses. After that, she landed a star turn opposite Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks b...

Anna Kendrick

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Anna Kendrick was the daughter of Janice Cooke, who is an accountant and William Kendrick (a teacher). Michael Cooke Kendrick is her older brother and was also an actor. She is from English, Irish, and Scottish descent.For her performance in the show "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was nominated for an Tony Award (second youngest ever) as well as the Drama Desk Award, and the Fany Award (best actress featured in a musical). Her amazing performance won her the Drama League and Theatre World Award.She was a lead actor with Cabaret's Kit Kat Club at "Carnegie Hall Live" in Great Performances: My Favorite Broadway The Leading Ladies (1999) (TV). Alongside Scott Ellis and Susan Stroman, she had the opportunity to work with Jeremy Irons at the New York City Opera House. She played Fredrika in the film "A Little Night Music" and also worked with Todd Graff on the feature film Camp (2003). The actress was the second-youngest nomi...