Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone Profile
Name: Alicia Silverstone
Height: 5' 5"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: October 4, 1976
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Profession: actress, model, producer
Education: San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California
Shakespeare & Company in Massachusetts (studied Text, Voice and Movement)
acting workshop with Judi O'Neil in San Francisco, California
Relationship: Christopher Jarecki (lead singer of the band S.T.U.N; married on June 11, 2005 at Lake Tahoe), Bryan Mashard (dated in 1997), Adam Sandler (actor; born on September 9, 1966; dated in 1996), Mozie Chabbouth (hairdresser; born in 1967)
Father: Monty Silverstone (real-estate investor; English, Jewish; born on August 29. 194?)
Mother: Didi Silverstone (former flight attendant; English; born in 1942)
Half Sister: Kezi Silverstone (musician)
Half Brother: David Silverstone (propman; born in 1972)
Claim to fame: as Cher Horowitz in Clueless (1995)
Alicia Silverstone Biography
Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976 in San Francisco, California, United States. She attended Crocker Middle School and then San Mateo High School. Whenever the Silverstones had time during the summer, they went to England with to visit relatives (mother --Didi-- was a airline stewardess so they got discounts). Alicia's father, Monty, saw how beautiful Alicia was and he started to take pictures, which started a modeling career at the age of eight. Alicia got modeling jobs for YSL, Levis' Dockers, and Marshall's. She also took some ballet classes and won 4th place at a contest. Alicia said modeling was a easy way to make money, but it wasn't what she wanted to do. Alicia wanted to act. She took an intensive acting class at the age of twelve (sources range from twelve to thirteen) from Judi O'Neill. While in Los Angeles for a showcase, Carolyn Kessler saw her and became her agent and later a good friend. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she attended Beverly Hills High School for a short time (Alicia later received her GDE). Within a year of hiring Kessler, Alicia got a commercial for Dominos Pizza. After the commercial Alicia got a guest spot on the hit television show The Wonder Years. She then signed up for The Crush. Alicia was legally emancipated at 15 in order to work the long and crazy hours required by The Crush's shooting schedule. "I didn't want her to get emancipated," says Monty. "But her agent kept telling me if she wasn't emancipated, she wouldn't get The Crush". Alicia won Best Villain and Breakthrough Performance at the MTV Movie Awards for The Crush. After doing The Crush Alicia made a couple movies for television: Torch Song and Scattered Dreams.
Marty Callner, the director of the Aerosmith videos, saw Alicia in The Crush and wanted her for the Aerosmith video, Cryin'. Marty liked Alicia so much, he signed her for two more Aerosmith videos: Crazy and Amazing. Between Cryin' and Crazy Alicia shot another television movie The Cool & The Crazy. Wasting no time, Alicia went back to work in 1995, which ended up to be very busy. She did Hideaway, Babysitter, True Crime, Le Nouveau Monde, and the surprise hit Clueless. During the filming of True Crime, Alicia found a dog that was hit by a car and was ill. Alicia took in the dog, Samson, and now it's part of the family. Alicia is a avid animal rights activist. She is involved with several animal rights groups such as The Ark Trust (gives out the Genesis Awards), PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals), and Last Chance for Animals. Before Alicia got her start in the entertainment industry, she waitressed for a time at a restaurant where she is remembered for her daily feedings of all the birds and squirrels who hung out there. Clueless was an unexpected hit, which catapulted Alicia's career. Alicia won numerous awards for the movie Clueless. After Clueless, Barry Josephon of Columbia Pictures signed Alicia to a two picture deal for $7 million. Alicia took less money so she could produce the films as well. The first film on the Columbia Pictures deal was Excess Baggage, which she produced with her First Kiss Production Company. Excess Baggage was a success if you ask Alicia, but wasn't a huge hit at the box office. She has also nabbed the role of Batgirl in the fourth Batman movie, Batman And Robin. Batman And Robin also wasn't as huge as some would hope, but did farely well with the box office numbers. 1999 started out well for Alicia with Blast From The Past. Most critics liked the film and called it Alicia come back movie. Alicia has working on William Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost which will be a 1930's style musical. Alicia has been taking singing lesson for the part. Kenneth Branagh wrote and will direct the film. Carmen Ejogo, Natascha McElhone, Nathan Lane, Adrian Lester, Matthew Lillard, Emily Mortimer, Alessandro Nivola and Timothy Spall will also be in the film by Pathe Pictures, Intermedia Films, and Miramax Films.

