- Born: October 29, 1971 (age 43), Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States
- Height: 1.61 m
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Jennifer Joanna Aniston(born February 11, 1969) is an American actress, director, producer, and businesswoman. She is the daughter of actor John Aniston and actress Nancy Dow. Aniston gained worldwide recognition for portraying Rachel Green on the popular television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), a role which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and aScreen Actors Guild Award. The character was widely popular during the airing of the series and became recognized as one of the 100 greatest female characters in United States television.
Aniston has played the female protagonist in a number of comedies and romantic comedy films. Her box office hits include Bruce Almighty (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Just Go with It (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011) and We're the Millers(2013), each of which have grossed over $200 million in worldwide receipts. Her most critically acclaimed roles were in The Good Girl (2002), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, and the drama Cake (2014), for which she received nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Her other notable films include Along Came Polly (2004) and He's Just Not That Into You (2009). She is the co-founder, in 2008, of the production company Echo Films.
In 2012, Aniston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and is one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood. In 2007, she was ranked as the 11th richest woman in the entertainment industry with an estimated fortune of $110 million. She has also been included in magazines' lists of the world's most beautiful women.In 2004, Aniston was named "The Most Beautiful Woman" by People magazine, and Men's Health magazine voted her the "Sexiest Woman of All Time" in 2011.
Career
1988–93: Career beginnings
Aniston worked in Off-Broadway productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker's Grave,[14] and supported herself with several part-time jobs, which included working as a telemarketer, waitress, and bike messenger.[ In 1989, Aniston appeared on The Howard Stern Show, as a spokesmodel for Nutrisystem.That year, Aniston moved back to Los Angeles.
Aniston was cast in her first television role in 1990, starring as a regular on the short-lived series Molloy. She then co-starred in Ferris Bueller, a television adaptation of the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and like Molloy also quickly canceled. Aniston then appeared in two more failed television comedy series, The Edge and Muddling Through.Other roles included the 1993 horror film Leprechaun,the TV movie Camp Cucamonga, and guest roles on Quantum Leap, Herman's Head, and Burke's Law.
1994–02: Television breakthrough and rising film career
Depressed over her four unsuccessful television shows, Aniston approached Warren Littlefield at a Los Angeles gas station asking for reassurance about her career. The head of NBC entertainment encouraged Aniston to continue acting, and a few months later helped cast her for Friends, a sitcom that was set to debut on NBC's 1994–1995 fall lineup. The producers of the show originally wanted Aniston to audition for the role of Monica Geller,but Courteney Cox was considered to be better suited to the role. Thus, Aniston was cast as Rachel Green. She was also offered a spot as a featured player on Saturday Night Live, but turned it down to do Friends.She played the character of Rachel from 1994 until the show ended in 2004. The program was successful and Aniston, along with her co-stars, gained world-wide reputation among television viewers. Aniston received a salary of $1 million per episode for the last two seasons of Friends, as well as five Emmy nominations (two for Supporting Actress, three for Lead Actress),[31][32] including a win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and won, in 2003, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. According to the Guinness World Book of Records (2005), Aniston (along with her female costars) became the highest paid TV actress of all time with her $1 million-per-episode paycheck for the tenth season of Friends.
Following a four-year hiatus from cinema, Aniston returned to film work in 1996, when she performed in the ensemble cast of the independent films She's the One and Dream for an Insomniac. Aniston's first starring vehicle was the film Picture Perfect (1997), in which she starred opposite Kevin Bacon and Jay Mohr. While the film received mixed reviews, Aniston's performance was more warmly received, with many critics suggesting that she had screen presence. In 1999, she starred in the cult film Office Space for director Mike Judge.She gained critical acclaim for her performances in The Object of My Affection (1998), a comedy-drama about a woman who falls for a gay man (played by Paul Rudd),and in the low-budget 2002 film The Good Girl, playing an unglamorous cashier who cheats on her husband. The latter film opened in relatively few theaters – under 700 in total – taking $14M in the U.S. box office.
2003–09: Film career
Aniston's biggest box office success to date was her appearance in the 2003 comedy Bruce Almighty, in which she played the girlfriend of Jim Carrey's title character.Aniston then starred in the 2004 romantic comedy film Along Came Polly opposite Ben Stiller. In late 2005, Aniston appeared in two major studio films, the thriller Derailed and the rom-com Rumor Has It.... In 2006, Aniston appeared in the low-budget drama Friends with Money, which was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival and received a limited release.Aniston's next film, the rom-com The Break-Up alongside Vince Vaughn, was released on June 2 and grossed approximately $39.17 million during its opening weekend, despite lukewarm reviews. The film was successful at the box office grossing $204 million worldwide.
