Name: Hilary Duff

Birth Name: Hilary Ann Duff

Height: 5' 4"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: September 28, 1987
Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA
Profession: actress, musician
Education: home-schooled since the age of 10
Joel Madden (member of Good Charlotte; born March 11, 1979;
announced their relationship in June 2005; split November 27,
Relationship:
2006), Aaron Carter (actor, musician; born December 7, 1987;
dated in 2003)
Father: Bob Duff (a convenience store owner)
Mother: Susan Duff (producer; born May 12, 1953)
Sister: Haylie Duff (actress, musician; born on February 19, 1985)
Claim to
Titular character on The Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire
fame:

Curious facts:
• Is desperate to take a month off after a manic year with three
movies, a sell-out tour and, a greatest hits album release.
• Donated $250,000 US to help hurricane Katrina victims on the
Gulf of Mexico coast. (September 3, 2005)
• Donated a portion of all ticket sales from her sold-out Most
Wanted tour to aid tsunami relief efforts.
• Launched her clothing line Stuff on March 12, 2004.
• Has a new mystery actor boyfriend who she has been dating for
just a month. (February 11, 2004)
• Walt Disney Co. has signed Duff to make a solo album after the
soundtrack to her recent Lizzie McGuire Movie went gold.
• Was one of the most powerful celebrities, according to 2003
Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#96)
• Nickname: Hil
• Is paid $1,000,000 for THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE (2003)
 Name: David Beckham
Birth Name: David Robert Joseph Beckham
Height: 5' 11½
Sex: M
Nationality: British
Birth Date: May 2, 1975
Birth Place: Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Profession: Actor, member of Real Maddrid Football Club, Model
Education: Manchester United to their youth training program at the age of 14
Victoria Beckham Adams (former member of Spice Girls; born on
Husband/Wife:
April 17, 1975; married on July 4, 1999)
Father: David Edward Beckham (married in 1969 in Hoxton, east London)
Mother: Sandra West
Sister: Joanne (born in 1982) and Lynne (born in 1972)
Cruz Beckham (born on February 20, 2005 in Madrid via
Caesarean section),
Son: Romeo James (born on September 1, 2002 at 9.40am; at the
Portland Street Hospital in London),
Brooklyn Joseph Beckham (born on March 4, 1999)
English football superstar signed with Manchester United in 1993
Claim to fame:
and Real Madrid in 2003

Curious facts:

• His son Romeo has been diagnosed with epilepsy.

• Is going to teach soccer to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s son.
• Said he would consider becoming an astronaut and going to the
Moon when he ends his soccer career.
• Celebrates his 30th birthday at Madrid's trendy Buddha Bar with
a night of glamorous partying attended by around 100 guests.
• Is the only British sports star in People magazine's annual 50
most beautiful people poll.
• Is the first British sportsman to appear on the cover of US fashion
bible Vanity Fair.
 Name: Gisele Bundchen
Birth Name: Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen
Height: 5' 10¾''
Sex: F
Nationality: Brazilian
Birth Date: July 20, 1980
Birth Place: Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Profession: Model, Actress
Kelly Slater (surfer; dated since 2005; broke up in July 2006),
Leonardo DiCaprio (actor; met in 2000; broke up in November
Relationship:
2005), Joao Paulo Diniz (multi-billionaire), Scott Barnhill (model;
long-term love split in 2000)
Sister: Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Patricia (twin) and Rafaela
Claim to Fashion model whose voluptuous figure was touted as The Return
fame: of the Sexy Model