Alessandra Ambrosio

Alessandra Ambrosio Profile
Name: Alessandra Ambrosio
Birth Name: Alessandra Ambrósio
Height: 5' 9"
Sex: F
Nationality: Brazilian
Birth Date: April 11, 1981
Birth Place: Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Profession: Model
Claim to fame: The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2005) (TV)
Alessandra Ambrosio Biography
Alessandra Ambrosio (born April 11, 1981) is a Brazilian female model . She is one of the faces of Guess? and Victoria's Secret. A lithe brunette with a signature navel piercing, Ambrosio was one of the many Brazilian models to hit it big internationally in the late 1990s. Alessandra Ambrosio was part of the deluge of Brazilian models that emerged after Gisele Bündchen opened the floodgates. One of the star models of that group, of which fellow Victoria's Secret/Guess? Model (and best friend) Ana Beatriz Barros is a member, the 5'10, light brown-haired Ambrosio accumulated quite a career in the late 1990's into the next century. Ambrosio was born in Exerim, Brazil, a small town in the south. As an early teen, she enrolled in a modeling class and subsequently was entered in the Elite modeling agency's 1996 Look of the Year competition. Though she did not win, she was offered an Elite contract one year after Her first modeling job was the cover of the Brazilian Marie Claire, and Ambrosio followed with other editorial work, but it was not long after that the Marcianos at Guess signed Ambrosio for their fall Millennium campaign in 2000. Her lucrative print career began with being a Guess? Girl and continued with deals with Revlon and Victoria's Secret. Ambrosio walked the VS runway for the first time in 2001 and continued to be a fixture in subsequent shows. Ambrosio was also picked to be the spokesmodel for the 2004 Pink line by Victoria's Secret.

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst Profile
Name: Kirsten Dunst
Birth Name: Kirsten Caroline Dunst
Height: 5' 7"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: April 30, 1982
Birth Place: Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
Profession: actress
Education: Notre Dame High School, a private Catholic high school, in Los Angeles (graduated in May 2000)
Relationship: Jake Gyllenhaal (actor; born December 19, 1980; dated from 2002- 2004), Ben Foster (actor; born October 29, 1980; dated from August 2000-March 2001), Jake Hoffman (actor; born March 20, 1981; son of actor Dustin Hoffman; dating as of 1998; broke up)
Father: Klaus Dunst (medical-services exec; separated)
Mother: Inez Dunst (former art-gallery owner)
Brother: Christian Dunst (born in 1987)
Claim to fame: as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Kirsten Dunst Biography

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as well as for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film series.Dunst was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Inez and Klaus Dunst, who are separated. Her father, a German medical services executive from Hamburg, remained in New Jersey but now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, a Swedish former art gallery owner, also moved to California. Dunst has a younger brother, Christian.Dunst attended the Ranney School in New Jersey, and graduated in 2000 from Notre Dame High School, a private Catholic high school in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Profile

