Christina Applegate Biography

• Birth Name

  Christina Applegate

• Birth Date

  11/25/1971

• Birthplace

  Los Angeles, California

• Family

  Father: Robert Applegate
  divorced from Applegate's mother; remarried

  Half-Brother: Kyle
  born c. 1982

  Half-Sister: Alisa
  born c. 1977

  Mother: Nancy Priddy
  divorced from Applegate's father

• Notes

  "I want to break shit. I want to really go off on a room, just flip out and have it all be documented on film."---Applegate on what she would like to do in a movie to Movieline's Hollywood Life, July/August 2004.
  "This needed to happen for me to become a better person, a better artist. After talking to a lot of people I respect, it hit me: 'If I don't do this, I will regret it for the rest of my life.'"---Applegate on starring in the Broadway revival of "Sweet Charity" to CNN.com, March 1, 2005.
  

• Milestones

  (2004) Received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy series for her role on "Friends"
  (1998-2000) Returned to series TV as the lead in the NBC sitcom "Jesse"
  (1998) Starred in the independent feature "Claudine's Return"
  (2004) Starred opposite Will Ferrell as an ambitious female journalist in the comedy "Anchorman"
  (1986-1987) TV series debut in "Hearts of the City"
  (2003) Appeared alongside Gwyneth Paltrow as flight attendants in the comedy "A View from the Top"
  (1987-1997) Cast as Kelly Bundy on Fox's "Married... With Children"
  (2004) Cast in "Wonderland" based on the life of legendary porn star John Holmes played by Val Kilmer
  (1996) Cast in Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks!"
  (2004) Co-starred opposite Ben Affleck in the comedy "Surviving Christmas" the story of a lonely guy who rents himself a family for the holidays
  (2002) Co-starred with Cameron Diaz and Selma Blair in the comedy "The Sweetest Thing"
  (2000) Co-starred with Johnathon Schaech and Molly Ringwald in "The Giving T

  ree"
  (1998) Co-starred with Mark Wahlberg and Lou Diamond Phillips in "The Big Hit"
  (2005) Co-starred with husband Johnathon Schaech in the CBS movie "James Patterson's Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas"
  

  

  (1990) Feature lead in "Streets"
  First TV speaking role in "Quincy"
  (2002) Had a recurring role as Rachel's sister in the NBC comedy "Friends"
  (2001) Had dual role in the comedy "Just Visiting", playing a 12th-century noblewoman and her 21st-century descendant
  (1991) Had starring role in "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead"
  (1971) Made TV debut at the age of three months in "Days of Our Lives"
  

  (1983) Made TV movie debut in "Grace Kelly"
  (1979) Made film debut in "Jaws of Satan"
  (2005) Made her Broadway debut as Charity Hope Valentine in "Sweet Charity"; received a Tony nomination for her role
  (2004) Made her Broadway debut in a revival of "Sweet Charity"

Brooke Shields Biography

• Birth Name

  

  Brooke Shields

• Birth Date

  05/31/1965

• Birthplace

  New York, New York

• Credits

  

  7 Movies, 14 TV appearances, 5 awards
  

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• Family

  Daughter: Grier Hammond Henchy
  born April 18, 2006; father Chris Henchy

  Daughter: Rowan Francis Henchy
  born May 15, 2003; father Chris Henchy

  Father: Frank Shields
  born c. 1936; married Teri Shields in March 1965; divorced in November 1965

  Grandfather: Francis X Shields
  died in 1975

  Half-Sister: Cristiana Shields
  younger

  Mother: Teri Shields
  born c. 1934; married Frank Shields in March 1965; divorced in Nove

  mber 1965; managed daughter's career from her birth until 1995

• Notes

  "Humor was always an outlet for me--it's the easiest defense and the easiest diffusion, whether from fear or just breaking the ice." --Brooke Shields quoted in Newsday, October 19, 1996
  "I have been photographing for 50 years, but I've never known anybody lik

  

  e Brooke. She went through all those stages, a baby, little girl, a teenager, and always was fabulous to work with. I've never seen her be temperamental or uncooperative. She's an

  amazing young lady." --photographer Francesco Scavullo in Biography, October 1997.
  