Curious facts:
• She speaks Portuguese
• Has issued a serious warning to Leonardo DiCaprio after
rekindling her romance with him - Cheat on me and I'll dump you again.
• She wants to live at a farm when she is older and have a family
and than she wants to swim in the lake every morning
• Discovered at age 14 while chowing on a Big Mac at a class trip
in Brazil
• She is total crazy of her little doggy Vida and never go anywhere
without it
• Loves chocolates
• Asked for the role in CHARLIES' ANGELS and she said no.
• Likes steak and pasta
• A big fan of McDonald
• Likes fairy's and she is a freak of nature.
Name: Angelina Jolie
Birth Name: Angelina Jolie Voight
Height: 5' 7"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: June 4, 1975
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Profession: actress, model
Education: Lee Strasberg Theater Institute (enrolled at age 11)
New York University (majored in Film; attended night classes,
1997)
Billy Bob Thornton (actor, director; b. August 4, 1955; married on
May 5, 2000; divorced on May 27, 2003),
Husband/Wife: Jonny Lee Miller (actor; b. November 15, 1972; married on March
28, 1996; separated on October 1, 1997; filed for divorce on
February 3, 1999)
Brad Pitt (actor; born on December 18, 1963; rumored to have a
relationship during filming Mr. And Mrs. Smith - 2004),
Relationship:
Timothy Hutton (actor; born on August 16, 1960; dated 1998-
1999)
John Voight (actor; born on December 29, 1938; married on
Father:
December 12, 1971; separated in 1976; divorced in 1978)
Marcheline Bertrand (former actress; born on May 9, 1950; died of
Mother:
cancer on January 27, 2007)
Brother: James Haven Voight (director; born on May 11, 1973)
Uncle: Chip Taylor (aka James Wesley Voight; musician)
Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt (Cambodian; adopted; born on August 5,
Son: 2001),
Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt (adopted from an orphanage in Vietnam)
Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt (born on May 27, 2006 in Namibia; via
Caesarean section and weighed in at a healthy seven pounds;
Daughter: Shiloh means Messiah),
Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt (Ethiopian; adopted; born on July 6,
2005)
Curious facts:
• Jolie and her brother James Haven consider themselves orphans
after the death of their mother - because they are not close to their
father, Jon Voight.
• Plans to stop making movies for a while to concentrate on raising
her four children.
• Says her work as a humanitarian ambassador for the United
Nations at first made her cry constantly
• Criticized Madonna for adopting Malawian child David Banda in
an illegal manner.
• Angelina and Brad Pitt spent Thanksgiving holiday traveling
around the Vietnamese capital Ho Chi Minh City on a motorbike.
• Her adoption of an Ethiopian orphan has given hope to
thousands more parentless children, because her example has
sparked a huge interest in adoption.
• Her friends have forced her to take cooking lessons, because
she's such a disaster in the kitchen.
• Has revealed that she never feels intimidated when she meets
with politicians to discuss refugee issues, because she knows about
the subject.
• Visited a Sudanese refugee camp on the outskirts of the
Egyptian capital where she distributed winter clothes, blankets, and
toys.
• Donates one third of all her earnings to charity, saying she has
too much money for her own needs and wants her wealth to benefit
those who are in need.
 Name: Cameron Diaz
Birth Name: Cameron Michelle Diaz
Height: 5' 9"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: August 30, 1972
Birth Place: San Diego, California, USA
Profession: actress, model
Education: Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California
Justin Timberlake (musician; born January 31, 1981; dated since
2003; split January 11, 2007), Jared Leto (actor; born December
Relationship:
26, 1971; 1999-2003), Matt Dillon (actor; born February 18, 1964;
1996-1998), Carlos De La Torre (producer; 1990-1995)
Father: Emilio Diaz (oil foreman)
Mother: Billie Early (exporting agent)
Sister: Chimene Diaz (older)
Claim to
as Tina Carlyle in The Mask (1994)
fame:

Curious facts:
• Says she has no plans to marry long-term boyfriend Justin Timberlake,
because she is “a commitment-phobe.”
• Says she's always late because she's in a different time zone (15 minutes
later) to everyone else.
• Voted the worst (1st) autographer in Hollywood by Autograph Collector's
14th annual survey. (2006)
• Hopes her relationship with Justin Timberlake will be like her parents', who
have been married for 34 years.
• Told photographers at the Toronto International Film Festival that their
clicking was giving her a nervous breakdown.
• Said she was trying to look sophisticated and European in 1992 when as an
unknown model she posed for topless photos. (July 15, 2005)
• A huge fan of TV show Desperate Housewives.
• Has bought her very own castle in the Hollywood Hills for $2.7 million.
• Her nose was shattered in 20 places when she broke it in a surfing accident.
• Named the best dressed celebrities by America's People magazine.
• Topped the list of the highest female earners with $40 million in one year, in
a new survey compiled by the 2004 Guinness World Records.
 Name: Leonardo DiCaprio
Birth Name: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
Height: 6'
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: November 11, 1974
Birth Place: Hollywood, California, USA
Profession: actor
Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School in Los Angeles,
Education:
California
Center for Enriched Studies in Los Angeles, California
John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, California
Bar Rafael (Israeli model; dating in 2006), Gisele Bundchen
(Brazilian model; born on July 20, 1980; broke up in 2005),
Relationship:
Vanessa Hayden (model; dated in 1998),
Kristen Zang (model; born on June 22, 1974; 1996-1997)
Father: George DiCaprio (comic-book distributor)
Mother: Irmeline DiCaprio (former legal secretary)
Grand
Helena Idenbirken
Mother:
Claim to
as Toby in This Boy's Life (1993)
fame:

Curious facts:
• His new movie THE BLOOD DIAMONDS, which takes on the issue of so-
called conflict diamonds, is causing controversy among jewel bosses, who claim
the film could hurt diamond sales.
• Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the
World.
• Leo's mom was standing in front of a Leonardo da Vinci painting in Italy
when Leo kicked her. That sign prompted her to name him after the painter.
• Originally offered the role of Dirk Diggler in BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997), but
turned it down to do TITANIC.
• Considered for the role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in SPIDER-MAN
(2002).
• On the set of TITANIC, DiCaprio's pet lizard was run over by a truck, but
with some TLC, Leo nursed him to health.
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