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Rudolph Valentino – romantic idol

Rudolph Valentino – romantic idol

Rudolph Valentino – romantic idol

Rudolph Valentino was a famous Italian-American actor, one of the most popular stars of the 1920s. He became one of the great romantic idols of Hollywood’s silent movie era.
His full name is Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaelo Pierre Filibert di Valentina d’Antonguolla Guglielmi. Valentino was born on May 6, 1895, in Castellaneta, Italy. His father served as a cavalry officer in the Royal Italian Army, and worked as a veterinarian and mason.
Valentino received a diploma from the Royal Academy of Agriculture.
When he was 17 years old he left Italy for Paris. After the death of the father Valentino moved to New York. Valentino worked as a landscape gardener, a dishwasher and waiter in a restaurant, a taxi driver.
Later he began working as a nightclub dancer and tango partner at a number of dance halls and cabarets.
In 1914 Valentino was cast in his first film. His screen debut was in My Official Wife.
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Victoria Louise Lott – Pixie Lott

Victoria Louise Lott - Pixie Lott

Victoria Louise Lott – Pixie Lott

Pixie Lott (her real name is Victoria Louise Lott) is a British singer-songwriter, dancer and actress.
She was born on January 12, 1991 in Bromley, south-east London. When Victoria was 13 years old her family moved to Brentwood, Essex.
When the little girl was born, her mother called her Victoria. But very soon she nicknamed her Pixie. ‘My mum nicknamed me Pixie as I was like a little fairy. My sister and brother who were one and two years old always called me Pixie and thought that was my name!”
At a very early age Victoria got interested in music. Her parents always had music playing loud around the house. At the age of 14 the girl began writing and recording demos.
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Bruce Lee – The Way of the Dragon

Bruce Lee - The Way of the Dragon

Bruce Lee – The Way of the Dragon

Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, California into the family of drama actor Lee Hoi Chuen and his wife. According to the Chinese calendar, Lee was born during the Hour of the Dragon in the Year of the Dragon, so his family often called him “Little Dragon.” His Chinese name was Li Jun Fan.
In 1941, his family returned to Hong Kong.
It was his father who helped Bruce to become a child movie star. At the age of six Bruce acted in his first movie. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in 20 movies.
Bruce didn’t like to study and he got into trouble so often that he was thrown out of school. He spent most of his time in the streets fighting with other kids. The boy bullied him, so he needed to protect himself. At the age of nine he started taking lessons in kung fu.
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David Bowie – person of great talent

David Bowie – person of great talent

David Bowie – person of great talent

English singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, painter and actor David Bowie was born on January 8, 1947. His real name is David Robert Jones. His work had an enormous influence on the generations, and his images are real works of art. Bowie was known and loved throughout the world. Until the end of his life, he belonged to the music and recorded albums. Bowie is considered to be an innovator, particularly for his work of the 1970s. He has influenced many musicians, was known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth of created works.
Bowie died from liver cancer in his New York City apartment on January 10, 2016, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of the album Blackstar.
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Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp, American actor, director, musician, writer and producer, was born on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky, the USA.
Johnny has Cherokee, Irish and German ancestors. His great-grandmother was a real Cherokee! Johnny doesn’t know the origin of his surname, but he often jokes that Depp means ‘an idiot’ in German. He has one brother, Danny, and two sisters, Christie and Debbie.
When Johnny was a child his family was always on the move so the boy lived in more than twenty different places! When the boy was 12 years old his mother bought him a guitar. At the age of sixteen Johnny decided to drop out of school to become a rock musician. He joined the band called The Kids.
Johnny’s first important role was in the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street. He agreed to play the role only in order to promote his band, which performed one of the soundtracks for this film.
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Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom, bright Hollywood star, was born on January 13, 1977 in Canterbury, Kent, England. He has a mother and a sister, Samantha, who is two years older than him. His father, Harry Bloom, died when Orlando was only four years old. His mother named him after a character in a book by Virginia Woolf. Other sources say he was named after the English composer of the XVII century Orlando Gibbons. His nicknames are Orli and OB.
Orlando studied at National Youth Theatre, British-American Drama Academy, Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
The actor starred in many films including Wilde, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Black Hawk Down, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ned Kelly, The Calcium Kid, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven.
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Daniel Radcliffe – bright British star

Daniel Radcliffe – bright British star

Daniel Radcliffe – bright British star

Daniel Radcliffe was born in London on July 23, 1989. He is the only child in the family, so he has had his parents’ love all to himself!
You can see more Dan in the Australian film December Boys, which was released at the end of 2007. He worked with a language specialist for six months to learn how to speak with an Australian accent!
Daniel is one of the richest stars in the UK, but he does not have expensive tastes. When he turned 18, he said ‘I don’t plan to be one of those people who, as soon as they turn 18, suddenly buy themselves a massive sports car collection or something similar. I don’t think I’ll be extravagant. The things I like buying are things that cost about 10 pounds – books, CDs and DVDs.’ Dan supports many charities.
One of Daniel’s favorite things is to hide from everyone! ‘I lock myself up in my room and listen to music and read,’ he said. And he doesn’t like parties.
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