Angelina Jolie

WHY IS SHE FAMOUS
When she's not busy adopting third-world children and making the world a better place, Angelina Jolie is making the world a prettier place. She has starred in thrillers like The Bone Collector (1999) and Taking Lives (2004), as well as blockbusters such as Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), A Mighty Heart (2007), Wanted (2008), and she's currently filming Salt (2010) opposite Liev Schrieber. But it's her relationship with Brad Pitt, their UNICEF poster of a family and the blame Angelina gets for ruining Jennifer Aniston's life that have made her the tabloid favorite that she is.
Angelina Jolie Quote
"I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person. And don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free."
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When both men and women consistently rate you as the woman they'd most like to sleep with, you know you're sexy, possibly even the sexiest woman alive. Esquire at least thinks so, and Peoplemagazine once voted her the Sexiest Person Alive. Whether she's a blonde, a brunette or she has "Billy Bob" tattooed across her arm and a vial of blood hanging from her neck, Angelina Jolie always looks hot, even when she's not trying.

As far as we know, Angelina Jolie hasn't mauled herself via plastic surgery just yet. She is the epitome of beauty whether she's wearing a headscarf in an African refugee camp or she's donning a designer gown on the red carpet.

And those lips...

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We hate the expression "more than just a pretty face," but there's a poster girl for it, it would have to be Angelina Jolie. Jolie managed to put an Oscar up on her mantle when she won Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted in 2000, which is more than most other actresses have achieved.

Unfortunately, Angelina Jolie's highly publicized antics attracted more attention than her movie roles for many years. She seemed to be more famous for having kissed her brother at the Academy Awards than for having won one. And the fact that she and Billy Bob Thornton carried around each other's blood and admitted to having wild sex every chance they had made them demigods to tabloid writers worldwide. Then, after filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith with Brad Pitt, when he was still Mr. & Mrs. Pitt with Jennifer Aniston, she fell in love. Apparently he did too.

Controversy continued to follow Angelina Jolie in 2005, when she was accused of breaking up Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's marriage. However, now that the dust has settled, the world has finally begun to see Angelina's positive side, including all the selfless humanitarian work she does around the world, not to mention the three children she adopted from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam.
ANGELINA JOLIE BIOGRAPHY

Angelina Jolie Voight was born on June 4, 1975, to Oscar-winning actorJon Voight and actress Marcheline Bertrand. At age 11, four years after making her film debut opposite her father in Lookin' to Get Out, Angelina Jolie began studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

Although her dream as a child was actually to become a funeral director, 16-year-old Angelina Jolie worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles. Musical groups and singers such as the Rolling Stones, Lemonheads, Meatloaf, and Lenny Kravitz cast her in their music videos, and even her brother James Haven Voight directed her in his student films for the USC School of Cinema.

Wishing to get even closer to pursuing an acting career, Jolie studied at L.A.'s MET Theatre Company, which also counts Ed Harris and Holly Hunter among its alumni.

Angelina Jolie In HackersAngelina Jolie's first foray into film was of a sci-fi nature, with a supporting role in 1993's Cyborg 2, which didn't even make it to the big screen, and a lead role in Hackers (1995) where she met her future ex-husband, British actor Jonny Lee Miller ofTrainspotting fame. They were separated within the year and filed for divorce in 1999.

Angelina Jolie's career as an actress, however, was flying high. She received critical acclaim for Without Evidence (1995) in which she portrayed a drug-addicted teen, as well as for her roles as a rebellious teen known as Legs in Foxfire (1996) and as an Italian girl in love with the son of her family's rival in Love Is All There Is(1996).

In 1997, she had a supporting role in the box-office bomb Playing God, starring David Duchovny and Timothy Hutton.

Angelina Jolie Wins A Golden GlobeAngelina Jolie's television roles were what gained her the ultimate respect of critics. She was honored with a 1997 Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination for her role as Cornelia Wallace in the TV movie George Wallace, costarringGary Sinise. But the best was yet to come for Angelina Jolie.

She won her second Golden Globe for her role as model Gia Carangi in HBO's biopic Gia. Her intense portrayal of the drug-addicted model who was diagnosed with AIDS was highly deserving of the Best Actress Golden Globe and Emmy nomination.

Angelina Jolie In The Bone CollectorsOn the big screen, Angelina Jolie was well-received by audiences for her role in 1998's Playing By Heart with Sean Connery,Gillian Anderson and Ryan Phillippe. She also played Billy Bob Thornton's seductive wife in 1999's Pushing Tin and starred opposite big-leaguer Denzel Washington in the thriller The Bone Collector later that year.

