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Christina Aguilera

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The bubblegum pop singer as well as recording artist and actress climbed the ladder of success through her talent, confidence and personal hardships. She was born on 18th December, 1980 in Staten Island, New York, to father Fausto Xavier Aguilera and his wife, Shelly Loraine Fidler. She is known for her electrifying stage performance, loud voice, the theme in her music and lyrics based on love, spirituality, female empowerment, and grief and her constant experiments in her music and lyrical content. Because of her father’s career in the U.S. Army, she moved around a lot, and finally settles down in Wexford, Pa., outside of Pittsburgh. At the age of six, separation of her parents due to her father’s abusive behaviour. From her very young age she had deep interest in music that undoubtedly inherited from her musical mother, an experienced violinist and pianist and she always encouraged her daughter to participate in a number of local talent shows. To pursue her career i...

Vanessa Hudgens

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This multi-talented actress and singer reached at the height of fame in the field of Television through her talent, confidence and personal hardships. She is best known for her portrayal of the character Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical series. On 14th December, 1988, she was born as the oldest daughter of Greg Hudgens and Gina Guangco in Salinas, California. Her grandparents were musicians during the Big Band Era. So, she owes much to her gene for her successful musical career. First two years of her life was spent as a performer in stage. From early childhood she was deeply interested in both music and acting and those two fields pursue her to various stage performances in musical theater as a singer starting at the age of eight. After that she passed an audition for a commercial that opened the door to the next phase of her life. Her family relocated to Los Angeles to expand the show business. The awesome outcome of "High School Musical" soundtr...

Kim Kardashian

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This American socialite, reality television star, model and occasional actress was born to the late Robert Kardashian( a top lawyer, best known for defending O.J. Simpson when Simpson was charged with the double murder of his wife and her friend) and his first wife, Kris, on 21st October, 1980 in Beverly Hills, California. She has drawn much more media attention due to her curvaceous style, sex- tape scandal with former boyfriend, rapper Ray J and as a reality television star. She grew in Beverly Hills, CA, and attended an exclusive all-girls Catholic high school in the City of Angels. Her preschool classmate of Paris Hilton, her mother as TV personality are the big influence to travels in celebrity circles .During the time of Catholic girls' high school, she worked for her father's company. After her father’s death, the corporation was left to her and her siblings. They all knew that to maintain their high-lifestyle they had to work hard. In 2006, she with her ...

Amy Winehouse

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Amy Winehouse is counted as one of the world famous character for her music attitude, music styles, unique fashion sense as well as a stage performer. This five-time Grammy Award winner, English singer-songwriter was born on 14th September, 1983 to Mitchell "Mitch" Winehouse, a taxi driver and Janis Winehouse, a pharmacist. Her most of the relatives from maternal side are well known professional jazz musician. Her parents also encouraged a lot to enhance her interest in jazz. Therefore, she owes much to her family for her successful musical character. She spent much of her childhood under the guidance of her father in music. At the age of nine, separation of her parents deeply affected her. Her grandmother Cinthia encouraged her to attend the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School for vocal educational training. She married to Fielder-Civil, a former video production assistant but their whole marriage life was under stressed due to the habit of drinking and taking drug...

Sandra Bullock

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The "America's sweetheart", next -door girl reached at the height of fame through her own capability, smartness and wittiness, intelligence and general likeability. This Academy Award winning actress and producer was born on 26th July, 1964, in a Virginia suburb of Washington, DC, to a German opera singer and a voice teacher. She mainly grew up on the road and studied music and dance while she traveled throughout Europe. First time she appeared on the stage, only at the age of five and the performance developed her love and passion for the stage and inspired her to appear regularly in the Nuremburg children's choir. At the age of 12, after moving back to the D.C. area, she attended Washington-Lee High School and joined the cheerleader group and school theater productions until her graduation in 1982. In 1994, she first became widely known for her role in Speed that gave her Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe for her performance in The ...

Katie Price

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She was not only famous as an author, occasional singer and businesswoman but also as a topless glamour model in a pictorial Page Three in British tabloid newspaper The Sun and after that she has never looked back. She decided to pursue a modeling career and spotted in different industries including television, books, fashion and music. This multi-talent was born on May 22 1978 in Brighton, East Sussex, and southeast England to Amy and Ray Infield. To be a sexiest, glamorous model she gone through three surgeries that led "Page 3" to void her contract as that went against their criteria. This London's bad girls has drawn much more media attention due to her racy, jetset lifestyle, drinking habits several high profile relationships as well as ailments and complications with pregnancies with British singer Dane Bowers and to had an abortion. Her life was like the page of an open book. She is believed to have had several relationships. All the magazines and n...