  "I never want to do anything for money. Anyway, I'm so naive about finances. Once my mother mentioned an amount and realized I didn't understand, she had to ex

  plain: 'That's like three Mercedes.' Then I understood"---Brook Shields to People July 08, 1985
  "When I look back at the past 30 years, it's amazing to me that that kid did
  

  survive the first 10. I don't know how she did it. I can't say it was healthy, but we did

  the best we could within these circumstances thrown at me. OK, my parents were divorced. But I don't remember being unhappy. I was a kid. You don't labor through what's not fun." --Shields reflecting on her childhood in Rolling Stone, October3, 1996.
  

• Milestones

  (1984) Acted in the TV-movie "Wet Gold", a loose remake of "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"; incorrectly touted as the actress' TV-movie debut
  (2001) Acted on stage in the L.A. production of "The Vagina Monologues" (January)
  (1992) Appeared in "Love Letters" on stage in L.A. opposite David Keith
  Appeared in commercials, including Richard Avedon's Colgate ads and a campaign for Breck shampoo
  

  

  (1981) Appeared in controversial advertising campaign for Calvin Klein jeans

  (1980-1993) Appeared in numerous TV specials hosted by Bob Hope
  

  (1966) At 11 months of age, posed in Ivory Snow advertisements photographed by Francesco Scavullo
  (1968) Became a runway model at age three (date approximate)
  (1978) Breakthrough film role as a child prostitute in Louis Malle's controversial "Pretty Baby"; appeared nude in several scenes
  (1995) Broadway musical debut as Betty Rizzo in "Grease"; had toured in role prior to her six-month NYC stint
  (2004) Cast as Jackie's mom for 3 episodes in the Fox comedy "That 70's Show"
  (1994) Cast as a documentary filmmaker in "Born Wild"; also sang in the film
  

  

  (1986) Cast in title role of the comic strip reporter "Brenda Starr"; film not released theatrically until 1989 (in Europe and Japan) and not until 1992 in the USA

  (1979) Co-starred with George Burns in "Just You and Me, Kid"

• (2002) Co-starred with Rosie Perez, N'Bushe Wright and Mercedes Ruehl in the ABC thriller miniseries "Widows"
  

  (1977) Film acting debut, "Communion/Alice Sweet Alice" (filmed in 1976)
  

  

  Fired her mother as her manager
  

  (2006) Had a recurring role as Christian's therapist in "Nip/Tuck" (FX)
  (1999) Had featured role as a prospective bride for "The Bachelor",

  starring Chris O'Donnell
  (1979) Had title role in "Wanda Nevada"
  (1988) Headlined the CBS movie "The Diamond Trap"
  (2005) Made her British stage debut in "Chicago," starring as the hard-boiled jailbird Roxie Hart; continued the role as the murderess Roxie Hart on Broadway
  (1996) Made memorable guest appearance in a two-part episode of the NBC sitcom "Friends"; played a rabid soap opera fan pursuing actor Joey Tribiani (Matt LeBlanc)
  Participated in CBS' "Circus of the Stars"
  (1992) Played a spoiled socialite bride in an episode of the NBC series "Quantum Leap"
  (1981) Played the young heroine of "Endless Love", directed by Franco Zefferelli
  (1999) Portrayed a documentary filmmaker married to a gay man (Robert Downey Jr) in "Black and White"
  (1993) Portrayed the title role in the CBS movie "I Can Make You Love Me: The Stalking of Laura Black"
  (2004) Replace Donna Murphy in the Tony-winning revival of "Wonderful T

  own"
  (2001) Replaced Gina Gershon as Sally Bowles in Broadway production of "Cabaret"
  (1993) Reprised performance in "Love Letters" at New Mexico Rep, co-starring Martin Hewitt (her leading man in "Endless Love")
  (1986) Stage acting debut in Off-Broadway repertory production of Marguerite Duras' "The Eden Cinema"
  

  

  (1994) Starred in the low-budget thriller "The Seventh Floor"
  (1980) Starred opposite Christopher Atkins in "The Blue Lagoon"
  

  TV series debut, the title role of a San Franciscan journalist in the NBC sitcom "Suddenly Susan"; made producer as of the 1998-1999 season
  (1977) TV-movie acting debut, "The Prince of Central Park" (CBS)
  (2000) Played Gena Rowlands' daughter in "The Weekend" (filmed in 1998); screened at the Seattle Film Festival

