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Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born July 23, 1989), from Fulham, London, is an English actor who is best known for playing Harry Potter, the main character of the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and its sequels (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).

Radcliffe’s parents, Alan Radcliffe and Marcia Gresham, discouraged their only child from show business when, at age five, he said that he wanted to perform. However, they must have soon changed their minds, as in December 1999, he made his first on-screen appearance as the young David Copperfield in David Copperfield, the BBC’s televised version of the Dickens novel David Copperfield. This was followed in 2001 by his first film appearance, as Mark Pendel in The Tailor of Panama. In 2001 he starred in his breakthrough role; that of Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

In 2002 he had a role in the play The Play What I Wrote directed by Kenneth Branagh; a production well known for its “surprise guest”. In 2004 and 2005 he returned to the Potter franchise in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He reprised the role of Harry in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, scheduled for a November 2005 release. Radcliffe starred in the independent Australian film December Boys directed by Rod Hardy within the next year and in 2007 he again will put on the famous lightning-bolt shaped scar and round glasses in the fifth Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

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Kenny Chesney (born March 26, 1968 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a popular country music singer and songwriter, known for such works as No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems and When the Sun Goes Down. Chesney is known for his laid back style of country music.

His first major hit was “Fall in Love,” which reached the Country Top 10 in 1995. The follow-up, “All I Need to Know,” also reached the Top 10, but follow-ups were not so successfull.

However, in 1996, he scored the top 5 hit, “Me and You,” and returned again with “When I Close My Eyes” in early 1997. He hit No. 1 for the first time with “She’s Got It All” in August 1997; the song spent three weeks atop Billboard magazine’s country singles chart.

Other No. 1 hits included “How Forever Feels” (No. 1 for six weeks in 1999); “The Good Stuff” (No. 1 in 2002); “There Goes My Life” (No. 1 in early 2004); and “When the Sun Goes Down” (a duet with Uncle Kracker in 2004). Notable No. 2s include “That’s Why I’m Here” (1998), “Young” (2002), “Big Star” (2003), “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem” (2003) and “The Woman With You” (2004).

While some of Chesney’s music shows the obvious influence of John Mellencamp and Jimmy Buffett (a point critics are quick to note), he often performs several traditional country songs at his shows (particularly, music from George Jones). He won the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year honor in 2004.

In January 2005, Chesney released the album “Be As You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair,” supporting the album with his “Somewhere Under the Sun” tour.

On May 9, 2005, Chesney married Renée Zellweger on the resort island St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The pair met in January 2005 at a tsunami relief benefit. Chesney had previously commented that Zellweger was his favorite actress, and he had written a song, “You Had Me from Hello”, based on her line from Jerry Maguire. On September 15, 2005, after only four months of marriage, they announced their plans for an annulment. Zellweger cited “fraud” as the reason in the related legal papers. [1] Fueled by numerous internet reports, some have speculated that Zellweger discovered Chesney was actually homosexual. Chesney has neither confirmed nor denied these reports.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Chesney