Ashley Tisdale

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She became famous as an American singer and actress, first performed as the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series. Tisdale was born on 2nd July, 1985 to Lisa Morris and Mike Tisdale, the manager of a construction company, in West Deal, New Jersey and her older sister Jennifer is an actress too. When she was three years old she was introduced with her recent manager, Bill Perlman, at a New Jersey mall. This opportunity brought her to work in more than national network TV ads as a kid. She gave her prominent voice to the Candace Flynn in Disney Channel's Phineas & Ferb which was a demanding animated series. This cartoon show was famous among children. Her individualities are her pop, ballads and pop rock. Her music is based on the themes of love and heartbreak and in her music the use of electronic instruments such as drum machin...

Betty White

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She is the only living Golden Girl who proved her versatility as a star in film, television, music and became a sensation for her television roles. She was born as Betty Marion White Ludden on 17th January 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois to her mother Tess Curtis, a homemaker and her father Horace Lawrence White, a traveling salesman and electrical engineer. When she was only two years old, her family relocated to Los Angeles, California during the Great Depression. There she admitted to Horace Mann School Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills High School. This talented character wanted to become a writer. Within three months after high school she started her television career by singing a song with her classmates from The Merry Widow on an experimental Los Angeles channel. From the 1940’s she was front and center at the birth of live television by appearing on shows such as Blondie, The Great Gildersleeve and "This Is Your FBI" and as a sitcom player and as an irreve...

Pamela Anderson

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Today the nation's "Centennial Baby” is not only popular as the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day (100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation) but achieved fame internationally as actress, model and producer. This inborn famous and talented character was born as Pamela Anderson Lee on 1st July, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. She was the daughter of Barry, a furnace repairman, and Carol Anderson, a waitress. In 1985 after completing her graduation from Highland Secondary School, she moved to Vancouver and was employed there as a fitness instructor. The big exposure came to her life when she was "discovered" at a Canadian football game. Anderson, wearing a form-fitting Labatt's tee shirt, was broadcast over the stadium's giant screen. She got the offer by Labatt's to appear in their advertisements, followed by Playboy magazine's to appear in five more issues of the magazine and soon became on...

Fergie

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This rocking members of the children's television series Kids Incorporated, the girl group Wild Orchid and the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas is better known by her stage name, Fergie. This entertainer gain popularity for her amazing hip-hop music, roles in stage productions, television shows, fashion designing and became a popular music and culture icon in mainstream. She was born as Stacy Ann Ferguson on 27th March, 1975 in Whittier, California to Patrick Ferguson and Terri Jackson, who were Catholic teachers. She was raised in Roman Catholic family with their strict catholic faith played a large role in her childhood. The biggest breakthrough in her life came when she got the role to play as youngster on the television program Kids Incorporated and did voice work for The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show. She formed the teen pop group, Wild Orchid that released a pair of albums during the late '90s but after a few years she left the group and joined the Blac...

Jessica Alba

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Jessica Alba born April 28, 1981 is an model, television and film actress The American "Sky Angel,"proved her versatility as a model and star in film, television, and became a sensation for her television roles. She was born as Jessica Marie Alba on 28th April, 19881 in in Pomona, California, to her Air Force father Mark Alba and housewife Cathy. She with her family relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi, when she was an infant. As she grew up in military bases, moved around a lot, living in California, Mississippi, and Texas before settling back in California. The family back to to California, then to Del Rio, Texas, before finally settling in Southern California when Jessica was nine. Since the age of five, she was interested to become an actress. At the age of 12, she enrolled her name in acting class where after nine months she was discovered by an agent her start on television, making appearances on shows like Beverly_Hills_90210, and she made her film debut ...

Heidi Montag

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The famous American television personality and singer rose to rose to high as one of the original cast members on The Hills, a former MTV reality television series. This reality television personality was born on September 15, 1986 to parents, Darlene and Tim Egelhoff, owned a restaurant in Crested Butte. After completing her graduation from high school, she moved to California where she joined at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In 2007, the release of three EP's as well as her debut album, Superficial, in January 2010 gave her the turning point of her life. She has drawn much more media attention due to having ten plastic surgery procedures done in a single day. On 25th April 2009, she married to Spencer Pratt but it did not long last and they filed for divorce within a year on 30th July, 2010. • In the album Wherever I Am the singles "Your Love Found Me" ,"More Is More" ,"Party Is Wherever I Am" , "Turn Ya Head...