Elisha Cuthbert Biography

• Birth Name

  Elisha Cuthbert

• Birth Date

  11/30/1982

• Birthplace

  Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Family

  Brother: Jonathan Cuthbert
  younger

  Father: Kevin Cuthbert

  Mother: Patricia Cuthbert
  

  Sister: Lee-Ann Cuthbert
  younger

• Hookups

  Companion: Andrew Keegan
  dated, no longer togther

  Companion: Sean Avery
  plays for the L.A. Kings

  Companion: Trace Ayala
  dating since May 2003; best friend and personal assistant of Justin Timberlake; engaged as of May 2004; split in 2005

• Notes

  "I read Playboys to come up with a look. I wanted red hair because Jessica Rabit was the hottest character in film. My red thong and bra was a throwback to Liv Tyler in 'Empire Records.' And no, I didn't watch any porn movies."---Cuthbert on researching her role for "The Girl Next Door" US April 12, 2004
  

• Milestones

  (1997) Appeared as a field correspondent for the acclaimed Canadian television series "Popular Mechanics for Kids"
  (c. 1990) Began modeling at age 7
  

  

  (2003) Cast as Carol-Anne 'American Goddess' in Richard Curtis' "Love Actually"
  (1999) Cast as Megan in Nickelodeon's "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
  (2006) Co-starred and co-produced the indie film, "The Quiet"
  (2003) Co-starred in "Old School" with Will Farrell and Luke Wilson, played a high school student and the dauther of Mitch's boss.
  (1998) Had a starring role alongside Joe Mantegna in the air disaster adventure "Airspeed"
  (2004) Played an adult film star who falls for a Straight A Student in "The Girl Next Door"
  (2007) Played the lead in the Roland Joffe-directed thriller "Captivity"
  (2001) Portrayed Katlin Palmerston, a teenager who happens to be a compulsive gambler in the Canadian TV Movie, "Lucky Girl"; received a Gemini Award
  (2001-Present) Portrayed Kiefer Sutherland's daughter on "24" (Fox); took a leave from the show after the third season; returned for the fifth season
  (2005) Starred in the "House of Wax" remake, opposite Paris Hilton and Chad Michael Murray

Britney Spears Biography

• Birth Name

  

  Britney Spears

• Birth Date

  12/02/1981

• Birthplace

  Kentwood, Louisiana

• Family

  Husband: Jason Allen Alexander
  married in Las Vegas on January 3, 2004; marriage annulled 2 days later

  Husband: Kevin Federline
  began dating March 2004, while his ex-girlfriend was pregnant with their second child; engaged in June 2004; married September 18, 2004 at a private home in Studio City, California; some sources show that the wedding ceremony that occurred on September 18 was a "faux" ceremony, and that the real date of the start of their wedding was October 6, 2004; filed for divorce in November, 2006, citing "irreconcilable differences" and asking for legal and physical custody of the couple's two sons

  Brother: Bryan Spears
  born c. 1977

  Father: Jamie Spears
  

  

  born c. 1953

  Mother: Lynne Spears
  

  born c. 1955

• Hookups

  Companion: Columbus Short
  rumored to be the cause of her 2002 split from Justin Timberlake

  Companion: Fred Durst
  announced on the "Howard Stern Show" that he slept with Spears in 2003; Spears denied they were ever involved

  Companion: Isaac Cohen
  Cohen's agent confirmed they were dating as of December 2006; spit two months later

  Companion: Justin Timberlake
  member of the popular singing group *NSYNC; the two appeared together on the "Mickey Mouse Club" in the early 1990s; dated for three years; split in 2002

  Companion: Nick Carter
  member of the singing group "Backstreet Boys"; rumored to have dated in 20

  

  02

• Notes

  "I'm human just like everybody. I get mad sometimes."---Britney Spears explaining her actions after flipping off a group of paparazzi in Mexico in July 2002.
  "It's great that this wedding has happened, because it has made me realize tha

  t I am growing up, becoming a woman, and things just need to be different."---Britney Spears on her marriage to Kevin Federline quoted to People, October 4, 2004.
  "People assume I'm some puppet and people are telling me what to do all the time. When I first got signed to a record label, I was 15. So I did have some help at first. You don't know what you're doing. But now with experience and as time goes on I know what I need."---Spears to USA Weekend, February 18-20, 2000.
  Britney Spears on the tied-up white blouse that first bared her now legendary stomach in the "...Baby One More Time" video: "The outfits looked kind of dorky, so I was like, 'Let's tie up our shirts and be cute.' It was about being a girl and knowing about fashion."---From People, February 14, 2000.