However, it was her supporting role in 1999's Girl, Interrupted that showed audiences her dramatic skills, garnering her a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Angelina Jolie created controversy when she showed up at the Oscars with her brother James and kissed him as though he was her boyfriend. The two later denied rumors that they had in an incestuous relationship.

Angelina Jolie Marries Billy Bob ThorntonIn 2000, Angelina Jolie eloped with her Pushing Tin costar Billy Bob Thornton, but after they adopted a Cambodian boy named Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie in 2002, their marriage fell apart and they filed for divorce. While it lasted, their sexually charged marriage was the subject of much tabloid fodder; the eccentric couple carried vials of each other's blood around their necks and were prone to public displays of affection.

In 2001, Angelina Jolie was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Angelina Jolie Is Lara Croft In Tomb Raider
During that time, Angelina Jolie also starred in a slew of films, including Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) with Nicolas Cage, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), for which Angelina is proud to say she did her own stunts, Original Sin (2001) with Antonio Banderas,Life Or Something Like It (2002), Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003), and Beyond Borders (2003).

In 2004, Angelina Jolie was busy starring in Taking Lives, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Shark Tale, and as Olympias in Oliver Stone's Alexander.

Angelina Jolie Meets Brad PittAfter Angelina Jolie starred alongside Brad Pitt in the romantic comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), rumors began to circulate that the two were an item, even though Brad was in the process of separating from his wife, Jennifer Aniston.

Although the pair denied the rumors, pictures of them playing with little Maddox on the beach in Kenya emerged in April 2005, and several more tabloid photos in the months that followed confirmed they were indeed a couple.

Angelina Jolie Adopts Zahara
On July 6, 2005, Angelina Jolie adopted her second child, a 6-month-old girl named Zahara Marley from Ethiopia. Months later, it was revealed that Brad and Angelina had made the decision to adopt Zahara together. Just eight days later, Brad's request to legally adopt Maddox and Zahara went through, and their last names were changed to Jolie-Pitt.

After much media attention, on May 27, 2006, Angelina gave birth to Brad Pitt's child, a girl named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, in Namibia.

Among all the action in her personal life, Angelina Jolie amazingly managed to get some work done. In 2006, she appeared in theRobert De Niro-directed The Good Shepherd.

Angelina Jolie Adopts PaxIn March 2007, Angelina Jolie adopted a 3-year-old boy from Vietnam, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, who was born on November 29, 2003, and was abandoned at birth at a local hospital. Angelina named him Pax, which was suggested by her mother before she passed away.

Angelina Jolie Is Named No. 35 In 2008 Top 99
2007 was another jam-packed year for this busy mom. She appeared in A Mighty Heart and did voice work alongsideAnthony Hopkins in Beowulf. She was also named one of the Entertainers Of The Year by Entertainment Weekly. With a "tail" such as Angelina Jolie's in Beowulf, it's no wonder she landed in the No. 35 position on our list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women in 2008.

Angelina Jolie In WantedAngelina Jolie "unofficially" announced she was pregnant by wearing a form-fitting dress at the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, indirectly confirming the rumors circulating that she was with child. In July she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

That year, Angelina Jolie was involved in several film projects, including Wanted starring Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy,Kung Fu Panda and Changeling.

Angelina Drops On AM's Top 99 List In 2009It's not that we don't love her, but sometimes you have to remind the ladies out there that they need to keep it together if they want to keep their rank. Angelina Jolie's drop from the No. 35 spot to No. 46 should serve to remind the actress that she looks her best when she has some curves, as she did in Tomb Raider.

Angelina In SaltWe kind of love it when she plays badass power chicks, so we're looking forward to seeing Angelina as a CIA agent in Salt (2010), opposite Liev Schrieber. Check out photos from the production set, featuring Angelina in wig that looks a little like something you'd wear to an underground S&M party. Turns out she looks good with black hair too.

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Angel Locsin (born Angelica Colmenares on April 23, 1985), is a popular television and film actress,commercial model, film producer and fashion designer in the Philippines who was introduced in GMA Network’s youth-oriented program, Click. Angel rose to prominence after being cast as one of the lead stars in the fantasy-themed television seriesMulawin in 2004.
Soon after, she starred as thesuperheroine Darna in the TV adaptation of the popular Mars Ravelo comics hit.Angel Locsin top-billed in several films and is known as the screen love interest of Richard Gutierrez and Dennis Trillo. When her contract expired last March 2007, Angel did not renew her contract to her mother studio, GMA Network and signed an exclusive contract in ABS-CBN despite her booming career in GMA. According to her its just a career move. She is now the lead star in the most awaited soap opera of ABS-CBN, Lobowhere she paired to Piolo Pascual.


