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Before They Were Famous Guess Who?

Andrea — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:18:22 +0000

This Academy Award-winning actress, model and singer was born in Hawaii.

A high school dropout, she landed her first film role at age 16.

She often plays cold, emotionally vacant characters.

She is scared of butterflies.

She currently holds the record for the most money paid per minute to an actor.

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Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood’s top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Australian parents, giving her dual citizenship in the U.S. and Australia.

Kidman dropped out of high school to pursue acting full-time, and landed her first film role at age 16, in the Australian holiday favorite Bush Christmas (1983).

On her fear of butterflies Kidman is quoted as saying, “It’s so bizarre, I’m not scared of snakes or spiders. But I’m scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!”

A three-minute commercial produced for Chanel No. 5 perfume made Kidman the record holder for the most money paid per minute to an actor after she reportedly earned $12million for the 3 minute advertisement.

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Before They Were Famous Guess Who?

Andrea — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:43:53 +0000

After several small parts, this actor received his first major television role only after Matthew Broderick turned it down.

He secured the role from a phone booth because he had no home phone.

One of the show’s producers tried to have him replaced saying “this is not the kind of face you’ll ever find on a lunchbox.”

He replaced Eric Stoltz in his first major film role. The film was number one at the box office for 11 consecutive weeks.

His real-life wife once played his on-screen girlfriend.

He is currently semi-retired from acting.

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Michael J. Fox played Alex P. Keaton on the television show “Family Ties” from 1982-1989. The role was originally offered to Matthew Broderick.

Fox negotiated the deal for “Family Ties” from a phone booth outside a Pioneer Chicken restaurant in Hollywood because he had no phone at home. He was told the network would need to call, and he said he was only home between the hours of four and five. He waited for the call, and fortunately he was there to answer it and secure the Family Ties role.

Producer Brandon Tartikoff felt that Fox was too short for the role, and tried to have him replaced. Tartikoff reportedly said that “this is not the kind of face you’ll ever find on a lunchbox.” After his later successes, Fox presented Tartikoff with a custom-made lunchbox with the inscription “To Brandon, this is for you to put your crow in. Love and Kisses, Michael J.Fox.” Tartikoff kept the lunchbox in his office for the rest of his NBC career.

A few years into Family Ties, the show’s creator, Gary David Goldberg, was approached and asked to let Fox star in a Steven Spielberg film about a time-travelling teenager. Initially, Goldberg did not tell Michael about the offer, not wanting to lose Michael to film stardom. Months later, Goldberg was again asked about Michael because Eric Stoltz, who had been chosen for the part after Goldberg stated that Fox wasn’t available, was reportedly not giving the energetic performance that Robert Zemeckis, the director, was looking for. Goldberg finally told Michael about the offer and he quickly agreed to play the role of Marty McFly in the film Back to the Future. Fox would rehearse for Family Ties from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. After he was done, he would be rushed to the Back to the Future set where he would rehearse and shoot until 2:30 A.M. This schedule lasted for two full months. On July 4, 1985 Back to the Future was number one at the box office. The film was number one for 11 consecutive weeks.

Fox met wife Tracy Pollan on the set of “Family Ties” when she played his girlfriend, Ellen. The two were reunited during the shooting of the film “Bright Lights, Big City” and were married on July 16, 1988.

In 1998, Fox disclosed that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991. As the symptoms of his disease worsened he semi-retired from acting in 2000.

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Before They Were Famous Guess Who?

Andrea — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:00:34 +0000

This Academy Award winning actress was voted “Best Looking” in high school.

She was named one of People magazine’s 50 most beautiful people in the world in 2001.

He mother is Norwegian and her father is Swiss.

After graduating college with an English degree, she worked as a cocktail waitress in a strip club while trying to catch her “big break” in acting.

In one of her first film roles she appeared with another up-and-coming actor – Matthew McConaughey.

Her first high-profile romance was with actor/comedian Jim Carrey.

She once gained 20 pounds for a film role after being told she was too skinny.

*She is one of five actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance.

The first time she won a Golden Globe Award (she has currently won three), she was in the bathroom when she was announced as the winner.

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Renee Zellweger appeared in the 1994 film “The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre” with Matthew McConaughey.

In 2000, she starred opposite Jim Carrey in “Me, Myself & Irene,” and soon after began dating Carrey. The two denied their relationship at first, but finally gave in and admitted it.

During casting for “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” Zellweger was told she was too skinny to play the chubby Bridget, so she very quickly embarked on gaining the required weight and learned an English accent. She gained 20 pounds in order to complete her transformation to Bridget Jones.

In 2004, she won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film “Cold Mountain.”

*The other four actresses are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006) and Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006).

She won her first Golden Globe Award for her role in “Nurse Betty,” but was in the bathroom when Hugh Grant announced her name. She later said, “I had lipstick on my teeth!”

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Before They Were Famous Guess Who?

Andrea — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:07:22 +0000

This former high school cheerleader known for her trademark blonde hair and curvaceous figure, turned down a part in the 2000 film “Coyote Ugly.”

She performed at President George W. Bush’s Inauguration in 2001.

She was part of the USO tour in the 2003 Iraqi War (aka Desert Storm Part II).

She was No. 1 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 list for 2004, dropping to No. 9 in 2005.

She won the Teen Choice Award for Movies – Choice Breakout (Female) in 2006.

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Jessica Simpson was a cheerleader at J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, TX, before dropping out her junior year to pursue a music career.

Jessica won the Teen Choice Award for Movies – Choice Breakout (Female) in 2006 for her role as Daisy Duke in “The Dukes of Hazzard,” also picking up a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress for the same role.

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Before They Were Famous Guess Who?