  

  Britney Spears to Rolling Stone, April 15, 1999: "I want to be big all around the world."
  Controversial feminist author Camille Paglia on Spears: "She is a glorified 1950s high school cheerleader with an underto

  ne of perverse 1990s sexuality. Britney is simultaneously wholesome and ripely sensual. She's Lolita on aerobics."---quoted in People, February 14, 2000.
  Despite Spears' claims that she had remained a virgin and wished to remain one until marriage, Timberlake insisted they had sex during their relationship. Spears later acknowledged this to be true, saying, "It was two years into my relationship with

  Justin, and I thought he was the one. But I was wrong!"
  In April 1999, a then 17-year-old Spears was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in a sexually suggestive Lolita-themed photoshoot which triggered speculation that the singer had breast implants.

  In August 2003, Spears caused more controversy with a photoshoot by photographer Michael Thompson which appeared in W. The photos displayed Spears in a dominatrix-inspired shoot, complete with sexually suggestive poses. In the interview by Rob Haskell which accompanied the photos, Spears admitted to having lost her virginity to ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake two years into their relationship. She also revealed that she enjoys tobacco smoking, and that she kissed Colin Farrell but had no serious relationship with him.

  The sexualized public image of Spears once again became a topic of debate as a result of her November 2003 semi-nude photospread for men's magazine Esquire.
  In August 2006, a video of Spears began circulating the Internet. In the three-minute video, previously released as a bonus on the Britney and Kevin: Chaotic DVD, Spears seems disoriented and confused and claims that she is "missing out on life" and that she is generally behind everyone else. Federline tells her it is because of all the partyi

  ng, to which she strongly disagrees. Spears then begins to try and legitimately convince him that the concept of time travel as portrayed in the Back to the Future series is real.
  In November 2006, shortly after her breakup with Federline, Spears was seen on the dance-club circuit with Paris Hilton, and was photographed with no panties by several paparazzi. Spears wrote on her official Web site in December that it had been "so long" since she last joined friends and went "out on the town", and admitted that she "probably" took her newfound freedom" a little too far. Anyway, thank God for Victoria's Secrets' new underwear line!"
  Jive Records senior vice president Jeff Fenster on Britney Spears: "For any artist, the motivation, the 'eye of the tiger' is extremely important. And Britney had that. This was clearly a self-motiviating person from a very young age."---quoted in Rolling Stone magazine, April 15, 1999.
  June 9, 2004, Britney Spears underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after injuring herself during a video shoot in Manhattan.
  On February 16, 2007, after weeks of publicity surrounding late-night partying

  and alcohol use, Spears entered an offshore drug rehab facility, but stayed for less than twenty-four hours.
  On February 17, 2007, Britney was seen outside a closed Sherman Oaks hair salon where she shaved her own head with clippers. After leaving the salon, Spears visited a tattoo parlor and got multiple tattoos. Photos of a bald Britney quickly circulated the Internet. Trying to explain the incident, Spears said "I don't want anyone touching me. I'm tired of everybody touching me."
  On February 20, 2007 Spears entered rehab, according to the singer's manager Larry Rudolph. "Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed rehab facility today," Rudolph said in a statement. "We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time."
  Photos published on February 7, 2006, showed Spears driving her SUV in Los Angeles with her infant son, Sean, perched on her lap rather than strapped into a car seat in the back. The photos show Spears holding the wheel of the car with one hand, and

  her 4-month-old baby with the other. In a statement to People, Spears said she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi" and that "I was terrified that this time the physically aggressive paparazzi would put both me and my baby in danger. I love my child and would do anything to protect him."
  Spears returned to the spotlight in August 2003 when she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards with Madonna and pop singer Christina Aguilera. Spears and Aguilera performed Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", and each locked lips with Madonna. Spears' kiss with Madonna attracted publicity that lasted several months, while Aguilera's kiss with Madonna attracted less publicity
  Spears speaking about her parents reaction to her kissing Madonna at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards: "Well, my mom liked it actually. I was really kind of nervous! I was like, Oh my God, my mom... she's going to see this! But no, she liked it! And my dad, weirdly enough, he thought it was fine, too. I mean, come on... it's Madonna. If you can kiss any girl in the world, that has to be her."---From CBSnews.com, September 5, 2003.
  