Name : Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Nickname : Mahi

Nationality : Indian

Date of Birth : 7 July 1981

Place of Birth: Ranchi, Bihar

Batting style : Right hand batsman

Bowling style : Right arm medium

Field position: Wicketkeeper

Clubs played : Jharkhand
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Biography
M S Dhoni was born and brought up in the city of Ranchi. He has two siblings. A sister who is married and a brother who lives in Almora. Almora is a high-lying town at the foot of the Himalaya which is his father's home town. His father's name is Pan Singh and mother's name is Devki Devi.MS Dhoni, made his debut for Jharkhand in the 1999-2000 season as an eighteen year old. He was noticed by the national team selectors in 2004 after his performances in first class tournaments such as the Deodhar Trophy and the Duleep Trophy. Dhoni was selected to represent India 'A' on a tour of Kenya and his performances were good enough to win him selection in the Indian national team, making his one-day international debut against Bangladesh in Chittagong in December of that year.Luck wasnt on his side in the first four matches he played. Where as on the fifth match which was played against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease one down and managed to score 148 runs from just 123 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and four sixes. He got his first man of the match award that day. On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which was played at Jaipur, beating Adam Gilchrist's former record of 172 runs. On the 2nd of December 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India. He is currently ranked number one in the official ICC cricket rankings for batsmen in Limited over internationals. Dhoni's current batting average in ODIs is just over 50 (as of April 2006), the highest by any Indian player with more than 20 innings. With a career ODI batting strike rate of more than 100 he remains the only batsman with the unique double of a 50+ average scored at more than a run a ball. Currently, Dhoni has one of the highest strike rates in the world (103.00 runs per hundred balls). With 44 sixes in 38 ODI innings, Dhoni has hit more sixes than he's played internationals. He made his maiden Test century against Pakistan in the 2nd Test at Faisalabad in January 2006, reaching the landmark in just 93 balls. Dhoni's career batting average at the end of the ODI series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi stands at 52.76, which is the fourth highest for any batsman having scored at least 1,000 runs in one-day internationals, behind Australians, Mike Hussey Michael Bevan, and Englishman Kevin Pietersen.

Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza Profile
Name - Sania Mirza
D.O.B - 15th November 1986

Residence - Hyderabad , India

Height - 5' 7 1/2''
Weight - 59 kgs
Hobbies - Swimming & music
Favorite tennis player - Steffi Graff
Current Rating - 40 (10/07/06)
Sania Mirza Biography
Sania Mirza began playing tennis at the age of six, turned pro at age 17 and now has quickly grown into a youth icon of India. At this young age she has achieved what no other in India tennis player has ever achieved. She is a rage among the Indian youth and is the most sought after celebrity in the country. Her popularity is unbelievable and the media coined in the word Sania Mania for the mass hysteria that she is causing. With men, her beauty and body is as much talked about as her tennis and young girls see her as someone they can aspire to be like. Initially, her father coached her before she took tennis seriously. Her father Imran Mirza, started as a sports journalist and then went into printing business before becoming a builder. Sania’s mother, Naseema, runs the printing business now. Sania also has a little sister Anam. During the initial stage of her career, Imran, who was not overtly wealthy, found it hard to pay for Sania’s expensive training and gear. Luckily they found a sponsor in G V K Reddy, chairman of G V K Group, when Sania was 13. That was crucial turning point in her career. Sania won the Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title in 2003 (partnering with Alisa Kleybanova ). She got a wild card entry to the 2005 Australian Open and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to enter the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. She lost in the 3rd round to eventual champion Serena Williams. In the same year she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals. She then went on to win the WTA ‘Newcomer of the Year’ Award for the year 2005. She won the award over her performance during the year when she rose to a career best ranking of 31 after being ranked 163 at the start of the year. She is ranked 37th in the latest WTA rankings. Sania has 516.75 singles ranking points.

Twinkle Khanna

Twinkle Khanna Profile
Original Name: Tina Khanna

Date of Birth : 29 December, 1974

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Height: 5'4"