Hilary Duff

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The name today suggests glamorous actress, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur as well as author. This American businesswoman, socialite, actress, fashion designer was born 28th September , 1987 to her father Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in a chain of convenience stores and her mother Susan Colleen , a homemaker turned film and music producer and brought up with her older sister Hailey, an actress and singer. From childhood their mother encouraged them to join acting, singing and ballet classes. From the very young she was the follower of her younger sister. At age only six, both sisters were chosen by BalletMet Columbus production of The Nutcracker Suite in San Antonio. After getting success, both sisters decided to take their profession as an actress and the decision relocated them to California. To manage her career she dropped her school at the age of eight and began to study at home. The biggest breakthrough in her life was signing with the a popular franchise with f...

Marilyn Monroe

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This most iconic American actress, model, and singer became a sensation on the entertainment world. Her versatility as a star in both film and music proved her a global superstar. This glamour queen was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson on 1st June to Gladys Pearl Baker in the Los Angeles County Hospital. Her father’s name was a secret till after her death. A heavy influence on her early life was her widow mother, who was diagnosed with mentally ill. This forced her to stay with foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender of Hawthorne, California till the age of seven. It was Grace who influenced her to be a movie star. She started her career as a model that gave her opportunity to sign with Twentieth Century-Fox for a film in 1946.Her morale-boosting photographs for Yank, the Army Weekly magazine of young women helping the war effort, was the biggest breakthrough in her life by associating with The Blue Book Modeling Agency and her new makeover with brunette hair a golden blon...

Jennifer Aniston

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The popular American actress, film director, and producer climbed the ladder of success through her talent, confidence and personal hardships. She was born as Jennifer Joanna Aniston on 11th February, 1969 to soap opera star John Aniston and actress Nancy Dow Sherman Oaks, California. From the young age her parents encouraged her high school interest in drama. The teen sensation achieved wide fame for her music, her unique style, tons of devoted fans. Her parents moved to New York City where they divorced when she was 9. The biggest turning point in point in her life was the offer on the NBC sitcom Friends as Rachel Green. The show made her a real teen superstar. She played the role for 10 years and earned $1 million per episode for the last three seasons, till the show ended in 2004. The series gave her not only Golden Globe and an Emmy Award but a worldwide name and fame. In 2000 Aniston married to actor Brad Pitt but the divorced in 2005. A lot of speculation is thin...

Demi Moore

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This American actress, film producer, film director, former songwriter, and model established herself as one of the world famous character. She was born on 11th November, 1962, in Roswell. Her biological father, Charles Harmon left her mother Victoria Guynes after a two-month marriage, before Demi was born. She had a very struggling childhood. Her step father’s financial instability, parent’s drinking habit, arguing and beating deeply affected her. Till adolescence she was unaware with her real father. But against all odds she balanced with her personality and for perfectionism. The unstable condition led the family to move a lot and the experience help Demi to assimilate into new atmosphere and be comfortable with new people quickly. She left her school at the age of 16 and employed as a debt collector for a time and tried modeling. In 1980, she married to the rock musician Freddy Moore, but the marriage not lasted for long and ended in divorce in 1984.She became the h...

Ciara

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This hip-hop and R&B singer counted as one of the world famous character for her music attitude, music styles, unique fashion sense as well as a stage performer. She was born in Austin, Texas on 25th October, 1985 to Carlton, was in the air force and Jackie Harris, and was in the army. Though she grew up in military bases, it did not make any hurdles to reach her dreams through her talent, confidence and personal hardships, strong will, ambition. After completing graduation from Riverdale High School in Riverdale, Georgia in 2003, she got the opportunity to meet the music producer Jazze Pha, who helped her to sign a record deal with LaFace Records. On September 28, 2004, this inborn talented icon was famous from very first step of his career with the release of her debut studio album Goodies, followed by the single "1, 2 Step," the prize for which was triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and earned her four nominations a...