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Prabhas Raju Uppalapati (born 23 October 1979), popularly known as Prabhas, is an Indian film actor.
Prabhas was born to U. Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. His family is from Mogalturu village in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He is the youngest of three children, with an elder brother Pramod Uppalapati and sister Pragathi.[2] He is the nephew of Telugu actor Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.
Prabhas started his movie career with Eshwar in 2002. In 2003, he was the lead in Raghavendra. He appeared in 2004 with M. S. Raju's Varsham. He continued his career with Adavi Raamudu and Chakram. In September 2005 he acted in the film Chatrapathidirected by S. S. Rajamouli. Later he acted in Pournami' 'Yogi and Munna, an action-drama film came out in 2007, followed by the action-comedy Bujjigadu in 2008. In 2009 his two films were Billa and Ek Niranjan .
In 2010 he appeared in the romantic comedy Darling and in 2011, Mr. Perfect, another romantic comedy. In 2012, Prabhas starred in Rebel, an action film directed by Raghava Lawrence. His next film was Mirchi.
He is referred to as Young Rebel star in Telugu cinema
| Year | Title | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Eeshwar | Eeshwar | |
| 2003 | Raghavendra | Raghavendra | |
| 2004 | Varsham | Venkat | |
| 2004 | Adavi Ramudu | Ramudu | |
| 2005 | Chakram | Chakram | |
| 2005 | Chatrapati | Shivaji / Chatrapati | |
| 2006 | Pournami | Shiva Keshava | |
| 2007 | Yogi | Eeshwara Prasad / Yogi | |
| 2007 | Munna | Munna | |
| 2008 | Bujjigadu | Lingaraju / Bujji | |
| 2009 | Billa | Billa / Ranga | |
| 2009 | Ek Niranjan | Chotu | |
| 2010 | Darling | Prabhas / Prabha | |
| 2011 | Mr. Perfect | Vicky | |
| 2012 | Rebel | Rishi | |
| 2012 | Denikaina Ready | Voice | |
| 2013 | Mirchi | Jai | |
| 2014 | Action Jackson | Himself (special appearance) | |
| 2015 | Baahubali | Baahubali / Shivudu |
Saturday, 21 February 2015
shah Rukh Khan, also known as SRK (born Shahrukh Khan;
2 November 1965), is an Indian film actor, producer and television
personality. Referred to in the media as "Baadshah of Bollywood", "King
of Bollywood" or "King Khan", he has appeared in over 80 Bollywood films. Described by the Los Angeles Times as perhaps "the world's biggest movie star", with a significant following in Asia and the Indian diaspora worldwide, Khan was reportedly one of the richest actors in the world in 2014, with an estimated net worth of US$400–600 million. His work in Bollywood has earned him numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare Awards.
Khan started his career in theatre and appeared in several television
series in the late 1980s. He made his Bollywood debut in 1992 with Deewana. Early in his career, Khan was recognised for his unconventional choice of portraying villainous roles in the films Darr (1993), Baazigar (1993), and Anjaam (1994). He rose to prominence by starring in a series of romantic dramas, including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). He earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of an alcoholic in Devdas (2002), a NASA scientist in Swades (2004), a hockey coach in Chak De! India (2007), and a man with Asperger syndrome in My Name Is Khan
(2010). Many of his films display themes of Indian national identity
and connections with diaspora communities, and gender, racial, social
and religious differences and grievances. For his contributions to film,
the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, and the Government of France has awarded him both the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Légion d'honneur.
Khan is currently co-chairman of the motion picture production company Red Chillies Entertainment and its subsidiaries, and is the co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders. In 2007, he made his debut as a television presenter with the Star Plus game show Kaun Banega Crorepati.
The media often label him as "Brand SRK" because of his brand
endorsement and entrepreneurship ventures. Khan's philanthropic
endeavours have provided health care and disaster relief, and he was
honoured with UNESCO's
Pyramide con Marni award in 2011 for his support of children's
education. He regularly features in listings of the most influential
people in Indian culture, and in 2008 Newsweek named him one of their 50 most powerful people in the world.
1988–92: Television and film debut
Khan's first starring role was in Lekh Tandon's television series Dil Dariya, which he began shooting for in 1988. Because of its production delays, the 1989 series Fauji became his television debut.In the series, a realistic look at the training of army cadets, he
played the leading role of Abhimanyu Rai, which earned him much
recognition. This led to further appearances in Aziz Mirza's television series Circus (1989–90) and Mani Kaul's miniseries Idiot (1991). He also played minor parts in the serials Umeed (1989) and Wagle Ki Duniya (1988–90), and in the made-for-television English-language film In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989). Khan's appearances in these serials led critics to compare his look and acting style with those of film actor Dilip Kumar,but he was not interested in film acting at the time.