Hair Color: Black

Birth Place: Pune

Marital Status: Married

Languages: Hindi, English

Father's Name: Rajesh Khanna

Mother's Name: Dimple Kapadia

Spouse: Akshay Kumar

Son: Araav Bhatia
Twinkle Khanna Biography
Daughter of two of the most celebrated personalities of Bollywood—Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia—Twinkle Khanna grew up in the courtyard of Bollywood. Born on December 29, 1973, this star kid had everything at her disposal to make it to the silver screen with ease. She also had to go through the painful moments as her parents parted ways.However, her debut opposite Abhishek Kapoor in Uff Yeh Mohabbat turned out be a complete disaster. By the time people could write her off, she teamed up with newcomer Bobby Deol and gave Barsaat. Twinkle Khanna, thus, saved herself from being written off as an actress. After Barsaat, Twinkle was supposed to have signed many more good films but none of her movies showed any traces of her pedigree. She kept giving a string of flops like Mr Aashiq and Dil Tera Deewana with Saif Ali Khan and Jaan (1996) and Itihaas (1997) with Ajay Devgan. Before people could lose all hopes on her, she surprised everyone with Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1998) against Salman Khan and Baadshah opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her performance was appreciated and she came out quite good. Before she could relax back and define her career, two more of her movies International Khiladi and Zulmi (1999) with Akshay Kumar did miserably on the box-office. Her pairing with Akshay on screen might not have earned much acclaim, but off-screen the two were in perfect harmony and complemented each other well. The result was that they tied the marital knot. The movies she appeared in include Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (2001); Jodi No.1 (2001) ; Joru Ka Ghulam (2000); Mela (2000); Baadshah (1999); Zulmi (1999); International Khiladi (1999); Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1998); Itihaas (1997); Uf Yeh Mohabbat (1996); Dil Tera Deewana (1996); Jaan (1996); Barsaat (1995).

Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen Profile

Nick Name: Titu, Sush

Date of Birth : 19 November, 1975

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Height: 5'9"

Hair Color: Black

Birth Place: Hyderabad

Education: Ruia College

Marital Status: Single

Languages: Bengali, Hindi, English

Brother(s): 1 brother

Spouse: Dated Sanjay Narang

Daughter: adopted daughter Renee

Sushmita Sen Biography
A Bengali beauty reared in a middle-class suburb of Delhi, now showered with attention of global proportions. Born on November 19, 1975 this ambassador of feminine beauty, peace, love, and optimism Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994, the first Miss Universe from India.
Sushmita's defense background ensured that she led a nomadic life. Her mother's decision to shift base to Delhi, was to render some permanency in her children's lives, as also to enable her children have proper education. With an advantageous height, she made her entry into the world of fashion. She did a few fashion shows before she went in for the Femina Miss India pageant. Her decision to join movies was well accepted and Bollywood welcomed her with open arms.
Sushmita made her debut in Dastak in the role of a vulnerable girl being stalked by a psycho. Then Sushmita did a comic role in David Dhawan’s Biwi No.1 and caught movie buff’s attention and picked up some awards. She had a flair for the comedy. She also did a romantic role opposite Abhishek Bachchan in Bus Itna Sa Khwab Hai. She was seen in a very realistic role in Meghna Gulzar’s directorial debut Filhaal. She has got very rave reviews for her convincing portrayal of the character in the film. Sushmita is intelligent, but it's an intelligence as yet untainted by realism. Before all this happened, here was yet a gossamer world, tipped between the cradle and the crown. Creative rather than literal, poetic rather than pedantic, it is these very qualities that endeared her to the viewers and judges. She has led a rather normal filmi existence and has had her fair share of carping critics, her erratic lifestyle, her unpunctual ways, her live in relationships, her phenomenal asking price, and her non-deflated ego, all have brought her more than her share of flak. Bravo Sushmita! The diva lives in Mumbai with her beautiful daughter Renee and continues living in the hearts of us all!

Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol Profile

Original Name: Ajay Singh Deol

Date of Birth : 19 October, 1956

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Height: 5'11"

Eye Color: Black

Hair Color: Black

Birth Place: New Delhi

Religion: Sikh

Marital Status: Married

Languages: Hindi, English

Father's Name: Dharmendra

Mother's Name: Prakash Kaur

Brother(s): Bobby Deol

Sister(s): step-sisters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol

Spouse: Pooja Deol

Son: Rajvir, Ranvir

Sunny Deol Biography
Sunny Deol , born as Ajay Singh Deol on October 19, 1956 in (New Delhi, India) is a National Film Awards winning film (Bollywood) actor of Punjabi descent. Sunny Deol was born to veteran actor Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur. He has a younger brother, Bobby Deol, who is also an actor, and two half-sisters, Esha Deol, an actress and Ahana Deol, from his father's re-marriage to famous actress Hema Malini. He is married to Pooja and has two sons Rajvir and Ranvir, which are incidentally the names he chose for himself and Bobby Deol in his directorial debut Dillagi.His cousin Abhay Deol is also currently an actor. He always wanted to be an actor but being the son of the famous actor, Dharmendra, it was difficult being treated normal, so he went to England to study acting. He joined theater called the Old Web Theater in Birmingham, England where he studied theater and acting. By the time he came back to India, he was ready to face the camera. Sunny made his acting debut in the blockbuster movie "Betaab" in 1983. After some flop movies he starred in an action film Arjun (1985). He played the role of a jobless youth who is forced to become a gangster by circumstances. This role established his image as the action hero of Bollywood. After another period of mixed success, Sunny's breakthrough role came with Ghayal (1990) directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. His role of a boxer who fights for his family received cult status. The government of India awarded him a national award for his role of a lawyer in 'Damini'. Many of his films in the action genre including Tridev (1989), Vishwatma (1992), Imtihaan (1995), Ghatak (1996), Ziddi (1997), Border (1998) and Indian (2001) were some of the biggest hits of his career.He has also had success in romantic and dramatic roles in films including Chaalbaaz (1989), Damini (1993), Darr (1993), Jeet (1996) and Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001). Gadar: Ek Prem Katha remains his most successful film to date at the box office.
Recently he starred in the multi-starrer action comedy Fool and Final (2007). His next release is Apne which will bring him together with his father and brother together for the first time.

Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt Profile

Nick Name: Sanju Baba

Date of Birth : 29 July, 1959

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Height: 6'1"

Eye Color: Black

Hair Color: Black

Birth Place: India

Religion: Hindu

Marital Status: Married

Languages: Hindi, English

Father's Name: Sunil Dutt

Mother's Name: Nargis Dutt

Sister(s): Priya Dutt, Namrata Guarav

Spouse: Rhea Dutt

Ex-Spouse: Richa Dutt

Daughter: Trishala Dutt

Sanjay Dutt Biography

Sanjay Dutt son of Nargis and Sunil Dutt was born on 29 July 1959. His hell raisin's days are behind him. Now he has settled into a steady pace. He's moved on from lover boy and action hero roles to try his hand successfully at slick gangster movies and comedy. He has turned producer also from film Kaante. Now he is in the position when he can book himself the kind of roles he fancies. He started his film career with Rocky (1981). Although the film did well, but it failed to promote him as an established actor. In a period of 20 years in Bollywood, he acted in about 60 films which uplifted Sanjay Dutt and established him in the Film Industry though he had many ups and downs. Today he is one of the top 10 Bollywood actors. He had an affair with actress Madhuri Dixit when they were doing Thanedaar (1989)together. Sanjay's personal life was exacerbate by drug problems and worsened with the death of his first wife Richa from cancer. He was arrest two times once under 'TADA' then for having illegal possession of several AK-57 weapons and was imprisoned while the case continued. After his release from jail he had three consecutive hits ... Daag - The Fire (1999), Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999) and Vaastav (1999). All these movies brought him moderate success. His performance in Vaastav (1999) earned him the Best Actor in a Leading Role award at Film Fare. Then sanjay appeared in the movie Mission Kashmir (2000), Kaante (2002) which were another award winning performances. Sanjay Dutt has got married to his long-time girl friend, Rhea who stood by him in times of grief, agony and at a time when he really needed one who could well understand him. The wedding was a sensation it was held at hotel Taj on Valentine's Day. His last movie Munna Bhai MBBS (2003) was a super duper comedy hit of the year. He also got the Film Fare best Comedian award for this movie.