Kristen Stewart

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One of the preeminent young stars in Hollywood, never thought being an actor or to be the center of attention. She wanted to be a writer or director and to hold her family tradition by working behind the camera. This multi-talent was born on 9th April, in Los Angeles, California to her father John Stewart, a stage manager, producer and director and mother Jules Stewart works as a scriptwriter. She grew up with her older brother Cameron Stewart, and two adopted brothers Dana and Taylor. The biggest turning point in her life came when an agent noticed her grade school performance in a Christmas play at the age of eight. Her career began by a small nonspeaking part in the Disney Channel original film The Thirteenth Year. To concentrate her career she dropped out her school and started studying at home .In 2002 the biggest breakthrough of her life was working with one of the biggest name in Hollywood, Jodie Foster in David Fincher's atmospheric thriller Panic Room. She ...

Paris Whitney Hilton

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The name today suggests glamour, entrepreneurship even edginess. This American businesswoman, socialite, actress, fashion designer and musician was born to Rick and Kathy Hilton on 17th February, 1981 in New York City and brought up in California and New York. She has drawn much more media attention due to her racy, jetset lifestyle and her family, whose patriarch, Conrad, founded the famous empire of hotels that carries the family surname. From the very early age she had an interest in modeling and joined with Donald Trump's modeling agency, T Management. Her performance:- • In Music She is famous for her song Stars Are Blind, Nothing in This World, Do Ya Think I'm Sexy, Turn It Up, Jealousy, Turn You On, Screwed, I Want You, Fightin' Over Me, Heartbeat, and Not Leaving Without You. • In Films & Television shows Her popular films and T.V shows- Wishman, Sweetie Pie, Nine Lives, Wonderland , The Cat in the Hat, Las Vegas, George Lopez, The O.C., ...

Kelly Clarkson

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This inborn talented icon was famous from very first step of his career for the first season of "American Idol," the prize for which was a million-dollar RCA record contract and her first single "A Moment Like This," jumped from No. 52 to No. 1 on the Billboard charts and earned two Grammy Awards. This American singer, songwriter and actress was born as Kelly Brianne Clarkson to her parents Jeanne Ann Rose, a first grade English teacher and Stephen Michael Clarkson, a former engineer on 24th April, 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas. Though he received Grammy Awards with Clive Davies still he wanted to do something different and her this idea create a mental and professional gap between them during the making of ‘My December’ album. Though the album initially had strong sales but the controversies between Clarkson-Davis affected the fame which he supposed to get. Legal separation between his parents and financial crisis affected his childhood. We will ‘be sur...

Sarah Jessica Parker

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The popular "Sex and the City" actress, climbed the ladder of success through her talent, confidence and personal hardships. This famous actress as well as producer was born on 25th March, 1965 in Nelsonville, Ohio to Barbara Parker, a nursery school operator and teacher and Stephen Parker, an entrepreneur and journalist. After her parent’s divorce poverty could not make any obstacles on the way of his stardom. She commenced her career by a small role named, ‘July’ in Broadway musical. In 1982 she was selected as co-lead of the CBS sitcom Square Pegs. Though the show was telecasted for just a single season but her acting skill touched the heart in depth .In Darren star’s creation- ‘Sex and the city’ the character Carrie Bradshaw was like just created for parker only that gave her Emmy Award for her lead role. She not only got popularity in film and television but also as a stage actor earned a lot of fame in the off-Broadway play Sylvia, alongside future husb...

Carrie Underwood

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This talented singer began as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol. She was born as Carrie Marie Underwood on 10th March, 1983 to her parents Steve & Carole Underwood. From early childhood she had strong love for music. With the stunning performance in a church choir her journey of life towards the music world was started and that was the stepping stone. After that she climbed up the ladder of success by performing at every occasion, be it county fair, school event and musical production, talent competition, or car show. From the very beginning she became famous without any professional training. She always sang from the bottom of heart and never gave priority to take it as a career. She completed her schooling from the Checotah High School., followed by a bachelor degree in mass communication at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma .The show “American Idol” opened a new door in her life. Her stunning performances with her uniquely countr...

Tina Fey

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This “super-nerd" popular American actress, comedian, writer and producer was born as ‘Elizabeth Stamatina Fey’ on 18th May, 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The entertainment world love to see her in hilarious comedy series. She plays the comic role in a competent way. She is the daughter of Zenobia "Jeanne” a brokerage employee, and Donald Fey, is a university grant- proposal writer. She completed her schooling from Cardington Elementary School and later Beverly Hills Middle School in Upper Darby. From the very young age she was deeply interested in comedy. In 1988, after graduation, she enrolled her name at the University of Virginia to enrich herself in playwriting and acting, followed by a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. After that she went to Chicago to train herself at The Second City, a training ground for comedians. She established herself as the lead on the television shows Saturday Night Live through The Second City .She got the break when she w...