• Milestones

  (2000) Appeared in a McDonald's commercial filmed in Canada but refused to fil

  m a non-union United States-produced commercial for Clairol's Herbal Essence shampoo during the commercial actors' strike; donated $1 of each ticket sold at a concert in California to the SAG Foundation
  (2006) Appeared on Dateline NBC to discuss tabloid rumors about an impending divorce from her husband, future career plans, her emotional state and motherhood
  (1990) Auditioned for the Disney Channel series "The Mickey Mouse Club"; at eight was considered too young by producers
  (1987) Began dance lessons at the age of five (date approximate)
  (1992) Competed on the syndicated talent series "Star Search"; won for her debut performance, but was defeated the following week
  

  

  (2002) Feature film acting debut in "Crossroads", directed by Tamra Davis
  (1998) First single, "...Baby One More Time"
  (2000) Followed up with the successful sophomore effort "Oops!... I Did it Again"
  (2005) Guest starred on an episode of "Will & Grace," (NBC) as a Christian conse

  rvative sidekick to Sean Hayes' character, Jack, who hosts his own talk show
  (1999) Guested on an episode of the sitcom "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (ABC)
  (2001) Hosted the American Music Awards telecast on ABC
  (2000) Lent her vocal talents to an episode of "The Simpsons", playing herself
  (1991) Moved with mother and sister to New York City to pursue an acting career
  (2002) Opened restaurant called NyLa in New York; terminated her relationship with the restaurant citing mismanagement and management's failure to keep her fully apprised in November 2002.
  (2004) Received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording for the song "Toxic"
  (2003) Recieved Star on the Hollywood walk of Fame
  (2004) Released "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative" featuring three new songs, incl

  

  uding My Prerogative and Do Somethin'
  (2003) Released fourth album "In the Zone", which featured Madonna on it's first single Me Against the Music
  (1999) Released multiplatinum debut album "...Baby One More Time"
  Returned to Louisiana
  (2004) Signed a five year deal with Elizabeth Arden to develop fragrance, cosmetics and skin care products
  (1997) Signed with Jive Records
  (2005) Starred in a six-part reality series titled "Britney and Kevin: Chaotic" (UPN), which mixed footage shot during the pair's whirlwind engagement in 2004
  (1991) Starred in the Off-Broadway production "Ruthless", a comedic remake of "The Bad Seed"
  (2002) Started production company called Britney Spears Productions
  (1989) Trained as a gymnast at age seven (date approximate)
  (1993-1994) Was a cast member on "Mickey Mouse Club"
  (1998) Went on a promotional shopping mall tour

Nicole Kidman Biography

Nicole Mary Kidman was born June 20, 1967 is an Academy Award winning Australian actress, producer, and singer. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Dr. Antony David Kidman and Janelle Ann. Her father was a cancer research specialist in Washington, D.C. The family returned to Australia when Nicole was four years old, when Tony Kidman took on a lectureship at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Nicole started taking ballet lessons when she was three, and this led to studies at St. Martin's Youth Theatre in Melbourne, the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, and then to the Philip Street Theatre, where she majored in voice production and theatre history. She studied at North Sydney Girls High School, but dropped out when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, as Kidman concentrated on her family responsibilities until her mother's recovery.

Her first appearance on film came in 1983 when, as a 15 year-old, she appeared in the Pat Wilson music video for the song "Bop Girl". By the end of the year she had secured a supporting role in the television series Five Mile Creek, and four film roles, including BMX Bandits and Bush Christmas. During the 1980s she appeared in several Australian movies and TV series, including the soap opera A Country Practice, the mini-series Vietnam (1986), Emerald City (1988), and Bangkok Hilton (1989). In 1989 she appeared in Dead Calm which gained her notice in the United States.

Nicole's American debut was in the movie Days of Thunder (1990), a stock-car racing movie opposite Tom Cruise. Although Cruise was married to actress Mimi Rogers at the time, he and Nicole became very close. Cruise divorced Mimi and the couple married on Christmas Eve of 1990 in Telluride, Colorado. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor, and lived in Los Angeles, California, Australia, Colorado, and New York. After ten years, the marriage was dissolved in 2001.