Two weeks after his mother's death in April 1991, Khan changed his
decision to not act in films; he moved from Delhi to Mumbai to pursue a
full-time career in Bollywood, and was quickly signed to do four films.His first offer was for Hema Malini's directorial debut Dil Aashna Hai, and by June 1991, he had started his first shooting.Another of his first signings, Deewana was released first in June 1992, and become his film debut. In it he starred alongside Divya Bharti as the second male lead behind Rishi Kapoor. Deewana became a box office hit and launched Khan's career in Bollywood; he earned the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for the performance. Also released in 1992 were Khan's first films as the male lead, Chamatkar, Dil Aashna Hai, and the comedy Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, which was his first of many collaborations with actress Juhi Chawla. His initial film roles saw him play characters who displayed high levels of energy and enthusias
According to Arnab Ray of Daily News and Analysis,
Khan brought a new kind of acting as "he came, sliding down stairs on a
slab of ice, cartwheeling, somersaulting, lips trembling, eyes
trembling, bringing to the screen the kind of physical energy ...
visceral, intense, maniacal one moment and cloyingly boyish the next."
Friday, 20 February 2015
Kate Elizabeth Winslet, CBE (born 5 October 1975),[1] is an English actress and singer. She is the recipient of an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Award and a Grammy Award.
She is the youngest person to acquire six Academy Award nominations,
and is one of the few actresses to win three of the four major American
entertainment awards (EGOT).[2][3] In addition, she has won awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association among others, and an Honorary César Award in 2012.
Brought up in Berkshire, Winslet studied drama from childhood, and began her career in British television in 1991. She made her film debut in Heavenly Creatures (1994), for which she received praise. She garnered recognition for her supporting role in Sense and Sensibility (1995) before achieving global stardom with the epic romance Titanic (1997), which was the highest-grossing film of all time at that point.[4] Winslet's performances in Iris (2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), and Revolutionary Road (2008) continued to draw praise from film critics; her performance in the last of these prompted the critic David Edelstein to describe her as "the best English-speaking film actress of her generation".[5] She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Reader (2008) and the Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for portraying the title role in Mildred Pierce (2011). Winslet's greatest commercial successes have been the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), the animated film Flushed Away (2006), and the science fiction film Divergent (2014).
In addition to acting, Winslet has narrated documentaries and children's books. She was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2000 for narrating Listen To the Storyteller. She has also provided her vocals to soundtracks of her films, the most popular of which is the single "What If" from Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001).[6] Divorced from the film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, Winslet is now married to the businessman Ned Rocknro
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was met with overwhelming acclaim, earning a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 93%, making it the second most acclaimed Jim Carrey film, after The Truman Show. Winslet's and Carrey's performances was generally praised. Roger Ebert commented, "Despite jumping through the deliberately disorienting hoops of its story, Eternal Sunshine has an emotional center, and that's what makes it work."[3] Ebert later included the film in his "Great Movies" series.[4] Similarly, A. O. Scott of The New York Times
praised the film for being "cerebral, formally and conceptually
complicated, dense with literary allusions and as unabashedly romantic
as any movie you’ll ever see."[5]
Time Out
summed up their review by saying, "the formidable Gondry/Kaufman/Carrey
axis works marvel after marvel in expressing the bewildering beauty and
existential horror of being trapped inside one's own addled mind, and
in allegorising the self-preserving amnesia of a broken but hopeful
heart."[6]
In 2006, in issue 201 of Empire, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was voted #83 in their 201 Greatest Movies of All Time poll as voted for by readers. That same year, Winslet's performance as Clementine was included in Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time at #81. Claudia Puig, reviewer in USA Today
said about her performance that "Winslet is wonderful as a free spirit
whose hair color changes along with her moods. She hasn't had such a
meaty role in a while, and she plays it just right."[7]
Carol Vernallis points out that Gondry's experience in directing music videos contributed to the film's mise-en-scène
and sound design. Vernallis describes some threads of the visual, aural
and musical motifs throughout the film, and how some motifs can work in
counterpoint.[8]
In November 2009, Time Out New York ranked the film as the third-best of the decade
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Katrina Kaif is a British-Indian film actress and model. Primarily known for her work in Bollywood films, Kaif has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. Wikipedia- Born: July 16, 1983 (age 31), British Hong Kong
- Height: 1.74 m
- Katrina Kaif (pronounced [kəˈʈriːnaː ˈkɛːf], born Katrina Turquotte—also spelt Turcotte—16 July 1983) is a British-Indian film actress and model. Primarily known for her work in Bollywood films, Kaif has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. In addition to being one of Bollywood's highest-paid actresses, she is known as one of India's most attractive celebrities by the media.
