Celebrity Gossips - Norah Jones Biography

(Celebrity Gossips):- Geetali Norah Jones Shankar
Date of Birth : March 30, 1979
Education : University of North Texas in Dallas, Texas
Nationality : American
Occupation : Actress, musician
Father : Ravi Shankar
Mother : Sue Jones
half sister : Anoushka Shankar
Boyfriend : Lee Alexander
Sign : Aries

Norah Jones is an American multi-Grammy Award winning pianist and singer-songwriter.

Norah Jones was born on March 30, 1979 in New York as Geetali Norah Jones. Norah jones is daughter of Indian musician Ravi Shankar and Sue Jones. She is the half sister of Anoushka Shankar, a sitar virtuoso and composer. Her boyfriend, Lee Alexander also writes songs for Norah.

Norah Jones spent her childhood with her mother, Sue Jones, in Texas. Norah's earliest musical influences came from her mother's extensive LP collection and from 'oldies' radio. She began singing in church choirs at age five. At the age of 15, Jones was enrolled in the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

At age 16, she changed her name officially to Norah Jones. At that time, she played her first gig at a local coffeehouse. In high school, Norah won the Down Beat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist and Best Original Composition.

In 1999, Norah accepted a friend's offer of a summer sublet in Greenwich Village. Jones performs frequently with guitarist Charlie Hunter. Her music is often compared to that of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone.

Norah Jones career was launched with her album Come Away With Me. She received 8 awards at the Grammys in the year 2003, including Best New Artist. Her sophomore album, Feels Like Home, was released on February 9, 2004.

Norah Jones received 3 awards at the Grammys of 2005, two for her Record of the Year collaboration with Ray Charles on the song Here We Go Again.

Celebrity Gossips - Nicole Kidman Biography

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(Celebrity Gossips):- Nicole Kidman
Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Date of Birth: 20 June 1967
Nickname: Nic
Height: 5' 10" (1.79 m)
Sign: Gemini

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Nicole Kidman best known as Oscar-Winner and former wife of Tom Cruise was born on June 20, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii (USA) to Anthony and Janelle, Nicole has a younger sister Antonia. Nicole spent the first three years of her life in Washington D.C. Her father, Anthony, a biochemist and clinical psychologist, pursued his research on breast cancer before returning to their native Sydney, Australia. Also her father, is an author who lectures over psychology and biochemistry and her mother, is a nurse and educator who edits her husband's books.

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Nicole in her childhood learned ballet, mime and drama. Nicole stared out her performing arts career as a ballet dancer and shortly afterwards at the age of 10 she convinced her parents to enroll her in a drama school. At the age of 16 Nicole dropped out of High School to pursue her love of acting. In 1983, she appeared in the Australian holiday show Bush Christmas. That appearance touched off a flurry of film and TV offers, including a lead in Australian series BMX Bandits, also in 1983. When Nicole was 17 she was a singer in a four girls and three-guy band named Divine Madness, it was also that. In 1986 Nicole appeared in a mini series titled Vietnam in which she portrayed a Vietnam schoolgirl protester and won an Australian Film Institute Award. She received several other awards for her critically acclaimed performance, which brought her into the international stage.

With the help of an American agent, Nicole appeared in her first film Dead Calm with Sam Neil and Billy Zane in 1989. Her next film is with Tom Cruise named Days of Thunder (1990). After that the couple eventually wed in Telluride, Colorado on December 24, 1990. The couple adopted two children Isabella Rose (1993) and Connor Anthony (1995). Batman Forever, though not her best performance, still probably stands out as her first 'mega-movie' and was only a stepping stone for the many more movies that followed. For more about her filmography click Nicole's filmography.

As it always happens with Hollywood couples, the career strain proved too great, the couple gets separated in July 2001. Nicole then suffered a miscarriage. They are separated after 10 years of marriage. The stars' breakup isn't expected to affect their screen careers or their business relationship. In fact, the pair has only appeared in three films together. "Citing the difficulties inherent in divergent careers, which constantly keep them apart, they concluded that an amicable separation seems best for both of them at this time, " their spokesperson, Pat Kingsley, said.

The off camera Nicole is just as amazing as the people she plays on screen. Being a cancer advocate for breast cancer after her mothers battle with it when Nicole was seventeen, Nicole has worked with the UCLA Woman's Reproductive Cancer Program since 1995 and for the past seven years has served as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund in Australia.

On December 20, 2001 Nicole made Golden Globe history for being nominated for both Moulin Rouge (Best Actress in a Musical Or Comedy) and The Others (Best Actress in a Drama). With two more films due to be released in 2002 and a certain Oscar Nomination in her favor, it looks like Nicole really will survive.

Kidman won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, along with Best Actress Awards from the Boston Film Critics, National Broadcast Film Critics, London Film Critics, and the Seattle Film Festival. She was also nominated by BAFTA in the Best Actress category. In 2003 she wins Best Actress Oscar Award for film The Hours.

