Artist Actors Biography

Shilpa Shetty

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Shilpa Shetty was born 8 June 1975, is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress, model, AIDS activist and PETA supporter.

Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993), she has appeared in nearly 50 films and made her first lead role in 1994’s Aag. At 5 ft 10 inches (178cm) she is one of Bollywood’s tallest actresses and currently resides at the centre of the Hindi-language film industry in Mumbai, India. Her younger sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress.

Shilpa was crowned the winner of the British Celebrity Big Brother on 28 January 2007 with 63% of the final vote

Personal life
Shetty is a frequent subject of speculation regarding romance. However, she has remained tight-lipped whenever questions of marriage are posed to her. Her previous relationships include a liaison with actor Akshay Kumar, whom she met on the Main Khiladi Tu Anari set in 1994. The couple split in 2000 after he started dating Shetty’s friend and fellow actress Twinkle Khanna after a previous indiscretion, and which led to Shetty’s successful suing of Stardust magazine for publishing a “damaging” report about the affair.

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Shilpa Shetty

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Shilpa Shetty was born 8 June 1975, is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress, model, AIDS activist and PETA supporter.

Shilpa was crowned the winner of the British Celebrity Big Brother on 28 January 2007 with 63% of the final vote

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Jennifer Hudson

Administrator — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:17:05 +0000

Jennifer Hudson or Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is a Golden Globe and Academy award winning American actress and singer. She first gained notice as one of the finalists on the third season of the FOX television series American Idol; she went on to star as Effie Melody White in the musical film Dreamgirls.

American Idol
Hudson auditioned for the third season of American Idol in Atlanta, Georgia. She was a member of the first group of semifinalists. She was not voted through to the final round, although she was brought back on the wildcard round and put through as a finalist by contest judge Randy Jackson.

On Reality TV Magz: Jennifer Hudson Wins Oscar, But Doesn’t Thank American Idol
On the Barbara Walters Special that aired before the Academy Awards, Barbara asked Jennifer Hudson if she would thank American Idol judge Simon Cowell if she won an Oscar. Jennifer said “Wow, will I thank Simon Cowell? You know, I will probably thank American Idol as a whole, because had it not been for American Idol, they never would have known of a Jennifer Hudson to call.”

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Basic Instinct 2 and 27th Annual Raspberry Awards

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Times Online: It was a night when the Brits were overlooked in favour of established Hollywood stars and big budget movie-making. But for once that was a good thing. It was Saturday night in Los Angeles, and not the Oscars ceremony but the Golden Raspberry Awards, the Razzies, which each year recognise film-making at its worst.

Sharon Stone received by far the most recognition. While Helen Mirren was doubtless practising her Oscar acceptance speech, Stone was being named Worst Actress for her role in Basic Instinct 2.

Complete list of winners from the 27th Annual Raspberry Awards:

* Worst Picture: Basic Instinct 2
* Worst Actor: Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Little Man
* Worst Actress: Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct 2
* Worst Supporting Actor: M. Night Shyamalan, Lady in the Water
* Worst Supporting Actress: Carmen Electra, Date Movie and Scary Movie 4
* Worst Screen Couple: Shawn Wayans and either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans, Little Man
* Worst Remake or Rip-Off: Little Man
* Worst Prequel or Sequel: Basic Instinct 2
* Worst Director: M. Night Shyamalan
* Worst Screenplay: Basic Instinct 2
* Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment: RV

Sacha Baron Cohen

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Sacha Noam Baron Cohen(born October 13, 1971) is a British comedian and actor notable for his successful and controversial comic characters, including Ali G (a junglist from West Staines, England), Borat (a Kazakhstani reporter), and Brüno (a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter). All three characters are featured in Da Ali G Show, an often unscripted program in which Sacha Baron Cohen conducts interviews as one of his three characters with people who ostensibly believe that the interviews are sincere and legitimate. His work has been recognized with a BAFTA award, and earned an Emmy nomination.

Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London, England to an Orthodox Jewish family. He is the second of three sons of Gerald Baron Cohen and Daniella Weiser; his father owns a menswear shop in Piccadilly and is originally from Wales, while his mother is a native Israeli of Persian heritage. Cohen is from an active Zionist family.

The Baron Cohens lived a comfortable middle-class life, which afforded young Sacha the opportunity to attend Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, a private school in Elstree. He then attended Christ’s College at the University of Cambridge where he studied history and wrote his dissertation on Jewish involvement in the American Civil Rights movement, focusing especially on the 1964 murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in Mississippi.

Controversies of Him
Baron Cohen has encountered several controversies regarding some of his comic characters.

* Citizens of Glod, the Romanian village in which the opening scenes of Borat were filmed are also attempting to sue the makers of Borat. They feel the intent of the film was misrepresented to them, and that the poorest members of their village were made to look like “savages.”
* In an interview with Neil Hamilton in 2000, Ali G offered Hamilton what was allegedly marijuana, which Hamilton accepted and smoked, creating some minor controversy in the British media.
* Baron Cohen has had some troubles because of racist or prejudiced comments his characters have made (see Da Ali G Show). HBO spokesman Quentin Schaffer has replied to the criticisms: ‘Through his alter-egos, he delivers an obvious satire that exposes people’s ignorance and prejudice in much the same way All in the Family did years ago.’