Andrea — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:12:36 +0000

The youngest of five siblings, this brainiac actress was a 4.0 student at her all-female high school and scored 1310 out of 1600 on her SAT.

She was offered the lead in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” but turned it down.

She won the role that put her on the map with an audition tape shot in her basement.

Her wholesome image was shattered when she appeared nude in a film in 2000.

She has been described as “the Audrey Hepburn of her generation.”

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Kate Holmes attended Notre Dame Academy in Toledo, Ohio, and was accepted to Columbia University, where she attended for a summer session.

Asked to come to Los Angeles to audition for “Dawson’s Creek,” Holmes was doing a school play and told the WB she had other commitments. The producers permitted her to audtion on videotape. She read for the part of Joey Potter on a videotape shot in her basement, with her mother reading Dawson’s lines.

In 2000, Katie appeared topless in the film “The Gift.”

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Before They Were Famous Guess Who?

Andrea — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:31:05 +0000

This fashion trendsetter was named after a stewardess in the 1968 novel “Airplane.”

Previous jobs included scrubbing floors at Dairy Queen and manning the MAC cosmetics counter in a local department store.

A natural brunette, her hair has not been it’s natural color since she was in ninth grade.

She is a distant cousin of Madonna.

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Recording artist Gwen Stefani is also a fashion designer who’s clothing has been worn by stars such as Terri Hatcher and Nicole Kidman.

She debuted her clothing line L.A.M.B. in 2003 and expanded her collection with the 2005 Harajuku Lovers.

Stefani’s great-aunt’s mother-in-law shares Madonna’s last name.

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Before They Were Famous Guess Who?

Andrea — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:22:56 +0000

This multifaceted entertainer was once a backup dancer for the New Kids on the Block.

She once assisted magician David Copperfield.

Her 2004 guest appearance on Will & Grace was the highest-rated episode of the series since Elton John’s appearance in 2002.

She is one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood and was listed in the 2007 Guinness World Records as the most powerful actress.

Also in 2007 she ranked ninth on Forbes list of the 20 Richest Women in Entertainment.

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Jennifer Lopez began her career in entertainment as a dancer – performing in various rap music videos, a 1990 episode of Yo! MTV Raps!, as a backup dancer for the New Kids on the Block and Janet Jackson, and as one of the “Fly Girls” on the television program In Living Color.

In May 2001, Lopez attended a White House benefit for UNICEF, where she assisted magician David Copperfield with an illusion which gave the appearance that she had been sawed into six pieces.

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Before They Were Famous Guess Who

Andrea — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:20:54 +0000

This two-time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter’s debut solo album became one of the best selling albums of all time, and was also the first album to produce six top 5 singles in the United States.

He started his career in a ska band.

He was once rumored to have romantic relationships with Brooke Shields, Whoopi Goldberg and Melissa Megginsson.

In 1984, he sang as part of Band Aid on the charity song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” for famine relief in Ethiopia.

He made his American acting debut on an ABC televison series in 2008.

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George Michael, frontman for the duo Wham!, went solo in 1987. His debut solo album, Faith, won a Grammy for Album of the Year, and became one of the best selling albums of all time. Six of the album’s singles were in Billboard’s top 5, with four (”Faith,” “Father Figure,” “One More Try,” and “Monkey”) reaching #1.

He began his career by forming a short-lived ska band called The Executive with his best friends Andrew Ridgeley, Paul Ridgeley, Andrew Leaver, and David Mortimer (aka David Austin).

Although frequently linked to high-profile women during his Wham! career, Michael became open about his homosexuality after being arrested for “engaging in a lewd act” in a public restroom in a park in Beverly Hills in 1998.

George played a guardian angel to Jonny Lee Miller’s character on ABC’s Eli Stone. In addition to appearing on the show as himself and as “visions,” each episode was named after a song of his.

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Before They Were Famous Guess Who?

Andrea — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:47:04 +0000

This Academy Award nominated, Emmy Award winning actor was a Boy Scout who achieved the organization’s second highest rank of Life Scout.

In his junior year of college he joined the drama club as a way to meet women. A self-described “late bloomer,” he became fascinated with acting.

He was a member of a folk band and played the gutbucket (washboard bass).

He was once a stagehand for The Doors.

His former wife wrote the screenplay for ET: The Extra-Terrestrial.

He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Harrison Ford worked at a Boy Scout camp as counselor for the Reptile Study merit badge. Because of this, he and director Steven Spielberg later decided that the character of young Indiana Jones would be depicted as a Life Scout in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. They also jokingly reversed Ford’s knowledge of reptiles into Jones’s fear of snakes.

Ford became a self-taught professional carpenter to support his family because he was not happy with the roles being offered to him. In addition to working as a stagehand for The Doors, he also built Sally Kellerman’s deck, and a recording studio for Sergio Mendes.

His work as a carpenter landed him the role of Han Solo in Star Wars. George Lucas, who had hired him to build cabinets in his home, used him to read lines for actors being cast. Steven Spielberg convinced Lucas that Ford was meant to star in the movie, and the rest – as they say – is history.

His second wife was Melissa Mathison, a screenwriter who wrote the screenplay for ET. Their divorce was the most expensive in Hollywood history.

Listed in the 2001 Guinness Book of World Records as the richest male actor, his first speaking part earned him $150.

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Before They Were Famous Guess Who?

Andrea — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:17:29 +0000

This television and film actress started modeling at age twelve, and starred in a Rice-A-Roni commercial at age thirteen.

She plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Just 5′4″ tall she is an accomplished model and has been featured in fashion magazines such as Vogue.

She was ranked #52 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 list in 2008.

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By the time American Pie and American Beauty star Mena Suvari started acting, she had already been modeling for New York-based Wilhelmina agency for five years.

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