Born in Hong Kong, Kaif and her family lived in several countries before she moved to India. She received her first modelling assignment as a teenager and later pursued a career as a fashion model. During a London show filmmaker Kaizad Gustad cast her in Boom (2003), a critical and commercial failure. While filming in India, Kaif received modelling assignments and established a successful modelling career. However, filmmakers were hesitant to cast her due to her poor command of Hindi. After appearing in the successful Telugu film Malliswari (2004), Kaif earned commercial success in Bollywood with the romantic comedies Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005) and Namastey London (2007). She followed with a series of box-office hits, but was criticised for her acting, repetitive roles and inclination to male-dominated films.
Kaif's performance in the 2009 terrorism drama New York was better received, earning her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination. After roles in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), Raajneeti (2010) and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), she received her second Filmfare nomination for her performance in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011). She featured in the thrillers Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and Dhoom 3 (2013), both of which rank among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics for her acting prowess, she has established herself as a commercially successful actress of Hindi cinema.
In addition to acting, she is involved with her mother's charity and participates in stage shows. Kaif is guarded about her personal life, which is a subject of media scrutiny. Her background has also been a topic of discussion, with some sources accusing her of fabricating her history.
Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan (IPA: [əmɪˈtaːbʱ ˈbəttʃən]; born 11 October 1942) is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for movies like Deewar and Zanjeer, and was dubbed India's first "angry young man" for his on-screen roles in Bollywood, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades.Bachchan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. So total was his dominance of the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director François Truffaut called him a "one-man industry."
Bachchan has won many major awards in his career, including three National Film Awards as Best Actor (a record he shares with Kamal Hassan and Mammootty), a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies and fourteen Filmfare Awards.
He is the most-nominated performer in any major acting category at
Filmfare, with 39 nominations overall. In addition to acting, Bachchan
has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter. He also had a stint in politics in the 1980s.
The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015 for his contributions to the arts.
Bachchan made his Hollywood debut in 2013 with The Great Gatsby, in which he played a non-Indian Jewish character, Meyer Wolfsheim.
Bachchan was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, in north central India.[10] His father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a Hindi poet and his mother Teji Bachchan was a Punjabi Sikh from Faisalabad, Punjab.[11] Bachchan was initially named Inquilaab, inspired by the phrase Inquilab Zindabad popularly used during the Indian independence struggle. In English, Inquilab Zindabad means "long live the revolution." However at the suggestion of fellow poet Sumitranandan Pant, Harivansh Rai changed the boy's name to Amitabh, which means "the light that will never die."[citation needed] Although his surname was Shrivastava,
Amitabh's father had adopted the pen name Bachchan ("child-like" in
colloquial Hindi), under which he published all of his works.[citation needed]
It is with this last name that Amitabh debuted in films and for all
other practical purposes, Bachchan has become the surname for all of his
immediate family.[citation needed] Bachchan's father died in 2003, and his mother in 2007
Bachchan is an alumnus of Sherwood College, Nainital. He later attended Kirori Mal College, Delhi University.
He has a younger brother, Ajitabh. His mother had a keen interest in
theatre and was offered a feature film role, but she preferred her
domestic duties. Teji had some influence in Amitabh Bachchan's choice of
career because she always insisted that he should "take the centre
stage."
Bachchan is married to actress Jaya Bhaduri. The couple have two children, Shweta Nanda (wife of businessman Nikhil Nanda) and Abhishek Bachchan (actor and husband of actress Aishwarya Rai).
Bachchan is known for his deep, baritone voice. He has been a narrator, a playback singer, and presenter for numerous programmes. Renowned film director Satyajit Ray was so impressed with Bachchan's voice that he decided to use Bachchan as the narrator in his 1977 film Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players).Bachchan lent his voice as a narrator to the 2001 movie Lagaan which was a super hit. In 2005, Bachchan lent his voice to the Oscar-winning French documentary March of the Penguins, directed by Luc Jacquet.
He also lent his voice to the following movies.
- Balika Badhu (1975)
- Tere Mere Sapne (1996)
- Lagaan (2001)
- Parineeta (2005)
- Jodhaa Akbar (2008)
- Swami (2007)[66]
- Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya! (2009)
- Kahaani (2012)
- Krrish 3 (2013)
- Mahabharat (2013)
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