At age eleven, Alyssa Milano won her first major role in the television show, Who's the Boss?, alongside Tony Danza, Judith Light, Danny Pintauro, and Katherine Helmond. Alyssa Milano starred as Samantha Micelli, the daughter of Danza's character. After Alyssa Milano won the role, Alyssa Milano and her father relocated from Staten Island to Hollywood. The rest of the family followed a year later, because her mother was initially unwilling to give up her home life "for a show that wasn't a guarantee." Although born and raised in Brooklyn, Alyssa Milano had trouble getting this accent, because she worked to lose it to land more roles in the theater, including in a stage adaption of Jane Eyre.
In late 1994, after her duet with Luther Vandross on a cover of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross's "Endless Love" became a hit, Mariah Carey released the holiday album Merry Christmas. It contained cover material and original compositions such as "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which became Carey's biggest single in Japan and, in subsequent years, emerged as one of her most perennially popular songs on U.S. radio. Critical reception of Merry Christmas was mixed, with Allmusic calling it an "otherwise vanilla set [...] pretensions to high opera on 'O Holy Night' and a horrid danceclub take on 'Joy to the World'." It became one of the most successful Christmas albums of all time.
In 1997, Angelina Jolie starred with David Duchovny in the thriller Playing God, set in the Los Angeles underworld. The movie was not received well by critics and Roger Ebert noted that "Angelina Jolie finds a certain warmth in a kind of role that is usually hard and aggressive; she seems too nice to be a criminal's girlfriend, and maybe she is." She then appeared in the television movie True Women, a historical romantic drama set in the American West, and based on the book by Janice Woods Windle. That year Angelina Jolie also appeared in the music video for "Anybody Seen My Baby?" by the Rolling Stones.
During the 1990s, Mel Gibson alternated between commercial and personal projects. His films in the first half of the decade were Forever Young, Lethal Weapon 3, Maverick, and Braveheart. He then starred in Ransom, Conspiracy Theory, Lethal Weapon 4, and Payback. Mel Gibson also served as the speaking and singing voice of John Smith in Disney’s Pocahontas.
Brooke Shields' first major film role was her 1978 appearance in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby, a movie in which she played a child who lived in a brothel (and in which there were numerous nude scenes). Because Brooke Shields was only 12 when the film was released, and possibly 11 when it was filmed, questions were raised about child pornography.This was followed by a slightly less controversial and less notable film, Wanda Nevada (1979).
In September 2007, Trish Stratus announced that she would be opening a yoga studio in North Toronto called Stratusphere Yoga in 2008. Also in 2008, she hosted her own travel show also called Stratusphere. On September 17, 2009 it was announced that a Stratusphere Yoga video game would be released for the Wii in the second quarter of 2010. Trish Stratus will be starring in the upcoming Canadian independent movie Bail Enforcers, playing bounty hunter Jules Taylor, scheduled for release in late 2010.
Filming the third season of The Hills began in mid-summer 2007 and lasted through March 2008. The premiere episode of season 3 aired August 13, 2007. During that time, Lauren Conrad was able to revive her position at Teen Vogue and was offered a second trip to Paris alongside Whitney Port. By March 2008, Port had already left Teen Vogue for fashion PR firm People's Revolution, and after asking Lauren Conrad to assist at an event, Kelly Cutrone noticed her work ethic and invited her to work for her company.
Kate Winslet was awarded an Empire Award and a London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year for her performance. The Washington Post writer Desson Thomson commented: "As Juliet, Winslet is a bright-eyed ball of fire, lighting up every scene she’s in. She's offset perfectly by Lynskey, whose quietly smoldering Pauline completes the delicate, dangerous partnership." Speaking about her experience on a film set as an absolute beginner, Kate Winslet noted: "With Heavenly Creatures, all I knew I had to do was completely become that person. In a way it was quite nice doing [the film] and not knowing a bloody thing."
In 1997, Matt Damon was the lead in the critically-acclaimed drama The Rainmaker, where he was recognized by The Los Angeles Times as "a talented young actor on the brink of stardom." After meeting Matt Damon on the set of Good Will Hunting, director Steven Spielberg cast Matt Damon as the titular character in the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan.
After a brief relationship with Hugh Hefner (which coincided with her Playmate appearances and being named 1982 Playmate of the Year), Shannon Tweed has lived with Gene Simmons of Kiss since 1985. Their two children are Nicholas (born January 22, 1989) and Sophie (born July 7, 1992). The family members star in a reality television show on A&E entitled Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Shannon Tweed also has two younger sisters, Tracy (born May 10, 1965), who is an actress and Sarah Tweed, who lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Shannon and Tracy shared the screen in the film Night Eyes 3, both have appeared xxxx together in a Playboy spread and Tracy occasionally makes appearances on Family Jewels.
Brooke Burke worked as a model for Venus Swimwear and Frederick's of Hollywood. From 1999 to 2002, Brooke Burke became known while hosting Wild On!, a travel series on the E! Entertainment Television channel, replacing previous host Jules Asner. As part of the series, Brooke Burke traveled the world extensively, profiling many popular travel destinations.
Adriana 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 and directed by Wong Kar-wai. Adriana Lima also appeared with her fellow Angels in a guest spot playing herself in the series How I Met Your Mother in November 2007.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Angelina Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Angelina Jolie is the niece of Chip Taylor, sister of James Haven and the god-daughter of Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. On her father's side, Angelina Jolie is of Czechoslovak and German descent, and on her mother's side she is French Canadian and is said to be part Iroquois. However, Voight has claimed Bertrand was "not seriously Iroquois", and they merely said it to enhance his ex-wife's exotic background.
Madonna (born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone; August 16, 1958) is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance. After performing as a member of the pop musical groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, Madonna released her debut album, Madonna, in 1983 on Sire Records.
Leah Remini was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of Vicki Marshall, a private school teacher, and George Remini, who owned an asbestos removal company. Her mother was of Austrian-Jewish background and her father was Sicilian. Leah Remini has an older sister, Nicole Remini (born 1969), who was her assistant on The King of Queens. Leah Remini also has four half-sisters: Christina (born 1969), Elizabeth (born 1976), Stephanie (born 1977), and Shannon (born 1984).