Angel Locsin was recently awarded in Yes Magazineas the Most Beautiful Woman in the Philppines. She was also awarded in 38 Box Office Entertainment Awards as the Princess of Philippine Movies.

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Adam Sandler

WHY IS HE FAMOUS

After becoming a mainstay on SNL, Adam Sandler moved on to make comedy classics like The Wedding Singer (1998), Anger Management (2003), Click (2006), and You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008). His CDs also popularized his style of immature, creative jokes, bringing in platinum sales for each album he released. "The Chanukah Song" is arguably the best holiday jingle ever. Adam Sandler Quote
"I'm just a buffoon. That's all. I look in the mirror, I see a buffoon. That's all I want to see."


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Women always say that humor is one of the most important things they want in a man, which says a lot for Adam Sandler's appeal. Other than that, let's just say he has not done much to impress the ladies, from being Alec Baldwin's object of affection on SNL to playing Satan's demented son in Little Nicky. However, his quiet, everyday manner appeals to a great deal of female fans, including former girlfriend Alicia Silverstone. By and large, his quick wit wins them over and it's an enviable asset to have in your arsenal.

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Starting out as a writer for Saturday Night Live in 1990, Adam Sandler was quickly recognized as a natural in front of the camera. It only took him a year to become a full-time actor on the show and he quickly gained acclaim for his recurring roles as Canteen Boy and Cajun Man. As many rising SNL stars have done, Adam Sandler began to branch out into bigger things, starting with the release of Billy Madison in 1995. It was a huge success among the high-school crowd (and we'll admit it, with us too) and subsequently Adam Sandler knew where his future lay. Bulletproof (1996) with Damon Wayans and Happy Gilmore (1996) (where Bob Barker beats the crap out of him) were both box-office hits the following year.

It was soon apparent that Adam Sandler was the new king of comedy. He continued to produce success with The Wedding Singer (1998), opposite Drew Barrymore, The Waterboy (1998), Big Daddy (1999), Mr. Deeds (2002), 50 First Dates (2004), The Longest Yard (2005), Click (2006), and more. During that time, his comedy CDs also became huge hits: two of his five albums have gone double platinum and 1999's Stan & Judy's Kid set a record for most records sold for a comedy album in its first week of release. In Eight Crazy Nights (2002), Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and Spanglish (2004) he experimented quite effectively with two new forms of cinema, which further proved that the sky is the limit for Adam Sandler.

ADAM SANDLER BIOGRAPHY

Adam Richard Sandler, not surprisingly, was the odd one in his family. Born September 9, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, Adam grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire after parents Stan and Judy relocated there. Sandler stood out, in part, because unlike his two sisters and brother, he did not excel in school.

Always the clown, Adam Sandler reached a crossroads at 17 years old, unsure of whether to continue his education or not. His brother, having observed Adam Sandler's behavior, suggested he become a stand-up comedian and dared him to take the stage during amateur night at a Boston comedy club.

Adam Sandler On Saturday Night Live
Although he did not start off well, Adam Sandler got the taste for comedy and knew he wanted to be successful. The achievements of people like Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and John Belushi (all SNL members) motivated him, but at times he would get so nervous after a poor performance that he would begin stuttering uncontrollably. His brother then offered another piece of advice; he suggested singing as a way of controlling his jumpy nerves. It was at NYU, where Adam Sandler was earning a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, that his act, now replete with funny songs, caught someone's eye.

Adam Sandler soon landed a recurring role on The Cosby Show as Theo's friend Smitty. He began performing in bigger venues, but it was at a Los Angeles improv club where then Saturday Night Live cast member Dennis Miller saw his act and immediately put in a word for him with the show's producer, Lorne Michaels. Pulling strings worked, and Adam Sandler quickly rose from SNL writer in 1990 to full-time performer a year later.

Adam Sandler In Billy Madison And Big Daddy
With characters like Canteen Boy, Opera Man and Cajun Man, Adam Sandler became a perennial favorite and enjoyed huge success alongside Rob Schneider, Chris Farley and Phil Hartman. In 1993, Adam Sandler released They're All Gonna Laugh at You!, his first step outside of TV that sold record amounts and was even nominated for a Grammy.