Celebrity Gossips - Monica Bellucci Biography

Celebrity Gossips:- Monica Bellucci was born September 30, 1968, in the village of Citta di Castello, in Umbria, Italy. His father owned a trucking company. Not much is known about her growing up years.

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After a legal career in 1987 at age 18, Monica decided to start modeling in order to help pay her tuition while at the University of Perugia. But of course, the fascinating life of a model - tempted Monica away from her law studies - which includes travel and a sweet income. A year later she left her studies of the glamorous life, travel, fame, etc. agitated.

In 1988, Monica moved to one of Europe's the Elite Modelling Agency. There, she signed with Elite Model Management and found plenty of modeling work Monica Bellucci is one of the few Italian models to have reached the top of her profession, but she decided to study acting, hoping to find parts in films. Bellucci appeared in international advertising campaigns for designers such as Dolce & Gabbana when her modeling career was in full swing.

She made her debuted on screen in 1990 in the television film Vita Coi Figli. Monica starred as Francesca in the film La Riffa, in 1991 and made her American film debut with the role of Dracula's Bride, in 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula, co-starring Winona Ryder.
Monica also did a couple of Italian films but was frustrated with the failure of Italy's film industry to promote its projects abroad. Roles began to pour in for the Italian beauty. After a role in Ostinato destino, she appeared in I Mitici (a.k.a. The Heroes) in 1994, and Palla di neve in 1995. She also starred as the Pharaoh's wife in the made-for-TV movie, Joseph.

In 1996 Monica was nominated for the CACsar, the French Oscar, as best promising actress in the movie L'appartement which shot her to stardom. After roles in more European films such as L'Ultimo capodanno, A los que aman, and MACditerranACes, she also starred in Comme un poisson hors de l'eau.

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Her luck sustained and this stunning brunette bagged a role as Gene Hackman's wife in the movie Under Suspicion in 2000. She had appeared in a black & white TV commercial for Dolce & Gabbana. And it was this director Giuseppe Tornatore, who also directed her in the movie MalA¨na, 2000, where she captivated moviegoers with her beauty and talent.

Monica followed up MalA¨na's success with another international hit, Christophe Gans' genre hybrid Le Pacte des Loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf), 2002. She also starred in AstACrix & Obalix: Mission ClACopatre, as the seductive Cleopatra.

Soon after, Bruce Willis personally chose Bellucci to play a humanitarian doctor who must save the war in Nigeria in hostile rescue, director Antoine Fuqua continued success Training Day, 2001. She played with Keanu Reeves in Matrix Reloaded 1999 The Matrix Reloaded, 2003, Matrix Revolution of 2003.

Although this icon is a super sexy and have been established at the height of his career, his only dream that has not yet been fulfilled: to work with Robert De Niro - Hollywood legend.

Celebrity Gossips - Angelina Jolie Biography

Celebrity Gossips:- Angelina Jolie Voight was born in Los Angeles. Her father is the Conservatory award-winning actor Jon Voight and her mother is an actress and model Marcheline Bertrand. Angelina can say she was destined to become an actress. When I was little I had a small role in his father's film Looking to exit. Unfortunately for her, her parents divorced and Angelina moved to New York with her mother. A few years later his mother returned to Los Angeles.

Angelina has enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Here she studied until two years later dropped out. Angelina showed signs of destructive behavior. He was only fourteen when he began to live with her boyfriend, and the performance of S & M sexual behavior. She and her boyfriend could use a knife and cut one another during sex. The Relationship ended two years later and Angelina just came to her senses.

High School was the next step for Angelina. She went to Beverly Hill High school. Her problems worsened when she was teased by fellow students for having braces and being too skinny. Angelina tried her hand at modeling but was rejected because of her looks. Her parents being separated, Angelina lived in poverty, she had to buy second hand clothes and could not enjoy luxuries her fellow high school students were enjoying. But Angelina was determined and concentrated on acting. She landed a few roles in plays. She used her father’s method of acting by observing people she was to play. Her looks had also improved by that time, her braces were gone and she had started to look better. This helped her in landing a few modeling jobs and work in some music videos. She had starred in her brother’s student films, which probably got her noticed.

She landed her first role; a small budget movie called Cyborg II, and then came Hackers. Here she met co-star Jonny Lee Miller and fell in love with him. They got married soon. After a few non happening movies, she finally got a challenging role. She got to play Cornelia Wallace in the biopic George Wallace. She won a Golden Globe award for her efforts. She then followed it up with another riveting performance in Gia. The movie was about a model named Gia Carangi, whose life was full of sex, drugs and scandals. She died at the age of 26 of AIDS, becoming one of the first celebrities to die of the disease.