After “Days of Thunder“ she starred with Tom in Ron Howard's Far and Away (1992).

She was featured in the all-star cast of Batman Forever and later that same year she starred in To Die For, earning high praise from critics.

Nicole and Tom portrayed a married couple in Eyes Wide Shut in 1999, Stanley Kubrick's final film. It was the third time she had co-starred with Tom Cruise.

Nicole's most professionally successful year was 2001, with her Oscar-nominated performance in Moulin Rouge! and well-received star turn in a horror film, The Others. While in Australia filming Moulin Rouge!, Kidman injured her knee, so Jodie Foster had to replace her in Panic Room. The following year Kidman came back to win the same praise from critics for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this role. In the same year she took a hand at production for the film In the Cut.

In 2004, Kidman appeared in the remake of The Stepford Wives alongside Glenn Close, Faith Hill and Bette Midler. In September of the same year, Kidman's film Birth in which the 37 year-old actress' character falls in love with a 10 year-old boy, who attempts to convince her that he is a reincarnation of her dead husband, met with a mixed reception. Despite this, the film was nominated for the prestigious Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. Nicole is author Philip Pullman 's number-one choice to play Mrs. Coulter in the upcoming film version of the first volume in his His Dark Materials trilogy, His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, and the subsquent two films, in 2007.
Name: Nicole Kidman
Birth Name: Nicole Mary Kidman
Height: 5' 10½
Sex: F
Nationality: Australian
Birth Date: June 20, 1967
Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Profession: actress, producer
Education: St Martin's Youth Theater in Melbourne, Australia
Australian Theater for Young People in Sydney, Australia
Philip Street Theater in Australia (majored in Voice, Production and Theater History)
Husband/Wife: Keith Urban (country musician; met in January 2005; engaged on May 17, 2006; married on June 25, 2006), Tom Cruise (actor; married on December 24, 1990; separated since December 2000; filed for divorced on February 7, 2001; divorced on August 8, 2001)
Relationship: Stephen Bing (producer; reportedly dating in November 2004), Lenny Kravitz (musician; dated in 2003), Fabrizio Lombardo (Italian; producer)
Father: Dr. Anthony David Kidman (author; biochemist; clinical psychologist)
Mother: Janelle Ann Kidman (educator; nurse)
Sister: Antonia Kidman (an entertainment reporter; born in 1970)
Son: Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise (born on January 17, 1995; adopted)
Daughter: Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise (born on December 22, 1992; adopted)
Claim to fame: as Dr. Claire Lewicki in Tony Scott's Days of Thunder (1990)

Jennifer Lopez Biography

• Birth Name

  Jennifer Lopez

• Birth Date

  07/24/1969

• Birthplace

  Bronx, New York

• Family

• Husband: Marc Anthony
  

• dated briefly in 1999; began dating again in early 2004, soon after the her breakup with Ben Affleck; rumored to be engaged May 2004; married at her home in Los Angeles on June 5, 2004 in a private ceremony

  Father: David Lopez
  runs computer operations for an insurance company; born in Puerto Rico; separated from Lopez's mother

  Mother: Guadalupe Lopez
  separated from Lopez's father

  Sister: Leslie Lopez
  born c. 1968

  Sister: Lynda Lopez
  born on June 14, 1972

• Hookups

  Companion: Ben Affleck
  reportedly seen kissing during her surprise birthday party July 2002; dating as of August 2002; rumored to be engaged; engagement confirmed in November 2002; wedding date rumored to be September 14, 2003; wedding postponed until a later date, reason was "excessive media attention"; Rumored to have ended relationship with Lopez in September 2003; reportedly reconciled in September 2003; reps for the couple confirmed that the engagement ended January 2004