Following in many SNL alumni's footsteps, Adam Sandler realized that his contribution to comedy could extend to movies. Billy Madison (1995), often recognized as his first big movie after doing bombs like Airheads (1994) and Mixed Nuts (1994), created a large fan following in 1995. Feeding off the acclaim, Sandler starred in Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, and Big Daddy from 1996 to 1999. The Waterboy and Big Daddy both earned over $160 million each -- Adam Sandler was now arguably the comedian box-office king, commanding more than $20 million per film.

Adam Sandler In 50 First Dates And Spanglish
With Little Nicky and Mr. Deeds in the books in 2000 and 2001, the writer and actor soon realized that there was more he could do. He started putting more work into Happy Madison Productions, and created an animation company as well, called Meatball. Creating an even fuller and more meaningful life, he also proposed to his long-time girlfriend, Jackie Titone, in 2002. The couple married in 2003 and in 2006 they had their first child, daughter Lola Marie Titone-Sandler aka Sadie Madison Sandler.

Adam Sandler proved that he could go the route of Jim Carrey and do dramatic acting aside from the usual comedy in the 2002 release Punch-Drunk Love. His holiday movie, 8 Crazy Nights, was also a change from the usual; an animated film where Adam Sandler's voice was used for the three main characters. He returned to his particular brand of humor in Mr. Deeds, Anger Management, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard (2005), and Click. That's not to say that he forgot about his dramatic success -- in 2004 he starred in another drama/comedy, Spanglish.

In 2006, Adam Sandler completed work on Reign Over Me (2007) and he also filmed I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007).
Adam Sandler In You Don't Mess With The Zohan
Adam Sandler had two 2008 projects: You Don't Mess With The Zohan costarring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Bedtime Stories with Keri Russell.

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Adriana Francesca Lima

Birth name Adriana Francesca Lima
Date of birth June 12, 1981 (1981-06-12) (age 28)
Place of birth Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Hair color Brown
Eye color Blue
Measurements 86-61-89 (34-24-35)
Dress size 4 (US)
Shoe size 9 (US)
Agency Marilyn Agency
Spouse(s) Marko Jaric (2009–present) Adriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian model best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000 and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009. At age 15, Lima finished first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition and took second place the following year in the Ford "Supermodel of the World" competition before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City.
Lima never thought about being a model, although she had won many beauty pageants in elementary school.However, she had a friend at school who wanted to enter a modeling contest and didn't want to enter alone, so Lima entered with her. Both sent in pictures, and the contest sponsor soon asked Lima to come out for the competition. Soon after, at the age of 15, she entered and finished in first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" model search. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford "Supermodel of the World" contest and finished in second place. Three years later, Lima moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management. After acquiring representation, Lima's modeling portfolio quickly began to expand, and she appeared in numerous international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire. As a runway model, she has walked the catwalks for designers such as Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren and Valentino, among others. Lima became a GUESS? girl in 2000, appearing in that year's fall ad campaign. She also appeared in the book A Second Decade of Guess? Images.

Lima continued to build upon her portfolio, doing more print work for Maybelline, for whom she worked as a spokesmodel from 2003 until 2009, the same year she appeared in the company's first calendar, a limited edition run also featuring Kemp Muhl, Jessica White, Julia Stegner, and Anna Wang.Lima has also worked for notable fashion brands bebe, Mossimo, Armani, Bulgari, De Beers, FCUK, Intimissimi, Keds, Swatch, Versace, and BCBG. She also appeared on the covers and in the editorials of other fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, GQ, Arena, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire. Her April 2006 GQ cover was the highest-selling issue that magazine for the year,while her April 2008 cover brought a record number of hits to the magazine's website.[citation needed] She also appeared in the 2005 Pirelli Calendar and became the face of Italy's cell phone carrier, Telecom Italia Mobile, a move that earned her the nickname, "the Catherine Zeta-Jones of Italy."

In February 2008, Lima was featured on the cover of Esquire, re-creating the classic 1966 Angie Dickinson cover on Esquire's 75th anniversary along with fellow Victoria's Secret Angels Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, Izabel Goulart and Selita Ebanks. She appeared only in shoes, diamonds and gloves for the November 2007 issue of Vanity Fair celebrating 20 years of supermodels with her fellow Angels.In February 2008, she was chosen to be the face of Mexico's Liverpool department store chain and launched the partnership with a press conference, runway show, and summer campaign. Lima returned to the high fashion runway in 2009, walking for Givenchy.That same year, after visiting Turkey, Lima signed a contract with Doritos to appear in print campaigns and commercials which began airing in Turkey in April. She is also one of the faces of Givenchy for the Fall/Winter 2009 season, alongside Mariacarla Boscono and Iris Strubegger.