Basking in the success of Gia, Angelina landed a role opposite Denzel Washington in The Bone Collector (1999). She held her own against the seasoned actor and gave a good performance. Unfortunately the film was a critical failure but Angelina quickly moved on. During this time she had divorced from Miller stating that they were too young to be married. Her next movie was Pushing Tin with John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton. She fell for Billy Bob, who was twenty years senior to her. They started dating and soon got married. Angelina was Billy’s fifth wife. The couple was a tabloid favorite, always indulging in public display of affection. They even wore vials containing each other’s blood around their necks. This marriage too did not last long, they divorced three years later.

After Pushing Tin her next big release was Girl, Interrupted. Here she played a fellow psychiatric patient with Wynona Ryder. She had struck gold, the movie was a hit and Angelina swept away all the supporting actor awards that year, including the prestigious Oscar Award. She followed it up with the crowd favorite Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), though a far cry from her role in Girl, Interrupted, she said it was a welcome change.
Angelina was then offered the role of Lara Croft in Lara croft: Tomb Raider (2001). She was hesitant at first but then the challenge of doing an English accent and fight training lured her in. The film was a major hit and a success worldwide. Angelina was now an international movie star. She also did the sequel to the movie establishing her as an action star. While filming the first movie some of the parts were filmed in Cambodia. Angelina was touched by the poverty in the country and even adopted her eldest son Maddox from there.

In 2005, Angelina starred in Mr.& Mrs. Smith opposite Brad Pitt. Brad was at the time married to Jennifer Aniston. He divorced her and started dating Angelina. Mr. & Mrs. Smith was a commercial success and Angelina had found Brad. Everything was going great for her. Brad officially became the adopted father of her children.

Her career too was going great she was delivering hits after another. The Good Shepherd (2006), A Mighty Heart and Wanted were all hits. Her next film was the Changeling (2008) directed by Clint Eastwood. She won a lot of critical acclaim and also a few awards. Her last was film was Salt (2010) which was an out an out action film where she played female CIA agent who has been accused of being a spy. This movie too was a box-office hit.

Angelina Jolie has a total of six children, three adopted and three biological partner, Brad Pitt. She is the ambassador to the United Nations and supports several charities. Her next film is The Tourist.

Kate Hudson Is Engaged

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(Celebrity Gossips):- Nobody really knows this yet, but Kate Hudson is engaged to Matt Bellamy. They hosted a party to celebrate on Monday in London, and it was supposedly "an intimate party" because "they wanted to celebrate with their nearest and dearest before it became public knowledge." But perhaps the most interesting piece of this news is that Matt has said that after he quits music, he wants to be a hemp farmer BECAUSE THEY'RE AREN'T ENOUGH OF THEM. - The Sun

Jimmy Buffet was taken to a hospital in Australia after he fell off of the stage during a concert. It is suspected the the flashing lights may have led him to misjudge where the stage ended. Apparently, the sound of his head hitting metal was audible. - TMZ

Dissatisfied with his abrupt appearances on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Kelsey Grammer has partnered with some reality TV producer to form something called G3 Productions. The two plan to develop "reality series concepts and formats that can be sold and distributed around the world." We don't know whether or not he'll star in his own series yet, but it's not like Japan needs any more shows... - US

Mike Tyson's wife just had his eighth child. They're probably not calling it a day yet, either. - Wonderwall

Celebrity Gossips - Ivanka Trump Is Pregnant

(Celebrity Gossips) :- Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, announced this morning on Twitter that she and her husband, Jared Kushner, are expecting their first child together.

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She said the two of them couldn't be more excited. The infant is expected to be birthed directly into a gold crib, which is a good thing because during any other season it would have been too cold.

Also, ivory would have been too cold against his or her cheeks (even in the summer) and a crib woven together out of cattails wouldn't support him or her in the way that the heir to money itself requires.

Additionally, it will not be adorned with animal figurines, as the parents plan to instill in him or her the ability to make something where there is nothing at the earliest possible age.

Celebrity Gossips - Robert Pattinson Complains About Filming 'Twilight' Sex

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(Celebrity Gossips) - Of his The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn sex scene with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson said filming it was like playing Twister. He said, "it's always awkward, in a way. It depends on how it's staged and stuff." Hey, actors -- BY ALL MEANS KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GREATEST PART OF YOUR JOB. - US

Hey, check out this picture of Miranda Kerr breastfeeding her new 10 pound baby. - People

Guliana Rancic, of E! news and dressing-free salads, said we should all stop saying that the reason why she's had trouble with infertility is because of her weight. She told us to do some research on Google and to find out that fertility has nothing to do with how much a woman weighs, because people like Rachel Zoe, Kelly Ripa, and supermodel Gisele Bundchen have been able to conceive. I did as she asked and Googled "does being underweight affect fertility?" and I came up with this. - US

Why is Christian Bale's hair so long? Because he's unemployed. "It's nice not to bother cutting your hair," he says. Oh, IS IT now. - Access Hollywood