• Notes

  "A lot of times, when people, especially women, attain a certain status, when they raise their hand and say, 'I want it,' with no guilt, they get that title, 'Diva' put on them. I only deal with people how they deal with me, and never did I see Jennifer take advantage of her position, or belittle or bully anyone. I think she's handling everything with a lot of grace."---actor Vince Vaughn, Lopez's co-star in "The Cell", quoted in Premiere, August 2000.
  "I always wanted to do a musical. I auditioned for 'Evita'. After all, Evita Peron was an Argentine, a Latina like me. So if Madonna does a good job, I'll be the first to say 'Fucking Madonna rocks.' But if she doesn't, I'll be the first one to say, 'She sucks.'"---Jennifer Lopez in GQ, September 1996.
  "I love my body. I really, really dig my curves. It's all me and men love it. Some guys like skinny girls, but they're missing out. When a dress is on a woman, it shouldn't look like it's on a coat hanger. So many girls here are so thin, in fact nobody else in Hollywood has my type of body. My husband calls it 'La Guitarra', like the shape of a guitar, which I love because that was my ideal woman growing up. So call me the 'Guitar Girl'"---Lopez quoted in Movieline, February 1998.
  "I sat through 'West Side Story' about 37 times because it was the only movie about my people. I never wanted to be that wimpy Maria who sits around pining for her guy. I wanted to be Anita, who danced her way to the top."---Lopez quoted in Chicago Sun-Times, June 22, 1998.
  "I want everything. I want family. I want to do good work. I want love. I want to be comfortable. I think of people like Cher and Bette Midler and Diana Ross and Barbra Streisand. That's always been the kind of career I'd hoped to have. I want it all."---Lopez quoted in Entertainment Weekly, October 9, 1998.
  "I want to be the Latin in American cinema. We need somebody to be a star for the times. If it's me, that's fine; but if it's not, I just hope it's somebody real soon. Doing Latino roles is important, but so is being considered for roles that are non-Latino.
  

Cameron Diaz Biography

• Family

  Father: Emilio Diaz
  second-generation Cuban/American; appeared as a prisoner in "There's Something About Mary"

  Mother: Billie Diaz
  of Native American, German and English descent

  Sister: Chimene A Diaz
  born in June 1970; has daughter Chloe

• Birth Name

  Cameron Diaz

• Birth Date

  08/30/1972

• Birthplace

  San Diego, California

• Hookups

  Companion: Justin Timberlake
  began dating June 2003; reportedly split December 2006

• Notes

  "Everything I wear tends to revolve around my breasts. It's not because I'm trying to be sexy, but because I find wearing a bra extremely uncomfortable. I like to wear short skirts and little baby-doll dresses that are open at the top and short at the bottom. I really max my credit cards when I shop at Versace and Giorgio Armani. I also have a very serious shoe fetish. Come on, a girl can never have too many sandals." --Diaz quoted in London's Evening Standard, October 19
  

  "I like the feel of those [independent] films. The people were people I was interested in working with. The characters were characters that grabbed my attention. And I'm comfortable within their budgets." --Diaz quoted in Daily News, June 17, 1997.
  

  "I was the tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket, the feathered hair. It was frightening." --Diaz to Rolling Stone, August 22, 1996.
  "I'm not one of those natural burpers who can just swallow air and bring it back up. Mine has to brew for a little bit."---Cameron Diaz, past winner of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Best Burp People March 30, 2004
  "I'm very comfortable with the level of recognition that I've got. I don't feel like I've been blown out of proportion and I don't feel like I've been ignored." --Camero

  

  n Diaz to Lawrence Grobel in Movieline, March 1997.
  "Modeling is acting; it's just that you tell a story in one image." --Cameron Diaz in Daily News, June 17, 1997.
  "Modeling is like acting as far as taking direction goes, because you have a photographer who directs you and when they start putting clothes on you, you have to become

  the person who fits those clothes. The difference is that with acting you have three months to develop a character and understand them, so it's very fulfilling." --Cameron Diaz, quoted in Sci-Fi Universe, 1994.
  Diaz on her status as one of "The most powerful women in Hollywood": "I'm in such denial. Because what

  

  does that mean to me? Everyone perceives it differently. So, okay, what is my definition of '

  I am one of the most powerful women in Hollywood'? It is because my movies make money. Well, that is wonderful, and I am very fortunate to be in the position to give something to people that they want enough of over and over to see a movie. That, to me, is a huge accomplishment and yes, that's my reward -- that people enjoy what I do. But for the studios, the reward is the hundre

  ds of millions of dollars that they get out of it, so then that becomes the power -- the money that I make for other people is what makes me powerful." --quoted in Premiere, October 2001.
  Diaz was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People for 2004
  On the appeal of her role in "My Best Friend's Wedding": "I'd never played anybody who got to smile all the time. I don't get tied up. I don't get shot at or beaten--I smile!" --From Newsday, October 26, 1997.
  