In 2006, Lima ranked as the fifth highest paid supermodel. In 2007 and 2008, she ranked as the world's fourth highest paid supermodel by Forbes Magazine.

Lima is probably best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. Her first fashion show for the company came in 1999, and since being contracted as an Angel in 2000, she has appeared on subsequent shows ever since, opening the show in 2003, 2007, and 2008, in which she also closed the opening segment. Lima has appeared on several television ads for the brand, including the praised and criticized "Angel in Venice" commercial of 2003 with Bob Dylan and her solo Victoria's Secret's Super Bowl XLII ad, the single most-seen ad of the game, watched by 103.7 million viewers.2008 continued for Lima with hosting the What Is Sexy? program for the E! Entertainment Network and a July tour for the BioFit Uplift Bra launch, with stops in Long Island, Boston, and Miami Beach. She was also featured in November's Miracle Bra relaunch.Topping the year off, Lima wore the "Fantasy Bra" for the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. In 2009, Lima launched the company's new makeup line, "Christian Siriano for VS Makeup."


Lima's first acting role was the wife, alongside Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker, in The Follow (2001), a short film in BMW's series The Hire, starring Clive Owen. She also appeared with her fellow Angels in a guest spot playing herself in the series How I Met Your Mother in November 2007.

In 2008, Lima appeared on the American television series Ugly Betty, where she played herself and made friends with the series' title character, played by America Ferrera. According to her publicist, Liza Anderson, "Adriana has always been a huge fan of Ugly Betty and is thrilled for the opportunity to make a guest star appearance."


Since her rise to fame, Lima is often cited by popular media as one of the world's sexiest women. Lima was listed in the 2005 Forbes' edition of The World's Best-Paid Celebrities Under 25.Also, she ranked No.99th in the 2006 Forbes' edition of The Celebrity 100 (Forbes' Highest Paid and Powerful Celebrities in the World). Lima was chosen to be a part of People magazine's 100 most beautiful people in the world list, sharing that space with the Angels, with whom she also received a star on the Hollywood "Walk of Fame" prior to the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. That same year, she ranked 7th on FHM's "100 Sexiest Women 2007" list and was awarded as the "Hottest Girl on the Planet" at the first Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards, although the category was not mentioned in the actual broadcast. Lima was also voted on the Maxim "Hot 100" 2007 at the #53 spot. She was voted #1 as the Most Desirable Woman in 2005 by visitors of the men's lifestyle website, Askmen.com (she placed 4th in 2006 and 2007, 10th in 2008, and 19th in 2009). In November 2008, Models.com featured her at number one on the list of the "Sexiest Models."In 2009, she was voted sixth in "FHM's Sexiest Women In The World".


Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima (left), Marisa Miller and Selita Ebanks ride in the Guantanamo Bay Christmas Parade Dec. 1, 2007

In addition to her native Portuguese, Lima speaks English, French, and a bit of Italian. Lima was shy around boys when she was younger, not receiving her first kiss until she was 17 years old. Afterward, the boy went directly to her mother to ask if he could marry her.She is a devout Catholic who attends church every Sunday.In April 2006, she told GQ that she was a virgin. "Sex is for after marriage," she explained. "They [men] have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me." Staying true to her religious roots, she is known for taking a Bible backstage to read.

She has been romantically linked to musician/singer Lenny Kravitz and Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein.On Valentine's Day 2009, she married Serbian basketball player Marko Jarić, whom she began dating in November 2007.They wed in a private civil ceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.The couple originally planned on a large wedding in Salvador in June 2009, but the couple decided to opt for a wedding in each of their hometowns; both are scheduled to take place at the end of 2009.


The couple had their first child, a daughter named Valentina Lima Jarić, on November 15, 2009.Lima's representative told People magazine: "Adriana and Marko are overjoyed that they are expecting their first child together and are excited to share the happy news and start their family together."She has also recently applied for Serbian citizenship.

Lima does charitable work helping with an orphanage, "Caminhos da Luz" (Ways of Light), located in her hometown. She helps with construction to expand the orphanage, and buys clothes for poor children in Salvador, Bahia.She appeared on Var mısın? Yok musun?, the Turkish version of Deal or No Deal, where her prize money went to a hospital in Istanbul for children fighting leukemia.

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