• Milestones

  (1996) Appeared in the ensemble of "The Last Supper"
  (1989-1994) Appeared on several magazine covers and in commercials
  (1989) Began modeling at age 16; signed to the Elite Modeling Agency (date approximate)
  (2001) Cast as Jordana Brewster's older free-spirited sister in "The Invisible Circus"
  (2004) Co-hosted the 17th Annual Kids' Choice Awards with Mike Myers
  (1999) Co-starred as the dumpy wife of a puppeteer in "Being John Malkovich"
  (2006) Co-starred with Jude Law in director Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy

  "The Holiday"
  (1997) Co-starred with Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney in "My Best Friend's Wedding"
  (2005) Co-starred with Toni Collette in the film "In Her Shoes" based on the book of the same name by Jennifer Weiner
  (1994) Feature acting debut, "The Mask"
  (1997) Had leading role opposite Harvey Keitel in "Head Above Water"; premiered on HBO before receiving a theatrical release
  (1998) Headlined the surprise hit comedy "There's Something About Mary"
  (2000) Joined Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu to star in big screen version of "Charlie's Angels"
  (1996) Played change-of-pace featured role of a tough career woman in Edward Burns' "She's the One"
  (2002) Played the love interest to Leonardo DiCaprio in "Gangs of New York", directed by Martin Scorsese; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting

  

  Actress
  (2001) Portrayed a spurned lover of a wealthy playboy in "Vanilla Sky"
  (1999) Portrayed the new owner of a struggling football franchise in Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday"
  Raised in Southern California
  (2003) Reprised role in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"
  (2007) Reprised role of Princess Fiona for "Shrek the Third"
  (2004) Returned to voice the character of Princess Fiona in "Shrek 2"
  (2002) Starred in the romantic comedy "The Sweetest Thing"
  (1997) Starred opposite Ewen McGregor in Danny Boyle's "A Life Less Ordinary"
  (2001) Voiced the character of Princess Fiona in the hit animated film "Shrek"
  Will co-star with Ashton Kutcher in the Fox comedy "What Happens in Vegas..." (lensed 2007)
  (2000) Was featured in the ensemble comedy-drama "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her"; screened at Sundance; MGM opted not to release film theatrically and sold it to Showtime; aired in 2001

Jessica Alba Biography

• Family

  Brother: Joshua Alba
  born January 1982

  Father: Mark Alba
  of Mexican descent; served in US Air Force

  Mother: Cathy Alba
  of Danish, French-Canadian, English and Italian descent

• Birth Name

  Jessica Alba

• BirthDate

  04/28/1981

  

• Birthplace

  Pomona, California

• Hookups

  Companion: Cash Warren
  met on the set of "Fantastic Four" (2005); reportedly split in July 2007

• Notes

  "I don't really pay attention to all that. It's only when people start to treat me like one that it really freaks me out."---Jessica Alba, on the notion of being a sex symbol, to Parade magazine, June 2007.
  "I have to go to certain lengths to use sexuality to my advantage while guiding people to think the way I want them to."---Alba to Movieline's Hollywood Life, September/October 2005.
  "Jessica has a dark side to her personality," says Rodriguez. "She's kind of qu

  iet and mysterious, but when she does a performance she's great at making it accessible."---Director Robert Rodriguez on Alba, to GQ, April 2005.
  "There are always people at the studios; these small-minded guys in suits, who try to tell you who you are and what you can do," she says. "I don't take it personally. I understand that's just the way Hollywood is. The only thing I can do is work my ass off to prove that I'm capable of more. That's what I've been doing so far, I haven't really had a chance yet to express myself creatively in my movies. Mostly, I've just been hustling."---Alba to Entertainment Weekly, June 28, 2006.
  

• Movies

Eye (remake)

Good Luck Chuck

Ten

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Into the Blue

Fantastic Four

Sin City

Honey

Idle Hands

Never Been Kissed

TV Appearances

Beverly Hills 90210

Chicago Hope

Dark Angel

Entourage

Brooklyn South

Love Boat: The Next Wave

Rock Me Baby

Punk'D

Trippin'